<P> Love Island Australia is an Australian dating reality show based on the British series Love Island . The series is presented by Sophie Monk and narrated by Eoghan McDermott . The series began airing on 9Go! and 9Now on 27 May 2018 . The final aired on 5 July 2018, with Grant Crapp and Tayla Damir winning and sharing the $50,000 prize money . Eden Dally and Erin Barnett finished as runners up . </P> <P> The series also airs in the United Kingdom on ITVBe and in the Republic of Ireland on 3e, and is available in New Zealand on TVNZ OnDemand . </P> <P> Love Island Australia will return for a second season in 2019 . The new season will air on Nine's primary channel, with the series expected to move from Spain and to a new location . </P> <P> Love Island involves a group of contestants, referred to as Islanders, living in isolation from the outside world in a villa in Mallorca, Spain, constantly under video surveillance . To survive in the villa the Islanders must be coupled up with another Islander, whether it be for love, friendship or money, as the overall winning couple receives $50,000 . On the first day, the Islanders couple up for the first time based on first impressions, but over the duration of the series, they are forced to "re-couple" where they can choose to remain in their current couple or swap and change . </P>

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