Do Love Island contestants get a day off?
BEING under the watchful eye of the public must get tiring for contestant on Love Island.
Luckily, the lovebirds get a day off each week to recuperate after intense weeks of filming...
Do Love Island contestants get a day off?
Chris Williamson, who took part in the first season of Love Island, revealed that the contestants get one day off a week.
Speaking on his , Chris said: “Once a week we were allowed to leave the villa and weren’t filmed so none of the viewers would ever know.
“There was a day every week when footage wasn’t needed, which was liberating as you could talk about anything.”
A spokesperson explained: “Occasionally in the past, some Islanders have been taken out of the villa – for example last year all of the girls were taken out for beauty treatments – but this is at the producers’ discretion and it is very much done on an ad hoc basis (as opposed to a set day each week).”
They added: “The majority of the dates, which are filmed, take place away from the villa.”
What do Love Islanders do on their day off?
According to Love Island 2017 star Kem Cetinay, the stars head to the beach on their day off.
Love Island doesn’t air a new episode on a Saturday (instead it shows Unseen Bits) is so that the cast can "get a day off".
Speaking on This Morning, he revealed that producers take the cast out of the compound to the beach for a few hours.
He said: "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.
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"When you take your mics off, you're not allowed to talk about anything to do with the show or the couples, you've got to talk about home life, you're being watched by an eagle hawk, by the producers, because they don't want you to talk about anything that's going on.
Kem added: "You can all sit and chat but they are quite careful with what you talk about because they want to keep it so everyone at home can see and they get it on video.
"But at the same time, it's their day to clean the villa, get everything done, give you a day off and you have time to relax and not be so intense."
The cast also go out of the villa to get their beauty treatments.
In 2017, pictures revealed Tyla Carr, Gabby Allen, Olivia Attwood, Amber Davies and Montana Brown heading to a hair salon in the middle of filming.