LOVE Island All Stars is undergoing several huge shake-ups, including axing the reunion show and making some massive changes to the show’s challenges.
After already scrapping spin-off show Aftersun and ditching Casa Amor, bosses are not done wielding their axe in a bid to make All Stars completely different to the regular series.
Executive producer Mike Spencer confirmed to The Sun: “We don’t have a reunion show this year. So I think the final will answer some of those fan questions that would have been asked at the reunion.
“We’re going to tweak the final this time around, so it’s not going to be like we do it every year. I can’t say much more than that at this stage.”
Another big switch-up is that the epic Challenge Stage set will not return. Many of the show’s iconic challenges in years past have taken place on the Challenge Stage, which has been transformed into everything from a mechanics workshop to an airport for various themed tasks.
Mike explained: “We’re not going to do the Challenge Stage. The challenges in the villa will continue and we’ve got some really fun new stuff with that, but we’re not doing them on the stage. That will be rested for this series.”
Many fans have also been hoping for the long-awaited return of the legendary twitter challenge, where islanders learn what the public have been saying about them on social media.
The Twitter challenge was scrapped in 2019 after the show was accused of ‘faking’ tweets to cause drama, while there was also concern that it went against their duty of care to islanders.
Fans have campaigned to bring it back ever since, but Mike confirmed it WON’T be back this series either.
He revealed: “The public do love that twitter challenge and they love the drama. But personally I think Twitter can be a negative space and I think it’s probably best to not do it. Is it gone for good? It’s gone for now, yeah. But never say never.”
It comes as The Sun revealed that Casa Amor would not be returning for All Stars, due to a desire to keep things unpredictable and also to accommodate the show’s shorter run.
Mike told us: “We aren’t doing Casa Amor this time, but there may be another big twist at the halfway mark. I think we have got to be reactive.
“These islanders have done it before, so we have to be one step ahead. Not having Casa gives us a way to shake it up and bring in new islanders in different ways. We have four new single pull-down beds in the living room this time around, so make of that what you will!”
He added: “Casa Amor, as we know and love it, doesn’t really work for a five-week run because you need time to bed in, get to know each other, see if they are for you and if you want to switch it up.
“I think you don’t need the element of bringing a massive influx of new islanders in. That is good for an eight-week run but you don’t need it for this.”
