| Love Island Australia | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Release | |
| Original network | 9Now |
| Original release | 30 October 2023 – |
| Season chronology | |
The fifth season of Love Island Australia premiered on 9Now on Monday, 30 October 2023 presented by Sophie Monk and narrated by Eoghan McDermott.[1]
Format
Love Island Australia involves a group of contestants, known as "Islanders", living in a villa in Mallorca looking to find love. To remain in the competition, the Islanders must be coupled up with another Islander, as the winning couple wins $50,000. On the first day, the Islanders couple up for the first time based on first impressions. However, throughout the series they may choose to "re-couple" and couple up with another Islander instead. Islanders may join the villa at several stages throughout the season.
Islanders who are single after each re-coupling risk being eliminated and "dumped" from the island. Islanders can also be eliminated via public vote, or through other means such as deciding among themselves who to vote off the island. During the finale, the public vote for a couple they want to win the series and the $50,000 prize. One person from the winning couple can then either split the money with their partner or keep it for themselves.
Season 5 was pre-recorded in August-September of 2023. All previous seasons of the show across the franchise have aired on a short delay, but while filming was still taking place to allow for public votes. An ITV Studios executive producer stated the change in format was so that the season would air during late spring and early summer in the Southern Hemisphere, but be filmed in the Mediterranean when the weather was still warm. A select group of "Love Island Superfans" were given access to live video feeds from the villa to participate in elimination votes, challenge polls, and date selections.
Islanders
The first Islanders were announced on social media, one week before the premiere episode.[1][2] Of the islanders, Abby Miller has participated on tenth season of The Bachelors, whilst Lucinda Strafford was a contestant on the seventh series of the British version of the show.[3]
| Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Entered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Cosgrove | 27 | Seattle, Washington, US | International Baseball Player | Day 13 | |
| Chloe Jackson | 23 | Sydney, New South Wales | Fitness Instructor | Day 17 | |
| Georgia Murray | 21 | Penrith, New South Wales | Journalist | Day 11 | |
| Kale Roberts | 25 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Sales | Day 4 | Dumped (Day 13) |
| Day 161 | |||||
| Lucinda Strafford | 23 | Brighton, UK | Influencer | Day 2 | |
| Nakia Pires | 21 | Adelaide, South Australia | Store Worker | Day 1 | |
| Nate Page | 24 | Sydney, New South Wales | Personal Trainer | Day 1 | |
| Reid Polak | 26 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Personal trainer/Model | Day 3 | |
| Savannah Badger | 26 | Adelaide, South Australia | Law Graduate | Day 1 | |
| Trent Woolman | 25 | Melbourne, Victoria | Tower Crane Operator | Day 1 | |
| Tyra Johannes | 23 | Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Accountant | Day 1 | |
| Zac Nunns | 25 | Melbourne, Victoria | Student | Day 1 | |
| Tasia Hafenstein | 24 | Brisbane, Queensland | Club Host | Day 15 | Dumped (Day 19) |
| Abby Miller | 23 | Sydney, New South Wales | Makeup Artist | Day 7 | Dumped (Day 18) |
| Seb Williams | 24 | Melbourne, Victoria | Entrepreneur | Day 15 | Dumped (Day 18) |
| Aidan Knox | 29 | Sydney, Australia | Construction Worker and Model | Day 10 | Dumped (Day 16) |
| Ryan Craig-Turner | 28 | Wollongong, New South Wales | Fitter | Day 10 | Dumped (Day 12) |
| Tia Gregory | 24 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Real Estate | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 12) |
| Ben Richardson | 22 | Sydney, New South Wales | Videographer & Content Creator | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 11) |
| Kirra Schofield | 26 | Perth, Western Australia | Educator | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 9) |
| Ollie Lawson | 24 | Perth, Western Australia | FIFO Mining Electrician | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 6) |
- ^Note 1 : Dumped Islander Kale re-entered the villa on Day 16.
Coupling and elimination history
| Spicy Era | Vibe Era | Villain Era | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | ||||||||||
| Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 6 | Day 9 | Day 11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 16 | Day 18 | Day 19 | ||||
| Andy | Not in Villa | Nakia | Nakia | Abby to dump |
Nakia | ||||||||
| Chloe | Not in Villa | Reid | Reid | ||||||||||
| Georgia | Not in Villa | Nate | Safe | Nate | Nate | Vulnerable | Nate | ||||||
| Kale | Not in Villa | Nakia | Nakia | Nakia | Tia & Ryan to dump |
Single | Dumped (Day 13) |
Tyra | Abby to dump |
Tyra | |||
| Lucinda | Not in Villa | Nate | Zac | Zac | Ryan | Vulnerable | Zac | Zac | Seb to dump |
Zac | |||
| Nakia | Nate | Waiting Room |
Kale | Kale | Kale | Tia & Ryan to dump |
Andy | Andy | Seb to dump |
Andy | |||
| Nate | Nakia | Lucinda | Tia | Tia | Georgia | Safe | Georgia | Georgia | Abby to dump |
Georgia | |||
| Reid | Not in Villa | Tia | Kirra | Abby | Abby | Safe | Abby | Tasia | Immune | Chloe | |||
| Savannah | Zac | Trent | Trent | Trent | Safe | Trent | Seb | Vulnerable | Trent | ||||
| Trent | Tia | Waiting Room |
Savannah | Savannah | Savannah | Safe | Savannah | Abby | Vulnerable | Savannah | |||
| Tyra | Ben | Ben | Ben | Aidan | Tia & Ryan to dump |
Aidan | Kale | Seb to dump |
Kale | ||||
| Zac | Savannah | Lucinda | Lucinda | Tia | Vulnerable | Lucinda | Lucinda | Vulnerable | Lucinda | ||||
| Tasia | Not in Villa | Reid | Safe | Single | Dumped (Day 19) | ||||||||
| Abby | Not in Villa | Reid | Reid | Safe | Reid | Trent | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 18) | |||||
| Seb | Not in Villa | Savannah | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 18) | |||||||||
| Aidan | Not in Villa | Tyra | Tia & Ryan to dump |
Tyra | Single | Dumped (Day 16) | |||||||
| Ryan | Not in Villa | Lucinda | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 12) | |||||||||
| Tia | Trent | Reid | Nate | Nate | Zac | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 12) | ||||||
| Ben | Tyra | Tyra | Tyra | Single | Dumped (Day 11) | ||||||||
| Kirra | Ollie | Reid | Single | Dumped (Day 9) | |||||||||
| Ollie | Kirra | Single | Dumped (Day 6) | ||||||||||
| Notes | 1 | 2 | none | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6, 7 | 8, 9 | 10 | ||||
| Dumped | No Dumping |
Nakia Trent Failed to couple up |
Ollie Failed to couple up |
Kirra Failed to couple up |
Ben Failed to couple up |
Tia Ryan Islanders' choice to dump |
Kale Failed to couple up |
Aidan Failed to couple up |
Seb Girls' choice to dump |
Tasia Failed to couple up |
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| Abby Boys' choice to dump | |||||||||||||
| Ref | [4] | [5][6] | [7] | ||||||||||
Notes
- ^Note 1 : On Day 1, Girls had the power to choose to couple up with for the first time.
- ^Note 2 : On Day 3, Lucinda chose to couple up with Nate, leaving Nakia single. Reid entered the villa and chose to couple up with Tia, leaving Trent single. Nakia and Trent were moved to Waiting Room. All other Day 1 couples remained the same.
- ^Note 3 : On Day 12, Georgia entered the villa on dumping night, she was given the opportunity to “speed-date” Nate and Ben. She then made the decision to couple up with Nate, therefore leaving Ben single and therefore dumped from the villa.
- ^Note 4 : The two couples with the least votes were Vulnerable and the power to dump was with the two couples with the most votes.
- ^Note 5 : On Day 13, Andy chose to couple up with Nakia, leaving Kale single and therefore dumped from the villa. All other Day 11 couples remained the same.
- ^Note 6 : On Day 16, Kale coupled-up with Tyra during their date and returned to the villa.
- ^Note 7 : First the bombshells choose to couple-up and the girls had to choose to couple-up.
- ^Note 8 : On Day 18, Chloe chose to couple up with Reid, leaving Tasia single.
- ^Note 9 : The three boys and three girls with the least votes were Vulnerable and the power to dump was with the three boys and three girls with the most votes.
- ^Note 10 : On Day 19, as the only single boy Trent chose to couple up with Savannah, leaving Tasia single and therefore dumped from the villa. All other Day 16 couples remained the same.
References
- 1 2 "Meet the Islanders of Love Island Australia 2023". 9Now. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ↑ "Love Island Australia Season 5 cast: Meet the islanders". Dexerto. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ↑ "Love Island 2023: new singles". TVTonight. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ↑ "New couples, a love triangle and an international Bombshell: Biggest bombshell moments from Love Island Australia 2023 Episode 1". 9Now. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ↑ "A first kiss, a Bombshell's shock confession and two stranded Islanders: Biggest moments from Love Island Australia 2023 Episode 2". 9Now. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ↑ "Lies, a tearful break-up and a cheeky game of spin the bottle: Biggest moments from Love Island Australia 2023 Episode 3". 9Now. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ↑ "'Snakey' tactics, a tatted-up Bombshell and a change of heart: Biggest moments from Love Island Australia 2023 Episode 4". 9Now. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.