Love Island
Reality competitionReal people competing under format rules.This show: 10/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 9/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 8/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 7/10
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| S1 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 6.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S2 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.8 | |||||||||||||||
| S3 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | |||||||||||||||
| S4 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 3.8 | |
| S5 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.5 | |||||
| S6 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| S7 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 4.3 | ||
| S8 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 | |||
| S9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.8 | |||||||||
| S10 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S11 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S12 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 7.3 | ||
| S13 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 7.4 |
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About
"Manufactured romance as a nightly soap opera"
Love Island drops a group of single, attractive contestants into a sun-soaked villa where they must couple up, flirt, betray, and recouple under constant public vote and tabloid scrutiny. There's no real plot beyond survival of the fittest relationships, but the show runs on cliffhanger editing, a gleefully sarcastic narrator, and the addictive churn of new bombshells arriving to blow up existing couples. It's trashy, repetitive, and often shallow, but weirdly hypnotic once you're invested in who's messing with whose head. Best consumed as background noise or with friends live-texting reactions.
Watch it for
the narrator's dry commentary turning shallow drama into genuinely funny television.
Maybe skip if
you need substantive plot or find manufactured romance and constant recoupling twists tedious.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Series 12015
5.91K3423h 23m
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Series 22016
5.59934410h 27m
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Series 32017
6.11K5029h 30m
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Series 42018
5.11K584h 50m
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Series 52019
6.31K5516h 59m
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Series 62020
6.06934113h 13m
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Series 72021
5.81K5711h 18m
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Series 82022
5.59755714h 37m
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Series 92023
5.83045610h 55m
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Series 102023
6.64565712h 56m
Maya Jama is back to host her first summer series, with the villa once again set in Mallorca. With new arrivals, heads may turn, while others will prove their true feelings. From romance and heart-to-hearts, to betrayal, bombshells and broken hearts, there's never a dull moment in the ultimate search for love.
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Series 112024
6.3367576h 52m
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Series 122025
6.19815749h 37m
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Series 132026
6.37595750h 2m
Heading to sun-drenched Mallorca for the ultimate game of love, a brand-new batch of Islanders must couple up or clear out as they dive headfirst into a summer of twists, turns, and tests - all in pursuit of finding a connection.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Laura Whitmore Self - Host, Self, Self - Presenter
Iain Stirling Self - Narrator, Narrator, Self
Caroline Flack Self - Host
Dani Dyer Self
Jack Fincham Self
Laura Anderson Self
Wes Nelson Self
Luca Bish Self
Tasha Ghouri Self
Andrew Le Page Self
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