I remember during BB7 all the older kids at school (I was like 6 lol) would talk about it every day. LI is basically the modern version of BB it’s peak, but BB was slightly bigger imo

It was at such different times so it's so hard for them to be compared, but regardless of everything I'm glad there is a popular reality TV show in the summer with similarities to BB. It's pretty cool to be part of a reality TV forum where one of it's shows are in their golden era

Same. I'm glad there's Love Island that we could look forward to in the summer. I'd struggle to think what to watch in the summer now that BB is dead.

Yet IAC And BGT still get well above 10 million so this theory fails.

Why are people trying to disprove BB3's success? lol It was huge, without the help of catchup and online streaming and it also went up against the World Cup.

BB3 was massive and this years Love Island is huge, more so because it's on a digital channel but defo not as big a talking point as BB was back in the day (for us who can remember).

Do any of the islanders make it on the lunch/evening time news? Coz the housemates of BB3 did lol It was discussed amongst every age group not just the 13 to 35 year olds.

Let's all remember celebrity Love Island was created by ITV and put in direct competition with BB, It is at it's core a rip off of Big Brother but in the simplest way and something that most BB viewers werent interested in..Fake romances.

EDIT: Just seen your respect for BB3 response, it did really pave the way for other reality shows. That same year IAC launches and had live streaming just like BB. Everyone was trying to imitate it.

Updats:

Last nights was the most watched episode so far with 3.3 million viewers (slightly more than launch) and aftersun also hit a high of 1.3 million for this series (but still down on 2018)

officials for week 3

Mon - 5.70m (+2.60)
Tue - 5.33m (+2.63)
Wed - 5.31m (+2.51)
Thu - 5.37m (+2.67)
Frid - 5.50m (+3.00)
Sun - 5.36m (+2.36)

Running Average - 5.52m (+1.6)

Unseen Bits - 1.66m
Aftersun - 1.78m

Here is every rating of the series so far (overnights / officials). I'm posting this here so it's easier to keep updated and add up every week


01 - 3.30 / 5.90m
02 - 2.90 / 5.60m
03 - 3.00 / 5.74m
04 - 2.70 / 5.55m
05 - 2.70 / 5.69m
06 - 2.70 / 5.44m

07 - 2.80 / 5.45m
08 - 2.70 / 5.34m
09 - 2.80 / 5.53m
10 - 2.90 / 5.49m
11 - 2.50 / 5.50m
12 - 3.00 / 5.62m

13 - 3.10 / 5.70m
14 - 2.70 / 5.33m
15 - 2.80 / 5.31m
16 - 2.70 / 5.37m
17 - 2.50 / 5.50m
18 - 3.00 / 5.36m

19 - 3.10
20 - 3.10
21 - 2.90
22 - 2.80
23 - 2.60
24 - 3.30

I wonder what tonight’s episode will get.

Last night was joint highest episode so far with 3.3 million viewers and an 18% share. Tonight's episode has also been extended by 20 minutes :)

3.5 million average and 4.2 million peak last night, highest ever peak for Love Island and second highest rated episode to date only after last years final of 3.6 million - which is an incredible feat considering the football averaged 9 million and peaked at 11 million in the same time slot last night.

:amazed: :clap1:

Last nights Love Island was its highest rated highlights show ever with 3.6 million watching (peaking at 4 million) and a 20% share.

Last nights Love Island received 3.5 million viewers. Not a highlights show getting more than the BB10 Finale :/

Amazing ratings. So much drama going on :dance:

Where are the officials?

Any officials yet?

Nope, still no news.

3.2m for Thursday night.

The series average has now tipped over; it's 3.001 million. Nearly 6m officially with these last few weeks of 3.5+

Week 4 officials (+how much it added to the overnight)

Mon - 5.44m (+2.34)
Tue - 5.60m (+2.50)
Wed - 5.02m (+2.12)
Thu - 5.37m (+2.57)
Frid - 5.53m (+2.93)
Sun - 5.69m (+2.39)

Series Average - 5.55m (+1.7)

Unseen Bits - 1.69m
Aftersun - 1.92m


Week 5 officials

Mon - 5.78m (+2.48)
Tue - 6.04m (+2.54)
Wed - 6.15m (+2.55)
Thu - 5.96m (+2.46)
Frid - 6.03m (+3.03)
Sun - 5.86m (+2.36)

Series Average - 5.7m (+1.7)

Unseen Bits - 1.78m
Aftersun - 1.82m

That's brilliant omg

6 million officials we-

that's 5.9 million views more than our dutch love Island :fan:

which only had 100.000 viewers and most likely not returning for a second season, people over here just ignored it, even some filed a complaint for promoting it too much during commercials since they weren't interested in that show at all

Beautiful ratings. :flutter:

I'm surprised it keeps increasing compared to last year when ratings actually dipped around this time.

Wow, that's amazing :dance: