Season 1 (Australia)

**Season 1** is the first season of the Australian version of Love Island, hosted by Sophie Monk, with narration by Eoghan McDermott.

The season premiered on May 21st,2018 and then concluded on July 5th,2018, with Tayla Damir and Grant Crapp being declared the winners, as well as Eden Dally and Erin Barnett coming out as the runners-up.

## Production

The season was confirmed to be in production, during the year 2017, before it's 2018 premiere, with the host being confirmed as Sophie Monk, accompanied by narrator; Eoghan McDermott.

### Casting

Casting for this season began in early 2018, where the producers were looking for young 18-35 year old boys and girls to take part in the season. In order to do this they had send in auditions tapes to the producers of the show.

Some islanders were also scouted through their social media accounts as well.

### Villa

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## Islanders

The initial line-up of Islanders for this season, was revealed on May 21st 2018, exactly one week from the launch of the show.

## Week-By-Week Summary

* Week 1
* Week 2
* Week 3
* Week 4
* Week 5
* Week 6

* Day 2:Kim
 **Couplings** | * Day 1:After each of the girls had entered the villa they were asked to line up, as each of the boys were introduced. They had to step forward for the boy they were interested in, however the overall decision was up to the boys. The couplings were as such; Josh and Tayla, Justin & Millie, Charlie & Natasha, Grant & Cassidy, Eden & Erin.
* Day 2: After entering on Day 2, new islander; Kim was given the chance to steal a boy off of one of the girls. She chose Josh, meaning Tayla was left single.
 **Challenges** | * Day 3:Spin The Bottle-In this challenge, a giant bottle was spun and the islander who it landed on, would have to kiss a fellow islander of the opposite sex to whom they believed a given statement correlated to. Ultimately the boys were declared the winners of this challenge.
 **Dates** | * Day 2: Kim: Josh, Charlie (New Islander Dates)
 **Exits** | * Day 7:Charlie(Failed to Re-Couple)

 **Challenges** | * Day 9:Pashtag- The boys each had to design a hashtag and rate their partner based upon this hashtag out of 10. In the end Cassidy managed to score the highest and as such was declared the winner.
 **Dates** | * Day 8: Francoise: John James, Elias (New Islander Dates)
* Day 10: Eden & Erin (Shopping Date)
 **Exits** | * Day 9:Kim(Least amounts in a public vote for who they hoped found love)
* Day 11:John James(Walked)

 **Couplings** | * Day 15:Second Re-coupling(Boys Choice)-Eden & Erin, Justin & Millie, Grant & Tayla (Stayed Together). Edyn & Jaxon, Elias & Francois, Josh & Cassidy (Re-Coupled)
 **Challenges** | * Day 15:Balloon Thrust-The islanders were divided into 2 teams, with both teams competing against one another to pop the most balloons. Islanders in each team would take it in turns to burst a balloon. In the end Cassidy and her team managed to win.
* Day 16:Any Hole is a Goal-In this challenge the boys and girls were pit against each other, with members from each team having to try and toss a ball into the mouth of a cardboard cut-out of an islander. Ultimately it resulted in a tie between both the boys and girls.
 **Dates** | * Day 14: Justin & Millie, Cassidy & Josh (Dancing Date)
 **Exits** | * Day 15:Natasha(Failed to Re-couple)
* Day 18: On Day 17 Australia voted for which boy they felt would be most likely to leave with a girlfriend-Elias(Fewest amount of Public Votes). Jaxon & Justin (Next fewest amount of votes)-Justin(Chosen by the most popular boy; Eden & Erin).

 **Couplings** | * Day 22:Third Re-coupling(Girls Choice)-Erin & Eden (Stayed Together). Edyn & Teddy, Millie & Dom, Francoise & Josh, Cassidy & Grant, Tayla & Jaxon (Re-coupled).
 **Exits** | * Day 25: After being made single during Day 24's re-coupling Edyn & Cassidy were put up for a public vote-Cassidy(Least amount of Votes).

 *Couplings'* | * Day 26:Fifth Re-coupling(Girls Choice)-Tayla & Grant, Erin & Edin, Amelia & Josh, Shelby & Jaxon(Stayed Together).Edyn & Dom, Millie & Teddy(Re-coupled).
 **Challenges** | * Day 26:Rank Bank-For this challenge, the islanders were divided into boys and girls, with each side having to correctly arrange the opposite side's members in accordance to various categories in a public poll. If they got it right they would manage to score a point. In the end neither of the teams scored a point, so it was a draw at 0-0.
* Day 29:Sexy Positions-In this challenge, each of the couples had knowledge of sex positions put to the test, with each of them having to try and perform a specific sex position. The first couple to complete each one would score a point, with the couple that had the most points winning. In the end , the challenge was won by Tayla & Grant.
 **Exits** | * Day 26:Francoise(Failed to Re-couple)
* Day 30: All the girls were tasked with determining which of the boys should be dumped from the island-Jaxon(Girls Choice).

 **Challenges** | * Day 34:Fake News-The islanders split into 2 teams, with each having a member sit atop a dunking board. Said islanders would have to try and guess whether or not a headline is true or false, with the islander who got it wrong getting dunked. The islander that got it right, would score a point for their team.
 **Exits** | * Day 35:Kory(Failed to Re-couple)
* Day 36: Favourite couple public vote-Mark & Millie, Edyn & Teddy(Fewest Votes)-Edyn & Teddy(Chose to leave after an islander vote deadlock).
* Day 37: Favourite couple public vote-Mark & Millie, Amelia & Josh(Fewest Votes)-Mark & Millie(Voted for by Islanders).
* Day 38: Favourite couple public vote-Dom & Shelby(Least popular couple)
* Day 39: Amelia & Josh(3rd Place),Eden & Erin(Runners-up),Grant & Tayla(Winners).

## Coupling History

At the start of the season, the initial 10 Islanders were coupled with one another, so as to remain on the island. The first 5 girls would line-up and would then be given the choice to step forward for the guy that they're interested in. The boy would then be given the decision to choose which girl he wants to couple with regardless of which girls had stepped forward.

In particular Tayla paired with Josh, Justin with Millie, Charlie with Natasha, Cassidy with Grant and Erin with Eden. As new islanders arrived on the island, there would be more re-coupling ceremonies taking place over the season.

## Media

### Pre-Season Promo

Meet the Islanders set to heat up Love Island Australia Love Island Australia 2018
### Best Moments

Week 2 Top 5 moments Love Island Australia 2018