Fans call for Gemma Collins to replace Caroline Flack as Love Island 2018 host

They flocked to social media to show their support 
Love Island: Fans demanded Collins replace Flack in the series
Channel 4
Safeeyah Kazi17 May 2018

Gemma Collins is being called on to replace Caroline Flack as presenter on this year’s Love Island.

Fans have thrown their support behind The Only Way is Essex star, claiming she would be the perfect person to helm the ITV2 show.

Collins was bombarded with tweets from fans ahead of the series start later this year.

One fan tweeted: “Petition for Gemma Collins to present Love Island.”

Another said: “Saw a tweet about Gemma Collins hosting Love Island and now I can’t stop thinking about how great that would be.”

A third wrote: “GEMMA COLLINS TO PRESENT THE NEXT SERIES OF LOVE ISLAND!!!”

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Another tweet reading “petition to get Gemma Collins to replace Caroline Flack as love island presenter next year” has amassed nearly 60,000 likes and over 15,000 retweets in support of the swap.

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The news comes amid speculation that fans could have two series’ to obsess over after producer Richard Cowles revealed they are “open” to having a same-sex couples version.

​Speaking at the BAFTA TV Awards Cowles said: “We've had bisexual people in the show before. It's a dating show and what makes that quite difficult is you need everyone to fancy everyone, so it's quite hard to get people who are gay and heterosexual in the same place, because simply enough, they don't fancy each other.

“I think we'd have to have a dedicated show for that. We're open to everything. We'd always try to include everyone. Absolutely, we'd consider two series a year.”

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