Season 5 (America)

**Season 5** is the fifth season from the American version of Love Island, hosted by Sarah Hyland and premiering July 18th,2023 on Peacock.

## Production

Upon the announcement of the acquisition of Love Island USA by Peacock on February 23rd,2022 it was confirmed that the streaming service had picked up the show for 2 seasons, including the fifth season for summer 2023.

On April 18th,2023 it was announced that this season would be immediately followed by a brand new spinoff series titled; Love Island Games. The new spinoff series would start premiering in the fall on Peacock, after the fifth season had come to it's conclusion and feature all-star islanders from the American, UK and Australian versions of the show.

The first promotional material for the season was released via the show's social media accounts on June 21st,2023, confirming that the new season would be premiering July 18th,2023 as well as the fact that UK narrator; Iain Stirling would be returning to narrate the show after the previous season.

Modern Family star; Sarah Hyland was confirmed to be returning to her role as host for the season alongside the announcement of the initial cast-members on July 11th,2023. At the same time it was also revealed that "Vanderpump Rules" star; Ariana Madix would be making a guest appearance on the show during it's second week.

On July 13th,2023 it was announced that former Love Island UK star; Maura Higgins would be joining the show as it's social ambassador for the season. In this position, Maura would be managing the social media channels for the show and giving fans behind-the-scenes gossip.

### Casting

Casting for the fifth season of the show began on December 5th,2022 with producers looking for young and attractive single boys and girl to take part. To be in with a chance of taking part, potential islanders would have to apply online via the show's official application form and would have to be over the age of 18 and ready to film in June,2023 at the earliest.

As of July,2023 applications for the season are still open.

### Villa

Alongside the announcement of the season's launch date on June 21st,2023 it was also announced that for the first time since the show's original season in 2019, it would be returning to Fiji.

## Islanders

The initial line-up of islanders were first revealed on July 11th,2023 consisting of 5 boys and 5 girls. Further islanders entered the villa later as bombshells.

## Week-Summary

* Week 1
* Week 2
* Week 3

 **Couplings** | * Day 1: After each of the girls entered the villa, Sarah introduced the boys one by one and they had to take part in a "Stick or twist" coupling. In this coupling each boy had to stand on one of 5 hearts and the girls would have to line-up behind the boy they were interested in, but if another boy came in that they were more attracted to, they'd be able to twist and move to him. The last girl standing behind each boy would be coupled with them. The final couplings were-Anna & Carsten, Destiny & Marco, Jasmine & Victor, Kassy & Leonardo, Vickala & Keenan.
* Day 3: On Day 2, bombshell girls; Carmen and Hannah were told that they'd be able to steal a boy of their choice to couple up with the next evening. On Dau 3, Carmen chose to couple up with Victor while Hannah chose Marco leaving Jasmine and Destiny single respectively.
 **Challenges** | * Day 3:**High school drop-outs**-For this challenge, the islanders were split into 2 teams with bombshells; Carmen and Hannah as team-captains. In a number of rounds, each team would nominate a player to go up and sit atop a dunking tank, opposite their rival's candidate and they would then be tasked with giving as many answers as possible to a question based on typical school subjects. The candidate with the most answers would score a point for their team, while the one that stopped answering would be dunked. At the end the team with the most total points would be declared the winners. Ultimately the winning team was Carmen's team.
 **Dates** | * Day 1: Carsten: Carmen & Hannah (Hot-tub date)
 **Exits** | * Day 5:Jasmine(Failed to re-couple)

 **Challenges** | * Day 7:**Mr and Mrs**-For this challenge, guest host and VPR star; Ariana Maddix put a number of questions surrounding the couples themselves towards them. In order to score a point, each member of a couple would need to have matching answers and the couple that scored the highest total points at the end would be the winners of the challenge and of immunity from a public vote. In the end, the winners of the challenge were; Hannah & Marco.
 **Dates** | * Day 8: Hannah & Marco, Anna & Leonardo (Double-date)
 **Exits** | * Day 8: On Day 7, a public vote for the most popular couples was opened-Carmen & Victor (Least popular couple)-Victor (Not chosen to be saved).
* Day 11:Anna(Walked)

 **Dates** | * Day 13: On Day 12, a public vote was opened to determine who would date bombshells; Imani & Mike- Imani: Bergie & Leonardo, Mike: Vickala & Destiny.

## Media

### Pre-season promo

Love Island USA - Season 5 - Official TrailerMeet the Islanders of Love Island USA Season 5 - Love Island USA on Peacock
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