Love Island Australia (season 1)
The first season of Love Island Australia began airing on 27 May 2018 9Go! and 9Now[1] presented by Sophie Monk[2] and narrated by Eoghan McDermott.[3] The final aired on 5 July 2018, with Grant Crapp and Tayla Damir winning and sharing the $50,000 prize money. Eden Dally and Erin Barnett finished as runners up.
Love Island Australia | |
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Season 1 | |
Country of origin | Australia |
No. of episodes | 30 |
Release | |
Original network | 9Go! |
Original release | 27 May – 5 July 2018 |
Season chronology |
Format
Love Island involves a group of contestants, referred to as Islanders, living in isolation from the outside world in a villa in Mallorca, Spain, constantly under video surveillance. To survive in the villa the Islanders must be coupled up with another Islander, whether it be for love, friendship or money, as the overall winning couple receives a combined $50,000. On the first day, the Islanders couple up for the first time based on first impressions, but over the duration of the series they are forced to "re-couple" where they can choose to remain in their current couple or swap partners.
Any Islander who remains single after the coupling is eliminated and dumped from the island. Islanders can also be eliminated via public vote, as during the series the public vote through the Love Island app available on smartphones for their favourite couple or prospective couple. Pairs who receive the fewest votes risk being eliminated. Often a twist has occurred where it has been up to the Islanders to vote one of their own off the island. During the final week, the public vote towards which couple they want to win the series and therefore take home $50,000.
Islanders
The Islanders for the first series were released by Nine on 21 May 2018, just one week before the premiere episode.[4]
Islander | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Entered | Status |
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Grant Crapp | 22 | Canberra | Electrician | Day 1 | Winner (Day 39) |
Tayla Damir | 21 | Perth | Beauty Queen | Day 1 | Winner (Day 39) |
Eden Dally | 25 | Sydney | Prison Officer | Day 1 | Runner-up (Day 39) |
Erin Barnett | 23 | Melbourne | Nurse | Day 1 | Runner-up (Day 39) |
Amelia Plummer | 23 | Sydney | Nutrition Student | Day 23 | Third place (Day 39) |
Josh Moss | 25 | Sydney | Sports Administrator | Day 1 | Third place (Day 39) |
Dom Thomas | 26 | Sydney | Project Manager | Day 16 | Dumped (Day 38) |
Shelby Bilby | 25 | Gold Coast | Event Management Student | Day 23 | Dumped (Day 38) |
Mark O'Dare | 26 | Sydney | Model | Day 31 | Dumped (Day 37) |
Millie Fuller | 24 | Sydney | Doggy Daycare Worker | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 37) |
Edyn "Mac" Mackney | 22 | Gold Coast | Social Media Manager | Day 14 | Dumped (Day 36) |
Teddy Briggs | 25 | Adelaide | Model | Day 21 | Dumped (Day 36) |
Kory Grant | 28 | Melbourne | Concreter | Day 31 | Dumped (Day 35) |
Jaxon Human | 24 | Melbourne | Stripper/Tennis Coach | Day 11 | Dumped (Day 30) |
Françoise Draschler | 28 | Melbourne | Marketing Executive | Day 8 | Dumped (Day 26) |
Cassidy McGill | 24 | Melbourne | Barmaid | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 25) |
Elias Chigros | 27 | Melbourne | Personal Trainer | Day 4 | Dumped (Day 18) |
Justin Lacko | 27 | Melbourne | International Model | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 18) |
Natasha Cherie | 24 | Perth | Beauty Salon Owner | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 15) |
John James Parton | 32 | Melbourne | DJ | Day 4 | Walked (Day 11)[5] |
Kim Hartnett | 21 | Brisbane | Hairdresser/Bikini Model | Day 2 | Dumped (Day 9) |
Charlie Taylor | 22 | Sydney | International Rugby Player | Day 1 | Dumped (Day 7) |
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Season 5 - Justin Lacko - 6th Place
Season 6 - Erin Barnett - 11th Place
Kory appeared on Season Two of True Love Or True Lies? on MTV
Teddy competed on The Amazing Race Australia 7 in 2023.[6]
Coupling and elimination history
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Final Week | ||||||||||||||||
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Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 7 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 15 | Day 17 | Day 18 | Day 22 | Day 24 | Day 25 | Day 26 | Day 30 | Day 31 | Day 35 | Day 36 | Day 37 | Day 38 | Finale | |||
Grant | Cassidy | Tayla | Immune | Tayla | Tayla | Safe | Cassidy | Tayla | Immune | Tayla | Vulnerable | Tayla | Tayla | Teddy & Mac to dump |
Safe | Safe | Winners (Day 39) | ||||
Tayla | Josh | Single | Grant | Safe | Grant | Grant | Immune | Jaxon | Grant | Immune | Grant | Immune | Grant | Grant | |||||||
Eden | Erin | Erin | Immune | Erin | Erin | Justin to dump |
Erin | Erin | Immune | Erin | Vulnerable | Erin | Erin | Mark & Millie to dump |
Safe | Safe | Runners-up (Day 39) | ||||
Erin | Eden | Eden | Safe | Eden | Eden | Justin to dump |
Eden | Eden | Immune | Eden | Immune | Eden | Eden | ||||||||
Amelia | Not in Villa | Josh | Immune | Josh | Immune | Josh | Josh | Teddy & Mac to dump |
Vulnerable | Safe | Third Place (Day 39) | ||||||||||
Josh | Tayla | Kim | Natasha | Immune | Natasha | Cassidy | Single | Safe | Françoise | Amelia | Immune | Amelia | Vulnerable | Amelia | Amelia | ||||||
Dom | Not in Villa | Cassidy | Immune | Millie | Millie | Immune | Mac | Vulnerable | Single | Shelby | Mark & Millie to dump |
Safe | Eliminated | Dumped (Day 38) | |||||||
Shelby | Not in Villa | Jaxon | Immune | Jaxon | Immune | Single | Dom | ||||||||||||||
Mark | Not in Villa | Mac | Millie | Vulnerable | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 37) | |||||||||||||||
Millie | Justin | Justin | Safe | Justin | Justin | Immune | Dom | Dom | Immune | Teddy | Immune | Kory | Mark | ||||||||
Mac | Not in Villa | Jaxon | Immune | Teddy | Single | Safe | Dom | Immune | Mark | Teddy | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 36) | |||||||||
Teddy | Not in Villa | Mac | Françoise | Immune | Millie | Vulnerable | Single | Mac | |||||||||||||
Kory | Not in Villa | Millie | Single | Dumped (Day 35) | |||||||||||||||||
Jaxon | Not in Villa | Mac | Vulnerable | Tayla | Shelby | Immune | Shelby | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 30) | ||||||||||||
Françoise | Not in Villa | Immune | Elias | Elias | Immune | Josh | Teddy | Immune | Single | Dumped (Day 26) | |||||||||||
Cassidy | Grant | Elias | Safe | Single | Josh | Dom | Immune | Grant | Single | Eliminated | Dumped (Day 25) | ||||||||||
Justin | Millie | Millie | Immune | Millie | Millie | Vulnerable | Dumped (Day 18) | ||||||||||||||
Elias | Not in Villa | Cassidy | Immune | Françoise | Françoise | Eliminated | Dumped (Day 18) | ||||||||||||||
Natasha | Charlie | Josh | Safe | Josh | Single | Dumped (Day 15) | |||||||||||||||
John James | Not in Villa | Kim | Immune | Single | Walked (Day 11) | ||||||||||||||||
Kim | Single | Josh | John James | Eliminated | Dumped (Day 9) | ||||||||||||||||
Charlie | Natasha | Single | Dumped (Day 7) | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes | 1 | none | 2 | 3 | none | 4 | 5 | none | 6 | none | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
Walked | none | John James | none | ||||||||||||||||||
Dumped | No Dumping |
Charlie Failed to couple up |
Kim Australia's Choice to dump |
No Dumping |
Natasha Failed to couple up |
No Dumping |
Elias Australia's Choice to dump |
No Dumping |
Cassidy Australia's Choice to dump |
Françoise Failed to couple up |
Jaxon Girl's Choice to dump |
No Dumping |
Kory Failed to couple up |
Teddy & Mac Deadlocked Vote (2-2) Vulnerable |
Millie & Mark Islanders's choice to dump |
Dom & Shelby Australia's choice to dump |
Josh & Amelia Third–most votes to win | ||||
Eden & Erin Second–most votes to win | |||||||||||||||||||||
Justin Eden & Erin's Choice to dump | |||||||||||||||||||||
Grant & Tayla Most votes to win |
- Notes
- ^Note 1 : Kim arrived after the first coupling, but was told she would be able to steal a boy for herself on Day 2. She chose Josh, leaving Tayla. All other couples from Day 1's coupling remained set.
- ^Note 2 : Australia voted for the girl they hope finds true love in the villa. As a new islander, Françoise was immune from the vote. Kim received the fewest votes and was dumped from the island, leaving John James single.
- ^Note 3 : As a new arrival, Françoise was able steal a boy for herself on Day 10. She chose Elias. This left Cassidy single. All other couples from Day 7's recoupling remained set.
- ^Note 4 : Dom arrived after the re-coupling ceremony, but was told he would be able to steal a girl for himself on Day 17. He chose Cassidy, leaving Josh single. All other couples from Day 15's recoupling remained set.
- ^Note 5 : Australia voted for the boy they believe would leave the villa with a girlfriend . As a new islander, Dom was immune from the vote. Elies received the fewest votes and was dumped from the island, leaving Françoise single. Then Jaxon & Justin were revealed to have the next fewest votes and were vulnerable to be dumped. The power as who between Justin & Jaxon would be dump was held by Eden & Erin - as Eden received the most votes, and Erin was his couple. Erin & Eden chose to dump Justin, leaving Millie single.
- ^Note 6 : Amelia and Shelby arrived after the re-coupling on Day 22 and were told they would be able to steal a boy each. Amelia chose Josh and Shelby chose Jaxon. A full re-coupling followed, with Cassidy and Mac left single. Australia voted to save one of the two girls, with Cassidy being dumped after receiving the fewest votes.
- ^Note 7 : On Day 30, the Girls were tasked to collectively decide to dump one boy from the island. They dumped Jaxon, leaving Shelby single.
- ^Note 8 : Kory and Mark arrived on Day 31, with both being told they can steal one girl each. Kory chose Millie and Mark chose Mac. This left Teddy and Dom single. All other couples from Day 26's recoupling remained set.
- ^Note 9 : The Day 35 recoupling ceremony was the final recoupling. From this point forward, the couples are set and one of the final 6 couples will be dumped every night until finale night.
- ^Note 10 : Australia voted for their favorite couples. Teddy & Mac and Mark & Millie received the fewest votes and were up for the dump. The saved islanders had to publicly vote to dump one of the vulnerable couples, with each saved couple casting one vote. As the vote resulted in 2–2 tie, with the saved couples were then forced to reach a consensus decision. As a consensus could not be reached, vulnerable couples then had to choose between themselves as to who would be dumped. Teddy & Mac elected to be dumped to save Mark & Millie.
- ^Note 11 : Australia voted for their least favorite couples. Mark & Millie and Josh & Amelia received the fewest votes and were up for the dump. The saved islanders had to reach a consensus decision to dump either Mark & Millie or Josh & Amelia. The saved couples chose to dump Mark & Millie.
- ^Note 12 : Australia voted for the couple they wanted in the Finale of Love Island Australia. Dom & Shelby had the fewest votes and were the final couple dumped from Love Island.
- ^Note 13 : Australia voted for which of the final three couples they want to win Love Island Australia. Grant & Tayla received the most votes, were declared the winners of Love Island Australia and forget in the final dilemma - Both received an envelope; one contained $50,000 and the other had nothing. Tayla received the $50,000 and had to decide whether to share the money with Grant or to keep the money for herself. She chose to share the money, so both Grant and Tayla received $25,000.
Series details
Weekly summary
The main events in the Love Island villa are summarised in the table below.
Week 1 | Entrances |
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Coupling |
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Dates |
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Challenges |
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Exits |
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Week 2 | Entrances |
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Coupling |
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Dates |
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Challenges |
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Exits |
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Week 3 | Entrances |
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Coupling |
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Dates |
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Challenges |
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Exits |
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Week 4 | Entrances |
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Coupling |
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Dates |
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Challenges |
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Exits |
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Week 5 | Entrances |
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Coupling |
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Dates |
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Challenges |
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Exits |
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Week 6 | Coupling |
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Dates |
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Challenges |
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Exits |
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Reception
Love Island Australia averaged around 200,000 viewers for its linear broadcasts in overnight OzTAM ratings, increasing to an average of 511,000 when adding viewers from Nine's streaming service, 9Now.[7] The series performed strongest in the youngest key demographic band (16 to 39 year olds), but ranked low amongst total viewers.[8] The series generated in excess of 150 million views through its official YouTube channel, however 85% were viewers from outside Australia, and YouTube viewers cannot be monetised.[7]
Viewership
No. | Title | Air date | Overnight ratings | Ref(s) |
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Viewers | ||||
1 | Episode 1 | 27 May 2018 | 155,000 | [9] |
2 | Episode 2 | 28 May 2018 | 184,000 | [10] |
3 | Episode 3 | 29 May 2018 | 136,000 | [11] |
4 | Episode 4 | 30 May 2018 | 134,000 | [12] |
5 | Episode 5 | 31 May 2018 | 154,000 | [13] |
6 | Episode 6 | 3 June 2018 | 121,000 | [14] |
7 | Episode 7 | 4 June 2018 | 162,000 | [15] |
8 | Episode 8 | 5 June 2018 | 157,000 | [16] |
9 | Episode 9 | 6 June 2018 | 160,000 | [17] |
10 | Episode 10 | 7 June 2018 | 170,000 | [18] |
11 | Episode 11 | 10 June 2018 | 164,000 | [19] |
12 | Episode 12 | 11 June 2018 | 190,000 | [20] |
13 | Episode 13 | 12 June 2018 | 200,000 | [21] |
14 | Episode 14 | 13 June 2018 | 214,000 | [22] |
15 | Episode 15 | 14 June 2018 | 181,000 | [23] |
16 | Episode 16 | 17 June 2018 | 145,000 | [24] |
17 | Episode 17 | 18 June 2018 | 195,000 | [25] |
18 | Episode 18 | 19 June 2018 | 204,000 | [26] |
19 | Episode 19 | 20 June 2018 | 188,000 | [27] |
20 | Episode 20 | 21 June 2018 | 194,000 | [28] |
21 | Episode 21 | 24 June 2018 | 138,000 | [29] |
22 | Episode 22 | 25 June 2018 | 174,000 | [30] |
23 | Episode 23 | 26 June 2018 | 185,000 | [31] |
24 | Episode 24 | 27 June 2018 | 195,000 | [32] |
25 | Episode 25 | 28 June 2018 | 156,000 | [33] |
26 | Episode 26 | 1 July 2018 | 151,000 | [34] |
27 | Episode 27 | 2 July 2018 | 174,000 | [35] |
28 | Episode 28 | 3 July 2018 | 201,000 | [36] |
29 | Episode 29 | 4 July 2018 | 185,000 | [37] |
30 | Final | 5 July 2018 | 197,000 | [38] |
30 | Winner Announced | 5 July 2018 | 198,000 | [38] |
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