Love Island 2018: Hayley and Charlie leave the villa after public vote, Samira and Alex are saved
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Your support makes all the difference.Friday night's Love Island saw one couple ejected from the villa and, to precisely no one's surprise, that couple happened to be Hayley and Charlie - who despised each other to a level only seen before in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
That means Alex and Samira were saved by the public vote, which is good news for Samira especially, who hopefully feels like her decision to appear on the show is worth her reportedly getting sued by the West End production she abruptly quit for it.
Dani and Jack's relationship continued to blossom - with the couple now looking like favourites to win the whole show - though change is needed if their love is going to last, apparently, as Dani declared: "I ain't going to be making him ham and cheese croissants every night."
Two new girls will arrive at the villa on Sunday: Ellie, who reassuringly describes herself as "cute but psycho", and Zara, who is appearing on Love Island and is somehow concerned people might think she's shallow. Yes, people might think you're shallow Zara.
You can follow along with our reactions to Friday's drama here:
Love Island airs every night at 9pm on ITV2 except for Saturdays when you're free to wander out into the world.
The latest episode of Love Island comes rampaging towards us like the stampede of rhinos in Jumanji. Is it inevitable? Yes. Is there anything we can do prepare ourselves? Also yes. Read Tom Peck's recap of last night's episode here:
Love Island has managed to infiltrate the world of theatre drama, after reports emerged Samira is being sued for quitting her role in the West End production of Dreamgirls with only one day's notice.
"While some Love Island couples do work - see last year’s Camilla and Jamie and season two winners Nathan and Cara - the likelihood of long-term success is certainly against the odds, explains behavioural psychologist, Jo Hemmings."
If you're losing track of who's actually trapped on this island of guilt-tripping and secret meetings, catch up here:
Let's get serious for a moment. What's with the hypocritical mockery of Laura’s relationship with 20-year-old Wes?
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