Olly Alexander says it’s about time dating shows like ‘Love Island’ start featuring LBGTQ+ singletons.
The ‘Sanctify’ hitmaker – who is openly gay – would love to see lesbian, gay, and bisexual contestants represented, as well as three-way relationships, also known as thruples, which he would love to experience being in.
The 27-year-old singer told the Daily Star newspaper: "Dating shows should exist for people who aren’t straight.
"They’re out there, there aren’t enough of them. Whether you try and squeeze a format that already works into something else. I don’t know.
"But I think the more we try and represent different kinds of relationships like polyamory, like being in a thruple.
"I myself want to be in a thruple. I want to see what that feels like."
However, bosses of the ITV2 series are one step ahead of the ‘Desire’ hitmaker, and are keen to cast gay and lesbian contestants.
Producer Richard Cowles has confirmed the makers of the programme – which landed its first-ever Reality & Constructed Factual TV BAFTA last month – are "open" to having another "dedicated version" of the series for same-sex couples, which could see more than one ‘Love Island’ air on an annual basis.
He recently told BANG Showbiz: "We’ve had bisexual people in the show before. It’s a dating show and what makes that quite difficult is you need everyone to fancy everyone, so it’s quite hard to get people who are gay and heterosexual in the same place, because simply enough, they don’t fancy each other.
"I think we’d have to have a dedicated show for that. We’re open to everything. We’d always try to include everyone. Absolutely, we’d consider two series a year."
Olly Alexander calls on Love Island to feature LGBT singles
