And I love Love Island UK!! In fact I'm addicted to the UK version! But the American version, which I had a lot of hopes for, is just... depressing. The colors are dark, everyone talks about being "safe" instead of the majority of people actually looking to find love like they are on the UK version. It took me a bit to warm up to Ian Sterling's narration from the UK, but the narrator for the US is borrrrring... I'm sorry, but he is. In the UK, Carolyn Flack is a much better host than the girl from the US.
The colors need brightened up big Time!! Needs a new host, new narrator and stop telling everyone what they need to do with each new person when they're recoupling!!! Arrrgh! Gets on my nerves!
53 Reviews
Very boring
shawney_bell20 August 2019
Boring and mind numbing, but strangely addicting
songbirdmc16 August 2019
Let me preface this with I actually liked the first episode. It was interesting how everyone coupled up, but things got boring fast. None of the conversations had any real substance. I often wondered if it was editing or if they actually did talk over each other as much as it seemed. They are trying to express their thoughts and feelings to their partner and the person that should be listening is also talking! It made it frustrating and impossible to follow and what I did hear was B O R I N G. The reason I stuck with it is because I did feel a tiny bit invested in these couples, but like another reviewer pointed out this show was way to PG for me. Everyone was ridiculously nice. I don't want fake fights or drama, but they were so scared to step on toes. Have none of these people watched The Bachelor shows? I often wondered if it was scripted because everyone used the same vocabulary-referring to each other as boys and girls instead of men and women, asking each other to be boyfriend and girlfriend (smh again with the PG vibe or dare I even say G?). Speaking of vibe, everyone always asking each other if they are vibing with someone. Vibing was way overused. Even when Ariel came out supposedly looking feirce it was more comical than powerful. I hope the step it up for season two and more funny stuff please. Caro vs. the bee in her hair was the best thing that happened on the show. P.S. The hideaway was lame. It was small, horribly decorated for romance, and only two glasses of champagne!?
bAAAD baad clipping/editing
karolineholmas29 August 2019
Compared with Love Island UK (which i luuv luuv luuv) the editing of this show is so terrible. The games are barely shown in the episodes, and as a viewer we don´t really get to know the islanders as well as we could. I guess this is just typical american superficial reality... Also, why do they skip the results of the recoupling/ viewers votes to the next episode? SO annoying!
Like this is like the worst like
barbell_282 March 2021
Totally Binge-worthy BUT...
echoeccentric6 September 2020
I went into this show with little to no expectations and came out really enjoying it for the most part. My absolute favorite part of it is the announcer, who is incredibly hilarious throughout the entire series. He will call out the the cast and production team both with no hesitation, when most announcers sugar coat everything or basically say whatever production wants them too. He's wonderful. The casting is done well too. I found myself really loving most of the cast, with the exception of the ones I just couldn't stand, which makes for great television.
There are some MAJOR downsides however, and all come from the production. There are a couple (not all) cast members that are so overly produced that it's obvious they're playing a character. When they bring in new contestants it's totally random. Sometimes 1 guy. Sometimes 2 guys and a girl. Sometimes 6 people. Also they have these "challenges" that are good for absolutely nothing. The winner never actually wins anything. Also during the show some cast get wayyyyy more screen time than others, which isn't fair at all considering how the public votes for which couples they want to stay. An example is the "random" dates some of the couple's get to go on. From what I've seen only the fan (or producers) favorites get to go on these dates, in turn getting them more screen time, and more public votes at the end of the day. Most couples don't get these "random" dates. Some cast members won't even be seen in some episodes. How are we supposed to vote for someone we forget is there? Another thing is the randomness of the "Re-Coupling" as they call it. Who decides the order they get to pick their partners? The answer is the producers. A good example is when a new girl came in and got to pick her partner before most of the other girls, which in turn caused one of the girls that had been there longer to quit. I don't blame her either. She so obviously got screwed over by production. Another small thing, not that big a deal, but production making the cast freak out when they get a text "I GOT A TEXXXT!!!, is so obviously stolen from The Challenges' "I GOT A CLUEEEEE!!" That they would make them do over there. They're way more annoying about it on here, and should tone it down just a tad.
If they could just fine tune some things and make it actually somewhat fair, it would be way better. When new islanders come in, they should alternate. Two guys and a girl, then 2 girls and a guy, so during the coupling ceremony they can also alternate from girls picking, to guys picking instead of girls picking two or three times in a row. Also the winner of the challenge should either be the one that wins the date (and more screen time) and/or decide the order that the islanders get to pick their dates. That's the biggest thing. Make the challenges mean something and let the cast pick the order they get to pick their dates, and alternate from guys to girls at every coupling ceremony. I know the English version is new so hopefully it'll learn from it's mistakes. I mean, Big Brother and Survivor started out shaky but got better so I'm hopeful this will too.
There are some MAJOR downsides however, and all come from the production. There are a couple (not all) cast members that are so overly produced that it's obvious they're playing a character. When they bring in new contestants it's totally random. Sometimes 1 guy. Sometimes 2 guys and a girl. Sometimes 6 people. Also they have these "challenges" that are good for absolutely nothing. The winner never actually wins anything. Also during the show some cast get wayyyyy more screen time than others, which isn't fair at all considering how the public votes for which couples they want to stay. An example is the "random" dates some of the couple's get to go on. From what I've seen only the fan (or producers) favorites get to go on these dates, in turn getting them more screen time, and more public votes at the end of the day. Most couples don't get these "random" dates. Some cast members won't even be seen in some episodes. How are we supposed to vote for someone we forget is there? Another thing is the randomness of the "Re-Coupling" as they call it. Who decides the order they get to pick their partners? The answer is the producers. A good example is when a new girl came in and got to pick her partner before most of the other girls, which in turn caused one of the girls that had been there longer to quit. I don't blame her either. She so obviously got screwed over by production. Another small thing, not that big a deal, but production making the cast freak out when they get a text "I GOT A TEXXXT!!!, is so obviously stolen from The Challenges' "I GOT A CLUEEEEE!!" That they would make them do over there. They're way more annoying about it on here, and should tone it down just a tad.
If they could just fine tune some things and make it actually somewhat fair, it would be way better. When new islanders come in, they should alternate. Two guys and a girl, then 2 girls and a guy, so during the coupling ceremony they can also alternate from girls picking, to guys picking instead of girls picking two or three times in a row. Also the winner of the challenge should either be the one that wins the date (and more screen time) and/or decide the order that the islanders get to pick their dates. That's the biggest thing. Make the challenges mean something and let the cast pick the order they get to pick their dates, and alternate from guys to girls at every coupling ceremony. I know the English version is new so hopefully it'll learn from it's mistakes. I mean, Big Brother and Survivor started out shaky but got better so I'm hopeful this will too.
Stupid & Trashy
Johnny_West6 July 2022
The dumbest blondes, the stupidest tarts, and the trashiest loser guys all meet on Love Island which should really be called Skag Street or Herpes Heaven. These folks make you hope that at the end of the series they are given a lot of money to move out of the USA, and voluntarily seek citizenship somewhere else. Hopefully none of them will ever have children.
Reality tv
bgcutie21 August 2019
I never watch reality tv. I literally starting watching this because I wanted something stupid to laugh at. I was super emotionally invested within the first episode.For the people who are saying it's boring... if you're looking for backstabbing, yelling, and general drama, no, you aren't going to like this show.
Well.....
bkcjohns-23-82018729 September 2020
Never ending
thm991 August 2019
LOVE LOVE ISLAND
klwing67725 July 2019
Like, like,like...
smartkaty-038929 October 2020
Should be called 'Like Island'
amyfleck7 December 2021
"Like do you like like me or like do you like the new girl?"... "It's like not that like I dont like you because like I do like you, but like..." Brace yourself, if you plan on watching this show, to hear a whole lot of conversations just like that! I don't even know how these people find the time to actually get to know each other with how much they say the word 'like'. Must take ages. And watching them make out is disgusting. I dont mind a bit of PDA but every kiss is turned into an attempt at a porn audition. Nobody wants to see full on tongues flailing and slobber flying. It's not sexy or passionate it's nasty. In my final thought, the narrator on this US version is dreadfully annoying and not a single bit funny. I wouldn't expect him to live up to Ian from the British version, who is hilarious, but this guy is a complete joke, and I'm not talking about his jokes. I like the British version of Love Island, but we can add this to the long list of British shows that the US attempts to remake that's nowhere near as good.... Shameless, The Office, Skins, Inbetweeners, Outnumbered, Fawlty Towers, even Ex On the Beach, and there's about 100 more.... If you're American like me, but have only seen the US version of these shows you are seriously missing the plot!
Brainless Morons
guam-7394227 July 2021
Are twenty somethings really this clinically brain dead? How could people this stupid possibly get a job, hold a job, let alone be able to go to some resort? These mindless idiots have no knowledge of books, films, art, history, politics or anything else that normal people would use in small talk on a date. They appear to be completely uneducated, completely uncultured, massively immature.
An extremely sad and pathetic commentary on the current generation. Disgraceful.
An extremely sad and pathetic commentary on the current generation. Disgraceful.
The show needs a lot of work and realism
ereims21 August 2021
The editing is absolutely terrible. They show the same boring morning routines and workouts. People pretend to be excited for a text. They have these meaningless conversations and continually say, "I have a connection with you". You don't get to see the real parts of people and who they are. And then the parties, challenges, and games are hardly shown. Mostly, the games they are edited and you see like one minute of them. The season is way too long. The number of new people brought in is so random. There are too many recouplings. How can you even get to know and like the couples to vote on them if they aren't going to be in the show after one episode? This could have been a good show if they fixed the editing and actually made the conversations and the people seem more realistic, after all it is called reality tv. The only good part about this show is the narrator.
USA Season 5 - cringey attention seeker alert
michellevanryn7618 October 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I have watched every season of UK, USA and Australia and the 5th season of USA is the 1st season of any of the franchises that I felt like there was several islanders that were super fake and trying too hard to get attention because they were forcing "storylines"
I mean....it is a reality show but most of them are just looking to meet someone they click with but.... KASSY on USA season 5 was soooo annoying! From the 1st episode she was so obnoxious and attention whorish. And then out of the blue towards the end she is all of a sudden bi-sexual.....ugh. Cringe. USA do better picking islanders next season please!
Also, I am 2nd hand embarrassed by how often these adults say the word "like" and also use the f-word as an adjective and adverb. I mean, come on......broaden your vocabulary a bit, please! Maybe try to read a book.
Also, I am 2nd hand embarrassed by how often these adults say the word "like" and also use the f-word as an adjective and adverb. I mean, come on......broaden your vocabulary a bit, please! Maybe try to read a book.
Boring
caresseanastasia15 July 2019
As a big fan of the British version of love island I had high standards going into the US version, but just as the US butchered Skins they destroyed love island. Its completely boring and the girls come off ditzy. You can not top Iain as the original narrator. I couldn't stay intrested.
Enjoyed watching adults behave like adults.
golddoor19 February 2020
Entertaining and cringy at the same time
ampx-5904528 November 2022
Worth watching, not a background show though because you have to pay attention to all the details of the relationships. Predictable mostly but some really funny moments. A slumber party of hopeless romantics.
You'll know in the first 5 minutes if you're going to like it. In this one it's a bit bland but UK or Australia do a better job. Need to get more interesting people because a lot of the people are surface level. And some are too young with not a lot of experience in life. Would be funny to have more weirdos on the show to spice things up or people with anger management issues so the guys can get litty. Everyone loves bear hugs on this show.
You'll know in the first 5 minutes if you're going to like it. In this one it's a bit bland but UK or Australia do a better job. Need to get more interesting people because a lot of the people are surface level. And some are too young with not a lot of experience in life. Would be funny to have more weirdos on the show to spice things up or people with anger management issues so the guys can get litty. Everyone loves bear hugs on this show.
The Most Inane Show Ever Produced On Network Television
zobva16 August 2019
I can't even think of enough pejorative adjectives to describe this awful show:
Vapid.
Stupid.
Insulting.
Boring.
Pointless.
Stereotyping.
Mindless.
... are just a few.
I watched a few minutes of one episode,and I can't believe that CBS wastes money continuing to hype this dumbass show. When I go to my CBS All Access app, I'm greeted with a nauseating huge ad trying to push me to stream the episodes of this horrid production. I would rather swallow glass and gouge my eyes out.
I watched a few minutes of one episode,and I can't believe that CBS wastes money continuing to hype this dumbass show. When I go to my CBS All Access app, I'm greeted with a nauseating huge ad trying to push me to stream the episodes of this horrid production. I would rather swallow glass and gouge my eyes out.
Fun to watch
ericabeckhelene19 August 2019
Ridiculous Love Show
PalmBeachG10 December 2022
Only watched the Netflix one where Zac was featured from Chicago. He was the only one worth watching - the nicest guy proves that midwest guys are much nicer than California guys. He is real, nice, friendly, an average Joe. I don't know if the girl he chose knew what she was getting into though with a grocery store guy from Chicago with a large close family. I doubt it is the life she would be looking for in reality but had no clue what that would be - even mentioning to her mother that he would move to LA. I really doubt that. Other than him, every one else seems so shallow; surprisingly even the cowboy. Have seen better dating shows for sure.
Boring
cleo-627546 August 2019
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