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Nicolandria and Ace Greene hit the MTV VMAs red carpet<\/p>\n

“Love Island” stars Olandria Carthen, Nic Vansteenberghe and Ace Greene hit the MTV VMAs 2025 red carpet.<\/p>\n

The “Love Island Games” 2025<\/a> team is set.<\/p>\n

Fourteen singles who previously appeared on “Love Island”<\/a> shows across the world are coming together for the second season of “Love Island Games.” So, who will win the title of love?<\/p>\n

The show, a spinoff of the popular dating franchise<\/a> first made famous in the U.K., is set to begin this month in the same gorgeous Fijian villa where “Love Island USA” films.<\/p>\n

The cast, which was revealed on Sept. 9, features a mix of “Love Island” favorites<\/a>, including three from the latest messy U.S. season<\/a> that wrapped up filming in July. A popular islander from Season 5 is also set to star on the show, mixed in with cast members from the series’ foreign branches in the U.K., Australia, the Netherlands and beyond.<\/p>\n

Top moments from ‘Love Island USA’ Season 7, from NicOlandria to ‘I pick Clarke’<\/a><\/p>\n

What is ‘Love Island Games’?<\/p>\n

On the new(ish) spinoff, islanders still look to form connections, but with a side of competition. The season is shortened, and Ariana Madix, who has been the host of the last two seasons of “Love Island USA,”<\/a> will return to anchor.<\/p>\n

The first season of “Love Island Games” housed just short of 20 episodes, a highly truncated version of a show whose namesake franchise can last up for 40 episodes.<\/p>\n

Like “Love Island,” there will be steamy challenges, but “Love Island Games” ups the ante with the competitions.<\/p>\n

“They’re getting physical in high-stakes challenges to win the ultimate game of love,” Madix said in a promotional video, adding that fan votes will determine contestants’ fates.<\/p>\n

‘Love Island USA’ Season 8 casting is now open. Here’s how to join the villa<\/a><\/p>\n

Who is on the ‘Love Island Games’ castAndrea Carmona, 27, Season 6 (USA)Andreina Santos-Marte, 24, Season 7 (USA)Charlie Georgios, 27, Season 7 (USA)Chris Seeley, 27, Season 7 (USA)Garbi Denteh, 22, Season 4 (Belgium\/Netherlands)Isaiah Campbell, 24, Season 4 (USA)Josh Goldstein, 28, Season 3 (USA)Kay Kay Gray, 26, Season 5 (USA)Kendall Washington, 28, Season 6 (USA)Lucinda Strafford, 24, Season 7 (UK) & Season 5 (Australia)Mert Okatan, 25, Seasons 2 and 3 (Belgium\/Netherlands)Nicola Gauci Borda-Warr, 23, Season 1 (Malta)Solene Favreau, 26, Season 2 (France)Tyrique Hyde, 26, Season 10 (UK)Does Love Island have bombshells?<\/p>\n

Yes, while 14 islanders will begin the season, several more singles will enter the villa to shake things up, just like a normal “Love Island” season.<\/p>\n

Bombshells will arrive on the scene throughout the season, looking to find any cracks in relationships and find their own connections. In Season 1 of “Love Island Games,” there were 26 total islanders with 12 starting as the original cast on Day 1 and 14 entering the game periodically as bombshells.<\/p>\n

If you love ‘Love Island,’ watch these 5 shows next<\/a><\/p>\n

‘Love Island Games’ Season 2 release date<\/p>\n

The season premiere of “Love Island Games” is set to be released on Tuesday, Sept. 16.<\/p>\n

Episodes will stream nearly every day until the finale.<\/p>\n

‘Love Island Games’: How to watch<\/p>\n

“Love Island Games” streams on Peacock, the home of “Love Island USA.”<\/p>\n

A Peacock premium plan costs $10.99\/month while an ad-free premium plus plan is $16.99\/month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nicolandria and Ace Greene hit the MTV VMAs red carpet “Love Island” stars Olandria Carthen, Nic Vansteenberghe and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[565,437,8624,458,890,8627,8630,146,8341,85,8623,8629,8622,46,8626,2400,3886,564,753,1854,6793,43,3880,3879,420,573,3167,8628,562,6673,741,557,3885,1943,3878,38,411,8343,6678,424,8625,1299,2586],"class_list":["post-7497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-affiliate","tag-arts","tag-campbell","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","tag-dating","tag-dating-u0026-personals","tag-entertainment","tag-guides","tag-il","tag-isaiah","tag-isaiah-campbell","tag-island","tag-israel","tag-kingdom","tag-life","tag-life-now","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-love","tag-love-island-usa","tag-news","tag-now","tag-optimized","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-peacock","tag-personals","tag-positive","tag-programs","tag-reference","tag-seo","tag-seo-team-optimized","tag-shows","tag-team","tag-top-stories","tag-tv","tag-tv-guides-u0026-reference","tag-tv-shows-u0026-programs","tag-u0026","tag-united","tag-united-kingdom","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}