Love Island stays focused on the traditional reality TV formula, good-looking singles flirting, arguing, and coupling up for cash and clout. While there’s minor diversity among cast members, identity is rarely foregrounded over romance, personality, or drama. The show’s narrative isn’t particularly deep, but it’s hardly sacrificed to woke ideology either.

Love Island still unapologetically celebrates old-school dating show tropes: traditional male/female dynamics, open talk about attraction, and an emphasis on starting relationships. If anything, it mostly avoids subverting gender roles or mocking traditional values, and mostly treats family and marriage in a neutral-to-positive light, if they come up at all.

The show doesn’t dive into politics or promote strong ideological messages. Most contestants seem to share mainstream, uncontroversial attitudes about love and relationships, but there’s little to no overt agenda. Occasionally, contestants who express more old-fashioned views aren’t villainized, just not spotlighted.