It’s fair to say that Love Island bosses are certainly keeping the contestants on their toes this year as, just days after a whopping four Islanders left the villa following a public vote, there’s another dramatic dumping on the way.
After Laura Whitmore gatecrashed the Islanders’ day out at the Island Vibes Club to give them the shock news, three girls – Abigail Rawlings, Mary Bedford and Kaz Kamwi – and three boys – Dale Mehmet, Tyler Cruickshank and Jake Cornish – all face being given the boot and sent back to the UK without even going back to the villa. Brutal.
However, only one boy and one girl will be dumped and, with Laura informing the contestants that they must make the decision themselves. "Only one boy and one girl will leave today, and that decision is in the hands of your fellow Islanders,” she revealed.
The show then ended on (yet another) cliffhanger, meaning that viewers will have to wait until tonight to find out who will be sent packing. However, fans think they’ve already sussed out who will be leaving.
As the newest Islanders in the villa, many viewers are convinced Mary and Dale are both at risk, especially as they’re only in the early stages of getting to know each other.
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1 of 16Chloe Burrows
Chloe may have caught all the boys' attentions as evidenced in a recent explosive episode, but you can see she's always been a stunner from this uni halls pic taken way back in 2015.
2 of 16Faye Winter
Faye has certainly nailed this classic Instapose in this snap from 2019 - the hair, tan and Adidas bodysuit are all on point and a sign of things to come.
3 of 16Brad McClellan
A quick glance over Brad's insta and it's clear he uses it primarily to document his fitness journey. This snap from 2017 is from before it all began.
4 of 16Kaz Kamwi
Kaz was already a fashion blogger before she entered the Love Island villa, and so her first photo is appropriately professional looking (boo).
5 of 16Jake Cornish
Finally, a properly old photo! You can tell that Jake was already going to the gym when this photo was taken with a mate back in 2013.
6 of 16love-island-contestants-first-instagrams
PS. Enjoy this bonus pic of baby Jake with none other than footballer Wayne Rooney.
7 of 16Hugo Hammond
When he was a teenager, Hugo played Cricket for England's Physical Disability team.
8 of 16Hugo Hammond
PS. Baby Hugo for your viewing pleasure x
9 of 16Aaron Francis
Like Kaz, Aaron was already trying his hand as an influencer before he signed up to Love Island and so most of his photos are pretty glossy, but scroll down far enough and we found this photo of him seemingly winning an arm wrestle against Somoan Rugby Union player Many Tuilangi.
10 of 16Toby Aromolaran
Toby's not giving anything away with this sultry selfie from 2018, other than perhaps that he's heading off on his holidays, judging by his passport and boarding pass. He doesn't look that excited about it though, does he?
11 of 16Sharon Gaffka
In case you missed it, Sharon used to compete in beauty pageants and was Miss UK 2018. Here she is from the Galaxy pageant that same year.
12 of 16Liberty Poole
It looks like Liberty has always been a big fan of the finer things in life - as well as a blonde hair extension or two - judging from this snap with a pal from 2019.
13 of 16Liam Reardon
Viewers couldn't believe that Liam was only 21 when he entered the villa, but here's proof that Liam looked 30 way back in 2018 (regular teenaged boy for reference).
14 of 16Rachel Finni
This photo of Rach taken on a night out was posted in 2017 but captioned, "2 Years Ago ud83dude2b#CanILookLikeThisAgainPlease", so we can assume it's from way back in 2015.
15 of 16Millie Court
Proving she's always been a fan of posing up a storm in a bikini, we're majorly jeal of Millie's 2018 holiday to Cannes. Ahh, holidays - remember those?
16 of 16Lucinda Strafford
Right, we can't actually believe this 2018 photo of bombshell Lucinda - have Love Island checked her I.D.? Is she old enough to be on the show?
One viewer fumed, “I can’t with these cliffhangers! Why ask the public to vote if the islanders get to choose? Obviously Dale and Mary going home. PREDICTABLE.”
Another tweeted, “Who’s guessing that Dale and Mary are leaving? It seems the islanders obvious choice."
“Why is there a cliffhanger? There is nothing suspenseful about who’s going out tomorrow. It’s Dale and Mary like,” added a third.
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The brutal dumping comes after Dale and Mary pumped the breaks on their blossoming relationship as she opened up about the “pressure” they face due to the other couples being together for longer.
Mary told Dale, “I love getting to know you, I love you as a person. I just feel like it is a lot, so fast. All of the other couples have known each other five weeks, they’re in love... we’ve known each other three days.
“It just feels like it’s going too fast. I would just rather get to know you, do you know what I mean?"
In the Beach Hut, Dale added, “I feel like what she’s said to me is what I’ve been feeling. When you see a lot of people in here who are already coupled up and look like they’re doing so well, it rubs off on you and makes you want to move a wee bit faster.
"I’m so glad she said to me she wants to slow things down because I feel like myself, I’ll be true to myself if I slow things down."