“Love Island USA” season 7 in 2025 has become known more for what has been said outside the villa than for the chats inside Soul Ties.
First, two contestants’ past use of racial slurs online caused their abrupt removals from the hit reality TV dating show, one just days into filming and another late in the season. And fans’ online behavior has also been called out by the show.
Nonetheless, the most-watched streamed reality TV show this summer has chugged along to the season finale, which airs on Sunday, July 13.
So now, after weeks of exploring, building connections, love bombing entering everyone’s vocabulary, the two expulsions, a fun Megan The Stallion appearance, new romances and a summer full of drama and viral moments, “Love Island USA” season 7 is coming to a close.
One of four couples will be crowned the winners of season 7 and leave the Fijian villa with the $100,000 grand prize and, yes, possibly love, too.
Two years ago, two Wisconsinites even appeared on the show with one making it to the finale, and who also recently hard launched a new relationship with a former contestant.
Here’s what to know about the season 7 “Love Island USA” finale.
Love Island USA season 7 finale date: What time is the Love Island USA finale tonight?
The finale of “Love Island USA” begins at 8 p.m. Central time Sunday, July 13.
Last year’s finale was about two hours, while season 5 was closer to 90 minutes so fans should expect the finale to be somewhere in that time frame.
Where can I watch the Love Island finale?
The finale of “Love Island USA” is streamed exclusively on Peacock. The season finale will include the final dates for each of the couples before the declarations of love ceremony and then the announcement of the winners. The finale is the 36th episode of season 7.
Past episodes can be watched anytime in Peacock’s online library.
Who’s in the finale of Love Island?
The season 7 finale of “Love Island USA” features the final four couples.
It’s been a turbulant and unpredictable ride this summer for the 30 singles who have been part of the show while being cut off from the rest of the world as they looked for love. Some islanders have left as couples while others left single. And a couple contestants were kicked off the show by producers after swift public online backlash for racial epithets they made in past podcasts or on social media.
But we’re down to the final four.
Love Island USA first look, season finale
Here’s the first look at the “Love Island USA” season finale:
Love Island USA winners season 7 prediction: Will Amaya Papaya win?
Who will win “Love Island USA” season 7? The fans are deciding the winner through a vote among the final four couples. Voting took place for four hours after Friday night’s episode.
If this season has taught us anything it’s that love, and especially “Love Island USA” can be unpredictable and doesn’t always make sense.
All of the final four couples were formed in the last couple of weeks and some even more recent due to circumstances out of their control. But what most of these individuals have in common is that they became fan favorites for various reasons. That was evident by the two most recent dumpings in which couples like Taylor and Clarke and Ace and Chelley were eliminated. It didn’t matter that they were the two strongest and longest lasting couples.
But here we are in the finale. So who wins? There likely isn’t a more popular individual in the luxurious villa for the fans than Miss Amaya or better known as Amaya Papaya. Her light is shining bright, especially now that she is in a new couple with Bryan, who entered the villa during Casa Amor. It was a rough go of it for Amaya early on in the villa after she wasn’t some others’ cup of tea. But that’s OK, as she says. It turned out she was just waiting for Bryan. He gets her and so does America.
Her one-liners and unique personality have taken a life of their own on social media. Simply put, Amaya has become a viral sensation for being her true self in the villa. Brand deals will no doubt be waiting for her. And in a challenge where fans ranked the contestants and their couples with a series of questions a couple weeks ago, Amaya was first in all of them.
Was that foreshadowing of a win for the 25-year-old New York nurse (and Bryan)? I believe it was.
But it’s going to be close with Nic and Olandria. The two are the last of the OG cast who have had an interesting path to get here. Nic had long been in a couple with Cierra and even closed things off with her not too long ago. But Nic was left single when Cierra was removed from the game by producers due to personal reasons over public backlash when her past use of an Asian slur circulated online.
Olandria had been in a couple with Taylor from the beginning but he went in a new direction with Casa Amor girl Clarke.
There’s always been a spark between Nic and Olandria, something viewers saw with their passionate kiss during a Casa Amor twist, and it has continued since they coupled up a second time after Cierra’s exit. Fans have even given them the nickname “Nicolandria.” And Olandria already wants to be invited to Nic’s family dinners.
Whether or not they win, this couple has put smiles on people’s faces after a season overall that has mostly left a sour taste in people’s mouths. And don’t be surprised if you see them pull up to an SEC college football game this fall.
Huda Mustafa, a 24-year-old mom, has built a huge online following throughout the show and has had somewhat of a redemption story after early meltdowns and explosive behavior directed at her past connection. Her new relationship with pro basketball player Chris Seeley started out sweet but it quickly unraveled. However, they’ve stayed in the game due to the fan votes. Could they actually pull off a win?
Iris Kendall and Pepe Garcia have been a fun couple to cheer for in recent days after their previous connections oddly went home through islanders’ votes. Through that, they’ve found something together. And with both of them living in California I could see them staying together after the show. Or maybe they both will go back to their past couples when they return home. Who knows? Either way, they’ve been so cute to watch, are drama free and two of the coolest and most chill people on the island.
Who wins Love Island USA 2025?
“Love Island USA fans” will find that out on Sunday night, July 13. But heading into the weekend was there a favorite couple?
According to Vegas Insider, Nic and Olandria, the only two original islanders left whose budding romance has made them internet darlings, are the frontrunners to win season 7 with their odds at 9/5 (+180). Amaya, a clear fan favorite by wearing her heart on her sleeve and showing her genuine and unapologetic self, and her partner Bryan, are next with their winner odds at 2/1 (+200).
Chris and Huda, who have had a rocky relationship in recent days, were next at 5/1 (+500). Iris and Pepe, whose relationship is very new, though still steamy, are the least likely to win, with odds of 8/1 (+800).
These odds were all before Chelley and Ace, who had just become exclusive and were two of the last of the original cast left, were eliminated during the July 11 episode.
It was up to the fans to decide on the winner through a vote via the “Love Island USA” app.
Love Island USA winners
A new couple will enter the “Love Island USA” winners club tonight.
Here’s a complete list of the winners from the first season to last season as voted on by the fans with a note on whether they’re still together:
Season 6: Kordell Beckham and Serena Page (still together and will appear on a new Love Island spinoff called “Love Island: Beyond the Villa” with several of their former islanders set to premiere immediately after the “Love Island USA” season 7 finale on Peacock); Two other couples from the season 6 finale — JaNa Craig and Kenny Rodriguez and Leah Kateb and Miguel Harichi — who also will appear on “Beyond the Villa” are still together.
Ariana Madix is host of Love Island
Is there anyone who makes an entrance quite like Ariana Madix?
The longtime “Vanderpump Rules” star has been wowing the islanders and fans all season with her style and presence. And the contestants know that something big is happening when Madix enters the villa. She’ll have the honor of revealing the winner of season 7 on July 13 inside the villa.
When did Love Island season 7 start?
Season 7 of “Love Island USA” started on June 3.
Ten original islanders entered the villa looking for love. Since then, viewers have watched two contestants get kicked off the show with little explanation, bombshells enter the game, a new version of Casa Amor, pancake drama, raunchy challenges, contestants raising each others’ heart rates, islanders standing on business, shocking dumpings, uplifting family visits, tearful goodbyes, hideaway romance and more.
Now, it’s time to crown a winner.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: When is the Love Island USA finale 2025? How to watch tonight, season 7 winners odds, predictions, first look
Reporting by Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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