Love Island (2015 TV series) series 4

The fourth series of Love Island, a British dating reality show, began on 4 June 2018 on ITV2, and concluded on 30 July 2018. It is the fourth from the current revived series, but sixth overall. Caroline Flack presented the series, while Iain Stirling narrated it. The series opener received the highest rating on a digital TV programme since the 2012 Summer Olympics were broadcast on BBC Three; it was also the most watched programme ever on ITV2.

On 30 July 2018, the series was won by Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham having received 79.66% of the final vote, making this the biggest winning percentage since the show began. Laura Anderson and Paul Knops finished as runners-up. The average viewers for this series was 3.96 million, up 1.44 million on the previous series.

Production

During the final of the previous series on 24 July 2017, it was confirmed that Love Island would return for a fourth series due to air the following year. It became the fourth series from the current revived format, but sixth series overall. Caroline Flack and Iain Stirling were confirmed to continue their roles as presenter and narrator, respectively. The first 10-second teaser for the new series began airing on 21 April 2018 with a second teaser released on 29 April. A full-length trailer was released on 17 May, which Stephanie Chase of Digital Spy pointed out included "all our favourite lingo from the show". On 23 May, it was confirmed that the series would begin on 4 June on ITV2. On 27 May, it was announced that a new spin-off, "Love Island: The Morning After", had been commissioned for the series. It was hosted by Kem Cetinay and Arielle Free and was a daily podcast that delivered the freshest gossip to the fans. First look pictures of the villa were released on 31 May. The sixteenth episode of the series, first broadcast on 21 June 2018, featured a tribute to series 2 contestant Sophie Gradon, who died on 20 June.

Some of the episodes in this series were aired outside of the usual 9pm timeslot due to the FIFA World Cup.

Islanders

Angela Jain, the managing director at ITV Studios Entertainment, wanted the series to feature "some surprising cast members", who the audience would not expect to see. She explained that she wanted "enough cast that feels like they are absolutely heart and soul Love Island – and then a certain percentage of people who feel genuinely new to telly and genuinely surprising." When asked whether a former contestant could appear in this series, executive producer Andy Cadman did not rule out anything, but said he struggled to imagine it. The first Islanders for the fourth series were released on 28 May 2018, just one week before the launch. However, throughout the series, more Islanders entered the villa to find love. Niall Aslam's decision to leave the series voluntarily for "personal reasons" marks the first time since the second series where an Islander voluntarily left the show. Niall later said he left because of "stress-induced psychosis." The series was won by Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham having received 79.66% of the final vote.

Future appearances

In 2022, Adam Collard returned as a bombshell on series 8.

In 2023, Eyal Booker, Megan Barton-Hanson, Jack Fowler, and Georgia Steel appeared on season one of Love Island Games.

In 2024, Steel returned for series one of Love Island: All Stars.

In 2025, Kaz Crossley returned for series two of Love Island: All Stars.

In 2026, Charlie Frederick returned for series three of Love Island: All Stars.

Coupling and elimination history

The 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. Alex G was paired with Samira, Eyal with Hayley, Jack Fi and Dani paired up, Niall and Kendall coupled up, and Wes paired up with Laura A. Adam then entered the villa and was told he would be stealing one of the girls the following day.

Notes

• ^Note 1 : On Day 2, bombshell Adam was given the opportunity to steal one of the girls. He chose Kendall, leaving Niall single.
• ^Note 2 : On Day 12, the Islanders voted anonymously for the two least compatible couples. As Alex G and Samira, and Charlie F and Hayley received the most votes they then went head-to-head in a public vote to save. On Day 13, Charlie F and Hayley were dumped from the island having received the fewest votes.
• ^Note 3 : On Day 25, the public votes for their favourite couples. The couples with the fewest votes were vulnerable of being dumped. The remaining safe slanders had to choose one boy and one girl to dump from the island.
• ^Note 4 : As the final part for the Casa Amor twist in weeks 4 and 5, Casa Amor and the villa held two separate re-coupling ceremonies for the original islanders to choose whether to return to their previous partner or pick any new partner. Any of the new islanders that remained single by the end of either ceremony was dumped from the villa. However, if one of the original islanders remained single at the end of both ceremonies, they would still remain in the villa, but as a single islander.
• ^Note 5 : On Day 33, after the public voted for their favourite couple. The couples with the fewest votes were vulnerable of being dumped from the island. It was then down to the only single islanders to couple up with one of them, and therefore save them from being dumped.
• ^Note 6 : On Day 37, the public voted for their favourite boy and girl. The islanders with the fewest votes were immediately dumped from the island.
• ^Note 7 : On Day 43, the viewers voted for their favourite couples. The couples with the fewest votes were vulnerable of being dumped from the island. The couple with the lowest votes was immediately dumped from the island.
• ^Note 8 : The safe islanders voted between the second and third least couples on who should receive safety. They chose to grant safety to Megan and Wes. Georgia and Sam then faced a decision, return to the villa single and recouple with a new bombshell or leave as a couple. They chose to return to the villa single and recouple.
• ^Note 9 : On Day 50, the viewers voted for their favourite couples. The couple with the fewest votes was immediately dumped from the island.
• ^Note 10 : On Day 53, the viewers voted for their favourite couples. The three couples with the fewest votes were vulnerable of being dumped from the island. The couple with the lowest votes was immediately dumped from the island.
• ^Note 11 : On Day 56, the couples voted for the couple they wanted to dump from the island. The couples who received the most votes were vulnerable of being dumped from the island. The couple who did receive any votes were safe and became finalists.
• ^Note 12 : The public voted for their favorite couples. The couple with the fewest votes was dumped from the island.
• ^Note 13 : The public voted for which couple they think should win Love Island. The couple with the most votes, Dani and Jack Fi, were declared the winner of Love Island and received the grand prize money.

Casa Amor

On 27 June 2017, it was confirmed that ‘Casa Amor’ would be reintroduced following its success during the previous series. It is a second villa featuring new Islanders in a twist designed to put the couples to the ultimate test. Twelve new Islanders were introduced during this twist. The villa was called ’Casa Amor’ which translates to ’Love House’, and is located not far from the main villa. The new Islanders for the twist included six girls; Charlie, Darylle, Ellie, Grace, Kazimir and Savanna, as well as six boys; Alex, Charlie, Dean, Frankie, Jack and Jordan.

The twist came to its conclusion four days later when the original Islanders were given the choice of remaining with their current partner in the opposite villa or couple up with one of the new Islanders. However, as they were living in separate villas, they were not aware of each other's choice. If one decided to re-couple and the other did not, then the one that didn't 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. At the end of this, Georgia and Wes became the only single original Islanders, and Charlie W, Dean, Jordan and Savanna were dumped.

Weekly summary

The main events in the Love Island villa are summarised in the table below.

Ratings

Official ratings are taken from BARB and include ITV2 +1. Because the Saturday episodes are weekly catch-up episodes rather than nightly highlights, these are not included in the overall averages. The series launch on 4 June 2018 was the most watched digital TV programme since the 2012 Summer Olympics were broadcast on BBC Three, and the most watched ever on ITV2, this was overtaken by the episode that aired on 8 July 2018 which had 4.46 million viewers.