Your ultimate guide to Love Island: All Stars series 3

In addition to the usual drama Love Island delivers each summer, the show's producers raised the stakes in 2024 by launching the very first All Stars series during the Winter—bringing back fan favourite former Islanders. The debut season, won by Molly Smith and Tom Clare, proved to be a hit, paving the way for a second series that aired in early 2025.

Despite the third instalment of Love Island: All Stars being delayed a few days, the Islanders are now in the villa, ready to find love... again! As series three airs every night, here's everything you need to know.

When did it start?

The launch show aired at 9pm on Thursday 15th January.

Series three of Love Island: All Stars was due to begin on Monday 12th January 2026.

However, due to the ongoing wildfires in South Africa, bosses postponed production until further notice.

The statement read: 'Further to a production evacuation owing to ongoing wildfires in the area, our assessment of the location site has concluded that filming will need to be postponed. Health and safety is our greatest priority and will always come first, and therefore the transmission of Love Island: All Stars will be delayed until a date to be confirmed.'

On the evening of Monday 12th, ITV/STV provided a further update, saying: 'Just a reminder that the Love Island launch show has been delayed due to wild fires near the Villa in South Africa. Everyone is safe though and were working on bringing you an iconic series, so keep an eye on our socials and we'll let you know the new launch date as soon as we can'.

When is it on TV?

Although Love Island doesn't usually air on Saturdays, being replaced by Unseen Bits, this weekend fans will get a fresh episode as a one off, with a new ep airing on Saturday 17th January.

Starting on Thursday 15th January, the main show will be on air every night at 9pm right through until next Saturday (24th January), when the first Unseen Bits will airs.

Which Islanders are on Love Island?

After months of rumours, 12 Islanders were announced at 11am on Monday 5th January, including former winners Jess Harding and Millie Court.

During the launch show, Scott van-der-Sluis was unveiled as the first bombshell, with Konnor Ewudzi, AJ Bunker and Samie Elishi joining shortly after.

Lucinda Strafford and Curtis Pritchard entered the villa as bombshells on Friday 23rd January, meaning they have both now featured on various versions of the show four times!

During the episode on Wednesday 28th January, six bombshells from Love Island USA entered the villa, in a huge shake-up.

Check out the full line-up below:

As ever, more Islanders will join the cast as bombshells as the series goes on.

You can see the full list of rumoured Islanders here.

Who has been dumped?

After Millie and Scott were voted favourite girl and boy by the public, they were asked by Maya Jama to dump one boy and one girl, who were in the bottom three of the public vote. Scott chose to send home AJ, whilst Millie shocked the villa by dumping Charlie.

Thursday 22nd January: AJ Bunker and Charlie Frederick.

Wednesday 28th January: Jess Harding and Shaq Muhammad

Who is coupled up?

Fourth coupling:

New bombshell Lucinda caused tensions in the villa by picking Ciaran, despite him seemingly being in a good place with Samie. Curtis chose to couple up with single girl Millie, whilst Belle chose Sean over Shaq.

Jess coupled up with Jack on a friendship basis, and it was the same story for Samie and Shaq, who were both left single.

💖 Curtis and Millie

💖 Lucinda and Ciaran

💖 Leanne and Scott

💖 Belle and Sean

💖 Whitney and Konnor

💖 Helena and Tommy

💖 Jess and Jack

💖 Samie and Shaq

Third coupling:

Bombshells Samie, AJ and Konor were given first choice, before it was the boys who had the decision of which girls they'd like to couple up with. After kissing them both, Charlie decided to couple up with Millie rather than Jess. Tommy was the last boy to choose, with Jess the only girl left to choose from. He didn't hold back in his speech, revealing he'd rather be 'single' than feel like the 'second option'.

💞 Samie and Ciaran

💞 AJ and Shaq

💞 Millie and Charlie

💞 Leanne and Scott

💞 Helena and Sean

💞 Whitney and Konnor

💞 Belle and Jack

💞 Jess and Tommy

Second coupling:

Bombshell Scott was given the choice of which girl he'd like to couple up with, before the girls then picked the boy they wanted to couple up with.

Although Millie chose Charlie, bombshell Konor entered the villa and stole her, leaving Charlie single. Charlie and Ciaran were left single, but AJ and Samie were in the Hideaway waiting for them.

🩷 Scott and Leanne

🩷 Helena and Shaq

🩷 Whitney and Jack

🩷 Belle and Sean

🩷 Jess and Tommy

🩷 Millie and Konnor

First coupling:

Fans of the show were given the chance to play cupid ahead of the launch show and decide the first couples of the series.

💛 Belle & Sean

💛 Helena & Charlie

💛 Jess & Tommy

💛 Leanne & Shaq

💛 Millie & Ciaran

💛 Whitney & Jack

When was series three announced?

On Monday 4th August 2025, bosses announced Love Island: All Stars will return for a bumper series in early 2026, airing for six weeks instead of five.

Mike Spencer-Hayter, Creative Director, Lifted Entertainment, said: “Love Island: All Stars has quickly established itself as a stand-alone hit, keeping fans of the show gripped by iconic Islanders from the past 10 years returning for another chance to find love. We are very excited about series 3 and you can expect the twists and turns to continue in All Stars, after an incredible smash hit summer series.”

Amanda Stavri, Commissioning Editor, Reality at ITV added: “With over 2 billion streams, the Love Island brand continues to thrive, with our All Stars series fast becoming a staple in our reality schedule. We can’t wait to kick start our third series and set about bringing back some of the viewers’ favourite Islanders for another unmissable series.”

A source said: “It’s very early days but Jess, Andrada and Alima are all in talks with ITV bosses about joining series three of All Stars. They’re all massive fan favourites so viewers would be tuning in to see them find love.”

What channel is it on?

The All Stars series airs on ITV2/STV2 and ITVX and STV Player.

How long is it on for?

The duration of series one and two was five weeks, but it's now been confirmed that series three will last six weeks.

When is the final?

ITV/STV are yet to confirm the final date for series three.

What do the winners get?

The winning couple of Love Island: All Stars will win a share of £50,000.

Who hosts the show?

Maya Jama has returned to host the third series.

Where is it filmed?

Just like the Winter series was, Love Island: All Stars is filmed in a luxury villa in South Africa. Series two was filmed in the same location, with bosses releasing photos of the revamped villa just days before the new series.

Series three has also return to South Africa, you can check out the 2026 villa here.

Who won the first series?

Molly Smith and Tom Clare were crowned the first ever winners of Love Island: All Stars, and they are still together now, recently buying a house together.

You can see a full recap of Love Island: All Stars series one right here.

Who won the second series?

Gabby Allen and Casey O'Gorman were crowned the winners of All Stars series two, after gaining the most votes from the public.

You can see a full recap of Love Island: All Stars series two right here.

Does Casa Amor feature on All Stars?

As fans will know, the iconic Casa Amor didn't feature in the first or second All Stars series.

Love Island’s Executive Producer Mike Spencer told The Mirror last year: “Casa Amor, as we know and love it, doesn’t really work for a five week run because you need time to bed in, get to know each other, see if they are for you and if you want to switch it up.

"I think you don’t need the element of bringing a massive influx of new islanders in. That is good for an eight week run but you don’t need it for this. This is going to be more intense and people will fall for each other quicker."

Bosses are yet to confirm is Casa will return for series three.

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