Love Island | |
---|---|
Series 7 | |
Presented by | Laura Whitmore |
No. of days | 58 |
Winners | Liam Reardon and Millie Court |
No. of episodes | 49 |
Release | |
Original network | ITV2 |
Original release | 28 June – 23 August 2021 |
Series chronology |
The seventh series of Love Island began broadcasting on 28 June 2021 and was hosted by Laura Whitmore on ITV2. Iain Stirling returned to narrate the series. The series was originally planned to air in the summer of 2020, but was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Singer Mabel made a cameo appearance at a Spotify party in the villa performing some of her hits including her new single "Let Them Know". [1]
On 23 August 2021, the series was won by Liam Reardon and Millie Court with 42.02% of the final vote, becoming the first couple of late entrants to win a series. Chloe Burrows and Toby Aromolaran finished as runners-up. [2] [3] [4] This series was watched by an average of 4.17 million viewers which includes catch up figures.
During the final of the previous series on 23 February 2020, it was confirmed that Love Island would return for a seventh series due to air later in the year. However, on 4 May 2020, Love Island announced the cancellation of the summer 2020 show due to the COVID-19 pandemic." [5] It was later confirmed that the show would not be airing a winter version of the series in 2021 due to uncertainties regarding the pandemic and international travel. On 4 March 2021, ITV confirmed that the show would return in the summer after an 18-month hiatus. [6] In April 2021, during the application process, it was reported that LGBT contestants were being encouraged to apply for the first time, via dating app Tinder, however in June, ITV commissioner Amanda Stavri stated that the inclusion of LGBT contestants presents "logistical difficulties". [7] [8] The first 10-second trailer for the series aired on 29 May 2021 featuring presenter Laura Whitmore breaking a heart-shaped fire alarm with a hammer, followed by the tagline "This is not a drill". [9] A full length trailer was released on 5 June 2021. [10] On 16 June 2021, ITV released details of its duty of care protocols for the new series, with detailed welfare plans in place to support participants before, during and after filming. [11] [12] Some of the episodes in this series were aired outside of the usual 9pm timeslot due to Euro 2020.[ citation needed ]
The Islanders for the seventh series were released on 21 June 2021, just one week before the launch. [13] [14] The series was won by Liam Reardon and Millie Court. [15]
Islander | Age | Hometown | Entered | Status | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liam Reardon | 21 | Merthyr Tydfil | Day 4 | Winner (Day 58) | [16] |
Millie Court | 24 | Romford | Day 9 | Winner (Day 58) | [17] |
Chloe Burrows | 25 | Bicester | Day 1 | Runner-up (Day 58) | [18] |
Toby Aromolaran | 22 | Chafford Hundred | Day 1 | Runner-up (Day 58) | [19] [20] |
Faye Winter | 26 | Exeter | Day 1 | Third place (Day 58) | [21] [22] |
Teddy Soares | 26 | Manchester | Day 12 | Third place (Day 58) | [23] |
Kaz Kamwi | 26 | Witham | Day 1 | Fourth place (Day 58) | [24] [25] |
Tyler Cruickshank | 26 | London | Day 23 | Fourth place (Day 58) | [26] |
Jake Cornish | 24 | Weston-super-Mare | Day 1 | Walked (Day 54) | [27] |
Liberty Poole | 21 | Birmingham | Day 1 | Walked (Day 54) | [28] |
Aaron Simpson | 24 | Canterbury | Day 42 | Dumped (Day 52) | [29] [30] |
Mary Bedford | 22 | Wakefield | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 52) | [31] |
Brett Staniland | 27 | Draycott | Day 44 | Dumped (Day 50) | [32] [33] |
Priya Gopaldas | 23 | London | Day 42 | Dumped (Day 50) | [29] |
Matthew MacNabb | 26 | Downpatrick | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 45) | [31] [34] |
Abigail Rawlings | 27 | Bournemouth | Day 23 | Dumped (Day 42) | [35] |
Dale Mehmet | 24 | Glasgow | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 42) | [31] |
Amy Day | 25 | West Molesey | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 38) | [31] |
Clarisse Juliette | 23 | London | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 38) | [31] |
Hugo Hammond | 24 | Alton | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 38) | [36] [37] |
Sam Jackson | 23 | Clitheroe | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 38) | [31] |
Harry Young | 24 | Wishaw | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 32) | [31] |
Jack Barlow | 26 | Pett | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 32) | [31] |
Kaila Troy | 28 | Malahide | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 32) | [31] |
Lillie Haynes | 22 | South Shields | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 32) | [31] |
Medhy Malanda | 24 | Luton | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 32) | [31] |
Salma Naran | 20 | Dublin | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 32) | [31] |
Aaron Francis | 24 | London | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 28) | [38] |
Lucinda Strafford | 21 | Ditchling | Day 9 | Dumped (Day 28) | [39] |
Georgia Townend | 28 | Maldon | Day 23 | Dumped (Day 25) | [40] [41] |
Andrea-Jane "AJ" Bunker | 28 | Dunstable | Day 17 | Dumped (Day 23) | [42] |
Danny Bibby | 25 | Leigh | Day 18 | Dumped (Day 23) | [43] |
Sharon Gaffka | 25 | Didcot | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 19) | [44] |
Brad McClelland | 26 | Amble | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 16) | [45] [46] |
Rachel Finni | 29 | Barnet | Day 5 | Dumped (Day 14) | [47] |
Oliver "Chuggs" Wallis | 23 | Weybridge | Day 4 | Dumped (Day 6) | [48] |
Shannon Singh | 22 | Glenrothes | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 2) | [49] [50] |
The couples were chosen shortly after the islanders enter the villa.
Day 1 | Day 5 | Day 14 | Day 19 | Day 25 | Day 32 | Day 37 | Day 45 | Final | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liam | Not in Villa | Faye | Millie | Millie | Millie | Millie | Millie | Millie | Winner (Day 58) |
Millie | Not in Villa | Liam | Liam | Liam | Liam | Liam | Liam | Winner (Day 58) | |
Chloe | Single | Hugo | Toby | Toby | Hugo | Dale | Toby | Toby | Runner-up (Day 58) |
Toby | Kaz | Kaz | Chloe | Chloe | Abigail | Mary | Chloe | Chloe | Runner-up (Day 58) |
Faye | Brad | Liam | Teddy | Teddy | Teddy | Sam | Teddy | Teddy | Third place (Day 58) |
Teddy | Not in Villa | Faye | Faye | Faye | Single | Faye | Faye | Third place (Day 58) | |
Kaz | Toby | Toby | Aaron F | Aaron F | Tyler | Matthew | Matthew | Tyler | Fourth place (Day 58) |
Tyler | Not in Villa | Kaz | Clarisse | Clarisse | Kaz | Fourth place (Day 58) | |||
Jake | Liberty | Liberty | Liberty | Liberty | Liberty | Liberty | Liberty | Liberty | Walked (Day 54) |
Liberty | Jake | Jake | Jake | Jake | Jake | Jake | Jake | Jake | Walked (Day 54) |
Aaron S | Not in Villa | Mary | Dumped (Day 52) | ||||||
Mary | Not in Villa | Toby | Sam | Aaron S | Dumped (Day 52) | ||||
Brett | Not in Villa | Priya | Dumped (Day 50) | ||||||
Priya | Not in Villa | Brett | Dumped (Day 50) | ||||||
Matthew | Not in Villa | Kaz | Kaz | Single | Dumped (Day 45) | ||||
Abigail | Not in Villa | Toby | Single | Dale | Dumped (Day 42) | ||||
Dale | Not in Villa | Chloe | Abigail | Dumped (Day 42) | |||||
Amy | Not in Villa | Hugo | Hugo | Dumped (Day 38) | |||||
Clarisse | Not in Villa | Tyler | Tyler | Dumped (Day 38) | |||||
Hugo | Sharon | Chloe | Sharon | AJ | Chloe | Amy | Amy | Dumped (Day 38) | |
Sam | Not in Villa | Faye | Mary | Dumped (Day 38) | |||||
Harry | Not in Villa | Single | Dumped (Day 32) | ||||||
Jack | Not in Villa | Single | Dumped (Day 32) | ||||||
Kaila | Not in Villa | Single | Dumped (Day 32) | ||||||
Lillie | Not in Villa | Single | Dumped (Day 32) | ||||||
Medhy | Not in Villa | Single | Dumped (Day 32) | ||||||
Salma | Not in Villa | Single | Dumped (Day 32) | ||||||
Aaron F | Shannon | Sharon | Kaz | Kaz | Lucinda | Dumped (Day 28) | |||
Lucinda | Not in Villa | Brad | Danny | Aaron F | Dumped (Day 28) | ||||
Georgia | Not in Villa | Single | Dumped (Day 25) | ||||||
AJ | Not in Villa | Hugo | Dumped (Day 23) | ||||||
Danny | Not in Villa | Lucinda | Dumped (Day 23) | ||||||
Sharon | Hugo | Aaron F | Hugo | Single | Dumped (Day 19) | ||||
Brad | Faye | Single | Lucinda | Dumped (Day 16) | |||||
Rachel | Not in Villa | Single | Dumped (Day 14) | ||||||
Chuggs | Not in Villa | Single | Dumped (Day 6) | ||||||
Shannon | Aaron F | Dumped (Day 2) | |||||||
Notes | 1 | 2 | none | 3 | none |
The main events in the Love Island villa are summarised in the table below.
Week 1 | Entrances |
|
---|---|---|
Coupling |
| |
Challenges |
| |
Dates |
| |
Exits |
| |
Week 2 | Entrances | |
Coupling |
| |
Challenges |
| |
Dates |
| |
Exits |
| |
Week 3 | Entrances |
|
Coupling |
| |
Challenges |
| |
Dates |
| |
Exits |
| |
Week 4 | Entrances |
|
Coupling |
| |
Challenges |
| |
Dates |
| |
Exits |
| |
Week 5 | Entrances |
|
Coupling |
| |
Challenges |
| |
Exits |
| |
Week 6 | Coupling |
|
Challenges |
| |
Exits |
| |
Week 7 | Entrances |
|
Coupling |
| |
Challenges |
| |
Dates |
| |
Exits |
| |
Week 8 | Challenges |
|
Dates |
| |
Exits |
| |
Official ratings are taken from BARB which include ITV2 +1 and any playback within 7 days of the original broadcast. [72] Because the Saturday episodes are "Unseen Bits" episodes rather than nightly highlights, these are not included in the overall averages. Week 3’s Sunday episode which aired on 11 July went up against 30 million viewers watching the UEFA Euro 2020 Final. [73]
Viewers (millions) | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | |||||
Sunday | 3.94 | 2.97 | 3.80 | 4.10 | 4.46 | 4.38 | 3.44 | 3.80 | |||||
Monday | 4.81 | 4.17 | 4.24 | 4.02 | 4.05 | 4.40 | 4.62 | 4.17 | 4.08 | ||||
Tuesday | 4.99 | 4.09 | 4.03 | 3.86 | 4.25 | 4.74 | 4.17 | 4.27 | |||||
Wednesday | 4.55 | 3.79 | 4.22 | 3.95 | 4.10 | 4.51 | 3.93 | 3.98 | |||||
Thursday | 4.34 | 4.15 | 3.97 | 4.10 | 4.25 | 4.46 | 4.02 | 4.29 | |||||
Friday | 4.36 | 4.23 | 3.65 | 4.02 | 4.74 | 4.91 | 4.19 | 4.26 | |||||
Weekly average | 4.61 | 4.06 | 3.85 | 3.95 | 4.25 | 4.58 | 4.22 | 4.07 | 3.94 | ||||
Running average | 4.61 | 4.33 | 4.17 | 4.11 | 4.14 | 4.22 | 4.22 | 4.20 | 4.17 | ||||
Series average | 4.17 | ||||||||||||
Unseen Bits | 0.98 | 0.96 | 0.61 | 0.88 | 0.87 | 1.31 | 0.96 | 1.01 | |||||
Aftersun | 0.70 | 0.52 | 0.82 | 0.97 | 1.35 | 1.25 | 0.77 | 1.01 |
Love Island is a British dating game show. It is a revival of the earlier celebrity series of the same name, which aired for two series in 2005 and 2006. The series is the originator of the international Love Island franchise, with twenty-two versions of it having been produced so far worldwide. The show is presented by Maya Jama and narrated by Iain Stirling. The show was previously hosted by both Caroline Flack and Laura Whitmore.
Sam Gowland is an English television and social media personality. He rose to fame when he participated in the third series of the ITV2 dating reality competition Love Island in 2017. After his stint on the programme, he began appearing in the MTV reality show Geordie Shore, debuting in the sixteenth series in 2018 before leaving in 2019 at the conclusion of the twentieth series.
The third series of Love Island began on 5 June 2017 hosted by Caroline Flack on ITV2. The series concluded on 24 July 2017. It is the third from the current revived series, but fifth overall. The series was narrated by Iain Stirling. As well as the series airing every night of the week with the Saturday episode being used as a weekly catch-up entitled Love Island: The Weekly Hot List, a new spin-off was confirmed, Love Island: Aftersun hosted by Flack with a studio audience and celebrity guests on Sunday nights after the main show. During the final Aftersun episode of the series, which was presented live from outside the villa, it was announced that there would be a one-off reunion special airing on 30 July 2017 which included all of the Islanders from the series.
The first series of Love Island began on 7 June 2015 with a live special of the show hosted by Caroline Flack on ITV2, and ended on 15 July 2015. It is the first from the revived series, but third overall. The series was narrated by Iain Stirling. The series aired every night of the week except Friday, however the Saturday episode was used as a weekly catch-up entitled Love Island: The Weekly Hot List rather than a nightly highlights episode. The average viewers for this series was 570,000.
The fourth series of Love Island, a British dating reality show, began on 4 June 2018 on ITV2, and concluded on 30 July 2018. It is the fourth from the current revived series, but sixth overall. Caroline Flack presented the series, while Iain Stirling narrated it. The series opener received the highest rating on a digital TV programme since the 2012 Summer Olympics were broadcast on BBC Three; it was also the most watched programme ever on ITV2.
Adam Elliott Collard is an English television personality and fitness coach, known for his appearances as a contestant on the fourth and eighth series of Love Island in 2018 and 2022 respectively. In 2023, he appeared on Celebs Go Dating.
The fifth series of Love Island began airing on 3 June 2019 on ITV2, and concluded on 29 July 2019. The show was presented by Caroline Flack and narrated by Iain Stirling. It is the fifth from the current revived series, but seventh overall. Singer Craig David made a cameo appearance at a Ministry of Sound pool party as a DJ performing his new single "When You Know What Love Is".
The first season of Love Island Australia began airing on 27 May 2018 9Go! and 9Now presented by Sophie Monk and narrated by Eoghan McDermott. The final aired on 5 July 2018, with Grant Crapp and Tayla Damir winning and sharing the $50,000 prize money. Eden Dally and Erin Barnett finished as runners up.
Love Island is a dating reality show that originated in the United Kingdom in 2005 as Celebrity Love Island. Created by ITV Studios, it has spawned a second British version in 2015 as well as several international versions.
The X Factor: Celebrity is a British celebrity special edition of The X Factor which premiered on 12 October 2019 on ITV. It is a revamped version of the 2006 celebrity format The X Factor: Battle of the Stars. Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh judged this series, with Dermot O'Leary presenting the series and Vick Hope hosting Xtra Bites on YouTube.
The sixth series of Love Island began broadcasting on 12 January 2020, on ITV2. The series was announced on 24 July 2019, when it was confirmed that two seasons would air in 2020, and this is also the first winter edition of the seasons. Unlike the summer edition, the luxury villa is located in Cape Town. This series is also the first to be hosted by Laura Whitmore, who has taken over from Caroline Flack. The series is narrated by Iain Stirling.
Nkazana "Kaz" Kamwi is an English fashion blogger and television personality. In 2021, she was a finalist on the seventh series of Love Island and in 2022, she won the third series of Celebrity Karaoke Club. She later returned for Love Island: All-Stars in 2024.
Maura Higgins is an Irish television personality, television presenter and model. She rose to prominence in 2019, when she was a finalist on the fifth series of ITV2 reality series Love Island. Since her appearance on the show⁹, Higgins has collaborated with numerous fashion and makeup brands. In 2020, she was a contestant on series 12 of the ITV show Dancing on Ice. Higgins has served as an agony aunt on This Morning and hosted the Irish version of the reality television competition Glow Up. She has been a contestant on Cooking with the Stars.
Liberty Amor Poole is an English television personality. In 2021, she appeared on the seventh series of Love Island, and in 2022, she competed on the fourteenth series of Dancing on Ice. She has since appeared on the Love Islandspin-offs Love Island Games (2023) and Love Island: All-Stars (2024).
The eighth series of Love Island was broadcast from 6 June 2022 to 1 August 2022 on ITV2 with Laura Whitmore presenting the series and Iain Stirling narrating.
Laura Anderson is a Scottish television and radio personality. In 2018, she was the runner-up on the fourth series of Love Island. In 2022, she was a finalist on Celebrity Karaoke Club and also appeared on Celebs Go Dating. In April 2024, Laura was announced as the new co-host of Capital Breakfast on Capital Scotland, alongside Fat Brestovci.
The tenth series of Love Island began broadcasting on 5 June 2023 on ITV2. Maya Jama returned to present the series, with Iain Stirling again returning as narrator.
The first series of Love Island: All Stars is a spin-off of the dating game show Love Island featuring former contestants from previous series. It began broadcasting on 15 January 2024 with the launch episode airing across both ITV and ITV2 for the first time in the show's history. Maya Jama returned to present the series, with Iain Stirling again returning as narrator. The series is the shortest in the show’s history, ending after 36 days on 19 February 2024. It was won by Molly Smith and Tom Clare, who were previously contestants on the sixth and ninth series respectively.
The eleventh series of Love Island began broadcasting on 3 June 2024, with the launch episode airing across both ITV1 and ITV2. Maya Jama returned to present the series, as well as the companion show Love Island: Aftersun. Iain Stirling again returned as the show's narrator.