Love Island Australia season 1 explained

Season Number:	1
Bgcolour:	73C5E0
Network:	9Go!
Num Episodes:	30

The first season of Love Island Australia began airing on 27 May 2018 9Go! and 9Now^[1] presented by Sophie Monk^[2] and narrated by Eoghan McDermott.^[3] The final aired on 5 July 2018, with Grant Crapp and Tayla Damir winning and sharing the $50,000 prize money. Eden Dally and Erin Barnett finished as runners up.

Format

Love Island involves a group of contestants, referred to as Islanders, living in isolation from the outside world in a villa in Mallorca, Spain, constantly under video surveillance. To survive in the villa the Islanders must be coupled up with another Islander, whether it be for love, friendship or money, as the overall winning couple receives a combined $50,000. On the first day, the Islanders couple up for the first time based on first impressions, but over the duration of the series they are forced to "re-couple" where they can choose to remain in their current couple or swap partners.

Any Islander who remains single after the coupling is eliminated and dumped from the island. Islanders can also be eliminated via public vote, as during the series the public vote through the Love Island app available on smartphones for their favourite couple or prospective couple. Pairs who receive the fewest votes risk being eliminated. Often a twist has occurred where it has been up to the Islanders to vote one of their own off the island. During the final week, the public vote towards which couple they want to win the series and therefore take home $50,000.

Islanders

The Islanders for the first series were released by Nine on 21 May 2018, just one week before the premiere episode.^[4]

Islander	Age	Hometown		Occupation	Entered	Status
Grant Crapp	22	Canberra	Electrician	Day 1	Winner (Day 39)
Tayla Damir	21	Perth	Beauty Queen	Day 1	Winner (Day 39)
Eden Dally	25	Sydney	Prison Officer	Day 1	Runner-up (Day 39)
Erin Barnett	23	Melbourne	Nurse	Day 1	Runner-up (Day 39)
Amelia Plummer	23	Sydney	Nutrition Student	Day 23	Third place (Day 39)
Josh Moss	25	Sydney	Sports Administrator	Day 1	Third place (Day 39)
Dom Thomas	26	Sydney	Project Manager	Day 16	Dumped (Day 38)
Shelby Bilby	25	Gold Coast	Event Management Student	Day 23	style=background:#f4c7b8;"	Dumped (Day 38)
Mark O'Dare	26	Sydney	Model	Day 31	Dumped (Day 37)
Millie Fuller	24	Sydney	Doggy Daycare Worker	Day 1	Dumped (Day 37)
Edyn "Mac" Mackney	22	Gold Coast	Social Media Manager	Day 14	Dumped (Day 36)
Teddy Briggs	25	Adelaide	Model	Day 21	Dumped (Day 36)
Kory Grant	28	Melbourne	Concreter	Day 31	style=background:#f4c7b8;"	Dumped (Day 35)
Jaxon Human	24	Melbourne	Stripper/Tennis Coach	Day 11	Dumped (Day 30)
Françoise Draschler	28	Melbourne	Marketing Executive	Day 8	Dumped (Day 26)
Cassidy McGill	24	Melbourne	Barmaid	Day 1	Dumped (Day 25)
Elias Chigros	27	Melbourne	Personal Trainer	Day 4	Dumped (Day 18)
Justin Lacko	27	Melbourne	International Model	Day 1	Dumped (Day 18)
Natasha Cherie	24	Perth	Beauty Salon Owner	Day 1	Dumped (Day 15)
John James Parton	32	Melbourne	DJ	Day 4	Walked (Day 11)^[5]
Kim Hartnett	21	Brisbane	Hairdresser/Bikini Model	Day 2	Dumped (Day 9)
Charlie Taylor	22	Sydney	International Rugby Player	Day 1	Dumped (Day 7)

Future appearances

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Season 5 - Justin Lacko - 6th Place

Season 6 - Erin Barnett - 11th Place

Kory appeared on Season Two of True Love Or True Lies? on MTV

Teddy competed on The Amazing Race Australia 7 in 2023.^[6]

Coupling and elimination history

	Week 1		Week 2			Week 3			Week 4			Week 5			Final Week
	Day 1	Day 3	Day 7	Day 9	Day 10	Day 15	Day 17	Day 18	Day 22	Day 24	Day 25	Day 26	Day 30	Day 31	Day 35	Day 36	Day 37	Day 38	Finale

height=24	Grant	Cassidy		Tayla	Immune	Tayla	Tayla		Safe	Cassidy	Tayla	Immune	Tayla	Vulnerable	Tayla	Tayla	Teddy & Mac to dump	Safe	Safe	colspan=2 rowspan=2
height=24	Tayla	Josh	Single	Grant	Safe	Grant	Grant		Immune	Jaxon	Grant	Immune	Grant	Immune	Grant	Grant
height=24	Eden	Erin		Erin	Immune	Erin	Erin		Justin to dump	Erin	Erin	Immune	Erin	Vulnerable	Erin	Erin	Mark & Millie to dump	Safe	Safe	colspan="2" rowspan=2
height=24	Erin	Eden		Eden	Safe	Eden	Eden		Justin to dump	Eden	Eden	Immune	Eden	Immune	Eden	Eden
height=24	Amelia	Josh	Immune	Josh	Immune	Josh	Josh	Teddy & Mac to dump	Vulnerable	Safe	Third Place (Day 39)
height=24	Josh	Tayla	Kim	Natasha	Immune	Natasha	Cassidy	Single	Safe	Françoise	Amelia	Immune	Amelia	Vulnerable	Amelia	Amelia
height=24	Dom	Cassidy	Immune	Millie	Millie	Immune	Mac	Vulnerable	Single	Shelby	Mark & Millie to dump	Safe	Eliminated	Dumped (Day 38)
height=24	Shelby	Jaxon	Immune	Jaxon	Immune	Single	Dom
height=24	Mark	Mac	Millie	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Dumped (Day 37)
height=24	Millie	Justin		Justin	Safe	Justin	Justin		Immune	Dom	Dom	Immune	Teddy	Immune	Kory	Mark
height=24	Mac	Jaxon	Immune	Teddy	Single	Safe	Dom	Immune	Mark	Teddy	Vulnerable	Dumped (Day 36)
height=24	Teddy	Mac	Françoise	Immune	Millie	Vulnerable	Single	Mac
height=24	Kory	Millie	Single	Dumped (Day 35)
height=24	Jaxon	Mac	Vulnerable	Tayla	Shelby	Immune	Shelby	Vulnerable	Dumped (Day 30)
height=24	Françoise	Immune	Elias	Elias		Immune	Josh	Teddy	Immune	Single	Dumped (Day 26)
height=24	Cassidy	Grant		Elias	Safe	Single	Josh	Dom	Immune	Grant	Single	Eliminated	Dumped (Day 25)
height=24	Justin	Millie		Millie	Immune	Millie	Millie		Vulnerable	Dumped (Day 18)
height=24	Elias	Cassidy	Immune	Françoise	Françoise		Eliminated	Dumped (Day 18)
height=24	Natasha	Charlie		Josh	Safe	Josh	Single	Dumped (Day 15)
height=24	John James	Kim	Immune	Single	Walked (Day 11)
height=24	Kim	Single	Josh	John James	Eliminated	Dumped (Day 9)
height=24	Charlie	Natasha		Single	Dumped (Day 7)

Notes	1		none	2	3	none	4	5	none	6		none	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Walked	none					none
Dumped	No Dumping		Charlie couple up	Kim to dump	No Dumping	Natasha couple up	No Dumping	Elias to dump	No Dumping		Cassidy to dump	Françoise couple up	Jaxon to dump	No Dumping	Kory	---- to dump	Islanders's choice to dump	Australia's choice to dump	Josh & Amelia votes to win
	Eden & Erin votes to win
	Justin to dump
	Grant & Tayla to win

Notes

Series details

Weekly summary

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

Week 1	Entrances	On Day 1, Cassidy, Charlie, Eden, Erin, Grant, Josh, Justin, Millie, Natasha and Tayla entered the villa. On Day 2, Kim entered the villa. On Day 4, Elias and John James 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. Tayla was paired with Josh, Justin with Millie, Charlie and Natasha paired up, Cassidy and Grant coupled up, whilst Erin paired up with Eden. On Day 2, Kim coupled with Josh, splitting him and Tayla. On Day 7, the Islanders re-coupled for the first time. Erin stayed with Eden and Millie stayed with Justin. Tayla picked Grant, Cassidy picked Elias, Natasha picked Josh and Kim picked John James.
	Dates	On Day 2, Kim went on two dates - one with Josh and one with Charlie. Kim took them on a picnic away from the Villa. On Day 4, the public voted for both John James and Elias to go on a date with Cassidy where they drank Mojitos on a wharf.
	Challenges	On Day 3, the Islanders took part in "Spin the Bottle". When the bottle landed on an islander, they had to kiss an islander of the other sex who they believed matched the hint given by Tayla. The boys won 5 points to 3. On Day 5, the Islanders played "The Hole Package" where the girls ranked the boys based on how they felt. 1st place was Eden, 2nd place was Elias and in 3rd place was John James. As a reward, Eden had the opportunity to invite a girl into the "hideaway" for the night, he picked Erin.
	Exits	On Day 7, Charlie was left single following the re-coupling and was therefore dumped from the island.
Week 2	Entrances	On Day 8, Françoise entered the villa. On Day 11, Jaxon entered the villa.
	Coupling	On Day 10, Françoise coupled with Elias, leaving Cassidy single.
	Dates	On Day 8, before entering the villa, Françoise went on dates with Elias and John James. On Day 10, Erin and Eden went shopping in a nearby town to purchase food required for the boys to cook tapas' that afternoon. On Day 11, public voting opened to vote for which boy deserves a date the most. Justin received the most votes.
	Challenges	On Day 9, the islanders played "Pashtag". Each boy had to create a hashtag and rate each girl out of 10. Cassidy won with the highest score. On Day 11, the boys treated the girls to a strip tease. The boy who raised the girl's heart rates the most won. Elias won, and as a reward invited Millie to spend the night with him in the "hideaway".
	Exits	On Day 9, Kim was dumped from the island having received the fewest public votes in the "Which girl do you hope finds true love in the villa?" poll. On Day 11, John James voluntarily left the villa.
Week 3	Entrances	On Day 14, Mac entered the villa. On Day 16, Dom entered the villa.
	Coupling	On Day 15, the Islanders re-coupled. As the newest Islander, Mac was able to choose her partner first. She chose to couple with Jaxon. The boys then had to pick a girl to pair up with. Eden and Erin, Justin and Millie, and Grant and Tayla remained together, whilst Elias picked Françoise and Josh paired with Cassidy. On Day 17, Dom coupled up with Cassidy, leaving Josh single.
	Dates	On Day 14, Justin and Mille, and Josh and Cassidy went on a date where they learnt to dance. On Day 17, the public voted for Françoise to go on a date with Dom. Dom then got to choose a girl to take on a second date. He picked Cassidy.
	Challenges	On Day 15, The Islanders split into two teams and played a game in which balloons were attached to each islander. An islander from their team must pop the balloons to progress to the next person. The two team captains were Mac and Cassidy, and Cassidy's team won. On Day 16, the Islanders played "Any Hole is a Goal". Islanders shot a ball into a cardboard mouth of other islanders. The boys and girls drew 6-all. On day 18, the Islanders played "Dirty Pizza". In their partners, the Islanders had to make a pizza without using their hands. The winners were Erin and Eden.
	Exits	On Day 15, Natasha was left single following the re-coupling and was therefore dumped from the island. On Day 18, Australia voted on "Which boy do you think is most likely to leave with a girlfriend". Elias received the fewest votes and was dumped. Jaxon and Justin received the next lowest number of votes, and Eden - who received the most votes - along with Erin had to decide whom to send home. They picked Justin, who was subsequently dumped.
Week 4	Entrances	On Day 21, Teddy entered the villa. On Day 23, Amelia and Shelby entered the villa.
	Coupling	On Day 22, the Islanders re-coupled. As the newest Islander, Teddy was able to choose his partner first. He chose to couple with Mac. The girls then had to pick a boy to pair up with. Millie coupled up with Dom, Françoise paired up with Josh, Cassidy picked Grant, Tayla coupled up with Jaxon, and Erin chose to stay with Eden. On Day 24, the Islanders re-coupled. As the newest Islanders, Shelby and Amelia were able to choose their partners first. Shelby chose to couple with Jaxon, and Amelia partnered with Josh. The boys then had to pick a girl to pair up with. Dom chose to stay with Millie, Eden chose to remain with Erin, Grant picked Tayla, and Teddy coupled up with Françoise.
	Dates
	Challenges
	Exits	On Day 25, Australia voted on "Which girl has a greater chance at finding love in the villa". Cassidy received the fewest votes and was dumped.
Week 5	Entrances	On Day 31, Mark and Kory entered the villa.
	Coupling	On Day 26, the Islanders re-coupled. Tayla and Grant re-coupled, Erin and Eden re-coupled, Josh and Amelia re-coupled, Dom and Mac coupled up, Shelby and Jaxon re-coupled & Millie and Teddy coupled up
	Dates
	Challenges
	Exits	On Day 26, Françoise was left single following the re-coupling and dumped from the island. On Day 30, Jaxon was dumped from the island by the girls in the villa.
Week 6	Coupling	On Day 35, the Islanders re-coupled for the final time. Amelia chose to remain with Josh, Tayla stayed with Grant, Erin chose to stay with Eden, Shelby coupled up with Dom, Millie picked Mark, and Mac coupled with Teddy.
	Dates
	Challenges	On Day 37, the Islanders took part in "The Lie Detector". Each girl had to write questions for the boys to answer while hooked up to a lie detector.
	Exits	On Day 35, Kory was left single following the re-coupling and was dumped. On Day 36, Australia voted on "Who is your favourite couple?" Mark and Millie, and Mac and Teddy received the fewest votes, and the Islanders had to decide whom to dump. The remaining four couples were deadlocked 2–2 on whom to vote out, and subsequently Mac and Teddy decided to leave voluntarily. On Day 37, Australia voted on "Who is your favourite couple?" Josh and Amelia, and Mark and Millie received the fewest votes, and the Islanders had to decide whom to dump. The remaining three couples dumped Mark and Millie from the island. On Day 38, Australia voted on "Who is your favourite couple?" Dom and Shelby were dumped from the island after receiving the lowest number of votes.

Reception

Love Island Australia averaged around 200,000 viewers for its linear broadcasts in overnight OzTAM ratings, increasing to an average of 511,000 when adding viewers from Nine's streaming service, 9Now.^[7] The series performed strongest in the youngest key demographic band (16 to 39 year olds), but ranked low amongst total viewers.^[8] The series generated in excess of 150 million views through its official YouTube channel, however 85% were viewers from outside Australia, and YouTube viewers cannot be monetised.^[7]

Viewership

Notes and References

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Web site: Domjen . Briana . Love Island Australia narrator Eoghan McDermott reveals why he won't go on the dating show . . 28 July 2018 . Sydney . 1 July 2018.
Web site: Knox. David. 9GO! reveals Love Island cast. TV Tonight. 21 May 2018. 21 May 2018.
Web site: 'Love Island Australia' shock: One guy has voluntarily walked out. thefix.nine.com.au. en-AU. 2018-06-07.
Web site: The Amazing Race Australia Celebrity Edition: Meet The 11 Teams. 10Play. 9 June 2023. 9 June 2023.
Web site: Love Island "a blueprint" for TV, says Nine.. TV Tonight. David. Knox. 10 July 2018. 10 July 2018.
Web site: Nine in talks with ITV about Love Island season two, as programming boss rejects claims show was a failure. Vivienne. Kelly. Mumbrella. 10 July 2018. 10 July 2018.