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Love Island (2015 TV series) series 9

The ninth series of Love Island began broadcasting on 16 January 2023 to 13 March 2023 on ITV2.[1] It is the second winter edition of the series and the first to be presented by Maya Jama, who took over from Laura Whitmore.[2][3] Iain Stirling returned to narrate the series.[4]

Love Island
Series 9
Presented byMaya Jama
No. of days58
WinnersKai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan
No. of episodes49
Release
Original networkITV2
Original release16 January (2023-01-16) –
13 March 2023 (2023-03-13)
Series chronology
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Series 8
Next →
Series 10

On 13 March 2023, the series was won by Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan with 43.75% of the final vote, becoming the first couple formed during the Casa Amor twist to win the series.[5][6] Lana Jenkins and Ron Hall finished as runners-up.

Production

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In June 2022, prior to the conclusion of the previous series, it was confirmed that the show would return for two series to be broadcast in 2023, with ITV announcing that the show would air a winter edition for the first time since 2020, and as in the sixth series, the ninth series would be filmed in Cape Town, South Africa. It is set to be broadcast in January 2023.[1][7][8] On 22 August 2022, Laura Whitmore announced she would be stepping down as presenter after three series.[9][10] Citing her reasons for leaving, Whitmore said she had found "certain elements of the show very difficult" [...] and that flying back and forth to South Africa "conflicted with [her] new projects".[11][12]

Following media speculation, ITV confirmed Maya Jama as the new presenter on 12 October.[13] Upon her appointment as presenter, Jama said: "I’ve always been such a massive Love Island fan and I'm so excited to be hosting one of the nation's favourite shows! I can't wait to get into the villa to meet all of the Islanders."[14] The winner of the previous series, Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, said she was approached to present the show, but turned it down due to other work commitments.[15][16] However, a show insider denied the reports and claimed that Jama was the "first pick" to host the series.[17]

The first trailer for the series aired on 26 December 2022, which featured a five-second clip of a spinning bejewelled pink velvet mechanical bull.[18] A full-length trailer was released on 1 January 2023, which included host Jama riding the bull and teasing the series with the tagline "It's time to grab love by the horns, I'm ready, are you?".[19] The series premiered on ITV2 on 16 January 2023, exclusively in the UK and will later be available on Hulu in the US after two weeks of broadcast.[20]

Islanders

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The original Islanders for the ninth series were announced on 9 January 2023, one week before the series launch.[21][22] For the first time Love Island welcomes its first contestant with sight-loss. Ron Hall is a financial advisor who is blind in one eye as a result of a football injury he sustained when he was 8 years old.[23][24]

On 12 January, it was announced that the public would decide the first "bombshell" of the series and a vote was opened for the viewers to choose between Ellie Spence, a 25-year-old business development executive from Norwich and Tom Clare, a 23-year-old semi-professional footballer from Barnsley.[25][26][27] The winner of the vote, and therefore the first ''bombshell'' was Tom.

On 20 January, for the first time it was confirmed that the latest two "bombshells" would be islanders that have already previously appeared on the Australian version of the show. Aaron Waters, who had taken part in the third series, as well as Jessie Wynter who had appeared in the second series.[28]

This series has become the first since the third series where an islander hasn't walked or been removed from the villa.

Islander Age Hometown Entered Status Ref
Kai Fagan 24 Manchester Day 1 Winner (Day 58) [29][30]
Sanam Harrinanan 24 Bedford Day 29 Winner (Day 58) [31][6]
Lana Jenkins 25 Luton Day 1 Runner-up (Day 58) [32][33]
Ron Hall 25 Essex Day 1 Runner-up (Day 58) [29][34]
Samie Elishi 23 London Day 14 Third place (Day 58) [35]
Tom Clare 23 Barnsley Day 1 Third place (Day 58) [25][26][27]
Shaq Muhammad 24 London Day 1 Fourth place (Day 58) [29][36]
Tanya Manhenga 23 Liverpool Day 1 Fourth place (Day 58) [32][37]
Jessie Wynter 26 Hobart, Australia Day 7 Dumped (Day 56) [28]
Will Young 23 Aylesbury Day 1 Dumped (Day 56) [38][39]
Casey O'Gorman 26 Tring Day 17 Dumped (Day 51) [40]
Rosie Seabrook 24 Bledlow Ridge Day 39 Dumped (Day 51) [41]
Claudia Fogarty 28 Blackburn Day 23 Dumped (Day 45) [42]
Keanan Brand 24 Wigan Day 39 Dumped (Day 45) [43]
Maxwell Samuda 23 London Day 28 Dumped (Day 45) [31]
Olivia Hawkins 27 Brighton Day 1 Dumped (Day 45) [32][44]
Martin Akinola 27 Dublin Day 28 Dumped (Day 40) [31]
Bayley Mummery 25 Addlestone Day 28 Dumped (Day 32) [31]
Cynthia Otseh-Taiwo 25 London Day 29 Dumped (Day 32) [31]
Frankie Davey 22 Ipswich Day 28 Dumped (Day 32) [31]
Kain Reed 21 Gateshead Day 28 Dumped (Day 32) [31]
Layla Al-Momani 28 London Day 29 Dumped (Day 32) [31]
Lydia Karakyriakou 22 Glasgow Day 29 Dumped (Day 32) [31]
Lynda Flix 22 Salford Day 29 Dumped (Day 32) [31]
Ryan Weekley 22 Nottingham Day 28 Dumped (Day 32) [31]
Sammy James 27 Leicester Day 29 Dumped (Day 32) [31]
Ellie Spence 25 Norwich Day 10 Dumped (Day 26) [45][25]
Jordan Odofin 28 London Day 17 Dumped (Day 26) [40]
Tanyel Revan 26 London Day 1 Dumped (Day 24) [32][46]
Aaron Waters 25 Melbourne, Australia Day 7 Dumped (Day 19) [28]
Spencer Wilks 24 Bournemouth Day 10 Dumped (Day 19) [45]
Zara Lackenby-Brown 25 London Day 3 Dumped (Day 16) [47]
Anna-May Robey 20 Swansea Day 1 Dumped (Day 9) [32][48]
Haris Namani 21 Doncaster Day 1 Dumped (Day 9) [29][49]
David Salako 24 Little Oakley Day 3 Dumped (Day 5) [47][50]

Coupling

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

Day 1 Day 5 Day 10 Day 16 Day 21 Day 24 Day 32 Day 40 Final
Kai Tanyel Anna-May Tanyel Samie Olivia Olivia Sanam Sanam Winner
(Day 58)
Sanam Not in Villa Kai Kai Winner
(Day 58)
Lana Ron Will Aaron Aaron Casey Ron Ron Ron Runner-up
(Day 58)
Ron Lana Tanyel Ellie Tanyel Tanyel Lana Lana Lana Runner-up
(Day 58)
Samie Not in Villa Kai Tom Tom Tom Tom Third place
(Day 58)
Tom Single Zara Zara Ellie Samie Samie Samie Samie Third place
(Day 58)
Shaq Tanya Tanya Tanya Tanya Tanya Tanya Single Tanya Fourth place
(Day 58)
Tanya Shaq Shaq Shaq Shaq Shaq Shaq Martin Shaq Fourth place
(Day 58)
Jessie Not in Villa Will Will Will Will Will Will Dumped
(Day 56)
Will Olivia Lana Jessie Jessie Jessie Jessie Jessie Jessie Dumped
(Day 56)
Casey Not in Villa Lana Claudia Claudia Rosie Dumped
(Day 51)
Rosie Not in Villa Casey Dumped
(Day 51)
Claudia Not in Villa Casey Casey Keanan Dumped
(Day 45)
Keanan Not in Villa Claudia Dumped
(Day 45)
Maxwell Not in Villa Olivia Olivia Dumped
(Day 45)
Olivia Will Haris Spencer Spencer Kai Kai Maxwell Maxwell Dumped
(Day 45)
Martin Not in Villa Tanya Single Dumped
(Day 40)
Bayley Not in Villa Single Dumped
(Day 32)
Cynthia Not in Villa Single Dumped
(Day 32)
Frankie Not in Villa Single Dumped
(Day 32)
Kain Not in Villa Single Dumped
(Day 32)
Layla Not in Villa Single Dumped
(Day 32)
Lydia Not in Villa Single Dumped
(Day 32)
Lynda Not in Villa Single Dumped
(Day 32)
Ryan Not in Villa Single Dumped
(Day 32)
Sammy Not in Villa Single Dumped
(Day 32)
Ellie Not in Villa Ron Tom Jordan Jordan Dumped
(Day 26)
Jordan Not in Villa Ellie Ellie Dumped
(Day 26)
Tanyel Kai Ron Kai Ron Ron Single Dumped
(Day 24)
Aaron Not in Villa Lana Lana Dumped
(Day 19)
Spencer Not in Villa Olivia Olivia Dumped
(Day 19)
Zara Not in Villa Tom Tom Single Dumped
(Day 16)
Anna-May Haris Kai Dumped
(Day 9)
Haris Anna-May Olivia Dumped
(Day 9)
David Not in Villa Single Dumped
(Day 5)
Notes 1 none 2 none

Notes

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  • ^Note 1 : Four days before the show's launch, voting opened for the public to decide the first bombshell of the series. They chose Tom, who arrived shortly after the first coupling of the series. He was told he would be able to steal a girl for himself on Day 2. He chose Olivia, leaving Will single.
  • ^Note 2 :Original Islanders were only given the option to remain in their current couple, or re-couple with one of the new Islanders.

Weekly summary

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The main events in the Love Island villa are summarised in the table below.

Week 1 Entrances
  • On Day 1, Anna-May, Haris, Kai, Lana, Olivia, Ron, Shaq, Tanya, Tanyel, Tom and Will entered the villa.[51]
  • On Day 3, David and Zara entered the villa.
Coupling
  • On Day 1, the Islanders coupled up for the first time. After all of the boys entered, the girls were asked to choose a boy to pair up with. Anna-May coupled up with Haris, Lana paired up with Ron, Olivia with Will, Tanya with Shaq, and Tanyel with Kai.
  • On Day 2, Tom, who entered after the coupling, had to steal one girl for himself. He chose Olivia, leaving Will single.
  • On Day 5, the islanders recoupled for the first time with the girls picking which boy they'd like to be with. Tanya and Shaq remained together, meanwhile Anna-May chose Kai, Zara coupled up with Tom, Olivia went with Haris, Tanyel picked Ron, and Lana opted with Will. As David was the only boy not picked he was dumped from the island.
Challenges
  • On Day 2, the girls and the boys competed against each other in "Dirty Laundry", in which they had to guess which islander a fact was about. To make their guess they had kiss the islander they believe is the answer.
Dates
  • On Day 3, new islanders David and Zara each picked an islander to take on a date. David chose Tanya, whilst Zara dated Ron.
Exits
  • On Day 5, David was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
Week 2 Entrances
  • On Day 7, Aaron and Jessie entered the villa.
  • On Day 10, Ellie and Spencer entered the villa.
Coupling
  • On Day 10, the islanders recoupled again with the boys picking which girl they'd like to be with. However, as new islanders, both Ellie and Spencer were given first choice. Ellie picked Ron, whilst Spencer coupled up with Olivia. As well as this, Shaq and Tanya, and Tom and Zara remained together, meanwhile Kai chose Tanyel, Will picked Jessie, and Aaron went with Lana.
Challenges
  • On Day 9, the girls competed against each other in "Space Raunch", in which the boys picked which girl was the most "out of this world". Zara won the challenge.
Dates
  • On Day 8, new islanders Aaron and Jessie each picked two islanders to take on a date. Aaron chose Olivia and Lana, whilst Jessie chose Will and Tom.
  • On Day 12, new islanders Ellie and Spencer each went on a date with their new partners, Ron and Olivia.
Exits
  • On Day 9, after receiving the fewest public votes, Anna-May, Tanya and Tanyel, and Haris, Kai and Tom were in danger of being dumped. New islanders Aaron and Jessie then had to choose one boy and one girl to dump from the island. They chose Anna-May and Haris.
Week 3 Entrances
  • On Day 14, Samie entered the villa.
  • On Day 17, Casey and Jordan entered the villa.
Coupling
  • On Day 16, the islanders recoupled again with the boys picking which girl they'd like to be with. Aaron and Lana, Shaq and Tanya, Spencer and Olivia, and Will and Jessie all remained together, meanwhile Kai chose Samie, Ron coupled up with Tanyel, and Tom went with Ellie. As Zara was the only girl not picked she was dumped from the island.
Challenges
  • On Day 18, the girls competed in a snogging challenge. The girls kissed each boy in turn whilst the boys were blindfolded and gave them a score out of ten.
Dates
  • On Day 15, Jessie and Will left the villa to go on a date.
  • On Day 17, new Islanders Casey and Jordan were asked to choose three other islanders to take on dates. Casey chose Lana, Olivia and Jessie, whilst Jordan picked Tanyel, Samie and Olivia.
Exits
  • On Day 16, Zara was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
  • On Day 19, after receiving the fewest public votes, Aaron, Kai and Spencer were in danger of being dumped. It was then up to the girls to choose one boy to save. They saved Kai, therefore dumping Aaron and Spencer.
Week 4 Entrances
  • On Day 23, Claudia entered the villa.
Coupling
  • On Day 21, the islanders recoupled again with the girls picking which boy they'd like to be with. Jessie and Will, Tanyel and Ron, and Tanya and Shaq all remained together, meanwhile Ellie chose Jordan, Olivia coupled up with Kai, Samie went with Tom, and Lana picked Casey.
  • On Day 24, the islanders recoupled with the boys picking which girl they'd like to couple with. Will and Jessie, Shaq and Tanya, Kai and Olivia, Tom and Samie, Jordan and Ellie all remained together, meanwhile Casey chose Claudia, and Ron picked Lana. As Tanyel was the only girl not picked, she was dumped from the island.
Challenges
  • On Day 22, the boys took part in a Gladiator themed game, "Ladiators". The girls then picked Shaq as the winner of the challenge.
  • On Day 23, 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. During the challenge, Claudia entered the villa.
Dates
  • On Day 24, new girl Claudia was able to take two boys on dates. She chose Casey and Tom.
Exits
  • On Day 24, Tanyel was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
  • On Day 26, Ellie and Jordan were dumped from the island after receiving fewest public votes for the most compatible couple.
Week 5 Entrances
  • On Day 28, Bayley, Frankie, Kain, Martin, Maxwell and Ryan entered Casa Amor.
  • On Day 29, Cynthia, Layla, Lydia, Lynda, Sammy and Sanam entered the villa.
Coupling
  • 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. Casey and Claudia, Ron and Lana, Tom and Samie, and Will and Jessie remained together, whilst Kai picked Sanam, Olivia chose Maxwell, and Tanya coupled up with Martin. As Shaq chose not to recouple, he was now single. New islanders Bayley, Cynthia, Frankie, Kain, Layla, Lydia, Lynda, Ryan and Sammy were all dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
Challenges
  • On Day 29, 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 was won by the villa, therefore they won a party for that evening.
Exits
  • On Day 32, new islanders Bayley, Cynthia, Frankie, Kain, Layla, Lydia, Lynda, Ryan and Sammy were dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
Week 6 Entrances
  • On Day 39, Keanan and Rosie entered the villa.
Coupling
  • On Day 40, the islanders recoupled again with the girls picking which boy they'd like to be with. However, as new islanders, both Keanan and Rosie were given first choice. Keanan picked Claudia, whilst Rosie coupled up with Casey. As well as this, Jessie and Will, Lana and Ron, Olivia and Maxwell, Samie and Tom, and Sanam an Kai all remained together, meanwhile Tanya and Shaq reunited. This left Martin single and dumped from the island.
Challenges
  • On Day 37, the islanders competed in a couple's quiz "Knowing Me, Knowing You", hosted by Shaq, where they had to answer questions about the person they are coupled up with.
  • On Day 38, the Islanders took part in Movie Night 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.
Dates
  • On Day 36, Kai and Sanam left the villa to go on their first date.
  • On Day 39, ahead of entering the villa, new Islanders Keanan and Rosie each chose two islanders to take on dates. Keanan chose Jessie and Samie, whilst Rosie picked Casey and Kai.
Exits
  • On Day 40, Martin was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.
Week 7 Challenges
  • On Day 42, the boys and girls went head-to-head in "Saints vs Sinners" with the girls transforming into angels, and the boys becoming devils.
  • On Day 43, the islanders competed in the "Snog, Marry, Pie" challenge where each islander had to snog, marry and pie an islander of the opposite gender.
  • On Day 46, the islanders split into two teams and competed against each other in a number of sports day events.
  • On Day 47, the islanders were asked to predict where the public ranked them in a series of categories.
Exits
  • On Day 45, Maxwell and Olivia were dumped from the island after receiving fewest public votes for the most compatible couple. It was then down to Maxwell and Olivia to choose another couple to dump. They chose Claudia and Keanan.
Week 8 Challenges
  • On Day 50, the islanders took part in a talent contest.
  • On Day 51, the couples competed in "Cocktail Shake-up" where they had to transfer their cocktails across a slip and slide using an empty tray of glasses strapped to their heads. Kai and Sanam won the challenge.
  • On Day 52, the couples were challenged with becoming parents and looking after a doll. The challenge was won by Tom and Samie.
Dates
  • On Day 53, Ron and Lana, Tom and Samie, and Shaq and Tanya went on their final dates.
  • On Day 54, Will and Jessie, and Kai and Sanam went on their final dates.
Exits
  • On Day 51, Casey and Rosie were dumped from the island after receiving fewest public votes for the most compatible couple.
Week 9 Exits
  • On Day 56, following the islanders votes for their least compatible couple, Kai and Sanam, Ron and Lana and Will and Jessie, who all received votes went head-to-head with each other in a public vote. It was then revealed that having received the most public votes, Will and Jessie had been dumped.
  • On Day 58, Shaq and Tanya finished in fourth place and Tom and Samie finished third. Kai and Sanam were then voted the winners, leaving Ron and Lana as runners-up.

Ratings

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Official ratings are taken from BARB. Because the Saturday episodes are "Unseen Bits" episodes rather than nightly highlights, these are not included in the overall averages. Viewing figures are consolidated 7-day viewing figures with pre-broadcast viewing and viewing on tablets, PCs and smartphones included.[52]

Viewers (millions)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9
Sunday 1 2 3 4 2.87 6 7 8
Monday 3.38 2 3 3.01 5 6 7 8 9
Tuesday 3.11 2.95
Wednesday 1 4
Thursday 2.90
Friday 3 2.89
Series average N/A

Notes

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  • ^Note 1 :This episode wasn’t included in the weekly Top 50 ratings and was watched by Under 2.93m viewers.
  • ^Note 2 :This episode wasn’t included in the weekly Top 50 ratings and was watched by Under 2.95m viewers.
  • ^Note 3 :This episode wasn’t included in the weekly Top 50 ratings and was watched by Under 2.90m viewers.
  • ^Note 4 :This episode wasn’t included in the weekly Top 50 ratings and was watched by Under 2.94m viewers.
  • ^Note 5 :This episode wasn’t included in the weekly Top 50 ratings and was watched by Under 2.73m viewers.
  • ^Note 6 :This episode wasn’t included in the weekly Top 50 ratings and was watched by Under 2.79m viewers.
  • ^Note 7 :This episode wasn’t included in the weekly Top 50 ratings and was watched by Under 2.73m viewers.
  • ^Note 8 :This episode wasn’t included in the weekly Top 50 ratings and was watched by Under 2.95m viewers.
  • ^Note 9 :This episode wasn’t included in the weekly Top 50 ratings and was watched by Under 2.73m viewers.

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