Love Island (Season 7)

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The **seventh season** of the revived Love Island premiered on ITV2 on June 28, 2021. It ran for 58 days with the finale airing on August 23, 2021.

The winners were 24-year old Millie Court and 21-year old Liam Reardon, making them the first late entrants couple to win the series.

## Production

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 pandemic, the summer season was postponed til 2021. It was later confirmed that the show would not be airing a winter version of the series in 2021 due to uncertainties regarding the pandemic and international travel.

On March 4, 2021, ITV confirmed that the series would return in June after an 18-month hiatus. The first 10-second trailer for the series aired on May 29, 2021 featuring presenter Laura Whitmore breaking a heart-shaped fire alarm with a hammer, followed by the tagline "This is not a drill".

## Coupling

On Day 1, after all of the girls entered, the boys were asked to choose a girl to pair up with. Brad was paired with Faye, Toby with Kaz, Jake and Liberty paired up, Aaron F and Shannon coupled up, and Hugo paired up with Sharon.

     Girls choice
     Boys choice
### Notes

* **^Note 1**: Chloe arrived after the coupling on Day 1 and was told she would be able to steal a boy for herself on Day 2. She chose Aaron F, thus leaving Shannon single and dumped from the island.
* **^Note 2**: Rachel arrived after the coupling on Day 5, and was told she had 24 hours to choose which one of the two single islanders, Brad and Chuggs, that she wanted to save and couple up with. She picked Brad, leaving Chuggs to get dumped.
* **^Note 3**: On Day 16, after receiving the fewest public votes, Brad and Lucinda were told that they had to decide who would be dumped between them. They chose Brad.
* **^Note 4**: The original Islanders were told they either had to stick with their current partner, or twist and choose a new islander to couple up with.
* **^Note 5**: On Day 38, the results of a public vote for the most popular couples were revealed and the bottom three couples were at risk of being dumped; being Amy and Hugo, Mary and Sam and Tyler and Clarisse. The boys then had to choose one girl to save and the girls had to choose one boy to save. The girls chose to save Tyler and the boys chose to save Mary.

## Weekly Summary

* Coupling
* Challenges
* Dates

* On Day 2, Chloe, who entered after the coupling, had to steal one boy for herself. She chose Aaron F, leaving Shannon single.
* On Day 5, the islanders re-coupled. This time it was the girls who had to pick a boy to pair up with. Kaz and Toby, and Liberty and Jake remained together, while Sharon chose Aaron F, Faye chose Liam, and Chloe chose Hugo, leaving Brad and Chuggs single. New islander Rachel then entered the villa and was told she would couple up with one of them the following day.
 Week 3
 Week 4
 Week 5
 Week 6
 Week 7

 Week 2
 Week 3
 Week 4
 Week 5
 Week 6
 Week 7
* On Day 46, the boys and girls went head-to-head to raise their opposing team's heart rate. At the end of the game they found out who raised their heart rate the most.
 Week 8

 Week 2
* On Day 9, new Islanders Lucinda and Millie were asked to choose three other Islanders to take on dates with each of them preparing a starter, a main course and a dessert. Lucinda chose Brad, Hugo, and Aaron F whilst Millie picked Aaron F, Liam, and Hugo.
* On Day 12, Liberty and Jake went on their first date.
 Week 3
 Week 4
 Week 6
 Week 7
* On Day 54, Jake and Liberty, and Chloe and Toby went on their final dates.

## Other Information

* Applications opened on January 1, 2021 and closed on April 30, 2021

### Controversies

* 4,330 Ofcom complaints were filed regarding the Casa Amor postcard which was sent to the girls by producers, citing that it was "misleading and causing unnecessary distress". This marked the second time that the show received over 2,000 complaints regarding the Casa Amor postcard being misleading, with the first occurring during Season 4.
* The season received a further 24,763 complaints to Ofcom regarding Faye's argument with Teddy following the "Movie Night" challenge. It marked the highest amount of complaints in the shows history.

### Final voting figures

 Faye and Teddy
 Kaz and Tyler

### Couple Status

Official couples from the show and their post-show status

 Kaz and Tyler
 Chloe and Toby
 Faye and Teddy
 Liberty and Jake

## 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/business-49094565
2. ↑ https://heatworld.com/entertainment/tv-movies/love-island-at-risk-coronavirus/
3. ↑ https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-love-island-filmed-uk-21887999
4. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56277850
5. ↑ https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/29/love-island-2021-first-look-as-laura-whitmore-returns-in-new-trailer-14672732/
6. ↑ https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/love-island-confirms-duty-care-protocols
7. ↑ https://itv.etribez.com/ag/itvli/loveisland7/welcome.html
8. ↑ https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/most-viewed-programmes/