Love Island All Stars 2026: Winners Revealed — What the result means for returning stars

Spoiler notice: This piece contains spoilers for the Love Island All Stars 2026 final. The headline couple’s victory reshapes expectations for returning contestants and the All Stars hall of fame — Samie Elishi and Ciaran Davies won after a public vote and collected the £50, 000 cash prize. For finalists, producers and superfans, this outcome matters because it rewards the villa partnership that many viewers had labelled "exclusive" well before the final.

Who feels the impact first and how

Samie Elishi and Ciaran Davies are immediately affected: winning the public vote confers cash and renewed profile, and their status as an exclusive couple was validated on the live stage. Other returning contestants now occupy a sharper set of expectations — previous winners in the All Stars hall of fame include Molly Smith and Tom Clare, and Gabby Allen and Casey O'Gorman, whose post-win trajectories (one engaged, one split) underline how outcomes can steer public and private pressure. Here’s the part that matters: public voting in this run rewarded visible exclusivity inside the villa.

Love Island All Stars 2026 final ranking

• Winners (1st): Samie Elishi and Ciaran Davies — won by public vote; £50, 000 prize
• Runners-up (2nd): Millie Court and Zac Woodworth
• Third place: Scott van-der-Sluis and Leanne Amaning
• Fourth place: Lucinda Strafford and Sean Stone
• Fifth place: Whitney Adebayo and Yamen Sanders

Final moments and on-stage details

The crown was handed over during a live final hosted by Maya Jama after six weeks in the villa described as drama-filled, involving grafting and recoupling. Samie and Ciaran looked shocked when announced as winners; they have been exclusive in the villa for a while. Ciaran, who is from south Wales, described Samie as "a bit of me, " and Samie said none of the other male contestants "touched the sides compared to Ciaran. " The live show revealed both the emotional reaction and the immediate uplift that the public vote creates for the winning pair.

Format disruptions, US entrants and viewing momentum

The third series endured a delayed start because of wildfires in South Africa and was shaken up midway by an influx of six American bombshells who entered in their own Casa Amor villa. Only two of those American entrants made the final; one of them was Zac Woodworth, who quickly connected with series seven winner Millie. Producers leaned into the US connection and a jump in social media interest: streams on the broadcaster’s streaming service were up 9% year on year, and one million people followed the show’s official account in 2025. Georgia Blue, 30, a self-described superfan, said adding the American contestants brought new energy to the format.

Pre-final predictions, leaks and Tarot coverage

There were pre-final claims that winners had been leaked just hours before the live show. A celebrity astrologer, Inbaal Honigman, published a Tarot reading of the final five couples that painted a practical picture — the reading contained Pentacles and Swords cards and no Cups cards, an interpretation framed as signalling practicality, stability, overthinking and suspicion rather than passion. That reading predicted Scott and Leanne would be crowned champions, citing a Princess of Disks card pointing to a grounded, family-oriented connection; it also suggested Millie and Zac would finish second, with an 8 of Disks indicating a late public-vote surge. The real question now is whether those predictions hold up against the public vote and the live reveal.

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• Samie and Ciaran join Molly Smith & Tom Clare, and Gabby Allen & Casey O'Gorman in the All Stars hall of fame; Molly and Tom are now engaged, while Gabby and Casey split not long after their 2025 win.
• Production disruptions included a delayed start caused by South African wildfires.
• Six American bombshells entered halfway through in a Casa Amor–style twist; two reached the final, including Zac Woodworth.
• The public vote decided the winners and awarded a £50, 000 prize to Samie and Ciaran.

What's easy to miss is how the series stacked external factors — environmental disruption, cross-version casting and heightened streaming numbers — into a compact six-week run that pushed veteran contestants into unfamiliar dynamics. The bigger signal here is how public voting and cross-market casting changed the calculus for returning stars.

Key takeaways:

• Public vote rewarded an established villa couple (Samie & Ciaran) with a £50, 000 prize and a high-profile win.
• Returning winners’ fortunes remain unpredictable: the hall of fame includes both couples who stayed together and couples who split soon after winning.
• Mid-season American entrants altered dynamics; two made the final and one influenced the runner-up spot.
• Pre-final predictions using Tarot picked different winners, highlighting the gulf between fan speculation and public voting outcomes.

The final will now be parsed by contestants and viewers alike as the latest turn in a series that mixed familiar formats with cross-border surprises. With winners confirmed live, attention will shift to how Samie and Ciaran’s post-villa path compares with previous winners and whether the format adjustments seen this series become standard in future runs.