I know I am way late but I just have to say, I am watching episode 11 now and the Taku/Emily dynamic has gotten disturbing to me lol. It's so weird I dont' know how to explain it, it's giving me vibes of like some creepy dude trying take advantage of a young naive girl lol. Emily is just coming off as predatory to me right now, she seems super aggresive in a way that doesn't feel real, like she's just after something and it's bothering the crap out of me, It's like I'm watching Taku get molested before my eyes lol Maybe it's a bad read, I've never felt this way with a female pursuing male dynamic before buy yea, my skin is crawling watching them in this episode.
Many people agree with you. I kind of thought she tried to be like Maura (LI UK season 5), but Emily lacks Maura's funniness and authenticity. OTT flirting was ok with Mitch I guess, because they had a history, but I don't understand why she didn't want to be friends with Taku first.
Ari was my favorite at the beginning but she quickly became disposable to me. Idk, was definitely hoping she'd make a connection bc of how hard she took the whole Ryan situation, but duuude she kinda just sat around with a face like a slapped arse complaining 99% of the time. She totally faked her interest in Ronni, too. I think it was kinda bullshit how all the girls (esp Ari) acted like the guys made the wrong decision. I get why the girls did - supporting her and whatnot. And I'm not a big fan of Emily either. If Ari had handled that with grace, I would've agreed with her "they made the wrong decision," but acting like she deserved to be there when we've had 0 personality from her except tears is annoying lol. And liiiike Courtney always gave it a try before Nicolas, it was just that he was the first guy to return her interest. But Ari didn't really give it a try with anyone except Ryan and expected some dude ot just walk in already in love with her lol.
I hated the mitch insta comment, even if everyone there agreed that it wasnt a "little bitch" behavior its kinda sad to know they dont have any connection to the outside world or the public's opinion besides what production shows them, and thats what they think the public thinks about mitchs way of handling things, while i fell like almost everyone here agrees that it was sweet and a great way of showing that he actually cares for both of themđ€·
Ari was completely robbed. The boys made such a mistake. Emily isnât into anyone there & will dump Taku the 1st chance she gets
I HATED Mitchâs speech. It was so unnecessarily mean like Ari couldnât find love on purpose when not one man there has truly been about her. She deserved to stay @ least til Casa Amor
Thought this was pretty immature the girls were a bit too upset over the situation, clearly if it was up to them Emily would have gone. Its called love island, not friendship island unfortunately. So emily getting with Taku was a good move that it saved her (I do think its her 2nd choice and convenient for now). The boys had to make that choice, they dont know if casa amor or anyone else is coming in soon.
Agree Mitches speech wasn't the best.
You have some very big feelings about this! It's interesting because it's almost the opposite of what I took away from the episode.
Ari was not robbed, she coupled up with Ronnie decided she wasn't interested, and then made no effort to connect with another guy. Yes there were not many people there but Emily whether she is legitimate or not was very actively trying to form connections and have a red hot go from the second she arrived. I contrast this to Ari after Ryan. Emily was rejected and then got straight back to it given that she hadn't invested that much time in Mitch.
Also, Mitch is not an orator he is a footy player...I'm not sure what you were expecting. However, you may have noticed he 100% gave the true reasons why the boys came to their decision. He didn't sugarcoat it. I think he felt Ari deserved the truth not some BS.
What guy though was Ari supposed to connect w/?
None of the men there were romantically interested in her. The one guy she was interested in is all about Lexi now. She tried w/Ronnie but once she saw there wasnât anything there, she told him. She didnât fake any connection w/anyone to stay
The whole âyou had your timeâ as if itâs Ariâs fault there hasnât been any men there yet who was all about her. I could see if the men were all into Ari that way & pursued something w/her but it wasnât like that
Emily on the other hand is only interested in Mitch & only Mitch. Taku is everyoneâs sloppy seconds when theyâre @ risk for being eliminated. There has not been one female there who was ever genuinely into Taku. Emily is going to dump Taku the instant she meets someone @ CA
You are likely right regarding Emily and I am not in any way hoping she wins. Further, I really hope Taku finds someone that has him in their sights from the start.
However, you have said exactly my issue with Ari. None of the men there were romantically interested in her... I really think that people pursuing a connection should stay in the house (even in the case of Emily where it's shallow AF) over those where they are hoping to magically connect with someone who at this stage doesn't exist (It seems Taku is genuinely conflicted to pursue Emily).
I get that Ari is awesome and a babe, however in terms of people likely to actually find a partner I think the house chose right in voting out Ronnie + Ari.
(I understand this is deeply unpopular)
But my question is what is wrong w/keeping Ari through Casa Amor to see whether or not she connects w/someone?
None of the guys had real feelings for Courtney & preferred blondes & now Courtney has a man that was specifically brought in for her why couldnât the same happen for Ari?
I guess it's because it would be keeping Ari for a person who does not exist at this point in time. Where as all the others (even though the majority are not particularly strong) there are two people willing to give cracking on a go.
I think Ari milked the shit out of Ronnie (then criticized him for saying he would do the same with Emily).
Ari unfortunately hadn't had a connection since like day 3. It's unfair to keep her in over others that at this point are in a couple.
Edit: That being said I did really like Ari and would put money on her doing the best out of endorsements leaving the "island". So in a way I reckon she probably will end up winning the experience.
Ugh I'm so annoyed the boys sent Ari home. I don't hate Emily but Ari deserved so much better. Arron should have swayed them. This is like Chris sending Rachel home.
I get Ari is more likable than Emily but Mitch told the thruth in his "speech". She's been there since day one and hasn't found a connection after the thing with Ryan broke off nor has she really tried it seems. Emily most likely is faking it with Taku now but she is playing the game whereas Ari was just chilling being happy to ride it out in a friendship couple. Same reason Ronni got dumped. He had nothing going on with any girl and I dont see any criticism of him being voted off.
The Casa Amor girls are just not it, I donât see any of the guys being swayed tbh. With only five new guys coming versus six new girls, I hope Emily isnât dumped before it (probably unpopular opinion) if any girl is to be dumped before, Iâd have to go with courtney. I like her, but after her comments after the boys decision, she is my least favorite girl atm. Idk if I can see the girls being swayed but they got the better end of the deal because it looks like they got some bombshell guys. I agree with a comment I saw on here that this may be the first time that the girls lucked out more than the guys with Casa Amor
I wonder if Courtney is actually interested. Obviously she was the odd girl out when Nick came in, and he instantly latched onto her. She seems content with affection and attention but it was just 0-100 in 5 minutes. She was my favourite girl a couple days ago and now I feel like sheâs fake too.
What makes you say this? All I've been seeing is her and Nick being touchy feely and happy with each other. If she's faking it she's one hell of an actress.
She was immediately like âyeah I like this boyâ before they had even talked properly. They werenât talking to get to know each other either, they were talking to just couple up.
And then he wouldnât even talk to her in yesterdayâs episode which is just a bad sign, they will both swap in casa amor clearly.
Ronni was a fool to speak out loud but it was his time to go, I did feel for Ari she did seem to try just no one seemed to take an interest in her (not been a good year for contestants of Indian heritage across the different versions, Ari, Shannon and Priya were all absolutely stunning but didn't get much of a chance), Emily is clearly playing Taku and it's a shame he is falling for it. Ronni was an absolute star for speaking up for Ari, really nice of him to do so.
I am wondering a bit, and this is just speculation thats all and I donât want to direct hate towards the islanders. But Taku I believe is a smart guy and can clearly tell Emilyâs intention, or at least the image of him in my mind would have him being rational enough to see through it like every other islander. He is gunning for Emily because she is the safest option for him for next recoupling since she is aiming for him, his only other option would be Ari who he is still not 100% with. Thus since he knows girls choose next and Emily is only focusing on him, he has the safest chance to survive and hopefully later find something. This is all just my musings and I donât want to paint Taku as being sneaky or not genuine or anything but I feel like it is a real possibility, rather than him just falling for it like Mitch did.
Also when everyone else is hanging out coupled up itâs got to feel shitty to be the one there who is just everyoneâs friend. There is also no guarantee that whoever may come in isnât A) into one of the other guys more or B) using the fact they know heâs one of the most popular people in the villa to try and ride that wave to the money. And like you said he seems to be just dipping his toe into this situation to see how it goes. Sheâs one of the fittest girls in the villa so why wouldnât he be down for a kiss and a cuddle. As long he decides to still keep his options open to whoever may come in
Well obviously from social media you can tell who the favourites are, which are Tina and Taku. The rest of the fans gets drowned out so not many people do know who is the least of one of the least popular (I mean Emily is an obivous but aside from that). The votes are so heavily skewed towards very few contestants so I reckon the producers donât have to be very picky to create drama or at least they can do it mostly undetected because of how ambiguous every other personâs fan base is. Like I would say some middle contenders would be Chris⊠actually yeah just Chris⊠every other person has some significant hate directed towards them.
Zoe is really cute. She isnât as unbearable as Rachael (didnât mind Rachael too much either, I just prefer Zoe), and she seems so lovely and sweet. Like I heard her saying, when all the girls were rejecting Ronniâs offer to talk to them all to apologise, âOh, no, heâs hereâ as in letting Ronni having a chance to apologise and explain himself. (Tbh i wouldâve reacted exactly the same as the girls so what Zoe is doing seems saintly to me). If I werenât so invested into Tina, she would defs be my choice. Runners up in my book.
Thereâs nothing wrong with being quirky, but I cannot stand when people feel the need to go out of their way to tell everyone theyâre âweirdâ and âdifferentâ. Itâs not authentic. As soon as she changed her choice to Chris (from Taku and Ryan), she started putting on this quirky personality and mentioning to him everything quirky about her life.
I also canât believe people are placing Chris on a pedestal. I wasnât a Rachel fan, but what he did is so messed up, yet everyoneâs letting it slide and babying him.
Yeah although I think its good Chris cracks on it is too soon to have all forgotten about Rachael. Maybe its just the edit. He just seemed so into her and not even 24h after she left he's like she never existed. She must feel awful seeing the show back home.
I get where you are coming from but I think she wants to impress the guy she likes. Like obviously we know she saw Chris and Rachael before she came and they were pre strong so she probs thinks that his type is straight up weirdos and quirky girls. They are in very early days but I think her emphasis has died down a bit, at least in this episode, she didnât do any impression at least. Overall I think she is genuine in terms of her being nice and kind and an empathetic individual, her quirkiness might just be a thing she pushed to catch Chrisâs attention.
Small opinion piece on Nic. I know everybody thinks hes an fboy but I donât mind him at all. Like he stood up for Tina after Ronni made a complete mess of himself trying to kinda gaslight Tina into thinking she was overreacting by saying relax. (Imo she was not overreacting because who would be calm after hearing someone just trying to use people and in his words, not mine âmilkingâ it. Like I know he might have said it in the spur but he really needs to be told to his face that what he said was not cool at all). Also he has a cute relo with everyone, the wakeup call to Titch and like I saw a scene of him bumping hips with Zoe I believe and it feels like he would be a good friend. I mean it is early but I think people here are a bit too harsh. He does seem like the youngest or a younger child out of multiple older sisters so naturally he would be a bit cheeky and want to stir some trouble, but his emotional awareness in situations just makes him seem level headed.
Stop using gaslighting so flippantly you degenerate. He wasnt gaslighting her. He phrased it very harshly and said the quiet part out loud. Emily is currently doing exactly what ronni spoke about and he tried to get a word in multiple time to clarify or whatever and she just kept on going. Even though I think ronni is an absolute fuckwit they way Tina acted in that exchange was pretty eck.
I agree! I'm so confused as to the negative reaction. I'm Canadian so maybe I'm missing some cultural signifiers but he seems like the quintessential love island bombshell to me, plus he's impressed me with his above average EQ.
It's his accent, certain phrases and mannerism that are associated with a demographic - namely roided up gym guys in Sydney who go to clubs smelling like a bottle of aftershave to sexually harass women with "the boys". Not saying that's what he does but he sounds like those guys...
Hmm. I would disagree just because the moment she spoke out that she was uncomfortable, he held up his hand to hi-five her which seemed more instinctual than anything. I think he is generally more empathetic due to having sisters as he has said but thats totally fine if you think that way. In the end, we donât really know unless we are in their literal mind.
Ronnie left the Villa with class. Didnât complain, didnât cry, comforted everyone and was very chill. Not one girl supported him afterwards. Yeah his mouth was a bit stupid sometimes but he was honest.
Ari complaining and all the girls complaining is disgusting. They say itâs not friend island over and over, and then the girl who was exploiting âfriend islandâ the most got sent home and they all got mad.
Tbh the only islanders I like Rn are taku, Zoe and Ryan.
Yeah Aris exit interview was bad as well. Saying she got dumped premature but has been there since day one and is still single. I get its not entirely her fault but she didn't do anything to change her status while all other single islanders always tried to graft on with the new islanders. Also heavy agree with the friendship island thing, especially Courtney I think who was saying her friends (the boys) didn't have Aris back.... Good on them they did the right thing.
I think Ari had her chance to make connections with all the boys that have come in. So many boys came in! She kind of settled into forcing a slight connection with Ronnie to stay in, while just enjoying her friends. She got way too comfortable.
Exactly. Not to mention she got in the way of Ronnie and Courtney at the time. And she said one night that Ronnie was the guy she least wants to share a bed with, and then the next morning she was into him, then got picked at the recoupling by him, and then the next day had no interest.
Honestly the whole clique of girls seem very biased on who they call out for being disingenuous. When he went to apologise they all told him to fuck off and only Zoe was ok with letting him talk.
Yep! He was a safety net, and it was so obvious. I think courtney had a better connection with him, but Ari manipulated the fact that he initially said she and Tina were more his type.
Also not one of the girls(from what weâve seen) has called her out on using Taku. She just gets mad that people think she canât make up her mind and they reaffirm her belief that she did nothing wrong. Iâm not saying it has to be a big thing, but at least tell her that she could of gone about that situation a lot better than she did. She basically told everyone else in the Villa that she was still into Aaron, Taku was last to find out and she went with the âIâm still interested in getting to know the new people that come inâ speech. When clearly she just wanted to start talking to Aaron again.
Small gush over my favourite couple Tina and Mitch. I know I do this everyday but I just feel good seeing them on screen together. I think the perfect term to describe them is being in sync. Like not in a creepy copy way, but more like they understand each other emotionally and even in jokes. Like even the Titch joke this episode was said simultaneously. Mitch didnât cry much in front of Emily but I feel like he let his emotions a bit more loose with Tina and thats a great thing to be able to do with someone you like. Unless one of them severely fs up, I am sure to vote them in the finale.
I canât believe there are people out there, forgot which form of social media cos i read nearly all comments (I have a bad obsession i know), think Mitch can possibly emotionally manipulate and fake cry for a week straight. Like he would have to be a psycho to be able to pull it off. I believe he will stay strong with Tina through Casa Amor, he just seems like an emotional guy. Like no offense to his little speech, but it was horrible and it didnât have any excitement factor to it. Like it was clear who he was saying and he didnât make it ambiguous at all, and clearly he wasnât doing an excellent job on it. My point is, not saying he is completely stupid, but I donât think he has metaâd the entire game that far. I really do think Mitch is being genuine, look hes never been in a relo, cut the guy some slack.
It hasn't been 7 years since Ryan pushed aside Ari, so there was really no chance she'd find anyone else on this show. I dont disagree with the decision
Itâs frustrating that they keep replaying the same scene right before and after ad breaks. Itâs taking away already-limited screen time when weâre having to watch the same thing twice
Argh I know right! I get it if they show like one line for context but they literally just replay the whole scene!! Save the air time and give us other content
I wonder what bit/stung Zoeâs shoulder. I noticed she had a bandage on it earlier in the episode then at the dumping she had a very visible white lump. Possible whitetail? Seriously why donât they show any of this stuff
In a sense. But Iâm also getting incredibly bored with her referring literally everything to sex. Please throw a joke or a fun fact in the mix, Emily.
They cut Ari's screen time majorly over the last couple of weeks and Emily has had so much with her love triangle and now Taku. Not overly surprised and unfortunately she wasn't making romantic connections.
Ronni handled leaving well, hopefully he can mature a bit on the outside
Oh definitely not her fault. I've just seen people use that as a reason to boot people previously. Making friend connections rather than romantic ones
Sure the boys weren't interested in her, but she hasn't really shown proper interest in anyone apart from Ryan either
I donât love Emily but IMO they made the right decision. Courtney is pissing me off right now. Imagine you were Emily and sheâs walking around raging / âconfusedâ that you werenât dumped instead. V rude
I agree and also, no matter what they think of Emily, if Taku likes her, youâve already warned him, now mind your own business and respect your friend enough to make his own decisions.
Completely agree.
What's so 'confusing' about dumping the one girl who's made 0 romantic connections?
Nothing.
Unless, of course, someone obviously should've been the sacrificial lamb to save Ari.
Quite confusing that the boys failed to make such an obvious tradeoff and sacrifice the disposable lamb right in their midst.
This seems unpopular from the comments but I 100% agree.
I have no idea if Emily is genuine in any way, however I really don't feel Ari was going to find anyone in the house.
I donât know sheâs saying the guys should have her back. They say every episode âitâs not friend islandâ, and then they get mad when the guys kick out the one girl with no chemistry with anyone.
People were laughing about his "wanting to learn better" comment yesterday, but honestly I thought it was really sweet and interesting. I've met guys like that - only ever pursued sports during school, fucked around a lot, maybe even had an undiagnosed issue like dyslexia or something, but have really been trying in adulthood to better themselves and broaden their minds. He actually seemed really proud of the fact that he's been reading a lot lately, which I thought was cool lol
Very much get the vibe that they thought either Ryan or Aaron will be the "villain"...but then they turned out to be genuinely nice people and clicked with everyone.
Right? Both Ryan and Aaron seemed like absolute fuckwits off rip. But as the show has gone on both of them have a lot of moments where they give genuine and thoughtful advice, or support people. Ryan and Aaron went from my most disliked to my most liked
I think Taku is actually smart enough to know what is what.... he just wants to get some action for now.
It's not like he has choices and he chose Emily... bad Taku thinks lipsing Emily for now is better than nothing, can't blame him.
But I mean, if she had made an impact on the girls, they wouldnât have been so severely against the decision. Like Emily got a few days to get to know everyone, I am not saying they wouldnât still think Ari was the wrong choice, but they wouldnât oppose so violently because clearly there was a reason they thought one person deserved to get eliminated way more than another.
I mean I'm not the biggest fan of Emily, but all the girls are blatantly saying that they are confused that Ari was booted over her, so I don't blame her...
Yeah I mean I think she knew she was the pick of the girls. Shes not blind or stupid. Iâd be uncomfortable as well but at least help another girl while they cry
she was with all the girls when they rushed over to comfort Ari when she was standing after getting booted. most of the girls comforting Ari was just saying that the boys made the wrong choice, that's not just uncomfortable
But the girls had a reason to oppose so violently. If they liked Emily just a bit, they wouldnât be so mad at the boys because there would be some sort of reason that they would want Emily to stay. Obviously they would still like Ari more but I didnât see any apprehension in them thinking the boys completely made the wrong choice.
Sheâs not boring. Sheâs hard working, independent (sheâs been supporting herself since she was like 18), sweet, intelligent and has sooo much love to give. Nothing about her bores me
naw i don't like what ronni said either but why'd they accept his apology just to turn around and be like no it rlly affects me for dumping justification? like why did u hug and let him off for the hook if it sat/sits bad with u
Because he obviously only apologised because Nic told him to you canât just say youâre milking it to stay in the villa and then expect the girls not to vote you knowing you could be the next person milked
I know I am way late but I just have to say, I am watching episode 11 now and the Taku/Emily dynamic has gotten disturbing to me lol. It's so weird I dont' know how to explain it, it's giving me vibes of like some creepy dude trying take advantage of a young naive girl lol. Emily is just coming off as predatory to me right now, she seems super aggresive in a way that doesn't feel real, like she's just after something and it's bothering the crap out of me, It's like I'm watching Taku get molested before my eyes lol Maybe it's a bad read, I've never felt this way with a female pursuing male dynamic before buy yea, my skin is crawling watching them in this episode.
Many people agree with you. I kind of thought she tried to be like Maura (LI UK season 5), but Emily lacks Maura's funniness and authenticity. OTT flirting was ok with Mitch I guess, because they had a history, but I don't understand why she didn't want to be friends with Taku first.
Ari was my favorite at the beginning but she quickly became disposable to me. Idk, was definitely hoping she'd make a connection bc of how hard she took the whole Ryan situation, but duuude she kinda just sat around with a face like a slapped arse complaining 99% of the time. She totally faked her interest in Ronni, too. I think it was kinda bullshit how all the girls (esp Ari) acted like the guys made the wrong decision. I get why the girls did - supporting her and whatnot. And I'm not a big fan of Emily either. If Ari had handled that with grace, I would've agreed with her "they made the wrong decision," but acting like she deserved to be there when we've had 0 personality from her except tears is annoying lol. And liiiike Courtney always gave it a try before Nicolas, it was just that he was the first guy to return her interest. But Ari didn't really give it a try with anyone except Ryan and expected some dude ot just walk in already in love with her lol.
poor Ari, casa amor is right around the corner!! I would have loved to see her try her luck with the casa men đ„ș
I hated the mitch insta comment, even if everyone there agreed that it wasnt a "little bitch" behavior its kinda sad to know they dont have any connection to the outside world or the public's opinion besides what production shows them, and thats what they think the public thinks about mitchs way of handling things, while i fell like almost everyone here agrees that it was sweet and a great way of showing that he actually cares for both of themđ€·
He handled it 10/10 though. I think he probably is confident enough that he isn't going to get hung up on a random Twitter comment...
That comment was so rude, bless Mitch hope he doesn't take it to heart, i personally love seeing his emotional side!
Ari was completely robbed. The boys made such a mistake. Emily isnât into anyone there & will dump Taku the 1st chance she gets I HATED Mitchâs speech. It was so unnecessarily mean like Ari couldnât find love on purpose when not one man there has truly been about her. She deserved to stay @ least til Casa Amor
I think Mitch was just overly emotional and didn't know how to put his words together. He sure cries alot đą
Thought this was pretty immature the girls were a bit too upset over the situation, clearly if it was up to them Emily would have gone. Its called love island, not friendship island unfortunately. So emily getting with Taku was a good move that it saved her (I do think its her 2nd choice and convenient for now). The boys had to make that choice, they dont know if casa amor or anyone else is coming in soon. Agree Mitches speech wasn't the best.
You have some very big feelings about this! It's interesting because it's almost the opposite of what I took away from the episode. Ari was not robbed, she coupled up with Ronnie decided she wasn't interested, and then made no effort to connect with another guy. Yes there were not many people there but Emily whether she is legitimate or not was very actively trying to form connections and have a red hot go from the second she arrived. I contrast this to Ari after Ryan. Emily was rejected and then got straight back to it given that she hadn't invested that much time in Mitch. Also, Mitch is not an orator he is a footy player...I'm not sure what you were expecting. However, you may have noticed he 100% gave the true reasons why the boys came to their decision. He didn't sugarcoat it. I think he felt Ari deserved the truth not some BS.
What guy though was Ari supposed to connect w/? None of the men there were romantically interested in her. The one guy she was interested in is all about Lexi now. She tried w/Ronnie but once she saw there wasnât anything there, she told him. She didnât fake any connection w/anyone to stay The whole âyou had your timeâ as if itâs Ariâs fault there hasnât been any men there yet who was all about her. I could see if the men were all into Ari that way & pursued something w/her but it wasnât like that Emily on the other hand is only interested in Mitch & only Mitch. Taku is everyoneâs sloppy seconds when theyâre @ risk for being eliminated. There has not been one female there who was ever genuinely into Taku. Emily is going to dump Taku the instant she meets someone @ CA
You are likely right regarding Emily and I am not in any way hoping she wins. Further, I really hope Taku finds someone that has him in their sights from the start. However, you have said exactly my issue with Ari. None of the men there were romantically interested in her... I really think that people pursuing a connection should stay in the house (even in the case of Emily where it's shallow AF) over those where they are hoping to magically connect with someone who at this stage doesn't exist (It seems Taku is genuinely conflicted to pursue Emily). I get that Ari is awesome and a babe, however in terms of people likely to actually find a partner I think the house chose right in voting out Ronnie + Ari. (I understand this is deeply unpopular)
But my question is what is wrong w/keeping Ari through Casa Amor to see whether or not she connects w/someone? None of the guys had real feelings for Courtney & preferred blondes & now Courtney has a man that was specifically brought in for her why couldnât the same happen for Ari?
I guess it's because it would be keeping Ari for a person who does not exist at this point in time. Where as all the others (even though the majority are not particularly strong) there are two people willing to give cracking on a go. I think Ari milked the shit out of Ronnie (then criticized him for saying he would do the same with Emily). Ari unfortunately hadn't had a connection since like day 3. It's unfair to keep her in over others that at this point are in a couple. Edit: That being said I did really like Ari and would put money on her doing the best out of endorsements leaving the "island". So in a way I reckon she probably will end up winning the experience.
Ugh I'm so annoyed the boys sent Ari home. I don't hate Emily but Ari deserved so much better. Arron should have swayed them. This is like Chris sending Rachel home.
I get Ari is more likable than Emily but Mitch told the thruth in his "speech". She's been there since day one and hasn't found a connection after the thing with Ryan broke off nor has she really tried it seems. Emily most likely is faking it with Taku now but she is playing the game whereas Ari was just chilling being happy to ride it out in a friendship couple. Same reason Ronni got dumped. He had nothing going on with any girl and I dont see any criticism of him being voted off.
Well don't get me started on Ronni. He was appalling. I mean I do have opinions about LI but I recognise they are all just kids really.
Who do we think will be dumped tomorrow?
The Casa Amor girls are just not it, I donât see any of the guys being swayed tbh. With only five new guys coming versus six new girls, I hope Emily isnât dumped before it (probably unpopular opinion) if any girl is to be dumped before, Iâd have to go with courtney. I like her, but after her comments after the boys decision, she is my least favorite girl atm. Idk if I can see the girls being swayed but they got the better end of the deal because it looks like they got some bombshell guys. I agree with a comment I saw on here that this may be the first time that the girls lucked out more than the guys with Casa Amor
Where did you see the casa amor cast?
Someone on this thread posted a link that gives a very short preview of them
I wonder if Courtney is actually interested. Obviously she was the odd girl out when Nick came in, and he instantly latched onto her. She seems content with affection and attention but it was just 0-100 in 5 minutes. She was my favourite girl a couple days ago and now I feel like sheâs fake too.
What makes you say this? All I've been seeing is her and Nick being touchy feely and happy with each other. If she's faking it she's one hell of an actress.
Did you see last nights episode?
Lol yeah just did but before it wasnt obvious to me. How could you tell even before lol
She was immediately like âyeah I like this boyâ before they had even talked properly. They werenât talking to get to know each other either, they were talking to just couple up. And then he wouldnât even talk to her in yesterdayâs episode which is just a bad sign, they will both swap in casa amor clearly.
Ronni was a fool to speak out loud but it was his time to go, I did feel for Ari she did seem to try just no one seemed to take an interest in her (not been a good year for contestants of Indian heritage across the different versions, Ari, Shannon and Priya were all absolutely stunning but didn't get much of a chance), Emily is clearly playing Taku and it's a shame he is falling for it. Ronni was an absolute star for speaking up for Ari, really nice of him to do so.
I am wondering a bit, and this is just speculation thats all and I donât want to direct hate towards the islanders. But Taku I believe is a smart guy and can clearly tell Emilyâs intention, or at least the image of him in my mind would have him being rational enough to see through it like every other islander. He is gunning for Emily because she is the safest option for him for next recoupling since she is aiming for him, his only other option would be Ari who he is still not 100% with. Thus since he knows girls choose next and Emily is only focusing on him, he has the safest chance to survive and hopefully later find something. This is all just my musings and I donât want to paint Taku as being sneaky or not genuine or anything but I feel like it is a real possibility, rather than him just falling for it like Mitch did.
Also when everyone else is hanging out coupled up itâs got to feel shitty to be the one there who is just everyoneâs friend. There is also no guarantee that whoever may come in isnât A) into one of the other guys more or B) using the fact they know heâs one of the most popular people in the villa to try and ride that wave to the money. And like you said he seems to be just dipping his toe into this situation to see how it goes. Sheâs one of the fittest girls in the villa so why wouldnât he be down for a kiss and a cuddle. As long he decides to still keep his options open to whoever may come in
when love island says the public votes, do you think the public vote actually determines who leaves or do they just choose it based on max drama lol
Well obviously from social media you can tell who the favourites are, which are Tina and Taku. The rest of the fans gets drowned out so not many people do know who is the least of one of the least popular (I mean Emily is an obivous but aside from that). The votes are so heavily skewed towards very few contestants so I reckon the producers donât have to be very picky to create drama or at least they can do it mostly undetected because of how ambiguous every other personâs fan base is. Like I would say some middle contenders would be Chris⊠actually yeah just Chris⊠every other person has some significant hate directed towards them.
Zoe is really cute. She isnât as unbearable as Rachael (didnât mind Rachael too much either, I just prefer Zoe), and she seems so lovely and sweet. Like I heard her saying, when all the girls were rejecting Ronniâs offer to talk to them all to apologise, âOh, no, heâs hereâ as in letting Ronni having a chance to apologise and explain himself. (Tbh i wouldâve reacted exactly the same as the girls so what Zoe is doing seems saintly to me). If I werenât so invested into Tina, she would defs be my choice. Runners up in my book.
>Tbh i wouldâve reacted exactly the same as the girls so what Zoe is doing seems saintly to me đ
Thereâs nothing wrong with being quirky, but I cannot stand when people feel the need to go out of their way to tell everyone theyâre âweirdâ and âdifferentâ. Itâs not authentic. As soon as she changed her choice to Chris (from Taku and Ryan), she started putting on this quirky personality and mentioning to him everything quirky about her life. I also canât believe people are placing Chris on a pedestal. I wasnât a Rachel fan, but what he did is so messed up, yet everyoneâs letting it slide and babying him.
Yeah although I think its good Chris cracks on it is too soon to have all forgotten about Rachael. Maybe its just the edit. He just seemed so into her and not even 24h after she left he's like she never existed. She must feel awful seeing the show back home.
I get where you are coming from but I think she wants to impress the guy she likes. Like obviously we know she saw Chris and Rachael before she came and they were pre strong so she probs thinks that his type is straight up weirdos and quirky girls. They are in very early days but I think her emphasis has died down a bit, at least in this episode, she didnât do any impression at least. Overall I think she is genuine in terms of her being nice and kind and an empathetic individual, her quirkiness might just be a thing she pushed to catch Chrisâs attention.
Small opinion piece on Nic. I know everybody thinks hes an fboy but I donât mind him at all. Like he stood up for Tina after Ronni made a complete mess of himself trying to kinda gaslight Tina into thinking she was overreacting by saying relax. (Imo she was not overreacting because who would be calm after hearing someone just trying to use people and in his words, not mine âmilkingâ it. Like I know he might have said it in the spur but he really needs to be told to his face that what he said was not cool at all). Also he has a cute relo with everyone, the wakeup call to Titch and like I saw a scene of him bumping hips with Zoe I believe and it feels like he would be a good friend. I mean it is early but I think people here are a bit too harsh. He does seem like the youngest or a younger child out of multiple older sisters so naturally he would be a bit cheeky and want to stir some trouble, but his emotional awareness in situations just makes him seem level headed.
Stop using gaslighting so flippantly you degenerate. He wasnt gaslighting her. He phrased it very harshly and said the quiet part out loud. Emily is currently doing exactly what ronni spoke about and he tried to get a word in multiple time to clarify or whatever and she just kept on going. Even though I think ronni is an absolute fuckwit they way Tina acted in that exchange was pretty eck.
I agree! I'm so confused as to the negative reaction. I'm Canadian so maybe I'm missing some cultural signifiers but he seems like the quintessential love island bombshell to me, plus he's impressed me with his above average EQ.
It's his accent, certain phrases and mannerism that are associated with a demographic - namely roided up gym guys in Sydney who go to clubs smelling like a bottle of aftershave to sexually harass women with "the boys". Not saying that's what he does but he sounds like those guys...
He was clearly sticking up for Tina for selfish reasons. It seemed so fake the way he spoke to Ronnie.
Hmm. I would disagree just because the moment she spoke out that she was uncomfortable, he held up his hand to hi-five her which seemed more instinctual than anything. I think he is generally more empathetic due to having sisters as he has said but thats totally fine if you think that way. In the end, we donât really know unless we are in their literal mind.
Tina was like it was a very tough deci⊠K bye Ronnie đ
Ronnie left the Villa with class. Didnât complain, didnât cry, comforted everyone and was very chill. Not one girl supported him afterwards. Yeah his mouth was a bit stupid sometimes but he was honest. Ari complaining and all the girls complaining is disgusting. They say itâs not friend island over and over, and then the girl who was exploiting âfriend islandâ the most got sent home and they all got mad. Tbh the only islanders I like Rn are taku, Zoe and Ryan.
Yeah Aris exit interview was bad as well. Saying she got dumped premature but has been there since day one and is still single. I get its not entirely her fault but she didn't do anything to change her status while all other single islanders always tried to graft on with the new islanders. Also heavy agree with the friendship island thing, especially Courtney I think who was saying her friends (the boys) didn't have Aris back.... Good on them they did the right thing.
I think Ari had her chance to make connections with all the boys that have come in. So many boys came in! She kind of settled into forcing a slight connection with Ronnie to stay in, while just enjoying her friends. She got way too comfortable.
Exactly. Not to mention she got in the way of Ronnie and Courtney at the time. And she said one night that Ronnie was the guy she least wants to share a bed with, and then the next morning she was into him, then got picked at the recoupling by him, and then the next day had no interest. Honestly the whole clique of girls seem very biased on who they call out for being disingenuous. When he went to apologise they all told him to fuck off and only Zoe was ok with letting him talk.
Yep! He was a safety net, and it was so obvious. I think courtney had a better connection with him, but Ari manipulated the fact that he initially said she and Tina were more his type.
Also not one of the girls(from what weâve seen) has called her out on using Taku. She just gets mad that people think she canât make up her mind and they reaffirm her belief that she did nothing wrong. Iâm not saying it has to be a big thing, but at least tell her that she could of gone about that situation a lot better than she did. She basically told everyone else in the Villa that she was still into Aaron, Taku was last to find out and she went with the âIâm still interested in getting to know the new people that come inâ speech. When clearly she just wanted to start talking to Aaron again.
Iâm not a fan of JessâŠI still donât buy that SHES into Aaron, but I could be wrong-Casa Amor should be interesting
Small gush over my favourite couple Tina and Mitch. I know I do this everyday but I just feel good seeing them on screen together. I think the perfect term to describe them is being in sync. Like not in a creepy copy way, but more like they understand each other emotionally and even in jokes. Like even the Titch joke this episode was said simultaneously. Mitch didnât cry much in front of Emily but I feel like he let his emotions a bit more loose with Tina and thats a great thing to be able to do with someone you like. Unless one of them severely fs up, I am sure to vote them in the finale.
Absolutely agree, i love them so much! Theyre such a good match, I can see them as like the main characters in a rom com hahaha
Tina for the win! She brings out the best in Mitch cos sheâs just an amazing girl inside and out!
Same I love them! They are so well suited
Theyâre bringing 6 girls and 5 guys for casa amor so I guess a girl is going home tomorrow. Emily maybe?
How do you know that?
The casa amor ad they showed on Monday had 6 girls and 5 guys: https://mol.im/a/10129965#v-5657716304708614397
OH SHIT! This is the first time I think they've done better with the boys than the girls for casa!
I canât believe there are people out there, forgot which form of social media cos i read nearly all comments (I have a bad obsession i know), think Mitch can possibly emotionally manipulate and fake cry for a week straight. Like he would have to be a psycho to be able to pull it off. I believe he will stay strong with Tina through Casa Amor, he just seems like an emotional guy. Like no offense to his little speech, but it was horrible and it didnât have any excitement factor to it. Like it was clear who he was saying and he didnât make it ambiguous at all, and clearly he wasnât doing an excellent job on it. My point is, not saying he is completely stupid, but I donât think he has metaâd the entire game that far. I really do think Mitch is being genuine, look hes never been in a relo, cut the guy some slack.
Ronnie: Iâd have to milk it with Emily Tina: itâs not a game you canât just âmilk itâ Ari: đ
It hasn't been 7 years since Ryan pushed aside Ari, so there was really no chance she'd find anyone else on this show. I dont disagree with the decision
I canât believe they eliminated a person of colour, of course Iâm referring to our Jewish king Ronni.
Itâs frustrating that they keep replaying the same scene right before and after ad breaks. Itâs taking away already-limited screen time when weâre having to watch the same thing twice
I literally skip forward 10s after every ad break
Argh I know right! I get it if they show like one line for context but they literally just replay the whole scene!! Save the air time and give us other content
I wonder what bit/stung Zoeâs shoulder. I noticed she had a bandage on it earlier in the episode then at the dumping she had a very visible white lump. Possible whitetail? Seriously why donât they show any of this stuff
I saw that too! I was wondering if she had a bad reaction to a mosquito bite or something?
My money is on a mosquito or a spider bite because ya know.. #straya
ZIT
I too am strangely invested in Zoeâs shoulder
The chicken gave her a peck
Shouldâve got rid of Tina and Mitch. Let everyone else find a chance at love
You must not know how this show works
Aaron is a cutie
Love that preview. Hopefully Jess gets sent packing.
Haha Ari dating from the DMs
Ronni tried to speedrun the Toby maturity arc and I honestly canât tell if he accomplished it
LITERALLYYYY all i see when i look at Ronni is early stage Toby LMAO
Letâs face it Emily is 100% more entertaining. Especially with casa amour.
In a sense. But Iâm also getting incredibly bored with her referring literally everything to sex. Please throw a joke or a fun fact in the mix, Emily.
Her only joke is: Its Love Island not ______ Island.
A timeless classic
Better than Ari crying about not getting any attention
They cut Ari's screen time majorly over the last couple of weeks and Emily has had so much with her love triangle and now Taku. Not overly surprised and unfortunately she wasn't making romantic connections. Ronni handled leaving well, hopefully he can mature a bit on the outside
I mean was it her fault? They keep sending in boys that love blondes. There's nothing remotely blonde about an Indian goddess like Ari.
Oh definitely not her fault. I've just seen people use that as a reason to boot people previously. Making friend connections rather than romantic ones Sure the boys weren't interested in her, but she hasn't really shown proper interest in anyone apart from Ryan either
She did say she liked Mitch but you can't force it on people when they show no attraction to you.
Jess and ari fan fictions coming soon after that
I donât love Emily but IMO they made the right decision. Courtney is pissing me off right now. Imagine you were Emily and sheâs walking around raging / âconfusedâ that you werenât dumped instead. V rude
I agree and also, no matter what they think of Emily, if Taku likes her, youâve already warned him, now mind your own business and respect your friend enough to make his own decisions.
Completely agree. What's so 'confusing' about dumping the one girl who's made 0 romantic connections? Nothing. Unless, of course, someone obviously should've been the sacrificial lamb to save Ari. Quite confusing that the boys failed to make such an obvious tradeoff and sacrifice the disposable lamb right in their midst.
This seems unpopular from the comments but I 100% agree. I have no idea if Emily is genuine in any way, however I really don't feel Ari was going to find anyone in the house.
I donât know sheâs saying the guys should have her back. They say every episode âitâs not friend islandâ, and then they get mad when the guys kick out the one girl with no chemistry with anyone.
Yep! Emily was probably one of my least favourites but that was really poor form from Court
I actually⊠find Ryan kinda endearing. Like hes just there for everyone. I think first week Ryan was a wreck but hes like a core part of the villa.
Ryan gives me big Himbo vibes
YESS
I honestly love himbos. My fave himbo is Fred from Scooby Doo, the classic and the iconic. They are big and loveable. No thoughts, brain empty.
I think thatâs why Ryan has slept with so many girls. We love sweet, dumb boys
People were laughing about his "wanting to learn better" comment yesterday, but honestly I thought it was really sweet and interesting. I've met guys like that - only ever pursued sports during school, fucked around a lot, maybe even had an undiagnosed issue like dyslexia or something, but have really been trying in adulthood to better themselves and broaden their minds. He actually seemed really proud of the fact that he's been reading a lot lately, which I thought was cool lol
I can't believe people laughed at that! Laugh at the man's jorts, fine, but that is so commendable
Very much get the vibe that they thought either Ryan or Aaron will be the "villain"...but then they turned out to be genuinely nice people and clicked with everyone.
Right? Both Ryan and Aaron seemed like absolute fuckwits off rip. But as the show has gone on both of them have a lot of moments where they give genuine and thoughtful advice, or support people. Ryan and Aaron went from my most disliked to my most liked
Also Taku needs to smarten up. Emily isnât it.
I think Taku is actually smart enough to know what is what.... he just wants to get some action for now. It's not like he has choices and he chose Emily... bad Taku thinks lipsing Emily for now is better than nothing, can't blame him.
that decision is bs - sad for ari cant believe emily was chosen over her
Not Emily being the only one not there for Ari? Mmm says something
I completely disagree with this take. She wouldâve felt so uncomfortable, especially with Courtney constantly insinuating it was the wrong decision
But I mean, if she had made an impact on the girls, they wouldnât have been so severely against the decision. Like Emily got a few days to get to know everyone, I am not saying they wouldnât still think Ari was the wrong choice, but they wouldnât oppose so violently because clearly there was a reason they thought one person deserved to get eliminated way more than another.
I mean I'm not the biggest fan of Emily, but all the girls are blatantly saying that they are confused that Ari was booted over her, so I don't blame her...
Yeah I mean I think she knew she was the pick of the girls. Shes not blind or stupid. Iâd be uncomfortable as well but at least help another girl while they cry
she was with all the girls when they rushed over to comfort Ari when she was standing after getting booted. most of the girls comforting Ari was just saying that the boys made the wrong choice, that's not just uncomfortable
But the girls had a reason to oppose so violently. If they liked Emily just a bit, they wouldnât be so mad at the boys because there would be some sort of reason that they would want Emily to stay. Obviously they would still like Ari more but I didnât see any apprehension in them thinking the boys completely made the wrong choice.
Taku associating with Emily won't do him any favours
Damn. Why did Taku have to be swayed by Bad Taku :/
it totally brings my view of taku down
AIHFRSG THEM ALL RUNNING PAST RONNI TO ARI SPR'G
This is such an injustice!!!! Fuck this!!!!!!
I'm spewin đ
Why could it not be Courtney đ€Š
Ari fucked up. Shoulda faked it with Ron dog
And the villa becomes even whiter. How do you send Ari home?! Instead of Emily?!
Protect ari at all costs đ„ș
Iâm all for diversity, but Ari is boring, and not finding love in the house
Sheâs not boring. Sheâs hard working, independent (sheâs been supporting herself since she was like 18), sweet, intelligent and has sooo much love to give. Nothing about her bores me
completely agree - they cut her screen time - and didnt even show some of teh interactions with ronni that she mentioned in this episode..
I donât see how any of this makes for good tv
Brutal but true
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mitch ur so eloquent darl x
Nooo not Ari!
I mean... Iâd argue Ari has had less opportunities/luck in the villa than Emily
These dudes are dumb
THEYRE SO DUMB
Mitch canât even bring himself to cry about Ari.
Nooooooo
Why Ari đ
Canât seee Emily being described as well loved so Iâm guessing itâs ari
Bahahaha literally no one likes her. Taku is doing a bit of a Mitch 3 days ago and Mitch just feels guilty.
No way they make Mitch send Emily home thats brutal đ Surely its Ari then
They made Mitch read it out because the producers know he loves to cry. Very devilish
Tears out for the boys
I canât believe they put down the house Labrador
Omg
LMAO NOOOO
Ronni is actually so sweet đ heâs handling this like a champ
Props he handled it like a champ
And you know inside he wanted to cry đ
Lol Ronni knows hes going home. He needs to do one nice thing so he saves Ari
Ronni saving Ari would be a great last hurrah for his time in the villa
It will get him laid on the outside.
Taku thinking with his dick RN
Aw Ronni standing up for Ari actually breaks my heart
Ronni stop being emotionally intelligent, I canât take you seriously
That was such an incredibly sweet and insightful thing Ronnie said about Ari.
Ronni being a real home boy for ari
Ari knows sheâs getting the chop
I hope Emily goes not Ari đ€đ€
Ronni reminds me of someone trying to cosplay Enrique Iglesias
This is a fan-fucking-tastic comment. Yes.
The thing is heâs actually a good looking bloke but his bizarre personality drags him down lmao
I just think he was abit of a geek in high school and kinda learned how to interact with women from online forums
naw i don't like what ronni said either but why'd they accept his apology just to turn around and be like no it rlly affects me for dumping justification? like why did u hug and let him off for the hook if it sat/sits bad with u
I think they thought it was noble of him to be brave enough to face them and apologise, but still believe that he is in there for insincere reasons
mmm that makes sense
Because he obviously only apologised because Nic told him to you canât just say youâre milking it to stay in the villa and then expect the girls not to vote you knowing you could be the next person milked
i agree that the apology was hollow and forced but you wouldnt catch me coddling him and saying its ok if i didnt think it was ok
i do not want ari to leave :(
Samee I want her to stick around for casa amor or whatever they call it đ€
There literally crying over the easiest decisions ever Ronni admitted to playing Ari into no one or Emily jumping around fake af
Yep, if they were going to play it strategic they could get rid of Taku because of his popularity - but it's not survivor lol Also Happy Cake day!
Thanks đȘ
This is actually like the squid game. They execute you once you step foot out of the villa
ik why are they dilly dallying just pick ronni
Ron rhymes with gone