{"id":571609,"date":"2026-07-28T06:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/571609\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T06:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:11:37","slug":"love-island-crowns-2026-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/571609\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island crowns 2026 winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lorenzo Alessi and Julia Majchrzak have been crowned the 2026 Love Island winners.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">And the winners of Love Island series 13 are\u2026 \ud83e\udd41 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pipd2F1Uaa\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/pipd2F1Uaa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Love Island (@LoveIsland) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LoveIsland\/status\/2081870832742101077\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The couple beat fellow islanders Kavan Murphy and Jasmine Muller, who placed second on the ITV reality dating show, with Simba Kudyiwa and Angelista Gunda coming third.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">After an unforgettable Villa journey, Kavan and Jasmine finish as your runners up \ud83e\udd48 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V3PvDAYodn\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/V3PvDAYodn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Love Island (@LoveIsland) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LoveIsland\/status\/2081871014854635655\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Along with winning the title, the pair won a \u00a350,000 prize, which they will share equally.<\/p>\n<p>Alessi appeared shocked at the news \u2013 and delighted, as he could not stop laughing, saying: &#8220;What the hell?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Majchrzak told presenter Maya Jama: &#8220;I would just love to say thank you to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t think that coming into Casa [Amor, the show&#8217;s rival villa], I would be stood here. It&#8217;s crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked what they will spend the money on, she added: &#8220;I want him to move in with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">Third place and leaving the Villa stronger than ever \ud83e\udd79\ud83d\udc9b What a journey for Angelista and Simba! <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/LoveIsland\" rel=\"nofollow\">#LoveIsland<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P2N2GSkBmC\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/P2N2GSkBmC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Love Island (@LoveIsland) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LoveIsland\/status\/2081843772778783024\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier on in the final, Yasmin Hadlow and Tommy Stagg became the last couple to be dumped from Love Island by fellow contestants Mica Harris and Samraj Toor.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">With the decision left in the hands of Mica and Samraj, Yasmin and Tommy are the last Couple to be dumped from the Villa \ud83c\udfdd\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>They are both leaving full of love and we can&#8217;t wait to see what\u2019s next for them on the outside \ud83e\udef6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GJok0D0TXq\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/GJok0D0TXq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Love Island (@LoveIsland) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LoveIsland\/status\/2081834888903204921\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The final also saw Priya Talya Jaswal apologise to Elicia Bailey after she made headlines for &#8220;job-shaming&#8221; her fellow contestant.<\/p>\n<p>In previous episodes, Jaswal was shown a clip of Bailey talking about her relationship with Aiden Murphy on the Love Island aftershow, Aftersun, where she said Jaswal was a &#8220;game player&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The clip was shown to Jaswal, who responded: &#8220;It&#8217;s really sad seeing someone so bitter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She later said: &#8220;I don&#8217;t care what Elicia says. I don&#8217;t care it&#8217;s cringey, go back to the National Rail, Elicia! You work on the National Rail, why are you f****** sitting on Aftersun?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just go back there and save your breath.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The clip circulated online with some social media users criticising Jaswal for commenting about Bailey&#8217;s profession.<\/p>\n<p>Jaswal addressed the comment during the final and told Bailey: &#8220;I do want to apologise about the National Rail comment. It was obviously not meant to be a job-shaming comment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was telling you to go back to your day job and kind of keep my name out of your mouth. That was where I was coming from.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s nothing to do with where you work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bailey said: &#8220;I feel like a few years back I&#8217;d have probably reacted the same way, sort of shouting and going about that. So, I sort of understand the reaction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m proud of my job and I work my a** off. There&#8217;s no hard feelings and she&#8217;s an amazing person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Press Association<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/television\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for more television news.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lorenzo Alessi and Julia Majchrzak have been crowned the 2026 Love Island winners. 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