- The winners of the seventh season of ITV2's reality show "Love Island" were revealed Monday night.
- Liam Reardon and Millie Court will take home (and split) the grand prize of £50,000.
- Spoiler alert: Get ready for more spoilers.
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The winners of the seventh season of ITV2's hit reality show "Love Island" were declared on Monday night: Liam Reardon and Millie Court will take home (and split) the grand prize of £50,000. (Sorry for the spoilers, US viewers.)
The voting public picked Millie and Liam over other "Love Island" couples: Chloe Burrows and Toby Aromolaran (second place), Faye Winter and Teddy Soares (third), and Kaz Kamwi and Tyler Cruickshank (fourth place).
For the uninitiated, the show plops attractive people from the UK into a villa in Mallorca, Spain, for eight weeks where the swim-trunk and bikini-clad singles couple up and try to find love. The contestants flirt (graft), get dumped (get mugged off), do ridiculous challenges, are introduced to new "bombshells," and face eliminations if they don't find a romantic connection, all while the viewers judge the authenticity of their relationships.
This year's winners faced their share of drama after Liam kissed another girl while the boys were whisked away on a lad's holiday to Casa Amor, while Millie remained faithful back at the main villa. The two eventually reconciled and became exclusive.
The response to the winners on Twitter was mixed, especially given the fourth-place finish of fan-favorite Kaz Kamwi. "Love Island" has repeatedly been called out for "continuous racism, colorism, and misogynoir," as Ebony Purks previously wrote for Insider.
Despite "Love Island's" many controversies - ongoing criticism over mental health issues, current criticism over contestant Faye Winter's behavior - the show was a respite from COVID-19.
Aside from news items about the show's strict pandemic protocol in the villa, whether by skillful editing or cast omission, you could be lured into a world without COVID-19.
For US viewers, while we've been spoiled to the ending of this long, hot summer in paradise, we at least have a few more episodes, which are slowly doled out on Hulu along with the six other seasons, in Mallorca.
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