The second season of Love Island premiered August 24, 2020 on CBS. This season was originally scheduled to premiere on May 21, 2020 and was to be taking place in Fiji for second consecutive season; however, when the COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji forced production to postpone indefinitely. CBS later announced that Love Island would be relocated to film on the roof of Las Vegas, Nevada, The Cromwell — a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Matthew Hoffman provided voice-over narration.
Format
Love Island is a reality television program in which a group of contestants, who are referred to as "Islanders", are living in a villa in Las Vegas. The Islanders are cut off from the outside world and are under constant video surveillance. To survive in the villa, the Islanders must be in a relationship with another Islander. The Islanders couple up for the first time on first impressions but they are later forced to "re-couple" at special ceremonies in which they can choose to remain with their current partners or to switch partners. At the villa, the couples must share a bed for sleeping and are permitted to talk with other Islanders at any time, allowing them to get to know everyone. While in the villa, each Islander has his or her own telephone, with which they can contact other Islanders via text and can receive text messages informing them of the latest challenges, dumpings, and re-couplings. The Islanders are presented with many games and challenges that are designed to test their physical and mental abilities, after which the winners are sometimes presented with special prizes, such as a night at the Hideaway or a special date.
Islanders can be eliminated, or "dumped", for several reasons; these include remaining single after a re-coupling and by public vote through the Love Island mobile app. During the show's final week, members of the public vote to decide which couple should win the series; the couple who receive the most votes win.
At the envelope ceremony on finale night, the couple who received the highest number of votes from the public receive two envelopes, one for each partner. One envelope contains and the other contains nothing. The partner with the envelope may choose whether to share the money with his or her partner as a test of trust and commitment.
Islanders
On August 17, 2020, the initial islanders were revealed.
Noah Purvis was removed from the villa on Day 28 due to him having a pornographic career before appearing on the show.
IslanderAgeResidenceEnteredExitedStatusRef Caleb Corprew 24 Day 5 Day 40 Justine Ndiba 27 Rockaway, New Jersey Day 1 Day 40 Cely Vazquez 24 Sacramento, California Day 1 Day 40 Johnny Middlebrooks 22 Chesapeake, Virginia Day 1 Day 40 Calvin Cobb 25 Houston, Texas Day 5 Day 40 Third place Moira Tumas 28 Brielle, New Jersey Day 1 Day 40 Third place Carrington Rodriguez 23 Salt Lake City, Utah Day 1 Day 40 Fourth place Laurel Goldman 22 Auburn, Alabama Day 16 Day 40 Fourth place Bennett Sipes 26 Baltimore, Maryland Day 26 Day 37 Lakeyn Call 21 Yorktown, Virginia Day 30 Day 37 Julia Hall 26 Fayetteville, North Carolina Day 30 Day 33 Kierstan Saulter 23 Castroville, Texas Day 2 Day 33 Bennie Bivens 24 Barnegat, New Jersey Day 26 Day 29 Connor Trott 23 Day 1 Day 29 Noah Purvis 24 Imperial, Missouri Day 26 Day 28 Aaron Owen 26 Henderson, Nevada Day 16 Day 25 Jalen Noble 27 Nashville, Tennessee Day 16 Day 25 Mackenzie Dipman 24 Scottsdale, Arizona Day 1 Day 25 Sheribel 'Sher' Suarez 22 Orlando, Florida Day 16 Day 25 De'Andre Asbury-Heath 25North Miami Beach, Florida Day 16Day 19 Mike Jenkerson 26San Jose, California Day 16 Day 19 Patrick 'Pat' Albasha 28San Dimas, California Day 16Day 19 Faith Tyrell 26Kansas City, Missouri Day 16 Day 19 GiNiele 'Gigi' Reitzell 24Paramount, California Day 16Day 19 Mercades Schell 26Las Cruces, New Mexico Day 16 Day 19 Trevon 'Tre' Forte 25Boca Raton, Florida Day 1 Day 14 Lauren Coogan 29Oxford, United Kingdom Day 10 Day 14 Rachel Lundell 21 Minneapolis, Minnesota Day 2 Day 12 Jeremiah White 22De Kalb, Mississippi Day 1 Day 9 James McCool 27Winchester, Virginia Day 1 Day 9 Kaitlynn Anderson 27 Lapeer, Michigan Day 1 Day 5
Future appearances In 2021, Jeremiah White and Lauren Coogan competed on the thirty-seventh season of The Challenge. Coogan also appeared in episode 6 of HBO Max series FBOY Island.
In 2022, Mackenzie Dipman appeared in the sixth season of Summer House. Sher Suarez appeared on the fifth season of MTV's Ex on the Beach. Johnny Middlebrooks competed on Paramount+ original All Star Shore and competed on the thirty-eighth season of The Challenge. Dipman later returned as a bombshell for the fourth season of Love Island USA. Cely Vazquez and Justine Ndiba competed on The Challenge: USA.
In 2023, Ndiba returned to compete on The Challenge: World Championship. Carrington Rodriguez, Middlebrooks, Ndiba, and Vazquez all appeared on season one of Love Island Games.
In 2025, Ndiba and Rodriguez appeared on season three of Perfect Match. Kierstan Saulter and Vazquez made guest appearances on Love Island: Beyond the Villa. Ndiba and Middlebrooks returned for season 2 of Love Island Games.
In 2026, Rodriguez and Suarez appeared on series three of Love Island: All Stars. Middlebrooks appeared on season three of House of Villains.
Production CBS originally announced on February 14, 2020 the second season would premiere on May 21, 2020, scheduled to take place in Fiji, and was initially to end at the end of June before the Fourth of July holiday to avoid scheduling conflicts with the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The second season was subsequently placed on hold with a new season premiere date to be determined after the network announced on April 7 they would launch CBS Sunday Movie for a five-week run starting on May 3 after television productions were shut down due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. An article from The Hollywood Reporter on April 7, 2020 noted that CBS would be without new seasons of Big Brother and Love Island during the summer. Unnamed sources to the publication said the network would rely on repeats of their scripted shows that "have historically repeated well." Kelly Kahl, President of CBS Entertainment, said the network was "optimistic" about airing both shows during the summer "a little later than usual" in an interview with Deadline Hollywood on May 19, 2020.
CBS revealed on July 23, 2020 that the next season of Big Brother would premiere on August 5 with new protocols to protect the cast and crew from COVID-19. The day prior, Vulture reported that pre-production has started on the second season of Love Island. Filming for the second season took place at The Cromwell in Las Vegas on a bio-secure bubble zone instead of an international destination like with season one due to international travel restrictions related to COVID-19. The network and ITV required everyone involved with the show to undergo quarantine prior to the beginning of production.
Coupling and elimination history
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Day 1 Day 2 Day 5 Day 9 Day 12 Day 14 Day 19 Day 23 Day 25 Day 29 Day 33 Day 37 Final Caleb colspan="3" Rachel Justine Safe Justine Justine Safe Justine Justine Bennett & Lakeynto dump Splitthe 100kWinner (Day 40) JustineJeremiah Tre Tre CalebSafe Caleb CalebSafe Caleb CalebWinner (Day 40) Cely Tre Johnny Johnny Johnny Johnny Safe Johnny Johnny Safe Johnny Johnny to dump (Day 40) JohnnySingle Cely Cely Cely CelySafe Cely Cely Safe Cely CelyRunner-up (Day 40) Calvin colspan="3" Moira Moira Safe Sher Kierstan Safe Moira Moira Bennett & Lakeynto dumpThird place (Day 40) MoiraJames James Calvin CalvinSafe Aaron ConnorSafe Calvin CalvinThird place (Day 40) CarringtonKaitlynn Kierstan Kierstan Kierstan Vulnerable Laurel Laurel Vulnerable Laurel Laurel Bennett & Lakeynto dump (Day 40) Laurel colspan="6" Carrington CarringtonVulnerable Carrington CarringtonFourth place (Day 40) Bennett colspan="9" Kierstan Lakeyn to dump Lakeyn colspan="10" Bennett Julia colspan="10" Single Kierstan colspan="2" Carrington Carrington CarringtonVulnerableSingle CalvinSafe BennettSingle Bennie colspan="9" Single ConnorMackenzie Mackenzie Mackenzie MackenzieSavedSingle MoiraSafeSingle Noah colspan="9" Removed (Day 28) Aaron colspan="6" Moira Mackenzie VulnerableDumped (Day 25) Jalen colspan="6" Mackenzie Sher VulnerableDumped (Day 25) MackenzieConnor Connor Connor Connor Saved Jalen Aaron VulnerableDumped (Day 25) Sher colspan="6" Calvin Jalen VulnerableDumped (Day 25) De'Andre colspan="6" SingleDumped (Day 19) Faith colspan="6" SingleDumped (Day 19) GiNiele colspan="6" SingleDumped (Day 19) Mercades colspan="6" SingleDumped (Day 19) Mike colspan="6" SingleDumped (Day 19) Pat colspan="6" SingleDumped (Day 19) Tre CelySingle Justine Justine Lauren VulnerableDumped (Day 14) Lauren colspan="4" TreVulnerableDumped (Day 14) Rachel colspan="2" Jeremiah CalebSingleDumped (Day 12) JamesMoira Moira SingleDumped (Day 9) JeremiahJustine Rachel SingleDumped (Day 9) KaitlynnCarrington SingleDumped (Day 5) Notes 1 none 2 3 none 4 none 5 Removed noneNoah noneDumpedNoDumpingKaitlynncouple upJames,Jeremiahcouple upRachelcouple upLaurenBoys' choiceto dumpDe'Andre,Faith,GiNiele,Mercades,Mike,Patcouple upNoDumping Boys' choiceto dumpBennie,Connorcouple upJulia,Kierstancouple up 3 of 5 votesto dumpCarrington & LaurelCalvin & MoiraTreGirls' choiceto dump Aaron,JalenGirls' choiceto dumpCely & Johnny
Notes
: Johnny entered after the initial coupling and was told that after twenty-four hours he'd be allowed to steal a girl from another guy. : America voted for the most compatible couples, with the three couples with the most votes being safe. The 3 saved couples then had to collectively save one more couple. The saved couples saved Connor & Mackenzie, leaving Kierstan & Carrington, and Lauren & Tre vulnerable. The four saved boys then had to decide which vulnerable woman to dump from the villa, choosing Lauren, and the 4 saved girls had to decide which vulnerable man to dump from the villa, choosing Tre. : As the final part for the Casa Amor twist in week 3, Casa Amor and the villa held two separate re-coupling ceremonies for the original islanders to choose whether to return to their previous partner or pick any new partner. Any of the 10 new islanders that remained single by the end of either ceremony was dumped from the villa. However, if one of the 10 original islanders remained single at the end of both ceremonies, they would still remain in the villa, but as a single islander. De'Andre, GiNiele, Faith, Mercades, Mike, and Pat remained single at the end the night, and were all dumped from the villa. : America voted for the most compatible couples, with the four couples with the most votes being safe. The boys from the 4 saved couples then had to collectively save one more girl and the saved girls had to save one more boy. The boys saved Laurel and the girls saved Carrington. : America voted for which couple they think should win Love Island. The couple with the most votes were declared the winners of Love Island and received the grand prize money.
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