Love is on the Air with a Record 3.4m VIewers

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June 5, 2018

LOVE ISLANDs telly return gave ITV2 its biggest-ever audience as a record 3.4million viewers tuned in for their reality TV fix.

The shows series four launch attracted an average audience of 2.95million more than double the 1.3million who watched 2017s season premiere.

And TV bosses are to set to send a fresh dose of double trouble into the Mallorcan villa to keep fans glued to their TV sets.

Trouble at the double: Rosie Williams quit her job as a lawyer to enter the Love Island villaAt the end of last nights episode, producers teased that Georgia Steel, 20, and Rosie Williams, 26, will join the cast in the coming days to shake up the existing couples.

Student Georgia, who also works as a barmaid in London, says her romances often get blurred, adding: Ive never been cheated on and Ive not cheated on someone before. I may have kissed two guys in one week but I wasnt ever in a serious relationship.

As for Rosie, who has quit her job as a solicitor, she boasts she has a winners smile. Everyone comments on my smile. I always smile, I dont like to be miserable, the part-time model of Rhondda, South Wales, told fans in a promo.

Steaming up screen: Personal trainer Adam Collard set pulses racing in naked shower sceneThe duo will be added to the mix to put pairings under pressure a tactic TV bosses pursued from the get-go by introducing Geordie personal trainer Adam Collard, 22, at the end of the first episode. The 22-year-old set pulses racing when it was announced he would be breaking up one of the first five couples and he wasted no time showing fans whats in store during a naked shower scene.

Mondays launch show also gave ITV2 its biggest-ever audience share 16.4 per cent data shows.

At the same time, 1.73million tuned in to watch BBC1s Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley.

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