When is Love Island: All Stars 2026? Release date and latest news
The new year doesn't official start until a new season of Love Island drops!
Love Island: All Stars is making its highly-anticipated return to TV screens this week after wildfires near the villa forced production to be delayed.
ITV confirmed that filming had been halted but have since announced the new series will air tonight!
ITV has teased that the Islanders will be tying up some "loose ends", with previous Islanders returning for six weeks instead of the usual five.
Ahead of the series launch, Love Island's creative director Mike Spencer-Hayter teased some very exciting bombshells are headed into the villa.
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."
So, what time can you tune into the new series of Love Island: All Stars set to start? Read on to find out.
Love Island: All Stars 2026 release date - when does it start?
CONFIRMED: Love Island: All Stars returns on Thursday 15h January at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
The new season was scheduled to begin on Monday 12th January but filming was delayed due to wildfires close to the villa.
Love Island: All Stars 2026 host
Once again, the forever iconic Maya Jama will return as host for Love Island: All Stars, having taken over the role of host in 2023.
Since then, she has hosted five full seasons, as well as two seasons of Love Island: All Stars and the popular Love Island Games.
Is there a trailer for Love Island: All Stars 2026?
ITV recently released a teaser trailer for the new series, suggesting there is plenty of unfinished business for the Islanders...
You can watch the clip below.
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Who won Love Island: All Stars 2025?
Gabby Allen and Casey O’Gorman were crowned the winners of Love Island: All Stars season 2.
Along with becoming the latest champs, the couple won a whopping £50,000 cash prize.
Grace Jackson and Luca Bish just missed out on winning as they came in second place, but there was no bad blood as all the finalists wished each other well.
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Love Island All Stars returns on Thursday 15th January at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
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Phoebe Kowhai Barnes is a Freelance Writer who covers pop culture and entertainment programmes for the Radio Times. She previously worked as the Senior Assistant Editor at The Tab where she managed its local department. She obtained a BA (Hons) in English Literature from University of Nottingham.
