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Love Island bosses 'working to the wire' as villa is still not finished with just days to go

This year's Love Island villa is still not finished - despite the fact all the sexy singletons are due to move into it in three days' time.

Show bosses are said to be "working to the wire" to finish building the luxury holiday home before the weekend arrives.

The love shack is almost completed, but some sections of it remain unfinished while work is done on furniture, walls and floors, as well as The Hideaway.

ITV acquired the villa back in January and work started in March.

Local builders and the channel's own crew have been working overtime to get it completed.

Love Island bosses are 'working to the wire' to get the villa finished (ITV)

"It just takes time, getting it right," executive producer Mike Spencer told The Sun.

He added: "Things like this aren't finished yet. We're working to the wire.

"Cameras are only just going in now, we've been out here for eight or nine weeks."

He also claims it will be "amazing".

Mike admitted the initial search for this year's villa took months, and that the infinity pool is a "show staple" now.

He concluded: "The challenge is obviously just the pressure of building something everyone is going to like, that caters for everyone, and also feels like the show is back and has everything viewers are hoping for.

The islanders are set to move in within the next few days (ITV)

"It feels like Love Island but with a glow up - it’s a bigger fire pit, like an auditorium arena, it’s all bigger and bolder."

It comes after this year's edition of the racy dating show could be the sexiest series yet, as bosses refuse to edit out any sexy shenanigans that take place in the iconic villa.

The 11 love-seeking singletons making up this year's starting line-up were unveiled on Monday - with Michael Owen's daughter Gemma, 19, amongst those hoping to get lucky when the show kicks off next week.

As fans get ready for a long, hot summer watching the stunning contestants couple up - and fall out - with one another, the Mirror's Jessica Gibb took a tour around the villa located in Majorca and grilled producers about how they decide what to show when it comes to couples 'doing bits' inside the villa.

It is still not complete (ITV)

Mike explained to The Mirror how he and his team don't decide in advance what they want to show 'sex wise', as they're working so quickly on each nightly show.

"You just don't know until you see any footage. Like, genuinely we're so reactive," he explained inside the new Love Island villa.

"We're cutting around the clock, like we're literally if something's happening we're cutting it overnight ready for that next morning viewing so until you see anything, it's hard to make a judgement."

He added: "I think you just have to go with what's right. I think the show tonally does get it right. I think it's suggestive. I think it's funny. I think music is a massive thing of Love Island.

"And I think we'll continue to do that. But who knows until we see it. It's hard to know how you cut it because it always depends on who it is."

*Love Island returns to ITV2 on Monday June 6 at 9pm.

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