Love Island Voting Sees Record-Breaking 12 Million Ballots Cast—For a Golden Retriever Named Kevin
As a meme historian, the irony here is delicious: Love Island voting, typically a sacred ritual where viewers passionately decide which bikini-clad humans couple up or get dumped, has been hijacked by a collective internet prank. Thousands of fans, bored of predictable drama, coordinated online to cast ballots for a dog named Kevin—who wasn’t even a contestant. The joke? Kevin exists only as a blurry photo on Twitter, but his "votes" surpassed every real islander. The funny side? ITV was forced to issue a statement confirming "Kevin" was disqualified due to "ineligible species," but promised to add a pet segment next season. Cue the memes: "Love Island without dogs is just a spreadsheet."