Piers Morgan gloats that Good Evening Britain BEAT 'vacuous' Love Island in ratings battle... (but is all as it seems?)

Piers took to Twitter to celebrate that Good Evening Britain received a peak of 5.2 million viewers to Love Island's 3.6 million according to overnight figures
The one-off special was aired following England's World Cup tie against Belgium, which earned a peak audience of 18.6 million
Overall Love Island came out on top in the average viewing figures, with it's 3.2 million viewers narrowly beating out Good Evening Britain's 3.1 million

Published: 17:38 BST, 29 June 2018 | Updated: 23:51 BST, 29 June 2018

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Piers Morgan appeared to have something to celebrate on Friday, as he took to Twitter to tell viewers Good Evening Britain had beaten his much-disliked Love Island in the TV ratings battle.

The 53-year-old presenter's one-off special of his breakfast show Good Morning Britain received a peak audience of 5.2 million viewers in the slot following England's World Cup tie against Belgium, while Love Island received 3.6 million.

In reality overnight figures have actually revealed that Love Island received an average viewing audience of 3.2 million tuning in, narrowly beat out Good Evening Britain with 3.1 million.

Over the moon: Piers Morgan appeared to have something to celebrate on Friday, as he took to Twitter to tell viewers Good Evening Britain had beaten Love Island in the TV ratings battle

Piers took to Twitter on Friday after his Good Evening Britain special with Susanna Reid made headlines with its star-studded lineup, including guest Danny Dyer who became a social media sensation with his rant calling David Cameron a 't**t.'

Posting a mocked-up snap of him furiously pointing at an image of some of Love Island's bikini-clad lineup, he wrote: 'BOOM! Good Evening Britain peaked at 5.2m viewers last night, smashing Love Island which peaked at just 3.6m. Thanks for watching & restoring my faith in humanity!'

Overall Love Island narrowly came out on top in the ratings war with 3.2 million, though its peak of 3.6 million was the highest ever for ITV2, smashing the previous nights record of 3.4 million, when Essex beauty Zara McDermott was shockingly dumped from the Island.

Thrilled: The 53-year-old took to Twitter to reveal that Good Evening Britain had received a higher peak audience than Love Island, with 5.2 million viewers to 3.6 million

Amazing: The ITV2 show has broken records with its viewership, and Thursday's overnight figures indicate the latest episode was its highest-rated ever

Down in one! Average figures for the night actually showed Love Island narrowly beat out Good Evening Britain in the ratings

It was a big night for ITV as they also showed England's 0-1 loss to Belgium in the final group game of the World Cup, which earned a peak audience of 18.6 million viewers, with an average of 13 million viewers.

Piers has never held back from putting across his views surrounding Love Island, and has even called its stars 'brain-dead zombies' and 'vacuous Z-list celebrities.'

His meeting with guest Danny Dyer - whose daughter Dani is currently starring on Love Island - was expected to spark fireworks, and it didn't disappoint as the pair went head-to-head with their thoughts on the Mallorca- based reality show.

Honest: The one-off special of Piers' usual breakfast show with Susanna Reid aired following England's World Cup tie against Belgium, which received a peak of 18.6 million

Dramatic: It proved to be a sensational hour of television as Piers came face-to-face with Danny Dyer, after calling Love Island's stars 'brain-dead zombies'

Piers jokingly said: 'You may have been led to believe, through social media, that I've spent the last three weeks calling every contestant on Love Island, a bunch of brain-dead zombies.

'Obviously, I'd like to clarify, that doesn’t include anyone in the villa called Dani Dyer, which I believe is your daughter, there's been a terrible misunderstanding. She is obviously a shining oasis of intelligence, beauty and grace.'

To which Danny quipped: 'Yeah, just stop talking, Piers, stop talking, rambling on, I’m sorry, Piers. Just calm down, stop getting so emotional.'

He said: 'Yeah, my daughter is on Love Island, Piers, it's a nutty thing. I didn't want her to do it, I'd never seen it before - you fear as a father. But what it is, is entertainment.

Critical: Piers has never held back in expressing his dislike for Love Island, including calling its stars 'vacuous Z-list celebrities'

At odds: Danny came on the show to defend Love Island - on which his daughter Dani is currently starring

Opinionated: Piers jokingly said he took back anything negative he said towards Dani, calling her a 'shining oasis of intelligence, beauty and grace'

'It is what it is, it's a game show, there's £50,000 at stake, it's a lot of dough, and Dani's gonna win it. She's gonna nick the reddies.'

Danny went on to defend the 'brain-dead' contestants and he said: 'Listen, all I can speak for is my daughter.

'They're not all idiots, one of them is an A&E doctor, right? I can't believe I'm on here fighting for Love Island. Listen, at the end of the day, it was her decision, she's a grown adult and a smart kid.

'I've always believed, you don't teach a kid what to think, you teach them how to think. I'm a very liberal parent, she's gone on there and span it on its head.'