Love Island (Season 8)

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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

* **^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.

     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

* 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.
 Week 2
 Week 3
 Week 4
 Week 5
 Week 6
 Week 7

 Week 2
 Week 3
 Week 4
 Week 5
 Week 6
 Week 7
* 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.
 Week 8
* On Day 52, the couples were challenged with becoming parents and looking after a doll. The challenge was won by Dami and Indiyah.

 Week 2
* On Day 8, Amber and Dami went to play tennis for their first date.
 Week 3
* On Day 17, new girl Antigoni was able to choose three boys to take on dates. She picked Dami, Davide and Jay.
 Week 4
 Week 6
 Week 7
 Week 8
* 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

 Dami and Indiyah
 Andrew and Tasha

### Couple Status

Official couples from the show and their post-show status

 Gemma and Luca
 Dami and Indiyah
 Andrew and Tasha
 Adam and Paige

## 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.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/love-island-2022-villa-newsupdate/
2. ↑ https://www.voguebusiness.com/sustainability/reality-show-love-island-dumps-fast-fashion-sponsor-for-ebay
3. ↑ https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/most-viewed-programmes/