Shipwrecked Is The Perfect Reality TV Tide-Me-Over Until Love Island Returns – HuffPost Verdict
The starting line-up is full of promising characters with the potential to deliver on drama and humour. Chelsee Healey look-a-like Liv is already rocking the boat, delivering the first argument within 24 hours on Tiger Island, while Kush looks likely to emerge as a fan favourite with his one-liners and budding bromance with Tom.
Big T – as divisive as she may be to both the islanders and to viewers at home – is also the perfect reality TV casting, and we reckon it won’t be long until she lets her “Chelsea princess” persona drop to reveal a more vulnerable side.
We’re also looking forward to feminist Emma staging a coup to bring down the peacocking male leaders, especially after Harry’s oh-so-predictable move to make Tom his rival island captain so there could be, what he called, a “mano vs mano” battle…
*eye roll*
The coming episodes will see the Tigers and the Sharks going head to head as they try and attract new arrivals in order build the biggest tribe possible, and emerge as the winning island.
However, as the newbies rock up, it would be refreshing to see some different body types represented on the show. While producers have made a better attempt at diversity in the starting line-up than Love Island bosses usually do, it will be interesting to see if this particular imbalance is addressed later down the line.