Is Love Island staged? Former contestant reveals behind-the-scenes secrets

Tyla Carr claims some key scenes reshot to
perfect footage

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“They tell you what they want you to talk about, and who with.
You have to tell the producers on site if you are planning to have
an important chat or do something, so they make sure the
microphones pick it up and the cameras get it. If you forget, they
would call you in and ask you to film it again.”

She claims fellow contestant Olivia Attwood had to dump her
Love Island boyfriend Sam Gowland twice last year so that
producers could perfect the footage, which was “embarrassing for
both of them”.

Speaking to the Daily Star, Carr said producers do not make
contestants do anything that has not already happened or anything
that they don’t want to do.

“But they would prompt you,” she added. “They may suggest it
would be a good idea if you brought something up or discussed
something.

“Basically, if you’ve had three separate conversations with
someone, they may ask you to have the conversation again all in one
go to make it better viewing.”

A spokesman for the show told the newspaper: “It is absolutely
untrue to suggest Love Island is fake. The opinions they
have and the relationships formed are completely within the control
of the Islanders themselves.

“As we have said since series one, Love Island is a
combination of reality and produced elements. Any produced elements
are designed to allow viewers to understand what the Islanders are
feeling and to help move narrative threads on.”