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Love Island has had arguably its most fabulous, ridiculous, gloriously gratuitous week yet. And it’s only Wednesday.

Particular, peculiar, highlights included: Megan’s smirk when Laura called her a ‘slag’ after a blazing row with Wes (over Megan), Samira bemoaning ‘Samira’ for her quirky chat-up lines (‘what’s your favourite floor material?’), and Megan apologising to her parents knowing they would be watching as she revealed her favourite position (‘reverse cowgirl’). Nothing topped A&E hero Alex’s face when Ellie told him being a doctor was worse than a vet because rather than animals ‘you put people down.’

The arguments on the three shows since Sunday were spectacular. Even the mild-mannered Alex tore into and split up with Ellie, despite the minor detail that they were never actually a couple in the first place.

Drama: Love Island has had arguably its most fabulous, ridiculous, gloriously gratuitous week yet. And it’s only Wednesday

Megan was responsible for two couples’ demise – her partnership with Eyal and Laura’s with Wes.

Tonight we’ll discover whether the viewers have ruined things though and if ITV2 has learnt from Big Brother’s mistake and found a way of stopping the public sabotaging their own favourite show/guilty pleasure by voting out the best contestants (the worst individuals - that they love to hate).

At the end of Tuesday’s episode the public were given the chance of an early mid-week vote, nominating their favourite couple – and thereby their least popular pairing, one of whom will (apparently) now be sent home.

Hopefully this won’t be Eyal & Megan, who were undoubtedly a disastrous duo but are individually the programme’s most gloriously appalling characters.

On thin ice? Laura and Wes are now in danger of being eliminated tonight

Eyal and Megan are so vain, vacuous, and self-serving in some ways they were a perfect couple.

Having said that, it was truly gratifying to see Eyal get a taste of his own medicine when Megan callously dismissed him to concentrate on her pursuit of Wes (particularly given Eyal’s smarmy/creepy/sleazy efforts coupling up with Megan in the first place, mostly by humiliating Alex).

Eyal should have seen it coming after Megan had toyed with Alex’s emotions and tossed him aside (and not in a good way).

Match made in heaven: Eyal and Megan are so vain, vacuous, and self-serving in some ways they were a perfect couple

The audience could have told both Eyal and Megan they wouldn’t last. The same goes for Laura & Wes and Ellie & Alex, two other couples who in this week’s episodes fell apart and are now in danger of being eliminated tonight.

Zara & Adam, Samira & Sam, Georgia & Josh, and even Dani & Jack are probably safe for now but it could just be a matter of time before the cracks in their relationships surface, particularly if one of Jack’s 50 exes appear.

Here are just some of the examples why at least five of the couples are not really that compatible and could lose out in the result of vote tonight.

Over: Megan dumped Eyal on the latest edition of Love Island

MEGAN & EYAL (compatibility 3/10)

Megan mentions going on a romantic trip to Venice.

Eyal: ‘Apparently it stinks there.’

Eyal cuddles up to Megan and in an off-putting, gooey, voice asks if she thinks they have ‘fun.’

Megan: ‘Um… Well, you’re not the most playful, silly, person no.’

Eyal (like a child): ‘I can be more playful and silly but I need you to be more playful and silly.’

Megan: ‘I am playful with people like Wes.’

Eyal: ‘I’d like us to be more playful and silly.’

Pied: Things got nasty in the snog, marry, pie challenge

Megan (afterwards in the diary room): ‘you can’t just tell someone ‘let’s have more fun and more banter.’ I think I always knew that there was something missing.’

Eyal (during the Mr & Mrs game as his answer to Megan’s middle name): ‘Loren.’

Megan (tutting): ‘It’s Leah.’

Eyal (beaming): ‘Close !’

Megan: ‘No it’s not close. I told you what it was.’

Eyal (sulking): ‘No you didn’t.’

Megan (in the same game, before Eyal estimates how many sexual partners she’s had): ‘don’t be rude’

Eyal: ’37 !’

Megan (affronted): ‘It’s only 20 actually.’

Eyal (giving his answer for Megan’s favourite sexual position): ‘Doggy style.’

What a gent.

Eyal whined: ‘I didn’t expect everything that I’ve worked for to be thrown in my face’

Megan (furiously, makes it clear they are finished): ‘it’s not that I dislike you.’

Eyal (whining): ‘I didn’t expect everything that I’ve worked for to be thrown in my face !’

By ‘work’ presumably he means snogging her to ensure she chose him instead of Alex.

Megan (despite her impassioned speech objecting to being judged - as a woman - for having 20 sexual partners, immediately sets about snaring her next partner telling Samira): ‘when I was kissing Wes I was worried about Laura but I did it respectfully. I started thinking: I’m not going to step on anyone’s toes. But I can also still appreciate someone, so f**k it.’

Megan then pointed out to Wes that Laura was much older than him and had said she was on the show ‘looking for a husband’, asked if he’d liked kissing her, and wondered whether he’d be interested in doing it again. Subtle.

LAURA & WES (compatibility 2/10)

Tiff: In the Mr & Mrs game, Wes says his partner’s worst fault is ‘ignorance or arrogance'

Laura coos: ‘You are amazing !’

Wes: ‘Erm. Oh. OK…’

Laura (hinting desperately): ‘And I am too right?’

In the Mr & Mrs game, Wes says his partner’s worst fault is ‘ignorance or arrogance.’

Laura (bridling): ‘when have I been arrogant?’

Wes (matter-of-factly): ‘No, not arrogant – ignorant.’

Laura afterwards (furious/offended): ‘I can’t believe you said I was ignorant in front of the whole group.’

Betrayal: Wes tells Laura he wants to get to know Megan (mostly by snogging her)

Wes: ‘I didn’t say you were. I said you’ve been ignorant. Are you actually taking that to heart?!’

Wes (giving his interpretation of this in the diary room): ‘I get that there’s insecurities.’

Wes complains about her ‘storming off’ and ‘not talking it through’: ‘Could I be happier? Maybe. I’ve not talked to anyone else on a romantic level since I’ve been here.’

Wes tells Laura he wants to get to know Megan (mostly by snogging her).

ALEX & ELLIE (compatibility 0/10)

Not compatible: Ellie has met the wrath of Dr Alex fans this week

Alex (cheering pairing up together): ‘I get to spend the night with a hot blonde !’

Ellie: ‘And I’ve survived my first re-coupling !’

Alex: ‘Are you going to miss cuddling Zara?’

Ellie: ‘Yeah I am missing it.’

(gets into bed with her t-shirt and jeans on)

Ellie to the other girls: ‘watching the show I was thinking ‘why does nobody like Alex? I don’t get it?’ And now after coming into the villa I kind of get it.’

Bitter: Alex during the week realised it was more and more obvious (even to him) that Ellie only coupled up with him to stay in the show

Alex during the week as it becomes more and more obvious (even to him) that Ellie only coupled up with him to stay in the show (as in fact he did with her): ‘my gut says Ellie’s not interested…I just wonder if her heart’s really in it…Not only is she not trying she’s being rude to me…I am very annoyed.’

Alex accuses Ellie of ‘playing a game’ and complains about her lack of interest after ‘you’ve came into the villa and said ‘Alex is the guy for me.’

Ellie: ‘I never said that. I had three dates and picked you!’

Alex realises Samira was nicer and better-suited but Ellie dumps him before he can dump her.

Alex to Eyal (the creep who sabotaged his chances with Megan): ‘here we are again! Why is it always us eh?’

He’ll be ironing Eyal’s shirts again next.

ZARA & ADAM (suitably 4/10)

200? Adam has supposedly slept with 200 people

Zara (after their brunch date): ‘it was nice to get to speak to him more deeply.’

Adam: ‘you’ve got a job I’m pretending to understand.’

Zara (miming her favourite sexual position during the Mr & Mrs game): ‘sorry mum ! Sorry dad !’

Adam: (during the same game, revealing how many sexual partners he’d had): ‘200.’

Zara (in the diary room): ‘200 !?! How would you fit 200 in? He’s 22 – only a year and a bit older than me !’

A bit of a clue that she might not be the one to ‘tame’ Adam after all...

DANI & JACK (suitability 5/10)

Winner? Given who Dani Dyer’s father is, as Love Island’s narrator Iain Stirling quipped, you wouldn’t be surprised if five of these had never been seen again and one was now living in a safe house

Dani (after Jack officially asked her to be his ‘girlfriend’): ‘I feel like I’ve just got married ! I’ve got a boyfriend !’

Dani (revealing her favourite sexual position during the Mr & Mrs game): ‘Missionary’ (spelt ‘mitionary’)

Jack (in the Mr & Mrs game revealing how many sexual partners he’d had): ’I said 50 birds because I thought I’d better not say it’s really way more. You’ve got to remember my party years between age 20-24. I was very busy then.’

Dani (during the Mr & Mrs game revealing how many sexual partners she’d had): ‘Six !’

Given who Dani Dyer’s father is, as Love Island’s narrator Iain Stirling quipped, you wouldn’t be surprised if five of these had never been seen again and one was now living in a safe house.