AND so it came to pass that two people who are recognisable only for the surname they bear turned out to be the victors in a reality TV show.

In the case of one of them, the surname only comes as a result of a famous stepfather. Yes, the nonentity that is Bianca Gascoigne and the playboy son of George Best were crowned winners of Love Island (ITV1) on Monday night.

Bianca, in particular, is so far down the celebrity ratings that she doesn't even make the Z-list. And, if only half of all the kiss-and-tell stories in the media are true, she appears to have been exposed as a spoilt brat who uses the name of a stepfather she loathes as a ploy to achieve some degree of celebrity.

How she managed to avoid eviction and end up as a winner is a complete mystery to me. I only felt capable of watching this lambasted series extremely intermittently but, unless she was a wise-cracking, wildly entertaining trouper on every occasion I didn't tune in, the result is bizarre.

Calum Best at least has the semblance of a brain underneath that 'good-time boy' persona, and it was fitting that diva dancer Brendan Cole was deprived of the chance to be the alpha male in the group.

Having said that, I was totally on Cole's side in the spat with loopy Lee Otway, who was so annoying on the few occasions I watched that I can't imagine how anyone managed to live with him for a day, let alone a number of weeks.

I reckon it's now time to let this programme disappear into the annals of TV history as possibly the worst reality show of them all.

Turning to another island, the enigma that is Lost (Channel 4, Tuesday) continues to baffle the viewer. Last week it seemed we were being led to believe that the whole saga is actually a figment of Hurley's mind - it may still be, but with several money-spinning series to go I doubt it very much!

This week we learned more of the story of Bernard and Rose, with the revelation that Rose had been suffering from a terminal illness before the plane crashed. She now joins Locke as an apparent beneficiary of the island's 'healing' powers.

Doctor Jack could do with some treatment for his control freak tendencies, which surfaced again on Tuesday, as he strode around giving orders to people, before heading off to be a hero by confronting the Others'.

He was hoping to arrange an exchange of captive Henry Gale for young Walt, who has now been missing so long I can barely remember what he looks like.

By the end of the episode, however, Jolly Jack was cradling the battered form of Walt's father, Michael, in his arms, so I suppose his plan almost came together.

Meanwhile, back at the hatch, Henry was smirking in that spooky way of his that suggests much fun is ahead for our stranded islanders!