Love Island Australia season three is looking unlikely due to travel restrictions and social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic
Channel Nine bosses are putting Love Island Australia on the back burner in response the escalating coronavirus pandemic.
The dating show, hosted by Sophie Monk, is unlikely to return for season three due to restrictions put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19, including travel bans and social distancing
Nine’s programming director Hamish Turner told TV Tonight the network is in discussions with ITV over the future of Love Island Australia in light of the ‘current circumstances.’
On hold: Channel Nine bosses have put Love Island Australia, hosted by Sophie Monk, season three on the back burner amid coronavirus pandemic
‘Last time we were discussing what the future of that held and where we were going to shoot. That conversation has obviously shifted again with the current circumstances that we’re in,’ he said.
‘We’re still working with ITV if there is a show this year how you can get that to air.
‘We’re obviously in extraordinary times and there are certain things out of our control that have put a bit of a spanner in the works. We’re working through those at the moment.’
‘Last time we were discussing what the future’: Channel Nine’s director of Programming Hamish Turner said the network talked about plans to film season three. Now, he said the ‘conversation has obviously shifted again with the current circumstances that we’re in’ (Love Island Australia 2019 cast)
‘We’re obviously in extraordinary times’: Channel Nine’s director of Programming Hamish Turner said, ‘there are certain things out of our control that have put a bit of a spanner in the works’ (Love Island Australia 2019 cast)
This comes after former Love Island stars Josh Moss and Amelia Plummer slammed beachgoers who visited Bondi beach last Friday for disregarding social-distancing measures to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
The pair, who recently returned from a New Zealand holiday, spoke exclusively to Daily Mail Australia from self-isolation on Sunday.
‘We were really frustrated, because there’s so many people doing the right thing and taking it serious, and then on the other side so many people, even people we know and are friends with, were taking the pi** out of the whole situation and saying “look at me self-isolating” sitting right next to someone drinking a beer and having a laugh about it.’
‘We were really frustrated’ This comes after former Love Island stars Josh Moss and Amelia Plummer slammed beachgoers who visited Bondi beach last Friday for disregarding social-distancing measures to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Amelia also said after posting a story on her Instagram about the shocking display, many of her followers from Spain and Italy reached out.
‘They were saying everyone was acting exactly the same as Australia last week, and now they’re locked in their houses, have police doing checks and army monitoring the streets,’ she explained.
As of Thursday morning, there are 2,675 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Australia, including 11 deaths.
Pandemic: As of Thursday morning, there are 2,675 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Australia, including 11 deaths