Oh, Love Island. A guilty pleasure for many, it’s sadly over far too soon every year.
Luckily, due to the success of the show across the globe, there are plenty of international franchises to binge.
To ward off the winter blues and to enjoy some hot action, viewers can head Down Under to catch up with the latest season of Love Island Australia.
Where is Love Island Australia filmed and are there any differences?
Love Island Australia is filmed in a villa in Mallorca.
Much like Love Island UK and US, to remain in the competition, the Islanders must be coupled up with another contestant with the winning couple eventually winning $50,000.
Throughout the series, Islanders can choose to re-couple with another Islander instead.
Islanders who remain single after each coupling may be eliminated and dumped from 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 couple or keep it for themselves.
When did Love Island Australia start?
The fourth season of Love Island Australia premiered on Monday, October 31 2022.
The show usually runs for a little over a month, with season three starting on October 11, 2021 and finishing on November 24.
Who presents Love Island Australia?
The series is presented by Sophie Monk.
Sophie is an Australian singer, actress, model, and television personality. She was a member of the pop girl group Bardot, winners of the first season of Popstars Australia in 2000, and later released a solo album titled Calendar Girl (2003). She has appeared in films, including Date Movie (2006), Click (2006), Sex and Death 101 (2007), The Hills Run Red (2009), and Spring Breakdown (2009).
Irish comedian Stephen Mullan provides the narration for the show.
Who are the contestants on this year’s Love Island Australia?
We don’t want to spoil anything, since the series has been on for a few weeks already, so if you want to start watching the show from the beginning, these are the contestants who entered the villa on day one.
- Austen Bugeja, a 22-year-old spray painter
- Claudia Bonifazio, a 23-year-old medical secretary
- Jessica Losurdo, a 26-year-old risk analyst
- Jordan Dowsett, a 25-year-old electrician
- Layla John, a 20-year-old student
- Mitchell Eliot, a 25-year-old personal trainer
- Phoebe Spiller, a 22-year-old fashion student
- Stella Hutcheon, a 24-year-old radio media coordinator
- Conor Howard, a 26-year-old real estate agent
- Holly Oakes-Ferguson, a 25-year-old customer service representative
- Andre Coutinho, a 24-year-old mental health support worker
How to watch Love Island Australia
Luckily you don't have to book a ticket to Oz to watch the latest series. All you need is a VPN. This is a handy bit of software that changes your IP address so that you can access on-demand content or live TV just as if you were at home.
Our sister site, TechRadar, has tested all of the major VPN services and they rate ExpressVPN as the absolute best. They say, “It’s compatible with all of your devices, supports most streaming services, and ranks among the fastest. You can even install it on devices like an Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox, and PlayStation. So for a one-stop-shop, you can’t go wrong with Express.”
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