Love Island Greece is the Greek version of the popular RTV-dating format; Love Island, hosted by Greek model/television presenter; Iliana Papageorgiou and premiering September 2022, on Greek television network; Skai.
History[]
The Greek version of Love Island was first announced to be in production on April 29th,2022 by both Skai and ITV Studios.[1] This information was later reaffirmed on August 11th,2022 where it was announced as being the 23rd country to commission the LI format for it's viewers. At the same time it was also confirmed that the company producing the show would be Silverline, with a provisional launch date of fall 2022.
The greenlighting of the format, was announced to have come off of the success that the previous season of the UK show managed to garner. In particular they looked to highlight the high average ratings for the show of 4.5 million, as well as the high average social media interaction.[2] Upon the show's announcement in April, it was rumoured that Greek popstar; Josephine Wendel being toted as most wanted candidate for hosting by Skai.
However later on May 26th,2022 it was confirmed that Greek model and television presenter; Iliana Papageorgiou would be taking up the position as hostess for the season of the show, with filming at the time then scheduled to start at the end of August.[3]On September 21st,2022 it was confirmed that the first season of the show would be premiering September 27th,2022.[4]
Format[]
Like it's international counterparts, this version of Love Island features an array of young and attractive single boys and girls having to couple up with one another, all while staying in a luxurious villa together, located in Spain. Throughout the season a number of new islanders in the form of bombshells would enter the villa, as a way of testing the strength of the couples and their relationships. Ceremonies known as re-couplings would take place sporadically across the season, as a way of giving islanders the chance to get together with someone else if they were no longer feeling it with their current partner.
If an islander were to be left single at the end of one of these ceremonies they would be dumped from the island, essentially being eliminated from the competition. The couples would also have to take part in a myriad of tasks/challenges that were designed to test different aspects of their relationship, as well as a number of different twists and turns. At the end of the season, the last remaining couple would be awarded to 50,000 euros with the final test of love being whether or not both members of the winning couple chose love or money. If they both chose love they'd share the money between themselves, however if either of them chose money they'd lose the prize money.
Seasons[]
| Season | Start Date | Final Date | Islanders | Winners | Runners-up | Prize | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 27th,2022 | October 5th,2022 | 19 | Argiris Fragkos & Maria Astoglou | Anastasia Sidiropoulou & Giorgos Georgiou | 50,000 euros | TBC |