THE Love Island All Stars run time has increased since the villa was descended into chaos by two newbies and an unbelievable exit.
Last night, Love Island All Stars made a star-studded debut on ITV, ITV2 and ITVX – but it’s already facing some major shake-ups.
The programme’s format was clearly bursting at the seams with a jam-packed selection of twists aired yesterday evening and as new dramatic scenes have been revealed today, the show has had to have a considerable extension.
Viewers were left on the edge of their seats in the final minutes of the spin-off show, when warring exes Callum Jones and Molly Smith were brought in as as sizzling bombshells.
All Stars’ almighty cliffhanger left the fate of the other couples in Callum’s hands and after a tense public vote reunited awkward exes Liberty Poole and Jake Cornish.
Today, The Sun has revealed that Jake has unbelievably walked out on the show, after discovering the public had coupled him up with Liberty.
It’s no surprise that ITV has had to extend tonight’s show, to a movie length run-time of 90 minutes, to squeeze in all the drama.
A source close to ITV explained: “It’s a must watch tonight – it’s fair to say that already ITV producers are struggling to fit the drama into just an hour.
“Viewers will want to tune in – it’s a don’t miss it, must watch episode!”
This means that the programme will finish at 10:20pm tonight, instead of 10pm.
A source said of Jake’s exit: “Jake had a nice three days in the villa and had a very emotional chat to Maya Jama.
“Jake couldn’t stay in the villa so he quit the show – it’s not his time and it’s not the right time to find love.”
Love Island All Stars achieved the show’s biggest launch since Summer 2022 with 1.9m viewers across ITV1 and ITV2 (across all devices and including viewing on ITVX).
It had a combined peak audience of 2.1m viewers. This also makes it the biggest 16-34 commercial overnight audience of the year so far.
From series one legend Hannah Elizabeth to Georgia Steel and series ten’s Mitch Taylor, Love Island All Stars is already bringing so much drama to the sun-soaked South African villa.
Love Island continues on ITVX and ITV2 at 9pm tonight.
