Love Island travels to Greece

Love Island travels to Greece

Record-breaking reality format going into its 23rd territory

11 August 2022 - The summer of love continues apace as ITV Studios’ and Motion Content Group’s award-winning format Love Island has been commissioned by Skai TV in Greece. The show will be produced by Silverline and is scheduled to air this fall.

Love Island has become a reality television phenomenon with the show dominating social media and drawing in audiences from across the globe, with Greece becoming the 23rd territory to commission the format. 

Singles all over the world are packing their bags for the Love Island adventure. Last week saw the final of season 8 in the UK, with a total audience of 4.1 million tuning in to see the winners crowned! The show trended on twitter every single night of its run, as the most watched program of the day on any channel on 12 different occasions and is consolidating at an average of 4.5 million viewers. The launch attracted an impressive five million viewers - Love Island’s biggest UK launch since 2019 - and the show hit 269 million streams online as well.

In other parts of the world, the Love Island adventure is well underway. In the US, the show launched on 19th July, being the most streamed unscripted original series on Peacock, where it has been airing episodes 6 days a week for the first time. Whilst in Poland, Polsat prepares to turn up the heat with new episodes of Love Island, airing six days a week beginning 29th August.

About Love Island

Full of drama, romance, flirting and fun, Love Island sees its occupants living in a stunning villa in a beautiful location. They are on the lookout for romance but as always, the road to love never runs smoothly, as they must not only choose their partner wisely but also win the hearts of the public. It’s up to the viewers to decide who they want to stay in the show as they watch the relationships develop and ultimately which pair they want to crown the hottest couple on the island. 

Love Island is owned by ITV Studios and Motion Content Group Ltd and is distributed internationally by ITV Studios. The hit show has been commissioned in 23 territories ranging from the UK, USA to Italy and Germany and many more. 

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