Season 1 (UK)

**Season 1** is the first season of *Love Island* (2015) which premiered on ITV2 on 7th June 2015, being hosted by Caroline Flack and narrated by Iain Stirling. The season lasted for 41 days, with Jess Hayes and Max Morley walking out as the first winners of the series reboot.

## Production

After initially finishing in the year 2006, with the second season of *Celebrity Love Island*, the show was revealed to have been greenlighted for a reboot series in February of 2015, with Caroline Flack and Iain Stirling later being confirmed as the host and narrator of the show respectively in April 2015.

## Casting

Unlike the previous iteration, which featured celebrity islanders, the new season would feature civilian islanders, who would be asked to send in audition tapes to the producers, who would then determine the islanders for the season. The producers were specifically looking for men and women who were young, sexy and single to take part in the show, with auditions opening on 20th February 2015 and closing on 30th April 2015.

## Villa

The Villa was first confirmed to be returning as a part of the format, when the reboot was announced in February of 2015. The first images of the Villa were revealed on 5th June 2015, revealing the Villa to be located in Majorca, Spain.
The villa was comprised of a central villa house, alongside a large decking area, a pool area and an open-plan kitchen area. The villa itself featured a bedroom with 5 double-beds that featured a light-blue, green and orange aesthetic, as well as a lounge with a blue sofa and cushions making use of the same aesthetic.

Other areas shown included a make-up room and a bathroom with a toilet, bath and various different drawers where items can be stored by the islanders.

BedroomPoolLoungeBathroomMake-Up RoomOpen-Plan KitchenOutdoor Bedroom

## Islanders

The line-up for the first season of the show was revealed on 2nd June 2015, days before the season began, with more Islanders then entering the villa throughout the season.

 **Winner**

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Finalist**

 **Finalist**

 **Finalist**

 **Finalist**

 **Dumped**

 **Dumped**

 **Dumped**

 **Dumped**

 **Dumped**

 **Dumped**

 **Dumped**

 **Dumped**

 **Dumped**

 **Dumped**

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 **Dumped**

## Week Summary

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* Day 3: John, Tony
 **Coupling** | * Day 1: Once the girls had entered the villa, they were able to choose a boy to couple with. The first couples consisted of: Jon & Hannah, Chris & Danielle, Omar & Rachel, Josh & Lauren, Jess & Jordan, Luis & Zoe.
* Day 2: After winning a challenge, Jess and Jordan were given the chance to switch couples and accepted. Jess & Josh, Jordan & Lauren became couples.
 **Challenges** | * Day 2: Getting Intimate Hosted by Rachel & Omar, each member of the couples had to stand on opposite sides of the pool and answer questions relating to their partner, with each right answer allowing them to move a step towards their partner, and the couple that met in the middle first were the winners. In the end, Jess & Jordan were the winners.
* Day 3: The Perfect Man Each of the girls was tasked with viewing cardboard cut-outs of the boys and then choosing the best abs, guns, legs, face, and heart from them.
 **Dates** | * Day 3: Hannah & Jon (Normal Date) - John & Tony: Jess, Danielle (Hide-Away Dates).
 **Exits** | * Day 6: John & Tony (failed to re-couple)

 **Coupling** | * Day 8: Each of the islanders was told they were single, with new girls Daisy & Naomi being given the chance to couple with a boy of their choice - Daisy & Jordan, Naomi & Josh.
 **Challenges** | * Day 11: Heart Makers-The boys took part in a challenge where they had to solve an equation in order to unlock a chest and complete the puzzle they found inside it.
 **Dates** | * Day 8: Daisy: Chris W, Jordan, Omar(Daisy's Choices) Naomi: Chris W, Josh, Luis(Naomi's Choices).
* Day 11: Jon & Hannah(Normal Date)
 **Exits** | * Day 11: Rachel(Failed to Re-Couple)
* Day 14: Chris B & Danielle(Chosen by Power-Couple Hannah & Jon)

 **Challenges** | * Day 16: Kissing Contest-In this challenge, the girls had to individually kiss each of the boys and then give them a rating. Jordan was the eventual winner.
* Day 17: Compatibility Contest-Jon and Hannah went up against Naomi and Josh, to see which couple was most compatible.
* Day 19: Love is Blind-The boys had to instruct their partner through an obstacle course, while being blindfolded. Luis and Lauren were the eventual winners of this challenge.
 **Dates** | * Day 16: Jordan & Zoe(Reward)- Bethany: Luis(Bethany's Choice) Max: Zoe(Max's Choice).
 **Exits** | * Day 19: Chris W & Daisy(Chosen by fellow islanders to dump)
* Day 21: Bethany & Omar(Fewest votes in a public poll).

* Day 25: What Happened Next-After their night out of the villa, with Callum Best, the boys had to try and figure out what would happen next, after seeing footage of the girls with strippers, while the girls had to do the same with footage of the boys night out.
* Day 26: Take a Selfie-The islanders had to try and work-out what the public thought of them, by working out who the most and least in each of the categories. In order to affirm an answer, they'd have to take a selfie with the given filter.
 **Dates** | * Day 22: Cally: Luis(Cally's Choice), Travis: Lauren(Travis' Choice).
 **Exits** | * Day 28: Naomi & Travis(Least amount of votes in a public poll)

 **Challenges** | * Day 29: White Party-Cally and Luis hosted a party.
* Day 32: Relation Ship-Islanders were tasked with finding a number of items to build a "relation-ship", with the couple who managed to get their boat to float being declared the winners.
* Day 33: Bucking Hell-In this challenge, each of the couples, were tasked with trying to stay on a animatronic bull, all the while attempting to hit a number of targets.
 **Dates** | * Day 31: Lauren & Jess: Ben, Harry, Benjamin, John, Tony(Speed-Dates).
* Day 32: Ben: Lauren (Ben's Choice) Poppy: Josh (Poppy's Choice).
 **Exits** | * Day 33: Ben & Poppy(Failed to Couple-Up)
* Day 35: Jordan & Zoe(Most votes to dump in a public poll).

* Day 37: Hidden Hearts-The boys and girls had to find 4 keys and 4 hearts that were scattered throughout the villa. The girls heart needed to match their boy's lock, which in turn would determine the teams for the next part of the challenge, where they had to mark body parts with paint according to a Latin word, that correlated to them.
 **Exits** | * Day 41: Luis & Cally-Jane(4th Place), Lauren & Josh(3rd Place), Hannah & Jon(Runners-up), Jess & Max(Winners).

## Coupling History

At the start of the season the Islanders were required to couple up together. Host; Caroline Flack, had the girls line-up and introduced the guys one at a time, with the girls then getting the chance to step forward if they wanted to couple with that boy. The boy however would get free range over who he could couple up with, even being able to choose somebody who had already coupled up. Throughout the season there were a variety of chances to re-couple during re-coupling sessions. If an islander was to end up without someone at the end of these sessions they'd be dumped from the island.