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“Love Island USA” host Ariana Madix explains to USA TODAY’s Ralphie Aversa what it would take to get her back on Bravo reality TV show.
- “Love Island USA” season seven premieres tonight, Tuesday, June 3, at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
- New episodes of the show will be available to stream the next day on Peacock.
- Three Floridians are among the initial season seven cast members.
This story was updated to include information about a delay in the “Love Island USA” season seven airtime and correct the airing schedule.
Just got a text … Floridians are taking over the “Love Island USA” villa!
Fans of reality TV have an exciting summer ahead. Not only is “Bachelor in Paradise” returning with a new format, “Love Island USA” season seven is set to premiere tonight, Tuesday, June 3. And this season of “Love Island” features three contestants from Florida.
Here’s what we know about “Love Island USA” season seven, the cast, how the show works and how to watch the season seven premiere tonight.
‘Love Island USA’ Season 7 trailer
‘Love Island USA’ airtime delayed: What time does ‘Love Island USA’ season 7 come out?
“Love Island USA” season seven was originally set to premiere tonight, Tuesday, June 3 at 9 p.m. ET.
But at 9:01 p.m. ET, Peacock posted to X, formerly Twitter, that tonight’s episode will be “slightly delayed,” with no specification as to how long or why. The official Love Island USA X account reposted the tweet. The episode posted at 9:44 p.m. ET.
Where can I watch ‘Love Island USA’ season 7? Is ‘Love Island’ on Peacock or Hulu?
You can watch “Love Island USA” live on Bravo and Peacock every day except Wednesdays, starting tonight, June 3.
Watch ‘Love Island USA’ on Peacock
You can stream new episodes the night they air on Peacock. A premium monthly plan costs $7.99 or $79.99 for one year. The premium plus plan, which is ad-free, costs $13.99 per month or $139.99 a year.
You can also catch up on seasons four, five and six of “Love Island USA” on Peacock.
Is ‘Love Island USA’ live? How does the ‘Love Island’ process work?
While “Love Island USA” is not exactly live, it is filmed in real time with a delay of a day or two before it airs.
On “Love Island,” a group of single men and women, called “Islanders,” “couple up” from week to week and live in a big villa together all summer. In the first episode of each season, each of the women in the villa chooses to couple up with a man, based only on a brief first impression.
Each islander sleeps in a bed with the person they’re coupled up with every night, in the same room as the other couples. There’s a massive bedroom with beds lining each wall and surveillance cameras in the bedroom, as well as throughout the villa.
Viewers watch the islanders spend their days lounging by the pool, talking amongst themselves and sometimes participating in challenges that can win them opportunities for alone time with the person they’re coupled up with.
There are “recoupling” ceremonies, in which the men and women take turns choosing to either stay with the person they are coupled up with or choose someone else. Since the initial coupling is up to the women, the men get the upper hand in the first recoupling ceremony. Any islanders who are single after the recoupling leave the villa.
Viewers also get a chance to vote on their favorite and least favorite islanders and couples from week to week, giving them the power to have a say in who’s eliminated from the villa.
The winner of each season is the couple that gets the most viewer votes as the favorite couple in the villa. During the finale, the winning couple with the most votes each get envelopes. One envelope has prize money and the other is empty. The person who gets the prize money can choose to keep it for themselves or split it with their partner.
Are any Floridians on ‘Love Island USA’ new season?
This new season features three Floridian bombshells in the villa:
- Chelley Bissainthe, 27, from Orlando
- Nicolas Vansteenberghe, 24, from Jacksonville
- Yulissa Escobar, 27, from Miami
‘Love Island USA’ cast: Who is on the ‘Love Island USA’ season 7 cast?
From pool boys to aspiring models, get to know the first 10 cast members of “Love Island USA” Season seven:
- Ace Greene, 25, Los Angeles
- Austin Shepard, 26, Northville, Michigan
- Belle-A Walker, 22, Honolulu
- Chelley Bissainthe, 27, Orlando
- Huda Mustafa, 24, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Jeremiah Brown, 25, Los Angeles
- Nicolas Vansteenberghe, 24, Jacksonville
- Olandria Carthen, 27, Decatur, Alabama
- Taylor Williams, 24, Oklahoma City
- Yulissa Escobar, 27, Miami
Throughout the season, additional cast members will be added as others are sent home.
Is Ariana Madix hosting the next season of ‘Love Island USA’?
Yes, Ariana Madix is returning to host! She replaced the previous host, actress Sarah Hyland, back in 2024.
Madix is a Melbourne, Florida, native and Flagler College alumni who’s had the entire reality TV realm in a chokehold over the last few years. Particularly for her role on Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules.”
Where is ‘Love Island USA’ filmed?
Love Island USA” Season 7 will be filmed in Fiji, where the show has taken place for the last two seasons.
