LOVE Island applications have hit a record high during lockdown with more than 12,000 sex-starved singletons seeking a place on the summer series.
The ITV2 show’s production team are drafting in extra staff to help interview the candidates. Wannabe islanders will be quizzed over web conferencing tool Zoom in the coming weeks and a shortlist created.
Bosses believe the spike in numbers is due to the applicants not getting any bedroom action during isolation. A TV insider said: “Applications have gone through the roof since lockdown. “Never before have so many people applied in this six-week time span.