# Love Island (2015 TV series) series 9

The ninth series of Love Island began broadcasting on 16 January 2023 to 13 March 2023 on ITV2. It is the second winter edition of the series and the first to be presented by Maya Jama, who took over from Laura Whitmore. Iain Stirling returned to narrate the series.
On 13 March 2023, the series was won by Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan with 43.75% of the final vote, becoming the first couple formed during the Casa Amor twist to win the series. Lana Jenkins and Ron Hall finished as runners-up.

## Production

In June 2022, prior to the conclusion of the previous series, it was confirmed that the show would return for two series to be broadcast in 2023, with ITV announcing that the show would air a winter edition for the first time since 2020, and as in the sixth series, the ninth series would be filmed in Cape Town, South Africa. It is set to be broadcast in January 2023. On 22 August 2022, Laura Whitmore announced she would be stepping down as presenter after three series. Citing her reasons for leaving, Whitmore said she had found "certain elements of the show very difficult" [...] and that flying back and forth to South Africa "conflicted with [her] new projects".
Following media speculation, ITV confirmed Maya Jama as the new presenter on 12 October. Upon her appointment as presenter, Jama said: "I’ve always been such a massive Love Island fan and I'm so excited to be hosting one of the nation's favourite shows! I can't wait to get into the villa to meet all of the Islanders." The winner of the previous series, Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, said she was approached to present the show, but turned it down due to other work commitments. However, a show insider denied the reports and claimed that Jama was the "first pick" to host the series.
The first trailer for the series aired on 26 December 2022, which featured a five-second clip of a spinning bejewelled pink velvet mechanical bull. A full-length trailer was released on 1 January 2023, which included host Jama riding the bull and teasing the series with the tagline "It's time to grab love by the horns, I'm ready, are you?". The series premiered on ITV2 on 16 January 2023, exclusively in the UK and will later be available on Hulu in the US after two weeks of broadcast.

## Islanders

The original Islanders for the ninth series were announced on 9 January 2023, one week before the series launch. For the first time Love Island welcomes its first contestant with sight-loss. Ron Hall is a financial advisor who is blind in one eye as a result of a football injury he sustained when he was 8 years old.
On 12 January, it was announced that the public would decide the first "bombshell" of the series and a vote was opened for the viewers to choose between Ellie Spence, a 25-year-old business development executive from Norwich and Tom Clare, a 23-year-old semi-professional footballer from Barnsley. The winner of the vote, and therefore the first ''bombshell'' was Tom.
On 20 January, for the first time it was confirmed that the latest two "bombshells" would be islanders that have already previously appeared on the Australian version of the show. Aaron Waters, who had taken part in the third series, as well as Jessie Wynter who had appeared in the second series.
This series has become the first since the third series where an islander hasn't walked or been removed from the villa.
| Islander | Age | Hometown | Entered | Status |
| Kai Fagan | 24 | Manchester | Day 1 | Winner (Day 58) |
| Sanam Harrinanan | 24 | Bedford | Day 29 | Winner (Day 58) |
| Lana Jenkins | 25 | Luton | Day 1 | Runner-up (Day 58) |
| Ron Hall | 25 | Essex | Day 1 | Runner-up (Day 58) |
| Samie Elishi | 23 | London | Day 14 | Third place (Day 58) |
| Tom Clare | 23 | Barnsley | Day 1 | Third place (Day 58) |
| Shaq Muhammad | 24 | London | Day 1 | Fourth place (Day 58) |
| Tanya Manhenga | 23 | Liverpool | Day 1 | Fourth place (Day 58) |
| Jessie Wynter | 26 | Hobart, Australia | Day 7 | Dumped (Day 56) |
| Will Young | 23 | Aylesbury | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 56) |
| Casey O'Gorman | 26 | Tring | Day 17 | Dumped (Day 51) |
| Rosie Seabrook | 24 | Bledlow Ridge | Day 39 | Dumped (Day 51) |
| Claudia Fogarty | 28 | Blackburn | Day 23 | Dumped (Day 45) |
| Keanan Brand | 24 | Wigan | Day 39 | Dumped (Day 45) |
| Maxwell Samuda | 23 | London | Day 28 | Dumped (Day 45) |
| Olivia Hawkins | 27 | Brighton | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 45) |
| Martin Akinola | 27 | Dublin | Day 28 | Dumped (Day 40) |
| Bayley Mummery | 25 | Addlestone | Day 28 | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Cynthia Otseh-Taiwo | 25 | London | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Frankie Davey | 22 | Ipswich | Day 28 | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Kain Reed | 21 | Gateshead | Day 28 | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Layla Al-Momani | 28 | London | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Lydia Karakyriakou | 22 | Glasgow | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Lynda Flix | 22 | Salford | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Ryan Weekley | 22 | Nottingham | Day 28 | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Sammy James | 27 | Leicester | Day 29 | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Ellie Spence | 25 | Norwich | Day 10 | Dumped (Day 26) |
| Jordan Odofin | 28 | London | Day 17 | Dumped (Day 26) |
| Tanyel Revan | 26 | London | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 24) |
| Aaron Waters | 25 | Melbourne, Australia | Day 7 | Dumped (Day 19) |
| Spencer Wilks | 24 | Bournemouth | Day 10 | Dumped (Day 19) |
| Zara Lackenby-Brown | 25 | London | Day 3 | Dumped (Day 16) |
| Anna-May Robey | 20 | Swansea | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 9) |
| Haris Namani | 21 | Doncaster | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 9) |
| David Salako | 24 | Little Oakley | Day 3 | Dumped (Day 5) |

## Coupling

The couples were chosen shortly after the islanders enter the villa.
| | Day 1 | Day 5 | Day 10 | Day 16 | Day 21 | Day 24 | Day 32 | Day 40 | Final |
| Kai | Tanyel | Anna-May | Tanyel | Samie | Olivia | Olivia | Sanam | Sanam | Winner (Day 58) |
| Sanam | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Kai | Kai | Winner (Day 58) |
| Lana | Ron | Will | Aaron | Aaron | Casey | Ron | Ron | Ron | Runner-up (Day 58) |
| Ron | Lana | Tanyel | Ellie | Tanyel | Tanyel | Lana | Lana | Lana | Runner-up (Day 58) |
| Samie | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Kai | Tom | Tom | Tom | Tom | Third place (Day 58) |
| Tom | — | Zara | Zara | Ellie | Samie | Samie | Samie | Samie | Third place (Day 58) |
| Shaq | Tanya | Tanya | Tanya | Tanya | Tanya | Tanya | — | Tanya | Fourth place (Day 58) |
| Tanya | Shaq | Shaq | Shaq | Shaq | Shaq | Shaq | Martin | Shaq | Fourth place (Day 58) |
| Jessie | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Will | Will | Will | Will | Will | Will | Dumped (Day 56) |
| Will | Olivia | Lana | Jessie | Jessie | Jessie | Jessie | Jessie | Jessie | Dumped (Day 56) |
| Casey | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Lana | Claudia | Claudia | Rosie | Dumped (Day 51) |
| Rosie | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Casey | Dumped (Day 51) |
| Claudia | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Casey | Casey | Keanan | Dumped (Day 45) |
| Keanan | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Claudia | Dumped (Day 45) |
| Maxwell | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Olivia | Olivia | Dumped (Day 45) |
| Olivia | Will | Haris | Spencer | Spencer | Kai | Kai | Maxwell | Maxwell | Dumped (Day 45) |
| Martin | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Tanya | Dumped (Day 40) | Dumped (Day 40) |
| Bayley | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Cynthia | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Frankie | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Kain | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Layla | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Lydia | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Lynda | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Ryan | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Sammy | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) | Dumped (Day 32) |
| Ellie | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Ron | Tom | Jordan | Jordan | Dumped (Day 26) | Dumped (Day 26) | Dumped (Day 26) |
| Jordan | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Ellie | Ellie | Dumped (Day 26) | Dumped (Day 26) | Dumped (Day 26) |
| Tanyel | Kai | Ron | Kai | Ron | Ron | Dumped (Day 24) | Dumped (Day 24) | Dumped (Day 24) | Dumped (Day 24) |
| Aaron | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Lana | Lana | Dumped (Day 19) | Dumped (Day 19) | Dumped (Day 19) | Dumped (Day 19) | Dumped (Day 19) |
| Spencer | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Olivia | Olivia | Dumped (Day 19) | Dumped (Day 19) | Dumped (Day 19) | Dumped (Day 19) | Dumped (Day 19) |
| Zara | Not in Villa | Tom | Tom | Dumped (Day 16) | Dumped (Day 16) | Dumped (Day 16) | Dumped (Day 16) | Dumped (Day 16) | Dumped (Day 16) |
| Anna-May | Haris | Kai | Dumped (Day 9) | Dumped (Day 9) | Dumped (Day 9) | Dumped (Day 9) | Dumped (Day 9) | Dumped (Day 9) | Dumped (Day 9) |
| Haris | Anna-May | Olivia | Dumped (Day 9) | Dumped (Day 9) | Dumped (Day 9) | Dumped (Day 9) | Dumped (Day 9) | Dumped (Day 9) | Dumped (Day 9) |
| David | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 5) | Dumped (Day 5) | Dumped (Day 5) | Dumped (Day 5) | Dumped (Day 5) | Dumped (Day 5) | Dumped (Day 5) | Dumped (Day 5) |
| Notes | 1 | none | none | none | none | none | 2 | none | none |