Love Island (American TV series) season 5

Love Island
Season 5
Promotional poster for the season
Hosted by	Sarah Hyland
No. of days	32
No. of contestants	33
Winners	Hannah Wright Marco Donatelli
Runners-up	Kassy Castillo Leonardo Dionicio
No. of episodes	37
Release
Original network	Peacock
Original release	July 18 (2023-07-18) – August 27, 2023 (2023-08-27)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The fifth season of the American version of the television reality program Love Island premiered on July 18, 2023.^[1]

Love Island is a reality television program in which a group of contestants, who are referred to as "Islanders", are living in a villa in Fiji. The Islanders are cut off from the outside world and are under constant video surveillance. To survive in the villa, the Islanders must be in a relationship with another Islander. The Islanders couple up for the first time on first impressions but they are later forced to "re-couple" at special ceremonies in which they can choose to remain with their current partners or to switch partners. At the villa, the couples must share a bed for sleeping and are permitted to talk with other Islanders at any time, allowing them to get to know everyone.^[2] While in the villa, each Islander has his or her own telephone, with which they can contact other Islanders via text and can receive text messages informing them of the latest challenges, dumpings, and re-couplings. While the Islanders might appear to have unmediated access to the outside world, they are limited in both their alcohol consumption and communication with the outside world.^[3]

The Islanders are presented with many games and challenges that are designed to test their physical and mental abilities, after which the winners are sometimes presented with special prizes, such as a night at the Hideaway or a special date.^[4]

Islanders can be eliminated, or "dumped", for several reasons; these include remaining single after a re-coupling and by public vote through the Love Island mobile app. During the show's final week, members of the public vote to decide which couple should win the series; the couple who receive the most votes win.^[4]

At the envelope ceremony on finale night, the couple who received the highest number of votes from the public receive two envelopes, one for each partner. One envelope contains $100,000 and the other contains nothing. The partner with the $100,000 envelope may choose whether to share the money with his or her partner as a test of trust and commitment.^[2]

The original Islanders were revealed on July 11, 2023, one week before the series launch.^[5]

Matia Marcantuoni previously appeared as a contestant on the second season of Bachelor in Paradise Canada.

On Day 25, Scott van-der-Sluis entered the villa. He previously appeared as a contestant on the tenth series of Love Island in the United Kingdom just weeks before.

Carsten "Bergie" Bergersen competed on the second season of the Peacock reality TV series The Traitors.^[8]

Scott and Imani appeared on Love Island Games. Rob returned as an original Islander and Kassy and Harrison will return as bombshells for the sixth season of Love Island USA.

On February 23, 2022, it was announced that the series would no longer air on CBS, who aired the first three seasons. The series was picked up for two additional seasons, including the fifth season by Peacock, with Sarah Hyland as host. Iain Stirling as narrator and Maura Higgins as social media ambassador, bringing all the behind the scenes gossip and interviews.^[9][10][11]

The season was filmed in Fiji.^[1]