Love island s6

The sixth edition of ITV's popular reality TV dating seriesLove Island concluded in February of 2020 with the couple of Finn Tapp and Paige Turley taking home the grand prize. The two lasted 44 days in the villa and bested some fierce competition, including the second and third place couples, Luke T. and Siannise and Luke M. and Demi, respectively.

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With nearly two years eclipsed since their time in Cape Town, it's worth catching up with the competing season 6 couples to see what the current status of each of their relationships is. Are the strongest couples still intact?

Finn And Paige - Together

According toCapital UK, nearly two years after winning Love Island season 6, Finn and Paige are still together and going strong. In a unique challenge brought about by the COVID-19 lockdown, the couple went from being isolated on the game show island to being sequestered together in real life. The two even lived together at Paige's parents' house for a short time.

After pairing up on day 6 in the villa, the two never wavered from each other and remained faithful all the way to the winner's circle. Proving to be one of the best Love Island couples of all, Finn and Paige are now an official item and have since moved in together.

Priscilla And Mike - Split

Although they showed compatible chemistry en route to a top-five finish, Priscilla and Mike have since called their relationship quits, according to Cosmopolitan. The two struck up a torrid romance after being introduced in Casa Amor, leading to Mike choosing to bring Priscilla back to the villa.

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After their time on the island, Priscilla and Mike made an effort to make things work. However, things faded fast, and after the two stopped following each other on social media, they officially announced their split by the summer of 2021.

Luke T. And Siannise - Together

Luke Trotman demonstrated some of the most romantic gestures during his courtship of Siannise on the popular reality dating show, including that enchanting fairy-tale-like secret meeting he orchestrated. Luke and Siannise mounted a strong relationship that allowed them to finish as respectable runners-up. They not only won each other's hearts, but they also captured the hearts of viewers everywhere.

Nowadays, Luke and Siannise have taken their bond to the next level, according to Cosmopolitan. While they became an official couple on the show, they've since moved into a London flat together and share a dog named Nala.

Demi And Luke M. - Split

Although Demi and Luke Mabbott finished in third place, the short-lived couple paired up roughly 10 days before the show was over. As such, it's no real surprise that the couple has since gone their separate ways (per Cosmopolitan). Their bond was never all that meaningful to start, exemplified through Luke's immature and noncommital behavior.

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While the couple was quick to blame the COVID-19 lockdown for their split, Demi claimed Luke made zero effort to make things work in the real world. These days, Luke is dating former Love Island contestant Lucie Donlan.

Molly And Callum - Together

Callum Jones upset viewers by breaking Shaughna Phillips' heart after spending nearly a month as her romantic island partner. Callum let temptation get the best of him by choosing Molly Smith during the dramatic and controversial Casa Amor test. Now, the decision seems wise as can be.

Currently, the two are still together and have moved into a Manchester flat to live as one. They post countless Instagram photos of each other that prove their playful bond. The lesson learned? Not all Casa Amor experiences are bad ones.

Ched And Jess - Split

Ched Uzor and Jess Gale seemed to have a good thing going when they paired up in the middle of the season and finished in a respectable fourth place. Following their time on the island, the two even courted in London and Manchester, although they never officially become boyfriend and girlfriend.

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Once the pandemic hit, Ched and Jess went their separate ways and remained isolated from each other. As such, the two ended their time together in May of 2020. Jess announced her split from Ched Instagram, where she continues to thrive as a popular model and online influencer.

Nas And Eva - Together

One of the cutest and easiest couples to root for during Love Island season 6 was Nas Majeed and Eva Zapico, who met during the Casa Amor event late in the season. Nas struggled to find love most of the season but was genuinely swept off his feet by Eva, which made fans just as happy as they were to find each other.

Fortunately, despite spending only a few days on the island together, Nas and Eva are still together and officially declared themselves a couple six months after leaving the show (per Cosmopolitan). Even Nas' former flame, Demi, expressed online happiness for their coupledom, proving how likable Nas and Eva remain to this day.

Connor And Sophie - Split

Despite being unceremoniously dumped off the island early in the season, ostensible playboy Connor Durman stayed true to his word and waited for his Love Island partner Sophie Piper to return to the U.K. The two posed for a Valentine's Day pic date but never officially became an item.

Like many couples in season 6, the COVID-19 pandemic and mandatory lockdown in the U.K. made it very hard for Connor and Sophie to see each other on a regular basis. As such, their relationship dwindled after a few real-world dates, according to The Sun.

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Season 6 (UK)

Season 6 is the sixth season of the popular British dating reality TV show, hosted by Laura Whitmore and premiering January 12th, 2020.

On February 23rd, 2020, Finley Tapp and Paige Turley were declared the winners of the season and of the £50,000 with Luke Trotman and Siannise Fudge finishing as the runners-up

Production

It was initially reported on June 17th,2019 that the show's producers were planning to do a winter edition of the Love Island format, with it airing in early 2020.^[1] This was later confirmed on July 26th,2019 where ITV2 confirmed that it would be airing 2 seasons a year from 2020, after the success of the 2019 season. The first of those 2 was confirmed to be the first winter season.^[2]

On July 28th, 2019 it was reported that Caroline Flack would be returning to host the show, after having signed a new contract for 2020. Iain Stirling also later confirmed his involvement during an interview with Good-Morning Britain's Richard Arnold.

In October,2019 the launch date for this season was leaked, being revealed to be launching between January 6th-8th,2020, with the production staff arriving a week in advance on January 1st of the same year in order to prepare the new South African villa for the season. However this was later proven false on December 19th, 2019 when it was revealed that it'd be launching on January 12th,2020.^[3]

At the same time, it was also revealed that this season would have a shortened length of six weeks, instead of the normal 8 weeks that the previous 2 seasons had.^[4]

On December 17th,2019 Caroline announced that she'd be leaving the role of presenter for this season, after allegations of sexual assault against her boyfriend arose on December 13th.^[5] On December 20th,2019 it was announced that former SOTF hostess & Iain's girlfriend; Laura Whitmore was taking over as Caroline's replacement.^[6]

Casting

The auditions for this season were opened July 29th,2019; the day of the 2019 finale and are set to close November 30th,2019. Potential islanders have been asked to once again send in audition tapes.It was also noted in the application form, that applicants would need to be available for a minimum of 8 weeks after rumours of a shorter season popped up just after the announcement of the season.

In August 2019, it was reported that the production team were looking for specific types of islander's such as a pair of twins and a goth girl.^[7]

Villa

During the reveal on July 26th, 2019 it was revealed that the villa for this winter season would not be situated in the normal location of Majorca, Spain, but would instead move to another luxury villa in South Africa.^[8]

On December 6th 2019, the first images of the villa were released, revealing it to be a lot larger than the normal villa in Majorca.^[9] The first official images were later released on January 9th,2020 3 days before the season began. The new villa also featured a brand new feature, called the "Dog-House".

Bathroom

Bedroom

Day-Beds

Dog-House

Fire-Pit

Front-Lawn

Make-Up Room

Hide-Away

Kitchen

Lounge

Pool

Seating Area

Islanders

The initial line-up of islanders were revealed on January 6th,2020, just a week from the launch of the season on January 12th. A pair of twin islanders are also included in the initial line-up for the first time. More islanders will enter the villa later in the season.

Winner    Finley	Winner    Paige	Runner-up    Luke T	Finalist    Demi
Finalist    Luke M	Finalist    Ched	Finalist    Jess	Dumped    Mike
Dumped    Callum	Dumped    Molly
Dumped    Eva	Dumped    Nas	Dumped    Jordan	Dumped    Alexi
Dumped    Biggs	Dumped    George	Dumped    Jade	Dumped    Josh
Dumped    Sophie	Dumped    Leanne	Dumped    Connor
Dumped    Eve	Walked    Ollie

Week-by-Week Summary

Tasks/Challenges

Season 6

The sixth season of the revived Love Island premiered on ITV2 on January 12, 2020. It ran for 43 days with the finale airing on February 23, 2020.

The winners were 22-year old Paige Turley and 20-year old Finley Tapp.

Production

The first 10-second trailer for the series aired on December 2, 2019 featuring the tagline "Do one, winter". A full-length trailer was later released on December 6, 2019 which featured Caroline Flack.^[1]

This marks the first season to feature Laura Whitmore as the presenter as opposed to Caroline Flack, who stepped down following assault allegations. Whitmore also took on the role of presenting Love Island: Aftersun, which for the first time aired every Monday after the main show rather than its usual Sunday slot.

Villa

For the first winter edition of the show, the Islanders will stay at the Midden Cottage, located in the "ultra-wealthy" Constantia suburb of Cape Town.^[2]

Islanders

• ^Note 1: Eve and Jess are identical twins

Coupling

On Day 1, after all of the girls entered, the boys were asked to choose a girl to pair up with. Nas was paired with Siânnise, Callum with Shaughna, Ollie and Paige paired up, Connor and Sophie coupled up, and Mike paired up with Leanne. Eve and Jess then entered the villa and were told they would be stealing a boy each the following day.

     Girls choice

     Boys choice

Notes

• ^Note 1: Eve and Jess arrived after the coupling on Day 1 and were told they would be able to steal boys for themselves on Day 2. They chose Callum and Mike respectively, thus leaving Shaughna and Leanne single.
• ^Note 2: On Day 15, after receiving the least public votes, Connor and Sophie were at risk of being dumped from the island. The remaining islanders then had to choose one islander to save. They chose to save Sophie, thus dumping Connor from the island.
• ^Note 3: On Day 20, the islanders voted anonymously for the two least compatible couples. Jess and Luke M, Rebecca and Wallace, Siânnise and Luke T, and Mike and Sophie all received votes and competed in a public vote to save. As Sophie and Mike, and Rebecca and Wallace received the fewest votes, the safe islanders had to chose one person from each couple to dump. They chose Sophie and Wallace.

Weekly Summary

Other Information

• On July 24, 2019 it was confirmed that two series of Love Island would be airing in 2020 – one in January and another in the traditional summer slot.

Controversies

• On December 17, 2019 it was announced that Caroline Flack would be standing down as host for the sixth season after allegations of assault towards her current boyfriend.^[3] On December 20, it was revealed that Laura Whitmore would serve as the new host.^[4]
  • On February 15, 2020, it was announced that Flack had been found dead in her flat in London.^[5]
• Two days before the premiere, it was revealed that original islander Ollie Williams was a trophy hunter.^[6] Regulator Ofcom received 272 complaints after the first airing, 231 of which regarding Williams inclusion on the show.^[7]A Change.org petition was created and called for Williams to be removed from the villa. However, bosses revealed that they had no intention on removing him as they "refuse to back down to the public" believing it will "blow over".^[8]

Couple Status

Official couples from the show and their post-show status

Ratings

Official ratings are taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board and include ITV2 +1.^[9] The Saturday weekly catch-up episodes are not included in the overall averages.

• ^Note 1: On February 15, 2020, following the death of former presenter Caroline Flack, the Unseen Bits episode due to air that day was not broadcast. The regular episode did not air the following day either. The show returned on February 17, 2020, however, the spin-off Aftersun did not air.

References

• On Day 1, Callum, Connor, Eve, Jess, Leanne, Mike, Nas, Ollie, Paige, Shaughna, Siânnise and Sophie entered the villa.
• On Day 5, Connagh and Finn entered the villa.

• On Day 1, the Islanders coupled up for the first time. After all of the girls entered, the boys were asked to choose a girl to pair up with. Leanne coupled up with Mike, Paige paired up with Ollie, Shaughna with Callum, Siânnise with Nas and Sophie with Connor.
• On Day 2, Eve and Jess were each allowed to steal a boy from a couple. Eve chose Callum, whereas Jess chose Mike, leaving Leanne and Shaughna single.^[33]
• On Day 6, the islanders re-coupled. This time it was the boys who had to pick a girl to pair up with. Callum and Shaughna, and Mike and Leanne reunited, while Connagh chose Sophie, Connor picked Siânnise, Finn went with Paige, and Nas coupled with Jess. As Eve remained single, she was dumped from the island.

• On Day 2, the girls and the boys competed against each other in "Spill the Tea", in which they had to guess which islander a fact was about. To make their guess they had to kiss that islander.^[34]
• On Day 6, the girls competed in a "Booty-camp" challenge where they had to take on an obstacle course then finish by kissing a boy of their choice. Siânnise won the challenge.

• On Day 2, as the newest couples, Jess and Mike, and Eve and Callum went on a double date.
• On Day 5, new Islanders Connagh and Finn were asked to choose two other Islanders to take on dates. Connagh chose Sophie and Shaughna, whilst Finn picked Siânnise and Paige.

• On Day 4, Ollie decided to voluntarily leave the villa.^[35]
• On Day 6, Eve was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.^[36]

• On Day 9, Rebecca entered the villa.^[27]
• On Day 12, Luke M and Luke T entered the villa.

• On Day 13, the islanders re-coupled. This time it was the girls who had to pick a boy to couple up with. Callum and Shaughna, Finn and Paige, and Mike and Leanne remained together, while Connor and Sophie, and Nas and Siânnise reunited. Jess went with Luke M, and Rebecca coupled with Luke T. As Connagh remained single, he was dumped from the island.^[37]

• On Day 8, the islanders competed in a couples quiz where they had to answer questions about the person they are coupled up with. The quiz was won by Finn and Paige.^[38]
• On Day 9, the boys and girls competed in a challenge where they had to raise their opposing team's heart rate. At the end of the game they found out who raised their heart rate the most. Rebecca also entered the villa during this challenge as a surprise to the islanders.^[39]

• On Day 9, Leanne and Mike left the villa to go on their first date.^[40]
• On Day 9, after raising their heart rate the most, Rebecca dated both Callum and Connor in the hideaway.^[41]
• On Day 12, the public voted for who they wanted new boys Luke M and Luke T to go on dates with. They picked Jess to date Luke M, and Siânnise to date Luke T.^[42]
• On Day 13, new Islanders Luke M and Luke T were asked to choose two other Islanders to take on dates. Luke M chose Paige and Sophie, whilst Luke T picked Leanne and Rebecca.^[43]

• On Day 13, Connagh was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.^[44]

• On Day 18, the islanders re-coupled. This time it was the boys who had to pick a boy to couple up with. Callum and Shaughna, Finn and Paige, and Luke M and Jess remained together, while Luke T went with Siânnise, Wallace coupled with Rebecca, Nas chose Demi, and Mike picked Sophie. As Leanne remained single, she was dumped from the island.

• On Day 16, the islanders competed in "Getting Trollied" where they had to transfer food to each other using their mouths. Callum and Shaughna won the challenge.^[45]
• On Day 19, the islanders competed in the "Speedy Sex Positions" challenge. It was won by Nas and Demi.
• On Day 20, the islanders competed in the "Oktobersesh" challenge featuring Oktoberfest inspired games. It was won by Paige and Finn.

• On Day 15, Callum and Shaughna left the villa to go on their first date.
• On Day 16, new islanders Demi and Wallace were asked to choose three other islanders to take on dates. Demi chose Finn, Luke M and Nas, whilst Wallace chose Siânnise, Paige and Sophie.

• On Day 15, after the public voted for their favourite couple, it was announced that Connor and Sophie were the couple with the fewest votes. It was then up to the safe islanders to pick which of the two to dump. They chose Connor.^[46]
• On Day 18, Leanne was dumped from the island after failing to couple up.

• On Day 23, Alexi, Biggs, Ched, George, Jordan and Josh entered the Main Villa, whilst Eva, Jade, Jamie M, Molly, Natalia and Priscilla joined the boys in Casa Amor.

• On Day 22, the islanders competed in the "Snog, Marry, Pie" challenge where each islander had to snog, marry and pie an islander of the opposite gender.
• On Day 23, the Main Villa and Casa Amor competed in a game to make cocktails by passing ingredients from one end of a line to the other by mouth alone. The challenge was won by Casa Amor.
• On Day 24, the Main Villa and Casa Amor competed in "Raunchy Races" where they had to complete a certain task quicker than the other villa. The Main Villa won the challenge and won a party for that evening.

• On Day 26, the original Islanders were told that they would be re-coupling. They were only given the option to remain in their current couple or to choose one of the new Islanders. However, as the boys and the girls were living in separate villas, they were not aware of what the other one chose. If one decided to re-couple and the other did not, then they would be single but still remain on the island. If both re-coupled then they would both remain in the villa with their new partner, and any remaining single new islanders would be dumped. Already single, islanders Rebecca and Mike chose to couple up with Jordan and Priscilla respectively. Finn and Paige, and Luke T and Siânnise remained together. Callum picked Molly, Jess chose Ched, Luke M coupled up with Natalia, and Nas went with Eva. As Demi and Shaughna's original partners failed to recouple with them, they were now single. The new single islanders were then dumped from the villa.

• On Day 22, the islanders voted anonymously for the two least compatible couples. As Jess and Luke M, Rebecca and Wallace, Siânnise and Luke T, Sophie and Mike all received votes, they went head-to-head with each other in a public vote to save. It was then revealed that Rebecca and Wallace, and Sophie and Mike had received the fewest and were therefore at risk. It was then up to the safe islanders to decide which one from each at risk couple to dump. They chose Sophie and Wallace.
• On Day 26, new islanders Alexi, Biggs, George, Jade, Jamie M and Josh were dumped from the island after failing to couple up.

• On Day 31, Jamie entered the villa.

• On Day 33 there was a recoupling where the boys chose. Finn and Paige, Luke T and Siânnise, Callum and Molly, Mike and Priscilla and Jess and Ched remained together. Jamie chose Natalia and Luke M chose Demi. As a result, Shaughna remained single and was dumped.

• On Day 30 the girls competed in the "Girl Racers" challenge where the girls had to complete a course blindfolded guided by a boy. The challenge was won by Paige and Finn.
• On Day 31, the islanders competed in "Rumpy Pumpy" where islanders competed against each other to pump up balloons with their bodies and answer a sexy question. The Blue team won which consisted of Callum, Ched, Luke M, Paige, Priscilla, Shaughna and Siânnise.
• On Day 32, the islanders competed in "News Splash" where they had to fill in the blanks in news headlines with incorrect answers resulting in getting dunked in a water tank.
• On Day 34, the islanders competed in the 'Valentines Bae' challenge where they had to complete an obstacle course whilst carrying a romantic meal. The challenge was won by Luke M and Demi.

• On Day 31, new islander Jamie had to take two girls on dates. He chose Shaughna and Demi.
• On Day 32, Jess and Ched went on their first date.
• On Day 34, Luke M and Demi went on their first date.

• On Day 30, the public voted for their favourite couple. As Rebecca and Jordan, and Nas and Eva received the fewest votes they were dumped from the villa.
• On Day 33, Shaughna was dumped from the villa for failing to couple up.

• On Day 37, the islanders had to vote for another couple in a number of different categories. For every vote a couple received, they earned a point. As the categories were negative traits, the couple with the lowest votes won the challenge. This was Ched and Jess.
• On Day 40, the boys had to collectively complete five undercover assignments without the girls knowing.

• On Day 39, Mike and Priscilla, Finn and Paige, Ched and Jess went on their final dates.
• On Day 40, Demi and Luke M, and Siânnise and Luke T went on their final dates.

• On Day 38, following the islanders voted for the two least compatible couples the previous day, Demi and Luke M, Jess and Ched, Molly and Callum, Natalia and Jamie, and Priscilla and Mike who all received votes went head-to-head with each other in a public vote to save. It was then revealed that having received the fewest votes, Natalia and Jamie had been dumped. Molly and Callum, and Mike and Priscilla were also still at risk, and it was up to the safe islanders to decide which couple to save. They ultimately chose to dump Molly and Callum.
• On Day 41, the public voted for their favourite couple. Mike and Priscilla received the fewest votes and were therefore dumped from the villa.