Alex Bowen (Love Island)
| Love Island | |
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Created by | ITV |
| Presented by | Caroline Flack |
| Narrated by | Iain Stirling |
| Music by | A-MNEMONIC Music Productions |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 109 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Richard Cowles |
| Producer(s) | Sue Dunford |
| Location(s) | Mallorca, Spain |
| Editor(s) | Paul Newton |
| Running time | 60–90 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV2 |
| Picture format | 16:9 (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 7 June 2015 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Big Brother |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Love Island is a British dating reality show. It is a revival of the earlier series of the same name, which aired for two series in 2005 and 2006 on ITV. The series is presented by Caroline Flack, and is narrated by Iain Stirling. The series launched on 7 June 2015 live on ITV2. Unlike the original series, the contestants are members of the public rather than celebrities.
The show returned for a second series on 30 May 2016 which ended on 11 July 2016. On 11 July 2016, ITV confirmed that Love Island had been recommissioned for a third series which began on 5 June 2017. The fourth series will follow in 2018.
Love Island involves a group of contestants, referred to as Islanders, living in isolation from the outside world in a villa in Mallorca, constantly under video surveillance. To survive in the villa the Islanders must be coupled up with another Islander, whether it be for love, friendship or money, as the overall winning couple receives £50,000. On the first day, the Islanders couple up for the first time based on first impressions, but over the duration of the series they are forced to "re-couple" where they can choose to remain in their current couple or swap and change.
Any Islander who remains single after the coupling is eliminated and dumped from the island. Islanders can also be eliminated via public vote, as during the series the public vote through the Love Island app available on smartphones for their favourite couple, or who they think is the most compatible. Couples who receive the fewest votes risk being eliminated. Often a twist has occurred where it's been up to the Islanders to eliminate couples. During the final week, the public vote for which couple they want to win the series and therefore take home £50,000.
During the first series, the Thursday episode was presented live by Caroline Flack where eliminations often took place and new Islanders entered the villa, however from the second series onwards the live episodes were axed except from the final.
Whilst in the villa, each Islander has their own phone in which they can only contact other Islanders via text - or receive texts informing them of the latest challenges, dumping or recoupling. Islanders and couples are typically faced with many games and challenges to take part in designed to test their physical and mental ability, with the winners getting special prizes afterwards. Some Islanders are also sent on dates outside the villa, or can win dates by winning challenges.
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