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Love Island Australia is an Australian dating reality show based on the British series Love Island. The series premiered on May 27, 2018 and is currently airing its sixth season.
History[]
A few months after the final of Season 3 of the UK version, it was announced that an Australian version of the franchise was in development.[1] On December 1, 2017, it was announced that Sophie Monk would be presenting the show.[2] On May 4, 2018, Eoghan McDermott announced that he would be narrating the series.[3]
On September 15, 2021, it was announced that Stephen Mullan would be replacing McDermott as the narrator of the series.[4] McDermott would later return as the narrator the following season.
Format[]
Love Island involves a group of contestants, referred to as Islanders, living in isolation from the outside world in a villa in Mallorca, Spain, 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 has been up to the Islanders to vote one of their own off the island. During the final week, the public vote for which couple they want to win the series and therefore take home $50,000.
Villa[]
The first season was filmed in a villa located in Mallorca, Spain. Filming was later relocated to Fiji for the second season as it was closer to Australia and allowed new cast members to be added at short notice. Season 3 was originally meant to be filmed in Port Douglas, Queensland, however, due to border restrictions caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it was filmed in Byron Bay, New South Wales instead.
Series Overview[]
Season | No. of Episodes | No. of Islanders | Originally Aired (Australia dates) | Winners | |
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Season Premiere | Season Finale | ||||
1 | 30 | 22 | May 27, 2018 | July 5, 2018 | Grant Crapp and Tayla Damir |
2 | 29 | 24 | October 7, 2019 | November 14, 2019 | Anna McEvoy and Josh Packham |
3 | 27 | 30 | October 11, 2021 | November 21, 2021 | Mitch Hibberd and Tina Provis |
4 | 29 | 23 | October 31, 2022 | December 20, 2022 | Austen Bugeja and Claudia Bonifazio |
5 | 29 | 23 | October 30, 2023 | December 18, 2023 | Kale Roberts and Tyra Johannes |
6 | 29 | 21 | October 28, 2024 | December 16, 2024 | Em Miguel Leigh and Mercedes Knox |
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