Love Island applicants have soared during coronavirus lockdown with over 13,000 singletons seeking a place on the upcoming summer series.
The production team behind the ITV2 dating show are drafting in extra staff to help interview the candidates, according to reports.
Wannabe islanders will be quizzed over web conferencing tool Zoom over the next few weeks and a shortlist will later be created.
Bosses believe the spike in numbers is due to the applicants not getting any bedroom action during isolation. A source said: “Applications have gone through the roof since lockdown. "Never before have so many people applied in this six-week time span." The insider continued telling The Sun: "Over 70 per cent of the applications have come from 18 to