The third season of the American version of the television reality program Love Island premiered on CBS in the United States and CTV in Canada on July 7, 2021. Arielle Vandenberg returned to host the series while Matthew Hoffman provided voice-over narration. The season was filmed in a villa located in Nīnole, Hawaii.
It was the final season of Love Island to be aired on CBS before the series moved to Peacock in 2022.
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 Hawaii. 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. While the Islanders might appear to have unmediated access to the outside world, they are limited in both their alcohol consumption and communication with the outside world.
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 The initial Islanders were revealed June 29, 2021. Initially, Tony "Ballo" Caraballo was announced as part of the cast entering for the Casa Amor twist, but was replaced by Kamryn "Kam" Mickens-Bennett the next day.
Leslie Gordon was removed from the villa on Day 24 for breaking production guidelines.
IslanderAgeResidenceEnteredExitedStatusRef Korey Gandy 28 Virginia Beach, Virginia Day 1 Day 40 Olivia Kaiser 28 Anchorage, Alaska Day 1 Day 40 Kyra Lizama 23 Honolulu, Hawaii Day 1 Day 40 Will Moncada 26 Medellín, Colombia Day 1 Day 40 Bailey Marshall 23 Portland, Oregon Day 26 Day 40 Third place Jeremy Hershberg 27 New York, New York Day 1 Day 40 Third place Alana Paolucci 28Buffalo, New York / Manhattan, New York Day 26 Day 40 Fourth place Charlie Lynch 30 Houston, Texas Day 19 Day 40 Fourth place Andre Brunelli 28 Jacksonville, Florida Day 30 Day 38 Trina Njoroge 25 Hacienda Heights, California Day 1 Day 38 Elly Steffen 22 Chicago, Illinois Day 26 Day 34 K-Ci Maultsby 27 Atlanta, Georgia Day 30 Day 34 Cashay Proudfoot 25 Brooklyn, New York Day 1 Day 32 Josh Goldstein 24 Haverhill, Massachusetts Day 1 Day 31 Shannon St. Clair 25 Warminster, Pennsylvania Day 1 Day 31 Genevieve Shawcross 22 West Chester, Pennsylvania Day 19 Day 25 Melvin "Cinco" Holland, Jr. 25 Ashburn, Virginia Day 1 Day 25 Leslie Golden 24 Redwater, Texas Day 19 Day 24 Florence "Flo" Mueller 26 Miami, Florida Day 19 Day 22 Isabel Johnson 21 Minneapolis, Minnesota Day 19 Day 22 Kay Taylor 24 Calabasas, California Day 19 Day 22 Andrew John Phillips 28 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Day 19 Day 22 Gabe Sadowsky 27 Nashua, New Hampshire Day 19 Day 22 Kamryn "Kam" Mickens-Bennett 25 Summit, New Jersey Day 19 Day 22 Raul Frias 24 Hialeah, Florida Day 19 Day 22 Javonny Vega 26 Boca Raton, Florida Day 1 Day 17 Wes Ogsbury 24 Denver, Colorado Day 12 Day 17 Aimee Flores 26 Los Angeles, California Day 3 Day 17 Florita Diaz 27 Miami, Florida Day 8 Day 17 Isaiah Harmison 25 Appleton, Wisconsin Day 6 Day 15 Slade Parker 27 Rome, Georgia Day 12 Day 14 Lei-Yen Rapp 28 Houston, Texas Day 8 Day 11 Roxy Ahmad 24 Croydon, United Kingdom Day 8 Day 11 Christian Longnecker 24 Oahu, Hawaii Day 1 Day 5
Future appearances Trina Njoroge competed on the Paramount+ original series All Star Shore. Cashay Proudfoot, Javonny Vega, Melvin "Cinco" Holland, Jr. and Shannon St. Clair competed on The Challenge: USA. Olivia Kaiser competed on seasons 38, 39, 40, and 41 of The Challenge.
In 2025, Josh Goldstein competed on season two of Love Island Games.
In 2026, Kyra Lizama appeared on series three of Love Island: All Stars. Goldstein will compete on season 42 of The Challenge.
Coupling and elimination history
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Day 1 Day 2 Day 5 Day 11 Day 15 Day 17 Day 22 Day 25 Day 32 Day 34 Day 38 Final Korey KyraSingle Trina Florita CashaySafe LeslieSafe OliviaSafe to dump Splitthe 100kWinner (Day 40) OliviaJavonny Javonny Javonny JavonnyVulnerableSingleSafe KoreyWinner (Day 40) Kyra Korey Will Will Will WillSafe WillVulnerable WillSafe to dumpRunner-up (Day 40) WillSingle Kyra Kyra Kyra KyraSafe KyraVulnerable KyraRunner-up (Day 40) Bailey colspan="8" Jeremy Saved to dumpThird place (Day 40) JeremyTrina Aimee Aimee FloritaVulnerable GenevieveSaved BaileyThird place (Day 40) Alana colspan="8" CharlieVulnerable to dumpFourth place (Day 40) Charlie colspan="6" CashaySafe AlanaFourth place (Day 40) Andre colspan="8" TrinaSafe to dump TrinaJeremy Korey Cinco CincoSaved CincoSaved Andre Elly colspan="8" K-CiVulnerable K-Ci colspan="8" Elly Cashay Christian Cinco Cinco Isaiah KoreySafe CharlieSafeSingle JoshShannon Shannon Shannon ShannonSafe ShannonSafe colspan="5" ShannonJosh Josh Josh JoshSafe JoshSafe colspan="5" CincoSingle Cashay Cashay Trina TrinaSaved TrinaVulnerableDumped (Day 25) Genevieve colspan="6" JeremyVulnerableDumped (Day 25) Leslie colspan="6" KoreyRemoved (Day 24) Andrew colspan="6" SingleDumped (Day 22) Flo colspan="6" SingleDumped (Day 22) Gabe colspan="6" SingleDumped (Day 22) Isabel colspan="6" SingleDumped (Day 22) Kam colspan="6" SingleDumped (Day 22) Kay colspan="6" SingleDumped (Day 22) Raul colspan="6" SingleDumped (Day 22) Aimee colspan="2" Jeremy Jeremy WesVulnerableDumped (Day 17) Florita colspan="3" Korey JeremyVulnerableDumped (Day 17) JavonnyOlivia Olivia Olivia OliviaVulnerableDumped (Day 17) Wes colspan="4" AimeeVulnerableDumped (Day 17) Isaiah colspan="3" Cashay SingleDumped (Day 15) Slade colspan="4" colspan="9" Lei-Yen colspan="3" SingleDumped (Day 11) Roxy colspan="3" SingleDumped (Day 11) Christian CashaySingleDumped (Day 5) Notes 1 none 2 3 4 none 5 none 6 Walkednone none none Removed noneLeslie noneDumpedNoDumpingChristianLei-Yen,Roxy Isaiah Boys' choiceto dump Andrew,Flo,Gabe,Isabel,Kam,Kay,Raul Cinco Cashay Islanders’ choiceto dump 4 of 5 votesto dumpAlana & CharlieBailey & Jeremy Javonny,WesGirls' choiceto dumpGenevieve Kyra & Will
Notes
: Cinco and Will entered after the initial coupling and were told that after twenty-four hours they'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 Cinco & Trina, leaving Aimee & Wes, Florita & Jeremy, and Olivia & Javonny vulnerable. The four saved boys then had to decide which vulnerable woman to save, choosing Olivia, and the 4 saved girls had to decide which vulnerable man to save, choosing Jeremy. : As the final part for the Casa Amor twist in week 4, 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. Andrew, Flo, Gabe, Isabel, Kam, Kay, and Raul remained single at the end the night, and were all dumped from the villa. : America voted for their favorite girl and boy islanders, with the three girls and three boys with the most votes being safe. The 6 saved islanders then had to collectively save one more girl and boy islander. The saved girls saved Trina, while the saved boys saved Jeremy, leaving Cinco, Genevieve, Kyra, and Will vulnerable. The four saved girls then had to decide which vulnerable man to save, choosing Will, and the 4 saved boys had to decide which vulnerable woman to save, choosing Kyra. : America voted for the couple with most potential, with the three couples with the most votes being safe. The 3 safe couples then had to collectively save one more couple. The safe couples saved Bailey & Jeremy, leaving Alana & Charlie and Elly & K-Ci vulnerable. The four safe couples then had to decide which vulnerable couple to save, choosing Alana & Charlie. : 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.
Episodes
Production Development CBS announced that Love Island had been renewed for a third season on January 27, 2021, with Vandenberg confirmed to return as host on the same day. On May 13, 2021, it was announced that the season would be premiering on July 7, 2021, after the premiere of the twenty-third season of Big Brother.
Casting In an effort to promote diversity, CBS announced a new rule for Love Island and other non-scripted reality television shows on the network, that 50% of all contestants must be a Person of Color or an Indigenous person for the 2021–2022 broadcast season. Along with Big Brother, Kassting, Inc. will no longer be providing casting services for the upcoming third season. Ally Capriotti Grant, an Emmy Award-winning casting director responsible for casting Queer Eye and previous Hell's Kitchen seasons, led the casting efforts for Love Island 3.
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