Coronavirus: Love Island Australia season three is looking unlikely

Channel Nine bosses are putting Love Island Australia on the back burner in response the escalating coronavirus pandemic.

The dating show, hosted by Sophie Monk, is unlikely to return for season three due to restrictions put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19, including travel bans and social distancing.

Nine’s programming director Hamish Turner told TV Tonight the network is in discussions with ITV over the future of Love Island Australia in light of the ‘current circumstances’.

‘Last time we were discussing what the future of that held and where we were going to shoot. That conversation has obviously shifted again with the current circumstances that we’re in,’ he added.

‘We’re still working with ITV if there is a show this year how you can get that to air.

‘We’re obviously in extraordinary times and there are certain things out of our control that have put a bit of a spanner in the works. We’re working through those at the moment.’

It comes after former Love Island stars Josh Moss and Amelia Plummer slammed beachgoers who visited Bondi Beach last Friday.

Hundreds of locals and tourists disregarded social distancing measures to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

The pair, who recently returned from a holiday in New Zealand, spoke exclusively to Daily Mail Australia from self-isolation on Sunday. 

‘We were really frustrated, because there’s so many people doing the right thing and taking it serious, and then on the other side so many people, even people we know and are friends with, were taking the p**s out of the whole situation,’ Amelia said.

She added that her followers from Spain and Italy warned her that their friends were doing the same thing last week – and now everyone has been forced into lockdown. 

As of late Thursday morning, there are 2,675 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Australia, including 11 deaths.