Love Island - Australia - Media SM - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

Happy ending! Almost 200,000 Australians watch the finale of Love Island on 9Go as the network declares the show a success thanks to its youth engagement and YouTube popularity

The latest ratings reveal 9Go's Love Island Australia reality TV show drew almost 200,000 Australian viewers for its final episode on Thursday night.

OzTAM overnight preliminary metro ratings data released on Friday recorded a total of 197,000 viewers from the nation's five capital cities tuning in to watch the finale.

This figure rose to 198,000 when contestants Grant Crapp, 22, and Tayla Damir, 21, were announced as the winners of the $50,000 cash prize at the end of the show.

Bring on season two! Love Island Australia is a ratings hit for Channel Nine in the youth demographic with the show's raunchiest moments drawing a massive global audience

Love Island Australia ended in dramatic fashion on Thursday night, and Channel Nine are more than happy with with the show's ratings.

On Friday, The Daily Telegraph reported that the raunchy dating show managed to rack up an audience of 142 million - taking into account TV viewers, streaming, catch-up and YouTube views.

Not only is this success considered a game changer for the future of television, it is looking likely there will be a second season commissioned for next year.

Bobette wrote:@LoveDovez, I think Jack & Dani will win the UK show and am looking forward to rewatching now that it's on GO.  Niall was my favourite (his Hermione wand tattoo is so geeky - I LOVE it!) and was disappointed with how things panned out for him (won't disclose too much in case you haven't watched that far yet).

Still enjoying the reaction to Grant and Tayla's victory.  They looked genuinely surprised to win, but not as surprised as Erin & Eden were to lose.  IMO if G & T they had paired up from the beginning (or Grant had handled the split from Cassidy differently) they would have been clear favourites but still... Classic.    





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Love Island: Grant and Tayla win and split the prize

AFTER just six weeks together inside the villa and two weeks in the outside world, Love Island Australia’s winning couple are already on the rocks.

During a tense radio interview, Tayla Damir and Grant Crapp have admitted their relationship is under “massive strain” after claims the electrician had a secret girlfriend turned out to be true.

“He did have a girlfriend going into the house,” Tayla told the Kyle and Jackie O Show on Monday.

“We are still together, we are trying to work through it because obviously that was some exciting news to find out as I left the villa,” she added sarcastically.

In his defence, Grant maintained that his girlfriend had been “well aware” of his plans to go on Love Island Australia, and he had wanted to tell Tayla the truth while they were in the villa.

While the reality TV couple hadn’t broken up over the revelations, Tayla said they were hoping to “rebuilt that trust” and she had tried speaking to his now ex-girlfriend.

“Grant and I are just at the point where we are trying to work through this, it’s obviously put a massive strain on our relationship [since] coming out.”

Tayla and Grant snagged the show’s $50,000 first prize after beating out favourites to win Eden Dally and Erin Barnett — who were accused by other contestants of staging their relationship.

The final episodes of Love Island Australia were rocked by scandal after a popular Facebook group claimed both Grant and Eden had secret girlfriends outside the show.

The Love Island Australia Memes’ post about Grant featured two photos of him with a woman alongside a comment from another fan page in which the commenter claims to be his girlfriend’s cousin.

“No joke! His girlfriend is my cousin!” they wrote. “They live together and they were still 100% together when he went on the show. He was just going in there to promote himself and his fitness brand royal apparel!!!”

Speaking to news.com.au after their win Grant downplayed his previous relationship, claiming it had been more of a fling.

“Look I was seeing her prior to the show, she’s a really nice girl. I never wanted it to be more than what it was and I made it very clear to her,” Grant explained.

JUST two weeks after declaring their love to each other and splitting the $50,000 prize money during Love Island’s grand finale, Grant Crapp and Tayla Damir have called it quits.

Tayla, 21, broke the news to fans via Nine’s The Fix , revealing that she’d been the one to make the call.

“Obviously I’m heartbroken. It was a big shock to the system,” Tayla said.

“I still respect him as a person and I just think he’s young and he’s made a massively bad decision, and didn’t really think of the consequences that maybe a girl would have fallen in love with him, which just happened to be me. Hopefully that’s something he learned through this experience and he learns how to play with people’s emotions.”

Bobette wrote:Oh my now this would be interesting.  

Will Justin Lacko be the next Bachelor? Channel Ten rep CONFIRMS the I'm A Celebrity and Love Island star is a 'contender' for the reality dating show

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I watched Love Island and liked Justin (for those who didn't watch - he's camp, funny, good looking and a bit clueless, i.e. good telly IMO) but I just don't think I could take him seriously as Bach.

Would be super entertaining though!    I haven't been watching IACGMOOH - anyone know if he's been popular with viewers?  Link to the forum page we had for his season of Love Island: 

https://www.bachandbachettefans.net/t4537p36-love-island-australia-media-sm-sleuthing-spoilers



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He's got the Rose Pose locked down already:



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Sophie Monk has announced the premiere date for Love Island - but fans are in for a wait.

During an appearance on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Thursday, the former Bachelorette revealed the reality show will return in October.

And after season one hit screens in May last year, Sophie, 39 admitted the delay was down to the show moving from digital channel 9Go! to Channel Nine.

'It's not till October,' she admitted, 'because it's on Channel Nine now, not just on digital.'

Last year, the network confirmed the series would be 'relocating' from its tropical villa in Majorca, Spain.

According to a report released by TV Tonight in October, it has not been confirmed whether the show will 'remain in Europe or relocate to a Pacific setting'.

But when quizzed by Kyle and Jackie on the new location, Sophie admitted, 'they won't tell me.'

And the beauty gingerly added, 'it's because they know I'll tell you two.'

Expressions of interest are currently still open for young singles keen to strip down to skimpy swimwear on the new series.