TWO Love Island All Stars contestants will tonight be crowned winners – and choose to split or steal £50,000.
After that, they can look forward to brand deals aplenty and, hopefully, a happily ever after.
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But before that, we’ve drawn up a list of who the real winners have been over a stellar series… and the ones who might be leaving with worse reputations than before they entered the villa.
Admittedly, it’s a constant game of snakes and ladders, so the Islanders’ popularity can change as dramatically as Maya Jama’s slo-mo strut.
Let’s see who’s ultimately bettered their standing and capitalised on this sun-kissed opportunity – and who’s scored an own goal.
Winners
Casey O’Gorman
After two unsuccessful Love Island stints, we all groaned when Casey and his eyebrows stormed the villa yet again, declaring “I’m back!” in that maniacal way that sends shivers down your spine.
But while, in previous seasons, he’s seemed to lack emotional maturity and sticking power, that all changed when he laid eyes on Gabby Allen.
The two have gone from strength to strength, fully committing to each in tender moments that warmed our icy hearts.
When they returned from their first solo date, Casey’s face said it all: totally besotted, he’s a man redeemed.
He also happens to be the only one saying the things we’re all thinking by rationally asking “WTF is going on?” during the more dramatic moments.
A true voice of the people.
Gabby Allen
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It could have all gone wrong for Gabs. In she struts, only to be stunned by the sight of her ex-boyfriend, Marcel Somerville… who she hasn’t seen since he cheated on her seven years ago.
Then, the public pairs them together (the fact that she managed to sleep with her ex snoring next to her is prizeworthy in itself).
But not only did Gabby rise to the occasion, coming to terms with Marcel and finding closure, but she also found true love – with Casey, of all people.
As mentioned, Casey’s riding high, and that’s largely thanks to Gabs, who sticks up for him when needs be, tells him when he’s being an idiot, and truly seems to like (love?) him just as much as he does her.
On a professional note, you can totally see her flexing her post-villa muscles on next year’s Dancing on Ice or Celebrity SAS.
Grace Jackson
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After last year’s doomed relationship with Joey Essex – which ended when he jumped ship for bombshell Jessy – Grace was clearly bruised and wary when she re-entered proceedings.
So, it’s no surprise that, when bombshell Samie sauntered in with her eyes fully set on Luca, Grace was in no mood for games.
Luca may have briefly wavered, but Grace stayed strong – knowing her worth and making sure that he knew it too, keeping her frustrations set upon him, and never taking it out on “the other girl”. In the end, she got her man, and peace and love resumed.
That in itself makes her a winner – but then, maintaining composure when her dad, via video-link, joked “Was [Luca] in the boy scouts? He seems very good at doing duvet tents,” in reference to her and her paramour’s mid-night PDAs earned her extra points.
After all, it’s bad enough knowing your parents are watching you snuggle up on primetime TV – but then having them tease you about it for the world to see? Absolute warrior.
Scott Thomas
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Hear me out. We know he quit amid some drama and turbulence, after copping flak from his fellow Islanders for admitting he didn’t have the feels for his partner, Tina; but Scott did the noble thing when he hung up his trunks for good.
Acknowledging that he was unwilling to lead anyone on, he added, “I didn’t want to be the guy to upset anyone in here, and I’ll keep my head high because I know I’ve been honest and truthful,” in a moving display that seemed genuine, earned and truly emotional (take note, Ekin-Su).
His heart-rending departure made our eyes misty and left us all respecting Scott that bit more for staying honest and steadfast, whatever the cost.
Elma Pazar
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Yes, she can be polarising and reactive. Yes, she let the early glory of being voted favourite girl go to her head, proceeding to float around the villa with an air of self-righteousness that, ultimately, sparked backlash both inside and out.
However, Elma has always stuck to her guns, fought for her friends, called out the rabble rousers, and has worn that big heart of hers on her eBay-sponsored sleeve.
She’s also thrown caution to the wind with her smitten toyboy, Sammy.
You can see them potentially fronting their own TOWIE spin off – or, if things hit the proverbial, she’d be a cracker on Celebs Go Dating.
Not bad for a girl whose previous claim to Love Island fame was being the other girl in series five who entered alongside Maura Higgins.
Losers
Curtis Pritchard
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He’s had a steady career since his 2019 debut, but Curtis has never shaken the infamy of uttering the immortal line: “I also want to be the person that gets up and makes everyone a coffee so everyone is ready for the morning”.
So, you’d think he’d want to prove himself beyond the merits of brewing instant Nescafé. Unfortunately, his love connection with Ekin-Su – though strong – has proved to be divisive, with many viewers convinced it’s a showmance.
It certainly didn’t help when he “unclosed” their closed-off romance to have a flirt with Danielle, and engage in some much-scrutinised hand holding, before running back to Ekin-Su.
Cut to them having a very strange, made-for-TV moment – where, in the space of two minutes, they yelled, had a mutual weep about missing their mums, then launched into the kind of sloppy snog to make a slobbering mastiff on heat jealous.
Maybe they really do love each other, maybe it’s all an act.
Tina Stinnes
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Poor old Tina. She waited nine years for her big comeback – returning to the show where she first found fame (and rejection) in series two. This time, she had an agenda: to right some wrongs made almost a decade ago and make Scott her one and only.
For a minute, he was all for it and, after the first kiss, he even declared, “That was worth the nine-year wait” – much to Tina’s delight. This really was the stuff of fairytales.
Alas, fairytale endings don’t come easy, and Scott didn’t just realise, nine years after he’d first come to the same realisation, that he just wasn’t that into Tina. He then left her partner-less when he quit soon after.
She coasted by for a while, getting into a triangle that no one seemed to want to be in with Danielle and Chuggs, before being eliminated alongside the latter by the nonplussed public.
We’ll surely see her faring better on Made in Chelsea in no time, but as for her second go at villa life, this one was a fail.
Samie Elishi
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It’s almost impossible to enter as a bombshell so late in the game and make something stick, so kudos to Samie for at least getting grafting.
Her mistake was probably going for Luca, insisting she was more his type than Grace and pinching him from the latter during a recoupling, even though – by then – the coupling now known as Gruca was pretty solid.
Unfortunately for Samie, save for an ill-advised kiss during a challenge, Luca remained committed to his partner, and gave Samie the serious cold shoulder – cutting the South African heat with an icy chill.
Just a few days later, Samie was unceremoniously dumped, though it wouldn’t be surprising if she rocks up for a third stab of success in next year’s series.
Love Island All Stars 2025 official line-up
Love Island All Stars is back on TV for season 2.
Here we take you through the line-up of all the Islanders who are in the villa so far.
Bombshells
Each series brings with it a string of hot single bombshells making their epic entrance into the villa.
Here’s who has joined the villa so far:
Chuggs Wallis
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On the bright side, he outlasted his previous 48-hour stint in series seven by a whopping five more days. As Iain Stirling would say, “Huzzah!”
The bad news is, Chuggs still struggled to forge any real connections, hedging his bets with friends Danielle and Tina, before being consecutively rejected by both ladies when he puckered up for a smooch.
It’s safe to say he’s not living up to his nickname, which – for some reason that he hasn’t fulfilled on TV – is short for “cuddles and hugs”.
Maybe he’ll be given another cameo on Made in Chelsea, but perhaps the ski apparel entrepreneur, who’s clearly proven himself in business, should recognise his TV ambitions have gone off piste and move on.
Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu
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Listen, the woman is an icon, and one of the few former Love Islanders to have compounded her villa success with star turns on Celebrity Big Brother, Dancing on Ice, and The Traitors US.
But there’s no denying that Ekin-Su’s been forced to eat a large slice of humble pie – both metaphorically and literally, after having the most cream pies stuffed in her face during the Snog, Marry, Pie challenge.
So what’s the verdict? She’s got too much in her own way, sometimes overplaying her hand with her seemingly well-rehearsed dramatics and so-called “crocodile tears” in her bid to fully embody that main character energy and “perform” the role of Ekin-Su.
Ironically, we’ve all preferred seeing flashes of that genuine vulnerability lurking below the surface.
Whether or not her tears were real, Ekin-Su can rise to greatness once more. But she’s certainly proved she’s not invincible.
In fact, she’s human, just like the rest of us. Now, that’s really something to cry about.