Love Island catch up: Biggest talking points including Belle and Anton dumping ahead of final episode
Four couples will now compete for public votes in the Love Island final on Monday
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Your support makes all the difference.Anton and Belle have become the latest couple to be dumped from Love Island after receiving the lowest number of public votes.
Anton was one of the original contestants from this year's series while Belle joined later on. The dumping took place after all of the Islanders received visits from their families in the popular "meet the parents" segment of the series.
Here are some of the biggest talking points from the penultimate episode of the series.
Anton and Belle got dumped
Not surprisingly, really, given they were one of the least interesting couples this season.
The contestants got to see their families
In what is always one of the most genuinely moving moments of Love Island, members of each contestant's family turned up to wish the Islanders good luck for the final, offer words of wisdom and meet their respective partners. Top marks for Curtis's mum, who was incapable of pronouncing Maura's name properly (she kept saying "Moira").
Greg's mum gave Amber a shamrock necklace
... which clearly gave Amber and Greg the luck they needed to skip through to the Love Island final.
Anton's mum gave Belle a razor
It's possible that viewers were so grossed out after seeing this moment in the preview that they voted Anton and Belle out together, just to save Belle from the horrors of having to shave her boyfriend's arse.
The liveblog is now closed:
The Love Island final airs on Monday 29 July at 9pm on ITV2
So a recap of the last episode. The contestants had to vote for a couple to dump from the island, and we're going to find out who that was.
Curtis can't believe it's the end. And he's GOT A TEXT. Maura took approximately five seconds to recognise her own mother, which is somewhat concerning.
This is often actually one of the nicest parts of the show, just because it's genuinely heartwarming seeing the contestants seeing their loved ones for the first time in ages. However, there are always moments where the parents have blatantly been coached to say something about their daughter/brother/son/sister/cousin or their respective partners.
Ohhhh, Maura's ma is a proper Irish mammy. What a babe.
Omg, Curtis's mum can't say Maura.
Curtis and Maura enjoyed meeting the parents. Or so they say.
"A cuddle from your mammy, that's all you need," says Maura. It's true.
So Ovie's brother and his cousin are here. Apparently he was "taking some liberties" with certain things... But we're not sure what.
I love Ovie. I don't know if him and India have really clicked properly but he's probably the best person on the show.
And India's mum is right in there with "you're much better looking in real life". Nice one, mum.
Are we literally going to have to wait between ad breaks to see each family visit, though. They're definitely dragging this out.
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