<P> The second series of Love Island began on 30 May 2016 hosted by Caroline Flack on ITV2, and ended on 11 July 2016 . It is the second from the revived series, but fourth overall . The series was narrated by Iain Stirling . The series was extended to air every night of the week, as opposed to the previous series where it only aired six nights . However the Saturday episode was used as a weekly catch - up entitled "Love Island: The Weekly Hot List" rather than a nightly highlights episode . The average viewers for this series was 1,470,000, up 900,000 on the first series . </P> <P> The series included the first time an Islander was removed from the villa, as Malia Arkian was removed just hours after she entered the villa following an altercation with Kady McDermott . It also featured a number of voluntarily exits from the series, as Rykard Jenkins decided to leave the villa after his new love interest Rachel Fenton was eliminated . Zara Holland also decided to leave after hearing about a family illness . Sophie Gradon also decided to voluntarily leave the villa . Sophie and Katie Salmon were also the first same - sex couple to feature in Love Island . </P> <P> On 11 July 2016 the series was won by Cara De La Hoyde and Nathan Massey, with Alex Bowen and Olivia Buckland as runners - up . </P> <P> Winners Cara and Nathan later went onto appear on The Only Way Is Essex, whilst Rykard joined the cast of Ibiza Weekender in 2017 . </P>

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