The seventh series of Love Island began broadcasting on 28 June 2021 and was hosted by Laura Whitmore on ITV2. Iain Stirling returned to narrate the series. The series was originally planned to air in the summer of 2020, but was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Singer Mabel made a cameo appearance at a Spotify party in the villa performing some of her hits including her new single "Let Them Know".
On 23 August 2021, the series was won by Liam Reardon and Millie Court with 42.02% of the final vote, becoming the first couple of late entrants to win a series. Chloe Burrows and Toby Aromolaran finished as runners-up. This series was watched by an average of 4.17 million viewers which includes catch up figures.
Production During the final of the previous series on 23 February 2020, it was confirmed that Love Island would return for a seventh series due to air later in the year. However, on 4 May 2020, Love Island announced the cancellation of the summer 2020 show due to the COVID-19 pandemic." It was later confirmed that the show would not be airing a winter version of the series in 2021 due to uncertainties regarding the pandemic and international travel. On 4 March 2021, ITV confirmed that the show would return in the summer after an 18-month hiatus. In April 2021, during the application process, it was reported that LGBT contestants were being encouraged to apply for the first time, via dating app Tinder, however in June, ITV commissioner Amanda Stavri stated that the inclusion of LGBT contestants presents "logistical difficulties". The first 10-second trailer for the series aired on 29 May 2021 featuring presenter Laura Whitmore breaking a heart-shaped fire alarm with a hammer, followed by the tagline "This is not a drill". A full length trailer was released on 5 June 2021. On 16 June 2021, ITV released details of its duty of care protocols for the new series, with detailed welfare plans in place to support participants before, during and after filming. Some of the episodes in this series were aired outside of the usual 9pm timeslot due to Euro 2020.
Islanders The Islanders for the seventh series were released on 21 June 2021, just one week before the launch. The series was won by Liam Reardon and Millie Court. IslanderAgeHometownEnteredExitedStatus Liam Reardon 21 Merthyr Tydfil Day 4 Day 58 Millie Court24RomfordDay 9 Day 58 Chloe Burrows 25 Bicester Day 1 Day 58 Toby Aromolaran 22 Chafford Hundred Day 1 Day 58 Faye Winter 26 Exeter Day 1 Day 58 Third place Teddy Soares 26 Manchester Day 12 Day 58 Third place Kaz Kamwi 26 Witham Day 1 Day 58 Tyler Cruickshank 26 London Day 23 Day 58 Jake Cornish 24 Weston-super-Mare Day 1 Day 54 Liberty Poole 21 Birmingham Day 1 Day 54 Aaron Simpson 24 Canterbury Day 42 Day 52 Mary Bedford 22 Wakefield Day 29 Day 52 Brett Staniland 27 Draycott Day 44 Day 50 Priya Gopaldas 23 London Day 42 Day 50 Matthew MacNabb 26 Downpatrick Day 29 Day 45 Abigail Rawlings 27 Bournemouth Day 23 Day 42 Dale Mehmet 24 Glasgow Day 29 Day 42 Amy Day 25 West Molesey Day 29 Day 38 Clarisse Juliette 23 London Day 29 Day 38 Hugo Hammond 24 Alton Day 1 Day 38 Sam Jackson 23 Clitheroe Day 29 Day 38 Harry Young 24 Wishaw Day 29 Day 32 Jack Barlow 26 Pett Day 29 Day 32 Kaila Troy 28 Malahide Day 29 Day 32 Lillie Haynes 22 South Shields Day 29 Day 32 Medhy Malanda 24 Luton Day 29 Day 32 Salma Naran 20 Dublin Day 29 Day 32 Aaron Francis 24 London Day 1 Day 28 Lucinda Strafford 21 Ditchling Day 9 Day 28 Georgia Townend 28 Maldon Day 23 Day 25 Andrea-Jane "AJ" Bunker 28 Dunstable Day 17 Day 23 Danny Bibby 25 Leigh Day 18 Day 23 Sharon Gaffka 25 Didcot Day 1 Day 19 Brad McClelland 26 Amble Day 1 Day 16 Rachel Finni 29 Barnet Day 5 Day 14 Oliver "Chuggs" Wallis 23 Weybridge Day 4 Day 6 Shannon Singh 22 Glenrothes Day 1 Day 2
Future appearances In 2023, Lucinda Strafford appeared on season five of Love Island Australia. Toby Aromolaran and Liberty Poole appeared on season one of Love Island Games.
In 2024, Aromolaran, Jake Cornish, Tyler Cruickshank, Kaz Kamwi, and Poole returned for series one of Love Island: All Stars.
In 2025, Oliver "Chuggs" Wallis returned for series two of Love Island: All Stars. Aromolaran and Strafford competed on season two of Love Island Games.
In 2026, AJ Bunker, Strafford and Millie Court returned for series three of Love Island: All Stars. Aromolaran competed on the fourth series of Celebrity Ex on the Beach.
Coupling and elimination history Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Day 1 Day 2 Day 5 Day 6 Day 14 Day 16 Day 19 Day 23 Day 25 Day 28 Day 32 Day 37 Day 38 Day 42 Day 45 Day 50 Day 52 Day 54 Final Liam colspan="2" Faye Millie Safe Millie Safe Millie Safe Millie Millie Safe Safe Millie Faye & TeddyBrett & PriyaLeast compatible Safe FinalistWinner(Day 58) Millie colspan="4" Liam Safe Liam Safe Liam Safe Liam Liam Safe Safe LiamWinner(Day 58) Chloe Aaron F Hugo Toby Safe Toby Vulnerable Hugo Safe Dale Toby Safe Safe Toby Brett & PriyaJake & LibertyLeast compatible Safe FinalistRunner-up(Day 58) Toby Kaz Kaz Chloe Safe Chloe Vulnerable Abigail Immune Mary Chloe Safe Safe ChloeRunner-up(Day 58) Faye Brad Liam Teddy Safe Teddy Safe Teddy Vulnerable Sam Teddy Safe Safe Teddy Brett & PriyaLeast compatible Safe FinalistThird place(Day 58) Teddy colspan="4" Faye Safe Faye Vulnerable Faye Vulnerable Single Faye Safe Safe FayeThird place(Day 58) Kaz Toby Toby Aaron F Safe Aaron F Safe Tyler Immune Matthew Matthew Safe Vulnerable Tyler Aaron S & MaryFaye & TeddyLeast compatible Safe FinalistFourth place(Day 58) Tyler colspan="8" Kaz Immune Clarisse Clarisse Vulnerable Vulnerable KazFourth place(Day 58) Jake Liberty Liberty Liberty Safe Liberty Safe Liberty Safe Liberty Liberty Safe Vulnerable Liberty Faye & TeddyBrett & PriyaLeast compatible SafeWalked(Day 54) Liberty Jake Jake Jake Safe Jake Safe Jake Safe Jake Jake Safe Safe JakeWalked(Day 54) Aaron S colspan="14" Mary Jake & LibertyBrett & PriyaLeast compatibleEliminatedDumped(Day 52) Mary colspan="10" Toby Sam Vulnerable Vulnerable Aaron SDumped(Day 52) Brett colspan="14" Priya Jake & LibertyAaron S & MaryLeast compatibleDumped(Day 50) Priya colspan="14" BrettDumped(Day 50) Matthew colspan="10" Kaz Kaz Safe Safe SingleDumped(Day 45) Abigail colspan="8" Toby Immune Single Dale Safe VulnerableDumped(Day 42) Dale colspan="10" Chloe Abigail Safe VulnerableDumped(Day 42) Amy colspan="10" Hugo Hugo VulnerableDumped(Day 38) Clarisse colspan="10" Tyler Tyler VulnerableDumped(Day 38) Hugo Sharon Chloe Sharon Safe AJ Safe Chloe Safe Amy Amy VulnerableDumped(Day 38) Sam colspan="10" Faye Mary VulnerableDumped(Day 38) Harry colspan="10" SingleDumped(Day 32) Jack colspan="10" SingleDumped(Day 32) Kaila colspan="10" SingleDumped(Day 32) Lillie colspan="10" SingleDumped(Day 32) Medhy colspan="10" SingleDumped(Day 32) Salma colspan="10" SingleDumped(Day 32) Aaron F Shannon Chloe Sharon Kaz Safe Kaz Safe LucindaEliminatedDumped(Day 28) Lucinda colspan="4" Brad Bradto dump Danny Vulnerable Aaron FDumped(Day 28) Georgia colspan="8" SingleDumped(Day 25) AJ colspan="6" Hugo VulnerableDumped(Day 23) Danny colspan="6" Lucinda VulnerableDumped(Day 23) Sharon Hugo Aaron F Hugo Safe SingleDumped(Day 19) Brad Faye Single Rachel Lucinda Bradto dumpDumped(Day 16) Rachel colspan="3" Brad SingleDumped(Day 14) Chuggs colspan="2" SingleDumped(Day 6) Shannon Aaron F SingleDumped(Day 2) Walkednone none DumpedNoDumpingShannonNoDumpingChuggsRachelBradSharonAJGeorgiaHarry,Jack,Kaila,Lillie,Medhy,SalmaNoDumpingAmy,ClarisseAbigailMatthewBrett & PriyaNoDumpingKaz & Tyler12.27% to win14.85%% to winDannyHugo,SamDaleChloe & Toby30.85% to winLiam & Millie42.02% to win
Weekly summary The main events in the Love Island villa are summarised in the table below.
Entrances On Day 1, Aaron F, Brad, Chloe, Faye, Hugo, Jake, Kaz, Liberty, Shannon, Sharon and Toby entered the villa. On Day 4, Liam and Chuggs entered the villa. On Day 5, Rachel entered the villa. Coupling On Day 1, the Islanders coupled up for the first time. After all of the girls entered, the boys were asked to choose a girl to pair up with. Faye coupled up with Brad, Kaz paired up with Toby, Liberty with Jake, Shannon with Aaron F and Sharon with Hugo. On Day 2, Chloe, who entered after the coupling, had to steal one boy for herself. She chose Aaron F, leaving Shannon single. On Day 5, the islanders re-coupled. This time it was the girls who had to pick a boy to pair up with. Kaz and Toby, and Liberty and Jake remained together, while Sharon chose Aaron F, Faye picked Liam, and Chloe coupled with Hugo, leaving Brad and Chuggs single. New islander Rachel then entered the villa and was told she would couple up with one of them. Challenges On Day 2, the girls and the boys competed against each other in "Horny Devils", in which they had to guess which islander a fact was about. To make their guess they had to kiss that islander. Dates On Day 3, Kaz and Toby left the villa to go on their first date. On Day 4, the public voted for who they wanted new boys Chuggs and Liam to go on dates with. They picked Sharon to date Chuggs, and Faye to date Liam. Exits On Day 2, following Chloe's decision to couple up with Aaron F, Shannon was left single and dumped from the island. Week 2 Entrances On Day 9, Lucinda and Millie entered the villa. On Day 12, Teddy entered the villa. Coupling On Day 6, Rachel had to couple up with either Brad or Chuggs, the two single islanders. She chose Brad. Challenges On Day 6, the boys competed in "Undercover Lover" where they had to rescue the girl in their couple and then make them a cocktail while lying on a vibrating machine. The girls chose Brad as the winner. On Day 8, the islanders competed in a couple's quiz, hosted by Chloe and Hugo, where they had to answer questions about the person they are coupled up with. On Day 11, the girls competed in "Line of Booty", in which they had to perform a strip tease dressed as a police officer and then interrogate a boy of their choice by guessing what object they had hidden down their shorts and then kissing them before putting them in jail. The boys chose Kaz as the winner. Dates On Day 8, all of the couples had a breakfast date in the garden. On Day 9, new Islanders Lucinda and Millie were asked to choose three other Islanders to take on dates with each of them preparing a starter, a main course and a dessert. Lucinda chose Brad, Hugo, and Aaron F while Millie picked Aaron F, Liam, and Hugo. On Day 12, Liberty and Jake went on their first date. On Day 12, the islanders chose four girls to speed-date new boy Teddy. They chose Kaz, Rachel, Sharon and Faye. Exits On Day 6, following Rachel's decision to couple up with Brad, Chuggs remained the only single islander and was therefore dumped. Week 3 Entrances On Day 17, AJ entered the villa. On Day 18, Danny entered the villa. Coupling On Day 14, the islanders recoupled. This time it was the boys turn to pick which girl they wanted to couple up with. Jake and Liberty remained together, while Aaron F picked Kaz, Brad chose Lucinda, Hugo went with Sharon, Liam coupled up with Millie, Teddy paired with Faye, and Toby picked Chloe. With Rachel being the only single islander, she was dumped. On Day 19, the islanders recoupled. As new islanders, AJ and Danny had first pick, and chose Hugo and Lucinda respectively. It was then down to the remaining boys to pick a girl to couple up with. Jake and Liberty, Aaron F and Kaz, Liam and Millie, Teddy and Faye, and Toby and Chloe all remained together, leaving Sharon single and dumped. Challenges On Day 15, the couples took part in "Spit the Roast" where they had to transfer food to each other using just their mouths. On Day 17, the boys and girls went head-to-head in "Stags vs Hens" in a series of Stag and Hen do games. As the boys won the challenge, they were rewarded with a new female islander. Dates On Day 16, Brad and Lucinda left the villa to go on their first date.