Love Island 2024 Thread 1: Are we really going to put ourselves through this again?

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Contestants were announced today for the new series starting on Monday 3rd.

I don't know if I can do it this year folks.

Is anyone else wondering if an intervention is needed for Tiffany ... I think someone may of performed a lobotomy on her !

Is Tiffany stoned? 🙈

Obviously it's all set up and fake but Grace genuinely seems like a bitch.

I wonder when the girls on love island were 15 knew they were gonna have fake faces and teeth within a few years!!

Why doesn’t Joey make more effort to approach her, he hasn’t said anything the whole time, either doesn’t give a crap or a bit spineless

The T dog? my god Ronnie is so disgusting

Oh finally!

I’m watching on a bit of a delay. I think the girls this year are making such a big deal out of everything. Nicole needs to get a grip getting upset and having the arse with Ciaron over that comment. He’s right, he could have actually chosen to kiss Grace but he didn’t! Does that not count for anything?

What is it with Uma making up irritating nicknames for everyone? Wilbo? Ugh.

TBH Samantha was questioning his lack of affection, so she knew something wasnt right before now

Samantha binned Joey off soon as Grave came in

I don't like how much makeup the girls wear in the evening. It's ridiculous.

This would be more emotionally affecting if Samantha’s lipliner wasn’t giving her a tiny moustache

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Has Mimi left? I've not seen her for ages

Agree that the girls are getting very attached very quickly and over reacting. It comes across as so desperate.

@Aquarius1234 yes, it was a celebrity thing back in the day. I remember Abi Titmuss and Lee (?Sharp) and Jane Middlemiss being in some horrible messy situation. I remember almost nothing else 🤣

Paul Danan was always in the Sheldon’s at that time.

The presenters were always on a beach and I can’t recall who they were now.

Very hard to watch tonight / I actually really felt for Samantha. Joey and Grace were awful -I get that they are smitten and giddy but it felt smug and nasty.

Joey is rubbing it in a bit - he should put the brakes on with the PDA's out of respect for Samantha. I get the feeling he's used to getting his own way with star struck young women. Wonder if he 'dumped' Grace when they first met although you can see he does really like her.
Are there any two more vacuous people than Ronnie and Tiff? It's painful, they're both totally boring with nothing to say. Ronnie is awful - what are they all seeing in him. Hope Harriet doesn't compete for him.
Sean is so much nicer although a bit cheesy.
Not sure Uma and Will will go the distance.

I am actually very cross with Joey Blimming Essex. He waltzed on to the show that is meant for non-celebs. Giving it all the “I just want people to see the real me..want to settle down…blah blah blah”. He pinches Samantha and poor Sam the hairdresser gets kicked off after one night.

Then Joey spends the next couple of weeks coupled up with Samantha as if he was respectfully interested. He was absolutely treating her like a place holder while he was waiting for “someone” to come in.

As soon as Grace walked in, Joey was gone. Completely. And he’s trying to reframe it as it is Samantha who has pulled the plug on them.

Well he has now found what he was looking for. He’s all smitten kitten so he should do the decent thing and leave. Let Samantha have her time.

But he won’t because Grace will want to stay in for the final…an that BooHoo/PLT deal.

I can't help but wonder what some of these love islanders are like in their day jobs, does Tiffany just stare in to space all day with her mouth agape?

I remember the old celeb version too! Callum Best! Can't remember who got with who though.

Tiff is on another planet seriously, she's so dead behind the eyes.

I can't decide if I prefer Uma with Omar or Will, it's early days.

I felt for Sam although felt she was being oversensitive, and I liked how the girls all supported her. I don't know if it was right for Uma to share about Joey and Grace's PDA to Sam but maybe she needed to be told the facts.

I felt for Sam then. But did she have to be told right there and then that they’d kissed? I can’t help feeling like Jess is revelling in the situation with the whole “she needs to know” spiel.

He fell for Bianca Gascgoine and she seemed to break his heart, if I remember rightly ! It seemed so much more real back then. That series was brilliant. Jayne Middlemiss completely lost her mind over someone but I can’t remember who!

@FakeRockLamp Lee Sharpe. Jayne Middlemiss fell for him. But he fell for the very obvious Abi home porn movie Titmuss...
Poor lovely, beautiful Jayne didn't stand a chance....