Love Island: 10 Reasons To Still Be Excited For Season 7
6. The Contestants
What’s admirable about the programme is how the contestants are so diverse, with different backgrounds and are not all previously rich individuals who live in the big city. The Islanders are just real people, same as us, which is why they’re more accessible and relatable from an audience perspective. Some of contestants do try and live up to the “Kardashian” persona but for the vast majority, they enter and leave the villa as themselves.
Take contestant Jack Finchham from Series 4 as an example – he was the representation of “the everyman” as he had a regular physique and a job as a pen salesman but proved that you don’t need to be sculpted or have influencer status in order to be popular. Because of his friendly, down-to-earth nature, he went on to win the series.
It’s also refreshing to see so many different areas of Great Britain represented – not just London. We’ve had contestants from Worthing, Redcar, Hull, Blackpool, Cornwall and many parts of Ireland.
And above all, the producers know how to cast a mixed group of personalities to keep the show dynamic and interesting. You've got your class clowns (Chris Taylor, S5), your rootable underdogs (Camilla Thurlow, S3) and your drama starters (Kady McDermott, S2).