Love Island executive producer Mike Spencer has revealed that banning contestants from using social media during filming helped protect families from reading “distressing” abuse.
Lifted Entertainment, the ITV Studios production outfit behind Love Island, asked all islanders this year to pause their use of Instagram, TikTok, and other platforms during their time in the villa.
During previous seasons of the dating show, families, friends or other representatives were able to post updates on behalf of contestants throughout filming to drum up support or build their brand.
“If I was a parent, I would probably go through the direct messages while they are in there, have a little scan through what they’re saying,” Spencer told an Edinburgh TV Festival session on dating shows. “There were some really stressful situations for parents.”
Lifted’s creative director added: “For us, it was to alleviate some of that pressure from the families. Let...
Lifted Entertainment, the ITV Studios production outfit behind Love Island, asked all islanders this year to pause their use of Instagram, TikTok, and other platforms during their time in the villa.
During previous seasons of the dating show, families, friends or other representatives were able to post updates on behalf of contestants throughout filming to drum up support or build their brand.
“If I was a parent, I would probably go through the direct messages while they are in there, have a little scan through what they’re saying,” Spencer told an Edinburgh TV Festival session on dating shows. “There were some really stressful situations for parents.”
Lifted’s creative director added: “For us, it was to alleviate some of that pressure from the families. Let...
- 8/24/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
“Love Island” contestants heading to the infamous Mallorca villa this winter will be banned from having active social media accounts in their absence.
ITV and Lifted Entertainment confirmed on Dec. 30 that duty of care protocols have been updated for Season 9 of the reality behemoth. As part of the new rules, to protect both the Islanders and their families from “the adverse effects of social media,” participants will be asked to pause handles and accounts on their social media platforms for the duration of their time on the show.
This means that, while contestants are in the villa, their accounts will remain dormant, and nothing will be published on their behalf. This is drastically different to past seasons where accounts have remained active, with designated family members and friends given the reins to rally behind their loved ones via their social media accounts.
While such shows of support have helped to...
ITV and Lifted Entertainment confirmed on Dec. 30 that duty of care protocols have been updated for Season 9 of the reality behemoth. As part of the new rules, to protect both the Islanders and their families from “the adverse effects of social media,” participants will be asked to pause handles and accounts on their social media platforms for the duration of their time on the show.
This means that, while contestants are in the villa, their accounts will remain dormant, and nothing will be published on their behalf. This is drastically different to past seasons where accounts have remained active, with designated family members and friends given the reins to rally behind their loved ones via their social media accounts.
While such shows of support have helped to...
- 1/4/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Love Island contestants will be restricted from accessing their social media accounts this winter season.
The upcoming change is being made in an effort to protect the contestants from the “adverse effects of social media”.
According to The Guardian, it comes in response to the latest season’s drama, which resulted in viewers bombarding Ofcom with thousands of complaints.
Typically, contestants’ accounts are managed by friends, relatives or PR teams in order to increase support and expand their brand while they’re away at the villa.
However, for the first time ever, contestants will be asked that nothing be posted to their Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter accounts on their behalf for the duration of season nine.
Instead, they will receive “guidance and training around mutually respectful behaviour in relationships”.
“The bold decision to pause Islanders’ social media activity during the new series is testament to ITV’s serious intent, especially...
The upcoming change is being made in an effort to protect the contestants from the “adverse effects of social media”.
According to The Guardian, it comes in response to the latest season’s drama, which resulted in viewers bombarding Ofcom with thousands of complaints.
Typically, contestants’ accounts are managed by friends, relatives or PR teams in order to increase support and expand their brand while they’re away at the villa.
However, for the first time ever, contestants will be asked that nothing be posted to their Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter accounts on their behalf for the duration of season nine.
Instead, they will receive “guidance and training around mutually respectful behaviour in relationships”.
“The bold decision to pause Islanders’ social media activity during the new series is testament to ITV’s serious intent, especially...
- 12/30/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - TV
Love Island contestants will have their social media accounts taken away for the duration of the upcoming winter season and receive “guidance and training around mutually respectful behavior in relationships” following thousands of complaints earlier this year.
For the first time in the show’s history, the ninth winter season will oblige the contestants to pause all activity on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and nothing will be published on their behalf.
Ordinarily, Islanders’ accounts are overseen by friends, relatives or PR professionals during their time in the villa, in order to drum up support and build up their brand.
“The bold decision to pause Islanders’ social media activity during the new series is testament to ITV’s serious intent, especially as this input provides both a benefit to the appeal of the programme and a potential source of mental health problems,” said Dr Matthew Gould, a Psychologist who consults on the Lifted Entertainment show.
For the first time in the show’s history, the ninth winter season will oblige the contestants to pause all activity on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and nothing will be published on their behalf.
Ordinarily, Islanders’ accounts are overseen by friends, relatives or PR professionals during their time in the villa, in order to drum up support and build up their brand.
“The bold decision to pause Islanders’ social media activity during the new series is testament to ITV’s serious intent, especially as this input provides both a benefit to the appeal of the programme and a potential source of mental health problems,” said Dr Matthew Gould, a Psychologist who consults on the Lifted Entertainment show.
- 12/30/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Some of the nation's leading business barons will accept demotions for a new TLC reality series. The cable channel will grease the rungs of the corporate ladder with Now Who's Boss? -- a hourlong primetime series that transplants CEOs into entry-level jobs at the companies they run. TLC bought the format rights to a BBC series Back to the Floor to create Boss, which is produced by New York Times Television. In the premiere, Loews Hotels chairman and CEO Jonathan Tisch finds himself working as a housekeeper and bellhop at one of his own hotels. The experience was such an eye-opener for Tisch that it motivated him to mandate that his own executives spend one day each year doing the same. "The conceit of the series is to show an honest experience from both the executive and employee sides," said Michael Klein, who will executive produce Boss with NYTT's Matthew Gould. Other executives scheduled to trade their white collars in for blue ones include Skip Sherman, senior vp entertainment at Universal Orlando; Dan Brestle, group president of Stila Cosmetics at Estee Lauder Cos.; John Selvaggio, president of Delta Airlines' Song Air Service; Larry Flax and Rick Rosenfield, co-founders of California Pizza Kitchen; and John Vanderslice, president and CEO at Club Med Americas. Boss will begin its six-episode run in March in a time slot to be determined.
- 12/14/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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