How to use the Love Island voting app—especially with the first bombshell pick in our hands
Get to grips with the Love Island dating app as ITV announces a new interactive bombshell selection!
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With Love Island 2023's start date approaching and the first 10 singles making up the winter Love Island 2023 cast now confirmed—it's time to suss out the Love Island voting app. Especially now that ITV has announced yet another new twist to season 9 which lets viewers make the first bombshell pick!
As fans will know, the hit reality dating show is very interactive, with viewers getting to vote for their favorite Love Island couples throughout the season, right up to the finale—where they can again select which pairing they want to see victorious. This means downloading the voting app is a must, for anyone who wants to get involved and have their say.
Winter Love Island is also taking the power of the viewer to the next level, as showrunners have announced another new changeup to the show, involving the first bombshells...
So, if you want to ensure that your fave Love Island couples go all the way to the 2023 final and get the chance to snag the £50k price money, you better get the app downloaded (if you haven't already) and get familiar with all the deets on the voting processes...
How to vote for the Love Island bombshells?
Before we're transported to South Africa—where winter Love Island is filmed—we've got yet another update on the series for you!
The show has announced that for the first time ever, viewers can choose between the first female and male bombshells, to decide which one enters the villa first to shake up the couples.
Traditionally the first bombshell enters in the first episode once the first five couples have been announced. In previous years the couple selection and bombshell have rotated each series—with either the girls getting to step forward for the boys they want to couple up with, before a male bombshell then struts in and vice versa. For Love Island 2022 however, ITV introduced yet another vote, where fans were able to decide on the starting couples ahead of time.
This year, viewers are instead getting to choose between new bombshells Ellie and Tom, to decide who will enter the villa first.
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To cast your vote, all you need to do is open the Love Island voting app and click vote, located at the bottom of your screen, in the middle.
Then select the option 'vote now' which will take you to ITV's website. Before voting, you will be asked to agree to ITV's terms and conditions and then you can go ahead and vote for either Ellie or Tom.
Each viewer only gets one vote and then votes close at 9 pm on January 13th—so, go go go!
When do you need to vote on the Love Island voting app?
The voting app comes into play throughout the season, letting fans vote for the couples who are most compatible, who they want to save from dumping and which pair they want to see go on a date.
Now fans can also use the app to decide which bombshells enter the villa first, a feature we could see continued through the entire series. When the final rolls around, the app is also used to determine the winner.
In terms of voting to save your favorite islander, the public votes are usually announced at the end of an episode, with Ian Stirling reminding viewers to have their say. Once the vote is declared open you will have just 15 minutes to make your decision and confirm your vote—meaning if you're watching on-demand, you won't be able to vote.
If you need help with downloading the app—keep on reading folks!
Can you have multiple Love Island votes?
Sadly the answer is no. As much as we'd love to vote repeatedly for our favorite islanders—each viewer is only allowed to vote once.
This is different from previous years when the ITV Love Island voting app did allow viewers to submit up to five different votes.
How do you get the ITV2 'Love Island' voting app?
For those who have not yet been wielding their voting powers—all you need to do is head over to the Google Store or Apple store (depending on your phone's make) and search ‘Love Island’ and download the option by ITV PLC.
Then open the app and enter your date of birth—from there you’re free to shop all the Love Island gifts and merch, interact with polls and be the first to watch the Love Island First Look teaser video, as it’s uploaded to the app first!
How to vote on the Love Island app?
When the voting is open for the show, simply open your app and click the ‘Vote’ icon at the bottom of the screen.
The app will then take you to the ITV Love Island website, where you will be asked to enter your mobile number. Once you have done that, a code will be sent to your phone to then enter on the website and then you’re free to cast your vote!
Vote wisely!




Naomi is a Lifestyle News Writer with the Women's Lifestyle team and has recently earned her Gold Standard diploma in Journalism with the NCTJ. She has a background in design, having studied Illustration at Plymouth University but has taken a leap into the world of journalism after always having a passion for writing. She currently writes pieces on beauty, trends, fashion, and entertainment for GoodTo and My Imperfect Life. She also tests and reviews beauty and skincare products and tries out the latest TikTok hacks for My Imperfect Life.
Before working for Future Publishing’s Lifestyle News team, she worked in the Ad production team. Here she wrote and designed adverts on all sorts of things, which then went into print magazines across all genres. Now, when she isn’t writing articles on celebs, fashion trends, or the newest shows on Netflix, you can find her drinking copious cups of coffee, drawing and probably online shopping.
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