There’s loads more to come.
Love Island isn’t going anywhere any time soon, and as the applications for next year have already opened, we know we’re in for at least another season.
ITV boss Kevin Lygo has said that he doesn’t believe the show has “peaked” after 2.8 million people tuned in on Monday night to watch the final, an increase of 22% since the 2019 season.
But while the producers are set on more seasons of the show, one thing they’re sure of is they need to “spice it up a bit”.
ITV Director of Television told the Edinburgh TV Special: “I don’t think it has peaked, I think this is a pattern that you see when new programmes come along and they are huge phenomenons.
“On catch-up it’s certainly the best performing series ever, the overnights are still really strong, most nights it’s the most watched show at 9pm anywhere. That alone is quite a success.
“I think it’s all in the catch-up now, which is done quite quickly because there is another episode coming tomorrow.”
Adding that it’s a credit to the producers to still have an audience captivated every night, Lygo was adamant that the show is here to stay.
He continued: “Who would think you could invent a programme that runs for eight weeks every single night at 9pm and kind of takes in more viewers than anything, particularly younger viewers which are the hardest to find now.
“There are many years left in it and I think the challenge thrown down to producers, and let’s give them a bit of credit, through a pandemic they managed to make a show every single night, is to make some subtle change to spice it up a bit and make it as fresh as you can.”
