# Love Island Australia season 7
**Love Island Australia season 7** is the seventh season of the Australian reality dating television series *Love Island Australia*, hosted by [Sophie Monk](https://www.edgepedia.org/sophie-monk) and premiering on 9Now on October 27, 2025[1](https://love-island-itv.fandom.com/wiki/Season_7_%28Australia%29). Produced by ITV Studios Australia for the 9Network and again narrated by Eoghan McDermott, the season was filmed in Mallorca, Spain, and ran under a "wicked sins" theme in which islanders faced tests of lust, envy, and greed for a cash prize of $50,000[2](https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/wicked-sins-enters-the-villa-in-love-island-australia/). Yana and Kye were crowned the winners at the Grand Finale on December 15, 2025[3](https://9now.nine.com.au/love-island-australia/2025-winners-finale-crowned-season-7/9fc6697c-de3e-4510-8458-0c25364dde12).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Premiere | October 27, 2025, at 6:00 pm AEDT on 9Now, with episodes dropping Monday to Thursday[2](https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/wicked-sins-enters-the-villa-in-love-island-australia/) |
| Host and narrator | Sophie Monk (host); Eoghan McDermott (narrator)[2](https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/wicked-sins-enters-the-villa-in-love-island-australia/) |
| Location | A villa on the Spanish island of Mallorca[2](https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/wicked-sins-enters-the-villa-in-love-island-australia/) |
| Theme and prize | "Wicked sins" tests of temptation; $50,000 winning cash prize[2](https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/wicked-sins-enters-the-villa-in-love-island-australia/) |
| Winners | Yana and Kye, announced December 15, 2025, receiving $30,000 after Dylan removed $20,000 from the prize pool[3](https://9now.nine.com.au/love-island-australia/2025-winners-finale-crowned-season-7/9fc6697c-de3e-4510-8458-0c25364dde12) |
| Finalists | Jotham and Jaide, Yana and Kye, and Sharn and Ross[4](https://9now.nine.com.au/love-island-australia/2025-couples-who-is-together-coupling-recoupling-ceremony-season-7/ad416606-2b81-42f4-93b7-2f56f24bc0e8) |
| Ratings | Launch episode reached 658,000 in Total TV audience, up 18% year on year, the highest rating launch on 9Now in franchise history[2](https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/wicked-sins-enters-the-villa-in-love-island-australia/) |
## Production
A seventh season was confirmed to be in production on March 25, 2025, when applications for the season opened[1](https://love-island-itv.fandom.com/wiki/Season_7_%28Australia%29). Nine announced the season in October 2025 under the banner "Wicked Sins Enters the Villa", promising beautiful love stories, epic betrayals, and sinful tests of temptation[2](https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/wicked-sins-enters-the-villa-in-love-island-australia/). The season returned the show to Mallorca, the location of the first Australian season in 2018 and of seasons five and six; ITV Studios Australia creative director Alex Mavroidakis has described Spain as the show's "spiritual home" and noted that islanders behave differently when filmed far from home[5](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/why-love-island-returned-to-its-spanish-roots-for-a-season-of-firsts).
Like recent Australian seasons, the season was pre-recorded rather than aired on a 24-hour turnaround, a format first introduced globally with the Australian version in 2022 because the Spanish climate is too cold for filming at the Australian broadcast time of year[5](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/why-love-island-returned-to-its-spanish-roots-for-a-season-of-firsts). The season also aired in the United Kingdom on ITV2 and ITVX[6](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/print/pdf/node/50926).
## Cast
The opening cast announced by Nine comprised five men and five women, joined in week one by two bombshells[2](https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/wicked-sins-enters-the-villa-in-love-island-australia/):
- **Men**: Connor (25, nurse, [Gold Coast](https://www.edgepedia.org/gold-coast)), Jotham (22, [American football](https://www.edgepedia.org/american-football) player, Gold Coast), Cooper (23, salesman, Brisbane), Ross (28, events and marketing specialist, Byron Bay), and Zac (29, Olympic swimmer, Gold Coast).
- **Women**: Isabel (26, hair salon owner, Sydney), Bailey (27, model, Toronto, Canada), Lacey (20, model, Sydney), Yana (21, plumber, Sydney), and Sharn (26, dermal therapist, Adelaide).
- **Week one bombshells**: Gabby (21, influencer and content creator, Gold Coast) and Mick (27, creative director, Melbourne).
## Format and key twists
The season's structure followed the standard Love Island format of coupling, recouplings, bombshell arrivals, and public-vote dumpings, organized around the wicked sins theme[2](https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/wicked-sins-enters-the-villa-in-love-island-australia/). Instead of the franchise's usual Casa Amor test, the season used Hotel Amor, a separate location to which islanders were tempted to check in during episodes 18 to 20[4](https://9now.nine.com.au/love-island-australia/2025-couples-who-is-together-coupling-recoupling-ceremony-season-7/ad416606-2b81-42f4-93b7-2f56f24bc0e8). In episode 20, the islanders returning from Hotel Amor were asked whether they wanted to "stick" with their original couple or "twist" with a new bombshell[4](https://9now.nine.com.au/love-island-australia/2025-couples-who-is-together-coupling-recoupling-ceremony-season-7/ad416606-2b81-42f4-93b7-2f56f24bc0e8). Episode 24 featured a Movie Night challenge exposing hidden truths, followed by the arrival of two new bombshells[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/love_island_australia/s07).
## Finale and result
The Grand Finale aired on Monday, December 15, 2025, at 8:30 pm on 9Go! and 9Now, with three couples remaining: Jotham and Jaide, Yana and Kye, and Sharn and Ross[4](https://9now.nine.com.au/love-island-australia/2025-couples-who-is-together-coupling-recoupling-ceremony-season-7/ad416606-2b81-42f4-93b7-2f56f24bc0e8). Yana, 21, and Kye, 22, received the most public votes and were named Season 7's favorite couple[3](https://9now.nine.com.au/love-island-australia/2025-winners-finale-crowned-season-7/9fc6697c-de3e-4510-8458-0c25364dde12).
The finale carried a twist that changed the prize. During the final week, ex-islander Dylan became, in Nine's words, the first person in the history of Love Island anywhere to leave with money taken from the winners' prize pool, removing $20,000 from the original $50,000 and leaving the winning couple $30,000[3](https://9now.nine.com.au/love-island-australia/2025-winners-finale-crowned-season-7/9fc6697c-de3e-4510-8458-0c25364dde12).
## After the show
Post-show, several season couples did not last. Jaide confirmed in an interview with 9Entertainment that she and Jotham broke up a week after they returned home from Spain[8](https://9now.nine.com.au/love-island-australia/2025-which-couples-are-still-together-cast-list/d5db26f0-4858-4f1f-b79b-66502f1ce4ac). Other islanders from the season, including Sharn and Ross and Izzy and Connor, were covered in Nine's follow-up on which couples remained together[8](https://9now.nine.com.au/love-island-australia/2025-which-couples-are-still-together-cast-list/d5db26f0-4858-4f1f-b79b-66502f1ce4ac).
## Reception and ratings
The season performed strongly for Nine. The launch episode on October 27, 2025, recorded a Total TV audience of 658,000, up 18% year on year and the highest rating launch episode on 9Now in franchise history; season 7 viewing on 9Now was reported as up 65% year on year[2](https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/wicked-sins-enters-the-villa-in-love-island-australia/). Individual episodes placed highly in national consolidated ratings; for example, the December 2, 2025 episode reached 457,000 viewers nationally with a 306,000 national average BVOD audience[9](https://virtualoz.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/daily_consolidated_7_programs_reach_20251202.pdf). On Rotten Tomatoes the season had no critic reviews recorded and fewer than 50 audience ratings, and the season is available on Disney+ and Hulu in some markets[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/love_island_australia/s07).
## Follow-up season
Nine's 2027 upfront announced that [Love Island Australia](https://www.edgepedia.org/love-island-australia) will return for an eighth season, filmed inside the Love Island USA villa in Fiji, with Sophie Monk returning as host and a new "Power Couples" twist giving selected contestants control over parts of the competition[10](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/nine-upfronts).
## References
1. [Season 7 (Australia), Love Island ITV Wiki](https://love-island-itv.fandom.com/wiki/Season_7_%28Australia%29)
2. [Wicked Sins Enters the Villa in Love Island Australia, Nine for Brands](https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/wicked-sins-enters-the-villa-in-love-island-australia/)
3. [The winners of Love Island Australia 2025 are crowned in jaw-dropping Grand Finale, 9Now](https://9now.nine.com.au/love-island-australia/2025-winners-finale-crowned-season-7/9fc6697c-de3e-4510-8458-0c25364dde12)
4. [Love or lust: Who is Coupled Up together on Love Island Australia 2025?, 9Now](https://9now.nine.com.au/love-island-australia/2025-couples-who-is-together-coupling-recoupling-ceremony-season-7/ad416606-2b81-42f4-93b7-2f56f24bc0e8)
5. [Why Love Island returned to its Spanish roots for a season of firsts, Mediaweek](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/why-love-island-returned-to-its-spanish-roots-for-a-season-of-firsts)
6. [ITV Press Centre brochure](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/presscentre/print/pdf/node/50926)
7. [Love Island Australia: Season 7, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/love_island_australia/s07)
8. [Which Love Island Australia 2025 couples are still together?, 9Now](https://9now.nine.com.au/love-island-australia/2025-which-couples-are-still-together-cast-list/d5db26f0-4858-4f1f-b79b-66502f1ce4ac)
9. [OzTAM daily consolidated 7 programs report, Tuesday 2 December 2025](https://virtualoz.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/daily_consolidated_7_programs_reach_20251202.pdf)
10. [Nine 2027 Upfront, Mediaweek](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/nine-upfronts)
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