Celebrity Love Island Series 2
The second series of Love Island first aired on Monday 10 July, and ran for seven weeks, longer than the first series.
The show had 17 contestants and three houseguests.
It was announced in late May 2006 that Fearne Cotton would be Patrick Kielty's new co-host with Series One winner Jayne Middlemiss presenting Aftersun with Matt Brown on ITV2.
It also had a new sponsor, popular chocolate bar Bounty.
On 6 July the list of contestants was announced, with the news that the word "Celebrity" would be dropped from the show title.
On July 18, 2006, Steve-O was added to the show in an effort to boost ratings. Despite stating he has stopped drinking he asked for beer while on the show. On July 19, 2006, he abruptly left Love Island because he was not allowed enough alcohol or chocolate
Abs Breen, former member of boyband Five stayed for five days before leaving.
In week two, in a bid to boost the ratings, the producers decided series one contestant Paul Danan would be put on Love Island as a regular contestant hoping he would again win ratings. Paul was known by many of the ‘celebs’ on the Island especially by pal Lee Otway and Lady Victoria Hervey whose sister Isabella was involved with him in the first series.
After Sophie Anderton and Chris Brosnan were seen getting closer, evicted Lady Victoria Hervey returned to the Island for a day hiding in the secret suite where she confronted friend Sophie and poured a bottle of wine over her head, for moving in on ‘her man’.
On August 20 Leo Ihenacho made a surprise return by jumping out of a cake, to the resort for just night to ‘sort out’ the relationship between Calum and Bianca, his previous love interest. Leo’s surprise arrival sparked anger in Calum who looked angry at the fact his rival for Bianca’s affections had made an appearance.
Lady Victoria Hervey was voted off the show on Friday 21st July although her chosen man Chris Brosnan had been the favourite to leave. Hervey told hosts Patrick Kielty and Fearne Cotton that she hoped the relationship would continue in the real world but then had second thoughts when she was shown footage of Brosnan saying that he also liked Colleen.
Basketball legend Dennis Rodman entered the show on the third week on 27 July as a Houseguest to boost the ratings. He too flirted with Colleen Shannon and argued with Lee Otway before walking out in the midst of an argument between Lee and Paul Danan.
Series Two contestants
Sophie Anderton- model
Calum Best- model and Series 1 star
Chris Brosnan- adopted son of former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan
Kéllé Bryan- former member of girl-band Eternal
Brendan Cole- dancer
Paul Danan- late arrival, actor and Series 1 star
Alicia Douvall- glamour Model, Escort and kiss-and-tell expert
Bianca Gascoigne- step-daughter of Paul Gascoigne
Lady Victoria Hervey- British socialite
Leo Ihenacho- backing musician for The Streets
Kate Lawler- late arrival, Big Brother star, club DJ, TV and radio presenter
Shane Lynch- former member of Boyzone
Lee Otway- former Hollyoaks actor
Emma and Eve Ryan- late arrivals, glamour models
Emily Scott- late arrival, Australian swim-wear model
Colleen Shannon- former Playmate and DJ
Identical twins Emma and Eve Ryan joined the Love Island on 31 July, but were ejected from the show by producers on 4 August. No explanation was given to the public.
It was announced on 6 August that Calum Best would enter Love Island next day. Also on 6 August, it was confirmed on the Love Island website that Shane Lynch had left the island to make up with on/off girlfriend Sheena White back home.
An average of 3. 8 million people tuned in to watch the final, peaking at 4. 4m, down from last year's peak figure of 5. 9 million.