Love Island (Season 2)

## View gallery

The **second season** of the revived Love Island series premiered on ITV2 on May 30, 2016. It ran for 45 days with the finale airing on July 11, 2016.

The winners were 26-year old Cara De La Hoyde and 25-year old Nathan Massey.

## Coupling

On Day 1, after all of the girls entered, the boys were asked to choose a girl to pair up with. Tom was paired with Sophie, Nathan with Cara, Rykard and Malin paired up, Scott and Zara coupled up, and Daniel paired up with Olivia. Javi remained single.

     Girls choice
     Boys choice
### Notes

* **^Note 1**: As new arrivals, Kady and Terry could not couple up with each other.
* **^Note 2**: On Day 37, due to Sophie and Katie coupling up, this left two single boys Adam J and Troy. Lauren then entered the villa to choose which one to couple up with and which to dump from the island.
* **^Note 3**: As Adam J and Lauren were already immune, they were automatically coupled up.

## Weekly Summary

* Coupling
* Challenges
* Dates

 Week 2
 Week 3
 Week 4
 Week 5
 Week 6
* On Day 40, the Islanders re-coupled for the last time. As Lauren and Adam J were already immune, they were automatically coupled up. Cara and Nathan, Scott and Kady, Terry and Emma, Alex and Olivia all remained together, whilst Adam M chose Katie. As Tina remained single, she was dumped from the island.

 Week 2
* On Day 9, the boys competed against each other to sweat the most after doing physical exercise, then place their sweaty clothes into a bag. The girls then had to judge the scent of the boys without knowing which bag belonged to who, and then choose the most attractive scent. As most of the girls chose Rykard, he won the challenge.
 Week 3
* On Day 17, the Islanders were tested on how well they knew their other half. Tom and Sophie were the winners of the challenge, and were rewarded with a video call home.
* On Day 18, Alex and James rated the other Islanders from most to least in a number of categories. The Islanders had to guess what Alex and James voted.
 Week 4
* On Day 24, the girls took part in a "Miss Love Island 2016" competition where they each had to show off their talents. The boys chose Sophie as the winner.
* On Day 25, the Islanders were given quotes which had been said about them in the villa. The Islanders had to throw a mug of cold tea over the Islander they thought said the quote.
* On Day 26, the boys each had to complete an undercover assignment without the girls knowing. They completed their missions and were rewarded with a football and goal posts.
 Week 5
* On Day 32, the girls had to build some flat pack furniture. However, it was the boys who had the instructions. The girls had to phone their partner who would explain how to build it over the phone. As Emma and Sophie ditched the boys and built it themselves, they won champagne.
 Week 6
* On Day 38, the Islanders were shown a number of tweets from viewers. They had to then guess who each tweet was about by finding the answer in a pool.
* On Day 39, the couples were given a dog to look after for the day.
* On Day 40, the boys took a lie detector test with the girls asking the questions.
* On Day 40 and 41, the couples had their parenting skills tested by looking after dolls. Cara and Nathan were the winners.

* On Day 4, Javi was asked to choose a girl to take on a date. He chose Kady.
 Week 2
* On Day 9, Daniel and Zara left the villa to go on a date feeding ostriches.
* On Day 9, after winning a challenge, Rykard chose to spend the night with Rachel in the Hideaway.
* On Day 10, the girls speed dated four potential new Islanders.
 Week 3
* On Day 18, the public voted Zara to date one of the new boys. She then chose Alex to spend the night in the hideaway with her.
 Week 4
* On Day 23, Cara and Nathan spent the night in the Hideaway following a date.
* On Day 27, Scott and Kady left the villa to go on a shopping date to buy food to cook for their fellow Islanders that night.
 Week 5
* On Day 30, new boys Oliver and Troy were able to take three girls on a date. Oliver chose Kady, Sophie and Tina, whilst Troy chose Liana, Tina and Kady.
* On Day 31, for Nathan's birthday, he left the villa to go on a date with Cara.
 Week 6
* On Day 37, Scott and Terry left the villa to go on a mates date. They were then interrupted by Malin who returned to confront Terry.
* On Day 37, having failed to couple up, Adam J and Troy were given a final opportunity to save themselves by dating new Islander Lauren. She then chose which of the two should remain in the villa.
* On Day 40, Adam M and Katie left the villa to go on a date.
 Week 7

## Other Information

* This marked the first season to feature a same-sex couple.
* This season featured the most Islanders to walk, with a total of three.
* On June 21, 2018, it was announced that Season 2 Islander Sophie Gradon had died at the age of 32.

### Couple Status

Official couples from the show and their post-show status

 Adam M and Katie
 Terry and Emma
 Rachel and Rykard

## Ratings

Official ratings are taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board and include ITV2 +1. The Saturday weekly catch-up episodes are not included in the overall averages.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44562679
2. ↑ http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-10/