Love Island viewers have been left fuming over the latest 'boring' instalment of the dating show after Zara Lackenby-Brown's departure.
On Wednesday night, it was a boys' choice recoupling following the arrival of bombshell Samie, whose presence had clearly shaken up the villa. Following the recoupling, Zara was the last girl standing and was dumped from the show as Tom was the last to pick.
Footballer Tom chose to couple up with Ellie after the two shared a secret kiss while he was coupled with Zara.
In her exit interview, Zara opened up about her doomed romance with Tom. "I went in with an open mind. Tom isn’t my usual type at all so that was new to me but, I was being open minded as I knew the experience was all about pushing myself out of my comfort zone," she said.
"I did think there could be potential with Tom. He’d told me he’d been in a long-term relationship, so I already knew he was capable of being committed. The age difference was a bit of a barrier for me - girls mature faster than guys."
Fans were left begging ITV producers to bring back the dumped Islander, after feeling extremely uninvested in the show without her.
Viewers took to Twitter to vent their frustrations about the lacklustre episode. One wrote: "zara actually brought all the entertainment cause this episode is dry #loveisland".
Another said: "Tom has no story without Zara because what is his ACTUAL purpose??? #loveisland," while a third said: "The producers best have Zara waiting in Casa Amor. It’s so boring without her #LoveIsland".
"the drama and entertainment zara would’ve caused in this challenge we’re truly missing out #LoveIsland," wrote a fourth as someone else agreed: "if this is how the rest of the season is going to be now that Zara is gone then forgerrit #LoveIsland".
Another tweeted: "Tom’s disappeared and Ellie, Aaron and Spencer are boring af bring back Zara man wth is this lettting her go was a huge mistake #loveisland"
"Nah it’s p**sing me off that Zara’s really gone. I keep waiting on a twist #loveisland," one shared, with another adding: "i’m still waiting for the Zara coming back plot twist... it’s giving that one girl in season seven who left in the first two episodes #loveisland."
Love Island returns to ITV2 and ITVX tomorrow at 9pm.
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