Love Island should be banned because on the 10th of May 2019 The Jeremy Kyle Show was cancelled after 16 years due a guest star’s suicide. The guest reported the weight of the consequences of the show were too much. One guest of thousands. Yet Love Island has seen the suicide of a presenter and two guests after only 5 years of running and is still widely supported by the public and ITV. If ITV banned Jeremy Kyle as the impacts of the show were too much for guests, the same should be done for Love Island. Zara Holland (a former Love Island star) reported taking anti-depressants after leaving the show. She argued support from the ITV staff was limited.[1] Love Island needs to be banned or at least re-looked as it sees young adults put in the limelight and manipulated on screen to see guests how the producers want them to come across for entertainment. The show has little regard for guests as human beings with real emotions. Characters on the show are demonised, often due to the editing removing the good parts of their character and only showing them at their worst in situations like fighting. The show is corrupt as the viewers seem to be more concerned for contestants than the producers. The 2018 Love Island received over 2000 Ofcom complaints due to the mental torment of guest Dani Dyer after manipulating footage and making it look like her boyfriend was seeing his ex. Leaving her days without him to figure out the situation alone, as though she was a puppet in their twisted game of entertainment. [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-44884963

**Love island should be banned if we are unable to change the impact it has on its audience and how the audience responds to it.** - Tragedies. Three members of the love island cast have committed suicide. Caroline Flack. Mike Thalassitis. Sophie Gradon. These devastating deaths cannot be fully linked to love island. However it cannot be a coincidence that three people who have all been members of love island have tragically taken their lives. These deaths cannot be ignored. We need to learn from these, and make sure that incidents like these never happen again. - However, these deaths may not be a direct result of the show itself. But, they definitely showcase the brutality of social media. Caroline, Mike and Sophie were all at the mercy of the harsh words of social media after reaching fame. It seems undeniable that the trolling of Caroline, Mike and Sophie eventually resulted in their deaths. - Unrealistic beauty standards. Love island promotes an unrealistic body and beauty standard. The cast are all beautiful and physically fit. This can have a devastatingly negative impact on young people. This is because often they’re easily influenced by social trends and standards. This could lead to terrible consequences. - Fame and entertainment value. Love island can have good impacts. Some members of the cast have done very well from their love island fame. For instance, Dr Alex has been able to work on mental health awareness and with multiple charities. This has been successful due to his huge social media presence. - Love island has a huge fan base, and has millions of viewers. These people obviously enjoy watching the show, and the entertainment value is high. However, this entertainment value can no doubt be found in other reality shows instead. - Love. Love island has resulted in a few marriages and children. These are obviously good outcomes of love island, as it has resulted in happiness for those involved. - We cannot deny that Love island has negative impacts. It has indirectly caused multiple suicides, introduced unrealistic beauty standards, and increased the amount of online hate and trolling. - Instead of banning love island, we should instead reflect on our own responses to it. We need to adjust as a society so that love island does not have such a negative impact on peoples lives. However, if we are unable to adjust our response to love island, then yes, it should be banned.

**TL:DR - Love Island (LI) is not designed to be the peak of morality - its aims are to provide harmless entertainment.** - I recognise that LI has been the centre of much controversy in recent years - especially with the suicides of former cast mates and Caroline Flack, but it is hard to establish a causal link between their mental health and the show. For instance, In the case of Caroline Flack, the suicide may have been unrelated to the show but a result of personal issues. Unfortunately, banning the show will not undo their tragic deaths or the issues that may be linked to these deaths. - LI is meant to be a harmless reality TV show centred around finding love and arguably more recently, increasing the followings of the cast. Banning the show will not solve any of the issues that its critics raise, for instance unrealistic beauty standards and self-esteem issues. These exist outside of the show. - Despite it being 'reality' tv, there are elements of it that are manipulated for entertainment purposes, which increases the drama, and in turn, viewership. Essentially, it is becoming closer to scripted television and the producers have more control over the content of the show, so it is down to audience to consume their content should they wish to do so. This means that it is not necessarily the show that is the problem, but the way the audience reacts to the show. - Despite its negative impact, LI as a show has expanded to 15 countries, and has even created a game. In addition, one could argue that LI has paved the way for more love reality TV shows like Love is Blind, which was hugely popular last year and Too Hot to Handle. Banning one show without banning the others and the whole premise of these types of reality tv shows just limits viewer consumption but doesn't really resolve the deeper problems