India Reynolds
Quick Facts
Biography
The fifth series of Love Island began airing on 3 June 2019 on ITV2, and concluded on 29 July 2019. Caroline Flack presented the series, while Iain Stirling narrated it. It is the fifth from the current revived series, but seventh overall. Singer Craig David made a cameo appearance at a Ministry of Sound pool party as a DJ performing his new single "When You Know What Love Is".
On 29 July 2019, the series was won by Amber Gill and Greg O'Shea having received 48.82% of the final vote. Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury finished as runners-up.
Series five is also the highest-rated series yet; with a series average of 5.61 million viewers, up 1.65 million on the previous 2018 series.
Production
During the final of the previous series on 30 July 2018, it was confirmed that Love Island would return for a fifth series due to air the following year. The first 10-second trailer for the series was released on 20 May 2019, featuring "#DayDotIsComing" and confirming the new start date. This was the first series not to feature "Love Island: The Weekly Hotlist" which previously aired on a Saturday featuring highlights from that week. Instead, it was replaced by "Love Island: Unseen Bits".
On 22 May 2019, ITV released a statement which outlined the duty of care processes ahead of series following the suicides of former contestants Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis. It highlights the care offered before, during and after the series for each of the contestants. After the latter's death, some fans demanded that Love Island should be cancelled out of respect. The programme announced that they will offer counselling to all contestants in hopes of preventing further incidents that regard the mental welfare of contestants.
Islanders
The Islanders for the fifth series were released on 27 May 2019, just one week before the launch. However, throughout the series, more islanders entered the villa to find love. On 11 June 2019, it was announced that Sherif Lanre had been removed from the villa due to "breaking villa rules". The series was won by Amber Gill and Greg O'Shea having received 48.82% of the final vote.
Islander | Age | Hometown | Entered | Status | Ref |
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Amber Gill | 21 | Newcastle | Day 1 | Winner (Day 58) | |
Greg O'Shea | 24 | County Limerick | Day 44 | Winner (Day 58) | |
Molly-Mae Hague | 20 | Hertfordshire | Day 4 | Runner-up (Day 58) | |
Tommy Fury | 20 | Manchester | Day 1 | Runner-up (Day 58) | |
India Reynolds | 28 | Reading | Day 44 | Third place (Day 58) | |
Ovie Soko | 28 | London | Day 26 | Third place (Day 58) | |
Curtis Pritchard | 23 | Shropshire | Day 1 | Fourth place (Day 58) | |
Maura Higgins | 28 | County Longford | Day 10 | Fourth place (Day 58) | |
Anton Danyluk | 24 | Airdrie | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 56) | |
Belle Hassan | 21 | London | Day 26 | Dumped (Day 56) | |
Anna Vakili | 29 | London | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 52) | |
Jordan Hames | 24 | Manchester | Day 14 | Dumped (Day 52) | |
Chris Taylor | 28 | Leicester | Day 37 | Dumped (Day 52) | |
Harley Brash | 20 | Newcastle | Day 44 | Dumped (Day 52) | |
Francesca Allen | 23 | Essex | Day 37 | Dumped (Day 49) | |
Michael Griffiths | 27 | Liverpool | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 49) | |
Joanna Chimonides | 22 | London | Day 26 | Dumped (Day 42) | |
Marvin Brooks | 29 | Poole | Day 26 | Dumped (Day 39) | |
Amy Hart | 26 | Worthing | Day 1 | Walked(Day 37) | |
George Rains | 22 | Essex | Day 26 | Dumped (Day 36) | |
Lucie Donlan | 21 | Newquay | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 36) | |
Danny Williams | 21 | Hull | Day 7 | Dumped (Day 36) | |
Jourdan Riane | 24 | London | Day 26 | Dumped (Day 36) | |
Dan Rose | 21 | Nuneaton | Day 26 | Dumped (Day 30) | |
Dennon Lewis | 22 | Watford | Day 26 | Dumped (Day 30) | |
Lavena Back | 23 | London | Day 26 | Dumped (Day 30) | |
Maria Wild | 22 | Cheltenham | Day 26 | Dumped (Day 30) | |
Nabila Badda | 29 | London | Day 26 | Dumped (Day 30) | |
Stevie Bradley | 21 | Isle of Man | Day 26 | Dumped (Day 30) | |
Arabella Chi | 28 | London | Day 18 | Dumped (Day 25) | |
Tom Walker | 29 | Leeds | Day 14 | Dumped (Day 25) | |
Yewande Biala | 23 | County Meath | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 22) | |
Joe Garratt | 22 | London | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 16) | |
Elma Pazar | 26 | Essex | Day 10 | Dumped (Day 16) | |
Sherif Lanre | 20 | London | Day 1 | Removed (Day 9) | |
Callum Macleod | 28 | Bridgend | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 5) |
Coupling
The first couples were chosen shortly after the contestants entered the villa. After all of the girls entered, the boys were asked to choose a girl to pair up with. Anton was paired with Amy, Callum with Amber, Joe and Lucie paired up, Michael and Yewande coupled up, and Sherif paired up with Anna. Curtis and Tommy then entered the villa and were told they would be stealing a girl each the following day.
Day 1 | Day 5 | Day 14 | Day 22 | Day 30 | Day 39 | Day 46 | Final | ||||
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Amber | Callum | Anton | Michael | Michael | N/A | Ovie | Greg | Winner (Day 58) | |||
Greg | Not in Villa | Amber | Winner (Day 58) | ||||||||
Molly-Mae | Not in Villa | Tommy | Tommy | Tommy | Tommy | Tommy | Tommy | Runner-up (Day 58) | |||
Tommy | N/A | Molly-Mae | Molly-Mae | Molly-Mae | Molly-Mae | Molly-Mae | Molly-Mae | Runner-up (Day 58) | |||
India | Not in Villa | Ovie | Third place (Day 58) | ||||||||
Ovie | Not in Villa | Anna | Amber | India | Third place (Day 58) | ||||||
Curtis | N/A | Amy | Amy | Amy | Amy | Francesca | Maura | Fourth place (Day 58) | |||
Maura | Not in Villa | N/A | Tom | Marvin | Chris | Curtis | Fourth place (Day 58) | ||||
Anton | Amy | Amber | Elma | Lucie | Belle | Belle | Belle | Dumped (Day 56) | |||
Belle | Not in Villa | Anton | Anton | Anton | Dumped (Day 56) | ||||||
Anna | Sherif | Sherif | N/A | Jordan | Ovie | Jordan | Jordan | Dumped (Day 52) | |||
Jordan | Not in Villa | Anna | N/A | Anna | Anna | Dumped (Day 52) | |||||
Chris | Not in Villa | Maura | Harley | Dumped (Day 52) | |||||||
Harley | Not in Villa | Chris | Dumped (Day 52) | ||||||||
Francesca | Not in Villa | Curtis | Michael | Dumped (Day 49) | |||||||
Michael | Yewande | Yewande | Amber | Amber | Joanna | Joanna | Francesca | Dumped (Day 49) | |||
Joanna | Not in Villa | Michael | Michael | Dumped (Day 42) | |||||||
Marvin | Not in Villa | Maura | Dumped (Day 39) | ||||||||
Amy | Anton | Curtis | Curtis | Curtis | Curtis | Walked (Day 37) | |||||
George | Not in Villa | Lucie | Dumped (Day 36) | ||||||||
Lucie | Joe | Joe | Joe | Anton | George | Dumped (Day 36) | |||||
Danny | Not in Villa | Yewande | Arabella | Jourdan | Dumped (Day 36) | ||||||
Jourdan | Not in Villa | Danny | Dumped (Day 36) | ||||||||
Dan | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 30) | |||||||||
Dennon | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 30) | |||||||||
Lavena | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 30) | |||||||||
Maria | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 30) | |||||||||
Nabila | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 30) | |||||||||
Stevie | Not in Villa | Dumped (Day 30) | |||||||||
Arabella | Not in Villa | Danny | Dumped (Day 25) | ||||||||
Tom | Not in Villa | Maura | Dumped (Day 25) | ||||||||
Yewande | Michael | Michael | Danny | Dumped (Day 22) | |||||||
Elma | Not in Villa | Anton | Dumped (Day 16) | ||||||||
Joe | Lucie | Lucie | Lucie | Dumped (Day 16) | |||||||
Sherif | Anna | Anna | Removed (Day 9) | ||||||||
Callum | Amber | Dumped (Day 5) | |||||||||
Notes | 1 | none | 2 | none |
Weekly summary
The main events in the Love Island villa are summarised in the table below.
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Week 3 | Entrances |
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Week 4 | Entrances |
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Week 6 | Entrances |
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Week 7 | Entrances |
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Week 8 | Challenges |
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Ratings
Official ratings are taken from BARB and include ITV2 +1. For the first time, catch-up service totals are added to the official ratings. Because the Saturday episodes are weekly catch-up episodes rather than nightly highlights, these are not included in the overall averages.
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | |||||
Sunday | 5.44 | 5.62 | 5.36 | 5.69 | 5.85 | 5.70 | 5.70 | 5.36 | |||||
Monday | 5.90 | 5.45 | 5.70 | 5.44 | 5.78 | 5.86 | 6.00 | 5.91 | 5.25 | ||||
Tuesday | 5.60 | 5.34 | 5.33 | 5.60 | 6.04 | 5.85 | 5.60 | 6.02 | |||||
Wednesday | 5.74 | 5.53 | 5.31 | 5.02 | 6.15 | 5.93 | 5.73 | 5.76 | |||||
Thursday | 5.55 | 5.49 | 5.37 | 5.37 | 5.96 | 5.71 | 5.71 | 5.36 | |||||
Friday | 5.69 | 5.50 | 5.50 | 5.53 | 6.03 | 5.70 | 5.67 | 5.29 | |||||
Weekly average | 5.70 | 5.46 | 5.47 | 5.39 | 5.94 | 5.81 | 5.73 | 5.67 | 5.31 | ||||
Running average | 5.70 | 5.58 | 5.54 | 5.51 | 5.59 | 5.62 | 5.64 | 5.65 | 5.61 | ||||
Series average | 5.61 | ||||||||||||
Unseen Bits | 1.89 | 1.78 | 1.66 | 1.69 | 1.78 | 1.83 | 1.94 | 1.69 | |||||
Aftersun | 1.32 | 1.56 | 1.78 | 1.92 | 1.82 | 1.98 | 2.41 | 1.92 |
Controversies
After the announcement by ITV that The Jeremy Kyle Show had been cancelled following the suicide of guest Steve Dymond, there were calls for Love Island to be cancelled as well. The reasoning behind this being the suicides of former contestants, Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis, as well as the show's negative portrayal of body image.
Some of the contestants, including Tommy Fury and Maura Higgins, have been criticised for their use of offensive language on their past social media posts. Higgins has also been denounced by viewers for making unwanted sexual advances toward Fury, including the use of the term 'fanny flutters'. Regulator Ofcom received 486 complaints regarding the unwanted sexual advances made by Higgins toward Fury. A further 302 complaints were made to Ofcom about Lucie Donlan's treatment from other contestants including partner Joe Garratt and fellow islander Amy Hart after signs of gaslighting and bullying being reported respectively. A total of 1,215 complaints to Ofcom were submitted between 14 and 18 June.
Sherif Lanre's removal
On 11 June 2019, it was announced that contestant Sherif Lanre had been removed from the villa due to "breaking the rules" however no further explanation was given, and his exit was not shown on screen. It was since speculated that the producers were trying to keep details of his removal under wraps to avoid further scandal. Days later, Lanre confirmed the reasons for his removal as "accidentally kicking a female contestant [Molly-Mae] in the crotch" then "joking about his actions using vile and demeaning language", referring to it as a "cunt punt".