Love Island Betting Guide 2020 (Winter Edition) – Odds & Tips

Everyone’s favourite guilty pleasure is back with a (literal) bang. Love Island brings a group of glamorous contestants together all hoping to find love and form part of the final winning couple.

Love Island is trash – and that’s why we love it.  As the popular show is now being aired in both Winter and Summer, you too can be a part of the sweaty action. With each season breaking viewing records, more and more of the best bookmakers are providing Love Island betting markets for you to enjoy.

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Love Island Winter Edition 2020 Betting Odds

You can watch all the Love Island action every night, except Saturdays, at 9pm on ITV2. Love Island is famed for its unpredictability where any contestant can be eliminated at any moment. With islanders being voted out by both the public and each other, it’s anyone’s guess who will stay and who will go. With that said, we’ve compiled a list of some of the current favourites to come out on top and the best odds for betting on each of them.

Best Couple

At the time of writing, Callum Jones and Shaughna Phillips are firm favourites to be crowned Love Island champions with Bet365, Ladbrokes, Betfair, and Paddy Power all assigning odds of 11/8 for them to go all the way. These are followed by Mike Boateng and Leanne Amaning in second who have been given odds of 9/1 by Betfair and Paddy power, and 7/1 by Ladbrokes and Coral to come out on top.

Best Man

Following from the Best Couple predictions, Callum Jones is naturally the favourite to finish the top man in the competition. You can earn the most bang for your buck by wagering with Betfair, Paddy Power, Betfred and 888sport who have currently assigned odds of 11/8 for Callum to become champion. With these odds being the same as the best couple odds, it could prove to be a very worthwhile bet. Callum is followed by Finley Tapp with odds of 7/1 at 888sport and 6/1 at Ladbrokes, Coral, and Unibet.

Best Woman

The case of the women is similar to the men in that Shaughna Phillips is favourite to win with odds of 11/8 at Paddy Power, Betfred, and Betfair. The women’s category is much closer than the boys however with Paige Turley and Sophie Piper closely trailing behind. Paige has odds of 6/1 to be crowned champions while newly single Sophie was given odds of 13/2 by Bet365.

What are the Best Love Island Betting Tips?

Due to the nature of the show with people constantly coming and going, odds can be shaken up at any moment and it can be difficult to predict who will come out on top. Here are some of our best tips for making more reliable bets.

Look for love at first sight

More often than not there is one couple who from the outset seem like the perfect fit. They have real chemistry and the public loves them too. Whilst it can be difficult to sift out the genuine people from the liars, especially early on when everyone is still new, this is definitely something worth looking out for as it can define your Love Island betting strategy from very early on.

Look for value betting

Yes, value betting can be applied to specials like Love Island too. You can find value in Love Island betting by trying to seek out two people who have good chemistry but haven’t been given too much screen time. This couple will have a greater chance of going far in the competition and eventually gaining the support of the public, but will be assigned relatively high odds by the bookies especially in the early stages of the show, therefore allowing you to increase your overall winnings.

Look for the troublemakers

Contestants who cause trouble between other islanders are more likely to be disliked by both the other contestants as well as the general public. With both the public and the islanders having a say in who stays and who goes, this could very well lead to an early exit from the villa for the troublesome contestants.

Look for longevity

It has become a trend that a couple who have spent more time in the villa (usually from the very beginning of the show) typically have more of a chance of going all the way and being crowned champions. Naturally this gives them more time together and gives viewers more chance to watch their relationship develop. Take this with a pinch of salt however as the most recent series in 2019 strayed away from this trend when Amber Rose Gill paired up with Greg O'Shea who had only joined the islanders two weeks earlier.

What are Popular Love Island Bets?

Here are some of the most popular Love Island bets which are offered by bookmakers.

Winning Couple

This is by far the most popular Love Island market to wager on and is the culmination of the whole show. After all the fights and flirts, which two islanders will stand the tests of time and make to the end to be crowned the overall winners?

Top Man or Woman

Given the nature of the show where things are constantly changing and couples can break at any moment, it is understandable to instead go for a ‘safer’ final bet by trying to predict which man or woman will form part of the winning couple. This type of bet might be a wise choice if you have identified one particular individual who stands out as a fan favourite but doesn’t yet seem to be with the right partner.

Create your own

Some bookies like William Hill, give you the opportunity to build your own Love Island Bets. Think the winning couple will split the prize money? Did both members of the winning couple enter the villa right at the start? Or maybe one of them joined at a later date? Why be limited by the usual markets when you can create your own perfect Love Island bet!

How is Love Island Structured?

Love Island is a show where a group of glamorous contestants are sent to live in isolation in a villa in Mallorca (Summer) or South Africa (Winter). Throughout the competition, each contestant must be coupled up with the couple that emerges victorious at the end of the show winning £50,000. As soon as the show begins, couples are paired up based on their first impressions however as the show progresses, contestants are required to ‘re-couple’ where they can choose to either remain with their partner or swap for someone else. Contestants who are left single after a re-coupling are eliminated from the show.

Contestants can also be eliminated by means of a public vote or on some occasions, by the islanders themselves. Throughout the show, contestants are tasked with competing in a series of games and challenges designed to test their mental and physical abilities. Winners of the challenges receive special prizes includes the opportunity to go on dates outside of the villa.

How do you get on Love Island?

If you are looking to be on the next series of Love Island, it always helps to have a celebrity connection in the form of a famous family member or friend to speed up the process. Alternatively, having had a high-profile past could also help you get onto the show – the viewers love a good controversy! Needless to say, however, the most important factor to getting on Love Island is having a good-looking face, a chiselled body that will have heads turning, and a huge personality that keeps people wanting more.

Love Island Lingo

• Grafting – Working hard to get another islander to like you romantically
• Coupling Up – Two islanders commit to be a couple. Can be as a result of romantic attraction or just by force to stay in the competition.
• Type on Paper – The type of person a contestant would usually seek out for a relationship
• Melt – An idiot
• Mugged Off – Being lied to, played, or deceived by another contestant who is deemed as ‘muggy’
• Eggs in One Basket – Focusing on one thing (or person)
• Pied – That act of being dumped
• The Do Bits Society – Getting intimate with someone but not having sex
• Crack On – Getting on with something, or in the case of Love Island, flirting.
• Factor 50 – Grafting hard (probably too hard)
• Vibing – feeling a positive way about something or someone

Who are the past Love Island Winners?

Fun Love Island Facts

• The cameras are EVERYWHERE (yes, even in the bath) to make sure nothing goes unnoticed.
• The islanders genuinely have no form of contact with the outside world. They are given phones so that they can be contacted by the production team as well as each other.
• Caroline Flack stepped down from her role as Love Island host after being charged with assaulting her boyfriend.
• Contestants who do not win Love Island do actually earn money to be on the show – a measly £200-£250 per week to be exact.
• Love Island has its own brand of condoms with around 200 provided for the islanders to use while in the villa.
• Love Island’s Casa Amor in Mallorca has been valued at a staggering £2,551,654.
• The islanders are never shown eating dinner because they don’t actually make it prepare it – they prepare breakfast but everything else is provided by a catering team.

FAQ

Where can I watch Love Island?

Love Island airs every day (except Saturdays) at 9pm on ITV2

Where does Love Island take place?

The Summer edition of Love Island takes place in Mallorca, Spain while the Winter edition takes place in Cape Town, South Africa.

Who is the host of Love Island?

Following some elements of controversy relating to previous host, Caroline Flack, the new host of Love Island from Winter 2020 will be Laura Whitmore.

When is the final of Love Island Winter?

Being the first time two season have been shown in the same year, this edition has been shortened down to six weeks from eight weeks. The final of the Love Island Winter edition is therefore expected to take place on 23^rd February 2020.

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ThePuntersPage Final Say & Predictions

Love Island is our favourite guilty pleasure with the islander’s over-the-top antics always keeping us coming back for more. Now that the show has become a permanent feature on the top betting sites’ sportsbooks, this could prove to be an exciting way to earn some more money on your bets. The bookmakers have a very good track record of predicting the winners of Love Island and given their popularity with the public so early on in the game, we think that wagering on Callum Jones and Shaughna Philips to become this edition’s champions is a very solid choice which you should definitely consider.