Love Island Australia (Season 1)

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The **first season** of Love Island Australia premiered on the Nine Network on May 27, 2018. It ran for 39 days with the finale airing on July 5, 2018.

The winners were 22-year old Grant Crapp and 21-year old Tayla Damir.

## Coupling

On Day 1, after all of the girls entered, the boys were asked to choose a girl to pair up with. Charlie was paired with Natasha, Eden with Erin, Grant and Cassidy paired up, Josh and Tayla coupled up, and Justin paired up with Millie.

     Girls choice
     Boys choice
### Notes

* **^Note 1**: Kim arrived on Day 2 and was told she would be able to steal a boy for herself the following day. She chose Josh, leaving Tayla single.
* **^Note 2**: Australia voted for the girl they hope finds true love in the villa. As a new islander, Françoise was immune from the vote. Kim received the fewest votes and was dumped from the island, leaving John James single.
* **^Note 3**: Australia voted for the boy they believe would leave the villa with a girlfriend. As a new islander, Dom was immune from the vote. Elias received the fewest votes and was dumped from the island, leaving Françoise single. Jaxon and Justin were revealed to have the next fewest votes. As Eden received the most votes, he and Erin would decide who would be dumped. They chose to dump Justin, leaving Millie single.
* **^Note 4**: Following the re-coupling, Australia was given the choice to save one of the single girls: Cassidy or Mac. As Cassidy received the fewest votes, she was dumped from the island.
* **^Note 5**: On Day 30, the girls were asked to choose one boy currently in the villa to dump from the island. The girls chose to dump Jaxon, which automatically left Shelby single.

## Weekly Summary

* Coupling
* Challenges
* Dates
* Exits

 Week 2
 Week 3
 Week 4
 Week 5
 Week 6

 Week 2
 Week 3
* On Day 16, the girls and boys competed against each other in "Every Hole's a Goal" where the islanders would pick a ball with a body part written on it and had to aim for the mouth of a cardboard cut-out of the islanders of the opposite sex. They then had to kiss the body part of the islander depicted in the goal. The challenge resulted in a tie.
 Week 4
 Week 5
* On Day 29, the couples took part in "Karma Sutra". Host Shelby would call out a position and the couples had to get into that position. The first couple to get it right would gain a point. As Grant and Tayla scored the most points, they were the winners of the challenge.
 Week 6
* On Day 37, the boys took a lie detector test with the girls asking the questions.

 Week 2
* On Day 10, Eden and Erin left the villa to go on a shopping date.
 Week 3
 Week 5

 Week 2
 Week 3
 Week 4
 Week 5
 Week 6
* On Day 36, it was revealed that the public had been voting for their favourite couples. As Mac and Teddy, and Mark and Millie received the fewest votes, they were at risk of being dumped from the island. The safe couples then had to vote for which couple they wanted to dump. As the vote resulted in a tie, the islanders then had to make a group decision. However, Mac and Teddy chose to elect themselves to be dumped.
* On Day 37, it was revealed that the public had been voting for their favourite couples. As Amelia and Josh, and Mark and Millie received the fewest votes, they were at risk of being dumped from the island. The safe couples then had to decide which couple they wanted to dump. They chose Mark and Millie.
* On Day 38, Dom and Shelby were dumped from the island after receiving the fewest public votes.

## Other Information

* Erin, Eden, Justin and Amelia were the only islanders to couple up with one person consistently throughout their time in the villa.

### Controversies

* During his time in the villa, rumours circulated that Grant had a secret live-in girlfriend, Lucy Cartwright, and that he'd only gone on the dating show to promote his clothing line - with Lucy running his business while he was on the show. It was referenced during the "Fake News" challenge, to which Grant denied the claims. Just two weeks after winning the show, Tayla confirmed that her and Grant were no longer together. A few weeks later, Grant publicly re-united with Cartwright, with Tayla confirming that the pair had been together the entire time.
* Two months after the final, finalist Erin took to social media to explain the reason why her and Eden split, citing that Eden was abusive towards her and cheated on her multiple times.

### Couple Status

Official couples from the show and their post-show status

 Eden and Erin
 Josh and Amelia
 Shelby and Dom
 Mark and Millie

## Ratings

Official ratings are taken from TV Tonight.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5889579/Love-Island-Australia-fan-page-claims-Grant-Crapp-secret-girlfriend-outside-villa.html
2. ↑ https://www.heart.co.uk/entertainment/love-island-australia-grant-crapp-secret-girlfriend/
3. ↑ https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/12125001/love-island-australia-erin-eden-abuse-aggressive/
4. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au