Love Island (Season 6)

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The **sixth season** of the revived Love Island premiered on ITV2 on January 12, 2020. It ran for 43 days with the finale airing on February 23, 2020.

The winners were 22-year old Paige Turley and 20-year old Finley Tapp.

## Production

The first 10-second trailer for the series aired on December 2, 2019 featuring the tagline "Do one, winter". A full-length trailer was later released on December 6, 2019 which featured Caroline Flack.

This marks the first season to feature Laura Whitmore as the presenter as opposed to Caroline Flack, who stepped down following assault allegations. Whitmore also took on the role of presenting Love Island: Aftersun, which for the first time aired every Monday after the main show rather than its usual Sunday slot.

### Villa

For the first winter edition of the show, the Islanders will stay at the Midden Cottage, located in the "ultra-wealthy" Constantia suburb of Cape Town.

## Islanders

* **^Note 1**: Eve and Jess are identical twins

## Coupling

On Day 1, after all of the girls entered, the boys were asked to choose a girl to pair up with. Nas was paired with Siânnise, Callum with Shaughna, Ollie and Paige paired up, Connor and Sophie coupled up, and Mike paired up with Leanne. Eve and Jess then entered the villa and were told they would be stealing a boy each the following day.

     Girls choice
     Boys choice
### Notes

* **^Note 1**: Eve and Jess arrived after the coupling on Day 1 and were told they would be able to steal boys for themselves on Day 2. They chose Callum and Mike respectively, thus leaving Shaughna and Leanne single.
* **^Note 2**: On Day 15, after receiving the least public votes, Connor and Sophie were at risk of being dumped from the island. The remaining islanders then had to choose one islander to save. They chose to save Sophie, thus dumping Connor from the island.
* **^Note 3**: On Day 20, the islanders voted anonymously for the two least compatible couples. Jess and Luke M, Rebecca and Wallace, Siânnise and Luke T, and Mike and Sophie all received votes and competed in a public vote to save. As Sophie and Mike, and Rebecca and Wallace received the fewest votes, the safe islanders had to chose one person from each couple to dump. They chose Sophie and Wallace.

## Weekly Summary

* Coupling
* Challenges
* Dates

* On Day 2, Eve and Jess were each allowed to steal a boy from a couple. Eve chose Callum and Jess chose Mike, leaving Shaughna and Leanne single.
 Week 2
 Week 3
 Week 4
 Week 5

 Week 2
* On Day 9, the girls and boys competed in "Dirty Dancers" where they had to raise the opposing teams heart rate the most. As Callum and Connor's heart rates were raised the most by new girl Rebecca, they both went on dates to the hideaway with her.
 Week 3
 Week 4
* On Day 23, the Main Villa and Casa Amor competed in a game to make cocktails by passing ingredients from one end of a line to the other by mouth alone. The challenge was won by Casa Amor.
 Week 5
* On Day 31, the islanders competed in "Rumpy Pumpy" where islanders competed against each other to pump up balloons with their bodies and answer a sexy question. The Blue team won which consisted of Callum, Ched, Luke M, Paige, Priscilla, Shaughna and Siânnise.
* On Day 32, the islanders competed in "News Splash" where they had to fill in the blanks in news headlines with incorrect answers resulting in getting dunked in a water tank.
 Week 6
* On Day 40, the boys had to collectively complete five undercover assignments without the girls knowing.

 Week 2
* On Day 12, the public voted for who they wanted new boys Luke M and Luke T to go on dates with. They picked Jess for Luke M, and Siânnise for Luke T.
 Week 3
 Week 5
* On Day 32, Jess and Ched left the villa to go on their first date.
 Week 6
* On Day 40, Siânnise and Luke T, Demi and Luke M left the villa to go on their final dates.

## Other Information

* On July 24, 2019 it was confirmed that two series of Love Island would be airing in 2020 – one in January and another in the traditional summer slot. However, due to the COVID-19 outbreak the initially planned summer season was delayed til the following year.

### Controversies

* On December 17, 2019 it was announced that Caroline Flack would be standing down as host for the sixth season after allegations of assault towards her current boyfriend. On December 20, it was revealed that Laura Whitmore would serve as the new host.
	+ On February 15, 2020, it was announced that Flack had been found dead in her flat in London.
* Two days before the premiere, it was revealed that original islander Ollie Williams was a trophy hunter. Regulator Ofcom received 272 complaints after the first airing, 231 of which regarding Williams inclusion on the show. A Change.org petition was created and called for Williams to be removed from the villa. However, bosses revealed that they had no intention on removing him as they "refuse to back down to the public" believing it will "blow over".

### Final voting figures

 Demi and Luke M
 Jess and Ched

### Couple Status

Official couples from the show and their post-show status

 Siânnise and Luke T
 Jess and Ched
 Demi and Luke M
 Mike and Priscilla
 Molly and Callum
 Eva and Nas
 Biggs and Rebecca

## 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.

* **^Note 1**: On February 15, 2020, following the death of former presenter Caroline Flack, the Unseen Bits episode due to air that day was not broadcast. The regular episode did not air the following day either. The show returned on February 17, 2020, however, the spin-off Aftersun did not air.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a30093709/love-island-trailer-winter-2020/
2. ↑ https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/home-and-gardening/2020-01-10-watch-first-peek-inside-r100m-constantia-mansion-hosting-racy-love-island
3. ↑ https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a30252561/love-island-caroline-flack-quits-host-arrested-boyfriend-itv2/
4. ↑ https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a30293127/love-island-presenter-2020-winter-laura-whitmore-caroline-flack/
5. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51517973
6. ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7877475/Fans-call-Love-Island-star-Ollie-Williams-AXED-hunting-snaps.html
7. ↑ https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a30509257/love-island-2020-winter-complaints-ofcom/
8. ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7878495/Love-Island-no-intention-axing-Ollie-Williams-exposed-big-game-hunter.html
9. ↑ http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-10/