The eighth series of Love Island was broadcast from 6 June 2022 to 1 August 2022 on ITV2 with Laura Whitmore presenting the series and Iain Stirling narrating.
The series featured cameo appearances from singer Becky Hill, who appeared during a party in the villa performing songs including "Crazy What Love Can Do", as well as DJ Joel Corry, who performed during a VIP party. Alfie Boe also made an appearance to perform during a date. On 1 August 2022, the series was won by Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti with 63.7% of the final vote. Gemma Owen and Luca Bish finished as runners-up.
The 'split or steal' element was cut from the eighth series finale for the first time in the show's history. With 'split or steal,' the winners are presented with two sealed envelopes, one that's empty and one that contains a £50k prize. In previous seasons, the person who received the money was asked if they wanted to 'steal' it or 'split' it with their partner. In series eight, the winning couple automatically shared the prize money. ITV2 did not officially comment as to why they did away with the 'split or steal' element.
Production During the final of the previous series on 23 August 2021, it was announced that the show would return for an eighth series the following year. The series this time was filmed in a new villa in Mallorca, making it the first time since the third series the show has moved to a new location, excluding the winter series that was filmed in South Africa. The first teaser trailer aired on 6 May 2022, a month before the show's launch with several more trailers being released in the following weeks, featuring cartoon animations and tag lines from the show. It was also announced that the contestants would wear second-hand clothes for the first time, following the show's partnership with eBay, with bosses trying to aim for a "more eco-friendly production." For the first time, Islanders have access to a shared wardrobe in the new villa, featuring pre-owned clothing to promote sustainability and extend the lifecycle of garments.
Featured locations The main villa was Sa Vinyassa in Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, Casa Amor was the nearby Alchemy Villa, and the Vibe Club was the Shiva Beach Club in Llucmajor.
Islanders The original Islanders for the eighth series were announced on 30 May 2022, one week before the series launch. For the first time in the show's history, the series featured a returning contestant, with Adam Collard having previously appeared in the fourth series.
For the first time, Love Island included a deaf islander. Tasha Ghouri is a dancer and model, who wears a cochlear implant.
IslanderAgeHometownEnteredExitedStatusRefDavide Sanclimenti 27 Manchester Day 1 Day 58 Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu 27 London Day 3 Day 58 Gemma Owen 19 Chester Day 1 Day 58 Luca Bish 23 Brighton Day 1 Day 58 Dami Hope 26 Dublin Day 1 Day 58 Third place Indiyah Polack 23 London Day 1 Day 58 Third place Andrew Le Page 27 Guernsey Day 1 Day 58 Tasha Ghouri 23 Thirsk Day 1 Day 58 Adam Collard 26 Newcastle Day 36 Day 56 Paige Thorne 24 Swansea Day 1 Day 56 Danica Taylor 21 Leicester Day 12 Day 51 Jamie Allen 27 Preston Day 45 Day 51 Deji Adeniyi 25 Bedford Day 26 Day 49 Lacey Edwards 25 Swindon Day 45 Day 49 Nathalia Campos 23 London Day 45 Day 49 Reece Ford 23 Coventry Day 45 Day 49 Billy Brown 23 Surrey Day 26 Day 44 Summer Botwe 22 Hertfordshire Day 27 Day 44 Coco Lodge 27 Surrey Day 27 Day 39 Josh Le Grove 22 Halstead Day 26 Day 39 Jacques O'Neill 23 Walney Day 7 Day 37 Chyna Mills 23 Leeds Day 27 Day 35 Jay Younger 28 Edinburgh Day 9 Day 35 Cheyanne Kerr 23 Barnsley Day 27 Day 31 George Tasker 23 Cirencester Day 26 Day 31 Jack Keating 23 Dublin Day 26 Day 31 Jazmine Nichol 21 Newcastle Day 27 Day 31 Mollie Salmon 23 Southampton Day 27 Day 31 Samuel Agbiji 22 Manchester Day 26 Day 31 Antigoni Buxton 26 London Day 17 Day 25 Charlie Radnedge 28 London Day 17 Day 25 Amber Beckford 24 London Day 1 Day 15 Ikenna Ekwonna 23 Nottingham Day 1 Day 15 Remi Lambert 22 Manchester Day 9 Day 12 Afia Tonkmor 25 London Day 3 Day 8 Liam Llewellyn 22 Newport Day 1 Day 5
Future appearances In 2025, Luca Bish and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu returned for series two of Love Island: All Stars.
In 2026, Jack Keating returned for series three of Love Island: All Stars.
In 2026, Antigoni Buxton represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest. She finished in 19th place with 75 points.
Coupling and elimination history Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Day 1 Day 2 Day 5 Day 8 Day 12 Day 15 Day 18 Day 23 Day 25 Day 31 Day 35 Day 38 Day 39 Day 44 Day 47 Day 49 Day 51 Day 56 Final Davide Gemma Ekin-Su Gemma Safe Antigoni Ekin-Su Safe Ekin-Su Safe Ekin-Su Safe Safe Ekin-Su Safe Safe Gemma & LucaAdam & PaigeLeast compatible FinalistWinner(Day 58) Ekin-Su colspan="2" Davide Jay Vulnerable Charlie Davide Safe Davide Safe Davide Safe Safe DavideWinner(Day 58) Gemma Liam Davide Luca Davide Safe Luca Luca Safe Luca Safe Luca Safe Safe Luca Safe Safe Andrew & TashaLeast compatible FinalistRunner-up(Day 58) Luca Paige Gemma Danica Safe Gemma Gemma Safe Gemma Safe Gemma Safe Safe GemmaRunner-up(Day 58) Dami Amber Amber Amber Safe Indiyah Indiyah Safe Summer Vulnerable Indiyah Safe Vulnerable Indiyah Safe Vulnerable Davide & Ekin-SuGemma & LucaLeast compatible FinalistThird place(Day 58) Indiyah Ikenna Ikenna Ikenna Safe Dami Dami Safe Deji Safe Dami Safe Safe DamiThird place(Day 58) Andrew Tasha Tasha Tasha Vulnerable Tasha Tasha Safe Coco Safe Tasha Vulnerable Safe Tasha Safe Safe Davide & Ekin-SuAdam & PaigeLeast compatible FinalistFourth place(Day 58) Tasha Andrew Andrew Andrew Vulnerable Andrew Andrew Safe Billy Safe Andrew Vulnerable Safe AndrewFourth place(Day 58) Adam colspan="11" Paige Safe Safe Paige Safe Vulnerable Davide & Ekin-SuGemma & LucaLeast compatibleEliminatedDumped(Day 56) Paige Luca Single Jacques Jacques Safe Jay Jacques Safe Jacques Safe Adam Safe Safe AdamDumped(Day 56) Danica colspan="4" Luca Safe Jacques Jay Vulnerable Josh Safe Billy Safe Vulnerable Jamie VulnerableEliminatedDumped(Day 51) Jamie colspan="14" DanicaDumped(Day 51) Deji colspan="9" Indiyah Safe Coco Vulnerable Safe LaceyEliminatedDumped(Day 49) Lacey colspan="14" DejiDumped(Day 49) Nathalia colspan="14" ReeceEliminatedDumped(Day 49) Reece colspan="14" NathaliaDumped(Day 49) Billy colspan="9" Tasha Safe Danica Safe VulnerableDumped(Day 44) Summer colspan="9" Dami Vulnerable Josh Vulnerable VulnerableDumped(Day 44) Coco colspan="9" Andrew Safe DejiEliminatedDumped(Day 39) Josh colspan="9" Danica Safe SummerEliminatedDumped(Day 39) Jacques colspan="3" Paige Paige Safe Danica Paige Safe Paige SafeWalked(Day 37) Chyna colspan="9" Jay VulnerableDumped(Day 35) Jay colspan="4" Ekin-Su Vulnerable Paige Danica Vulnerable ChynaDumped(Day 35) Cheyanne colspan="9" SingleDumped(Day 31) George colspan="9" SingleDumped(Day 31) Jack colspan="9" SingleDumped(Day 31) Jazmine colspan="9" SingleDumped(Day 31) Mollie colspan="9" SingleDumped(Day 31) Samuel colspan="9" SingleDumped(Day 31) Antigoni colspan="6" Davide Charlie VulnerableDumped(Day 25) Charlie colspan="6" Ekin-Su Antigoni VulnerableDumped(Day 25) Amber Dami Dami DamiEliminatedDumped(Day 15) Ikenna Indiyah Indiyah IndiyahEliminatedDumped(Day 15) Remi colspan="4" SingleDumped(Day 12) Afia colspan="2" SingleDumped(Day 8) Liam Gemma SingleWalked(Day 5) Walkednone none none DumpedNoDumpingAfiaRemiAmber,IkennaNoDumpingAntigoniCheyanne,George,Jack,Jazmine,Mollie,SamuelChyna & JayNoDumpingCoco,JoshBillyNoDumpingDeji & Lacey,Adam & PaigeAndrew & Tasha10.07% to winDami & Indiyah11.77% to winCharlieSummerGemma & Luca14.47% to win63.69% to win
Weekly summary The main events in the Love Island villa are summarised in the table below.
Entrances On Day 1, Amber, Andrew, Dami, Davide, Gemma, Ikenna, Indiyah, Liam, Luca, Paige and Tasha entered the villa. On Day 3, Afia and Ekin-Su entered the villa. Coupling On Day 1, following a public vote to decide the first couples of the series, Amber was paired with Dami, Gemma coupled up with Liam, Indiyah was chosen to be with Ikenna, Paige with Luca, and Tasha was picked to couple up with Andrew. On Day 2, Davide, who entered after the coupling, had to steal one girl for himself. He chose Gemma, leaving Liam single. On Day 5, the islanders recoupled for the first time with the boys picking which girl they'd like to be with. Andrew and Tasha, Dami and Amber, and Ikenna and Indiyah all remained together, meanwhile Luca chose Gemma, and Davide coupled up with Ekin-Su. Afia and Paige stayed single. Challenges 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. Dates 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. Exits On Day 5, Liam decided to voluntarily leave the villa. Week 2 Entrances On Day 7, Jacques entered the villa. On Day 9, Jay and Remi entered the villa. On Day 12, Danica entered the villa. Coupling On Day 8, Jacques was given the choice of the single girls, Afia and Paige to couple up with. He chose Paige, ultimately dumping Afia from the villa. On Day 12, the islanders re-coupled, this time with the girls choosing. New girl Danica was first to pick, and chose to couple up with Luca. Meanwhile, Amber and Dami, Indiyah and Ikenna, Paige and Jacques, and Tasha and Andrew all remained together, whereas Ekin-Su picked Jay, and Gemma went with Davide. As Remi was the only single islander, he was dumped. Challenges 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". Dates 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. Exits On Day 8, following Jacques decision to couple up with Paige, Afia was left single and dumped. On Day 12, Remi was dumped from the island after failing to couple up. Week 3 Entrances On Day 17, Antigoni and Charlie entered the villa. Coupling On Day 18, the islanders re-coupled, this time with the boys choosing. Luca was first to pick, and chose to couple up with Gemma. Meanwhile, Andrew and Tasha remained together, Jay picked Paige, Dami picked Indiyah, Charlie picked Ekin-Su, and Davide went with Antigoni. With Danica being the only remaining islander, Jacques coupled up with her. Challenges 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. Dates 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.