Former Love Island stars Josh and Amelia reveal how they’ve been received by British audiences

While the first season of Love Island may have aired in Australia back in 2018, the hit reality show has only just made its way onto British TV screens.

And in an interview with 9Now on Friday, former Love Island Australia stars Josh Moss and Amelia Plummer spoke about how they’ve been received by British audiences.

The couple – who first met on the show and are still together two years later – said they’d received ‘a lot of love’ from the UK.

‘I’ve received less than one per cent of hate. I’ve had a lot of support, a lot of love, a lot of people getting behind Amelia and I,’ said Josh, 27. 

‘Because when we were on there [when the show aired in Australia] we did cop a little bit of hate and love as well.’  

Amelia, 25, added that Australian audiences seemed skeptical about whether she and Josh were actually a ‘genuine’ couple.  

‘From the Australian audience there was a lot of questioning about us. There was a lot of “oh are they actually genuine”…’ she explained.

‘The UK, I haven’t seen anyone question us at all or my authenticity. In Australia when it was airing, everyone was questioning.’

She added: ‘But it’s been really nice. Everyone has been really supportive, but there’s definitely a difference.’

Josh thought one major difference between the Australian and British audiences was that the show’s Aussie fans were more ‘caught up with the big drama’.

Instead, he said British audiences chose to focus on ‘the positives in the relationships and the humour’.

The couple regularly feature on each other’s Instagram pages, with Josh labelling Amelia his ‘favourite human’ in a post on Thursday.