Summary:
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Peacock unveils global singles for Love Island Games, hosted by Ariana Madix, with real-time viewer voting influence.
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Maura Higgins returns to host Love Island Aftersun, Cely Vazquez as social ambassador, set in Fiji with $100,000 prize.
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Love Island USA continued success boosts Peacock’s streaming, highlighting viewer engagement and global reach for Season 2.
Peacock has unveiled the first wave of global singles stepping into the Fiji villa for Season 2 of Love Island Games, hosted by Ariana Madix with narration from Iain Stirling. The two-hour premiere streams Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, with new episodes daily during launch week, then Thursdays through Tuesdays after that.
Fans will have a say this time. Season 2 introduces real-time viewer voting through the official Love Island app, which will influence recouplings and eliminations throughout the run.
Maura Higgins returns to host the weekly recap show Love Island Aftersun, and former Islander Cely Vazquez is back as social ambassador.
Where it’s set: Fiji. Prize: $100,000.
Let the games begin 💪#LoveIslandGames arrives September 16 on Peacock. pic.twitter.com/4sKKkXLP4s
— Peacock (@peacock) September 9, 2025
The first Islanders heading into the Villa
- Andrea Carmona (Love Island USA, Season 6)
- Andreina Santos (Love Island USA, Season 7)
- Charlie Georgiou (Love Island USA, Season 7)
- Christopher Seeley (Love Island USA, Season 7)
- Garbi Denteh (Love Island Belgium/Netherlands, Season 4)
- Isaiah Campbell (Love Island USA, Season 4)
- Josh Goldstein (Love Island USA, Season 3)
- Kay Kay Gray (Love Island USA, Season 5)
- Kendall Washington (Love Island USA, Season 6)
- Lucinda Strafford (Love Island UK, Season 7; Love Island Australia, Season 5)
- Mert Okatan (Love Island Belgium/Netherlands, Seasons 2 and 3)
- Nicola Gauci Borda-Warr (Love Island Malta, Season 1)
- Solène Favreau (Love Island France, Season 2)
- Tyrique Hyde (Love Island UK, Season 10)
The official first set of Islanders entering the villa for Love Island Games season 2, premiering Sept. 16 on Peacock.#LoveIsland #LoveIslandUSA #LoveIslandGames pic.twitter.com/4W7NtaQZvh
— Reality TV News/Updates (@Realitytv__fan) September 9, 2025
Peacock is promising a tighter cadence, more twists, and a bigger role for viewers. Episodes will go out nightly at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT in launch week, then run five nights weekly after that. Voting via the Love Island app will help decide who recouples, who stays, and who heads home.
The Love Island franchise continues to prove itself as one of the most powerful forces in reality television. Love Island USA ranked as the No. 1 streaming reality series for several weeks in June, according to Nielsen data cited by NBCUniversal. Season 7 alone generated more than 623 million TikTok views by mid-June, a staggering 232 percent increase from the prior season, with nearly 40 percent of viewers new to the series.
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That surge carried over to streaming minutes. During its summer run, Love Island USA cracked Nielsen’s top overall streaming charts, logging 1.47 billion minutes viewed the week of June 16 before climbing even higher later in the season. The show also helped lift Peacock’s overall momentum, contributing to a 13.4 percent increase in platform usage in June as streaming as a whole hit record highs.
Viewer engagement extended beyond streaming. On July 3, Season 7 tallied 3.5 million votes in just two and a half hours, a clear sign of how interactive the franchise has become. And overseas, the brand’s global reach hasn’t slowed: in the U.K., the 2024 summer launch peaked at 2.2 million overnight viewers, marking the strongest debut in two years.
Season 2 of Love Island Games is primed to build on that momentum. The competition begins September 16, streaming exclusively on Peacock with new episodes daily during premiere week and then five nights a week. Fans can download the Love Island USA app on iOS or Android to vote in real time on recouplings and eliminations.
