Overview

• ITV2 and Love Island producers relaunched The Grafties with six award categories, including Flirtiest Performance and Best Double Act.
• Voting is restricted to Instagram Stories, allowing producers complete control over which contestants appear on the ballot.
• Early tallies show Shakira and Toni leading in several categories, fueling viewer suspicions of a manufactured villain narrative.
• Supporters have publicly called for strategic votes against Shakira and Toni and other unpopular nominees to influence the show’s editing.
• Last season’s inaugural Grafties drew hundreds of Ofcom complaints over alleged narrative manipulation by the producers.