Love Island's "I GOT A TEXT" phrase is probably the most iconic in the show's history. Day in day out, Islanders lives seem to be controlled through receiving texts - from news of hot new bombshells to the dreaded, "Can Islanders please gather around the fire pit immediately?" It's all very dystopian and Orwellian – even the good news means drama one way or another.
Anyway, those four dystopian words are vital in ensuring those pesky All Stars producers can keep their chaos machine running – sorry, we mean Love Island: All Stars.
However, while we knew that Islanders/All Stars should to be ready to receive a text at any time, we thought that when the little 'tring' trings, the timing comes as a surprise. They all seem to jump out of their skin, after all...
Well, it seems like we have been played for fools, because according to Love Island 2020 legend Shaughna Phillips, the process isn't as organic as we have been led to believe.
Speaking exclusively to Closer alongside Love Island 2018 winner Jack Fincham last year, Shaughna admitted that producers would give out phones just before a text pops through.
Shaugngha exclusively told Closer last year, "Sometimes [producers] walk past you and drop your phone you're like 'HERE WE GO'.
"You start prepping, sucking in everything, because you know it's going to be you."
During the same interview, Jack revealed that there is a tannoy system in the villa that tells the Islanders where they need to be, which he affectionally named the 'voice of God'.
He told Closer online, "You'll be sitting there and it will go, 'Islanders, please make you way to where ever' and you know something is going to happen."
And now the magic has been ruined FOREVER.
At least the phones are real, eh? In fact, did you know that All Stars Tom Clare and Casey O'Gorman managed to hack their Love Island phones and get on the Wi-Fi? Forget a text, they'd be able to check their DMs...
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This article first appeared on Closer on 15 June 2022 and was updated on 13 February 2024.