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ITV\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThis article contains spoilers for the Love Island final.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n The winners of ITV2’s latest season of Love Island have been crowned.<\/p>\n Toni Laites and Cach Mercer were announced as winners by presenter Maya Jama during Monday’s live final.<\/p>\n The pair won the public vote and \u00a350,000 prize money, ahead of second-placed finalists Shakira Khan and Harry Cooksley.<\/p>\n Yasmin Pettet and Jamie Rhodes finished in third place, while Angel Swift and Ty Isherwood finished in fourth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Toni Laites became Love Island UK’s first American contestant when she entered the Villa this summer. <\/p>\n “Thank you to the UK,” she screamed after winning with partner Cach Mercer.<\/p>\n As soon as the episode finished, we spoke to to self-confessed Love Island “super-fans” Harriet and Georgia.<\/p>\n “I’m absolutely thrilled. I’m not gonna lie, it’s like Christmas Day,” says Harriet.<\/p>\n “They so deserved it. It feels like the international Love Island family coming together to celebrate our Toni.”<\/p>\n “100% the right couple won,” Georgia added.<\/p>\n “I feel like it was a close call but they definitely deserved it.”<\/p>\n Toni and Cach’s Love Island journey was not without its difficulties. Earlier in the series, Toni chose to couple with one of the other boys, Harrison, rather than Cach.<\/p>\n After the re-coupling, Cach cried and was consoled by friend and fellow Islander Ty, something Georgia says was a key moment in the series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “I think where the season was going, almost questioning how genuine a lot of the couples were, it was really nice to see raw emotion coming from someone who was feeling real feelings,” she says.<\/p>\n “Especially it coming from a man, because I think we just don’t see that enough. We don’t see men showing their raw emotion.<\/p>\n “I think it’s one of those things that should be celebrated.”<\/p>\n Harriet agreed, adding: “It was really moving to see someone so in touch with their emotions and really let it out.<\/p>\n “It’s actually really powerful to see him own it, and encourage other men to be in touch with their emotions.”<\/p>\n Couple Dejon Noel-Williams and Meg Moore narrowly missed out on the final after they were dramatically dumped during Sunday’s Episode. <\/p>\n Former Islanders returned to the villa and voted them the least compatible remaining couple.<\/p>\n Love Island’s popularity has risen this year, thanks to the success of the US version of the show and a jump in social media interest<\/a>.<\/p>\n ITV said this series was on track to be the biggest since Series 9 in January 2023. <\/p>\n It said streams on subscription service ITVX were up 9% year on year, and figures from TikTok show 1 million people have followed Love Island’s official account this year.<\/p>\n Earlier on Monday, ITV bosses announced Love Island All Stars – where previous fan-favourite islanders return to the villa – would get a third series.<\/p>\n They said it would air early next year and take place over six weeks in South Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![](\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20250728-162205-9b8a2dcb37-web-2.26.0-8\/grey-placeholder.png\")
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