Julia Majchrzak and Lorenzo Alessi have been crowned winners of Love Island 2026.
Tonight’s instalment of the show, hosted by , 31, saw the pair, alongside Simba and Angelista, and Kav and Jasmine, battle it out for the top spot and a £50k prize.
Lorenzo and Julia were crowned winners of Love Island 2026 Credit: Shutterstock
Tonight’s instalment of the ITV2 dating show saw Lorenzo and Julia, Simba and Angelista, and Kav and Jasmine battle it out for the top spot and a £50k prize Credit: Shutterstock
Sunday’s episode of saw a selection of our favourite former Islanders return to the villa one last time to vote for who they thought shouldn’t be in the final.
Mica and Samraj received a whopping eight votes from their co-stars, which meant that they had to leave.
But in a shock twist, they were later told that only three couples were heading into the final – and they had to send one pair packing – Tommy and Yas.
This is the first time that there has ever been three couples in the final.
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Elsewhere in the vote, received two votes from Sean and , while Jasmine and Kavan got three votes from Maria, Chidi and .
And Tommy and found themselves with six votes from Sam, Ope, Victoria, Tina, Namibia, and Ellie.
It comes after The Sun revealed on Sunday that there would be a firepit twist which would blow open the final in shake-up that nobody would see coming.
A source said at the time: “Bosses want to keep the format feeling fresh and the Islanders on their toes and this certainly did that.
“Although sad, they all breathed a sigh of relief when the first dumped pair left the firepit to go and pack their bags.
“Nobody saw this coming and it caused chaos.
“The full saga will play out across Sunday and Monday’s episodes.”
The loved-up couple will soon get their hands on a whopping £50k.
Until 2022, one half of the couple was handed two envelopes and could keep the full £50k, though no winner ever did.
That twist was scrapped and the pot is now divided automatically, giving the winners £25k each.
Maya warned that tonight’s show wouldn’t be following the usual script, saying: “This final is going to be a bit different to the rest of them. They’re shaking up the format.
“I still don’t even know what that shakeup is, but I know there’s going to be a different format for the final.
“Live TV is my favourite. This is where I thrive because I can say silly things and go off script as much as possible without them being able to edit it out.”
It comes after last year Toni Laites and Cach Mercer were crowned winners of the 2025 series last year.
They were up against Khan and Harry Cooksley and Yasmin Pettet and Jamie Rhodes in the final three.
Angel Swift and Ty Isherwood placed fourth in the show.
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