Love Island fans hail show 'TV gold' and 'messiest series yet' as villa descends into meltdown - and host Maya Jama admits 'it's madness'
Love Island fans hailed Thursday's episode of the show 'TV gold' as the 'messiest series yet' saw a game send the villa into meltdown.
Viewers saw tensions reach boiling point when a challenge, Look Who's Talking, saw things go from bad to worse - with host Maya Jama saying it was 'madness.'
The Islanders each took a card and read out the quote then collectively decided which of their fellow Islanders said it.
Drama was brewing after Harry and Yasmin headed for a kiss in the hideaway, meaning his partner Helena was already fuming.
During the game it was revealed the duo had actually shared three secret smooches when a quote was read out from Harry.
As Harry's lies unraveled, Megan exclaimed: 'You owe it to Helena to be f*****g honest, you p***k!'
Love Island fans hailed Thursday's episode of the show 'TV gold' as the 'messiest series yet' saw a game send the villa into meltdown
Sharing their thoughts on X, fans wrote: 'This game was [fire emoji]'; 'Love Island UK is still superior this season has been great'; 'THIS EPISODE IS SO GOOD please';
'This might be the best season of Love Island I've ever seen'; '1000/10 RATED EPISODE';
'This UK season is so good omg it's been mess every episode'; 'THIS IS PEAK TELEVISION WHOEVER HIRED THIS CAST NEEDS A RAISE I ACTUALLY CANT.'
Elsewhere in the instalment, Islanders got stuck into a game of Beer Pong which saw them guess who made certain comments pulled out of a box.
Despite being coupled up with Shea, Yasmin kissed two other boys during the course of the game - leaving him not best pleased during tonight's instalment.
When she pulls him for a chat around the fire pit to check in, he says: 'You made me look like a mug.'
Yasmin replies: 'Yeah, that wasn't my intention, it was just a game that I felt everyone else was playing way too safe.'
He was also not too happy with the lads - who he heard laughing as he headed over to talk to Yasmin about what happened.
Sharing their thoughts on X, fans wrote: 'This game was [fire emoji]'; 'Love Island UK is still superior this season has been great'; 'THIS EPISODE IS SO GOOD please'
Despite being coupled up with Shea (right), Yasmin (left) kissed two other boys during the course of the game - leaving him not best pleased
As Dejon - who Yasmin kissed during beer pong - admitted he laughed at his expense, Shea said: 'I've been made to look like a bit of a mug and I'm hearing laughing…
'Have some class, I thought we were all boys.'
But Dejon wasn't laughing for long as he faced his own tough conversation with Meg, who he has been paired with since the launch show.
He told her: 'You blow my mind, I'm so confused… your dare was get in a sex position. You could have picked me and you picked Harrison...'
Of her choice to select the new bombshell boy instead, Meg replied: 'I can pick Harrison because it's a joke.'
And she later added: 'You told me I'm your number one priority… I don't know where I go from here. I'm taking a big step back.'
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