Love Island has made a plea to its viewers to be considerate of the contestants' feelings ahead of the new series.
The ITV2 reality show will see 12 singles head into a villa in Spain and attempt to find love.
Alongside that, they have the opportunity to take home a £50,000 prize.
Love Island has been running in its current format since 2015, and it has not come without controversy.
Past contestants have opened up about how being thrown into the limelight damaged their mental health, due to hate, trolling and, in some cases, a level of fame they struggled to navigate.
Additionally, previous contestant Mike Thalassitis and former host Caroline Flack took their own lives.
Love Island makes plea to viewers to be kind to contestants
Ahead of Love Island's newest series starting today (Monday, June 1), the show issued a message to viewers to remember "there are real people behind the screen" when posting about the programme.
In a post made on Instagram Stories, Love Island shared: "For our Islanders, this summer is all about finding love, having fun, escaping reality, and making memories that last a lifetime.
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"We love the passion you have for the show, and we love your commentary, memes, debates, and seeing everyone so invested in the journey.
"We just ask that while the drama unfolds, everyone remembers there are real people behind the screen.
"Let's keep the vibes high, the energy positive, and let's make this a summer to remember."
Ahead of the new series starting executive producer Lewis Evans discussed with the Radio Times a never-before-seen twist in the opening episode.
He shared: "We're going to play into that this year, we can't say too much, but [in] the first episode we're changing things.
"We're doing something that we've never done before in the history of Love Island.
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"We're going to take a big risk and we hope it pays off."
He also teased that there’ll be more surprises in store for viewers as the series progresses.
Evans said: "The challenges will be different, you'll also see that in the villa we've got a new space where there's more beds, [and] with more beds comes more bombshells..."
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