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Love Island (2015 TV Series)
''Love Island'' is a British dating game show. It is a revival of the earlier celebrity series of the same name, which aired for two series in 2005 and 2006, and was hosted by Caroline Flack until her suspension in 2019; Laura Whitmore presented the series from 2020 to 2022. The series is the originator of the international ''Love Island'' franchise, with twenty-two versions of it having been produced so far worldwide. The show has been highly successful and influential in British popular culture; it became ITV2's most watched show in the network's history in 2018, and as of 2020 was the most watched TV show among its target audience of 16- to 34-year-olds. However, it has attracted a considerable amount of controversy, with four people linked to the show having died by suicide. Contestants Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis died by suicide after appearing on the programme; Gradon's boyfriend died by suicide about 20 days after her death. The following year the show's original ...
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Reality Television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series '' Survivor'', '' Idols'', and '' Big Brother'', all of which became global franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentaries, television news, sports television, talk shows, and traditional game shows are generally not clas ...
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Max Morley
The first series of '' Love Island'' began on 7 June 2015 with a live special of the show hosted by Caroline Flack on ITV2, and ended on 15 July 2015. It is the first from the revived series, but third overall. The series was narrated by Iain Stirling. The series aired every night of the week except Friday, however the Saturday episode was used as a weekly catch-up entitled ''Love Island: The Weekly Hot List'' rather than a nightly highlights episode. The average viewers for this series was 570,000. On 15 July 2015 the series was won by Jess Hayes and Max Morley, with Hannah Elizabeth and Jon Clark as runners-up. Clark later went onto appear as a cast member in ''The Only Way Is Essex'', whilst both Morley and Josh Ritchie made appearances in ''Ex on the Beach''. After finishing in fourth place, Cally Beach and Luis Morrison became the first couple to have a baby as they welcomed their first child in May 2017. Production The first one-minute trailer for the series aired on 1 ...
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Dani Dyer
Dani Charlotte Dyer (born 8 August 1996) is an English television personality and actress. In 2018, she appeared on ''Survival of the Fittest (TV series), Survival of the Fittest'', and later that year won the Love Island (2015 TV series, series 4), fourth series of ''Love Island (2015 TV series), Love Island'' alongside Jack Fincham. Since then, she has co-presented the MTV (UK and Ireland), MTV series ''MTV (UK and Ireland), True Love or True Lies'' alongside father Danny Dyer, as well as co-hosting a podcast called ''Sorted with the Dyers'' with him. Early life Dani Charlotte Dyer was born to Joanne Mas and Danny Dyer on 8 August 1996 in the London Borough of Newham. She has a younger sister Sunnie and a younger brother Artie, and worked as a barmaid in Loughton, Essex before appearing on television. Career Dyer made her professional screen debut as an extra in the 2006 film ''The Other Half'' alongside her father. She also appeared as an extra in other films starring her f ...
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Irish Independent
The ''Irish Independent'' is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis. The newspaper version often includes glossy magazines. Traditionally a broadsheet newspaper, it introduced an additional compact size in 2004. Further, in December 2012 (following billionaire Denis O'Brien's takeover) it was announced that the newspaper would become compact only. History Murphy and family (1905–1973) The ''Irish Independent'' was formed in 1905 as the direct successor to ''The Irish Daily Independent and Daily Nation'', an 1890s' pro-Parnellite newspaper. It was launched by William Martin Murphy, a controversial Irish nationalist businessman, staunch anti-Parnellite and fellow townsman of Parnell's most venomous opponent, Timothy Michael Healy from Bantry. The first issue of the ''Irish Independent'', published 2 January 1905, was marked as "Vol. 14. No. 1". During the 1913 Lockout of workers, in ...
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BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, current affairs, and drama series. The television channel closed down in 2016 and was replaced by an online-only BBC Three streaming channel. After six years of being online, BBC Three returned to linear television on 1 February 2022. It broadcasts every day from 19:00 to around 04:00, timesharing with CBBC (which starts at 07:00). BBC Three is the BBC's youth-orientated television channel, its remit to provide "innovative programming" to a target audience of viewers between 16 and 34 years old, leveraging technology as well as new talent. Unlike its commercial rivals, 90% of BBC Three's output originated from the United Kingdom. Notable exceptions were '' Family Guy'' and ''American Dad'' (both of them originating in the United States). It an ...
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2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, followed by the opening ceremony on 27 July. 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the 2012 Olympics. Following a bid headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and the then- London mayor Ken Livingstone, London was selected as the host city at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore on 6 July 2005, defeating bids from Moscow, New York City, Madrid, and Paris. London became the first city to host the modern Olympics three times, having previously hosted the Summer Games in 1908 and 1948. Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment, with an emphasis on sustainability. The mai ...
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Kem Cetinay
Kemal Cetinay (born 25 April 1996) is a British presenter, TV personality and entrepreneur. He appeared on ITV2 reality series '' Love Island'' in 2017, where he won the series. Early life Cetinay was born on 25 April 1996, in Essex, England, to parents Niyazi and Figen Cetinay, who are from Cyprus. He was raised in Essex along with his brother, Izzy Cetinay. Career Presenter, TV personality and entrepreneur Cetinay began his career the third series of the ITV2 reality series '' Love Island''. He won the 2017 series and is now the host of the official ''Love Island'' podcast ''The Morning After''. During his time in the ''Love Island'' villa, Cetinay developed a bromance with fellow Islander Chris Hughes and the pair have starred in multiple formats together, including the ITV2 spin off show ''Straight Outta Love Island'' and Channel 4's ''Celebrity Hunted for Stand Up To Cancer'' plus two series of ITV2's challenge based entertainment game show '' You Vs. Chris & Kem''. Cetin ...
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Amber Davies
Amber Davies is a Welsh actress and television personality. She is mostly known for winning reality TV show ''Love Island'' in 2017. She is also known for appearing in ''9 to 5: The Musical'' as the character of Judy Bernly. Davies has also starred as Campbell Davies in Bring It On: The Musical. Davies is currently appearing in Back To The Future: The Musical as Lorraine Bains McFly at the Adelphi Theatre. Davies has also starred in CBBC series Almost Never as Jess. Early life Davies is from Denbigh, North Wales. Her father is a plumber and her mother is a mental health nurse. In an interview with OK!, Davies stated that she is from a working class background. Career Before appearing on ''Love Island'', Davies gained a scholarship at 16 to train in musical theatre at Urdang Academy in London, following in her sister Jade's footsteps. She worked as a dancer at London nightclub Cirque Le Soir, and participated once on ''The X Factor'' before starting her television career ...
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Olivia Buckland
Olivia Bowen ( née Buckland; born 3 January 1994) is an English reality television personality. Bowen came second on ''Love Island'' in 2016, with Alex Bowen. In 2017, they became engaged and she featured on an episode of'' Say Yes to the Dress.'' In 2017, she launched her own clothing range with MissPap. From July 2017, Buckland started maternity cover for Ferne McCann on ''This Morning'', presenting different features throughout the summer as well as being the resident Love Island reporter alongside Chloe Crowhurst. Buckland also covered for Rylan Clark-Neal Ross Richard Clark (born 25 October 1988), known professionally as Rylan, is an English broadcaster and model. He finished in fifth place on the ninth series of '' The X Factor'' in 2012, and the following year, he won the eleventh series of ... on Fridays throughout the summer for the showbiz section of the show whilst he presented the main show. In 2018, they filmed the TLC programmes, ''Olivia and Alex Said ...
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Capital (radio Network)
Capital is a network of twelve Independent Local Radio, independent contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming. Nine of the stations are owned and operated by Global Media & Entertainment, while the other three are owned and operated under separate franchise agreements. As of September 2022, the stations serve a combined weekly audience of 5.7 million listeners and target a core audience in the 15–34 age group; 57% of all listeners are within this demographic. The Capital UK, national version of the network is widely available on Global Player, Freeview (UK), Freeview, Sky UK, Sky, Freesat, Virgin Media and Digital One, Digital One DAB. Capital is the fifth most-popular radio network in the UK by listeners, and the second largest of the commercial stations after Heart (radio network), Heart. Capital has a playlist which is updated weekly, and featured songs from the last one to two years in 2013. Unlike BBC Ra ...
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Miss Great Britain
Miss Great Britain is Britain's longest running beauty contest held annually in Britain since 1945. Owner and CEO John Singh made history crowning his first winner and to this date only the first black Miss Great Britain 1996. Singer and dancer Anita St Rose took the Miss Great Britain crown. History Following World War Two, a number of seaside resorts around the United Kingdom introduced beauty contests. The first, held in Morecambe in 1945, went on to become Miss Great Britain. The contest began in the Summer of 1945 under the name “Bathing Beauty Queen”, organised by the Morecambe Town Council in partnership with the ‘Sunday Dispatch’ newspaper. Morecambe went on to become the home of Miss Great Britain between 1956 and 1989. The first ever Miss Great Britain final was watched by 4,300 people in a continuous downpour. The winner received a cup and according to the local newspaper ‘a paltry prize’ of seven guineas as well as a swimsuit. Prize money increased to £1 ...
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Zara Holland
Zara Holland is a British television personality best known for taking part in reality show ''Love Island'' on ITV2. She formerly held the title of Miss Great Britain owned by CEO John Singh. Life and career In June 2016 she took part in ITV2's ''Love Island''; while on the show she went on a date with contestant Alex Bowen and had sex with him. She was subsequently stripped of her Miss Great Britain title, a decision that proved controversial. In January 2021 Holland was arrested by police in Barbados and charged with breaching coronavirus laws during the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi .... Holland was alleged to have breached a mandatory period of quarantine upon arrival to the country. On 6 January, she was found guilty and fined Bds$12,000 ...
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