Love Island: All Stars is a spin-off of the dating game show Love Island featuring former contestants from previous series. It began airing on 15 January 2024 on ITV and ITV2. It is presented by Maya Jama and narrated by Iain Stirling. In May 2024, it was confirmed that the show would return for a second series due to air in 2025.[1]
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| Genre | Reality |
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| Presented by | Maya Jama |
| Narrated by | Iain Stirling |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
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| Running time | 60–95 minutes (incl. adverts) |
| Production company | Motion Content Group |
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| Network | ITV2 |
| Release | 15 January 2024 – present |
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History
editDevelopment
editIn August 2023, after ITV had aired two series of Love Island in the same year for the first time, it was reported that the winter series had been axed for 2024 and that an "All Stars" version was set to serve as its replacement.[2] Several rumours of an "All Stars" series being in development had been reported in various news outlets.[3] In September 2023, the commissioning of Love Island: All Stars was officially announced by ITV.[4][5] The show was filmed in the same villa as the ninth series in Franschhoek, South Africa and featured a line-up consisting of former contestants from the previous ten series.[6][7] The programme has included returning contestants before, with Adam Collard, who was a contestant on the fourth series and Kady McDermott who was a contestant on the second series returning as "bombshells" in the eighth and tenth series of the show respectively.[8][9] This series is the first to feature a line-up consisting of only returning contestants.[10][11]
Hosts
edit| Hosts | Series | |
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| Maya Jama | ||
| Iain Stirling (narrator) | ||
Format
editLove Island involves a group of contestants, referred to as Islanders, living in isolation from the outside world in a villa in Mallorca, constantly under video surveillance.[12] To survive in the villa the Islanders must be coupled up with another Islander, whether it be for love, friendship, or money, and the overall winning couple receives a combined £50,000. On the first day, the Islanders couple up for the first time based on first impressions, but over the duration of the series they are forced to "re-couple" where they can choose to remain in their current couple or swap partners.[13]
Any Islander who remains single after the re-coupling is eliminated and dumped from the island. Islanders can also be eliminated via public vote, as during the series the public votes through the Love Island app available on smartphones for their favourite couple or prospective couple. Pairs who receive the fewest votes risk being eliminated. Often a twist has occurred where it has been up to the Islanders to vote one of their own off the island. During the final week, the public vote towards which couple they want to win the series and therefore take home £50,000.[citation needed]
Locations
editSouth Africa
editThe villa for the 2023 winter series was the 25-acre Ludus Magnus estate in the Franschhoek wine valley. The previous winter series in 2020 was filmed at Midden Cottage in the Constantia suburb of Cape Town.[14][15]
Series overview
edit| Series | Islanders | Days | Location | Host | Episodes | Originally aired | Winners | Runners-up | Average viewers (millions) | ||
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| 1 | 25 | 36 | Franschhoek | Maya Jama | 31 | 15 January 2024 | 19 February 2024 | Molly Smith & Tom Clare | Callum Jones & Jess Gale | 1.71 | |
| 2 | TBA | TBA | TBA | January 2025 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
Contestants
editReferences
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- ^ "Love Island Winter 'Axed' For All Stars Series Instead". Capital. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Love Island bosses respond to winter series axe rumours". Digital Spy. 31 July 2023. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Love Island All Stars: ITV confirms series for 2024". BBC News. 5 September 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Love Island: All Stars confirmed for 2024 with returning islanders in South Africa". Radio Times. 5 September 2023. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Love Island: All Stars set to launch on ITV2 and ITVX in 2024". ITV. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Now Love Island All Stars Is Confirmed, Here's Our Ideal Line Up". Grazia. 9 May 2023. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Who is Adam Collard? Love Island returnee explained". Radio Times. 29 July 2022. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Love Island's Kady McDermott reveals what she's learned from return". Digital Spy. 19 July 2023. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Love Island All Stars: News, suspected release date and potential cast". Cosmopolitan. 5 September 2023. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "ITV Confirms 'Love Island: All Stars' Edition". Deadline Hollywood. 5 September 2023. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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- ^ "Best Love Island Seasons". What's Good?. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Where is the Love Island winter 2023 series filmed?". 16 January 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "First peek inside R100m Constantia mansion hosting racy 'Love Island'". Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.