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Frances Kindon

Love Island backstage secrets - food monitoring, hidden tannoy and rows no-one sees

The Love Island cameras roll for almost 24 hours a day, and with only an hour-long show to fit everything into, a lot understandably ends up on the cutting room floor.

And while some of the unseen material is just plain boring, other bits are so juicy it's hard to believe they got left out.

Of course, the missed moments aren't the only secret the villa plays host to.

While it's common knowledge that meal times aren't filmed to give Islanders a chance to recharge their mics, there's a lot that goes on at the table.

Presumably in a bid to prevent flirting happening away from the camera, Series 6 Islander Connagh Howard said girls and boys are forced to eat apart.

"I suppose the only thing I thought was a bit weird was that at dinner time the boys and girls were separated," he told Grazia.

Food checks

What's more, he said producers keep a close eye on how much the Islanders are eating in a bid to ensure they stay healthy.

"We do have to be monitored on what we eat just to make sure that everyone in the house is eating sufficient amounts," he continued.

"So nobody is going to get ill. Lunch and dinner were not shown because we had to eat certain amounts."

Days out

Kem won series three of the show in 2017 (ITV/Shutterstock)

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There's no show on a Saturday and that's because the stars all get a day off and head to the beach without their mics.

Series three star Kem Cetinay told This Morning : "They get one day off a week.

“What happens is it gives them a day to clean the villa and you take your mics off and normally we go to the beach and we just chill out. Not a lot of people know this. What happens is when you take your mics off, you’re not allowed to talk about anything to do with the show.

"You’ve got to talk about home life. You’re being watched by an evil hawk, by the producers because they don’t want you to talk about what’s going on.

"You can all sit and chat but they are quite careful about what you talk about because they want to keep it so everyone at home can see and get it on video. It’s more a day off from all the intense games, all the intense dates, deciding who you like and don’t like."

Secret fights

Amber won the series with Greg O'Shea (ITV)

Amber Gill and Greg O'Shea were the surprise winners of series five, but it later emerged that just days before their big win they had an epic row that wasn't aired.

"Me and Greg had the biggest bust-up you could ever imagine like we didn't want to know each other," Amber told YouTuber Murad Merali.

"We were like, 'Nah, we're not doing this, it's done,' it was a lot."

Amber added: "We ended up being separated and then we came back together because we did like each other at the time."

The 'Voice of God'

Montana and Camilla were told off for talking about something that's 'not interesting' (ITV)

Unbeknown to viewers, the villa is equipped with a tannoy system that's used to do everything from waking to reprimanding the Islanders.

The strict orders, which have been dubbed the 'Voice of God', are delivered by producers, with series one star Chris Williamson telling the BBC : “There’s a tannoy system where they come over like a mother telling off naughty children, reminding you that you’re not supposed to be talking about this or that.”

Series three star Montana Brown confirmed it, revealing how she and co-star Camilla Thurlow were once told off for chatting about their favourite hymns, with producers announcing, "That’s not interesting."

Love Island continues tonight on ITV2 at 9pm.

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