Love Island nominated for TV BAFTA: Twitter erupts with delight and fury as raunchy show is given TWO nods for prestigious awards
- The racy show was given nods in Virgin TV’s Must-See Moment category for Stormzy's cameo and the Reality And Constructed Factual catergory
Twitter users were left aghast on Wednesday morning when it was revealed Love Island has been nominated for two TV BAFTAs.
Fans swarmed the microblogging site to pen notes of shock, delight and fury following the announcement that the racy show was tipped in Virgin TV’s Must-See Moment category for Stormzy's cameo and Reality And Constructed Factual.
The show's host Caroline Flack was quick to delight in the news yet others were less happy as one user wrote: 'why the f**k would you give an award to a shitty show like that??', amid the nod for the show which saw on-screen sex and mass fights.
Shock! Twitter users were left aghast on Wednesday morning when it was revealed Love Island has been nominated for two TV BAFTAs (Jess Shears, pictured)
Love Island has been recognised following following the enormous and highly unprecedented success of its third series in 2017, after returning to screens in 2015 as a rebooted version of the 2005 programme.
The inclusion represents a boost for ITV2 after the show broke audience viewing figures for the channel, with 4.2 million tuning in to watch Amber Davies and Kem Cetinay crowned winners in July last year.
Delighted reactions came from some, who wrote: ' And Love Island is nominated for a BAFTA. I love Britain. #BAFTATV... Love Island is a BAFTA nominee.
'Like that time TOWIE won. But that was an audience award. This is an actual 'they sat down and decided to nominate this' award.'
Cheeky! Love Island has been recognised following following the enormous and highly unprecedented success of its third series in 2017, after returning to screens in 2015 as a rebooted version of the 2005 programme
Shocking: Fans swarmed the microblogging site to pen notes of shock, delight and fury following the announcement that the racy show was tipped in Virgin TV’s Must-See Moment category for Stormzy's cameo and Reality And Constructed Factual
Shocking: Less pleased fans however wrote: ' Whoever thought love island deserved a nomination for a bafta shouldn’t show their face in public why the f**k would you give an award to a shitty show like that?? Silly c**kwaddle t**tty badgers #GMB'
Less pleased fans however wrote: ' Whoever thought love island deserved a nomination for a bafta shouldn’t show their face in public why the f**k would you give an award to a shitty show like that?? Silly c**kwaddle t**tty badgers #GMB...
'Love Island and Line of Duty in the same category?... seriously LOVE ISLAND! I give up and am away tae live on a wee hill in the middle of nowhere!...
'No offence but if Stormzy’s appearance on love island wins the 2017 moment bafta over Ariana Grande’s one last time tribute to the Manchester victims then there’s something going wrong.'
Cracking up: Funnywoman Caitlin Moran was left stunned as she penned: 'It's the headline you never thought you'd see, but you're glad you did: Stormzy and Love Island nominated for a BAFTA #virgintvmustseemoment'
Happy days! The news comes weeks after the show won both a Broadcast Award and a TRIC Award - much to Caroline's shock and delight
Funnywoman Caitlin Moran was left stunned as she penned: 'It's the headline you never thought you'd see, but you're glad you did: Stormzy and Love Island nominated for a BAFTA #virgintvmustseemoment'.
The show's host, Caroline, was clearly delighted about the news as she took to Twitter to pen: Well done @LoveIsland ... 2 @BAFTA Nominations !!!!!!'
The news comes weeks after the show won both a Broadcast Award and a TRIC Award - much to Caroline's shock and delight.
Shocking: 'Love Island and Line of Duty in the same category?... seriously LOVE ISLAND! I give up and am away tae live on a wee hill in the middle of nowhere!'
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