Love Island (2015 TV series) series 12

The twelfth series of Love Island began broadcasting on 9 June 2025 on ITV2, following a one-off special episode, Love Island: A Decade of Love, which aired a week prior, commemorating the show's 10th anniversary. Maya Jama returned to present the series, as well its spin-off ', whilst Iain Stirling again returned as narrator.

On 4 August 2025, the series was won by Cach Mercer and Toni Laites, who received 33.5% of the public vote, with Harry Cooksley and Shakira Khan finishing as the runners-up.

Production

Following the of the spin-off ', which aired between January and February 2025, it was confirmed that the twelfth series of Love Island would air later in the year. Alongside confirmation of the series, ITV announced that a one-off special episode Love Island: A Decade of Love, featuring former contestants reflecting on their time in the villa, would air a week prior to the series launch to commemorate the programme's 10th anniversary. Applications for the show opened whilst the eleventh series was airing the previous year. The series began on 9 June 2025 and was again being filmed in Mallorca.

The first teaser for the series aired in May 2025, and featured a printer with the Love Island logo on, printing out a piece of paper reading "Attn: Love Island is coming soon. Attendance is mandatory. Signed, Maya x CEO of Love" [sic]. A further full-length trailer aired later that month, which featured host Maya Jama and a team of production members coming up with ideas for the new series in a Love Island-themed boardroom, Jama asks the team for "something bigger and bolder", and is presented with comical answers including "moving the show to the Isle of Wight", turning it into a musical, and rebranding to "Love Island on Ice." Unimpressed by their ideas, Jama stands and teases "more drama, more bombshells, more breakups, more makeups [...] and more twists than ever."

Islanders

The original islanders for the twelfth series were announced on 3 June 2025. Kyle Ashman, a 23-year-old water operative from Stafford, was initially announced for the series, however he was removed from the cast due to a legal issue that came to light prior to entering the villa. The following day, he was replaced by 25-year-old professional rugby player Conor Phillips from Limerick, who entered the villa in his place. A day before the launch, ITV confirmed 24-year-old Las Vegas Pool Cabana server Toni Laites from Connecticut, United States as the first "bombshell" of the series.

: Dumped Islanders Blu and Megan re-entered the villa

Future appearances

In 2026, Tommy Bradley, Helena Ford and Harrison Solomon all returned for of '.

Coupling

The couples were chosen shortly after the islanders entered the villa. The girls were given each of the boys' dating profiles listed on podiums which featured their name, age, height and a quote from them, and had to decide their couple by standing next to the podium of their choice based solely on their profiles prior to meeting them face-to-face.

Notes

: Toni arrived after the coupling on Day 1 but was told she would be able to steal a boy for herself. She picked Ben, leaving Shakira single. She had until Day 2 to find another boy to couple up with, or else she would dumped. Shakira subsequently recoupled with Harry, leaving Sophie dumped from the villa.

: Blu and Shea were left single following a recoupling on Day 4. The two of them had to decide which one would stay single in the villa and which would be dumped from the island. After not being able to come to a decision, the islanders chose to dump Blu from the island.

: Malisha and Toni were left single following the recoupling and had the chance to date new bombshell Harrison. He was able to choose which girl to bring back to the villa. He ultimately chose Toni, leaving Malisha dumped.

: Caprice, Giorgio, Poppy, and Will entered the villa on Day 15 and chose, Dejon, Emily, Helena, and Remell for a sleepover. On Day 17, the four islanders had to decide if they wanted to couple up with one of the bombshells or return to the villa and remain coupled up with their original partner. Helena chose to recouple with Giorgio, while Dejon, Emily, and Remell decided to remain coupled up with Meg, Conor, and Alima, respectively. Caprice, Poppy, Shea, and Will were all dumped from the island as a result.

: The islanders were given the chance to leave their current couple and recouple with new islanders Billykiss and Ryan. As Conor recoupled with Billykiss and no girl coupled up with Ryan, Alima and Ryan were left single and dumped from the island.

: Original islanders were only given the option to remain in their current couple, or re-couple with one of the new islanders.

: Angel entered the villa on Day 38 and ranked her top three boys. She ranked Ty number one, resulting in them being officially coupled up. As a result, Lauren was left single and dumped from the island.

: Dumped islanders Blu and Megan re-entered the villa on day 44.

Weekly summary

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

Ratings

Official ratings are taken from BARB. Because the Saturday episodes are "Unseen Bits" episodes rather than nightly highlights, these are not included in the overall averages. Viewing figures are consolidated 7-day viewing figures with pre-broadcast viewing and viewing on tablets, PCs and smartphones included.

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