Love Island (Greek TV series)

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Love Island
Genre Reality
Based on Love Island
by Richard Cowles
Presented by
  • Iliana Papageorgiou
Narrated byVangelis Giannopoulos
Country of originGreece
Original languageGreek
No. of series1
No. of episodes28
Production
Executive producerAnna Arvaniti
ProducerNikos Kalis
Production location Tenerife
Running time105 minutes (incl. adverts)
Production companies
Original release
Network Skai TV
Release29 September (2022-09-29) 
5 November 2022 (2022-11-05)
Related
Love Island franchise
Celebrity Love Island
Love Island

Love Island is a Greek dating reality show based on the British series Love Island . Following the premise of other versions of the Love Island format, the show features a group of single contestants, known as "islanders" who live together in a luxury villa that is isolated from the outside world, in an attempt to find love. Throughout the series, the contestants "couple up" to avoid being dumped from the villa. As old islanders are dumped, new islanders will enter the villa. At the end, Greece will vote one final time to determine the winning couple. It premiered on 29 September 2022, on Skai TV. [1] The show was hosted by Iliana Papageorgiou [2] and narrated by Vangelis Giannopoulos. [3]

Contents

The final aired on 5 November 2022, with Argiris Fragkos and Maria Astoglou winning and sharing the €50,000 prize money. Anastasia Sidiropoulou and Giorgos Georgiou finished as runners up. [4]

History

In April 2022, Skai TV announced that will air the show on 2022-2023 television season. [5] On 8 August 2022, it was announced that Iliana Papageorgiou will be the host of the show. [6] The first season was filmed in Tenerife. [7] The launch show was originally scheduled to be broadcast on 27 September, but was postponed out due to extreme weather conditions in Tenerife. [8]

Islanders

The Islanders for the first series were released on 23 September 2022, just one week before the launch. [9]

IslanderAgeHometownEnteredStatus
Argiris Fragkos22 Samos Day 6Winner (Day 39)
Maria Astoglou22 Thessaloniki Day 1Winner (Day 39)
Anastasia Sidiropoulou23 Athens Day 1Runner-up (Day 39)
Giorgos Georgiou21 Athens Day 1Runner-up (Day 39)
Fanis Papadopoulos31 Rhodes Day 22Third place (Day 39)
Niki Iliopoulou33 Athens Day 1Dumped (Day 17)
Day 27Third place (Day 39)
Alexandros Kotsis34 Athens Day 1Fourth place (Day 39)
Christina Mitsakou29 Athens Day 1Fourth place (Day 39)
Alexandros Lushaj25 Athens Day 1Dumped (Day 36)
Claudia Penca24 Dubai Day 1Dumped (Day 36)
Katerina Vagancia25 Athens Day 17Dumped (Day 35)
Panagiotis Avramopoulos30 Athens Day 10Dumped (Day 35)
Christos Souzos28 Corfu Day 21Dumped (Day 28)
George Sotiriou24 Athens Day 13Dumped (Day 20)
Julia Karagianni26 Athens Day 15Dumped (Day 20)
Vasilis Dafos24 Piraeus Day 1Dumped (Day 16)
George Korkas29 Corinth Day 1Walked (Day 14)
Ionna Tzani27 Gytheio Day 3Walked (Day 14)
Thodoris Kontoleon21 Athens Day 1Dumped (Day 9)

Coupling

The couples were chosen shortly after the islanders enter the villa.

Day 1Day 9Day 16Day 24Day 29Day 31Final
ArgirisNot in VillaMariaMariaMariaAnastasiaMariaWinner
(Day 39)
MariaThodorisArgirisArgirisArgirisAlexandros L.ArgirisWinner
(Day 39)
AnastasiaGeorge K.VasilisGiorgosGiorgosArgirisGiorgosRunner-up
(Day 39)
GiorgosChristinaIoannaAnastasiaAnastasiaClaudiaAnastasiaRunner-up
(Day 39)
FanisNot in VillaKaterinaChristinaNikiThird place
(Day 39)
NikiAlexandros L.Alexandros L.George S.Dumped
Day 17
PanagiotisFanisThird place
(Day 39)
Alexandros K.ChristinaChristinaChristinaKaterinaChristinaFourth place
(Day 39)
ChristinaGiorgosAlexandros K.Alexandros K.Alexandros K.FanisAlexandros K.Fourth place
(Day 39)
Alexandros L.NikiNikiClaudiaClaudiaMariaClaudiaDumped
(Day 36)
ClaudiaVasilisGeorge K.Alexandros L.Alexandros L.GiorgosAlexandros L.Dumped
(Day 36)
KaterinaNot in VillaFanisAlexandros K.PanagiotisDumped
(Day 35)
PanagiotisNot in VillaJuliaNikiKaterinaDumped
(Day 35)
ChristosNot in VillaDumped
(Day 28)
George S.Not in VillaNikkiDumped
(Day 20)
JuliaNot in VillaPanagiotisDumped
(Day 20)
VasilisClaudiaAnastasiaDumped
(Day 16)
George K.AnastasiaClaudiaWalked
(Day 14)
IoannaNot in VillaGiorgosWalked
(Day 14)
ThodorisMariaDumped
(Day 9)
Notes 1 none 2 none

Notes

  • ^Note 1 : Alexandros K. arrived after the coupling on Day 1, but was told he would be able to steal a girl for himself on Day 2. He picked Christina, leaving Giorgos single.
  • ^Note 2 : After the initial recoupling, host Iliana revealed that there would be a twist. The girls were presented with envelopes, with each containing the name of a male Islander. The name written inside of the envelope determined who their partner would be.

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