Major ITV Love Island update for 2026 as show to be extended
ITV have announced that Love Island: All Stars will return for an extended third series on ITV2 in January 2026. The news comes after the intense finale of the 12th series, which saw American beauty Toni Laites and Cach Mercer take home the win and 50K cash prize.
This year's show was dubbed 'TV gold' by fans who branded the series as 'iconic' with its summer of jaw dropping twists and turns. And it looks like ITV are continuing with that momentum with the return of Love Island: All Stars.
One again, fan-favourite Islanders from across the 12 seasons of the show will return to the villa in hopes for a second chance at finding love, while navigating the relationship dilemmas of bombshells, heads turning and what it truly means to be open.
The hit show will return to the stunning villa in South Africa, with more Islanders hoping to find love. The series will launch in the new year and run for six whole weeks instead of the five which the past two seasons ran for.
The previous two seasons saw couples from multiple series find love with each other, with several couples still together to this day. Season one in 2024 saw Molly Smith and Tom Clare crowned as the winners, and the pair are still going from strength to strength having recently bought their first house together.
Other returning Islanders include Sophie Piper, Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, Curtis Pritchard, Scott Thomas and Anton Danyluk.
The Love Island franchise has proved to be one of ITV's biggest shows for 16-34 audiences. The show has also continued to be streamed on ITVX when off air, being watched over two billion times.
The show celebrated its 10th anniversary this year with season 12, and it is expected to be the biggest since season nine (which aired in January 2023).
This show's streams on ITVX, currently at 163 million, are up 9 per cent 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."
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