The dangerous game sees contestants confront their past behaviour.
Love Island fans are counting the minutes until Sunday night, after it was revealed that movie night is just around the corner – and sure to cause drama.
The segment was introduced back in 2021 and sees the Islanders watch footage of themselves from previous episodes, usually exposing some dishonesty or regrettable comments along the way.
Viewers are particularly interested to find out how this twist will affect Tyrique Hyde and Ella Thomas, who had some intense conversations last night as they navigate the fallout from Casa Amor.
Ty remained upset that Ella had brought Ouzy See back from the romantic getaway, blaming her for his current single status and justifying his flirting with Kady McDermott.
However, they appeared to have turned a corner by the end of the episode, with Ty ready to forgive and forget, telling Ella that he doesn’t want to lose her.
All’s well that ends well – except, maybe not in this case. Love Island fans took to Twitter to express their excitement as Movie Night was announced, with many of them speculating on the impact this will have on Ty and Ella specifically.
Tyrique: it’s not like Ella was over there kissing Ouzzy
— Ace🇳🇬 (@Ace_2o) July 7, 2023
Viewers knowing movie night around the corner #loveIsland pic.twitter.com/FiOrYIYfdU
Writer Jason Okundaye proclaimed that movie night is “the best twist Love Island has ever come up with”, saying it has surpassed even Casa Amor, which was previously regarded as a focal point of each season.
Movie night is definitely the best twist #LoveIsland has ever come up with. At this point it's overtaken Casa Amor as the moment you're really building up to
— Jason Okundaye (@jasebyjason) July 7, 2023
But while viewers are, of course, expecting plenty of drama to emerge from Movie Night, some optimistic souls were also hoping that it could heal some wounds – such as bring Catherine Agbaje and Scott van der Sluis back together.
Guys hear me outttt, Catherine is gonna see that Scott has been faithful during movie night and she gonna give him a second chance . Are you seeing the vision guys?? let’s not lose hope yet #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/a1NSv5S51x
— diamond barb (@Fuk_Q) July 8, 2023
Love Island 2023 got off to something of a rocky start, with media outlets reporting that live viewership of the season premiere on ITV2 had dropped by a million compared with the 2022 summer edition.
However, the show appears to have rallied, with palpable enthusiasm for this year’s contestants and stories shown by its tendency to trend on social media almost every night of the week.
As one viewer summarised: “Movie night can’t come fast enough!”
SUNDAY MOVIE NIGHT CANT COME FAST ENOUGH OMG #LoveIsland
— tom (@thom_ahs) July 8, 2023
Love Island continues on ITV2 at 9pm on Sunday 9th July 2023. Check out more of our Entertainment coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what’s on.
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