The sixth series of '' Love Island'' began broadcasting on 12 January 2020 on

ITV2 ITV2 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the five analogue terrestrial stations, a ...

. The series was announced on 24 July 2019 when it was confirmed that two series would air in 2020, and is also the first winter edition of the series. Unlike the summer edition, the luxury villa is located in

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

. This series is also the first to be hosted by

Laura Whitmore Laura Whitmore (born 4 May 1985) is an Irish media personality and model based in London. She was a video jockey for MTV in 2008, and has since presented television shows, such as ''This Morning'' (2014), '' Survival of the Fittest'' (2018) ...

, having taken over from

Caroline Flack Caroline Louise Flack (9 November 1979 – 15 February 2020) was an English television and radio presenter and actress. She won the twelfth series of BBC’s ''Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2014 and presented ''The X Factor'' and later '' Love Isl ...

. The series is narrated by

Iain Stirling Iain Andrew Stirling (born 27 January 1988) is a British comedian, writer, television presenter, actor, narrator and Twitch streamer from Edinburgh, Scotland. Stand-up career Having started stand-up whilst in his final year of Law at the Univ ...

. On 15 February 2020, following the death of former presenter Caroline Flack, the ''Unseen Bits'' episode due to air that day was not broadcast; but was made available on the

ITV Hub ITVX (formerly ITV Hub) is a British online video-on-demand service operated by ITV plc, ITV. The service offers predominantly features content from ITV1, as well as ITV Digital Channels, ITV Digital channels and some licensed content. The serv ...

. The regular episode did not air the following day either. The show returned on 17 February with a tribute to Flack. On the same day, ITV2 confirmed that the companion series ''Love Island: Aftersun'' which was set to air after that episode's main show would not be broadcast. A further tribute to Flack aired during the final on 23 February, which featured a compilation of her time throughout her five series as host. On 23 February 2020, the series was won by Finn Tapp and Paige Turley, having received 44.52% of the final vote. Siânnise Fudge and Luke Trotman finished as runners-up with 43.61% of the vote, making it the closest voting percentage between the final two couples ever with less than 1% between them.

Production

The first 10-second trailer for the series aired on 2 December 2019 featuring the tagline "Do one, winter". It was then followed by a full-length trailer that used the song Lose Control by

Meduza ''Meduza'' ( rus, Медуза, t=jellyfish) is a Russian- and English-language independent news website, headquartered in Riga. It was founded in 2014 by a group of former employees of the then-independent ''Lenta.ru'' news website. Free mob ...

Becky Hill Rebecca Claire Hill (born 14 February 1994) is a British singer from Bewdley, England. She rose to prominence after appearing on the first series of the then BBC (now ITV) talent contest ''The Voice UK'', auditioning with John Legend's "Ordin ...

Goodboys Goodboys are an English house music group consisting of Joshua Grimmett and Ethan Shore. Their breakthrough song " Piece of Your Heart", which was a collaboration with Italian production trio Meduza in 2019, reached number 2 on the UK Singles ...

was released on 6 December 2019 which featured

. On 17 December 2019, Flack announced that she would be standing down as host following allegations of assault towards her boyfriend. On 20 December, it was announced that fellow TV presenter

would be her replacement. She also took the role of presenting ''Love Island: Aftersun'', which for the first time aired every Monday after the main show rather than its usual Sunday slot.

Villa

For the first winter edition of the show, the Islanders will stay at the Midden Cottage, located in the "ultra-wealthy" Constantia suburb of

Islanders

The Islanders for the sixth series were released on 6 January 2020, just six days before the launch. These include Eve and Jess Gale, who are the second set of twins to compete in the show following John and Tony Alberti in

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

. The series was won by Finn Tapp and Paige Turley.

Coupling

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

Notes

* : Eve and Jess arrived after the coupling on Day 1, but were told they would be able to steal boys for themselves on Day 2. Jess picked Mike, and Eve picked Callum. * : Original Islanders were only given the option to remain in their current couple, or re-couple with one of the new Islanders.

Weekly summary

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

Ratings

Official ratings are taken from

BARB Barb or the BARBs or ''variation'' may refer to: People * Barb (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname * Barb, a term used by fans of Nicki Minaj to refer to themselves * The Barbs, a band Places * Barb, ...

and include ITV2 +1. Catch-up service totals are added to the official ratings. Because the Saturday episodes are weekly catch-up episodes rather than nightly highlights, these are not included in the overall averages. The week 6 Sunday episode did not air due to the passing of former host

Controversies

Ollie Williams

Viewers called for contestant Ollie Williams to be axed after pictures were obtained by '' The Sun'' showing him posing next to animal corpses from endangered species in South Africa. A representative of Williams claimed he is a "conservationist and worked with an anti-poaching unit in

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

" involved in the culling of sick animals. However, according to ''

Metro Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: Geography * Metro (city), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...

'' Williams is the director of a hunting business known as Cornish Sporting Agency. In since-deleted images on his social media, Williams is seen posing with dead animals alongside his clients. It led to a

Change.org Change.org is a worldwide nonprofit petition website, based in California, US, operated by the San Francisco-based company of the same name, which has over 400 million users and offers the public the ability to promote the petitions they care abo ...

petition to remove Williams from the series. Regulator Ofcom received 272 complaints after the first airing, 231 of which regarding Williams inclusion on the show. The producers stated they had no intention of removing Williams, saying they "refuse to back down to the public" and that they believed it would "blow over".

References

{{Love Island 2020 British television seasons Love Island (2015 TV series)