Love Island (2015 TV series, series 6)


The sixth series of Love Island began broadcasting on 12 January 2020 on ITV2. The series was announced on 24 July 2019 when it was confirmed that two series would air in 2020, and is also the first winter edition of the series. Unlike the summer edition, the luxury villa is located in Cape Town. This series is also the first to be hosted by Laura Whitmore, having taken over from Caroline Flack. The series is narrated by Iain Stirling.
On 15 February 2020, following the death of former presenter Caroline Flack, the Unseen Bits episode due to air that day was not broadcast; but was made available on the ITV Hub. The regular episode did not air the following day either. The show returned on 17 February with a tribute to Flack. On the same day, ITV2 confirmed that the companion series Love Island: Aftersun which was set to air after that episode's main show would not be broadcast. A further tribute to Flack aired during the final on 23 February, which featured a compilation of her time throughout her five series as host.
On 23 February 2020, the series was won by Finn Tapp and Paige Turley, having received 44.52% of the final vote. Siânnise Fudge and Luke Trotman finished as runners-up with 43.61% of the vote.

Production

The first 10-second trailer for the series aired on 2 December 2019 featuring the tagline "Do one, winter". It was then followed by a full-length trailer that used the song Lose Control by Meduza, Becky Hill & Goodboys was released on 6 December 2019 which featured Caroline Flack. On 17 December 2019, Flack announced that she would be standing down as host following allegations of assault towards her boyfriend. On 20 December, it was announced that fellow TV presenter Laura Whitmore would be her replacement. She also took the role of presenting Love Island: Aftersun, which for the first time aired every Monday after the main show rather than its usual Sunday slot.

Villa

For the first winter edition of the show, the Islanders will stay at the Midden Cottage, located in the "ultra-wealthy" Constantia suburb of Cape Town.

Islanders

The Islanders for the sixth series were released on 6 January 2020, just six days before the launch. These include Eve and Jess Gale, who are the second set of twins to compete in the show following John and Tony Alberti in 2015. The series was won by Finn Tapp and Paige Turley.
IslanderAgeHometownEnteredStatusRef
Finn Tapp20Milton KeynesDay 5Winner
Paige Turley22FauldhouseDay 1Winner
Luke Trotman22LutonDay 12Runner-up
Siânnise Fudge25BristolDay 1Runner-up
Demi Jones21PortsmouthDay 16Third place
Luke Mabbott24RedcarDay 12Third place
Ched Uzor23Bury St EdmundsDay 23Fourth place
Jess Gale20CambridgeDay 1Fourth place
Mike Boateng24LondonDay 1Dumped
Priscilla Anyabu25BatterseaDay 23Dumped
Callum Jones23ManchesterDay 1Dumped
Molly Smith25ManchesterDay 23Dumped
Jamie Clayton28EdinburghDay 31Dumped
Natalia Zoppa20ManchesterDay 23Dumped
Shaughna Phillips25LondonDay 1Dumped
Eva Zapico21BromleyDay 23Dumped
Nas Majeed23LondonDay 1Dumped
Jordan Waobikeze24LondonDay 23Dumped
Rebecca Gormley21NewcastleDay 9Dumped
Alexi Eraclides23EssexDay 23Dumped
Biggs Chris27GlasgowDay 23Dumped
George Day27SouthamptonDay 23Dumped
Jade Affleck25YarmDay 23Dumped
Jamie McCann25StevenstonDay 23Dumped
Josh Kempton21CamberleyDay 23Dumped
Sophie Piper21EssexDay 1Dumped
Wallace Wilson24InvernessDay 16Dumped
Leanne Amaning22LondonDay 1Dumped
Connor Durman25BrightonDay 1Dumped
Connagh Howard27CardiffDay 5Dumped
Eve Gale20CambridgeDay 1Dumped
Ollie Williams23LanhydrockDay 1Walked

Coupling

The couples were chosen shortly after the islanders enter the villa.

Weekly summary

The main events in the Love Island villa are summarised in the table below.
Week 1Entrances
  • On Day 1, Callum, Connor, Eve, Jess, Leanne, Mike, Nas, Ollie, Paige, Shaughna, Siânnise and Sophie entered the villa.
  • On Day 5, Connagh and Finn 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. Leanne coupled up with Mike, Paige paired up with Ollie, Shaughna with Callum, Siânnise with Nas and Sophie with Connor.
  • On Day 2, Eve and Jess were each allowed to steal a boy from a couple. Eve chose Callum, whereas Jess chose Mike, leaving Leanne and Shaughna single.
  • On Day 6, the islanders re-coupled. This time it was the boys who had to pick a girl to pair up with. Callum and Shaughna, and Mike and Leanne reunited, while Connagh chose Sophie, Connor picked Siânnise, Finn went with Paige, and Nas coupled with Jess. As Eve remained single, she was dumped from the island.
    • Week 1Challenges
  • On Day 2, the girls and the boys competed against each other in "Spill the Tea", in which they had to guess which islander a fact was about. To make their guess they had to kiss that islander.
  • On Day 6, the girls competed in a "Booty-camp" challenge where they had to take on an obstacle course then finish by kissing a boy of their choice. Siânnise won the challenge.
    • Week 1Dates
  • On Day 2, as the newest couples, Jess and Mike, and Eve and Callum went on a double date.
  • On Day 5, new Islanders Connagh and Finn were asked to choose two other Islanders to take on dates. Connagh chose Sophie and Shaughna, whilst Finn picked Siânnise and Paige.
    • Week 1Exits
  • On Day 4, Ollie decided to voluntarily leave the villa.
  • On Day 6, Eve was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
    • Week 2Entrances
  • On Day 9, Rebecca entered the villa.
  • On Day 12, Luke M and Luke T entered the villa.
    • Week 2Coupling
  • On Day 13, the islanders re-coupled. This time it was the girls who had to pick a boy to couple up with. Callum and Shaughna, Finn and Paige, and Mike and Leanne remained together, while Connor and Sophie, and Nas and Siânnise reunited. Jess went with Luke M, and Rebecca coupled with Luke T. As Connagh remained single, he was dumped from the island.
    • Week 2Challenges
  • On Day 8, the islanders competed in a couples quiz where they had to answer questions about the person they are coupled up with. The quiz was won by Finn and Paige.
  • On Day 9, the boys and girls competed in a challenge where they had to raise their opposing team's heart rate. At the end of the game they found out who raised their heart rate the most. Rebecca also entered the villa during this challenge as a surprise to the islanders.
    • Week 2Dates
  • On Day 9, Leanne and Mike left the villa to go on their first date.
  • On Day 9, after raising their heart rate the most, Rebecca dated both Callum and Connor in the hideaway.
  • On Day 12, the public voted for who they wanted new boys Luke M and Luke T to go on dates with. They picked Jess to date Luke M, and Siânnise to date Luke T.
  • On Day 13, new Islanders Luke M and Luke T were asked to choose two other Islanders to take on dates. Luke M chose Paige and Sophie, whilst Luke T picked Leanne and Rebecca.
    • Week 2Exits
  • On Day 13, Connagh was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
    • Week 3Entrances
  • On Day 16, Demi and Wallace entered the villa.
    • Week 3Coupling
  • On Day 18, the islanders re-coupled. This time it was the boys who had to pick a boy to couple up with. Callum and Shaughna, Finn and Paige, and Luke M and Jess remained together, while Luke T went with Siânnise, Wallace coupled with Rebecca, Nas chose Demi, and Mike picked Sophie. As Leanne remained single, she was dumped from the island.
    • Week 3Challenges
  • On Day 16, the islanders competed in "Getting Trollied" where they had to transfer food to each other using their mouths. Callum and Shaughna won the challenge.
  • On Day 19, the islanders competed in the "Speedy Sex Positions" challenge. It was won by Nas and Demi.
  • On Day 20, the islanders competed in the "Oktobersesh" challenge featuring Oktoberfest inspired games. It was won by Paige and Finn.
    • Week 3Dates
  • On Day 15, Callum and Shaughna left the villa to go on their first date.
  • On Day 16, new islanders Demi and Wallace were asked to choose three other islanders to take on dates. Demi chose Finn, Luke M and Nas, whilst Wallace chose Siânnise, Paige and Sophie.
    • Week 3Exits
  • On Day 15, after the public voted for their favourite couple, it was announced that Connor and Sophie were the couple with the fewest votes. It was then up to the safe islanders to pick which of the two to dump. They chose Connor.
  • On Day 18, Leanne was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
    • Week 4Entrances
  • On Day 23, Alexi, Biggs, Ched, George, Jordan and Josh entered the Main Villa, whilst Eva, Jade, Jamie M, Molly, Natalia and Priscilla joined the boys in Casa Amor.
    • Week 4Challenges
  • On Day 22, the islanders competed in the "Snog, Marry, Pie" challenge where each islander had to snog, marry and pie an islander of the opposite gender.
  • On Day 23, the Main Villa and Casa Amor competed in a game to make cocktails by passing ingredients from one end of a line to the other by mouth alone. The challenge was won by Casa Amor.
  • On Day 24, 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 a party for that evening.
    • Week 4Coupling
  • On Day 26, 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 Rebecca and Luke M chose to couple up with Jordan and Natalia respectively. Finn and Paige, and Luke T and Siânnise remained together. Callum picked Molly, Jess chose Ched, Mike coupled up with Priscilla, and Nas went with Eva. As Demi and Shaughna's original partners failed to recouple with them, they were now single. The new single islanders were then dumped from the villa.
    • Week 4Exits
  • On Day 22, the islanders voted anonymously for the two least compatible couples. As Jess and Luke M, Rebecca and Wallace, Siânnise and Luke T, Sophie and Mike all received votes, they went head-to-head with each other in a public vote to save. It was then revealed that Rebecca and Wallace, and Sophie and Mike had received the fewest and were therefore at risk. It was then up to the safe islanders to decide which one from each at risk couple to dump. They chose Sophie and Wallace.
  • On Day 26, new islanders Alexi, Biggs, George, Jade, Jamie M and Josh were dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
    • Week 5Entrances
  • On Day 31, Jamie entered the villa.
    • Week 5Coupling
  • On Day 33 there was a recoupling where the boys chose. Finn and Paige, Luke T and Siânnise, Callum and Molly, Mike and Priscilla and Jess and Ched remained together. Jamie chose Natalia and Luke M chose Demi. As a result, Shaughna remained single and was dumped.
    • Week 5Challenges
  • On Day 30 the girls competed in the "Girl Racers" challenge where the girls had to complete a course blindfolded guided by a boy. The challenge was won by Paige and Finn.
  • On Day 31, the islanders competed in "Rumpy Pumpy" where islanders competed against each other to pump up balloons with their bodies and answer a sexy question. The Blue team won which consisted of Callum, Ched, Luke M, Paige, Priscilla, Shaughna and Siânnise.
  • On Day 32, the islanders competed in "News Splash" where they had to fill in the blanks in news headlines with incorrect answers resulting in getting dunked in a water tank.
  • On Day 34, the islanders competed in the 'Valentines Bae' challenge where they had to complete an obstacle course whilst carrying a romantic meal. The challenge was won by Luke M and Demi.
    • Week 5Dates
  • On Day 31, new islander Jamie had to take two girls on dates. He chose Shaughna and Demi.
  • On Day 32, Jess and Ched went on their first date.
  • On Day 34, Luke M and Demi went on their first date.
    • Week 5Exits
  • On Day 30, the public voted for their favourite couple. As Rebecca and Jordan, and Nas and Eva received the fewest votes they were dumped from the villa.
  • On Day 33, Shaughna was dumped from the villa for failing to couple up.
    • Week 6Challenges
  • On Day 37, the islanders had to vote for another couple in a number of different categories. For every vote a couple received, they earned a point. As the categories were negative traits, the couple with the lowest votes won the challenge. This was Ched and Jess.
  • On Day 40, the boys had to collectively complete five undercover assignments without the girls knowing.
    • Week 6Dates
  • On Day 39, Mike and Priscilla, Finn and Paige, Ched and Jess went on their final dates.
  • On Day 40, Demi and Luke M, and Siânnise and Luke T went on their final dates.
    • Week 6Exits
  • On Day 38, following the islanders voted for the two least compatible couples the previous day, Demi and Luke M, Jess and Ched, Molly and Callum, Natalia and Jamie, and Priscilla and Mike who all received votes went head-to-head with each other in a public vote to save. It was then revealed that having received the fewest votes, Natalia and Jamie had been dumped. Molly and Callum, and Mike and Priscilla were also still at risk, and it was up to the safe islanders to decide which couple to save. They ultimately chose to dump Molly and Callum.
  • On Day 41, the public voted for their favourite couple. Mike and Priscilla received the fewest votes and were therefore dumped from the villa.

    • Ratings

    Official ratings are taken from BARB and include ITV2 +1. 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

    Ollie Williams

    Viewers called for contestant Ollie Williams to be axed after pictures were obtained by The Sun showing him posing next to animal corpses from endangered species in South Africa. A representative of Williams claimed he is a "conservationist and worked with an anti-poaching unit in Mozambique" involved in the culling of sick animals. However, according to Metro Williams is the director of a hunting business known as Cornish Sporting Agency. In since-deleted images on his social media, Williams is seen posing with dead animals alongside his clients. It led to a Change.org petition to remove Williams from the series.
    Regulator Ofcom received 272 complaints after the first airing, 231 of which regarding Williams inclusion on the show. The producers stated they have no intention of removing Williams and "refuse to back down to the public" believing it will "blow over".