LOVE ISLAND ALL STARS RETURNS FOR EXTENDED THIRD SERIES ON ITV IN 2026

Love Island: All Stars will return for an extended third series on ITV2 and ITVX in 2026. Returning to scorching South Africa, the third All Stars series will launch in the new year and run for a bumper six weeks instead of five. 

The news comes hot on the heels of the finale of the 12th series, which was dubbed ‘TV gold’ by fans who hailed it ‘iconic’ with its summer of jaw-dropping twists and turns. 

Once again, fan-favourite Islanders from across 10 years of the show will return to the famous Villa in search of that much-wanted spark, while navigating the relationship dilemmas of bombshells, heads turning and what it truly means to be open. 

Love Island and Love Island: All Stars has proved to be one of ITV’s biggest shows for 16-34 audiences, having been the most popular show of the day amongst the demographic over 450 times. The show has also been streamed on ITVX over 2 billion times.

Love Island's tenth anniversary series (including Unseen Bits) is on track to be its biggest since Series 9 in January 2023 - the show's streams on ITVX, currently at 163 million, are up 9% year-on-year, making it the biggest series since the launch of ITVX. The show has also pulled in the biggest digital channel 16-34 audience of the year and continues to dominate digital conversation with a colossal reach of 2.3 billion across all platforms.

Love Island is commissioned by Paul Mortimer, Director of Reality Commissioning and Acquisitions and Amanda Stavri, Commissioning Editor, Reality at ITV.

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.” 

More details will be announced in due course.