Love Island (2015 TV series) series 7


The seventh series of Love Island began broadcasting on 28 June 2021 and was hosted by Laura Whitmore on ITV2. Iain Stirling returned to narrate the series. The series was originally planned to air in the summer of 2020, but was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Singer Mabel made a cameo appearance at a Spotify party in the villa performing some of her hits including her new single "Let Them Know".
On 23 August 2021, the series was won by Liam Reardon and Millie Court with 42.02% of the final vote, becoming the first couple of late entrants to win a series. Chloe Burrows and Toby Aromolaran finished as runners-up. This series was watched by an average of 4.17 million viewers which includes catch up figures.

Production

During the final of the Love Island (2015 [TV series, series 6)|previous series] on 23 February 2020, it was confirmed that Love Island would return for a seventh series due to air later in the year. However, on 4 May 2020, Love Island announced the cancellation of the summer 2020 show due to the COVID-19 pandemic." 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 4 March 2021, ITV confirmed that the show would return in the summer after an 18-month hiatus. In April 2021, during the application process, it was reported that LGBT contestants were being encouraged to apply for the first time, via dating app Tinder, however in June, ITV commissioner Amanda Stavri stated that the inclusion of LGBT contestants presents "logistical difficulties". The first 10-second trailer for the series aired on 29 May 2021 featuring presenter Laura Whitmore breaking a heart-shaped fire alarm with a hammer, followed by the tagline "This is not a drill". A full length trailer was released on 5 June 2021.
On 16 June 2021, ITV released details of its duty of care protocols for the new series, with detailed welfare plans in place to support participants before, during and after filming. Some of the episodes in this series were aired outside of the usual 9pm timeslot due to Euro 2020.

Islanders

The Islanders for the seventh series were released on 21 June 2021, just one week before the launch. The series was won by Liam Reardon and Millie Court.
IslanderAgeHometownEnteredStatus
Liam Reardon21Merthyr TydfilDay 4Winner
Millie Court24RomfordDay 9Winner
Chloe Burrows25BicesterDay 1Runner-up
Toby Aromolaran22Chafford HundredDay 1Runner-up
Faye Winter26ExeterDay 1Third place
Teddy Soares26ManchesterDay 12Third place
Kaz Kamwi26WithamDay 1Fourth place
Tyler Cruickshank26LondonDay 23Fourth place
Jake Cornish24Weston-super-MareDay 1Walked
Liberty Poole21BirminghamDay 1Walked
Aaron Simpson24CanterburyDay 42Dumped
Mary Bedford22WakefieldDay 29Dumped
Brett Staniland27DraycottDay 44Dumped
Priya Gopaldas23LondonDay 42Dumped
Matthew MacNabb26DownpatrickDay 29Dumped
Abigail Rawlings27BournemouthDay 23Dumped
Dale Mehmet24GlasgowDay 29Dumped
Amy Day25West MoleseyDay 29Dumped
Clarisse Juliette23LondonDay 29Dumped
Hugo Hammond24AltonDay 1Dumped
Sam Jackson23ClitheroeDay 29Dumped
Harry Young24WishawDay 29Dumped
Jack Barlow26PettDay 29Dumped
Kaila Troy28MalahideDay 29Dumped
Lillie Haynes22South ShieldsDay 29Dumped
Medhy Malanda24LutonDay 29Dumped
Salma Naran20DublinDay 29Dumped
Aaron Francis24LondonDay 1Dumped
Lucinda Strafford21DitchlingDay 9Dumped
Georgia Townend28MaldonDay 23Dumped
Andrea-Jane "AJ" Bunker28DunstableDay 17Dumped
Danny Bibby25LeighDay 18Dumped
Sharon Gaffka25DidcotDay 1Dumped
Brad McClelland26AmbleDay 1Dumped
Rachel Finni29BarnetDay 5Dumped
Oliver "Chuggs" Wallis23WeybridgeDay 4Dumped
Shannon Singh22GlenrothesDay 1Dumped

Future appearances

In 2023, Lucinda Strafford appeared on season five of Love Island Australia. Toby Aromolaran and Liberty Poole appeared on season one of Love Island Games.
In 2024, Aromolaran, Jake Cornish, Tyler Cruickshank, Kaz Kamwi, and Poole returned for series one of Love Island: All Stars.
In 2025, Oliver "Chuggs" Wallis returned for series two of Love Island: All Stars. Aromolaran and Strafford competed on season two of Love Island Games.
In 2026, AJ Bunker, Strafford and Millie Court returned for series three of Love Island: All Stars.

Coupling

The couples were chosen shortly after the islanders enter the villa.

Weekly summary

The main events in the Love Island villa are summarised in the table below.
Week 1Entrances
  • On Day 1, Aaron F, Brad, Chloe, Faye, Hugo, Jake, Kaz, Liberty, Shannon, Sharon and Toby entered the villa.
  • On Day 4, Liam and Chuggs entered the villa.
  • On Day 5, Rachel entered the villa.
Week 1Coupling
  • On Day 1, the Islanders coupled up for the first time. After all of the girls entered, the boys were asked to choose a girl to pair up with. Faye coupled up with Brad, Kaz paired up with Toby, Liberty with Jake, Shannon with Aaron F and Sharon with Hugo.
  • 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 picked Liam, and Chloe coupled with Hugo, leaving Brad and Chuggs single. New islander Rachel then entered the villa and was told she would couple up with one of them.
  • Week 1Challenges
  • On Day 2, the girls and the boys competed against each other in "Horny Devils", in which they had to guess which islander a fact was about. To make their guess they had to kiss that islander.
  • Week 1Dates
  • On Day 3, Kaz and Toby left the villa to go on their first date.
  • On Day 4, the public voted for who they wanted new boys Chuggs and Liam to go on dates with. They picked Sharon to date Chuggs, and Faye to date Liam.
  • Week 1Exits
  • On Day 2, following Chloe's decision to couple up with Aaron F, Shannon was left single and dumped from the island.
  • Week 2Entrances
  • On Day 9, Lucinda and Millie entered the villa.
  • On Day 12, Teddy entered the villa.
  • Week 2Coupling
  • On Day 6, Rachel had to couple up with either Brad or Chuggs, the two single islanders. She chose Brad.
  • Week 2Challenges
  • On Day 6, the boys competed in "Undercover Lover" where they had to rescue the girl in their couple and then make them a cocktail while lying on a vibrating machine. The girls chose Brad as the winner.
  • On Day 8, the islanders competed in a couple's quiz, hosted by Chloe and Hugo, where they had to answer questions about the person they are coupled up with.
  • On Day 11, the girls competed in "Line of Booty", in which they had to perform a strip tease dressed as a police officer and then interrogate a boy of their choice by guessing what object they had hidden down their shorts and then kissing them before putting them in jail. The boys chose Kaz as the winner.
  • Week 2Dates
  • On Day 8, all of the couples had a breakfast date in the garden.
  • 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 while Millie picked Aaron F, Liam, and Hugo.
  • On Day 12, Liberty and Jake went on their first date.
  • On Day 12, the islanders chose four girls to speed-date new boy Teddy. They chose Kaz, Rachel, Sharon and Faye.
  • Week 2Exits
  • On Day 6, following Rachel's decision to couple up with Brad, Chuggs remained the only single islander and was therefore dumped.
  • Week 3Entrances
  • On Day 17, AJ entered the villa.
  • On Day 18, Danny entered the villa.
  • Week 3Coupling
  • On Day 14, the islanders recoupled. This time it was the boys turn to pick which girl they wanted to couple up with. Jake and Liberty remained together, while Aaron F picked Kaz, Brad chose Lucinda, Hugo went with Sharon, Liam coupled up with Millie, Teddy paired with Faye, and Toby picked Chloe. With Rachel being the only single islander, she was dumped.
  • On Day 19, the islanders recoupled. As new islanders, AJ and Danny had first pick, and chose Hugo and Lucinda respectively. It was then down to the remaining boys to pick a girl to couple up with. Jake and Liberty, Aaron F and Kaz, Liam and Millie, Teddy and Faye, and Toby and Chloe all remained together, leaving Sharon single and dumped.
  • Week 3Challenges
  • On Day 15, the couples took part in "Spit the Roast" where they had to transfer food to each other using just their mouths.
  • On Day 17, the boys and girls went head-to-head in "Stags vs Hens" in a series of Stag and Hen do games. As the boys won the challenge, they were rewarded with a new female islander.
  • Week 3Dates
  • On Day 16, Brad and Lucinda left the villa to go on their first date.
  • On Day 18, before entering the villa, new boy Danny chose two girls to take on dates. He picked Kaz and Sharon.
  • Week 3Exits
  • On Day 14, Rachel was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
  • On Day 16, after receiving the fewest public votes, Brad and Lucinda then had to decide amongst themselves which one of them should be dumped. They chose Brad.
  • On Day 19, Sharon was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
  • Week 4Entrances
  • On Day 23, Abigail, Georgia and Tyler entered the villa.
  • Week 4Coupling
  • On Day 25, the islanders recoupled. This time it was the boys choosing which girl they'd like to be coupled up with. Jake and Liberty, Liam and Millie, and Teddy and Faye remained together, while Aaron F picked Lucinda, Hugo chose Chloe, Toby went for Abigail, and Tyler coupled up with Kaz. As Georgia was the only single islander, she was dumped.
  • Week 4Challenges
  • On Day 21, the islanders took part in "Cattitude" in a game of cat and mouse, where the girls became the cats and the boys became the mice. The girls had to take their coupled boy and put them in a giant mouse trap.
  • On Day 22, the islanders competed in the "Snog, Marry, Pie" challenge where each islander had to snog, marry and pie an islander of the opposite gender.
  • Week 4Dates
  • On Day 23, Faye and Teddy left the villa to go on a date.
  • On Day 26, Liam and Millie left the villa to go on their first date.
  • Week 4Exits
  • On Day 23, after receiving the fewest public votes, AJ, Chloe and Lucinda, and Danny, Teddy and Toby were in danger of being dumped. The remaining Islanders had to choose one boy and one girl to dump from the island. The boys chose AJ, while the girls chose Danny.
  • On Day 25, Georgia was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
  • Week 5Entrances
  • On Day 29, Dale, Harry, Jack, Matthew, Medhy and Sam entered the Main Villa, while Amy, Clarisse, Kaila, Lillie, Mary and Salma entered Casa Amor.
  • Week 5Coupling
  • On Day 32, the original Islanders were told that they would be re-coupling. They were only given the option to remain in their current couple or to choose one of the new Islanders. However, as the boys and the girls were living in separate villas, they were not aware of what the other one chose. If one decided to re-couple and the other did not, then they would be single but still remain on the island. If both re-coupled then they would both remain in the villa with their new partner, and any remaining single new islanders would be dumped. Jake and Liberty, and Liam and Millie remained together, while Chloe picked Dale, Faye went with Sam, Hugo coupled with Amy, Kaz decided on Matthew, Toby picked Mary, and Tyler went with Clarisse. As Abigail and Teddy's original partners failed to couple with them, they remained single. The new single islanders were then dumped from the villa.
  • Week 5Challenges
  • On Day 28, the islanders split into two teams and competed against each other in a number of sports day events.
  • On Day 30, the Main Villa and Casa Amor competed in "Raunchy Races" where they had to complete a certain task quicker than the other villa. The game resulted in a draw and therefore both villas won a party for that evening.
  • Week 5Exits
  • On Day 28, the public voted for their favourite couple. As Aaron F and Lucinda received the fewest votes, they were dumped from the island.
  • On Day 32, new islanders Harry, Jack, Kaila, Lillie, Medhy and Salma were dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
  • Week 6Coupling
  • On Day 37, the islanders recoupled. This time it was the girls choosing which boy they'd like to be coupled up with. Amy and Hugo, Clarisse and Tyler, Jake and Liberty, Kaz and Matthew, and Liam and Millie all remained together, while Abigail chose Dale, Chloe reunited with Toby, Faye coupled up with Teddy, and Mary picked Sam.
  • Week 6Challenges
  • On Day 38, the couples took part in "Playing the Field". The girls were dressed as cheerleaders, while the boys were dressed as American football players. In the first round, the boys had to defend their girl from the other islanders throwing condiments, while she attempted to score a goal. In the second round, each couple had to snog for as long as they could before the bell rang.
  • On Day 39, the Islanders took part in "Mad Movies" in a Boys vs. Girls pub quiz challenge where they had to answer sex related questions. The team who answered correctly were able to select a movie from the list which featured a clip of another Islander. The girls answered the most questions correctly and were therefore crowned the winners.
  • Week 6Exits
  • On Day 38, after receiving the fewest public votes, Amy and Hugo, Clarisse and Tyler, and Mary and Sam were at risk of being dumped. It was then up to the remaining girls to choose a boy to save, while the remaining boys saved a girl. Mary and Tyler were saved from their fellow islanders, therefore Amy, Clarisse, Hugo and Sam were all dumped from the island.
  • Week 7Entrances
  • On Day 42, Aaron S and Priya entered the villa.
  • On Day 44, Brett entered the villa.
  • Week 7Coupling
  • On Day 45, the islanders recoupled. This time it was the girls choosing which boy they'd like to be coupled up with. Chloe and Toby, Faye and Teddy, Jake and Liberty, Liam and Millie all remained together, while Kaz reunited with Tyler, Mary picked Aaron S, and Priya chose Brett. As Matthew was left single, he was dumped from the island.
  • Week 7Challenges
  • On Day 44, the boys took part in "Sex Gods". while dressed as Greek Gods, they first had to strip before carrying a large globe above their head across a pool of "lava". Finally they had to rescue the girl of their choice by doing a number of pull ups and kissing her after each rep.
  • 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.
  • On Day 47, the islanders were asked to predict where the public ranked them in a series of categories.
  • Week 7Dates
  • On Day 42, new islanders Aaron S and Priya each picked two people to take on dates. Aaron S chose Mary and Chloe, while Priya picked Teddy and Matthew.
  • On Day 44, new islander Brett was asked to take one of the girls on a date. He chose Priya.
  • Week 7Exits
  • On Day 42, after receiving the fewest public votes, Abigail, Kaz and Mary, and Dale, Jake and Tyler were in danger of being dumped. The remaining Islanders had to choose one boy and one girl to dump from the island. The boys chose Abigail, while the girls chose Dale.
  • On Day 45, Matthew was dumped after failing to couple up.
  • Week 8Challenges
  • On Day 52, the islanders were challenged with looking after a baby doll. The challenge was won by Aaron S and Mary.
  • Week 8Dates
  • On Day 53, Faye and Teddy, and Kaz and Tyler, and Liam and Millie went on their final dates.
  • On Day 54, Jake and Liberty, and Chloe and Toby went on their final dates.
  • Week 8Exits
  • On Day 50, following the islanders voted for the two least compatible couples the previous day, Faye and Teddy, Liberty and Jake, Mary and Aaron S, and Priya and Brett, who all received votes went head-to-head with each other in a public vote to save. It was then revealed that having received the fewest public votes, Priya and Brett had been dumped.
  • On Day 52, after receiving the fewest public votes, Aaron S and Mary were dumped from the island.
  • On Day 54, Jake and Liberty decided to voluntarily leave the villa following their break-up.
  • Ratings

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