Love Island (franchise)

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 show features a group of "single" contestants, known as "islanders" who are sourced from agencies, and live together in a specially constructed villa that is isolated from the outside world, in an attempt to "find love". The islanders are continuously monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones. Throughout the series, the contestants "couple up" to avoid being dumped from the villa. Additionally, the public will vote for their favourite islanders to stay in the villa at points in the series. As old islanders are dumped, new islanders enter the villa. At the end of the season, the public vote one final time to determine the winning couple.

International versions
Legend: 
 * Currently airing franchise
 * Franchise with an upcoming season
 * Franchise no longer airing
 * Status unknown



On 11 September 2017, a German version of Love Island premiered on RTL II. An Australian version was commissioned by the Nine Network for its secondary channel 9Go! and internationally it airs on ITVBe and 3e with international streaming available on Hulu and ITVX. On 8 August 2018, CBS ordered an American version of the show.

The Dutch-Flemish version was cancelled after one season in 2019, alongside Temptation Island and Free Love Paradise, as a result of a sexual assault scandal in one of RTL's other reality series De Villa.

On 21 September 2020, it was announced by ITV Studios that a Spanish version of the show and a Nigerian version of the show were both in pre-production. The Nigerian version was commissioned by Digital Play Networks and will air on TVC and 9 Vision Media in Nigeria. The Spanish version was commissioned by Atresmedia and will air on Neox in Spain.

On 6 November 2020, South African TV Network M-Net ordered a South African version of the show which premiered on 28 February 2021.

November 1, 2023, The first episode of Love Island Games was released. Consisting of all prior Love Island contestants, giving them a second chance at love and winning a $100,000 prize.

Locations
All versions of Love Island have been shot in villas located around the world.