Love Island: All Stars 2026 finally gets new launch date confirmed after episodes delayed – and with a show first

ITV have finally confirmed when Love Island: All Stars will be returning to ITV2 after production was halted over the weekend.

The new series, which features iconic Islanders from past seasons, launches on Thursday 15th January at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX and, for the first time ever, there will be an extra episode on Saturday night (17th January), also at 9pm.

Last weekend, ITV confirmed that the third season had been delayed due to ongoing wildfires near the villa.

In a statement provided to RadioTimes.com, a spokesperson for ITV said at the time: "Further to a production evacuation owing to ongoing wildfires in the area, our assessment of the location site has concluded that filming will need to be postponed.

This year's cast includes a cohort of Islanders from bombshells to winners alike. Just some of the Islanders include former winners Jess Harding and Millie Court, and bombshells who didn't have long enough in the villa, like Charlie Frederick and Jack Keating.

The latest outing is extended also, with the Islanders due to spend six weeks in the villa rather than the usual five weeks the past two seasons have had.

Ahead of the series launch, Love Island's creative director Mike Spencer-Hayter teased some very exciting bombshells are headed into the villa.

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He said: "I'm very excited and remember, we are very tactical. We have done our matchmaking in our heads and we have some incredible bombshells waiting in the wings and some big twists to go alongside those."

When asked if the rumours were true that there could be bombshells from different shows worldwide, Spencer-Hayter added: "I will say, some things should be kept a secret.

"You can imagine that we have a very exciting order of bombshells and they might have different postcodes."

Love Island: All Stars returns on Thursday 15th January at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.

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