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    I was on Love Island in 2018. This is what ITV needs to get right this year | Alex George

    Contestants should be given more advice on dealing with social media after leaving the villa, as well as career support
    by Alex George Jun 03, 2019 3 minutes
    ‘From learning to live with 10 or more strangers to the stress of other contestants constantly trying to steal your partner, it’s far from an easy ride.’ Photograph: ITV/Rex/Shutterstock

    As a doctor working in a busy hospital A&E in south-east London, I thought spending the summer of 2018 in the sun as a contestant on the ITV reality show Love Island wouldn’t be all that difficult. Sun, sea, attractive people and, best of all, no mobile phones – how hard could it be? It turns out I couldn’t have been more wrong. If the contestants in the new series are expecting a relaxed summer of sun by the pool, they are in for a shock.

    From the moment my phone was taken off me as part

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