This season of Love Island has started the show’s downfall, and here’s why

With one week left, the state of this season has been abysmal to say the least.

Yes, we have had drama, fights, and lots of hideaway scandals, but have we had genuine connections, couples going from strength to strength, and, you know, love? No, no we have not.

And frankly, Love Island has not “love islanded” this year.

Yes, I might be getting old, but I’m not happy with how this season has gone, and I’m sure you’re not either. Sometimes, you do just want to see a couple falling in love, laying in the sun, and we just haven’t had that.

Let’s hash out the main points from this season that have led to the long-awaited downfall of Love Island. It was fun while it lasted.

One week shy of the final and I’m sorry, but where are all the ACTUAL couples?

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Right, the first reason for why the 2025 season has caused the start of Love Island’s downfall.

Honestly, this year it feels like the show has only just started, what with the lack of girlfriends and boyfriends.

We have been deprived of devoted acts of love like Tommy Fury’s handcrafted note asking Molly-Mae to be his girlfriend or Farmer Will using each islander to tell Jessie just how in love with her he was. Instead, we get boys who see it as a challenge to make at least one girl cry a day.

All we have to pine over is Meg and Dejon’s blossoming relationship, which of course, no one cares for. Sorry, not sorry.

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I mean, the whole point of Love Island is to build genuine connections and I think it’s safe to say that the success stories from this season will be very few and far between.

The boys cosplaying as men this season is enough for me to scratch my eyes out

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The number of half-decent men in that villa this year is shocking to say the least. There’s no dispute about who’s the most respectful, but instead who has had the most damaging effect on the most girls.

The immature and frankly harmful behaviour towards the women this year has sparked so much outrage and many complaints (as it should), so much so that Women’s Aid has spoken out about Harrison’s “petrifying” behaviour and the damaging effects he’s had on both Lauren and Toni equally. . A man who had the nickname “young bull” is not a man but an immature little boy. Clearly, the producers felt that screening nice men this year was less important than creating drama.

All the initials?! Are we still learning the alphabet when we’re pushing 30?

H for Harry, H for Harrison, H for Helena, T for Tommy, P for Poppy, B for Ben, G for Giorgio, D for Dejon!?! What the helly??

B FOR BEN?! BEN IS THREE LETTERS. IT DID NOT NEED TO BE SHORTENED! Is Maya gonna be MJ when she rocks up for the final? There is simply no need; full names are just not that hard to say.

Dumping islanders before we even know their names

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Love Island dumpings are supposed to be harsh, we all know that but this year has been one of the worst.

Nothing will beat the brutal dumping of Shannon Singh in season seven, being dumped after just two days in the villa. Like Shannon, the three bombshells from this year’s sleepover, Poppy, Caprice and Will, had potential to shake things up in the villa. If only they were given enough time and actually allowed to be bombshells. The whole sleepover thing is so unnecessary and did not add anything to the show.

Also, did anyone feel like Casa Amor this year was way too short or is it just me?

Also, have you heard of Kyle Ashman? Didn’t think so. Kyle was part of the original line-up but he was axed just days before the show was set to air because of his involvement in an attack that led to an arrest, despite being found not guilty and was released from police custody with no further action.

Clearly, islander screening was again very relaxed this year and not only did producers not check for alleged manipulative behaviours, but they missed previous arrests too.

Despite not seeing Kyle on our screens this summer, this did mean that Conor Phillips was added to the OG line-up last minute. As Conor is one of my faves, I’ll allow this little slip up ITV.

The unspoken and ignored social divide of ‘mean girls’ throughout the villa

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So, the final reason for why Love Island could soon be seeing its downfall is the cliquey-ness.

You would think that 20 people sharing a bedroom would bring them together but no, the high school cliques in the villa right now are so blatantly obvious that I’m way more invested in which mean girls are meaner rather than the state of the couples.

Just because Shakira and Toni’s dirty laundry has been aired for everyone to see does not make them the villains they have been painted out to be. Meg and Helena have also said just as many nasty things but of course, the producers only show us these things and not islanders during movie night and the Grafties. Empty apologies will not fool the public into thinking that both girl groups are gonna be besties now.

Too little too late to start resolving bitchy dramas, they’ll all be home next week and no bikinis will ever be shared across groups again.

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