10 jaw-dropping Love Island moments as the show turns 10, from Jon & Hannah’s engagement to outrageous rows
Our fave show is back in just over a week, and our whole personality is about to be taken over by Love Island once again.
This year will mark 10 years since the show first aired and what a decade it has been. We’ve since had two winter series and the All-Stars series is now a regular spin-off.
On Sunday, 1st June, some of the legendary cast will return for a special episode, Love Island: A Decade of Love, commemorating 10 years of the dating show.
With this in mind, we just couldn’t help ourself and put together a list of some of the biggest moments from over the years.
It was hard to pick just 10, but from Jon Clark proposing to Hannah Elizabeth in season one, to countless moments that have now become our fave memes, here’s all the Love Island moments we just cannot get over – plus some honourable mentions.
Jon proposing to Hannah
Season: 1
Season one started with a bang, with Jon Clark getting down on one knee during the Love Island finale. While others have given some pretty emotional love declarations since then, absolutely no one has been able to top Jon’s proposal.
Zara being stripped of her title
Season: 2
All anyone has to do is mention Zara Holland from Love Island and automatically the image of her and Alex Bowen in the Hideaway pops up in your mind. The shocking scene led to Zara being stripped of her Miss Great Britain title and ignited a national debate about double standards and media scrutiny.
Terry and Emma’s wild night
Season: 2
Season two was full of chaos. Back when the Islanders weren’t too bothered with coming up with secret words or football language to hide the fact that they’d done the deed, Terry Walsh and Emma Jane-Woodham took it one step further as they had sex on top of the covers in plain sight. We’re still screaming just thinking about it.
“I just want to see if she’s all mouth”
Season: 5
We fell in love with Maura Higgins from the moment she entered the Love Island villa as a bombshell and went straight for Tommy Fury despite him kind of being very happily coupled up with Molly-Mae Hague at the time. She really dgaf and we loved that about her, but this moment here pretty much sealed the deal for us. One night, Maura and Tom Walker were due to go to the Hideaway, but Maura then overheard Tom boasting to the other guys.
“I just want to see if she’s all mouth,” he laughed as the boys cheered him on.
Unbeknownst to him, Maura heard the entire exchange and confronted him straight away, saying: “Are you joking? That’s disgraceful, Tom. That’s absolutely f***ing disgusting.”
She really put him in his place and they didn’t end up going to the Hideaway, as she told him to “go f*** himself.”
Ouch!
Stormzy beefing Olivia
Season: 3
Season three was probably my favourite season of Love Island. It’s the first year Casa Amor was introduced (and that year it was wild with postcards and everything), and it’s also the year celebrity Love Island fan, Stormzy, made a cameo.
First, his Tweet: “Chris, you’re too good for her mate” was read out during a challenge, sparking major tension between Chris Hughes and his partner Olivia Attwood.
Stormzy then had a video call with Chris, Kem Cetinay and Marcel Somerville and told Olivia “No hard feelings, yeah?” Although, she was still quite upset about it.
Olivia and Chris split six months after the show, but Chris and Stormzy’s relationship developed, with the duo going on to produce a song, ‘Little Bit Leave It’, along with Kem (oh, the good ole days.)
“Do you want me to rap anyone, lift the mood a bit?”
Season: 3
Tensions were high in the villa as Georgia Harrison and Amber Davies clashed over Kem Cetinay and the feud between Theo Campbell and Jonny Mitchell continued. Chris came up with what he thought was a perfect solution to diffuse the situation, asking the others: “Do you want me to rap anyone, lift the mood a bit?”
Unfortunately for Chris (and comedy fans everywhere), the Islanders weren’t in the mood, and his offer was instantly shut down.
But, it has become one of the most used memes and catchphrases from the show, so a win is a win!
Amber’s reaction after Georgia Harrison picked Kem
Season: 3
Ever since Georgia Harrison (who joined the villa as a bombshell) stole Kem from Amber, we’ve not stopped seeing that hilarious meme of Amber’s face the moment she heard Georgia say Kem’s name. It’s now a regularly used meme in group chats or on X (formerly Twitter) for when anything shocking happens in general or during dramatic recouplings on the show.
Curtis Pritchard and Amy Hart’s breakup
Season: 5
This moment brought us not one, but two of the most iconic lines to come out of Love Island. After Casa Amor, Amy Hart returned to the villa to find out that Curtis had tried (and failed) to recouple with bombshell Jourdan Riane. Following this, Amy pulled Curtis and laid into him, saying: “I was coming back her to tell you that I loved you.”
She later questioned whether Curtis really loved her and said that in the mornings he didn’t stay in the bed to cuddle her, to which he quickly responded: “I also want to be the person that gets up and makes everyone a coffee. so everyone’s ready for the morning.”
We’re still cringing over this moment.
All the baby challenges
We’ve loved pretty much every baby challenge that has taken place on Love Island, and hope it will return this year. While not as racy as most of the other challenges, it’s really made us LOL – from all those baby names we can’t get out of our head (hello, Cash Hughes and Sienna Funke Hope, with the Indiyah Polack baby hairs!), to some of the most chaotic scenes like when Dr. Alex George dropped his baby during a pram race with Josh Denzel in season four.
Millie playing the keyboard
Season: 7
The Love Island talent show is another one that gets us every, single time, and Millie Court playing the keyboard in 2021 really tickled us. For her segment, Millie performed a very, unique piece she’d composed herself.
Speaking in the The Beach Hut, Jake Cornish gushed: “I find songs like that, especially piano/keyboard, it’s beautiful to hear it. When Mills was playing it and it was super silent and everyone was engaged on Mills, it was beautiful. I almost had a little tear in my eye.”
Same here, Jake, same here (although, probably not for the same reasons as you!)
The hilarious moment has become a viral meme, and each year when it’s time for the talent show, there’s often a collage of all the “musicians” floating about on social media.
Kady, Kady, Kady
Season: 2
We’re just going to name this one Kady, because she had a lot of wild moments on Love Island. No wonder they invited her back as a bombshell for season 10.
Things went left between her and new girl Malia Arkian, who joined (ever so briefly) as a bombshell. Kady decided to sit next to Malia who had just taken Scott out on a date and spilt her drink . Some of it went on Malia’s leg and she was fuming.
“Do you think I’d waste my wine of your leg?” Kady asked as Malia stormed off.
Malia then screamed at Kady, “Shut up, you ****” and tried to fight her.
Malia was subsequently removed from the villa.
Another dramatic moment came after Tina Stinnes’ arrival. Tina took Scott on a date and it didn’t go down well with Kady, who could be heard screaming and shouting insults from a private room she was being kept in with Olivia Bowen.
“You’re a **** and your dress is ****” she said.
Honourable mentions
We struggled, so below is a list of some moments that almost made our Top 10:
- Chris Hughes telling Olivia Attwood to “Sit back down” and her replying: “I’m sat”
- Molly-Mae hiding behind the plant pot when Tommy was talking to Maura
- Whitney Adebayo and Tyrique’s Hyde ‘Bad B’ song
- Megan Barton-Hanson and Rosie Williams’ photoshoot
- Terrace Tom
- Ekin-Su crawling on the terrace
- Davide saying: “You’re a liar, actress” and most of his one-liners tbh.
