Mentally, we're in the Love Island villa rn.
Any year will do, but there is something rather appealing about the lads of Love Island 2024.
Scrap that, we've just remembered that Dami Hope, Adam Collard and Davide Sanclimenti were part of the Love Island 2022 cast - okay, take us back there please.
Chilling on a yellow beanbag under that scorching Mallorca sun, while Davide massages our feet, Adam works the shoulders, and Dami whispers sweet nothings into our ear with those Irish dulcet tones.
In reality we're working in a mild living room because even though it's August we live in England, so of course, it's p*ssing it down and f**king freezing. From fantasy to reality just like that...
If you're in need of a dash of escapism today, stay on this page and reminisce about Love Island 2022 with us and all those gorgeous Islanders who scorched up our boiling hot summer two years ago.
Best moments
If we could we'd choose the whole series, but our editor is looking over our shoulder, so we'll go for:
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Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu crawling on the balcony to revenge snog the face of Jay Younger.
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Andrew Le Page confessing his Casa Amor antics to Tasha Ghouri, and revealing that he "licked [Coco Lodge's] tit or whatever."
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Davide throwing this golden insult at Ekin-Su in one of their daily argument, "You are a liar, actress, go the f**k out."
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Jacques O'Neill – Gemma Owen's ex boyfriend – strutting into the villa as an early bombshell.
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Adam making Love Island history by entering the villa for a second time.
Who won Love Island 2022?
Davide and Ekin-Su took the crown, followed by runners-up Gemma and Luca in second place, Dami and Indiyah Polack in third place, and Andrew and Tasha in fourth place.
Paige Thorne and Adam just missed out on the final, coming in fifth place.
Check out: The Love Island 2022 contestants - where are they now?
Love Island 2022 contestants - where are they now?
Paige Thorne
Paige was the first Love Island star confirmed for the series. She finished in fifth place with returning Islander Adam but the pair split following nugget-gate. Paige returned to her gig as a paramedic in Swansea, but now she's a full-time influencer, which means she's basically always on holiday.
Adam Collard
Returning Islander Adam left the villa a changed man with girlfriend Paige. He has since been travelling, working on his personal fitness brand and getting into trouble at Freshers' events. He starred in Celebs Go Dating in 2023 alongside Love Island 2021 finalist, Chloe Burrows. He is now dating presenter Laura Woods and they are expecting their first child together.
Tasha Ghouri
Tasha made history as the show's first ever deaf contestant. She left the villa in fourth place (making it to the final) with now boyfriend Andrew. Today, she is an influencer, model, eBay's first ever pre-loved ambassador, campaigns for the deaf community and has her own podcast Super Powers With Tasha. She is also still with Andrew; they now live together and share a pooch. In August 2024, it was announced that Tasha would be joining the line-up for Strictly Come Dancing later this year.
Davide Sanclimenti
Italian fit lord Davide was the first bombshell to enter the villa and, frankly, it's a moment we'll request to rewatch on our death bed. He ended up winning the bloomin' thing with queen of queens Ekin-Su and he's since dropped a collection with boohooMAN. The Love Island 2022 winners had their own travel show but split in 2023. He's now mostly modelling and going on holiday.
Gemma Owen
Gemma had the nation's tongues wagging when she stepped into the Love Island villa as the 19-year-old daughter of football icon Michael Owen. The international dressage rider and business owner came in second place with boyfriend Luca and now she's been on Love Island she is, of course, also a thriving influencer, as well as an ambassador for PrettyLittleThing. She's since split from Luca and generally keeps herself off the Love Island influencer radar.
Luca Bish
One of 2022's most controversial contestants, Luca made it all the way to final with girlfriend Gemma. The pair came in second place. He was set to launch his own podcast called The Bish n Chips Show, but nothing came of it. He's now single after his relationship with Gem came to an end. He appeared on Celebrity MasterChef in 2023 and made it to the final.
Indiyah Polack
"It girl" Indiyah left the villa in third place with now boyfriend Dami. Since leaving the villa she has gone on to become an ambassador for Boots and PrettyLittleThing and she has over one million Insta followers. Indiyah also hosts the Love Island podcast alongside All Stars' Chris Taylor and Love Island 2019 icon Amy Hart, and is a regular on After Sun. True queen behaviour.
Dami Hope
Microbiologist Dami coupled up with Amber Beckford in the early days of Love Island life, but eventually ended up with Indiyah and they literally lived happily ever after in third place. His style game post-Love Island is something else, he's moved in with Indiyah and has launched his own clothing range Snow Bunny World.
Andrew Le Page
Estate agent Andrew coupled up with Tasha early on – and despite a slight bump in the road in the form of Coco's boob – the pair left in fourth place and are still utterly loved up. Since leaving the villa he's still dating Tanya, he's been pictured at countless events wearing ultra snazzy threads, while sipping free booze. Fair play.
Jacques O’Neill
Jacques faced a huge amount of criticism when he walked from the villa shortly after Adam's arrival. The ex-professional rugby league player has appeared on several podcasts where he has spoken candidly about his mental health. He recently worked alongside Sky Sports to help them cover the Super League grand final.
Amber Beckford
London nanny Amber Beckford entered the villa with "main character energy", but sadly left in a supporting role about halfway through the series. In her own words, she's been "MIA for months", but is back on socials now.
Ikenna Ekwonna
Ikenna Ekwonna entered the villa after working at the pharmaceutical vaccine company during the pandemic, where he formed a strong connection with Indiyah. He was friend-zoned shortly before being dumped from the island. He's been going out a lot since leaving the villa.
Afia Tonkmor
Afia Tonkmor entered the villa at the same time as winner Ekin-Su, but sadly did not find a match on the show. She is currently living in Thailand.
Liam Llewellyn
Masters student Liam Llewellyn entered the villa on day one and decided to walk on day five. He was originally partnered up with Gemma. He has over 300k Instagram followers and he's still pals with the OG 2022 Islanders.
Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu
Ekin-Su won the final alongside Davide and since the show finished she has been living the influencer dream, working with brands such as B Cosmetics and Oh Polly. Ekin-Su and Davide split in June 2023. She went on to star in Celebrity Big Brother and The Traitors' US.
Jay Younger
Bombshell Jay is best known for turning Ekin-Su's head, but since leaving the villa he has been doing the podcast rounds, sharing his fitness journey, working on his fitness brand, and taking part in fitness competitions. In other news, we had three slices of red velvet cake today.
Danica Taylor
Nobody has fought for love that hard on ITV since Cheryl delivered that iconic X Factor performance. We love us some Danica Taylor and we were so happy when she left the villa arm in arm with bombshell Jamie - sadly the couple managed just a few weeks on the outside before calling it quits. As far as we can tell, since leaving the villa Danica has been owning the Instagram game and generally living her best life. She recently released her debut single, Ugh, which is nothing short of iconic FYI.
Remi Lambert
Bombshell Remi Lambert has returned to work as a model and continues to pursue his music dreams.
Antigoni Buxton
Bombshell Antigoni Buxton continues to work on her music, TikTok and travel games.
Charlie Radnedge
It's safe to say Charlie Radnedge hasn't been recruited by the Dreamboys just yet. Saying that, he's been seriously working on his fitness since leaving the villa and recently announced that he is now offering online coaching through his new app. He also launched Playtime Podcast with Made in Chelsea's Miles Nazaire, but the boys have put pause on it now for now.
Summer Botwe
Summer Botwe made a few headlines after being connected to bombshell Josh and TOWIE's Roman Hackett, not to mention her feud with Coco. It's safe to say after shaking off all that drama, she is now living her best life - summer is far from over for this one.
Billy Brown
The villa's ultimate cheeky chappie Billy Brown has been playing a lot of footie and going to a lot of fabulous free events since leaving the show.
Deji Adeniyi
Deji Adeniyi has been living his best cliched Islander life since the show concluded - vlogging, partying, Instagramming and going to PrettyLittleThing parties.
Coco Lodge
Let's face it - Coco deserves to be in this article because she served ultimate bombshell from start to finish. After a brief tit-related dalliance with Andrew, Coco was dumped from the villa and returned to the UK to continue mission hot girl summer. She returned to her day job as a graphic designer, but balances work with a lot of partying and content creating. She's also dating DJ and ex boyfriend of Sophie Kasaei, Joel Corry.
Chyna Mills
Chyna Mills went on to date Strictly pro Neil Jones and the pair, who are now engaged, welcomed a baby girl called Havana into the world in October 2024.