Love Island fans will not have long to wait for their next series of the show

2022-08-01

Fans of Love Island will not have to suffer withdrawal symptoms for long after producers announced there will be a winter season in only a few months.

And host Laura Whitmore will be roped in again to front the show, after being contracted to reveal the winner of the Majorca-based 2022 contest on Monday evening.

This summer’s programme saw shock early departures from the villa, plenty of new bombshell arrivals, and the return of Casa Amor.

The continued success of the hit reality series, which has been running in its current format since 2015, has convinced ITV producers to give two couples the chance to win £50,000 in cash next year.

Here are all the details for when to expect another dose.

Where is Winter Love Island 2023?

Love Island will be set in South Africa during Britain’s colder months as another group of singletons look to find love in a swanky villa.

It means avid watchers will be treated to two doses of Love Island next year, with the Majorca eight-week run also returning to screens in summer 2023.

The winter series of the dating show has been rested for two years, having last been set in Cape Town in January-February 2020.

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Finn Tapp and Paige Turley won the debut winter series, with the pair still going strong together.

Speaking upon the announcement in June of a 2023 double billing of Love Island, Paige and Finn said: "Love Island enabled us to find love with someone that without the show, our paths would never have crossed.

“We both found everything that we’d asked for in a partner in each other and we now live together in Manchester (we've been here for almost two years).

“We've got a new amazing group of friends and literally couldn't imagine life without each other.”

When will winter Love Island air?

Just like in 2020, the South Africa-set series is expected to air at the start of 2023.

Being in the southern hemisphere means South Africa experiences its warmer temperatures while the UK is battling through its cold season.

Cape Town in January 2022 averages between 17-28C but can top 40C during particularly hot periods, meaning next year’s contestants will have plenty of opportunities to sun themselves.

Data recently confirmed that the start of the 2022 series made it the biggest programme of the year so far for 16-34-year-olds, so there is little surprise that ITV bosses are wanting to take advantage of its popularity.

The opening episode was streamed 7.5 million times, while the series so far has been streamed 74m times.

Paul Mortimer, director of reality commissioning and controller at ITV2, said: "Love Island has once again proved itself to be the nation’s favourite talking point across the summer, and we’re always blown away by the show’s ongoing impact and 'talkability' amongst our younger audience.

"So, rather than just serving up a summer of love, we thought we’d make 2023 the 'year of love' with two full series of the show.”

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