Love Island 2026 Sh0ck Twist Leaves Fans Stunned as Final Four Is Suddenly Cut Just Hours Before the Big Finale
LOVE Island wrapped up its most chaotic series yet on July 27, with a final cut from four couples to three barely 24 hours before it aired.
Lorenzo Alessi and Julia Majchrzak were crowned champions of series 13, winning the public vote and taking home the £50,000 prize.
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Lorenzo Alessi and Julia Majchrzak are Love Island 2026 championsCredit: Shutterstock Editorial
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The other finalists were Jasmine Muller and Kavan Murphy, and Simba Kudyiwa and Angelista GundaCredit: Shutterstock Editorial
Who won Love Island 2026?
Lorenzo Alessi, 28, a business owner from Hertfordshire, and Julia Majchrzak, 26, an insurance broker who was born in Poland and now lives in London, met during Casa Amor, which has historically ended more relationships than it has started.
When host Maya Jama read out their names in the live final from Majorca, Lorenzo was left giggling, unable to manage much beyond: “What the hell?!”
Julia added: “I would just love to say thank you to everyone!”
Maya asked the winning couple: “£50k – is that a big thing for you? Are you happy to receive that as well?”
Julia replied: “I just didn’t think that coming into Casa [Amor], I’d be stood here.”
When Maya asked what they plan to spend the money on, Lorenzo admitted he has no idea, while Julia said she wants him to move in with her.
Ahead of the vote, Lorenzo said he had “never met someone who feels so well matched to me”.
Meanwhile, Julia described their “instant spark” and summed the pair up as “seriously unserious”.
Behind winners Lorenzo and Julia, Kavan Murphy and Jasmine Muller finished as runners-up.
Kavan, 21, an electrician from Kent, entered as a bombshell and is the younger brother of Aidan Murphy.
Jasmine, 27, a fashion business owner based in London, said she had been drawn to his “aura”, while Kavan said he “couldn’t be luckier” to have done the show alongside his brother.
Angelista Gunda and Simba Kudyiwa came in third place.
Simba, 24, told Maya he planned to celebrate nurse Angelista’s 25th birthday, which falls today (July 28), the moment they got out of the villa.
“Angie’s birthday is tomorrow,” Simba told Maya during the final, encouraging the crowd to clap.
“Once we get back, I just need to sort out a few bits and do… I’m planning something big.”
They were the only three couples in contention for the £50,000 prize, and that in itself was a first – never before has a Love Island UK final been contested by fewer than four.
Tommy Stagg and Yasmin Hadlow were dumped hours before it, picked off by Mica Harris and Samraj Toor.
Mica and Samraj were voted out by 19 returning Islanders in the penultimate episode, and were then handed the power to take another couple down with them.
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Jasmine and Kavan finished as runners-upCredit: Shutterstock
What was the full Love Island 2026 finishing order?
While only the top three were officially ranked, the order below runs backwards from the final:
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Lorenzo Alessi and Julia Majchrzak – winners
Jasmine Muller and Kavan Murphy – runners-up
Angelista Gunda and Simba Kudyiwa – third
Yasmin Hadlow and Tommy Stagg – axed by Mica and Samraj at the top of the final, minutes before the public vote opened
Mica Harris and Samraj Toor – voted out by the returning ex-Islanders in episode 56
Priya Jaswal and Aidan Murphy – dumped after picking up the fewest public votes of the couples the Islanders had left at risk
Ethan Ellis – left single when Priya chose Aidan
Ellie Chadwick – walked straight after Finley’s dumping, the last of five to leave in the episode 46 cull
Finley Maddock and Martha Rothwell – picked off by the remaining Islanders in that same mass dumping
Elicia Bailey and Jordon Wilson – the fewest individual votes, and the first two out that night
Sean Fitzgerald and Lola Deal – gone after Lorenzo and Julia were made to choose between the vulnerable pairs
Mara Pirez and Charleen Murphy – both left single at the recoupling when Simba went back to Angelista and Kavan went back to Jasmine
Aaron Badibo, Carlos Borges, Nevaeh David, Olivia Sanderson and Will Bessant – all five left single at the Casa Amor recoupling and dumped together
Gabriel Garland – removed from the show after producers discovered that he had a link to a stabbing that took place in 2019
Tina Rad and Tommy Murphy – chosen by Ellie and Lorenzo after finishing among the least popular boys and girls in the first public vote
Chidi Ogandu and Halle Brown – the two couples voted least compatible were split up, with the rest of the villa picking one to be booted off from each
Sam Workman and Namibia Rosa – left single when the bombshells took their pick and dumped together
Ope Sowande and Victoria Onanusi – out after Namibia ranked them the least compatible couple
Robyn Langton – left single at a recoupling when Tommy Murphy and Simba went for Angelista and Ellie
George Knight – the first to go for good, with his exit announced in episode seven, saying he left for family reasons before The Sun exclusively revealed he was sent packing for using an offensive slur
