LOVE Island fans have insisted that even ITV thought Whitney Adebayo and Lochan Nowacki had won the show until the last moment.
Last night Sammy Root and Jess Harding were crowned winners of this year’s summer series of the ITV2 show.
Whitney and Lochan placed second on the show
Jess and Sammy were crowned winners
However there was a little confusion during the live programme.
After Molly Marsh and Zach Noble came in fourth, followed by Ella Thomas and Ty Hyde in third, the last two couples had their interviews.
Host Maya announced Whitney and Lochan’s best bits – but a video of Jess and Sammy played instead, which some suggested meant even ITV had the tapes prepared in a certain order.
Many took to Twitter to speculate.
One said: “I still think getting the best bits wrong also meant they’ve got the votes wrong but they’ll never say. They’ve already crowned the winners and give the money so it’s done.”
Another added: “Not ITV accidently revealing the winner by playing the wrong VT. They were expecting Whitney to win then so had the VTs ready to go then realised the votes were too high…”
A third chimed in: “Guys deep it tho. That malfunction with the best bits when they showed Sammy and Jess instead of Whitney and Lochan was a sign…”
Another tweeted: “guys I have have a theory , the way love island played Jess and sammys best bits when it was supposed to be Whitney and lochams, surely clips are out in order of the place they came I wonder if the bites were rigged and it should’ve be been Jess and sammy in 2nd place.”
“something dodgy about tonight, the messing up of the clips, ella & ty coming third and jess & sammy winning…i’m calling rigged! #loveisland,” a fifth said.
This is a fan theory and ITV would not fix a show.
Others have claimed that they worked out the 2023 winners before host Maya announced them on screen.
Many spotted a subtle clue that ‘gave away’ the winning couple early on during the final live in Majorca.
Usually the pair standing on the right hand side go on to be crowned winners.
True to form on Monday night, Jess and Sammy, both 22, were stood on the right, and were announced by Maya, 28, as the triumphant pair.
Addressing their ups and downs Jess, from West London, told host Maya Jama: “I feel like the road I have been on is so unexpected, but we’re here now.
“When we got voted least compatible couple, I feel like that was a kick in the teeth, I knew what we had was special.”
Sammy, who said that he loved Jess in his final speech earlier in the show, added: “For me, feelings is a big thing and I’m not great at it.
“But at the same time when you’ve got a connection like this you end up going back.”
Reflecting on their time in Casa Amor, and both returning from the villa’s biggest test single, the project manager from Kent continued: “Throughout Casa a lot of things fill your head.
“Knowing I was single, she’s going to be cracking on, and the doing that myself, I realised straight away I knew I’d done the wrong thing.
“And when I saw her trotting in on her own, I knew.”
Whitney and Lochan were beaten to the top spot by Jess and Sammy
