Your guide to watching all the drama from the villa this summer.
Make sure you get your snacks ready for Love Island as it looks like we’re in for a right treat after the latest recoupling.
Toby chose to couple up with Abigail, putting Chloe at risk of being dumped from the island. However, Hugo decided to save her.
Hugo then delivered a speech which gave us the drama Love Island has been missing, as he announced: “If I’m being completely honest, [Chloe] doesn’t doesn’t deserve to be treated how she has been this past 24 hours.”
Cue evils looks from Toby as he realised he’d now have to face Chloe in the villa after just trying to dump her.
So, what will this mean for the Love Island 2021 contestants? And will Hugo and Chloe give things a go for real?
In an exclusive RadioTimes.com poll, 75 per cent of Love Island fans voted that Chloe should move on from Toby with a new man following the recoupling drama.
Hugo could well be this new man – as the PE teacher himself said: “Stranger things have happened!”
As the series continues, read on for everything you need to know, including what time Love Island is on tonight, how to watch Love Island, the cast, the location, who left Love Island last night and all the latest Love Island updates.
What time is Love Island on tonight?
Love Island is on at 9pm tonight (Friday, 23rd July) on ITV2. The episode is expected to end around 10:05pm, and will see the aftermath of Hugo’s speech.
It’s safe to say Hugo’s recoupling speech left everyone SHOOK ????
— Love Island (@LoveIsland) July 23, 2021
Watch last night’s drama filled episode here: https://t.co/M1g4DKvNjR ???? #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/iZhfxT8pXJ
If you missed any of the action from the villa, you can read up on what happened last night on Love Island here.
When does Love Island finish?
Love Island usually finishes at 10pm each night, however, the first episode in the new series wrapped at 10:35pm as the islanders had their first coupling.
We can expect longer episodes at points throughout the series when the big drama hits.
There are a total of 43 episodes in season seven, including a recap episode on Saturday nights, which means the Love Island 2021 final is likely to air around Sunday 8th August.
The grand finale will see one of the Love Island 2021 couples crowned winners, and the’ll decide if they want to split the Love Island prize money.
Is Love Island on every night?
Almost. The dating show airs new episodes every night on ITV2 at 9pm, except Saturdays. A recap show of the week’s events is shown on Saturday nights.
Where to watch Love Island 2021
Viewers can tune into the seventh series every night on ITV2 at 9pm. Saturday’s episode is a compilation of the week’s events. If you’re unable to watch it when it airs on TV, episodes are also available to stream on the ITV Hub, where new episodes are uploaded as soon as they been broadcast.
The hub keeps previous episodes for several days, so you could even binge a few in one go if you prefer to get your Love Island fix that way.
When does Love Island start?
Confirmed: The ITV dating show started on Monday June 28th at 9pm.
The news was announced on This Morning on Wednesday 16th June by the show’s presenter Holly Willoughby.
How long is Love Island on for?
There are 43 episodes in series seven, including Saturday’s catch up, so it’s looking like we’ll be getting seven weeks of Love Island this year taking us up to August 8th.
The show are yet to confirm an official date for the Love Island 2021 final, but providing the series runs as usual, we can expect our winners to be revealed then.
How long does Love Island last?
It varies from about six to eight weeks.
The summer 202o series lasted eight weeks, so the seventh series has been shortened slightly by a week, however, previous years have lasted around six weeks.
Who are the Love Island 2021 contestants?
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The official starting line-up is being announced with the following cast confirmed so far:
- Aaron Francis, 24, from London
- Sharon Gaffka, 25, from Oxford – DUMPED
- Liberty Poole, 21, from Birmingham
- Hugo Hammond, 24, from Hampshire
- Shannon Singh, 22, from Fife – DUMPED
- Jake Cornish, 24, from Weston-Super-Mare
- Kaz Kamwi, 26, from Essex
- Brad McClelland, 26, from Northumberland – DUMPED
- Chloe Burrows, 25, from Bicester
- Toby Aromolaran, 22, from Essex
- Faye Winter, 26, from Devon
- Liam Reardon, 21, from Wales
- Chuggs Wallis, 23, from Surrey – DUMPED
- Rachel Finni, 29, from London – DUMPED
- Millie Court, 24, from Essex
- Lucinda Strafford, 21, from Brighton
- Teddy Soares, 26, from Manchester
- AJ Bunker, 28, from Hertfordshire – DUMPED
- Danny Bibby, 25, from Wigan – DUMPED
- Tyler Cruickshank, 26, from Croydon, London
- Georgia Townend, 28, from Essex
- Abigail Rawlings, 27, from Beaconsfield (but now lives in Bournemouth)
As well as first-look images of the 2021 cast, ITV released a video clip introducing the Love Island contestants, from PE teacher Hugo Hammond to civil servant Sharon Gaffka.
In the build up to the announcement there were plenty of rumours. A junior doctor named Toluwa Adepeju had been rumoured to be appearing on the show, along with boxer Harry Benn, fire-eater Alexis Bailey, 21, James Price, 23, who was previously romantically linked to 2019 contestant Lucie Donlan, and Gordon Ramsay’s 21-year-old daughter Holly.
ITV commissioner Amanda Stavri previously told RadioTimes.com that the casting team were met with over 1,000 applicants.
“There’s been more applications than ever,” she said. “They’ve whittled it down and we’re all very pleased. We’ve got a big sort of pool at the moment and we need to sort of work out who to put in the opening line-up and who sort of to hold back, you know as a bombshell – we need the bombshells!” she said.
Earlier this month, it was revealed the cast were quarantining in Spain ready to enter the villa.
‘The cast are already in Spain, quarantining ahead of the first episode,” a source told The Sun. “Everyone’s really excited – it’s going to be the best series yet as they have some really interesting islanders lined up for the villa.”
How can you apply for Love Island?
Applications for the summer series are currently open and will remain open until the 16th July.
If you wish to put yourself forward for series seven, fill out the official application form here.
Love Island COVID changes
The show’s host Laura Whitmore has revealed the tight COVID measures and rigorous interview process which was used to keep cast safe while still being able to interact with each other.
“They’re all in a bubble together. The Islanders have been out there for two weeks beforehand. I feel like all of Majorca is going to be the cast of Love Island,” she explained in an interview on Good Morning Britain.
One big change is that Laura will not actually be entering the villa for this latest series.
“I’m not going to be in the villa at all. So everything I do will be done outside the villa, or by the pool or by the firepit. So we stick to the rules that way,” she added.
Who hosts Love Island?
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After a successful stint on the most recent winter series, Laura Whitmore has returned to host the summer version, alongside her husband Iain Stirling – who provides the show’s famous voiceover.
Where is the Love Island villa?
Confirmed: Love Island is taking place in its usual villa in Mallorca.
An ITV boss recently spoke out on the Love Island 2021 location, saying: “Mallorca is its home.”
The Mallorcan villa was pictured being refurbished and when RadioTimes.com asked ITV commissioner Amanda Stavri about it earlier in the year, she said: “We haven’t announced anything officially but Mallorca is very much the home of Love Island.”
She added:”I can’t confirm anything 100 per cent at this stage but it will definitely be the Love Island viewers know and love.”
As for whether producers considered any other locations for the show, Stavri said: “We did look into some back up plans but we were all very much focused on making it happen in Mallorca, which is where it belongs quite frankly.”
This year a large proportion of production for Love Island 2021 is being moved to the UK, following the pandemic Nevertheless, we’re told the 2021 series will be the Love Island viewers “know and love!”
In the previous winter series, singletons were whisked away to sunny South Africa, however, the summer edition has historically unfolded at a luxury villa in Mallorca.
Love Island 2021 trailer
ITV previously released an official Love Island trailer for the seventh series, where the show’s voiceover Iain Stirling can be heard telling a crowd of young people: “This is not a drill!”
You can watch the full clip below.
It’s official, we’re BACK! Who’s ready for an absolutely scorching summer of love? ???? Coming this June, only on @itv2 ???? #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/7Z3A9GwLp4
— Love Island (@LoveIsland) June 5, 2021
Love Island 2021 app
Ever wondered what it’s like to be on Love Island? Well now you can find out – kind of. Love Island are to launch interactive gaming app alongside new series.
I’ve Got A Text!, created by developer Unrd in partnership with ITV and I Saw It First, invites viewers to star in their own fictionalised version of the reality dating show over the course of 24 days while the real series airs on ITV2 this summer.
Love Island podcast
Can’t get enough of the villa shenanigans, well you can tune into the Love Island: Morning After podcast hosted by former contestant Kem Cetinay and Arielle Free.
For more information on how to download the podcast, see here.
They’re back, baby! ???? The Morning After podcast hosted by @KemCetinay and @ariellefree will be here all summer long, bringing you villa gossip, celeb guests and 10/10 lols #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/U95noGlNTa
— Love Island (@LoveIsland) June 27, 2021
Why was Love Island 2020 cancelled?
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Unfortunately, Love Island’s previous summer series was cancelled on account of the coronavirus pandemic, as travel restrictions and social distancing meant a dating show abroad wasn’t feasible.
Director of Television at ITV, Kevin Lygo, made the announcement, explaining there was simply no way it could go ahead given the current UK lockdown.
He said in a statement: “We have tried every which way to make Love Island this summer but logistically it’s just not possible to produce it in a way that safeguards the wellbeing of everyone involved and that for us is the priority.
“In normal circumstances, we would be preparing very soon to travel out to the location in Mallorca to get the villa ready but clearly that’s now out of the question.
“We are very sorry for fans of the show but making it safely is our prime concern and Love Island will be back stronger than ever in 2021.
“In the meantime, Love Island fans can still enjoy all six series of Love Island on BritBox.”
Love Island airs new episodes every night on ITV2 at 9pm, except Saturdays. While you’re waiting, check out more of our Entertainment coverage or visit our TV Guide to see what’s on tonight.