On the sofa with TV therapist Sally Baker

Just over a week in and Sherif has been 'disappeared' with no-one so far commenting on him leaving the villa. The producers are defiantly keeping the pressure on the contestants with two new girls arriving in the next episode just as boys and girls were beginning to settle down into coupledom.

This podcast also looks at why the producers may have chosen contestants who are already social media influencers or related to famous people and how that could affect their performance on Love Island.

Rumours about who will be taking part in Love Island Series 5 are breaking in the press every day. As are what ITV plans to do with Casa Mor, the lie detector episode and the one where the contestants get to hear what the trolls have been saying about them.

This season is going to be a tough one for ITV to get right with the challenge of making 8 weeks of exciting reality TV while the mental health of none of the contestants suffer. OFCOM will be watching their every move while we viewers will be eagerly making our own judgments about this year's cohort. One thing for sure though is that the rumoured contestants are going to be the most media savvy ever selected. It will be interesting to see if a more knowing bunch of contestants behave differently on the Island than previous contestants. Will they be hyper aware of how they behave knowing their every move will be judged from the comfort of our sofas?

Two episodes into the new series and the initially lukewarm couples are getting to know each other. In true Love Island tradition disruption arrives this time in the shape of twins Eve and Jess who can cherry-pick any boy they like much to the frustration and annoyance of their new girlfriends.

Love Island 2019 Episode 1: The first programme of a long hot summer. Great to finally hear the contestants talk for themselves and share some personal details. Knowing a little more about them immediately changes how we think and feel about them. They're no longer just pretty or handsome but people with personalities, hopes and dreams.

Already some are more likeable than others and a lot of how we relate to the contestants will depend on if they align with our own values or not so as we find out more about them it will be interesting to see who triggers the audience to love them or loath them.

People let their guard down at different rates. There isn't a right or a wrong time scale to fall for someone.

Ideally the speed of falling for a new person happens at the right pace for you.

And if you do let yourself be more vulnerable there's nothing as painful as feeling betrayed by someone else's actions.

You can make this into a painful drama for yourself or an opportunity to se the real them. Hear my reply here.

(This podcast is a fictional interaction and does not presume a professional relationship with any real person).

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