Season 8 (Love Desert)

The Season 8 cast.

**Season 8** of Love Desert premiered with a casting special on the **4th July 2022**. The finale was released on the **17th September 2022**, at which the breakthrough bombshell couple Faye Reegal and Victoria N. Corpse were crowned. The season follows Season 7 in the franchise, and was followed by All-Stars 3.

Season 8 is known for unintentionally introducing jealousy as a stronger concept in-game, where countless sims have been caught cheating and instantly lost any romance they had because they cheated. This twist has undeniably made for the least predictable season in the show's history.

This particular season's casting was focused on creator diversity. The cast was officially announced on the day after the casting special, with a neon-themed promo highlighting the sim creators this season. Although 16 sims were hand-picked at the casting special, the 9 post-premiere bombshells this season are some of the most notable cast members.

On average, the season aired once per week, lasting 86 days from start to finish, matching the length of Season 4.

## Contestants

### Episode 1 Cast

The following 16 sims were hand-picked by the 4 judges present at the casting special. Each judge had to choose one creation of their own, and 3 sims created by a different creator. The promo theme led each sim to wear black plus a colour that represents their creator\*:

Baba SlagaCallie Astrologie WeedgirlGourd JuicegirlHanz Offma PussHe TheyKancelle Don TweetaLaia BiliteaLucy ZenMama MiaRyan LockettSasha LysmmSnatchedya PussSoo-In YooSosa PhiqueenWii BaguetteYewara Starre\*(Red=Euan / Orange=Jude / Pink=Holly / Blue=Hannah or Ruoxi)

### Episode 2 Bombshells

3 new sims entered the villa on episode 2, including Ari Allwright, a sim who didn't make it through the casting special.

Ari AllwrightDolly CleaverwayRevyrse Cowgoorl
### Episode 5 Bombshells

A casa amor-style villa split was formally announced with 6 new bombshells in a post on the 8th August 2022.

Eli ForfunnFaye ReegalFransesca SteinRayne FawllThea Final-GirlVictoria N. Corpse
## Results

### Cast Overview

█ The contestant earned the most vote wins this season.
█ The contestant is the bottom assassin of the season, having survived the most bottom placements
### Winning Couple Each Episode

 **2** |  Ari Allwright +
 **3** |  Soo-In Yoo +
 **4** |  Dolly Cleaverway +
 **6** |  Callie +
 **7** |  Faye Reegal +
 **8**
**(TIE)**
 Victoria
/
 Dolly +
 **9** |  Francesca Stein +
 **FINALE** |  Faye +
 Victoria

### Recoupling + Simplified Voting Results

\*Episodes 5 had no voting round as the villa split was in progress.

\*\*Placed 5th of 5 couples in a voting round where nobody was eliminated.

SURVIVED 3 BOTTOMS: Revyrse

## Runway Looks

For a full gallery of every runway this season, see Season 8 Runways.

## Episodes

### Episode 1

Priya Pretty
 3RD
 4TH
 5TH
 6TH
 **7TH PLACE**
**(BOTTOM 4)**
**(BOTTOM 4)**

### Episode 3

Papa Mario
 3RD
 4TH
 5TH
 6TH
 **7TH PLACE**
**(BOTTOM 4)**
**(BOTTOM 4)**
 Sosa Phiqueen (Bottom vote)

### Episode 4

Eva Bish
Fat Puss
Seink Hoele
Snatchedma Wiig
 3RD
 4TH
 5TH
 **6TH PLACE**
**(BOTTOM 4)**
**(BOTTOM 4)**
 Yewara Starre (Bottom vote)
 Kancelle Don Tweeta (Bottom Vote)

### Episode 7

Chantel Gunderson
 2ND/3RD
(TIE)
 4TH/5TH
(TIE)
 **6TH PLACE**
**(BOTTOM 6)**
 **7TH PLACE**
**(BOTTOM 6)**
 **8TH PLACE**
**(BOTTOM 6)**
 **ELIMINATED** |  Lucy Zen
 Rayne Fawll
 Gourd Juicegirl
 Thea Final-Girl
 Eli Forfunn

### Episode 8

Triya P. Faubya
 **VOTE WIN**
**(TIE)**
 3RD/4TH
(TIE)
 5TH (SAVED)
 **ELIMINATED** |  Callie Astrologie Weedgirl (Recoupling)

### Episode 9 (Semi-Final)

She They
 2ND
 3RD
 **4TH PLACE**
**(ELIMINATED)**
 **5TH PLACE**
**(ELIMINATED)**

### Episode 10 (Finale)

 Mama Mia (Horny Jail)
 Snatchedya Puss (Best Dressed)
 Baba Slaga (Judge-Favourite)
**WINNERS**
Faye Reegal & Victoria N. Corpse
 **2ND PLACE**
**(ELIMINATED)**
Snatchedya Puss & Soo-In Yoo
 **3RD PLACE**
**(ELIMINATED)**
Francesca Stein & Mama Mia

## Trivia

* Coincidentally, *Love* *Island*'s eighth season aired during the same period as Love Desert's eighth season.
* For the first time since Season 3, a brand new villa was created for this season.
* The first 3 episodes all involved different twists that resulted in only one sim being eliminated from the bottom 4, rather than two...
	+ ... on episode 1 the host had planned only to eliminate one sim for the premiere.
	+ ... on episode 2 the host decided to save Soo-In, despite not having enough votes to stay.
	+ ... on episode 3 Ari and Yewara tied during the bottom vote, and the host decided to save both of them.

* The crowned couple...
	+ ... features the first crowned occult sim, spellcaster Faye.
	+ ... features the first crowned bombshell. Both of the winners happen to be bombshells.
	+ ... features the first Hannah-made sim to be crowned since Eryk, way back on Season 4.
* It's the first...
	+ ... season to eliminate a sim prior to the finale despite having 2 vote wins. Not one but three sims with 2 wins were eliminated during this season: Callie, Baba and Dolly.
	+ ... recorded season in which the top 3 couples consist of just as many bombshells as original cast members (3:3). The unrecorded Season 3 similarly had a ratio of 4:4 originals to bombshells.
	+ ... recorded season where more than 4 couples competed in the semi-final (5). The unrecorded Seasons 1 and 3 featured 6 couples in the semi-final.
	+ ... recorded season in which Ruoxi intentionally created a sim, last having done so when seasons weren't recorded.
	+ ... recorded season with an entirely new villa. The last major villa change occurred on Season 3.
	+ ... recorded season to eliminate 5 sims in a regular episode. All-Stars 2 also eliminated 5 sims but during the finale.
	+ ... season where no bombshell fit the flop bombshell description, having all made it past their first voting round.

* In all her initial promo images and text, Fran**c**esca's first name was unfortunately misspelt by the host as Fran**s**esca.
* Both the original cast and the cast including bombshells sum up to a square number (16 and 25 respectively).