The third series of Love Island began on 5 June 2017 hosted by Caroline Flack on ITV2. The series concluded on 24 July 2017. It is the third from the current revived series, but fifth overall. The series was narrated by Iain Stirling. As well as the series airing every night of the week with the Saturday episode being used as a weekly catch-up entitled Love Island: The Weekly Hot List, a new spin-off was confirmed, Love Island: Aftersun hosted by Flack with a studio audience and celebrity guests on Sunday nights after the main show. During the final Aftersun episode of the series, which was presented live from outside the villa, it was announced that there would be a one-off reunion special airing on 30 July 2017 which included all of the Islanders from the series.
On 28 June 2017, it was confirmed that a second villa would be introduced to the show for the first time ever in a twist designed to put the couples to the ultimate test. Eleven new Islanders were introduced during this twist. Mike Thalassitis and Sam Gowland became the first Islanders to return to the villa having been dumped from the island, after being voted back in by the public.
On 24 July 2017, the series was won by Amber Davies and Kem Cetinay, with Camilla Thurlow and Jamie Jewitt as runners-up. The average viewers for this series was 2.52 million, up 1.05 million on the previous series.
Shortly after the final, Cetinay and Chris Hughes released their debut single "Little Bit Leave It" as Chris & Kem. In 2018, Cetinay went onto participate in the tenth series of Dancing on Ice, whilst Jonny Mitchell took part in the twenty-first series of Celebrity Big Brother. It was also announced that Thalassitis would be joining the cast of Celebs Go Dating, and that Chyna Ellis had signed up for Ibiza Weekender. Gowland also joined Geordie Shore from the sixteenth series. In August 2018, Gabby Allen took part in the twenty-second series of Celebrity Big Brother, Montana Brown joins Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls, Olivia Attwood heads around Celebs Go Dating. In 2019, Georgia Harrison and Theo Campbell competed on the 33rd and 34th seasons of MTV's The Challenge whilst Thurlow joined the first series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. In 2020, Allen competed on the 36th season of MTV's The Challenge.
Production On Valentine's Day, 14 February 2017, it was confirmed that Love Island would return for a third series due to air later in the year, The first trailer for the new series began airing on 28 April 2017. On 24 May 2017 it was confirmed that the series would begin on 5 June 2017. Pictures of the brand new villa were unveiled on 2 June 2017. The villa is located in Mallorca.
Islanders The Islanders for the third series were revealed on 29 May 2017, just a week before the launch. However, throughout the series, more Islanders entered the villa to find love. Some Islanders were dumped from the island for either failing to couple up, some were voted off by their fellow Islanders, and others for receiving the fewest votes in public eliminations. The series was won by Amber Davies and Kem Cetinay on 24 July 2017.
IslanderAgeHometownEnteredExitedStatusRef Amber Davies 20 North Wales Day 1 Day 52 Kem Cetinay 21 Essex Day 1 Day 52 Camilla Thurlow 27 Dumfries Day 1 Day 52 Jamie Jewitt 27 Essex Day 32 Day 52 Chris Hughes 24 Cheltenham Day 4 Day 52 Third place Olivia Attwood 26 Guildford Day 1 Day 52 Third place Gabby Allen 25 Liverpool Day 7 Day 52 Marcel Somerville 31 London Day 1 Day 52 Alex Beattie 22 Newcastle Day 26 Day 50 Montana Brown 21 Hertfordshire Day 1 Day 50 Georgia Harrison 22 Essex Day 34 Day 46 Sam Gowland21Middlesbrough Day 39 Day 46 Day 1 Day 23 Mike Thalassitis24North London Day 39 Day 44 Day 12 Day 17 Tyla Carr 23 Surrey Day 19 Day 44 Theo Campbell 25 Bath Day 32 Day 41 Jonny Mitchell 26 Essex Day 4 Day 38 Craig Lawson 27 London Day 26 Day 31 Nathan Joseph 25 Essex Day 26 Day 31 Danielle Sellers 22 Hastings Day 26 Day 31 Chyna Ellis 22 Essex Day 26 Day 31 Amelia Peters 18 London Day 26 Day 28 Dom Lever 26 Manchester Day 1 Day 28 Ellisha-Jade White 22 Southampton Day 26 Day 28 Marino Katsouris 22 Brighton Day 26 Day 28 Rob Lipsett 25 Dublin Day 26 Day 28 Shannen McGrath 23 Dublin Day 26 Day 28 Steve Ball 25 Wiltshire Day 26 Day 28 Simon Searles 28 Leeds Day 19 Day 25 Chloë Crowhurst 22 Essex Day 1 Day 23 Jessica Shears 23 Devon Day 1 Day 17 Tyne-Lexy Clarson 20 Birmingham Day 7 Day 14 Harley Judge 22 Norwich Day 1 Day 6 Notes
Future appearances In 2024, Georgia Harrison appeared on series one of Love Island: All Stars.
In 2025, Gabby Allen, Danielle Sellers, and Marcel Somerville all returned for series two of Love Island: All Stars. Allen also competed on season two of Love Island Games.
In 2026, Sellers competed on the fourth series of Celebrity Ex on the Beach.
Jonny Mitchell appeared on series 21 of Celebrity Big Brother in 2018. Allen appeared on series 22 later that year. Chris Hughes appeared on series 24 in 2025.
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. Marcel was paired with Olivia, Dom with Montana, Sam and Camilla paired up, Amber and Harley coupled up, whilst Chloë paired up with Kem, and Jessica remained single and was told she would be stealing one of the boys the following day. However, throughout the series the couples swapped and changed.
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Final Day 1 Day 2 Day 6 Day 14 Day 17 Day 20 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 28 Day 31 Day 34 Day 38 Day 41 Day 44 Day 46 Day 48 Day 50 KemChloë Amber AmberSafe AmberLeast compatible AmberSafe ChynaSafe GeorgiaSafe AmberSafeSafeCamilla & Jamieto dump Finalist Splitthe £50k Winner (Day 52) AmberHarley Kem KemSafe KemLeast compatible KemSafe NathanSafe JonnySafe Kem Winner (Day 52) CamillaSam Jonny JonnySafe JonnyChris & OliviaLeast compatible JonnySafe CraigSafe JamieSafe JamieSafeSafeAlex & Montanato dump Finalist Runner-up (Day 52) Jamie colspan="11" CamillaSafe Camilla Runner-up (Day 52) Chris colspan="2" Chloë ChloëVulnerable OliviaLeast compatible OliviaSafe OliviaSafe OliviaSafe OliviaSafeSafeto dump Finalist Third place (Day 52) OliviaMarcel Sam MikeVulnerable ChrisChloë & SamLeast compatible ChrisSafe ChrisSafe ChrisSafe Chris Third place (Day 52) Gabby colspan="3" MarcelSafe MarcelLeast compatible MarcelSafe MarcelSafe MarcelSafe MarcelSafeVulnerableAlex & Montanato dump Finalist Fourth place (Day 52) MarcelOlivia Montana GabbySafe GabbyLeast compatible GabbySafe Gabbyto dump GabbySafe Gabby Fourth place (Day 52) Alex colspan="9" MontanaSafe MontanaSafe MontanaSafeVulnerableGabby & Marcelto dumpEliminated Dumped (Day 50) Montana DomSingle Marcel SamSafe SimonLeast compatible DomSafe AlexCraigto dump AlexSafe Alex Dumped (Day 50) Georgia colspan="11" KemSafe SamSafeEliminated Dumped (Day 46) SamCamilla Olivia MontanaSafe ChloëCamilla & JonnyLeast compatible Dumped (Day 23) Georgia Re-dumped (Day 46) Mike colspan="3" OliviaVulnerable Dumped (Day 17) TylaEliminated Re-dumped (Day 44) Tyla colspan="5" DomLeast compatible SimonVulnerableSingleVulnerable Theoto dump Mike Dumped (Day 44) Theo colspan="11" TylaSafeSingle Dumped (Day 41) Jonny colspan="2" Camilla CamillaSafe CamillaChris & OliviaLeast compatible CamillaSafe DanielleVulnerable AmberJonnyto dump Dumped (Day 38) Craig colspan="9" CamillaVulnerable Dumped (Day 31) Danielle colspan="9" JonnyVulnerable Dumped (Day 31) Chyna colspan="9" Kem Eliminated Dumped (Day 31) Nathan colspan="9" AmberEliminated Dumped (Day 31) Amelia colspan="9" Single Dumped (Day 28) Dom Montana Jessica Jessica JessicaVulnerable TylaLeast compatible MontanaSafe Single Dumped (Day 28) Ellisha-Jade colspan="9" Single Dumped (Day 28) Marino colspan="9" Single Dumped (Day 28) Rob colspan="9" Single Dumped (Day 28) Shannen colspan="9" Single Dumped (Day 28) Steve colspan="9" Single Dumped (Day 28) Simon colspan="5" MontanaLeast compatible TylaVulnerable Dumped (Day 25) ChloëKem Chris ChrisVulnerable SamCamilla & JonnyLeast compatible Dumped (Day 23) Jessica Dom Dom DomVulnerable Dumped (Day 17) Tyne-Lexy colspan="3" Single Dumped (Day 14) HarleyAmberSingle Dumped (Day 6) Notes none 1none 2 none 3 none 4 5 6 none 7 none891011DumpedNoDumpingHarleyTyne-LexyMikeNoDumpingNoDumpingSimonAmelia,Dom,Ellisha-Jade,Marino,Rob,Shannen,SteveChyna,NathanNoDumpingJonnyTheoNoDumpingJessicaCraigDanielle
Notes
: Jessica arrived after the coupling on Day 1, but was told she would be able to steal a boy for herself on Day 2. She chose Dom, leaving Montana single and vulnerable. : On Day 17, the public voted for their favourite couples. after receiving the fewest public votes, Chloë and Chris, Dom and Jessica, and Mike and Olivia were in danger of leaving. The remaining islanders had to choose one boy and one girl to dump from the island. The boys chose Jessica, whilst the girls chose Mike. : On Day 23, the islanders voted anonymously in their couple for who they thought was the least compatible. The couple with the most votes would be dumped from the island. : On Day 25, the public voted for who they thought were the most compatible couple. The couple with the fewest votes would be vulnerable. The safe islanders then had to vote for one of the vulnerable couple to dump from the island. : As the final part for the Casa Amor twist in week 4, 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 islanders that remained single by the end of either ceremony was dumped from the island. : On Day 31, the public voted for their favourite boy and girl islanders. The islanders with the fewest votes were immediately eliminated. Following this, Marcel was told that he was the boy who received the most votes, and therefore had to choose to dump one more of the girls who received the second and third least. Montana was then told she was the girl who received the most votes, and was told to dump one more of the boys who received the second and third least. : On Day 38, the public voted for their favourite Islanders. The couple who received the fewest votes was therefore in danger of being dumped. It was then up to those two to decide which of them should leave. : The public voted for their favorite couples. The top couples who received the most votes were granted safety. The couple who received the fewest votes were dumped from the villa. : On Day 48, the couple 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 finalist. : The public voted for their favorite couples. The couple with the fewest votes was dumped from the island. : The public voted for which couple they think should win Love Island. The couple with the most votes were declared the winners of Love Island and received the grand prize money.
Casa Amor On 28 June 2017, it was confirmed that a second villa would be introduced to the show for the first time ever in a twist designed to put the couples to the ultimate test. Eleven 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 five girls; Amelia, Chyna, Danielle, Ellisha-Jade and Shannen, as well as six boys; Alex, Craig, Marino, Nathan, Rob and Steve.