Love Island: Aftersun is a British television aftershow that discusses episodes and events regarding that of its main series, Love Island. It airs on Sundays, following episodes of the main series. Having aired on ITV2 since 2017 for the third series of Love Island, it is presented by the host of the main show. Initially Caroline Flack, Laura Whitmore briefly took over, before the position was assumed by current presenter Maya Jama in 2023. Love Island: Aftersun initially featured a panel of celebrities and former contestants that varied weekly, but since 2024, Jama has been joined by a fixed weekly panel.
History Celebrity Love Island aired on ITV1 from 2005 to 2006 and was accompanied by a companion show, Celebrity Love Island: Aftersun. The main series was later revived in 2015 as Love Island, instead featuring regular contestants. In 2017, ahead of the third series Love Island, it was announced that ITV2 had greenlit a companion show to air weekly, still under the name Aftersun. Despite the main series being set abroad, Aftersun is filmed at Elstree Studios in Elstree, Borehamwood. It airs on Sunday nights following Love Island, but does not air for its spin-off, Love Island: All Stars.
Since its premiere on 11 June 2017, Aftersun has been hosted by the presenter of the main show. This was initially Caroline Flack, who stepped down from hosting duties in 2019 due to her being charged with assaulting boyfriend Lewis Burton. She explained: "Love Island has been my world for the last five years, it's the best show on telly. In order to not detract attention from the upcoming series I feel the best thing I can do is to stand down". Laura Whitmore then hosted the main show as well as Aftersun from 2020 to 2022, before stepping down. She explained that she found elements of hosting the programmes difficult, particularly due to flying between South Africa and London regularly. Maya Jama has assumed the position of presenter since 2023.
Hosts Hosts Series 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Companion series 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Caroline Flack colspan="3" colspan="8" Laura Whitmore colspan="3" colspan="3" colspan="5" Maya Jama colspan="6" colspan="5"
Format and panel Ahead of the premiere for Aftersun, ITV stated: "Aftersun promises to be packed to the rafters with the very latest gossip from the villa, exclusive interviews with the Islanders and a celebrity panel desperate to have their say on all things Love Island". The cast and crew are also joined by a live studio audience.
From its launch until 2024, the celebrity panel of Aftersun varied weekly but typically featured a recurring panellist. Comedian Darren Harriott appeared in a recurring capacity throughout 2022, In 2023, former contestant Indiyah Polack and television personality Sam Thompson appeared in each episode as special guests, amongst various celebrities. Then from 2024, the celebrity guest panel was scrapped and a fixed rotating panel was introduced instead. The panel consisted of Polack and Thompson, musician Jordan Stephens and former contestants Amy Hart and Chris Taylor. In 2025, Taylor and Stephens were replaced by social media personalities Ash Holme and Joe Baggs. In 2026, Thompson, Polack, Hart and Holme all announced their departures from the programme, with a new lineup set to be announced. Ahead of series 13 the new rotating panel was confirmed to consist of Baggs, series 12 finalists Toni Laites, Shakira Khan and Yasmin Pettet, series 10 contestant Tyrique Hyde as well as series 9 and two-time All Stars contestant Casey O’Gorman.
Episodes Series 5
Series 6
Series 7
Series 8
Series 9
Series 10
Series 11
Ratings Official ratings are taken from Thinkbox. Viewing figures are consolidated 7-day viewing figures with pre-broadcast viewing and viewing on tablets, PCs and smartphones included.
Viewers (millions) Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 0.29 0.25 0.32 0.33 0.42 0.25 0.43
References
External links
Love Island: Aftersun on ITVX