In recent years, Love Island Australia has introduced Superfans, who are *apparently* a group of select fans that watch the episodes early and make decisions about the Islanders’ fate.
Throughout the season, the Superfans can make decisions like who is booted from the villa and who is matched up — and they always seem to want maximum drama in the villa.
However, while Channel 9 asks real-life fans to apply for the role of a Superfan, Love Island 2024’s Sophie Mills has questioned who the Superfans actually are.
During an interview with the Wheres Your Head At podcast, hosted by former Islanders Anna McEvoy and Matt Zukowski, Sophie reflected on being coupled up in the villa with her ex, Zane Prophet, by the Superfans.
“I do the quotation marks because we don’t know. I’ve never met a Superfan,” Sophie said, explaining that she was doing air quotes while mentioning the phrase.
Anna added, “I don’t think they exist.”
Sophie questioned why not a single Superfan has ever come forward.
“I think they’ve signed an NDA, but we signed NDA’s going in too, and I still told people I was doing it,” she said.
How to apply to be a Superfan
Unlike Love Island UK and Love Island USA, the Australian format of the franchise isn’t filmed live. Generally, the season is filmed around September and airs at the beginning of November.
Because the season isn’t live, Love Island calls for Superfans to apply. These fans will replace audience voting and make decisions for the Islanders.
While the jury’s still out on whether the Superfans actually exist, an application to be a Superfan goes live on the official Love Island website prior to the season airing. The last call was placed in July 2024, about two months before the 2024 season started airing.
So, if that’s anything to go off, the next questionable Superfan application process will kick off in July 2024.
If anyone hears (absolutely anything) back, be sure to let us know.
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