PREMIERING MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, AT 10.00AM AEDT ON 9NOW

Love Island Australia season eight truly sets the scene for a beautiful love story, premiering on Monday, October 26, dropping at 10.00am on 9Now and at 8.30pm on Channel 9, Monday to Thursday AEDT.

This season is bigger and better, taking over the renowned Love Island USA villa in tropical Fiji for the first time. The one and only Sophie Monk returns as host, bringing more than just smoking-hot singles to the ultimate dream destination.
 
This season’s villa will be controlled by The Power Couples, and you will not believe the absolute chaos they create. Who are they? They are living proof that you can find true love in the villa: Claudia and Austen (season four winners), Kale and Tyra (season five winners), Georgia and Nate (season five), Eric and Kaylah (season six), Kye and Yana (season seven winners) and Connor and Isabel (season seven).

ITV Creative Director, Alex Mavroidakis, said:

“Last year was peak Love Island Australia, but we have found a way to make the show even better. Thanks to our American landlords, we’ve filled the best Love Island villa in the world with the most unfiltered and flawless-looking cast of singles. If you like non-stop shocks, epic betrayals, proper LOLs, love triangles and love stories, the new season of Love Island Australia is the place for you.” 

Season seven was the most-watched Love Island Australia ever, and it received a record number of finale votes. It saw significant year-on-year growth, with the launch episode reaching a whopping total of 680,000 viewers on 9Now. To date, Love Island Australia 2025 has recorded an average BVOD audience of 627,000 per episode, and 959 million minutes streamed.

This season is getting VillaMaxxed with an exclusive new companion series only on Stan – Love Island Australia: Unseen. Uncut. premiering on Monday, October 26. With drops of unseen and exclusive footage Monday to Thursday, audiences get VIP access to the Islanders in the raw. See for yourself the love and the drama as it plays out. It’s real villa life, in real time, unfiltered and unpredictable.

Now which new couple from season eight will resist the temptations, pass the love tests and emerge as the nation’s favourites, and win $50,000?

Love Island Australia, again narrated by our sharp-tongued Irishman Eoghan McDermott, is produced by ITV Studios Australia for the 9Network.

STARTING ISLANDERS

LACHIE
26, Chiropractor
Sydney

JARRAR
22, Diesel Fitter
Wollongong

JACK
24, Tradie Trainer
Gold Coast

KEANU
25, Tradie
Sydney

OLI
26, Personal Trainer
Perth

SHAWNEE
27, Online Fitness Coach
Gold Coast

PHOEBE
23, Funemployed
Adelaide/London

AMANDA
26, Jeweller and Model
Sydney

NATALIE
23, Airline Ground Crew
Gold Coast

LAYLA
22, Pilates Instructor
Canberra

BOMBS

AVA
24, Traffic Controller
Perth

JORDAN
24, Airbnb Owner
Canberra

ZEL
29, Model
Gold Coast

SAMMI
23, Model and Content Creator
Whangārei New Zealand

LOVE ISLAND AUSTRALIA
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, AT 10.00AM AEDT ON 9NOW
EPISODES MONDAY TO THURSDAY

@LoveIslandAU | #LoveIslandAU

Friday 9 October, 2026