{"id":1578,"date":"2019-07-24T08:10:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T08:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2019-07-24T09:04:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T09:04:31","slug":"love-island-to-have-two-series-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/love-island-to-have-two-series-in-2020\/tv-and-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island to have two series in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ITV has announced that Love Island will be back next year for two seasons as the broadcasters look to save declining TV as revenues. There will be the usual summer Love Island and a new winter one in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Love Island is currently the most watched programme for people aged 16-34 in the UK. The latest season has attracted over 6 million viewers from different TVs and devices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The winter Love Island will be filmed in a villa in South Africa and is scheduled to air in early 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Paul Mortimer, Head of Digital Channels and Acquisitions at ITV, said:<\/strong> \u201cOff the back of a record-breaking year, we&#8217;re delighted to be bringing an extra series of our biggest and sunniest show to the 2020 schedule. Love Island has proven yet again to be the perfect format that engages younger audiences. In response to this viewer appetite, a new batch of young singletons will deliver some highly anticipated post-Christmas romance and drama from our new and luxurious location.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ud83c\udf89 DOUBLE THE LOVE \ud83c\udf89 It&#8217;s official! Love Island will be back for TWO series in 2020! <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveIsland2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoveIsland2020<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoveIsland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LoveIsland<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveIsland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoveIsland<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LW6z32ZxIF\">pic.twitter.com\/LW6z32ZxIF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 ITV2 (@itv2) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itv2\/status\/1153900763908845568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Love Island has now been made in a total of 13 countries, including Australia, Germany, Finland and Sweden, with new shows launching in the US, <span class=\"s1\">Belgium, Holland, Poland and Hungary this year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Angela Jain, Managing Director ITV Studios Entertainment said:<\/strong> &#8220;We love making Love Island for ITV2. The show&#8217;s success is testament to the magnificent production team that decamp to Mallorca every year to deliver the award-winning show with its trademark warmth, wit and wide-ranging appeal. And now 2020 is going to have even more love than before.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ITV had reported a 5% fall in total advertising revenue in the first half of 2019 to \u00a3849m and hope an extra Love Island will help their revenue grow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITV has announced that Love Island will be back next year for two seasons as the broadcasters look to save declining TV as revenues. There will be the usual summer Love Island and a new winter one in 2020. Love Island is currently the most watched programme for people aged 16-34 in the UK. 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