Last Friday's episode of Love Island received a record number of complaints.
24,763 complaints were submitted to Ofcom about the episode which focused on the fallout from the movie night challenge, in particular Faye's row with Teddy.
Ofcom says the vast majority of complaints related to the behaviour of a contestant, following the challenge, and it is carefully assessing the complaints received, before deciding whether or not to investigate: We’ve received a high volume of complaints about last week’s Love Island, which is consistent with a trend of growing complaints about high-profile TV shows."
The previous record for the number of complaints about the dating show was 4,500, which came about after the postcard was sent from Casa Amor, showing the girls what the boys were getting up to with the new arrivals.
We’ve received over 25,000 complaints about last week’s Love Island, which is consistent with a trend of growing complaints about high-profile TV shows.
We are carefully assessing these complaints, but have not yet taken a decision on whether or not to investigate.— Ofcom (@Ofcom) August 11, 2021
Ofcom provided the following list of complaints received about the show in the last week:
Love Island, 5 Aug – 675
- Complaints were about the ‘Movie Night’ challenge.
Love Island, 6 Aug – 24,763
- The vast majority of complaints related to the behaviour of a contestant, following the ‘Movie Night’ challenge.
Love Island, 7 Aug– 298
- Complaints related to the behaviour of a contestant, following the ‘Movie Night’ challenge.
Love Island, 8 Aug – 93
- The majority of complaints related to the ongoing fallout from ‘Movie Night’.
