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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Alexandra Jones

‘Why I’ve fallen out of love with Love Island’

It’s possible that I am now simply too old to enjoy the bloated spectacle that is Love Island.

If I were applying for The X Factor, I’d be ticking the “over-25s” box which, in reality TV terms, means I’m basically dead. So maybe it makes sense that I’m no longer entertained by the travails of a group of semi-sentient torsos — although if recent ratings are anything to go by, I’m not the only one who has found themselves fatigued by the show.

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