On the heels of the Love Island UK Season 12 finale, ITV has confirmed that the franchise will return in 2026 with Love Island: All Stars.
Season 3 of the “All-Stars” edition will be extended by one week when it returns to ITV2 and ITVX in the new year. Instead of five weeks, the Islanders will spend six weeks in the villa.
Love Island: All Stars sees fan-favorite Islanders from across 10 years of the series returning to the villa in search of love. The winter villa is in South Africa, whereas the summer villa is filmed in Mallorca.
According to ITV, Love Island and Love Island: All Stars are one of their biggest shows in the 16-34 demo, with the show being streamed over 2 billion times on ITVX.
The most current season of Love Island is on track to be the biggest one since Season 9, which aired in January 2023. The show’s streams on ITVX, currently at 163 million, are up 9% year-over-year, making it the biggest series since the launch of ITVX.
ITV adds that Love Island has also pulled in the biggest digital channel 16-34 audience of the year and continues to dominate digital conversation with a 2.3 billion reach across all platforms.
“Love Island: All Stars has quickly established itself as a stand-alone hit, keeping fans of the show gripped by iconic Islanders from the past 10 years returning for another chance to find love,” Mike Spencer-Hayter, Creative Director, Lifted Entertainment, said. “We are very excited about series 3 and you can expect the twists and turns to continue in All Stars, after an incredible smash hit summer series.”
Amanda Stavri, Commissioning Editor, Reality at ITV, added, “With over 2 billion streams, the Love Island brand continues to thrive, with our All Stars series fast becoming a staple in our reality schedule. We can’t wait to kick-start our third series and set about bringing back some of the viewers’ favourite Islanders for another unmissable series.”
Love Island is produced by Lifted Entertainment, part of ITV Studios, and Motion Entertainment, a WPP Media Company.
Peacock has been the home of Love Island: All Stars in the United States.
