The inaugural season of Love Island: All Stars has been announced, and it features 12 former contestants looking for a second shot at love. Love Island started as a celebrity series in 2005 when it followed 12 celebrities looking for love. In 2015, it was re-launched, starring regular people instead of celebrities. The UK show has been very popular ever since, drawing large audiences internationally.
Initially, there was supposed to be a winter series of Love Island, but it was canceled. Instead, the show will be making its return in a new format that includes former contestants heading back to the villa. This time, some of the contestants will be arriving at the villa carrying extra baggage, as two of them were once a couple during their season of Love Island.
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Love Island All Stars Season 1 News
Love Island: All Stars has opened up voting to let viewers choose the initial couples. Just ahead of the premier of the show, the Love Island App has been launched. Each viewer gets one vote to help select the initial pairings. Voting is open until 9 p.m. on Friday, January 12. Also, instead of the show’s usual eight-week run, Love Island All Stars will be compressed into five weeks. The new crop of single housemates will be expected to get to know each other faster this time around, all while competing in Love Island challenges.
Love Island All Stars Season 1’s Release Date
Love Island All Stars is set to premiere on Monday, January 15 at 9 p.m. on ITV1, ITV2, ITVX, and STV, with Maya Jama back as host. The remainder of the season will air on ITV2 and ITVX in the 9 p.m. time slot. The series is available live on free-to-air channel ITV2 every night at 9 p.m. GMT in the UK and will then be available to stream on-demand on ITVX. International viewers can only watch the new show by downloading a VPN.
Love Island All Stars Season 1 Cast
The returning Love Island contestants are Hannah Elizabeth and Luis Morrison from season 1, Georgia Harrison from season 3, Georgia Steel from season 4, Anton Danyluk and Chris Taylor from season 5, Demi Jones from season 6, and Mitchel Taylor from season 10. Love Island season 7 is represented by four contestants: Kaz Kamwi, Liberty Pool, Toby Aromolaran and Jake Cornish. Liberty and Jake were a couple during their season, and there are clearly still hard feelings between the ex-couple.
Love Island All Stars Season 1 Trailer
The official Love Island: All Stars season 1 trailer opens with several of the cast members introducing themselves and talking about what they’re looking for in a partner. The nearly three-minute-long promo video also features some former couples talking about each other, mainly Liberty and Jake, who were together for most of season 7. The two seemed to be the most solid pair that season but ended up splitting before the finale. Watching each other hook up with new people is sure to create some drama.
