ITV Studios’ hit reality TV dating show “Love Island,” which returned to British screens this week, offers viewers a Mediterranean dream away from their own humdrum lives.
The strapline on the U.S. version is “Escape Nightly.”The show’s premise is, of course, to find love and some couples have gone the distance after meeting in the infamous “Love Island” villa, with a handful even going on to get married and have children.
Even “Love Island’s” latest presenter, Laura Whitmore, and its long-time narrator, Iain Stirling, are now coupled up, after reportedly meeting at an ITV party several years ago.
But romance isn’t the only — or even the primary — impetus for many contestants. Instead, they’re lured onto the show by the promise of untold.
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