The eleventh series of '' Love Island'' began broadcasting on 3 June 2024, with the launch episode airing across both

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returned to present the series, as well as the companion show '' Love Island: Aftersun''. Iain Stirling again returned as the show's narrator. On 29 July 2024, the series was won by Josh Oyinsan and Mimii Ngulube, who received 41% of the public vote, with Ciaran Davies and Nicole Samuel finishing as the runners-up.

Production

In August 2023, during the broadcast of the tenth series, it was confirmed that ''Love Island'' would return for two series in 2024, the first of which was '' Love Island: All Stars'', a spin-off series that aired from January to February earlier in the year and featured former contestants from previous series. Applications for the eleventh series opened hours before the final episode of the tenth series. The first teaser for the series aired in April 2024, depicting a person in a silver boiler suit using a flamethrower, accompanied by the words "This summer's going to be fire." A further trailer released in May 2024 reveals the person to be presenter Maya Jama, who uses the flamethrower to set fire to a hanging heart before announcing the tagline "Where there's love, there's fire" and taking a sip from a ''Love Island'' water bottle which bears her name. The companion show ''Love Island: Aftersun'' returned for this series, after being shelved for the ''All Stars'' series, where the interviews were conducted during the show's broadcast. The social media ban was introduced as part of the new duty of care protocols in the ninth series, which returned, in which the contestants' friends and family will not be able to post on their behalf while they're in the villa. The eleventh series began on 3 June 2024 and was filmed in

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. Similar to the ''All Stars'' series, the launch episode aired simultaneously on both

and

, with the remainder of the series broadcasting solely on the latter channel.

Islanders

The original Islanders for the eleventh series were announced on 27 May 2024, one week before the series launch.

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entered the villa as a "bombshell" on the evening of Day 1, making him the first celebrity to appear on the revived version of the show.

Future appearances

Harriett Blackmore,

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, Omar Nyame and Ronnie Vint all returned for series two of ''Love Island: All Stars''.

Coupling

The couples were chosen shortly after the islanders entered the villa. For the first time in the show's history, the couples were determined by the islanders, unbeknownst to them in a challenge where they had to rank themselves from "Most to Least" boyfriend/girlfriend material.

Notes

* : Joey arrived after the coupling on Day 1, but was told he would be able to steal a girl for himself on Day 2. He picked Samantha, leaving Sam single and dumped. * : On Day 8, as single islanders, Mimii and Omar were given the opportunity to either recouple with each other, or steal an islander of their choice. They opted to steal and chose Ayo and Uma respectively. * : On Day 25, new islanders Jessy and Trey were told they could steal an islander of their choice. Jessy chose Joey, whilst Trey picked Jess W. * : Original islanders were only given the option to remain in their current couple, or re-couple with one of the new islanders. * : On Day 37, new islanders Josh and Reuben were told they could steal a girl of their choice. Josh chose Mimii, whilst Reuben picked Uma. However, as Wil was left single, he was therefore dumped from the villa and Uma subsequently decided to voluntarily leave also. * : On Day 45, new islanders Harry and Lola were able to steal an islander of their choice. Harry chose Grace, whilst Lola picked Reuben.

Weekly summary

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

References

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