Love Island producers have opted for a new spin this summer, proudly declaring themselves ‘The OGs of Love’.
The ITV2 dating show first hit screens in June 2015.
It has since aired eight seasons and spawned a number of spin-off and rival shows from other broadcasters.
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In January 2020, Love Island launched its first ever winter season, which took place in South Africa as opposed to the Mallorca location of the summer show.
With Winter Love Island confirmed to return to screens in January, Daily Star takes a look inside Love Island’s biggest spin-off and rival shows.
Winter Love Island
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Love Island launched its first-ever winter season in January 2020.
Once again presented by Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling, Winter Love Island was nearly identical to the main summer series with one key difference – Islanders were placed inside a South African villa instead of a Mallorca one.
The series didn’t get off to the easiest of starts, as the coronavirus pandemic saw it cancelled for the next two years.
Earlier this month, Winter Love Island was confirmed to return to screens in January 2023.
Survival of the Fittest
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Before Winter Love Island hit screens, ITV producers launched Survival of the Fittest.
Also hosted by Laura Whitmore and set in South Africa, the ill-fated series premiered in February 2018 and aired across three weeks.
The show, which briefly featured eventual Love Island winner Dani Dyer, saw contestants take part in a series of physical challenges while residing in a luxury lodge and competing for a cash prize.
Unlike Love Island, the show openly welcomed bisexual and queer contestants – with all participants competing in a battle of the sexes format.
In September 2018, the series was cancelled by ITV2 due to poor ratings.
Too Hot to Handle
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Love Island grew its audience by millions by dropping on Netflix and it seems its popularity didn’t go unnoticed by the streamer.
Undoubtedly looking to cash in on the dating show’s popularity, the streaming service launched its own Love Island rival series Too Hot to Handle in April 2020.
Unlike Love Island, Too Hot to Handle features an international cast and a cruel twist: contestants are punished for any sexual contact by having their prize money docked.
Episodes are also dropped in batches, making the series easier to binge, and contestants can swear at will.
Love Is Blind
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Netflix attempted to take appearances out of the dating show format when it launched Love Is Blind.
It also upped the stakes by having the series end in multiple weddings.
Love Is Blind premiered on the streamer in February 2020 and offered a unique twist: contestants would date in pods to try and find love sight unseen.
In order to progress through the series, couples would only see each other once agreeing to get engaged.
Hosted by real-life couple Nick and Vanessa Lachey, a number of couples have married across the show’s first two series.
The Cabins
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The Cabins was launched by ITV2 in a bid to save the dating show format from the coronavirus pandemic.
The broadcaster was forced to abandon its planned Love Island summer 2020 series as well as its Winter Love Island 2020 and 2021 seasons due to risks associated with the global health crisis.
A socially-distanced alternative was provided by The Cabins, which launched in early 2021.
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Instead of a large villa, The Cabins contestants move in together for a first date which spans 24 hours.
They are then asked to decide whether they want to stay in their cabin or move on and find love elsewhere.
The first series proved popular and racked up an impressive 400,000 streams and over 800,000 hours of watch time on the ITV Hub.
A second season aired earlier this year.
Davina McCall’s Language of Love
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Davina McCall’s Language of Love premiered on Channel 4 earlier this year.
The series saw a group of Brits and Spaniards matched up at a country estate in Spain with the hopes of finding a romantic connection across a language barrier.
The show launched in January and also featured Spanish presenter Ricky Merino on hosting duties.
Keen to point out the show’s difference to Love Island, Davina said previously: “There’s no cash prize to be won. There’s no huge holiday off anywhere.
“The prize is love. So they’re incentivised to find love and not fame and success.”
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