Love Island 2022 received a total of 466 Ofcom complaints in its final week of airing, it has been confirmed.
The Office of Communications confirmed to The Mirror that the 286 complaints they received on July 26 was in relation to Luca Bish's behaviour towards Gemma Owen.
And the 180 complaints received in relation to the show's final on Monday 1 August were mainly down to the fact that viewers were "upset" with which couples had made it to the final and also fans complaining that the show was "rigged".
Luca and Gemma were runners up in the 2022 final as Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti were crowned the winners following a public vote.
The other two couples who made it to the final were Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page and Dami Hope and Indiyah Polack.
Tasha and Andrew came in fourth place, while Dami and Indiyah took third place in the reality series.
Love Island fans were shocked when the final unfolded on Monday and saw Dami and Indiyah axed ahead of Gemma and Luca.
Taking to Twitter, one fan wrote: “Absolutely not, recount now,” as another tweeted: “WDYM INDIYAH AND DAMI WERE BELOW LUCA AND GEMMA? SHOW'S RIGGED.”
“People really think Gemma and Luca have more chemistry than Dami, Indiyah, Andrew and Tasha??” another tweeted.
“Indiyah and Dami coming 3rd after Luca and Gemma...despite the fact that the nation has to have seen multiple red flags in the latter couple?! Make it make sense,” a fellow fan posted.
Meanwhile, on July 26 were not impressed with how fishmonger Luca behaved during a discussion with 19-year-old Gemma.
During a row about the latest challenge, which saw Gemma lick Adam Collard's chest, Luca removed his microphone and stormed out of the villa.
Before the drama, Gemma caught up with the girls nd Ekin-Su said to her: "Was it me or was I seeing that Luca was being a bit weird? Like when he was... when you were dong your challenge."
Indiyah agreed, and told Gemma: "He was just a little bit of a baby."
Gemma didn't seem happy about it, and responded to the girls: "It's really not that deep but if he's gonna be a pr**k over it, then he can do one."
She then spoke to Luca and said: "You can sit here and say you're not in a mood... you're in a mood."
Luca quipped back: "No, I'm not in a mood," to which Gemma replied: "Luca don't play thick."
As he repeated: "Gem, I'm not in a mood," she replied: "You were pushing me off, had a face like a slapped a**... are you 12?!"
