Love Island Australia’s shock booze ban: Producers impose strict one drink a day rule
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Love Island Australia’s booze shock ban: Producers impose strict one-drink-a-day rule to avoid participants being ‘hammered’
Producers of the Channel Nine reality series Love Island Australia have imposed a strict alcohol rule on the dating competition’s fun-loving cast.
Participants are now limited to one alcoholic drink per day.
Contestants have long been known to get “hammered” on the show – drinking too much while filming, leading to embarrassing situations on and off camera.
Producers of Channel Nine’s reality series Love Island Australia have imposed a strict alcohol rule on the dating contest’s funny cast and they are now limited to one drink a day
Love Island’s executive producer Alex Mavroidakis told the Announce sun heavy drinking was not good for the show or the contestants, as it delayed filming and affected their appearance and decisions.
He told the publication that the raunchy islanders would get one drink a day because “we’re not one of those ‘hammered shows.’
“We want them to look great and we want them to make smart decisions so you never see a drunk person on Love Island,” he said.
He explained that drinking slowed down production because contestants could sleep in with a hangover and get aggressive while drunk.
Love Island executive producer Alex Mavroidakis told the Herald Sun that heavy drinking was not good for the show or the contestants, as it slowed down filming and affected their appearance and decisions.
Speaking on The Kyle and Jackie O Show last month, host Sophie Monk, 42, explained that because the show is a digital TV exclusive, raunchy content is now allowed
“We shoot an episode a day and we cut an episode a day,” Mavroisakis said.
“It’s a daily cycle for us and to make that happen they [the cast]can’t have hangovers, they can’t make stupid decisions, they can’t have physical fights, and they can’t scream and yell at each other.”
He added that Love Island was “about love” and romance and watching “hot people.”
The screening of the current season on Channel Nine’s digital platform 9Now was filmed in a picturesque villa in Mallorca, Spain.
Speaking on The Kyle and Jackie O Show last month, host Sophie Monk, 42, explained that because the show is a digital TV exclusive, raunchy content is now allowed.
“It’s a lot looser because it’s not on prime time. It’s sharper with twists and turns and bombs coming in,” she told the hosts.
Austen Bugeja (left) and Layla John (right) two of the participants of Love Island Australia 2022