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Love Island fans cringe as Indiyah can't remember her own partner's name

Love Island fans were left stunned on Tuesday night, when Indiyah Polack struggled to remember the name of her partner Ikenna Ekwonna.

The hotel waitress from London became an instant hit with Love Island fans on Monday night, when she didn't hide her disappointment as she learned viewers had chosen her to be coupled up with Ikenna.

23-year-old Ikenna seemed pretty happy with the initial pairing, but Indiyah was less than impressed - even refusing to disclose her 'type' when getting to know her villa partner.

But on Tuesday night's episode, viewers were split when the 24-year-old beauty mispronounced Ikenna's name when discussing him with fellow contestant Amber Beckford - with some branding the mistake 'disrespectful'.

Love Island fans felt for Ikenna during Tuesday night's episode (ITV)

"The only part of Ikenna’s name Indiyah remembered was 'Ick'," one viewer tweeted after the mishap aired, with another adding: "LMAOOO INDIYAH DONT EVEN KNOW IKENNAS NAME."

A third added: "free indiyah man[broken-heart emojis] doesn’t even know the man’s name."

Some Love Island fans didn't see the funny side of the name mix-up.

"Indiyah is remixing Ikenna’s name on purpose [eye-roll emoji] we get it you don’t like him but put some respect on his name," one unimpressed viewer took to Twitter to declare on Tuesday night.

Indiyah giggled after making the mistake, before Amber called her out on it (ITV)

"Indiyah and amber not knowing ikenna’s name, so rude and disrespectful, same as gemma was last night," another agreed - with a third adding: "Ikenna needs to be freed from Indiyah. She clearly shows no interest in him."

Tuesday night's episode of Love Island ended on a dramatic note, as bombshell Davide Sanclimenti picked Gemma Owen to couple up with - leaving Liam Llewellyn single and at risk of going home early.

The islander is unimpressed with her current coupling up situation (ITV)

Italian Stallion Davide entered the show later than the others on the first night, with the public already having selected who they wanted to partner up to start off the series. Gemma was paired with Liam, but when Davide entered, he made no secret of the fact he liked her.

During an intense day of flirting, Davide set his sights on one of three girls - Gemma, Tasha Ghouri and Paige Thorne - but ultimately he decided to go with Gemma and a new couple was formed.

The drama didn't end there, with the episode closing by revealing Afia and Ekin-Su will be heading into the villa, with the public tasked with choosing who they want them to go on a date with.

*Love Island airs nightly on ITV2 at 9pm.

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