ITV and Lifted Entertainment to launch two new series of "Love Island"

ITV and Lifted Entertainment (part of ITV Studios) have confirmed two new series of "Love Island," coming to ITV2 and ITVX in the New Year. As TV’s biggest show for 16-34-year-olds, "Love Island" will kick start the New Year with a fresh batch of Islanders heading to South Africa on a quest for love and romance. In the villa of their dreams, their stay in paradise will serve up everything from bombshell arrivals to hideaway hijinks. Meanwhile, summer 2023 then sees the nation’s favorite dating show return to Mallorca for another eight-week run. ITV Studios handles the distribution of "Love Island."

The current series, airing across ITV2 and ITV Hub, launched to a consolidated 5.0 million viewers across all devices (including catch-up across TV, mobile, PC, and tablet), up on 2021 by +0.2m making it the highest launch since 2019. Consolidated data has confirmed that the "Love Island" launch is now officially the biggest program of the year for the 16-34 year old demographic. The launch episode has been streamed 7.5 million times and the series as a whole has been streamed 74 million times.

Having once again dominated the national conversation in the UK, "Love Island" has spawned countless long-term couplings, with seven babies (and another on the way for Jess and Dom) and four weddings across eight series. “'Love Island' has once again proved itself to be the nation’s favorite talking point across the summer, and we’re always blown away by the show’s ongoing impact and talkability amongst our younger audience. So, rather than just serving up a 'Summer of Love,' we thought we’d make 2023 the 'Year of Love' with two full series of the show,” Paul Mortimer, Director of Reality Commissioning and Controller, ITV2, said. 

“After eight brilliant series, we are excited to be serving up two helpings of love in 2023 by kicking off in January at a stunning new villa in South Africa. We can look forward to more romances, romances, and everything in-between as we embark on another epic year of love,” Mike Spencer, Executive Producer at Lifted Entertainment, added.