Love Island viewers have called for a change to the format on the ITV2 series, after a recent shake-up was brought back.
This time, like with the 2022 summer edition, viewers had to decide which girls and boys were paired together in the launch show.
In previous series, it was up to the girls and boys who they coupled up with, with them also allowed to change their minds.
The show went back to this format for the winter 2023 series, but it has now reverted back to the voting twist for the latest show.
Viewers were told to vote for couples before the launch episode, and on Monday night host Maya Jama announced which girl and which boy were now a couple.
But viewers were not keen on this shake-up and the twist making a return, preferring to see the girls and boys decide for themselves.
Taking to Twitter, some viewers shared their dislike of the twist as others called for show bosses to go back to the old format.
Some even said the change "ruined" the launch episode for them, as others were not impressed with the final result.
One viewer tweeted: "please bring back the original way of the first coupling up. Already bored of this version."
Another said: "bring back the girls stepping forward for the guys and f**k this public vote coupling up s***e"
A third fan commented: "Please let this be the last time," as a fourth added: "The public voting for who matches really ruins it for me idk."
It comes after host Maya confirmed a double twist to start off the series, with a show first too.
Announcing she's "got some news", Maya revealed the decision of who the Islanders would couple up with had already been made for them by the public.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain this week, Maya teased the shock twist, saying: "A very big surprise is that the public has all the power.
"For the first episode, you guys are going to decide who couples up. You vote and then we listen. It's a big decision to make, as soon as you see them."
For the first time ever, both boys and girls entered the villa as Ruchee Gurung and Jess Harding were joined by Mitchell Taylor, Ella and André Furtado as they got to know each other in one of the show's most flirtatious first episodes ever.
Meanwhile, Maya issued a warning to the latest batch of Love Islanders, telling them: “Don’t fall in love on the first day.”
The presenter – who is rumoured to have reignited her romance with grime star Stormzy after their split in 2019 – said her advice would be to play the field.
Speaking to the Mirror, she said: “When they lock themselves up right away, I’m like, ‘No, you’ve got so much time, know everybody’.
“Don’t fall in love on the first day. But if you do, fantastic, you might just end up making it to the end.
“Me, personally, I wouldn’t lock down with somebody on the first day. I would keep my options open.”
Love Island airs all this week at 9PM on ITV2 and ITVX.
