āBig Brotherā bosses have been accused of copying āLove Islandā with the latest twist they have planned for the housemates.
On Mondayās (19 June) edition of āThis Morningā, āBit On The Sideā presenter Rylan Clark-Neal announced that three female guests would be entering the house as part of a dating task, with the housemates then selecting two of them to become permanent residents.
āMake of it what you will. Connect the dots - itās Channel 5,ā Rylan said, hinting perhaps it could like to the networkās recent reboot of āBlind Dateā.
However, some fans noted how similar it sounded to the premise of āLove Islandā, which is entirely based around dating and new arrivals being dropped in the villa to entice existing residents.
Many shared their theories on Twitter:
āBig Brotherā producers have been forced to draft in new housemates after Kayleigh Morris was removed from the house over the weekend, and Arthur Fulford and Sukhvinder Javeed both walked last week.
Their latest twist comes as the latest episode of āLove Islandā scored almost double the amount of viewers as the shows went head to head on Sunday night.
āBig Brotherā drew just 0.89 million viewers at 9pm on Channel 5, in comparison to Love Islandās 1.51 million, when it aired at the same time on ITV2.
It was the sixth consecutive day in a row that figures for āBBā have fallen below a million, while āLove Islandā continues to hit ratings highs for its third series.
āBig Brotherā continues tonight at 10pm on Channel 5, with āLove Islandā airing an hour earlier on ITV2.