The reality TV gods have truly blessed us, as right now, not one, but two seasons of Love Island are premiering next week, and honestly, what a summer we have ahead of us. On June 1, the 13th season of Love Island UK lands on ITV2, and on June 2, Love Island USA begins season 8 on Peacock.
Much of the show remains the same on both sides of the pond: a group of eligible singles are on the lookout for love spending eight weeks in a villa, where they have a summer of cracking on, “got a text,” and deep, meaningful chats around the firepit. However, there are some pretty major noticeable differences between both iconic shows. Curious to know more? These are the biggest differences between Love Island UK and Love Island USA.
UK
Love Island UK is of course hosted by the icon that is Maya Jama. The TV presenter has been working on the show since season 9 in 2023, after taking over from Laura Whitmore. She also hosts the show's spin-off Sunday night episode Aftersun.
USA
Meanwhile, in the U.S., former Vanderpump Rules cast member Ariana Madix presents the show. Ariana joined for season 6, following former host Sarah Hyland's exit from the show. While the hosts may be different, Iain Stirling does, in fact, do the voiceovers for both series.
UK
Since the show's inception more than 10 years ago with season 1 in 2015, Love Island has always been filmed on the Spanish island of Mallorca. In the first few series, it was shot in Santanyi; however, since 2017, it’s been filmed in Sant Llorenç des Cardassar. The winter version of the series takes place in South Africa.
USA
Love Island USA has filmed in a variety of locations since it began. When the show was out on CBS, the first season was filmed in Fiji; however, it was moved to Las Vegas for season 2 due to the pandemic. The third season then took place in Hawaii.
The show was then moved to Peacock, and as part of this for the show’s first season on the new network, the series was filmed in California. And for the last three seasons (as well as the one about to air), Love Island USA relocated to Fiji.
UK
This season, Love Island returns to its Mallorcan villa, which is traditionally available as a vacation rental but is taken over by ITV every summer to create the legendary villa. In the villa, there's one bedroom and one bathroom for all the Islanders, as well as the hideaway, outdoor kitchen, and firepit.
USA
Like most things in the States, the Love Island USA villa is much bigger than the UK version. Unlike the UK one, however, this villa is a set designed entirely for the show rather than using an existing structure. They also have the addition of a “speakeasy.” Unlike in the UK, where the beds face each other, in the U.S., all the beds are in a long line in the bedroom.
UK
Over the years, there have been a lot of challenges in the UK version of the series, from the Twitter challenge, to the baby challenge, and—of course—all those gross food tasks. Thankfully, the food tasks are now gone, and generally the producers have cut back on the game element of the series. Now, the biggest challenges are the “snog, marry, pie” and the snogging lineup challenge.
USA
In the USA, the series does a variety of challenges, and while they keep some of the same, like “snog, marry, pie,” there are still a lot of different ones. For instance: Last season, they did a blindfolded test with the new bombshells.
UK
Since the show began in 2015, Love Island UK has always given away a prize fund of £50,000 to the couple who are crowned the season's winners. For many of the seasons, the winning couple would then be asked if they wanted to split or steal the money from their partner, but this part of the show has since been axed.
USA
Over on the other side of the pond, the winning couple is given two envelopes. One is empty, and the other contains the $100,000 prize fund. The Islander with the cash in hand must then decide if they want to split or steal.
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