Love Island is suing YouTubers accused of making ‘low-quality knock-off’ version of the show
In the online series, contestants gather around a firepit
Love Island bosses are reportedly suing a bunch of YouTubers, who have been accused of making a knock-off version of the show. As we all know, Love Island sees a group of singles couple up in a villa, and the aim is to find love, and get the prize fund. Now, a similar online show has cropped up.
ITV has said Nelk Island has stolen ideas from its show, to create a “low-quality knock-off”, as per The Sun. It is now suing those behind it, alleging “trademark infringement and brand theft”.
As per the publication, the channel has demanded the team stop creating its show, but founder Kyle Forgeard wrote online: “Do not touch our YouTube video. If you do, it is f*** war.”
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The show is made by NELK Boys co-founder Kyle Forgeard, who you might know as being who hosted the “20 women vs Drake” stream earlier this year.
The new show, which ITV is suing over, has ex-Love Island USA contestant George Vining taking part, and gets millions of views. It sees contestants couple up in a villa, with even the colour scheme of the villa being similar to that of the ITV show. The cast members do challenges similar to Love Island, and gather around a firepit to chat. The winners are said to get $100k.
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ITV is said to have mentioned in the lawsuit one particular moment from the show, which has had backlash. In one scene, a contestant wearing a turban said: “I don’t care about [my] turban. I care about you.” Forgeard then allegedly joked: “That’s gotta be the closest that turban’s been to py in a while.”
According to The Sun, ITV has said the incident caused widespread offence among Sikhs, with one person who viewed the video wrongly blaming the real Love Island.
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Those named in the lawsuit are said to have not yet responded in court.
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