Love Island Australia (Season 3)

Season 3
General Information
Version	Love Island Australia
Country of Origin	Australia
Presenter	Sophie Monk
Narrater	Stephen Mullan
Broadcast Information
Channel	Nine Network
Premiere	October 11, 2021
Finale	November 24, 2021
Season Information
No. of Weeks	7
No. of Days	45
No. of Islanders	30
Winners	Mitch Hibberd and Tina Provis
Series Chronology
Previous	Season 2
Next	Season 4
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The third season of Love Island Australia premiered on the Nine Network on October 11, 2021. It ran for 45 days with the finale airing on November 24, 2021.

The winners were 25-year old Mitch Hibberd and 25-year old Tina Provis.

Islanders

Name		Age	Hometown	Entered	Status
	Mitch Hibberd	25	Melbourne, Victoria	Day 3	Winner (Day 45)
	Tina Provis	25	Sydney, New South Wales	Day 1
	Aaron Waters	24	Perth, Western Australia	Day 1	Runner-Up (Day 45)
	Jess Velkovski	23	Cronulla, New South Wales	Day 1
	Chris Graudins	25	Gold Coast, Queensland	Day 3	Runner-Up (Day 45)
	Zoe Clish	25	Gold Coast, Queensland	Day 14
	Courtney Stubbs	23	Gold Coast, Queensland	Day 1	Dumped (Day 43)
	Noah Hura	23	Perth, Western Australia	Day 23	Dumped (Day 43)
	Taku Chimwaza	24	Wollongong, New South Wales	Day 1	Dumped (Day 41)
	Michela Louis	25	Sydney, New South Wales	Day 21	Dumped (Day 41)
	Hugh Yates	24	Northern Beaches, New South Wales	Day 30	Dumped (Day 41)
	Eliza Kennedy	26	Brisbane, Queensland	Day 35	Dumped (Day 41)
	Jade Ashelford	21	Sunshine Coast, Queensland	Day 35	Dumped (Day 39)
	Lexy Thornberry	20	Brisbane, Queensland	Day 2	Dumped (Day 39)
	Ryan Reid	25	Terrigal, New South Wales	Day 1	Dumped (Day 35)
	Tayla Mellington	26	Gold Coast, Queensland	Day 21	Dumped (Day 35)
	Ben Giobbi	25	Melbourne, Victoria	Day 23	Dumped (Day 30)
	Aisha Campbell	23	Perth, Western Australia	Day 21	Dumped (Day 26)
	Audrey Kanongara	21	Brisbane, Queensland	Day 21	Dumped (Day 26)
	Brent Crapp	25	Central Coast, New South Wales	Day 23	Dumped (Day 26)
	Brianna Marchant	20	Brisbane, Queensland	Day 21	Dumped (Day 26)
	Nicolas Love	22	Sydney, New South Wales	Day 14	Dumped (Day 26)
	Ruby Ennor	25	Gold Coast, Queensland	Day 21	Dumped (Day 26)
	Sadee Sub Luban	22	Sydney, New South Wales	Day 23	Dumped (Day 26)
	Shayne Tino	27	Melbourne, Victoria	Day 23	Dumped (Day 26)
	Emily Ward	24	Melbourne, Victoria	Day 8	Dumped (Day 17)
	Ari Kumar	25	Gold Coast, Queensland	Day 1	Dumped (Day 16)
	Ronni Krongold	21	Sydney, New South Wales	Day 1	Dumped (Day 16)
	Rachael Evren	21	Gold Coast, Queensland	Day 1	Dumped (Day 10)
	Jordan Tilli	28	Melbourne, Victoria	Day 1	Dumped (Day 5)

Coupling

On Day 1, after all of the girls entered, the boys were asked to choose a girl to pair up with. Aaron was paired with Courtney, Jordan with Jess, Ronni and Tina paired up, Ryan and Ari coupled up, and Taku paired up with Rachael.

	Day 1	Day 5	Day 10	Day 17	Day 26	Day 39	Final
Mitch	Not in Villa	Tina	Emily	Tina	Tina	Tina	Winner (Day 45)
Tina	Ronni	Mitch	Taku	Mitch	Mitch	Mitch
Aaron	Courtney	Ari	Jess	Jess	Jess	Jess	Runner-Up (Day 45)
Jess	Jordan	Taku	Aaron	Aaron	Aaron	Aaron
Chris	Not in Villa	Rachael	Rachael	Zoe	Zoe	Zoe	Runner-Up (Day 45)
Zoe	Not in Villa			Chris	Chris	Chris
Courtney	Aaron	Ronni	N/A	Nicolas	Noah	Noah	Dumped (Day 43)
Noah	Not in Villa				Courtney	Courtney	Dumped (Day 43)
Taku	Rachael	Jess	Tina	Emily	Michaela	Michaela	Dumped (Day 41)
Michela	Not in Villa				Taku	Taku	Dumped (Day 41)
Hugh	Not in Villa					Eliza	Dumped (Day 41)
Eliza	Not in Villa					Hugh	Dumped (Day 41)
Jade	Not in Villa					Dumped (Day 39)
Lexy	Not in Villa	Ryan	Ryan	Ryan	Ben	Dumped (Day 39)
Ryan	Ari	Lexy	Lexy	Lexy	Tayla	Dumped (Day 35)
Tayla	Not in Villa				Ryan	Dumped (Day 35)
Ben	Not in Villa				Lexy	Dumped (Day 30)
Aisha	Not in Villa				Dumped (Day 26)
Audrey	Not in Villa				Dumped (Day 26)
Brent	Not in Villa				Dumped (Day 26)
Brianna	Not in Villa				Dumped (Day 26)
Nicolas	Not in Villa			Courtney	Dumped (Day 26)
Ruby	Not in Villa				Dumped (Day 26)
Sadee	Not in Villa				Dumped (Day 26)
Shayne	Not in Villa				Dumped (Day 26)
Emily	Not in Villa		Mitch	Taku	Dumped (Day 17)
Ari	Ryan	Aaron	Ronni	Dumped (Day 16)
Ronni	Tina	Courtney	Ari	Dumped (Day 16)
Rachael	Taku	Chris	Chris	Dumped (Day 10)
Jordan	Jess	Dumped (Day 5)
Notes	1	N/A	2, 3	N/A	4	N/A

     Girls choice

     Boys choice

Notes

• ^Note 1: Lexy entered the villa on Day 2 and was told she would be able to steal a boy for herself on Day 3. She chose Ryan, thus leaving Ari single.
• ^Note 2: After the re-coupling, Courtney was left single but was saved as Australia had been voting for the Islanders they wanted to see find love in the Villa. It was then revealed that Lexy and Rachael had received the fewest votes, and that their fate would be decided by Aaron, Chris and Taku, as they were the three boys with the most votes. They chose to dump Rachael from the island.
• ^Note 3: New islanders Nicolas and Zoe were able steal a partner for themselves on Day 15. They chose Courtney and Chris respectively.
• ^Note 4: The original Islanders were told they either had to stick with their current partner, or twist and choose a new islander to couple up with.

Weekly Summary

• Coupling
• Challenges
• Dates
• Exits

Week 1	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. Aaron coupled up with Courtney, Jordan with Jess, Ronni with Tina, Ryan with Ari and Taku with Rachael. On Day 3, Lexy, who entered on Day 2, was allowed to steal a boy for herself. She chose Ryan, which left Ari single. On Day 5, the islanders re-coupled for the first time. This time it was the girls who had to pick a boy to pair up with. Lexy and Ryan remained together, while Courtney chose Ronni, Jess picked Taku, Ari coupled up with Aaron, Rachael picked new boy Chris and Tina went for new boy Mitch. As Jordan remained single, he was dumped from the island.
Week 2	On Day 10, the islanders re-coupled with it being boys choice this time. Lexy and Ryan, and Chris and Rachael remained together, whilst Aaron coupled up with Jess, Mitch picked new girl Emily, Ronni chose Ari and Taku went with Tina. As she failed to couple up, Courtney was left single, however, she was saved by the public vote.
Week 3	On Day 15, new Islanders Nicolas and Zoe were able steal a partner for themselves. They chose Courtney and Chris respectively. On Day 17, the islanders re-coupled. This time it was girls choosing which boy they wanted to couple up with. Courtney and Nicolas, Chris and Zoe, Lexy and Ryan, Aaron and Jess remained together, whilst Tina re-united with Mitch and Emily chose Taku.
Week 4	On Day 26, the original Islanders were told that they would be re-coupling. They were only given the option to remain in their current couple or to choose one of the new Islanders. However, as the boys and the girls were living in separate villas, they were not aware of what the other one chose. If one decided to re-couple and the other did not, then the one that did not would be dumped from the island. If both re-coupled then they would both remain in the villa with their new partner, and any remaining single new islanders would be dumped. Mitch and Tina, Aaron and Jess, and Chris and Zoe remained loyal, whilst Taku picked Michela, Lexy picked Ben and Ryan picked Tayla. As Courtney decided to re-couple with Noah and Nicolas decided to stay loyal, he was left single and dumped from the island. The new single islanders were also dumped.
Week 5	On Day 30, new boy Hugh was allowed to steal a girl for himself. He chose Lexy, which left Ben single.
Week 6	On Day 36, new girls Eliza and Jade were allowed to steal boys for themselves. They chose Aaron and Noah respectively, thus leaving Jess and Courtney single. On Day 39, the islanders re-coupled for the final time with the girls choosing. Chris and Zoe, Mitch and Tina, and Michela and Taku remained together, whilst Jess re-united with Aaron, Courtney got back with Noah and Eliza chose Hugh. As Lexy and Jade remained single, they were dumped from the island.

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7

Week 1	On Day 5, Jordan was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
Week 2	On Day 10, following a public vote for which Islanders they most wanted to see find love in the Villa, it was revealed that Lexy and Rachael were the girls with the fewest votes. It was also revealed that Aaron, Chris and Taku were the three boys with the most votes and that they would decide who would be dumped. They chose to dump Rachael from the island.
Week 3	On Day 16, the Islanders were told that there would be a dumping, with the decision being made by the Islanders themselves. As Courtney and Nicolas, and Chris and Zoe had been coupled up for less than 24 hours, they were immune and were not allowed to take part in the decision. The boys chose to dump Ari from the island, and the girls chose to dump Ronni. On Day 17, after the re-coupling, it was revealed that the public had been voting for which girl they believed was the most likely to leave the villa with a partner. As Emily received the fewest votes, she was dumped from the island.
Week 4	On Day 26, Nicolas was dumped from the island as he chose to stay loyal to Courtney whilst she chose to re-couple. Aisha, Audrey, Brent, Brianna, Ruby, Sadee and Shayne were also dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
Week 5	On Day 30, Ben was dumped from the island after new boy Hugh stole his partner Lexy. On Day 35, the Islanders had to vote for which couple they believed was the least likely to stay together outside of the villa. As Ryan and Tayla received the most votes, they were dumped from the island.
Week 6	On Day 39, Lexy and Jade were dumped from the island after failing to couple up. On Day 41, it was revealed that Australia had voted Mitch and Tina, and Aaron and Jess as their favourite couples. The other four couples were vulnerable of being dumped from the island, with the safe couples deciding who would be dumped. Mitch and Tina chose to dump Michela and Taku, whilst Aaron and Jess chose to dump Eliza and Hugh.
Week 7	On Day 43, the couples voted for which two couples they wanted to make the final. As Courtney and Noah received 0 out of 12 votes, they were dumped from the island.

Other Information

• This is the first season to not announce the placements of the other couples in the final besides the winners.
• Aaron would later appear in Season 9 of the UK series alongside Season 2 Islander Jessie Wynter, making them the first Islanders in Love Island history to appear two different versions of the franchise.

Controversies

• Various allegations came out regarding Casa Amor contestant Sadee ranging from inappropriate behaviour to sexual harassment. A petition was made calling for Sadee to be removed from the show, which garnered over 1.5k signatures.

Couple Status

Official couples from the show and their post-show status

Couple	Status
Mitch and Tina	Split
Aaron and Jess	Split
Chris and Zoe	Split
Courtney and Noah	Split
Taku and Michaela	Split

Ratings

Official ratings are taken from TV Tonight.

	Viewers (thousands)
	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
Monday	311,000	265,000	285,000	204,000	263,000	201,000	176,000
Tuesday	279,000	295,000	239,000	191,000	186,000	180,000	162,000
Wednesday	292,000	217,000	252,000	203,000	145,000	150,000	141,000
Thursday	173,000	168,000	133,000	148,000	152,000	164,000
Weekly average	263,750	236,250	227,250	186,500	186,500	173,750	160,000
Running average	263,750	349,875	242,417	228,438	220,050	212,333	204,810
Series average	204,810