Huge Love Island dumping twist sees islanders 'in tears' as show favourites axed

Love Island star Paige Turley has candidly opened up about her friend’s suicide. Paige’s friend Jamie took his own life in December 2022 when he was just 20 years old. His sudden passing shocked both Paige, 25, and the community of West Lothian, Scotland – where the reality TV star’s from.

Love Island isn’t just about love, it turns out, as winners can also bag an impressive £50k cash prize if they’re able to win over the public’s hearts and minds. Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan, who recently appeared for the reunion special, became the latest couple to do just that when they were crowned the winners of the 2023 winter edition of the show.The couple, who work as a teacher and a social worker respectively, have already revealed that they plan to spend their money wisely and ensure at least some of it goes to a good cause.

Love Island winners Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan return home and with it came a huge party as they reunite with family. Kai, 24 and Sanam, 24 were crowned the winners of this year's winter series of Love Island on Monday evening by presenter Maya Jama. The loved up pair met less than a month ago when bombshell Sanam entered the villa as part of the notorious Casa Amor twist.

Before it was revealed they'd won Love Island, Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan sat down for a live interview with presenter Maya Jama to look back at their best bits. Sanam, 24, and Kai, also 24, discussed their initial attraction to one another during the Casa Amor twist and revealed their plans for after the show, and Sanam accidentally revealed she loves Kai, leaving the pair in fits of giggles.

Love Island axed stars Olivia Hawkins, Tanyel Revan, Zara Deniz Lackenby-Brown and Claudia Fogarty have all put on their best dresses and gone for full glam hair and makeup for a special VIP finale party tonight (Monday 13 March).The former islanders became four of the most iconic - and controversial - stars from the show this series, with Claudia, 28, leaving last after she was sent home by 27 year old Olivia herself. While Claudia, who is said to now be dating Keanan Brand, said she understood as a devastated Olivia and Maxwell Samuda opted to dump the couple during the island party, the controversial moment has remained one of the most awkward for viewers from this year.

It's been two long months for some of us as we've battled through the coldest and darkest nights of the year - or so we hope!

The grand finale of Winter Love Island 2023 is set to take place this evening and host Maya Jama has been busy getting prepared in South Africa. Maya, 28, will reveal whether Ron Hall and Lana Jenkins, Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan, Tom Clare and Samie Elishi or Tanya Manhenga and Shaq Muhammad are the winning couple of this year's series on Monday 13 January live from Cape Town.

Love Island fans have cheekily suggested a new pair on the show have 'more chemistry than one of the winter series' final couples and have also spotted a potential future islander in the penultimate episode. The current run of the ITV2 dating show will come to an end on Monday night (March 13).

Former Scots Love Island star Paige Turley has braced the winter weather as she updated her fans on her gruelling training progress for a London half marathon next month.

Love Island star Lana Jenkins burst into tears during her final date with boyfriend Ron Hall, as she was overwhelmed with emotion.The villa favourite, 25, who has been on a rocky journey with footballer Ron, also 25, has become known as one of the kindest and most genuine souls in the villa this year. And as make-up artist Lana and Ron poured out their hearts to each other while munching on a breakfast feast decked out and set up in the middle of a river in South Africa, talk turned to family. The couple started talking about being reunited with their families back home in the UK, and what their relatives would think of their new partners.

With the Love Island final looming and the finish line now firmly in sight, one of the final challenges for the couples to face is their final dates - when they will be given one last opportunity to convince their partners (and viewers at home) that this relationship is for keeps. Every year, for the final dates of the season the couples are sent on hugely romantic dates, where no expense is spared on the lavish culmination of two months in the villa.

Love Island viewers were sent into a frenzy on Wednesday night following producers’ brutal text to the boys. After the Islanders were dumped with their babies, the boys went on to receive a text that they were getting a day out.Thinking they were spending the afternoon child-free, the lads went wild and started jumping around for Ron Hall to get another text informing them that they had to take the babies with them. Screaming in dismay, Ron shared the news with his fellow Islanders.

There's less than a week until the Love Island grand finale as the Islanders prepare for their biggest challenge yet - becoming parents.

Paige Turley reunited with her Love Island co-stars Shaughna Phillips and Demi Jones for a sweet baby shower celebration.

Former Love Island star Paige Turley has thanked her loyal fleet of fans on social media for all their kind donations so far in memory of her late pal from her hometown in West Lothian.

Another Love Island dumping is just around the corner with all couples at risk of being axed from the island just days before the final. Monday (6 March) night's episode saw fans get just 15 minutes to vote to save their favourite couple, with those with the least votes being at risk of being dumped from the island. News of the upcoming dumping comes just days after two couples said goodbye to the South African villa.

Love Island has released an explosive first look of Monday's episode of the ITV2 show where a "livid" Ron Hall confronts Samie Elishi over her "game plan" claims about him. Viewers will recall that on Sunday's episode, Samie, 22, and Tom Clare were left confused by some of Ron's, 25, comments as they told the other Islanders that they believe he has a "game plan".

Love Island's Dr Alex George has revealed he was left "mortified and ashamed" after being targeted about his weight by two random people in a canteen. The girls are said to have commented on his figure with one of them even squeezing his stomach.

Maya Jama has taken a quick break from her busy Love Island presenting schedule to head to Paris Fashion Week with her pals, after recently seeing four Islanders dumped from the ITV2 show.The TV presenter, 28, recently jetted to South Africa to deliver the news to the Love Islanders before heading off on a one-night trip to Milan with her celeb pals. Maya has now headed to France for Paris Fashion Week with a group of friends, and she's been busy documenting the lavish trip on her Instagram Stories with her 2.7 million followers.

Former Love Island star Paige Turley has confirmed she will be taking part in London's half marathon next month in memory of one of her late friends from her hometown in West Lothian.