Love Island | |
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Season 7 | |
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Hosted by | Ariana Madix |
No. of days | 32 |
No. of contestants | 30 |
Winners | Amaya Espinal Bryan Arenales |
Runners-up | Nicolas "Nic" Vansteenberghe Olandria Carthen |
No. of episodes | 37 |
Release | |
Original network | Peacock |
Original release | June 3 – August 25, 2025 |
Season chronology | |
The seventh season of the American version of the television reality program Love Island premiered on June 3, 2025. The season is hosted by Ariana Madix.
Love Island is a reality television program where a large group of contestants, who are referred to as "Islanders," are living in a villa in Fiji. 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 will later "re-couple" at special ceremonies where 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. [1] While in the villa, each Islander has their own telephone, with which they can contact other Islanders via text and can receive text messages informing them of the latest challenges, dates, 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. [2]
The Love 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. [3]
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. [3]
At the envelope ceremony on finale night, the couple who received the highest number of votes from the public is given two envelopes: one for each partner. One envelope contains $100,000 while the other is empty. The partner with the $100,000 envelope may choose whether to share the money with his or her partner as a test of trust and commitment. [1]
The original islanders were announced on May 29, 2025. [4] [5]
Yulissa Escobar was removed from the villa on Day 3 after videos surfaced online of her using racial slurs. [6] [7] Cierra Ortega was also removed from the villa on Day 26 after Instagram stories resurfaced online of her using racial slurs. [8] [9]
Zak Srakaew, a Casa Amor bombshell, previously appeared on season 20 of Big Brother UK . [10]
Islander | Age | Hometown | Entered | Exited | Status | Ref |
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Amaya Espinal | 25 | New York City, New York | Day 5 | Day 32 | Winner | [11] |
Bryan Arenales | 27 | Boston, Massachusetts | Day 17 | Day 32 | Winner | [12] |
Nicolas "Nic" Vansteenberghe | 24 | Jacksonville, Florida | Day 1 | Day 32 | Runner-up | [13] |
Olandria Carthen | 27 | Decatur, Alabama | Day 1 | Day 32 | Runner-up | |
Chris Seeley | 27 | Fresno, California | Day 17 | Day 32 | Third place | [12] |
Huda Mustafa | 24 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Day 1 | Day 32 | Third place | [13] |
Iris Kendall | 25 | Los Angeles, California | Day 9 | Day 32 | Fourth place | [14] |
Jose "Pepe" Garcia-Gonzalez | 27 | Santa Ana, California | Day 9 | Day 32 | Fourth place | |
Allen "Ace" Greene | 22 | Los Angeles, California | Day 1 | Day 30 | Dumped | [13] |
Michelle "Chelley" Bissainthe | 27 | Orlando, Florida | Day 1 | Day 30 | Dumped | |
Clarke Carraway | 24 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Day 17 | Day 28 | Dumped | [12] |
Taylor Williams | 25 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Day 1 | Day 28 | Dumped | [13] |
Elan Bibas | 24 | Toronto, Canada | Day 17 | Day 26 | Dumped | [15] |
Zak Srakaew | 29 | Roi Et, Thailand / Manchester, England [a] | Day 17 | Day 26 | Dumped | [12] |
Cierra Ortega | 25 | Phoenix, Arizona | Day 2 | Day 26 | Removed | [16] [8] |
Andreina Santos-Marte | 24 | Jersey City, New Jersey | Day 14 | Day 24 | Dumped | [17] |
Austin Shepard | 26 | Northville, Michigan | Day 1 | Day 24 | Dumped | [18] |
Gracyn Blackmore | 25 | Bristol, Virginia | Day 17 | Day 24 | Dumped | [12] |
Jaden Duggar | 25 | Los Angeles, California | Day 17 | Day 24 | Dumped | |
Thomas "TJ" Palma | 23 | Westchester, New York | Day 14 | Day 24 | Dumped | [19] |
Courtney "Coco" Watson | 24 | Los Angeles, California | Day 17 | Day 20 | Dumped | [12] |
JD Dodard | 23 | Dallas, Texas | Day 17 | Day 20 | Dumped | |
Savanna "Vanna" Einerson | 21 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Day 17 | Day 20 | Dumped | |
Zachary "Zac" Woodworth | 26 | Portland, Oregon | Day 17 | Day 20 | Dumped | |
Jeremiah Brown | 25 | Seattle, Washington | Day 1 | Day 16 | Dumped | [13] |
Hannah Fields | 23 | Tucson, Arizona | Day 5 | Day 16 | Dumped | [11] |
Jalen Brown | 27 | Sparta, Georgia | Day 9 | Day 13 | Dumped | [14] |
Charlie Georgiou | 27 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Day 2 | Day 11 | Dumped | [16] |
Isabelle-Anne "Belle-A" Walker | 22 | Gold Beach, Oregon [20] | Day 1 | Day 6 | Dumped | [13] |
Yulissa Escobar | 27 | Miami, Florida | Day 1 | Day 3 | Removed | [13] [6] |
On November 23, 2023, Peacock renewed Love Island: USA for both season six and seven. [21] Ariana Madix returned as host for her second season, with Iain Stirling once again providing narration. [22] Love Island Australia host Sophie Monk joined as the new host of Love Island USA: Aftersun, though Maura Higgins returned as host for the last episode. [23] Season two finalist Cely Vazquez returned as social media ambassador alongside Love Island Australia contestant Callum Hole, who brought all the behind-the-scenes gossip and interviews. [24] Eyal Booker filled in as the Aftersun host for one episode, while Paige DeSorbo and Megan Thee Stallion made a special appearance in the villa to host a competition each. On June 13, 2025, it was announced that there would be a reunion which aired on August 25 and Love Island Games will air on September 16 on Peacock, hosted by Madix. [25] [26]
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | ||||||||||||
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Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 6 | Day 11 | Day 13 | Day 16 | Day 17 | Day 18 | Day 20 | Day 24 | Day 26 | Day 28 | Day 30 | Final | |||
Bryan | Not in Villa | Andreina | Andreina | Jaden to save | Amaya | Safe | Finalist | Split the 100k | Winner (Day 32) | |||||||
Amaya | Not in Villa | Ace | Charlie to dump | Austin | Huda to save | Vulnerable | Single | Zak | Zak | Andreina to save | Bryan | Winner (Day 32) | ||||
Nic | Belle-A | Cierra | Cierra | Huda to dump | Cierra | Jalen to save | Safe | Clarke | Olandria | Cierra | Taylor to save | Olandria | Safe | Finalist | Runner-up (Day 32) | |
Olandria | Taylor | Taylor | Jalen | Taylor | Huda to save | Safe | Zak | Nic | Single | Austin to save | Nic | Runner-up (Day 32) | ||||
Chris | Not in Villa | Chelley | Huda | Jaden to save | Huda | Safe | Finalist | Third place (Day 32) | ||||||||
Huda | Jeremiah | Jeremiah | Vulnerable | Single | Vulnerable | Safe | JD | Chris | Andreina to save | Chris | Third place (Day 32) | |||||
Iris | Not in Villa | Jeremiah | Jeremiah | Huda to save | Vulnerable | Zac | TJ | TJ to save | Pepe | Safe | Finalist | Fourth place (Day 32) | ||||
Pepe | Not in Villa | Hannah | Hannah | Jalen to save | Vulnerable | Gracyn | Gracyn | Taylor to save | Iris | Fourth place (Day 32) | ||||||
Ace | Yulissa | Single | Amaya | Huda to dump | Chelley | Huda to save | Safe | Vanna | Coco | Chelley | Taylor to save | Chelley | Safe | Eliminated | Dumped (Day 30) | |
Chelley | Austin | Austin | Charlie to dump | Ace | Huda to save | Safe | Chris | Ace | Andreina to save | Ace | Dumped (Day 30) | |||||
Clarke | Not in Villa | Nic | Taylor | Taylor | Taylor to save | Taylor | Eliminated | Dumped (Day 28) | ||||||||
Taylor | Olandria | Olandria | Vulnerable | Olandria | Huda to save | Safe | Coco | Clarke | Clarke | Vulnerable | Clarke | Dumped (Day 28) | ||||
Elan | Not in Villa | Cierra | Single | Gracyn to save | Single | Dumped (Day 26) | ||||||||||
Zak | Not in Villa | Olandria | Amaya | Amaya | TJ to save | Single | Dumped (Day 26) | |||||||||
Cierra | Not in Villa | Nic | Nic | Charlie to dump | Nic | Huda to save | Safe | Elan | Nic | Taylor to save | Removed (Day 26) | |||||
Andreina | Not in Villa | Immune | Bryan | Bryan | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 24) | ||||||||||
Austin | Chelley | Chelley | Taylor to dump | Amaya | Jalen to save | Vulnerable | Jaden | Jaden | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 24) | ||||||
Gracyn | Not in Villa | Pepe | Pepe | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 24) | |||||||||||
Jaden | Not in Villa | Austin | Austin | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 24) | |||||||||||
TJ | Not in Villa | Immune | Single | Vanna | Iris | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 24) | |||||||||
Coco | Not in Villa | Taylor | Ace | Single | Dumped (Day 20) | |||||||||||
JD | Not in Villa | Huda | Single | Dumped (Day 20) | ||||||||||||
Vanna | Not in Villa | Ace | TJ | Single | Dumped (Day 20) | |||||||||||
Zac | Not in Villa | Iris | Single | Dumped (Day 20) | ||||||||||||
Jeremiah | Huda | Huda | Iris | Iris | Jalen to save | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 16) | |||||||||
Hannah | Not in Villa | Charlie | Pepe | Pepe | Huda to save | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 16) | |||||||||
Jalen | Not in Villa | Olandria | Single | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 13) | |||||||||||
Charlie | Not in Villa | Single | Hannah | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 11) | |||||||||||
Belle-A | Nic | Single | Dumped (Day 6) | |||||||||||||
Yulissa | Ace | Removed (Day 3) | ||||||||||||||
Notes | none | 1 | none | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | none | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
Removed | none | Yulissa | none | Cierra | none | |||||||||||
Dumped | No Dumping | Belle-A Failed to couple up | Charlie 3 of 6 votes to dump | No Dumping | Jalen 4 of 12 votes to save | Hannah Girls' choice to dump | No Dumping | Coco, JD, Vanna, Zac Islanders’ choice to dump | Andreina, Austin, Gracyn, Jaden, TJ Islanders’ choice to dump | Elan, Zak Failed to couple up | Clarke & Taylor America's choice to dump | Ace & Chelley America's choice to dump | Iris & Pepe Fewest votes to win | |||
Chris & Huda Third–most votes to win | ||||||||||||||||
Jeremiah Boys’ choice to dump | Nic & Olandria Second–most votes to win | |||||||||||||||
Amaya & Bryan Most votes to win | ||||||||||||||||
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Day(s) | Original release date [27] | Prod. code [27] | |||||||
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Week 1 | ||||||||||||
198 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Days 1–2 | June 3, 2025 | 701 | |||||||
199 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Days 2–3 | June 4, 2025 | 702 | |||||||
200 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Days 3–4 | June 5, 2025 | 703 | |||||||
201 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Days 4–5 | June 6, 2025 | 704 | |||||||
202 | 5 | "Episode 5: Aftersun" | N/A [a] | June 7, 2025 | 705 | |||||||
203 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Days 5–6 | June 8, 2025 | 706 | |||||||
204 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Days 6–7 | June 9, 2025 | 707 | |||||||
Week 2 | ||||||||||||
205 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Days 7–8 | June 10, 2025 | 708 | |||||||
206 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Days 8–9 | June 12, 2025 | 709 | |||||||
207 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Days 9–10 | June 13, 2025 | 710 | |||||||
208 | 11 | "Episode 11: Aftersun" | N/A [a] | June 14, 2025 | 711 | |||||||
209 | 12 | "Episode 12" | Days 10–11 | June 15, 2025 | 712 | |||||||
210 | 13 | "Episode 13" | Days 11–12 | June 16, 2025 | 713 | |||||||
211 | 14 | "Episode 14" | Days 12–13 | June 17, 2025 | 714 | |||||||
212 | 15 | "Episode 15" | Days 13–14 | June 19, 2025 | 715 | |||||||
Week 3 | ||||||||||||
213 | 16 | "Episode 16" | Days 14–15 | June 20, 2025 | 716 | |||||||
214 | 17 | "Episode 17: Aftersun" | N/A [a] | June 21, 2025 | 717 | |||||||
215 | 18 | "Episode 18" | Days 15–16 | June 22, 2025 | 718 | |||||||
216 | 19 | "Episode 19" | Days 16–17 | June 23, 2025 | 719 | |||||||
217 | 20 | "Episode 20" | Days 17–18 | June 24, 2025 | 720 | |||||||
218 | 21 | "Episode 21" | Days 18–19 | June 26, 2025 | 721 | |||||||
219 | 22 | "Episode 22" | Days 19–20 | June 27, 2025 | 722 | |||||||
220 | 23 | "Episode 23: Aftersun" | N/A [a] | June 28, 2025 | 723 | |||||||
221 | 24 | "Episode 24" | Days 20–21 | June 29, 2025 | 724 | |||||||
Week 4 | ||||||||||||
222 | 25 | "Episode 25" | Days 21–22 | June 30, 2025 | 725 | |||||||
223 | 26 | "Episode 26" | Days 22–23 | July 1, 2025 | 726 | |||||||
224 | 27 | "Episode 27" | Days 23–24 | July 3, 2025 | 727 | |||||||
225 | 28 | "Episode 28" | Days 24–25 | July 4, 2025 | 728 | |||||||
226 | 29 | "Episode 29: Aftersun" | N/A [a] | July 5, 2025 | 729 | |||||||
227 | 30 | "Episode 30" | Days 25–26 | July 6, 2025 | 730 | |||||||
228 | 31 | "Episode 31" | Days 26–27 | July 7, 2025 | 731 | |||||||
229 | 32 | "Episode 32" | Days 27–28 | July 8, 2025 | 732 | |||||||
Week 5 | ||||||||||||
230 | 33 | "Episode 33" | Days 28–29 | July 10, 2025 | 733 | |||||||
231 | 34 | "Episode 34" | Days 29–30 | July 11, 2025 | 734 | |||||||
232 | 35 | "Episode 35: Aftersun" | N/A [a] | July 12, 2025 | 735 | |||||||
233 | 36 | "Episode 36" | Days 30–32 | July 13, 2025 | 736 | |||||||
Special | ||||||||||||
234 | 37 | "Episode 37: Reunion" | N/A [a] | August 25, 2025 | 737 |
The seventh season of Love Island USA, which premiered on Peacock on June 3, 2025, achieved significant viewership success and generated considerable discussion, though its critical reception has been mixed. Early figures from Nielsen Media Research indicated that the season ranked as the No. 2 most-watched streaming original program and the No. 1 most-watched streaming reality series for the week of June 9, 2025. The premiere episode's average audience quadrupled since its debut, and the season's most-watched day occurred on June 23, 2025, with the introduction of the Casa Amor twist. [28] [29] Additionally, Luminate streaming data reported 1.2 billion minutes viewed across the first nine available episodes, making it the second most-watched streaming show on television.[ citation needed ] The season also demonstrated strong digital engagement, generating 54 million social interactions across platforms and over 623 million video views on TikTok, a 232% increase from the previous season. [30] [31] New viewers constituted 39% of the audience, and nearly 30% of all viewing occurred on mobile devices, making it Peacock's biggest mobile audience for an entertainment series to date. [32] [33]
Despite strong viewership, critical and audience reception has been mixed. While the premiere was noted for its "steamy new twists" and "bold choices," with some suggesting the show was "back, and better than ever," concerns were raised about the new cast living up to the previous season's success. [34] As the season progressed, some critics described it as "turning into the worst yet," citing overt producer involvement in villa dumpings and recouplings, which led to suspicions of rigged fan votes to keep "drama-delivering" contestants over those forming genuine connections. [35]