Love Island’s gold flutes: The very practical reason islanders drink out of the glasses

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Love Island’s fans are not ones to be duped or crossed when it comes to spotting niche moments in the show.This year, fans have been questioning why the contestants are drinking from specific gold flutes that seemingly took inspiration from the same style of wine glass used on Netflix's Love is Blind.

One Twitter user said: “Obsessed with the gold flutes #LoveIsland” While another pointed out a striking similarity to elsewhere: “Who do Love Island think they are with these imitation gold Love is Blind champagne glasses?” Viewers may be divided with how they feel about the glasses, but the reason behind them is actually very helpful for producers.

Not showing how much liquid is in each glass means that for the sake of continuity between editing scenes, it's a lot easier to edit clips if no one is aware how much is in each flute.

The idea was touched upon by Love Is Blind’s creator Chris Coelen in an interview with Variety: "It’s a very authentic, really true following of these people’s journeys, but I like the fact that we have this sort of connective tissue with that in a really light way, it’s fun." Season four alumni Eyal Booker, previously revealed that alcohol "was very, very limited" on the show and that it was "max two glasses of wine a night and that's max!".