FAN FAVORITE television show Love Island and its American counterpart earned a sizable following since both arrived on screens.
As Love Island USA continues to be renewed, viewers are curious to know more about the location where the series is filmed.
While the fourth cycle of Islanders get ready to shoot for season four, audiences wondered about the program’s actual filming location
Where is Love Island USA filmed?
The filming locations for Love Island USA change as often as the cycle of the show’s contestants.
Despite the show’s title, principal photography for the first edition of the reality dating program was centered outside of the United States.
The majority of the first cycle, which aired in July and August of 2019, was shot in Fiji.
Taking on a format similar to that of Big Brother, Love Island USA’s episodes were aired as they were filming.
During the first season, the contestants stayed in a villa custom-made specifically for the show.
Fiji was also supposed to be the destination where the program’s second cycle’s production took place.
However, complications from the Coronavirus pandemic resulted in the location being changed to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Due to travel and health restrictions related to Covid-19, the contestants stayed at The Cromwell in a bio-secure bubble away from other Las Vegas residents.
Before season three went underway, the team behind Love Island USA changed the destination where principal production would be held.
Contestants who took part in the third edition of the series were placed at the Grand Naniloa Hotel in Hilo, Hawaii.
At the time, show host Arielle Vandenberg told Parade about where the series was shot: “From a show perspective, it’s so freakin’ cool that we’re here because of the romantic aspect to Hawaii.
“It brings such a cool, beautiful, healing, grounded energy. You don’t even know you needed it until you get here.
Love Island USA 2 took place at The Cromwell in Las Vegas, Nevada, the fourth season moved to Santa Barbara, California
Vandenberg shared: “I’ve been here for two weeks already and I wake up so happy.
“So I can’t even imagine being in the villa as these Islanders get to wake up here every day.”
As development began for Love Island USA 4, production was brought back to the west coast as filming commenced in Santa Barbara, California.
Contrary to the show’s title, the fourth season marks the second time in the series where the majority of the shooting and development did not take place on an actual island.
Ahead of the season four premiere on July 19, 2022, host Sarah Hyland took fans on a virtual tour.
Through a video shared on YouTube, Sarah showed off the villa’s swimming pools, firepit, “love swings,” and hideaway – the room where two Islanders spend the night with one another without the other contestants.
