# Love Island (2015 TV series) series 2

The second series of Love Island began on 30 May 2016 hosted by Caroline Flack on ITV2, and ended on 11 July 2016. It's the second from the revived series, but fourth overall. The series was narrated by Iain Stirling. The series was extended to air every night of the week, as opposed to the previous series where it only aired six nights. However the Saturday episode was used as a weekly catch-up entitled Love Island: The Weekly Hot List rather than a nightly highlights episode. The average viewers for this series was 1,470,000, up 900,000 on the first series.
The series included the first time an Islander was removed from the villa, as Malia Arkian was removed just hours after she entered the villa following an altercation with Kady McDermott. It also featured a number of voluntarily exits from the series, as Rykard Jenkins decided to leave the villa after his new love interest Rachel Fenton was eliminated. Zara Holland also decided to leave after discovering her mum is in the hospital. Sophie Gradon also decided to voluntarily leave the villa. Sophie and Katie Salmon were also the first same-sex couple to feature in Love Island.
On 11 July 2016, the series was won by Cara De La Hoyde and Nathan Massey, with Alex Bowen and Olivia Buckland as runners-up.

## Production

On Valentine's Day, 14 February 2016, it was confirmed that Love Island would return for a second series due to air later in the year. On 18 May 2016 it was confirmed that the series would begin on 30 May 2016, but had scrapped the live eliminations. A one-minute trailer for the series aired on 23 May 2016. Pictures of the villa were unveiled on 28 May 2016. The villa is located in Mallorca with 69 cameras watching the Islanders' every move. It only includes double beds forcing them to share with each other, but has a special Hideaway bedroom for couples to spend the night away from the others.

## Islanders

The Islanders for the second series were revealed on 24 May 2016, just a week before the launch. However, throughout the series, more Islanders entered the villa to find love. Some Islanders were dumped from the island for either failing to couple up, some were voted off by their fellow Islanders, and others for receiving the fewest votes in public eliminations. The series was won by Cara and Nathan on 11 July 2016 having received 54% of the vote.
| Islander | Age | Hometown | Entered | Status |
| Cara De La Hoyde | 26 | Kent | Day 1 | Winner (Day 45) |
| Nathan Massey | 25 | Essex | Day 1 | Winner (Day 45) |
| Alex Bowen | 24 | Wolverhampton | Day 18 | Runner-up (Day 45) |
| Olivia Buckland | 22 | Chelmsford | Day 1 | Runner-up (Day 45) |
| Kady McDermott | 20 | Stevenage | Day 3 | Third place (Day 45) |
| Scott Thomas | 27 | Manchester | Day 1 | Third place (Day 45) |
| Adam Maxted | 24 | Belfast | Day 11 | Fourth place (Day 45) |
| Katie Salmon | 20 | The Wirral | Day 34 | Fourth place (Day 45) |
| Emma Jane Woodham | 19 | Oxford | Day 27 | Dumped (Day 41) |
| Terry Walsh | 28 | Surrey | Day 3 | Dumped (Day 41) |
| Adam Jukes | 23 | Manchester | Day 34 | Dumped (Day 41) |
| Lauren Whiteside | 25 | Blackpool | Day 37 | Dumped (Day 41) |
| Tina Stinnes | 21 | London | Day 20 | Dumped (Day 40) |
| Sophie Gradon | 30 | Newcastle | Day 1 | Walked (Day 39) |
| Troy Frith | 23 | Kent | Day 30 | Dumped (Day 37) |
| Tom Powell | 24 | Port Talbot | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 33) |
| Liana Isadora Van Riel | 20 | Exeter | Day 20 | Dumped (Day 33) |
| Oliver Maxwell Fernandez | 25 | Hertfordshire | Day 30 | Dumped (Day 31) |
| Malin Andersson | 23 | Milton Keynes | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 25) |
| Zara Holland | 20 | Hull | Day 1 | Walked (Day 22) |
| James Khan | 20 | Teddington | Day 18 | Dumped (Day 20) |
| Rykard Jenkins | 25 | Kent | Day 1 | Walked (Day 15) |
| Daniel Lukakis | 23 | London | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 15) |
| Rachel Fenton | 23 | Hampshire | Day 7 | Dumped (Day 15) |
| Malia Arkian | 26 | Manchester | Day 7 | Removed (Day 7) |
| Javi Shephard | 27 | York | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 6) |

## Coupling

The 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. Sophie was paired with Tom, Cara with Nathan, Malin and Rykard paired up, Zara and Scott coupled up, whilst Olivia paired up with Daniel and Javi remained single. However, throughout the series the couples swapped and changed.
| | Day 1 | Day 6 | Day 13 | Day 20 | Day 32 | Day 37 | Day 40 | Final |
| Cara | Nathan | Nathan | Nathan | Nathan | Nathan | Nathan | Nathan | Winner (Day 45) |
| Nathan | Cara | Cara | Cara | Cara | Cara | Cara | Cara | Winner (Day 45) |
| Alex | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Olivia | Olivia | Olivia | Olivia | Runner-up (Day 45) |
| Olivia | Daniel | Rykard | Adam M | Alex | Alex | Alex | Alex | Runner-up (Day 45) |
| Kady | Not in Villa | Scott | Scott | Scott | Scott | Scott | Scott | Third place (Day 45) |
| Scott | Zara | Kady | Kady | Kady | Kady | Kady | Kady | Third place (Day 45) |
| Adam M | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Olivia | Zara | Liana | Tina | Katie | Fourth place (Day 45) |
| Katie | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Sophie | Adam M | Fourth place (Day 45) |
| Emma | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Terry | Terry | Terry | Dumped (Day 41) |
| Terry | Not in Villa | Malin | Malin | Emma | Emma | Emma | Emma | Dumped (Day 41) |
| Adam J | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Lauren | Lauren | Dumped (Day 41) |
| Lauren | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Adam J | Adam J | Dumped (Day 41) |
| Tina | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Troy | Adam M | Dumped (Day 40) | Dumped (Day 40) |
| Sophie | Tom | Tom | Tom | Tom | Tom | Katie | Walked (Day 39) | Walked (Day 39) |
| Troy | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Tina | Dumped (Day 37) | Dumped (Day 37) | Dumped (Day 37) |
| Liana | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Adam M | Dumped (Day 33) | Dumped (Day 33) | Dumped (Day 33) |
| Tom | Sophie | Sophie | Sophie | Sophie | Sophie | Dumped (Day 33) | Dumped (Day 33) | Dumped (Day 33) |
| Oliver | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 31) | Dumped (Day 31) | Dumped (Day 31) | Dumped (Day 31) |
| Malin | Rykard | Terry | Terry | Terry | Dumped (Day 25) | Dumped (Day 25) | Dumped (Day 25) | Dumped (Day 25) |
| Zara | Scott | Daniel | Daniel | Adam M | Walked (Day 22) | Walked (Day 22) | Walked (Day 22) | Walked (Day 22) |
| James | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 20) | Dumped (Day 20) | Dumped (Day 20) | Dumped (Day 20) | Dumped (Day 20) |
| Rykard | Malin | Olivia | Rachel | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) | Walked (Day 15) |
| Daniel | Olivia | Zara | Zara | Dumped (Day 15) | Dumped (Day 15) | Dumped (Day 15) | Dumped (Day 15) | Dumped (Day 15) |
| Rachel | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Rykard | Dumped (Day 15) | Dumped (Day 15) | Dumped (Day 15) | Dumped (Day 15) | Dumped (Day 15) |
| Malia | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Not in Villa | Removed (Day 7) | Removed (Day 7) | Removed (Day 7) | Removed (Day 7) | Removed (Day 7) |
| Javi | — | Dumped (Day 6) | Dumped (Day 6) | Dumped (Day 6) | Dumped (Day 6) | Dumped (Day 6) | Dumped (Day 6) | Dumped (Day 6) |
| Notes | none | 1 | none | 2 | none | 3 | 4 | none |