After a dramatic season, the finale of the UK version of Winter Love Island is finally here and will take place on Monday, March 13.
The ITV dating show, which also has versions in the US and Australia, returned to screens earlier in 2023 with a brand new host in the form of Maya Jama.
The 28-year-old, who is an accomplished presenter in the UK, took over from past host Laura Whitmore for the ninth season of Love Island UKand will also front the 10th edition which is set to follow later in 2023.
Love Island UK used to only air once a year and was filmed in Mallorca, Spain, but now there are two installations annually, with the winter edition filming in South Africa instead.
There has only been one previous winter edition of the show, which aired in January 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the program had been unable to return until 2023.
Over the past eight weeks, Love Island Fans have watched as the contestants have made, and broken, romantic connections, all whilst living in close quarters in a lavish villa in Franschhoek, just outside of Cape Town.
Now, only one couple will be crowned the winners of the show and take home the £50,000 prize.
In the past, the winning couple would each choose an envelope, and the person with the prize money in it could choose to keep the full amount for themselves or share it with their partner.
Love Island announced ahead of Season 8, which aired in 2022, that they had decided not to use this twist going forward.
Newsweek has everything you need to know about the Winter Love Island finale, including how to watch.
*Warning—If you are watching Love Island UK on Hulu, this story contains spoilers for episodes that have not been released on the streaming site yet*
Hulu is streaming Love Island UKas it did for the last season, though episodes do not drop on the streaming service until two weeks after their original air date.
If viewers in the US want to catch the finale when it comes out on Hulu, the episode will be available on Monday, March 27.
If viewers want to catch the finale of Love Island live, it will be available to stream online.
Love Island UK is available to stream on ITV2’s website, as well as ITVX. However, US viewers will need a VPN (virtual private network) to set their location to the UK and be able to access the site.
Some examples of popular VPN services include ExpressVPN, NordVPN and PureVPN.
the Love Island UK finale will start at 9 pm GMT, which is 5 pm ET, and 2 pm PT.
There are four couples left in the finale for Love Island:
Fagan was one of the original cast members on this latest season of Love Island but he didn’t meet Harrinanan until she arrived during the Casa Amor portion of the season.
He then brought her back to the main villa and the pair have gone from strength to strength ever since.
Hall, who is the show’s first ever partially-sighted contestant, and Jenkins coupled up during the very first episode of Love Island but it hasn’t always been smooth sailing.
After a dramatic season, the finale of the UK version of Winter Love Island is finally here and will take place on Monday, March 13.
