The first series of Love Island began on 7 June 2015 with a live special of the show hosted by Caroline Flack on ITV2, and ended on 15 July 2015. It is the first from the revived series, but third overall. The series was narrated by Iain Stirling. The series aired every night of the week except Friday, however the Saturday episode was used as a weekly catch-up entitled Love Island: The Weekly Hot List rather than a nightly highlights episode. The average viewers for this series was 570,000.
On 15 July 2015, the series was won by Jess Hayes and Max Morley, with Hannah Elizabeth and Jon Clark as runners-up.
Clark later went onto appear as a cast member in The Only Way Is Essex, whilst both Morley and Josh Ritchie made appearances in Ex on the Beach. After finishing in fourth place, Cally Beech and Luis Morrison became the first couple to have a baby, with their first child in May 2017.
Production The first one-minute trailer for the series aired on 12 May 2015, confirming that the series would begin in June. Pictures of the villa were unveiled on 5 June 2015. The villa is located in Mallorca with 69 cameras watching the Islander's every move. It only includes double beds forcing them to share with each other, but has a special Hideaway bedroom for couples to spend the night away from the others similar to the Love Shack in the 2005 and 2006 version.
Islanders The Islanders for the first series were revealed on 2 June 2015, just days before the launch. However, throughout the series, more Islanders entered the villa to find love. Some Islanders were dumped from the island for either failing to couple up, some were voted off by their fellow Islanders, and others for receiving the fewest votes in public eliminations. The series was won by Jess and Max on 15 July 2015 after receiving 42% of the final vote, beating Hannah and Jon who received 36%, Lauren and Josh with 12%, and finally Cally and Luis who received 10%.
IslanderAgeHometownEnteredExitedStatusRef Jess Hayes 22 Oxford Day 1 Day 41 Max Morley 22 Huddersfield Day 14 Day 41 Hannah Elizabeth 25 Liverpool Day 1 Day 41 Jon Clark 25 Essex Day 1 Day 41 Josh Ritchie 21 Bolton Day 1 Day 41 Lauren Richardson 26 East London Day 1 Day 41 Third place Cally Jane Beech 23 Hull Day 21 Day 41 Luis Morrison 20 London Day 1 Day 41 Fourth place Jordan Ring 31 Gloucester Day 1 Day 35 Zoe Basia Brown 24 South London Day 1 Day 35 Ben Porter 24 Wakefield Day 32 Day 33 Poppy Farnan 22 Chester Day 32 Day 33 Naomi Ball 23 East London Day 7 Day 28 Travis Almond 22 Essex Day 21 Day 28 Omar Sultani 22 Leamington Spa Day 1 Day 21 Bethany Rogers 19 Leeds Day 14 Day 21 Daisy Muller 24 Birmingham Day 7 Day 19 Chris Williamson 27 Newcastle Day 1 Day 19 Chris Baxter 20 London Day 11 Day 14 Danielle Pyne 23 London Day 1 Day 14 Rachel Christie 26 London Day 1 Day 11 John Alberti 29 Manchester Day 3 Day 6 Tony Alberti 29 Manchester Day 3 Day 6
Future appearances In 2024, Hannah Elizabeth, Luis Morrison, and Josh Ritchie returned for series one of Love Island: All Stars.
Coupling and elimination history The couples were chosen shortly after the Islanders entered the villa. After all of the boys entered, the girls were asked to choose a boy to pair up with. Jon was paired with Hannah, Chris was paired with Danielle, Omar and Rachel paired up, Josh and Lauren coupled up, whilst Jess paired herself with Jordan and Luis got with Zoe. They were competing in their pairs for £50,000. However, throughout the series the couples swapped and changed as the islanders re-coupled.
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Final Day 1 Day 2 Day 6 Day 8 Day 11 Day 14 Day 15 Day 19 Day 21 Day 28 Day 33 Day 35 Jess Jordan Josh Josh Single Omar Vulnerable Single Chris Wto dump Safe Safe Max Finalist SplitWinner Max colspan="6" Single Daisyto dump Safe Vulnerable Jess Splitthe £50kWinner (Day 41) Hannah Jon Jon Single Jon Chris B & Danielleto dump Jon Chris Wto dump Safe Safe Jon FinalistRunner-up (Day 41) Jon Hannah Hannah Single Hannah Chris B & Danielleto dump Hannah Daisyto dump Safe Safe HannahRunner-up (Day 41) Josh Lauren Jess Jess Naomi Vulnerable Naomi Daisyto dump Safe Safe Lauren FinalistThird place (Day 41) Lauren Josh Jordan Chris W Single Luis Vulnerable Single Chris Wto dump Safe Safe JoshThird place (Day 41) Cally colspan="9" Safe Luis FinalistFourth place (Day 41) Luis Zoe Danielle Single Lauren Vulnerable Single Daisyto dump Safe Safe CallyFourth place (Day 41) Jordan Jess Lauren Zoe Daisy Vulnerable Single Daisyto dump Safe Safe ZoeEliminatedDumped (Day 35) Zoe Luis Jordan Single Chris W Vulnerable Single Chris Wto dump Safe Vulnerable JordanDumped (Day 35) Ben colspan="10" SingleDumped (Day 33) Poppy colspan="10" SingleDumped (Day 33) Naomi colspan="3" Josh Vulnerable Josh Chris Wto dump SafeEliminatedDumped (Day 28) Travis colspan="9" EliminatedDumped (Day 28) Beth colspan="6" Single Chris Wto dumpEliminatedDumped (Day 21) Omar Rachel Rachel Single Jess Vulnerable Single Daisyto dumpEliminatedDumped (Day 21) Chris W Danielle Lauren Single Zoe Vulnerable Single Zoeto dumpDumped (Day 19) Daisy colspan="3" Jordan Vulnerable Single Jordanto dumpDumped (Day 19) Chris B colspan="4" Danielle VulnerableDumped (Day 14) Danielle Chris W Luis Single Chris B VulnerableDumped (Day 14) Rachel Omar Omar SingleDumped (Day 11) John colspan="2" SingleDumped (Day 6) Tony colspan="2" SingleDumped (Day 6) Notes none 1 none 2 none 3 4 5 6 7 none 8 9 DumpedNoDumpingJohn,Tonycouple upNoDumping Rachelcouple up choiceto dumpNoDumpingBeth,OmarPublic's choiceto dumpNaomi,TravisPublic's choiceto dumpBen,Poppycouple upPublic's choiceto dumpCally & LuisDaisyHannah & Jon
Notes
: On Day 2, after Jess and Jordan won a challenge they were given the opportunity to swap two couples. Jess decided to couple up with Josh, leaving Jordan in a new couple with Lauren. : On Day 8, the islanders were told that they were all single, but new girls Daisy and Naomi would get the chance to couple up with a boy of their choice after going on three dates. Daisy chose Jordan and Naomi chose Josh. : On Day 14, the public voted for which couple they wanted to become the power couple. Hannah and Jon became the power couple and had to choose one couple to be dumped from the island. They chose to dump Chris B and Danielle. : On Day 15, the islanders were told that once again they were all single, unless they wanted to announce that they are officially boyfriend and girlfriend. The only couples to do this were Hannah and Jon, and Naomi and Josh. : On Day 19, the girls were asked to vote for the boy islander they wanted to dump. They chose Chris W to dump from the island. The boys were then asked to vote for the girl islander they wanted to dump. They chose Daisy to dump from the island. : On Day 21, the public voted for which girl islander and which boy islander they did not want to stay. The public chose Beth and Omar and they were dumped from the island. : On Day 28, the public voted for their favourite islanders. The boy and girl islanders with the fewest votes would be vulnerable and at risk of being dumped. As the boy and girl islander with the fewest votes, Naomi and Travis were dumped from the island. : On Day 35, the public voted for which couple they wanted to be dumped. The couple who received the most votes, Jordan and Zoe, was dumped from the island. : The public voted for which couple they think should win Love Island. The couple with the most votes were declared the winner of Love Island and received the grand prize money.
Guests During the series a number of guests entered the villa. On 25 June 2015 it was announced that Calum Best would be returning to the series. On Day 24, he briefly entered to take the boys on a night out in Magaluf. This was Calum's third appearance on the show having previously appeared on the original series in 2005. He later returned for 2006 series where he was voted the winner alongside Bianca Gascoigne. Paul Danan also appeared on the series as part of the panel on the penultimate episode. On 12 July 2015, it was announced that Mark Wright would be briefly entering the villa. He entered on Day 38 to become the DJ for Lauren's birthday party, he departed shortly after the party.
Weekly summary The main events in the Love Island villa are summarised in the table below.
Entrances On Day 1, Chris W, Danielle, Hannah, Jess, Jon, Jordan, Josh, Lauren, Luis, Omar, Rachel and Zoe entered the villa. On Day 3, John and Tony entered the villa. On Day 7, Daisy and Naomi entered the villa. Coupling On Day 1, the Islanders coupled up for the first time. After all of the boys entered, the girls were asked to choose a boy to pair up with. Jon was paired with Hannah, Chris was paired with Danielle, Omar and Rachel paired up, Josh and Lauren coupled up, whilst Jess paired herself with Jordan and Luis got with Zoe. On Day 2, after Jess and Jordan won a challenge they were given the opportunity to swap two couples. Jess decided to couple up with Josh, leaving Jordan in a new couple with Lauren. On Day 6, the Islanders were told that they had to re-couple. Hannah and Jon, Omar and Rachel, and Jess and Josh remained with each other, whilst Jordan coupled with Zoe, Luis paired with Danielle, and Chris W chose Lauren. As John and Tony remained single, they were dumped from the island. Challenges On Day 2, Rachel and Omar hosted "Getting Intimate", where members of each couple stood at opposite ends of the pool and were asked questions about their partner. Every correct answer moved them a step towards their partner. The winning couple was the pair that met in the middle first. This was Jordan and Jess. On Day 3, the girls took part in "The Perfect Man" where they had to choose the best abs, guns, legs, face and heart from cutouts of the boys. On Day 5, the boys competed in the "Mega LADS Championship" where they took part in a number of LAD related tasks. The girls then decided that Luis was the overall winner. Dates On Day 3, Hannah and Jon left the villa to go on a date. On Day 3, shortly after entering, John and Tony each chose a girl they'd like to date in the Hideaway. John chose Danielle, and Tony chose Jess. At the end of the date, each girl was given the option to stay the night. They both declined and returned to the villa. On Day 4, Zoe and Rachel both dated their partners; Luis and Omar, and then dated John and Tony. After the dates the girls were given the option of who the spend the night with. They chose John and Tony respectively. Exits On Day 6, John and Tony were eliminated after failing to couple up. Week 2 Entrances On Day 11, Chris B entered the villa. On Day 14, Bethany and Max entered the villa. Coupling On Day 8, the Islanders were told that they were all single, but new girls Daisy and Naomi would get the chance to couple up with a boy of their choice after going on three dates. Daisy chose Jordan, and Naomi chose Josh respectively. On Day 11, the Islanders were asked to couple up again, apart from Naomi and Josh, and Daisy and Jordan who were already coupled up. Newest Islander Chris B got first pick and chose Danielle, whilst Omar chose Jess, Luis paired with Lauren, and Chris W coupled with Zoe. Hannah and Jon also remained a couple. After failing to couple up with anybody, Rachel was dumped from the island. Challenges On Day 11, to decide the re-coupling order, the boys took part in "Heart Makers" where they had to solve an equation to unlock a chest, then complete a puzzle that was inside. On Day 13, the couples had to transfer cocktails from one large fishbowl to another small fishbowl using only their mouths. Jon and Hannah won the challenge and were rewarded with messaged from home. Dates On Day 8, as the new girls, Daisy and Naomi dated three boys each before being asked to couple with one of them. Daisy dated Chris W, Jordan and Omar before coupling with Jordan, whilst Naomi dated Chris W, Josh and Luis before coupling with Josh.