The latest season of the UK 's original Love Island just started airing this week, but if you can't get enough of the romance and drama, don't worry. Love Island is returning to CBS for its third season, and the network has just announced the top 12 contestants for this season. Like previous iterations of the show, the islanders in season three will enter a villa where they are cut off from the outside world and can only communicate with each other and are subject to constant video surveillance. They must then be paired up based on first impressions and must stay in pairs to survive the competition or they will be replaced by a new contestant. At the end of the season, half of the winning couples will receive $100,000 and choose whether to keep it or share it with their partner as a test of trust.
Host Ariel Vandenberg will return to Love Island USA for Season 3, with Matthew Hoffman returning to provide voiceovers. While production plans for Season 2 have been hampered by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the show to abandon its usual filming locations in Fiji in favor of the Cromwell Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, in Season 2 In three seasons, the lovelorn singles will once again be on a real island. Ahead of the premiere, here's everything we know about the third season of Love Island US .
Love Island Season 3 Cast List
Cassie Proudfoot
Age: 25
Position: Waiter
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Javani Vega
Age: 26
Position: Real Estate Investor
Hometown: Boca Raton, Florida
Trina Njoroge
Age: 24
Position: Psychiatric nurse
Hometown: Hacienda Heights, California
Will Moncada
Age: 26
Position: Housekeeper
Hometown: Colombia
Keira Lizama
Age: 23
Position: COVID-19 rescue worker
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
Melvin "Cinco" Holland Jr.
Age: 25
Position: Delivery driver
Hometown: Ashburn, Virginia
Shannon St. Clair
Age: 24
Position: Financial Director of Construction Company
Hometown: Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Jeremy Hershberg
Age: 27
Position: Personal trainer
Hometown: New York City, New York
olivia caesar
Age: 28
Position: Business owner
Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska
Corey Gandy
Age: 28
Position: Car rental agent
Hometown: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Josh Goldstein
Age: 24
Job: College athlete
Hometown: Haverhill, Massachusetts
Christian Longnecker
Age: 24
Position: Coffee company owner
Hometown: Oahu, Hawaii
love island usa season 3 locations
While the first season of America's Love Island was filmed at a villa in Fiji, production for season two was unable to return to the location due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, season two finds the Islanders vying for love inside the Cromwell Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Season 3 of Love Island USA will once again see contestants looking for love on a real-life island in Hawaii, as announced when CBS renewed the show in January.
Love Island USA Season 3 Trailer
The first official trailer for Love Island USA Season 3 was released on June 29.
Love Island US Season 3 premiere date and bonus content
The second season of Love Island USA is premiering more than a month later than usual due to coronavirus-related production delays. Fans of the show won't have to wait too long, though, as Season 3 will premiere on Wednesday, July 7 at 9:30 PM ET/PT with 90-minute episodes.
The following three episodes will air Thursday, July 8 and Friday, July 9 from 9:00 to 10:00 PM ET/PT and Sunday, July 10 from 9:00 to 11:00 PM ET/PT . For the remainder of the season, the show will air Tuesday through Friday from 9:00 to 10:00 PM ET/PT and Sundays from 9:00 to 11:00 PM ET/PT.
In addition, "Love Island US" will offer bonus content through Paramount+ for the first time. According to a press release for season three, the streaming service will feature 15 hours of exclusive content, ranging from episodes that are "too hot to air" to raw glimpses of the villa after hours.
