The 2022 series of Love Island is less than half way through and fans have been treated to some dramatic moments. However in 2023 fans will have double the amount of drama as ITV have confirmed the dating show will have two series next year.
The show will kick start the new year with a bang as a brand new set of islanders head over to South Africa in a bid to find love. Then in the summer of 2023 the show will return to Mallorca with another set of islanders ready to find love.
The show has done a winter version once before back in 2020 just before the Coronavirus pandemic where Paige and Finn walked away as winners. The current series is proving popular with fans as five million viewers watched the show's launch.
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Since launching onto screens back in 2015 the show has grown in popularity whilst still creating long-term couples. The show has now had couples from the show get married and even have children showing that the concept of the show works.
Paul Mortimer, Director of Reality Commissioning and Controller has said: "Love Island has once again proved itself to be the nation’s favourite 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.”
Whilst Mike Spencer, Executive Producer at Lifted Entertainment, 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, bromances and everything in between as we embark on another epic year of love.”
As the only previous winners of the winter Love Island Paige and Finn said: "Love Island enabled us to find love with someone that without the show, our paths would never have crossed. We both found everything that we’d asked for in a partner in each other and we now live together in Manchester (we’ve been here for almost two years).
"We’ve got a new amazing group of friends and literally couldn’t imagine life without each other.” Love Island continues everyday at 9pm on ITV2 and the ITV Hub.
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