Love Island final hit by hundreds of Ofcom complaints from viewers furious over ‘wrong winner’
LOVE Island fans have complained to Ofcom in their hundreds saying the wrong couple won the 2023 summer series.
Fans lodged complaints in their droves after Monday’s live result.
Jess Harding and Sammy Root were crowned the winners of Love Island and beat the bookies’ favourites Whitney Adebayo and Lochan Nowacki to the £50,000 prize pot.
Though some viewers claimed that it was “fixed” beautician Jess and project manager Sammy were the clear winners, with 34.57 per cent of the vote.
Whitney and Lochan received 26.85 per cent.
Viewers still shared their frustrations with telly regulator Ofcom and 219 lodged complaints on July 31.
The TV watchdog explained that the complaints related to “viewers who objected to the result.”
More took their frustrations to Twitter and argued Sammy and Jess’ turbulent villa journey made them unworthy of the prize.
One person tweeted: “This show is much a fix, how can Sammy and Jess win am still shocked the same guy that didn’t find Jess attractive.”
Another said: “I need the ofcom complaint email immediately.”
However, Love Island stars have been quick to react to the backlash.
kady McDermott, who was booted out of the villa with Ouzy See the week before the final, defended the winners.
Speaking on her Instagram, Kady, 27, slammed accusations the result had been rigged.
She wrote: “The comments I’ve seen all over socials with people arguing and not being happy who the winners of LI are is totally ridiculous.
“No one deserves to read this nasty stuff when coming out of the villa, everyone in the villa are real people with feelings.
“No one deserved to win more than anyone else, the finalists all deserved to win equally.”
Fans also unleashed a tidal wave of complaints over Mitch’s treatment of Abi Moores, and previously over the cast turning on Scott van der Sluis.