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Have your friends or your TikTok For You page convinced you to watch the 2024 season of “Love Island USA,” but you don’t know how or where to start?

We know it can be hard to choose a show that has already aired six seasons and over 100 episodes. But you’ve come to the right place.

If this is your first time hearing about the Peacock dating show, it’s probably because “Love Island USA” recently hit new ratings highs, two years after the streaming service acquired the series from Paramount+.

Below, you’ll find USA TODAY’s guide to all things “Love Island USA,” and everything you need to know before entering the villa.

What happens on ‘Love Island’?

The wildly popular “Love Island” franchise was born in the United Kingdom in 2015. The British series (which airs on Hulu in the US) is currently in its 11th season.

The concept of the show is similar to many reality dating shows, as cast members live together while being away from friends and family and without access to their mobile phones, while searching for romance with other castmates. With over 80 cameras strategically placed throughout the villa (including in the bedroom and bathroom) and microphones picking up every word, “Love Island” captures each dramatic – or intimate – moment.

Unlike most reality shows, “Love Island” airs in near real time.

Islanders spend their days gossiping, playing sports, playing games and participating in the show’s challenges. And in most cases, everyone has to be paired up to stay on the show.

Throughout the season, new cast members – known as “bombshells” – enter the villa and test the bonds of existing relationships. Every few days, an islander (or several) is “dumped” in a vote that changes format each time.

In the end, only a few couples remain and the viewers have to vote for their favorite couple to win the cash prize.

Where can you watch ‘Love Island USA’?

“Love Island USA” airs exclusively on Peacock.

Seasons 4 and 5 are also available on Peacock, if you dare. Seasons 1-3 are streaming on Paramount+.

How to Watch ‘Love Island USA’ Season 6

Peacock is releasing new episodes of “Love Island USA” every day, “except Wednesdays.” Tune in to watch the drama series beginning at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET.

There will be no new activity from the villa on Saturday; instead, Aftersun presenter Maura Higgins (of Love Island UK Season 5) will speak to the show’s main host Ariana Madix, recently dumped cast members, famous former cast members and other guest stars about the latest developments.

Sometimes she shares new ‘Love Island’ footage that didn’t make it into the final cut and introduces surprises that will enter the villa.

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When does season 6 of ‘Love Island USA’ end?

The Season 6 finale of “Love Island USA” airs on Sunday, July 21.

How many episodes of ‘Love Island USA’ are there?

The finale on July 21st is the 36th episode of Season 6.

Vote for ‘Love Island USA’

Want to have your say on who stays and who goes, and which couple wins? There’s an app for that.

The “Love Island USA” app is available for download on Google Play and the Apple App Store.

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What is Casa Amor on ‘Love Island’?

Each season, the islanders begin to feel at ease, but the show’s producers increase the pressure by doubling the number of suitable actors.

The men and women are often separated by those in power through a secret method, and it is soon revealed that they will be living in separate villas for several days while they get to know a whole new group of men and women. This is the moment when, as the islanders like to say, relationships are put to the test.

In season 6, the producers made the men an offer for the first time that turned out to be a real twist for their other halves: they were given the choice of staying in the “Love Island” villa or going to Casa Amor.

To no one’s surprise, all six men—Kordell, Miguel, Rob, Kendall, Kenny, and Aaron—went to the new mansion and met six new women. After a few days apart, the original cast reunites to reveal who stayed true to their partners and who got back together.

What is a movie night on ‘Love Island’?

Of all the games and challenges the islanders participate in, the ‘movie night’ is one of the most dramatic.

The producers don’t let everyone get together until after the Casa Amor drama has begun, so the cast can see and hear exactly what everyone has been saying behind their backs all season.

An islander might witness a friend talking bad about him, or see his partner intimate with another person during Casa Amor. “Movie Night” shows these delightfully clueless reality stars exactly what viewers have been watching for weeks.

What does ‘soul ties are crazy’ mean?

In season 5, the term “soul ties” went from being a word on one of the many neon signs dotted around the villa to what could well have been the first “Love Island USA” tagline, courtesy of first contestant Kay Kay Gray: “Soul ties is crazy” (with emphasis on the “ay-zee”).

The neon “soul ties” sign was placed somewhere islanders could connect, away from prying eyes (but no HD cameras, of course). The downside? Cast members could hear conversations from below.

From breakups to hooking up with other partners, wild things happened when islanders went to “soul ties.” With its reputation as a place where dramatic events took place, “soul ties is crazy.” With the revival of the neon sign in season 6, the newest cast has kept Kay Kay’s legacy alive.

Why is ‘Love Island USA’ suddenly so popular?

Season 6 of “Love Island USA” doubled in viewership from previous seasons and became Peacock’s “most-watched and most-talked-about series based on minutes viewed and volume of social conversation,” according to a July 11 press release.

The sudden interest could be due to new host Ariana Madix, who’s had a banner year thanks to “Scandoval,” “Dancing with the Stars” and her Broadway debut. But the bigger reason is likely the unwatchable drama and constant plot twists delivered by the Season 6 cast, which has sparked heated online debate over who’s being genuine and who’s just cheating her way to the finale.

“The term we use to describe this season is ‘perfect storm,'” Simon Thomas, an executive producer on the series, recently explained to Rolling Stone. “It’s hard to pinpoint one element of the show as the one thing that’s driven this forward. Everything has come together, which is magical.”

Who Starred in ‘Love Island USA’ 2024?

Nearly three dozen islanders walked through the villa doors in Season 6.

Kaylor Martin
Serena page
Hannah Smit
Leah Kateb
JaNa Craig
Kendall Washington
Coye Simmons
Aaron Evans
Robert Rausch
Kordell Beckham
Hakeem White
Connor News
Olivia Walker
Nicole Jacky
Andrea Carmona
Miguel Harichi
Kenny Rodriguez
Cassidy Laudano
Nigel Okafor
George Vining
Jacobi Graham
Caine Bacon
Jalen Oliver
Ignacio Ferrari
Josia Roebuck
Sierra mills
Destination Herzog
Daia McGhee
Catherine Marshall
Daniela Noëlle Ortiz-Rivera
Sydney Leigh Leighton
Harrison Hans Luna
Kassy Castillo