Love Island All Stars 2026 winners reshape the short-term fortunes of returning stars and the fan conversation

The outcome of Love Island All Stars 2026 matters immediately for the couples involved and for viewers who have followed a season marked by disruption and format tweaks. Samie Elishi and Ciaran Davies were crowned after a public vote, a finish that changes the trajectory for the finalists who now join the show’s hall of fame and face fresh public scrutiny and opportunity.

Who feels the impact first and how the final rearranges next steps

Here’s the part that matters: the winning couple gains a cash prize and renewed visibility at once, while runners-up will trade their final positions for different kinds of attention. The live crowning will shift commercial possibilities, public expectation and personal pressure for the returning stars who spent six weeks in the villa. The final also closes a chapter in a series that had an interrupted start and mid-season twists — factors that shape how audiences and brands react now.

Love Island All Stars 2026 — the live final, delayed start and the winners

The third series’ final was a live Monday show after six weeks of drama, grafting and recoupling. The build-up included a delayed start because of South African wildfires and an invasion of six American bombshells who entered their own Casa Amor villa halfway through the run. Five couples made the final. Host Maya Jama crowned Samie Elishi and Ciaran Davies as winners following a public vote; the pair took a £50, 000 cash prize. Samie and Ciaran had been exclusive in the villa for a while and appeared shocked when named winners. Ciaran, from south Wales, characterised Samie as very like him, and Samie said none of the other male contestants compared to Ciaran.

Predictions, a claimed leak and the role of tarot in the closing hours

Just hours before the live final, one item claimed the winners had been leaked. Separately, astrologer Inbaal Honigman offered a tarot reading that painted the remaining couples as more practical than passionate: no romantic Cups cards appeared in the spread, while Pentacles (Disks) and Swords dominated. The reading suggested stability and overthinking rather than fairytale passion, tipping Scott van-der-Sluis and Leanne Amaning as likely champions and predicting Millie Court and Zac Woodworth would finish as runners-up. The tarot interpretation described a grounded, family-oriented bond for the predicted frontrunners and an 8 of Disks that implied a late push for Millie and Zac — a sign their relationship could cope outside the villa. With the final imminent in that coverage, viewers were left to see whether those cards matched the public vote.

Final placements, American entrants and audience signals

The completed leaderboard for the third series' final is as follows:

• 1st: Samie Elishi and Ciaran Davies (winners)
• 2nd: Millie Court and Zac Woodworth
• 3rd: Scott van-der-Sluis and Leanne Amaning
• 4th: Lucinda Strafford and Sean Stone
• 5th: Whitney Adebayo and Yamen Sanders

Only two of the six American bombshells who entered mid-series made the final, one of them being Zac Woodworth, who paired quickly with series seven winner Millie. The series joins previous All Stars champions Molly Smith and Tom Clare, and Gabby Allen and Casey O'Gorman, in the show’s hall of fame. Winners will be watching Molly and Tom’s engagement as the hopeful template, while the earlier split of Gabby and Casey after their 2025 win stands as a cautionary example.

• Streams on the programme’s streaming platform were said to be up 9% year on year last year, and a social platform figure cited one million followers for the official account in 2025 — signals producers were aiming to capitalise on.
• Georgia Blue, 30, a fan and content creator, called the addition of American contestants a fresh energy boost and a smart move after the US version did well the prior year.

It is unclear in the provided context what time the final aired; a separate headline asked "What time is Love Island All Stars final on tonight?" but no broadcast time appears in the material given here.

What's easy to miss is how much the mid-season format change — a Casa Amor-style American insertion — altered alliance dynamics and voting patterns, which likely affected the final public vote outcome.

• The winners now carry the immediate monetary prize and elevated public profile that can translate into commercial interest or increased scrutiny.
• Five couples reaching the final compresses attention; runners-up trade first-place headlines for steadier post-show narratives.
• Fan reaction is being shaped by both a late-season talent influx and external conversation: streaming growth and a spike in social followers the prior year amplified the stage.
• Predictions and leak claims added narrative noise before the live final; confirmation of real-world effects will show up in bookings, engagement and relationship updates after this broadcast.
• Future signals to watch include public confirmations of partnerships and any announcements about engagements or splits among the finalists.

If you’re wondering why this keeps coming up, it’s the combination of format experiments, returning stars and a public vote that makes the All Stars result feel consequential beyond a single prize.