: A weekly segment where the faces of three cast members are displayed on flags, signaling that they might be the next to have an ex arrive on the beach.

In the first season of , several recurring features and twists were introduced to disrupt the singles' search for love in Hawaii. Key Season Features

: Starting in the second episode, this weekly elimination involves a blind vote. A "Crush" vote cancels out a "Cut" vote, and the person with the most remaining "Cut" votes is sent home.

: Introduced in episode 8, this gave a cast member the choice to add a new person to the house at the cost of eliminating an existing housemate.

: In episode 5, the exes were given the exclusive power to eliminate one of the original single cast members.

: This twist in episode 6 brought back an eliminated ex to permanently fill a spot left by an original cast member.