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Love Island USA: Season 3

29 episodes Premiered Jul 7, 2021 Updated Sep 18, 2026

Love Island USA Season 3 continues the overarching saga across 29 episodes.

Previously on Love Island USA

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Love Island USA Season 2.
  • Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season overview

Love Island USA Season 3 continues the overarching saga across 29 episodes.

Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S3·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Jul 7, 2021

Host Arielle Vandenberg and narrator Matthew Hoffman return with even more love and romance this summer as LOVE ISLAND escapes the desert and heads back to the beach. Islanders wil

S3·E2 Core

Episode 2

Jul 8, 2021

Things are heating up for the Islanders! The boys and girls rock their sexiest Regency era costumes as they kiss and tell during the season's first challenge: Whistleblower.

S3·E3 Core

Episode 3

Jul 9, 2021

Jeremy and Trina enjoy some alone time on a date. New Islander Aimee shakes things up as she enters the villa.

S3·E4 Core

Episode 4

Jul 11, 2021

Emotions run high as Aimee turns more than one boys head. Host Arielle Vandenberg shocks the Islanders when she returns to the Villa to announce the seasons first Recoupling.

S3·E5 Core

Episode 5

Jul 13, 2021

After the events of the previous night's recoupling, our Islanders welcome new boy Isaiah into the Villa. With Shannon and Josh's relationship sitting in rocky territory, Isaiah ma

S3·E6 Core

Episode 6

Jul 14, 2021

After last night's Kissing Booth game, the Islanders can't help but acknowledge the rise in tensions of all kinds. Cinco spends more time mulling over his decision between Cashay a

S3·E7 Core

Episode 7

Jul 15, 2021

After choosing Trina, Cinco has a hard time talking to Cashay. Cashay feels disrespected by both Trina and Cinco and puts up necessary barriers. Our new Islanders choose what boys

S3·E8 Core

Episode 8

Jul 16, 2021

After an emotionally exhausting past few days, the Islanders get to relax and have fun with a new challenge, "All Lubed Up." Important talks and last minute efforts all lead up to

S3·E9 Core

Episode 9

Jul 18, 2021

At the height of the double elimination fallout, we drop a couple of bombshells, as two new boys join the villa.

S3·E10 Core

Episode 10

Jul 20, 2021

The next Recoupling of the season is here and with the Ceremony quickly approaching, Islanders make their final efforts to lock down a place in the Villa. Cashay struggles with bei

S3·E11 Core

Episode 11

Jul 21, 2021

After last night's recoupling, Florita makes a point to let Korey know where her feelings are. Olivia and Cashay agree to go for the gold and get their man, all pride aside. After

S3·E12 Core

Episode 12

Jul 22, 2021

Operation Heart Attack is the talk of The Villa as Cashay and Olivia confess their long harboured feelings to Cinco and Will respectively. Will words alone be enough to sway the bo

S3·E13 Core

Episode 13

Jul 23, 2021

Thankful for the distraction after a tough night, the Islanders give their all in a battle of the sexes in "The Love Island Games." And the action doesn't stop there! Our favorite

S3·E14 Core

Episode 14

Jul 25, 2021

Say hello to five new girls, and five new boys. It's the return of Casa Amour. The couples will be divided and face ultimate temptation. Who will stay and who will stray?

S3·E15 Core

Episode 15

Jul 27, 2021

The Villa and Casa Amor are full of hot people and emotions; emotions are being carefully weighed by the islanders.

S3·E16 Core

Episode 16

Jul 28, 2021

Final conversations are had as our Islanders prepare for the next recoupling; Isabel feels like Korey isn't giving her any clarity; Shannon and Kyra feel like their time on Love Is

S3·E17 Core

Episode 17

Jul 29, 2021

The Recoupling left our Islanders a little worse for wear and it doesn't look like they're catching a break anytime soon. Kyra questions how much she can trust Will after a confess

S3·E18 Core

Episode 18

Jul 30, 2021

The Villa could use a good pick-me-up and it gets just that in the form of Smooch, Marry, Pie, the game our Islanders will play to get to know each other even better. The boys dish

S3·E19 Core

Episode 19

Aug 1, 2021

Our Islanders find resolutions to last night's drama and take the new day to move on. Cashay and Cinco gain some added tension between them before Cashay settles on a final decisio

S3·E20 Core

Episode 20

Aug 3, 2021

Though their romance is somewhat new, Olivia starts to worry about losing Korey to new Islander, Bailey. Kyra lets the girls know where they should stand when it comes to her relat

S3·E21 Core

Episode 21

Aug 4, 2021

Shannon and Josh get a text that whisks them away on their first date; Korey gives Bailey attention leaving Olivia to think that their romance has burned out; Charlie gets to know

S3·E22 Core

Episode 22

Aug 5, 2021

The islanders spend the night getting to know their two new boys; Charlie expresses interest in Alana and is happy to hear his feelings are reciprocated; K-Ci and Andre get to take

S3·E23 Core

Episode 23

Aug 6, 2021

After her date with Andre, Olivia starts to feel torn between him and Korey - a fact that excites Islander Bailey. A panic settles over The Villa when Korey gets a text about the u

S3·E24 Core

Episode 24

Aug 8, 2021

The Islanders hop on down the bunny trail in The Villa game, 'The Fast and The Furriest'. That night, Arielle Vandenberg returns to reveal the couples with the most potential.

S3·E25 Core

Episode 25

Aug 10, 2021

The Islanders air out piles of 'Dirty Laundry' in today's challenge. Kyra starts to seriously question her relationship with Will.

S3·E26 Core

Episode 26

Aug 11, 2021

Each islander gets a one-on-one chat with their family while also getting time to introduce the other half of their couple; the islanders' families are mostly approving and ready t

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Episode 27

Aug 12, 2021

Kyra and Will struggle with the fact that Kyra's family is not 100% approving; the islanders enter couples therapy and ask questions while the others watch on and vote on if the re

S3·E28 Mytharc

Episode 28

Aug 13, 2021

The islanders spend one of their last days in The Villa going out on extravagant and beautiful dates.

S3·E29 Mytharc

Episode 29

Aug 15, 2021

The islanders play "Race To The Altar" and the winning couple scores a bonus night in The Hideaway; the four couples gather for a brunch and reflect on the relationships they've fo