The sixth series of Love Island began broadcasting on 12 January 2020, on ITV2. The series was announced on 24 July 2019, when it was confirmed that two seasons would air in 2020, and this is also the first winter edition of the seasons. Unlike the summer edition, the luxury villa is located in Cape Town. This series is also the first to be hosted by Laura Whitmore, who has taken over from Caroline Flack. The series is narrated by Iain Stirling.
On 15 February 2020, following the death of former presenter Caroline Flack, the Unseen Bits episode due to air that day was not broadcast; but was made available on the ITV Hub. The regular episode did not air the following day either. The show returned on 17 February with a tribute to Flack. On the same day, ITV2 confirmed that the companion series Love Island: Aftersun, which was set to air after that episode's main show, would not be broadcast. A further tribute to Flack aired during the final on 23 February, which featured a compilation of her time throughout her five series as host.
On 23 February 2020, the series was won by Finn Tapp and Paige Turley, who received 44.52% of the final vote. Siânnise Fudge and Luke Trotman finished as runners-up with 43.61% of the vote, making it the closest voting percentage between the final two couples ever with less than 1% between them.
Musician Sean Paul makes an appearance in the Villa during the season.
Production The first 10-second trailer for the series aired on 2 December 2019, featured the tagline "Do one, winter." It was then followed by a full-length trailer that used the song "Lose Control" by Meduza, Becky Hill & Goodboys which was released on 6 December 2019, and featured Caroline Flack. On 17 December 2019, Flack announced that she would be standing down as host following allegations of assault against her boyfriend. On 20 December, it was announced that fellow TV presenter Laura Whitmore would be her replacement. She also took on the role of presenting Love Island: Aftersun, which for the first time aired every Monday after the main show rather than its usual Sunday slot.
Villa For the first winter edition of the show, the Islanders stayed at the Midden Cottage, located in the "ultra-wealthy" Constantia suburb of Cape Town.
Islanders The Islanders for the sixth series were released on 6 January 2020, just six days before the launch. These include Eve and Jess Gale, who are the second set of twins to compete in the show following John and Tony Alberti in 2015. The series was won by Finn Tapp and Paige Turley.
IslanderAgeHometownEnteredExitedStatusRef Finn Tapp 20 Milton Keynes Day 5 Day 44 Paige Turley 22 Fauldhouse Day 1 Day 44 Luke Trotman 22 Luton Day 12 Day 44 Siânnise Fudge 25 Bristol Day 1 Day 44 Demi Jones 21 Portsmouth Day 16 Day 44 Third place Luke Mabbott 24 Redcar Day 12 Day 44 Third place Ched Uzor 23 Bury St Edmunds Day 23 Day 44 Jess Gale 20 Cambridge Day 1 Day 44 Mike Boateng 24 London Day 1 Day 41 Priscilla Anyabu 25 Battersea Day 23 Day 41 Callum Jones 23 Manchester Day 1 Day 38 Molly Smith 25 Manchester Day 23 Day 38 Jamie Clayton 28 Edinburgh Day 31 Day 38 Natalia Zoppa 20 Manchester Day 23 Day 38 Shaughna Phillips 25 London Day 1 Day 33 Eva Zapico 21 Bromley Day 23 Day 30 Nas Majeed 23 London Day 1 Day 30 Jordan Waobikeze 24 London Day 23 Day 30 Rebecca Gormley 21 Newcastle Day 9 Day 30 Alexi Eraclides 23 Essex Day 23 Day 26 Biggs Chris 27 Glasgow Day 23 Day 26 George Day 27 Southampton Day 23 Day 26 Jade Affleck 25 Yarm Day 23 Day 26 Jamie McCann 25 Stevenston Day 23 Day 26 Josh Kempton 21 Camberley Day 23 Day 26 Sophie Piper 21 Essex Day 1 Day 22 Wallace Wilson 24 Inverness Day 16 Day 22 Leanne Amaning 22 London Day 1 Day 18 Connor Durman 25 Brighton Day 1 Day 15 Connagh Howard 27 Cardiff Day 5 Day 13 Eve Gale 20 Cambridge Day 1 Day 6 Ollie Williams 23 Lanhydrock Day 1 Day 4
Future appearances In 2023, Mike Boateng appeared on season one of Love Island Games.
In 2024, Eve Gale, Jess Gale, Callum Jones, Demi Jones, Sophie Piper, and Molly Smith all returned for series one of Love Island: All Stars.
In 2025, Nas Majeed appeared on series two of Love Island: All Stars.
In 2026, Leanne Amaning returned for series three of Love Island: All Stars.
Coupling and elimination history Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Day 1 Day 2 Day 6 Day 13 Day 15 Day 18 Day 22 Day 26 Day 30 Day 33 Day 38 Day 41 Final Finn colspan="2" Paige Paige Safe Paige Safe Paige Safe Paige Safe FinalistWinner(Day 44) Paige Ollie Finn Finn Safe Finn Safe Finn Safe FinnWinner(Day 44) Luke T colspan="3" Rebecca Safe Siânnise Saved Siânnise Safe Siânnise Safe FinalistRunner-up(Day 44) Siânnise Nas Connor Nas Safe Luke T Saved Luke T Safe Luke TRunner-up(Day 44) Demi colspan="5" Nas Safe Single Immune Luke MVulnerable /Safe FinalistThird place(Day 44) Luke M colspan="3" Jess Safe Jess Saved Natalia Safe DemiThird place(Day 44) Ched colspan="7" Jess Vulnerable JessVulnerable /Safe FinalistFourth place(Day 44) Jess Mike Nas Luke M Safe Luke M Saved Ched Vulnerable ChedFourth place(Day 44) Mike Leanne Jess Leanne Leanne Safe Sophie Vulnerable Priscilla Safe PriscillaVulnerableEliminatedDumped(Day 41) Priscilla colspan="7" Mike Safe MikeDumped(Day 41) Callum Shaughna Eve Shaughna Shaughna Safe Shaughna Safe Molly Safe MollyVulnerableDumped(Day 38) Molly colspan="7" Callum Safe CallumDumped(Day 38) Jamie C colspan="9" NataliaEliminatedDumped(Day 38) Natalia colspan="7" Luke M Safe Jamie CDumped(Day 38) Shaughna Callum Single Callum Callum Safe Callum Safe Single Immune SingleDumped(Day 33) Eva colspan="7" NasEliminatedDumped(Day 30) Nas Siânnise Jess Siânnise Safe Demi Safe EvaDumped(Day 30) Jordan colspan="7" RebeccaEliminatedDumped(Day 30) Rebecca colspan="3" Luke T Safe Wallace Vulnerable JordanDumped(Day 30) Alexi colspan="7" SingleDumped(Day 26) Biggs colspan="7" SingleDumped(Day 26) George colspan="7" SingleDumped(Day 26) Jade colspan="7" SingleDumped(Day 26) Jamie M colspan="7" SingleDumped(Day 26) Josh colspan="7" SingleDumped(Day 26) Sophie Connor Connagh Connor Vulnerable Mike VulnerableDumped(Day 22) Wallace colspan="5" Rebecca VulnerableDumped(Day 22) Leanne Mike Single Mike Mike Safe SingleDumped(Day 18) Connor Sophie Siânnise Sophie VulnerableDumped(Day 15) Connagh colspan="2" Sophie SingleDumped(Day 13) Eve Callum SingleDumped(Day 6) Ollie PaigeWalked(Day 4) WalkednoneOllie none DumpedNoDumpingEveConnaghConnorLeanneSophie,WallaceAlexi,Biggs,George,Jade,JoshEva & Nas,ShaughnaChed & Jess2.25% to winDemi & Luke M9.62% to winCallum & Molly43.61% to winFinn & Paige44.52% to win
Weekly summary The main events in the Love Island villa are summarised in the table below.
Entrances On Day 1, Callum, Connor, Eve, Jess, Leanne, Mike, Nas, Ollie, Paige, Shaughna, Siânnise and Sophie entered the villa. On Day 5, Connagh and Finn entered the villa. Coupling On Day 1, the Islanders coupled up for the first time. After all of the girls entered, the boys were asked to choose a girl to pair up with. Leanne coupled up with Mike, Paige paired up with Ollie, Shaughna with Callum, Siânnise with Nas and Sophie with Connor. On Day 2, Eve and Jess were each allowed to steal a boy from a couple. Eve chose Callum, whereas Jess chose Mike, leaving Leanne and Shaughna single. On Day 6, the islanders re-coupled. This time it was the boys who had to pick a girl to pair up with. Callum and Shaughna, and Mike and Leanne reunited, while Connagh chose Sophie, Connor picked Siânnise, Finn went with Paige, and Nas coupled with Jess. As Eve remained single, she was dumped from the island. Challenges On Day 2, the girls and the boys competed against each other in "Spill the Tea", in which they had to guess which islander a fact was about. To make their guess they had to kiss that islander. On Day 6, the girls competed in a "Booty-camp" challenge where they had to take on an obstacle course then finish by kissing a boy of their choice. Siânnise won the challenge. Dates On Day 2, as the newest couples, Jess and Mike, and Eve and Callum went on a double date. On Day 5, new Islanders Connagh and Finn were asked to choose two other Islanders to take on dates. Connagh chose Sophie and Shaughna, whilst Finn picked Siânnise and Paige. Exits On Day 4, Ollie decided to voluntarily leave the villa. On Day 6, Eve was dumped from the island after failing to couple up. Week 2 Entrances On Day 9, Rebecca entered the villa. On Day 12, Luke M and Luke T entered the villa. Coupling On Day 13, the islanders re-coupled. This time it was the girls who had to pick a boy to couple up with. Callum and Shaughna, Finn and Paige, and Mike and Leanne remained together, while Connor and Sophie, and Nas and Siânnise reunited. Jess went with Luke M, and Rebecca coupled with Luke T. As Connagh remained single, he was dumped from the island. Challenges On Day 8, the islanders competed in a couples quiz where they had to answer questions about the person they are coupled up with. The quiz was won by Finn and Paige. On Day 9, the boys and girls competed in a challenge where they had to raise their opposing team's heart rate. At the end of the game they found out who raised their heart rate the most. Rebecca also entered the villa during this challenge as a surprise to the islanders. Dates On Day 9, Leanne and Mike left the villa to go on their first date. On Day 9, after raising their heart rate the most, Rebecca dated both Callum and Connor in the hideaway. On Day 12, the public voted for who they wanted new boys Luke M and Luke T to go on dates with. They picked Jess to date Luke M, and Siânnise to date Luke T. On Day 13, new Islanders Luke M and Luke T were asked to choose two other Islanders to take on dates. Luke M chose Paige and Sophie, whilst Luke T picked Leanne and Rebecca. Exits On Day 13, Connagh was dumped from the island after failing to couple up. Week 3 Entrances On Day 16, Demi and Wallace entered the villa. Coupling On Day 18, the islanders re-coupled. This time it was the boys who had to pick a boy to couple up with. Callum and Shaughna, Finn and Paige, and Luke M and Jess remained together, while Luke T went with Siânnise, Wallace coupled with Rebecca, Nas chose Demi, and Mike picked Sophie. As Leanne remained single, she was dumped from the island. Challenges On Day 16, the islanders competed in "Getting Trollied" where they had to transfer food to each other using their mouths. Callum and Shaughna won the challenge. On Day 19, the islanders competed in the "Speedy Sex Positions" challenge. It was won by Nas and Demi. On Day 20, the islanders competed in the "Oktobersesh" challenge featuring Oktoberfest inspired games. It was won by Paige and Finn. Dates On Day 15, Callum and Shaughna left the villa to go on their first date. On Day 16, new islanders Demi and Wallace were asked to choose three other islanders to take on dates. Demi chose Finn, Luke M and Nas, whilst Wallace chose Siânnise, Paige and Sophie. Exits On Day 15, after the public voted for their favourite couple, it was announced that Connor and Sophie were the couple with the fewest votes. It was then up to the safe islanders to pick which of the two to dump. They chose Connor. On Day 18, Leanne was dumped from the island after failing to couple up. Week 4 Entrances On Day 23, Alexi, Biggs, Ched, George, Jordan and Josh entered the Main Villa, whilst Eva, Jade, Jamie M, Molly, Natalia and Priscilla joined the boys in Casa Amor. Challenges On Day 22, the islanders competed in the "Snog, Marry, Pie" challenge where each islander had to snog, marry and pie an islander of the opposite gender. On Day 23, the Main Villa and Casa Amor competed in a game to make cocktails by passing ingredients from one end of a line to the other by mouth alone. The challenge was won by Casa Amor.