Love Island is a dating reality show that originated in the United Kingdom in 2005 as Celebrity Love Island. Created by ITV Studios, it has spawned a second British version in 2015 as well as several international versions.
The show features a group of single contestants, known as "islanders" who are sourced from agencies, and live together in a specially constructed villa that is isolated from the outside world. All of this is in an attempt to find love. The islanders are constantly monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones. The Islanders will also compete in different challenges throughout the series which allows them to gain insight on the public's opinion on them and gain insight on what the islanders have been saying about each other. Throughout the series, the contestants "couple up" to avoid being dumped from the villa. Additionally, the public will vote for their favourite islanders to stay in the villa at points in the series. As old islanders are dumped, new islanders enter the villa. At the end of the season, the public vote one final time to determine the winning couple.
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Country/Region Title Network Seasons and winners Presenter(s) Narrator(s) Love Island Albania TV Klan Season 1, 2023: Arlind Gashi & Ueda Ndrecaj Luana Vjollca Genti Deçka Love Island Australia Current 9Now (4-) Former 9Go! (1) Nine Network (2–3)
Season 8, 2026: Upcoming season Sophie Monk Current Eoghan McDermott (1–2, 4–) Former Stephen Mullan (3) ()L'île de l'amourTVA Season 1, 2021: Arielle Salvaje & Benjamin Fabre Season 2, 2022: Amanda Boily Paleovrahas & Mathieu Dufresne Season 3, 2023: Lorie Boucher & Hugo Brochu Naadei Lyonnais (1- 2) Olivier Dion (3) Mehdi Bousaidan (1–2) Geneviève Schmidt (3) Love Island AdriaVoyoRTLPop TVPrva Season 1, 2026: Current season Dragana Mićalović Saša Lozar Filip Ugrenović Love Island Česko & Slovensko TV Nova TV Markíza Season 1, 2021: Martin Kulhánek & Laura Chrebetová Season 2, 2022: Denisa Valová & Kryštof Novák Season 3, 2023: Mária Glatzová & Christopher Jirout Season 4, 2024: Kristína Víglaská & Michal Trabalík Season 5, 2025: Honzi Michálek & Patricie Herlíková Season 6, 2026: Current season Current Zorka Hejdová (2-) Former Nikol Moravcová (1) Václav Matějovský Love Island Current Viaplay (2-) Former TV3 (1) Season 1, 2018: Julie Melsen & Oliver Erngart Season 2, 2025: Dina Mary & Oliver Wollenberg Current Carla Mickelborg (2-) Former Lisbeth Østergaard (1) Current TBA (2-) Former Dan Anderson (1) Love Island Suomi Current MTV3 (4-) MTV Katsomo (4-) Former Sub (1-2) AVA (3) Season 1, 2018: Aura Lampi & Jeffrey Lawman Season 2, 2019: Eetu Tanskanen & Sofia Näveri Season 3, 2021: Eeli Ylilehto & Salli Leppäkoski Season 4, 2023: Elviira Fält & Paulus Pitkälä Season 5, 2025: Henri Niironen & Julia Matilainen Season 6, 2026: Ilmari Lehtinen & Jenni Seppä Season 7, 2027: Upcoming season Current Niko Saarinen (5–) Former Veronica Verho (3–4) Shirly Karvinen (1–2) Current Tomi Haustola (4-) Former Riku Sottinen (1–3) Love Island France Season 1, 2020: Angele Salentino & Tristan Mrs Season 2, 2023: Cindy Miranda & Edgar Ulrich Love Island – Heiße Flirts & wahre Liebe RTL Zwei Season 1, 2017: Elena Miras & Jan Sokolowsky Season 2, 2018: Marcellino "Lino" Kremers & Tracy Candela Season 3, 2019: Sidney Wolf & Vivien Michalla Season 4, 2020: Melina Hoch & Tim Kuehnel Season 5, Spring 2021: Bianca Jule & Paco Harb Season 6, Fall 2021: Isabell Kremer & Robin Wii Season 7, 2022: Nico Einfech & Jennifer Iglesias Season 8, 2023: Jenny Grassl & Luca Müller Love Island VIP Season 1, 2024: Chiara Frohlich & Patrick Fabian Season 2, 2025: Stella Stegmann & Josh Stanley Season 3, 2026: Upcoming season Sylvie Meis Simon Beeck Love Island Skai TV Season 1, 2022: Argiris Fragkos & Maria Astoglou Iliana Papageorgiou Vangelis Giannopoulos Love Island Hungary RTL Klub Season 1, 2019: Tícián Lakatos & Zsófia "Zsófi" Németh Norbert Kamarás (Lajos Bíró) Ádám GacsalLove IslandFree TV Season 1, 2024: David Schraer & Kim VinakorEden FinesTBA Love Island Italia Discovery+ Season 1, 2021: Rebeca Di Filippo & Wolf Yevhen Giulia De LellisLove Island MaltaTVM Season 1, 2023: Allen Piscopo & Chelsea Bagnall-Falzon Season 2, 2024: Clinton King & Tamika Ross Season 3, 2025: Evelyn & Matthew Micallef Season 4, 2026: Anna Paola & Luke Grima Current Giselle Spiteri (3-) Former Yazmin Helledie (1-2)Chucky Bartolo Netherlands Current Videoland (3–) Streamz (3–) Former RTL 5 (1–2) VIER (1–2) Season 1, 2019: Alexandra Jakobczyk & Denzel Slager Season 2, 2020: Joan Pronk & Mert O'Katann Season 3, 2022: Cas Hooijer & Jotti Verbruggen Season 4, 2023: Kengi Meert & Kimmy de Weerd Holly Mae Brood Viktor Verhulst Current Jeroen Verdick Sander Lantinga (2-) Former Kaj van der Ree (1) Love Island Nederland Videoland Season 1, 2019: Daniel van Pienbroek & Floor Masselink Season 2, 2021: Esmee Cox & Job Stevens Love Island NZ Three Season 1, TBA: New Series TBA TBA Love Island Nigeria Season 1, TBA: New Series TBA TBA Love Island Norway Current VGTV (5–) Former TV3 (1) TV 2 (2–4) Season 1, 2018: Andrea Sveinsdottir & Morten Dalhaug Season 2, 2020: Johannes Klemp & Nora Haukland Season 3, 2024: Elisabeth Henriksen Reither & Henrik Fossedal Season 4, 2025: Camilla De Souza Devik & Nicklas Sundsvåg Season 5, 2027: Upcoming season Current Sophie Elise Isachsen (5–) Former Tone Damli (1) Morten Hegseth (2) Alexandra Joner (3–4) Current TBA (5–) Former Rasmus Wold (1) Egil Skurdal (2–4) Love Island. Wyspa miłości Current TV4 (7-) Former Polsat (1–6) Season 1, 2019: Mikołaj Jędruszczak & Sylwia Madeńska Season 2, 2020: Dominik Grot & Julia Nowakowska Season 3, 2021: Caroline Juchniewicz & Mateusz Zacharczuk Season 4, 2021: Magdalena Lichota & Wiktor Biernacki Season 5, 2022: Jakub Galica & Josie Kwaśniewska Season 6, 2022: Aleksandr Muzheiko & Angelina Zaichenko Season 7, 2023: Agata Paź & Hubert Wicher Season 8, 2023: Armin Pawlak & Laura Gołaszewska Season 9, 2024: Jarek Mrozowski & Zuzanna Maciejewska Karolina Gilon Current Maciej Kasprzyk (2–) Former Krzysztof Unrug (1) Love Island România Pro TV,Voyo Season 1, 2023: Adrian Butușină & Anne-Marie Dan Alina Ceușan Dragoș Răduță Love Island España Neox Season 1, 2021: Celia Zanón & Miguel López Season 2, 2022: Luis Titans & Yaiza Caballot Cristina Pedroche Love Island South Africa M-Net Season 1, 2021: Libho Geza & Thimna Shooto Leandie du Randt Love Island Sweden TV4 Season 1, 2018: Jacob Olsson & Victoria Eklund Gustafsson Season 2, 2019: Simon Dannert & Sofia Jenks Season 3, 2023: Adrian Podde & Celine Axman Season 4, 2025: Emil Renmarker & Olivia Svensson Season 5, 2026: Charlie Wågberg & Elin Kihl Season 6, 2027: Upcoming season Current Oscar Zia (6–) Former Malin Stenbäck (1–2) Julia Franzén (3) Johanna Nordström (4–5) Current Torbjörn Averås Skorup (4-) Former Celebrity Love Island Season 1, 2005: Fran Cosgrave & Jayne Middlemiss Season 2, 2006: Bianca Gascoigne & Calum Best Love Island Season 1, 2015: Jess Hayes & Max Morley Season 2, 2016: Season 3, 2017: Amber Davies & Kem Cetinay Season 4, 2018: Dani Dyer & Jack Fincham Season 5, 2019: Amber Gill & Greg O'Shea Season 6, 2020: Finn Tapp & Paige Turley Season 7, 2021: Millie Court & Liam Reardon Season 8, 2022: Davide Sanclimenti & Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu Season 9, Winter 2023: Kai Fagan & Sanam Harrinanan Season 10, Summer 2023: Jess Harding & Sammy Root Season 11, 2024: Josh Oyinsan & Mimii Ngulube Season 12, 2025: Cach Mercer & Toni Laites Season 13, 2026: Julia Majchrzak & Lorenzo Alessi Iain Stirling Love Island: All Stars Season 1, 2024: Molly Smith & Tom Clare Season 2, 2025: Casey O'Gorman & Gabby Allen Season 3, 2026: Ciaran Davies & Samie Elishi Love Island USA Season 1, 2019: Elizabeth Weber & Zac Mirabelli Season 2, 2020: Caleb Corprew & Justine Ndiba Season 3, 2021: Korey Gandy & Olivia Kaiser Season 4, 2022: Timmy Pandolfi & Zeta Morrison Season 5, 2023: Hannah Wright & Marco Donatelli Season 6, 2024: Kordell Beckham & Serena Page Season 7, 2025: Amaya Espinal & Bryan Arenales Season 8, 2026: Bryce Alakai & Trinity Tatum Season 9, 2027: Upcoming seasonhttps://deadline.com/2026/08/love-island-usa-renewed-season-9-peacock-1237051712/ Love Island GamesPeacock Season 1, 2023: Jack Fowler & Justine Ndiba Season 2, 2025: Isaiah "Zay" Campbell & Lucinda Strafford Season 3, 2027: Upcoming seasonhttps://deadline.com/2026/05/love-island-games-renewed-season-3-peacock-1236889120/CurrentAriana Madix (2—)FormerMaya Jama (1)Iain Stirling
On 11 September 2017, a German version of Love Island premiered on RTL II. An Australian version was commissioned by the Nine Network for its secondary channel 9Go! and internationally it airs on ITVBe and 3e with international streaming available on Hulu and ITVX. On 8 August 2018, CBS ordered an American version of the show.
The Dutch-Flemish version was cancelled after one season in 2019, alongside Temptation Island and Free Love Paradise, as a result of a sexual assault scandal in one of RTL's other reality series De Villa.
On 21 September 2020, it was announced by ITV Studios that a Spanish version of the show and a Nigerian version of the show were both in pre-production. The Nigerian version was commissioned by Digital Play Networks and will air on TVC and 9 Vision Media in Nigeria. The Spanish version was commissioned by Atresmedia and will air on Neox in Spain.
On 6 November 2020, South African TV Network M-Net ordered a South African version of the show, which premiered on 28 February 2021.
November 1, 2023, the first episode of Love Island Games was released. Consisting of all prior Love Island contestants, giving them a second chance at love and winning a $100,000 prize.
Locations All versions of Love Island have been shot in villas located around the world.
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Location () (2005) (2015) () ()PalasëPaphos CorfuLos CabosCape Town EsteponaGran CanariaMallorcaMarbellaTenerifeLas VegasNīnoleSanta Barbara
See also Love Island: Beyond the Villa MTV Splitsvilla, similar 2008 Indian show The Real Love Boat, similar American and Australian show My Mum, Your Dad, British show for mid-life/middle-aged parents, British version of the American show of a similar name, but loosely inspired by Love Island
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