After eight long weeks on our screens, Love Island will draw to a close tonight (August 1) with its much anticipated finale. As viewers will vote for their favourite couple, one loved-up pair will be crowned the series eight winners and walk away with a £50,000 cash prize.
The four couples making it the final this year are Gemma Owen and Luca Bish, Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti, Dami Hope and Indiyah Polack and Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page.
After Sunday night's episode saw the contestants reunite with their families and friends for the first time, Paige Thorne and Adam Collard were the latest couple to be voted out of the Majorcan villa having narrowly missed out on a spot in the final.
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As one of the original Islanders, Welsh paramedic Paige, 24, was first coupled up with Luca after the public voted for them to be put together. But after Luca pursued a connection with Michael Owen's daughter Gemma, Paige was left single.
That was until Gemma's ex boyfriend Jacques O'Neill, 23, entered as a bombshell and showed an interest in Paige, and the pair quickly became smitten.
Just a few weeks later, cracks began to show after the dreaded Casa Amor which is dubbed the 'ultimate relationship test'. After the girls and boys were split into separate villas and joined by a batch of new bombshells, Jacques' head was turned by new arrival Cheyanne Kerr.
Despite kissing and sharing a bed with Cheyanne, the intense Casa Amor recoupling saw Jacques choose to stick with Paige - but he was then forced to explain his actions after the blonde bombshell confessed what had been going on whilst Paige was away.
In the days following, the devastated rugby player attempted to win Paige back and it was a heartfelt text that finally saw her give in to her feelings and allow him out of the dog house. But things took a turn after Love Island producers brought back series four contestant Adam Collard, 26, who was best known for shaking things up in the villa back in 2018.
Adam quickly showed his interest in getting to know Paige, which ruffled Jacques' feathers. After Jacques was told by his ex, Gemma Owen, that Adam had been 'proper slagging him off', he lashed out and said: "Who the f*** is he? Just another geezer who's been on the show."
Later in the episode, emotional scenes saw Jacques tell Paige that he was leaving the Love Island villa after saying he needed to "get back to himself". Tears flowed as Jacques told Paige he wanted to return home so he could be at his "best" for her, but encouraged her to stay on the show and 'do what she needed to do' as he vowed to 'wait for her' on the outside.
Since his shock exit, Paige has been growing ever closer to Adam and the pair have now made their relationship 'exclusive' despite only knowing each other for three weeks.
During last night's episode, the remaining Islanders were reunited with their friends and family for the first time, and heard their thoughts on their time on the show.
After Adam caused a stir in his 2018 series after coupling up with four different girls in two weeks, Paige's mum Samantha revealed her true thoughts on Adam.
She told her daughter Paige, "I'm not buying it," as she went on to explain: "The way you was with Jacques was completely different, you were a lot of more you and bouncy and full of personality, with Adam it seems a lot more different."
Paige quickly hit back: "With Jacques, he did bring out a different side of me, bubbly and all that but there were some bits that really weren't okay."
Paige was also quick to mention her friendship with Dami, which viewers have speculated may be more than a friendship, as she asked her mum: "Have you seen me and Dami together?".
At the end of Sunday night's episode it was revealed that Paige and Adam were the latest couple to be voted out of the villa, just a day before from the final.
Despite Paige and Adam insisting they are 'excited for the future', viewers took to Twitter to predict Paige's next move after her exit following her mum's 'savage' comments.
@Ariana_PHACnft wrote: "Hope not but what if Paige and Dami get together, when they get out."
@Faye_kingit tweeted: "Why did I not notice Paige blowing Dami a kiss as she walked out. They’re deff gonna be doing stuff behind Indiyas back."
@LoveIslandGB said: "Why did Paige mention Dami to her parents? She didn't even mention Adam at this point. The girl seems a bit obsessed with Dami and tbh I think the feeling is mutual."
@AurelxZeneli added: "Watch, Paige is definitely going to try and get on it with Dami on the outside."
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