Love Island (2015 TV series, series 5)


The fifth series of Love Island began airing on 3 June 2019 on ITV2, and concluded on 29 July 2019. Caroline Flack presented the series, while Iain Stirling narrated it. It is the fifth from the current revived series, but seventh overall. Singer Craig David made a cameo appearance at a Ministry of Sound pool party as a DJ performing his new single "When You Know What Love Is".
On 29 July 2019, the series was won by Amber Gill and Greg O'Shea having received 48.82% of the final vote. Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury finished as runners-up.
Series five is also the highest-rated series yet; with a series average of 5.61 million viewers, up 1.65 million on the previous 2018 series.

Production

During the final of the previous series on 30 July 2018, it was confirmed that Love Island would return for a fifth series due to air the following year. The first 10-second trailer for the series was released on 20 May 2019, featuring "#DayDotIsComing" and confirming the new start date. This was the first series not to feature "Love Island: The Weekly Hotlist" which previously aired on a Saturday featuring highlights from that week. Instead, it was replaced by "Love Island: Unseen Bits".
On 22 May 2019, ITV released a statement which outlined the duty of care processes ahead of series following the suicides of former contestants Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis. It highlights the care offered before, during and after the series for each of the contestants. The programme announced that they will offer counselling to all contestants in hopes of preventing further incidents that regard the mental welfare of contestants.
In December, it was announced that Caroline Flack would not return. This series marked the last since its revival in 2015 to be hosted by Flack.

Islanders

The Islanders for the fifth series were released on 27 May 2019, just one week before the launch. However, throughout the series, more islanders entered the villa to find love. On 11 June 2019, it was announced that Sherif Lanre had been removed from the villa due to "breaking villa rules". On 9 July 2019, it was announced that Amy Hart decided to leave the villa due to "personal reasons". The series was won by Amber Gill and Greg O'Shea having received 48.82% of the final vote.
IslanderAgeHometownEnteredStatusRef
Amber Gill21NewcastleDay 1Winner
Greg O'Shea24LimerickDay 44Winner
Molly-Mae Hague20HitchinDay 4Runner-up
Tommy Fury20ManchesterDay 1Runner-up
India Reynolds28ReadingDay 44Third place
Ovie Soko28LondonDay 26Third place
Curtis Pritchard23WhitchurchDay 1Fourth place
Maura Higgins28BallymahonDay 10Fourth place
Anton Danyluk24AirdrieDay 1Dumped
Belle Hassan24BromleyDay 26Dumped
Anna Vakili29LondonDay 1Dumped
Jordan Hames24ManchesterDay 14Dumped
Chris Taylor28LeicesterDay 37Dumped
Harley Brash20NewcastleDay 44Dumped
Francesca Allen23LoughtonDay 37Dumped
Michael Griffiths27LiverpoolDay 1Dumped
Joanna Chimonides22LondonDay 26Dumped
Marvin Brooks29PooleDay 26Dumped
Amy Hart26WorthingDay 1Walked
George Rains22Saffron WaldenDay 26Dumped
Lucie Donlan21NewquayDay 1Dumped
Danny Williams21HullDay 7Dumped
Jourdan Riane24EssexDay 26Dumped
Dan Rose21NuneatonDay 26Dumped
Dennon Lewis22WatfordDay 26Dumped
Lavena Back23CroydonDay 26Dumped
Maria Wild22CheltenhamDay 26Dumped
Nabila Badda29LondonDay 26Dumped
Stevie Bradley21Isle of ManDay 26Dumped
Arabella Chi28LondonDay 18Dumped
Tom Walker29LeedsDay 14Dumped
Yewande Biala23Enfield, County MeathDay 1Dumped
Joe Garratt22LondonDay 1Dumped
Elma Pazar26EssexDay 10Dumped
Sherif Lanre20LondonDay 1Removed
Callum Macleod28BridgendDay 1Dumped

Coupling

The first couples were chosen shortly after the contestants entered the villa. After all of the girls entered, the boys were asked to choose a girl to pair up with. Anton was paired with Amy, Callum with Amber, Joe and Lucie paired up, Michael and Yewande coupled up, and Sherif paired up with Anna. Curtis and Tommy then entered the villa and were told they would be stealing a girl each the following day.

Weekly summary

The main events in the Love Island villa are summarised in the table below.
Week 1Entrances
  • On Day 1, Amber, Amy, Anna, Anton, Callum, Curtis, Joe, Lucie, Michael, Sherif, Tommy and Yewande entered the villa.
  • On Day 4, Molly-Mae entered the villa.
Week 1Coupling
  • On Day 1, the Islanders coupled up for the first time. After all of the girls entered, the boys were asked to choose a girl to pair up with. Amy coupled up with Anton, Amber paired up with Callum, Lucie with Joe, Anna with Sherif and Yewande with Michael.
  • On Day 2, Curtis and Tommy were each allowed to steal a girl from a couple. Curtis chose Amy, whereas Tommy chose Lucie, leaving Anton and Joe single.
  • On Day 5, the islanders re-coupled. This time it was the girls who had to pick a boy to pair up with. Anna and Sherif, Michael and Yewande and Amy and Curtis remained together, while Amber chose Anton, Lucie left Tommy to get back with Joe, and new girl Molly-Mae went for Tommy. As Callum remained single, he was dumped from the island.
    • Week 1Challenges
  • On Day 2, the girls and the boys competed against each other in "Sliding Into The DMs", in which they had to guess which islander a fact was about, To make their guess they had to kiss that islander. The girls won the challenge.
  • On Day 5, the boys competed in "The Good, the Bad and the Sexy" where they had to complete several cowboy themed challenges before rescuing the girl in their couple. The girls chose Michael as the winner.
    • Week 1Dates
  • On Day 2, as the newest couples, Curtis and Amy, and Tommy and Lucie went on a double date.
  • On Day 4, Tommy was chosen by the public to go on a date with new girl Molly-Mae. Following their date Molly-Mae had to choose another boy to have a second date with. She chose Curtis.
    • Week 1Exits
  • On Day 5, Callum was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
    • Week 2Entrances
  • On Day 7, Danny entered the villa.
  • On Day 10, Elma and Maura entered the villa.
    • Week 2Challenges
  • On Day 6, in "Tower of Truths" each islander had to pull out blocks from a tower, each containing questions They then had to ask that question to the islander in their couple.
  • On Day 12, the girls competed in the Bridezillas challenge where they had to drag their man up the aisle then compete in a food fight. Anna won the challenge.
    • Week 2Dates
  • On Day 7, new islander Danny was asked to choose two girls to take on dates. He picked Amber and Yewande.
  • On Day 9, Lucie and Joe left the villa to go paddle boarding.
  • On Day 10, new Islanders Elma and Maura were asked to choose three other Islanders to take on dates. Elma chose Danny, Anton, and Tommy. Maura picked Tommy, Danny, and Michael.
    • Week 2Exits
  • On Day 9, Sherif was removed from the villa for "breaking villa rules".
    • Week 3Entrances
  • On Day 14, Jordan and Tom entered the villa.
  • On Day 18, Arabella entered the villa.
    • Week 3Coupling
  • On Day 14, the islanders re-coupled with the boys choosing the girls. Curtis and Amy, Joe and Lucie, and Tommy and Molly-Mae all remained together. Whilst Michael chose to couple up with Amber, Danny chose Yewande, and Anton picked Elma, leaving both Anna and Maura single.
    • Week 3Challenges
  • On Day 15, the Islanders competed in the 'Suck and Blow' challenge where they had to pass cards with dares on them to each other from mouth to mouth. The islander who dropped the card had to complete the dare.
  • On Day 16, the Islanders competed in the 'Eyes on the Fries' challenge where in their couples they had to transfer a fast food meal from one table to another only using their mouths. Michael and Amber judged Maura and Tom to be the winners.
  • On Day 19, the girls competed in the 'Snogathon'. The girls kissed each boy in turn. The boys were blindfolded and gave them a score out of ten. Anna won the challenge.
  • On Day 21, the girls competed in the 'Gym Bunnies' challenge where they had to race to complete an array of gym themed challenges in the quickest time. Maura won the challenge and won a night in the hideaway.
    • Week 3Dates
  • On Day 14, single girls Anna and Maura left the villa to go on dates with new boys Jordan and Tom.
  • On Day 17, Amber and Michael left the villa to go on their first date.
  • On Day 18, new girl Arabella took Danny and Anton on dates.
  • On Day 19, Amy and Curtis went on a date.
    • Week 3Exits
  • On Day 14, the islanders voted anonymously for the two least compatible couples. As Anton and Elma, and Joe and Lucie received the most votes, they went head-to-head with each other in a public vote with only one islander from each couple being able to stay. On Day 16, it was revealed that Joe and Elma received the fewest votes and were therefore dumped from the island.
    • Week 4Entrances
  • On Day 26, Lavena, Nabila, Joanna, Belle, Jourdan, and Maria entered the main villa whilst Stevie, Marvin, Dennon, George, Dan and Ovie joined the original girls in Casa Amor.
    • Week 4Coupling
  • On Day 22, there was a recoupling with the boys choosing the girls. Curtis and Amy, Michael and Amber and Tommy and Molly-Mae remained together. Single boys Tom, Jordan, and Anton chose Maura, Anna, and Lucie respectively. Danny chose to couple up with Arabella which left Yewande single and dumped from the island.
    • Week 4Challenges
  • On Day 23, the Islanders competed in the "Sex Pop Quiz". The Islanders were split into two teams and the team that popped balloons between couples quickest got to answer the sex-based questions. The quiz was won by the green team consisting of Michael, Amber, Curtis, Amy, Danny, and Arabella.
  • On Day 24, the Islanders competed in the "Online Buzz" challenge where they had to guess the blanks in tweets by the public. The winner was a tie between Michael and Amber, and Anna and Jordan.
    • Week 4Dates
  • On Day 25, Tommy and Molly-Mae left the villa to go horse riding.
    • Week 4Exits
  • On Day 22, Yewande was dumped from the villa for failing to couple up.
  • On Day 25, after receiving the fewest public votes, Amy and Curtis, Anna and Jordan, Arabella and Danny, and Maura and Tom were in danger of leaving. The remaining islanders, Amber, Michael, Anton, Lucie, Tommy and Molly-Mae, had to choose one boy and one girl to dump from the island. The boys chose Arabella, and the girls chose Tom.
    • Week 5--
    Week 5Coupling
  • On Day 30, the original Islanders were told that they would be re-coupling. They were only given the option to remain in their current couple or to choose one of the new Islanders. However, as the boys and the girls were living in separate villas, they were not aware of what the other one chose. If one decided to re-couple and the other did not, then they would be single but still remain on the island. If both re-coupled then they would both remain in the villa with their new partner, and any remaining single new islanders would be dumped. Already single, islanders Danny and Maura chose to couple up with Jourdan and Marvin respectively. Tommy and Molly-Mae, and Curtis and Amy remained together. Lucie picked George, Anton chose Belle, Michael coupled up with Joanna, and Anna went with Ovie. As Jordan and Amber's original partners failed to recouple with them, they were now single. The new single islanders were then dumped from the villa.
    • Week 5Challenges
  • On Day 28, the Main Villa and Casa Amor competed in a game of "Sexy Charades". The challenge was won by Casa Amor.
  • On Day 29, the Main Villa and Casa Amor competed in "Raunchy Races" where they had to complete a certain task quicker than the other villa. The Main Villa won the challenge and won party for that evening.
    • Week 5Dates
  • On Day 33, single islanders Amber and Jordan were given the opportunity to take another islander on a date. They chose Ovie and Anna respectively.
    • Week 5Exits
  • On Day 30, new islanders Dan, Dennon, Stevie, Lavena, Maria and Nabila were dumped from the villa after failing to couple up.
    • Week 6Entrances
  • On Day 37, Chris and Francesca entered the villa.
    • Week 6Coupling
  • On Day 39, there was a recoupling where the girls chose the boys. Belle and Anton, Molly-Mae and Tommy and Joanna and Michael remained together. Francesca chose Curtis, Anna got back with Jordan, Amber chose Ovie and Maura chose Chris. Marvin was left single and therefore dumped from the villa.
    • Week 6Challenges
  • On Day 38, the boys and girls competed in the 'Dirty Dancing' challenge where they had to raise the opposing teams heart rate the most. The challenge was won by the girls.
  • On Day 39, the boys competed in the 'Lad Points' challenge where they had to compete in a series of lad-culture based challenges. It was won by Anton and Marvin.
  • On Day 42, the islanders competed in the 'Snog, Marry, Pie' challenge where each islander had to snog, marry and pie an islander of the opposite gender.
    • Week 6Dates
  • On Day 36, Anton and Belle left the villa to go on their first date.
  • On Day 38, new islanders Chris and Francesca were given the opportunity to take two islanders on dates. Chris chose Belle and Maura, whilst Francesca chose Ovie and Curtis.
    • Week 6Exits
  • On Day 36, after the public voted for their favourite couple, it was announced that Amy and Curtis, Danny and Jourdan, and Lucie and George were the three couples with the fewest votes. Danny and Jourdan were then immediately dumped having been told they'd received the least. It was then up to the safe islanders to pick a second couple to dump. They chose Lucie and George.
  • On Day 37, Amy decided to voluntarily leave the villa.
  • On Day 39, Marvin was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
    • Week 7Entrances
  • On Day 44, Greg, Harley and India entered the villa.
    • Week 7Coupling
  • On Day 46, there was a recoupling where the girls chose. Belle and Anton, Anna and Jordan and Molly-Mae and Tommy stayed together. India chose Ovie, Harley chose Chris, Maura chose Curtis, Amber chose Greg and Francesca was left with Michael.
    • Week 7Challenges
  • On Day 44, the islanders competed in the 'Doggy Style' challenge where the boys were blindfolded and guided round a dog agility course by a girl. The challenge was won by Chris and Francesca.
  • On Day 46, the boys competed in the 'Men at Work' challenge where they had to complete a builder-themed obstacle course with a girl of their choice in the sexiest manner possible. The girls decided Ovie was the sexiest and therefore the winner.
  • On Day 47, the islanders competed in the 'Couples Quiz' where they had to answer questions about the person they are coupled up with. The quiz was won by Tommy and Molly-Mae.
    • Week 7Dates
  • On Day 44, new islanders India, Harley and Greg were allowed to take an islander of their choice on a date. They chose Chris, Ovie and Amber respectively.
  • On Day 45, new islanders Greg, Harley and India got to take an islander on a breakfast date. They chose Maura, Michael and Ovie respectively.
    • Week 7Exits
  • On Day 42, following a public vote for their favourite couple, Anna and Jordan, and Joanna and Michael were told that they had received the fewest votes and were at risk of being dumped. The remaining couples then had to vote for one of the at risk couples to save. Anna and Jordan were saved by their fellow islanders leaving Joanna and Michael at further risk. The islanders then had to pick which of these two to dump from the island. They chose Joanna.
    • Week 8Challenges
  • On Day 50, the islanders competed in the 'Sidebar of Shame' where they were given a newspaper headline and the islanders had to throw drinks over the people they thought the newspaper headline was about.
  • On Day 52, the islanders were challenged with looking after a pretend baby. The challenge was won by Ovie and India and Tommy and Molly-Mae.
  • On Day 54, Curtis, Ovie, Greg and Tommy competed in the 'Undercover Lovers' challenge where they had to complete a series of peculiar tasks. The boys completed the challenge and won a cocktail party.
    • Week 8Dates
  • On Day 49, Curtis and Maura left the villa to go on their first date.
  • On Day 50, Harley and Chris left the villa to go on their first date.
  • On Day 53, Greg and Amber, Curtis and Maura and Ovie and India went on their final dates.
  • On Day 54, Anton and Belle and Tommy and Molly-Mae went on their final dates.
    • Week 8Exits
  • On Day 49, following a public vote, Anna and Jordan, Francesca and Michael, and Chris and Harley were announced as the three couples with the fewest votes. Each of the remaining couples had to vote to save one of the couples in danger. Having received the fewest votes from the fellow islanders, Francesca and Michael were dumped from the villa.
  • On Day 52, Anna and Jordan, and Chris and Harley were dumped from the island having received the fewest votes in a public vote.
  • On Day 56, after a secret vote by their fellow islanders, Anton and Belle, Curtis and Maura and Ovie and India were at risk from leaving the villa. After a public vote, Anton and Belle were dumped from the villa.
    • Week 8--
    Week 8--

    Ratings

    Official ratings are taken from BARB and include ITV2 +1. For the first time, catch-up service totals are added to the official ratings. Because the Saturday episodes are weekly catch-up episodes rather than nightly highlights, these are not included in the overall averages.

    Controversies

    After the announcement by ITV that The Jeremy Kyle Show had been cancelled following the suicide of guest Steve Dymond, there were calls for Love Island to be cancelled as well. The reasoning behind this being the suicides of former contestants, Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis, as well as the show's negative portrayal of body image.
    Some of the contestants, including Tommy Fury and Maura Higgins, have been criticised for their use of offensive language on their past social media posts. Higgins has also been denounced by viewers for making unwanted sexual advances toward Fury, including the use of the term 'fanny flutters'. Regulator Ofcom received 486 complaints regarding the unwanted sexual advances made by Higgins toward Fury. It was noted that Higgins' 'predatory' behaviour would have been perceived much more negatively if it was displayed by a male individual. A further 302 complaints were made to Ofcom about Lucie Donlan's treatment from other contestants including partner Joe Garratt and fellow islander Amy Hart after signs of gaslighting and bullying being reported respectively. A total of 1,215 complaints to Ofcom were submitted between 14 and 18 June.

    Sherif Lanre's removal

    On 11 June 2019, it was announced that contestant Sherif Lanre had been removed from the villa due to "breaking the rules" however no further explanation was given, and his exit was not shown on screen. It was since speculated that the producers were trying to keep details of his removal under wraps to avoid further scandal.