Love Island (Season 8)

Season 8
General Information
Version	Love Island
Country of Origin	United Kingdom
Presenter	Laura Whitmore
Narrater	Iain Stirling
Broadcast Information
Channel	ITV2
Premiere	June 6, 2022
Finale	August 1, 2022
Season Information
No. of Weeks	9
No. of Days	58
No. of Islanders	36
Winners	Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu
Series Chronology
Previous	Season 7
Next	Season 9
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The eighth season of the revived Love Island premiered on ITV2 on June 6, 2022. The season ran for 58 days with the finale airing on August 1, 2022.

The winners were 27-year old Davide Sanclimenti and 27-year old Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu.

Islanders

Name		Age	Hometown	Entered	Status
	Davide Sanclimenti	27	Manchester, England	Day 1	Winner (Day 58)
	Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu	27	Essex, England	Day 3
	Gemma Owen	19	Chester, England	Day 1	Runner-Up (Day 58)
	Luca Bish	23	Brighton, England	Day 1
	Dami Hope	26	Dublin, Ireland	Day 1	3rd Place (Day 58)
	Indiyah Polack	23	London, England	Day 1
	Andrew Le Page	27	Guernsey, British Isles	Day 1	4th Place (Day 58)
	Tasha Ghouri	23	Thrisk, England	Day 1
	Adam Collard 1	26	Newcastle, England	Day 36	Dumped (Day 56)
	Paige Thorne	24	Swansea, Wales	Day 1
	Danica Taylor	21	Leicester, England	Day 12	Dumped (Day 51)
	Jamie Allen	27	Preston, England	Day 45
	Deji Adeniyi	22	Bedford, England	Day 26	Dumped (Day 49)
	Lacey Edwards	25	Swindon, England	Day 45
	Nathalia Campos	23	London, England	Day 45
	Reece Ford	23	Coventry, England	Day 45
	Billy Brown	23	Surrey, England	Day 26	Dumped (Day 44)
	Summer Botwe	22	Hertfordshire, England	Day 27
	Coco Lodge	27	Surrey, England	Day 27	Dumped (Day 39)
	Josh Le Grove	22	Essex, England	Day 26
	Jacques O'Neill	23	Cumbria, England	Day 7	Walked (Day 37)
	Chyna Mills	23	Leeds, England	Day 27	Dumped (Day 35)
	Jay Younger	28	Edinburgh, Scotland	Day 9
	Cheyanne Kerr	23	Barnsley, England	Day 27	Dumped (Day 31)
	George Tasker	23	Cotswolds, England	Day 26
	Jack Keating	23	Dublin, Ireland	Day 26
	Jazmine Nichol	21	Newcastle, England	Day 27
	Mollie Salmon	23	Southampton, England	Day 27
	Samuel Agbiji	22	Manchester, England	Day 26
	Antigoni Buxton	26	London, England	Day 17	Dumped (Day 25)
	Charlie Radnedge	28	London, England	Day 17
	Amber Beckford	24	London, England	Day 1	Dumped (Day 15)
	Ikenna Ekwonna	23	Nottingham, England	Day 1
	Remi Lambert	22	Manchester, England	Day 9	Dumped (Day 12)
	Afia Tonkmor	25	London, England	Day 3	Dumped (Day 8)
	Liam Llewellyn	22	Newport, Wales	Day 1	Walked (Day 5)

• ^Note 1: This is Adam's second appearance on the show, having previously been a contestant on Season 4

Coupling

On Day 1 it was revealed that the public had been voting for who they wanted who to couple up with. Amber was coupled up with Dami, Tasha was coupled up with Andrew, Gemma was coupled up with Liam, Indiyah was coupled up with Ikenna and Paige was coupled up with Luca.

	Day 1	Day 5	Day 12	Day 19	Day 23	Day 31	Day 38	Day 47	Final
Davide	N/A	Ekin-Su	Gemma	Antigoni	Ekin-Su	Ekin-Su	Ekin-Su	Ekin-Su	Winner (Day 58)
Ekin-Su	Not In Villa	Davide	Jay	Charlie	Davide	Davide	Davide	Davide
Gemma	Liam	Luca	Davide	Luca	Luca	Luca	Luca	Luca	Runner-Up (Day 58)
Luca	Paige	Gemma	Danica	Gemma	Gemma	Gemma	Gemma	Gemma
Dami	Amber	Amber	Amber	Indiyah	Indiyah	Summer	Indiyah	Indiyah	3rd Place (Day 58)
Indiyah	Ikenna	Ikenna	Ikenna	Dami	Dami	Deji	Dami	Dami
Andrew	Tasha	Tasha	Tasha	Tasha	Tasha	Coco	Tasha	Tasha	4th Place (Day 58)
Tasha	Andrew	Andrew	Andrew	Andrew	Andrew	Billy	Andrew	Andrew
Adam	Not in Villa						Paige	Paige	Dumped (Day 56)
Paige	Luca	N/A	Jacques	Jay	Jacques	Jacques	Adam	Adam	Dumped (Day 56)
Danica	Not in Villa		Luca	Jacques	Jay	Josh	Billy	Jamie	Dumped (Day 51)
Jamie	Not in Villa							Danica	Dumped (Day 51)
Deji	Not in Villa					Indiyah	Coco	Lacey	Dumped (Day 49)
Lacey	Not in Villa							Deji	Dumped (Day 49)
Nathalia	Not in Villa							Reece	Dumped (Day 49)
Reece	Not in Villa							Nathalia	Dumped (Day 49)
Billy	Not in Villa					Tasha	Danica	Dumped (Day 44)
Summer	Not in Villa					Dami	Josh	Dumped (Day 44)
Coco	Not in Villa					Andrew	Deji	Dumped (Day 39)
Josh	Not in Villa					Danica	Summer	Dumped (Day 39)
Jacques	Not in Villa		Paige	Danica	Paige	Paige	Walked (Day 37)
Chyna	Not in Villa					Jay	Dumped (Day 35)
Jay	Not in Villa		Ekin-Su	Paige	Danica	Chyna	Dumped (Day 35)
Cheyanne	Not in Villa					Dumped (Day 31)
George	Not in Villa					Dumped (Day 31)
Jack	Not in Villa					Dumped (Day 31)
Jazmine	Not in Villa					Dumped (Day 31)
Mollie	Not in Villa					Dumped (Day 31)
Samuel	Not in Villa					Dumped (Day 31)
Antigoni	Not in Villa			Davide	Charlie	Dumped (Day 25)
Charlie	Not in Villa			Ekin-Su	Antigoni	Dumped (Day 25)
Amber	Dami	Dami	Dami	Dumped (Day 15)
Ikenna	Indiyah	Indiyah	Indiyah	Dumped (Day 15)
Remi	Not in Villa		Dumped (Day 12)
Afia	Not in Villa	N/A	Dumped (Day 8)
Liam	Gemma	Walked (Day 5)
Notes	1	2	N/A			3, 4	5	N/A

     Girls choice

     Boys choice

     Public choice

Notes

• ^Note 1: Three days before the show's launch, voting opened for the public to decide the first couplings of the series. As the first bombshell, Davide was not eligible to be chosen in the public vote. Instead, he was able to steal a girl for himself on Day 2. He chose Gemma, leaving Liam single.
• ^Note 2: On Day 8, new boy Jacques was able to couple up with one of the two single girls, Afia and Paige. He chose Paige, thus dumping Afia from the island.
• ^Note 3: On Day 25, after receiving the fewest public votes, Tasha and Andrew, Danica and Jay, Antigoni and Charlie were at risk of being dumped. The remaining islanders had to choose one boy and one girl to dump from the island. The boys chose Antigoni and the girls chose Charlie.
• ^Note 4: The original Islanders were told they either had to stick with their current partner, or twist and choose a new islander to couple up with.
• ^Note 5: On Day 44, after receiving the fewest public votes, Danica, Summer, Billy and Dami were at risk of being dumped. The remaining islanders had to choose one boy and one girl to save. The boys chose Danica and the girls chose Dami.

Weekly Summary

• Coupling
• Challenges
• Dates

Week 1	On Day 1, the islanders were coupled up by the public's vote 3 days before the premiere episode. Host, Laura Whitmore, only made the islanders aware that they would be paired up by the public once the original 10 arrived in the villa however. Amber was paired with Dami, Tasha with Andrew, Gemma with Liam, Indiyiah with Ikenna, and Paige with Luca. On Day 2, Davide, who entered on Day 1 after the coupling was allowed to steal any girl from a boy. He chose Gemma, which left Liam single. On Day 5, it was announced that there would be a recoupling through a text, and that one girl would be sent home. Liam decided to walk after the announcement. Dami chose Amber, Andrew chose Tasha, Davide chose Ekin-Su, Luca chose Gemma, Ikenna chose Indiyah. This left both Paige and Afia single.
Week 2	On Day 8, new boy Jacques was allowed to couple up with one of the two single girls, Afia and Paige. He chose Paige, therefore leaving Afia single and she was consequently dumped. On Day 12, new bombshell Danica arrived and later on in the day, it was announced that there would be a recoupling. Amber chose Dami, Tasha chose Andrew, Danica chose Luca, Gemma chose Davide, Ekin-Su chose Jay, Indiyah chose Ikenna, and Paige chose Jacques. This left Remi single, and he was subsequently dumped from the island.
Week 3	On Day 19, the islanders re-coupled with it being boys choice. Tasha and Andrew remained together, whilst Luca chose Gemma, Jay chose Paige, new boy Charlie chose Ekin-Su, Dami chose Indiyah, Davide chose new girl Antigoni and Jacques chose Danica.
Week 4	On Day 23, the islanders re-coupled, this time with the girls choosing which boy they'd like to couple up with. Andrew and Tasha, Dami and Indiyah, and Gemma and Luca all remained together, whilst Paige got back with Jacques, Ekin-Su picked Davide again, Danica picked Jay, and Antigoni chose Charlie.
Week 5	On Day 31, the original Islanders were told that they would be re-coupling. They were only given the option to remain in their current couple or to choose one of the new Islanders. However, as the boys and the girls were living in separate villas, they were not aware of what the other one chose. If one decided to re-couple and the other did not, then they would be single but still remain on the island. If both re-coupled then they would both remain in the villa with their new partner, and any remaining single new islanders would be dumped. Gemma and Luca, Davide and Ekin-Su, and Paige and Jacques remained together, whilst Jay picked Chyna, Danica picked Josh, Dami picked Summer, Indiyah picked Deji, Andrew picked Coco and Tasha picked Billy. The new single islanders were then dumped from the villa.
Week 6	On Day 38, the islanders re-coupled with it being boys choice. Gemma and Luca, and Ekin-Su and Davide remained together, whilst Andrew chose to get back with Tasha, Dami re-united with Indiyah, new boy Adam chose Paige, Billy chose Danica, Josh chose Summer and Deji chose Coco.
Week 7	On Day 47, the islanders re-coupled with the girls choosing. Gemma and Luca, Ekin-Su and Davide, Andrew and Tasha, Dami and Indiyah, Adam and Paige all remained together, whilst Danica choose new boy Jamie, new girl Lacey chose Deji and new girl Nathalia chose new boy Reece.

Week 1	On Day 2, the girls and the boys competed against each other in "Nothing to Declare", in which they had to guess which islander a fact was about. To make their guess they had to use a prop security baton on the islander and kiss them. The girls won the challenge.
Week 2	On Day 9 the boys competed in the "Men-chanics" challenge. They had to bicep curl some tires before climbing through tyres carrying their couple and doing some squats and finally clear a car. The girls chose Dami as the winner. On Day 12, the girls competed in "Sex Sea". During the challenge, new girl Danica made her entrance. The girls had to spin around on a giant clam before sliding into a pool to then perform a sexy dance for the boy of their choice. They then had to wheel their boy along a "Catch of the Day" trolley before continuing the dance on a bed. The boys voted Tasha as the "Sexiest Girl".
Week 3	On Day 15, the couples took part in "Lip Service" where the boys had to transfer cocktail ingredients to their partner using their mouths whilst making their way across a slippery dancefloor. As Danica and Luca filled their cocktail glass the quickest, they were the winners of the challenge.
Week 4	On Day 22, the boys and girls went head-to-head to raise their opposing team's heart rate. At the end of the game they found out who raised their heart rate the most. The girls were declared the overall winners.
Week 5	On Day 27, the Main Villa and Casa Amor competed in "Raunchy Races" where they had to complete a certain task quicker than the other villa. The game was won by Casa Amor, therefore they won a party for that evening.
Week 6	On Day 40, the Islanders took part in "Mad Movies" in a Boys vs Girls pub quiz challenge where they had to answer sex related questions. The team who answered correctly were able to select a movie from the list which featured a clip of another Islander.
Week 7	On Day 42, the islanders took part in "Suck and Blow", where they had to pass around a card to each other using their mouths. Any islander who dropped the card then had to complete a dare. On Day 43, the islanders competed in the "Snog, Marry, Pie" challenge where each islander had to snog, marry and pie an islander of the opposite gender. On Day 47, the boys took part in "You've Got Male" where they went round a course with postage themed obstacles. The girls chose Dami as the winner.
Week 8	On Day 51, the girls took part in "Mile High" where they went took part in a number of flight themed challenges. On Day 52, the couples were challenged with becoming parents and looking after a doll. The challenge was won by Dami and Indiyah.

Week 1	On Day 3, Davide and Gemma left the villa to go on their first date, where they went lemonade making. On Day 3, the public voted for who they wanted new girls Afia and Ekin-Su to go on dates with. They picked Liam to date both.
Week 2	On Day 7, new boy Jacques took single islanders Afia and Paige on dates. On Day 8, Amber and Dami went to play tennis for their first date. On Day 10, new Islanders Jay and Remi were asked to choose three other islanders to take on dates with each of them preparing a starter, a main course and a dessert. Jay chose Amber, Ekin-Su and Tasha whilst Remi picked Indiyah, Paige and Ekin-Su.
Week 3	On Day 14, Danica and Luca left the villa to go on a date. On Day 17, new girl Antigoni was able to choose three boys to take on dates. She picked Dami, Davide and Jay. On Day 18, new boy Charlie chose two girls to go on a date in the hideaway terrace hot tub. He picked Ekin-Su and Tasha.
Week 4	On Day 24, all of the couples had brunch dates in the garden. On Day 25, Ekin-Su and Davide left the villa to go on a date.
Week 6	On Day 37, new boy Adam was able to choose three girls to date on the Hideaway terrace. He chose Summer, Danica and Paige. On Day 38, Gemma and Luca left the villa to go on their first date.
Week 7	On Day 46, the four new islanders were able to pick one islander each to take on dates. Jamie picked Danica, Lacey went with Deji, Nathalia dated Adam, and Recce chose Ekin-Su.
Week 8	On Day 53, Adam and Paige, and Dami and Indiyah, and Ekin-Su and Davide went on their final dates. On Day 54, Gemma and Luca, and Tasha and Andrew went on their final dates.

Other Information

• Applications opened on January 10, 2022
• This season marks the first time since Season 3 (excluding Season 6) that the show has been filmed in a different villa.
• In May 2022, it was announced that the official clothes sponsor for the season would be eBay, with bosses aiming for an eco-friendly approach and encouraging the use of second-hand clothes.
• This season featured the most Day 1 islanders in the final, with Ekin-Su being the only late entry.
• Davide and Ekin-Su achieved the second highest percentage of final votes in the shows history, with the highest ever being Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham from Season 4 with 79.66%.

Controversies

• The show received 2,481 complaints to Ofcom for the episode aired on July 17, regarding misogynistic behaviour displayed by some of the male islanders during the "Movie Night" challenge. The Aftersun episode aired on the same day received a further 427 complaints regarding comments made about Ekin-Su, as well as the treatment of Jacques during his interview.
• The episode aired on July 19 received 1,509 Ofcom complaints regarding misogyny and bullying towards Tasha during the "Snog, Marry Pie" challenge.

Final voting figures

Couple	% of Votes
Ekin-Su and Davide	63.7%
Gemma and Luca	14.5%
Dami and Indiyah	11.8%
Andrew and Tasha	10.1%

Couple Status

Official couples from the show and their post-show status

Couple	Status
Davide and Ekin-Su	Split
Gemma and Luca	Split
Dami and Indiyah	Together
Andrew and Tasha	Split
Adam and Paige	Split

Ratings

Official ratings are taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board and include ITV2 +1. The Saturday weekly catch-up episodes are not included in the overall averages.

	Viewers (millions)
	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9
Sunday		4.56	4.37	4.50	4.62	4.52	5.06	4.31	4.12
Monday	4.98	4.51	4.53	4.69	4.61	4.64	4.73	4.42	4.10
Tuesday	4.52	4.45	4.67	4.81	4.49	4.70	4.59	4.11
Wednesday	4.22	4.22	4.46	4.58	4.54	4.45	4.65	4.07
Thursday	4.11	4.32	4.79	4.20	5.30	4.21	4.78	3.80
Friday	4.12	4.26	4.59	4.64	4.90	4.58	4.66	3.71
Weekly average	4.39	4.39	4.57	4.57	4.74	4.52	4.75	4.07	4.11
Running average	4.39	4.39	4.45	4.48	4.53	4.53	4.56	4.50	4.46
Series average	4.46
Unseen Bits		Unknown
Aftersun		Unknown