Toni and Cach WIN Love Island and bag £50k as raunchiest ever series ends with shock confession and rows
so good Toni and Cach WIN Love Island and bag £50k as raunchiest ever series ends with shock confession and rows
LOVE Island's Toni Laites and Cach Mercer have won the summer 2025 series after a gripping live finale.
In a dramatic climax after two months on-screen, host Maya Jama told the stunned couple they'll be taking home £50,000.
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Toni and Cach looked totally stunned to be announced as the winning couple
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They looked at each other in disbelief
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The happy couple embraced as they celebrated the win
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Best pals Shakira and Toni battled it out to win Love Island with their partners Harry and Cach
After weeks of coupling up, dumpings, texts and triangles, the series came to a close with a battle between Toni Laites & Cach Mercer, Shakira Khan & Harry Cooksley, Angel Swift & Ty Isherwood and Yasmin Pettet & Jamie Rhodes.
However, it was Toni and Cach who got the most votes from fans after their rollercoaster journey on the show.
Thrilled fans praised the result, with one saying: "I actually feel like I've won the World Cup. This is actually everything to me!
"Seeing Megan and Dejon dumped, Angel fourth place, Yas, Shakira and Toni top 3, Toni and Cach win. Suddenly life is feeling real again."
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Someone else added: "Toni got the last laugh. A win and a nice man to take home. Bet Harrison is gutted. Karma is a b***h."
Another added: "Toni being American and winning, iconic!!! And thank you Cach for being so amazing and loving. Well deserved."
Just a few weeks ago, Toni split from Cach to rekindle with her old flame Harrison - not knowing he had been intimate with Casa Amor's Lauren.
After just one day, he U-turned yet again - and ended up leaving the villa when Lauren was voted out.
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Despite Cach breaking down in tears over the embarrassment of his public split from Toni, he forgave her.
They started up their relationship once and again and on their final night in the villa said "I love you".
Maya Jama takes swipe at Love Island's Harry as he celebrates reaching the final with Shakira after Helena romance
Toni was up against her best pal Shakira in the final two following a nail-biting finale.
Angel and Ty finished in fourth place, with the smitten couple saying they couldn't wait for their relationship to start in the outside world.
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In third place was Yas and Jamie who gushed about their romantic connection.
However, "mean girl" Helena Ford was spotted "rudely" talking to Angel in the background of Yas's interview.
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Toni and Cach were your winners of the summer 2025 series
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Shakira and Harry were runners-up
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Yas and Jamie were third
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In fourth place was Angel and Ty
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The winning couple has been revealed
There was a famous divide between the girls, with Yas, Shakira and Toni being isolated from the rest of the villa.
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However, they finished in the top three after gaining massive support from fans.
The entertaining final saw clips from yesterday of the remaining couples wake up to their last day in the villa, before the girls were sent out to buy breakfast for the boys.
They then got suited and booted ready for the finalists' dinner where the stars got emotional as they all confessed their feelings.
Toni broke down in tears as she told Cach how much she cares about him.
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The night took a turn as Maya grilled Tommy and Ben live on the show about their romances with Lucy and Andrada, respectively, ended.
Both boys had gone exclusive with their other halves but cheated on the same night at a showbiz event - with the SAME girl.
As well as some Islanders finding love, it's been the sexiest series in the show's 10-year history ever since Helena took Harry into the Hideaway just 56 hours after meeting.
It led production to order in more condoms to ensure there was protection available.
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It's also been the least committed bunch of Islanders - with only one official couple in the final week.
Meg Moore and Dejon Noel-Williams became boyfriend and girlfriend after a tumultuous eight weeks.
However, they were kicked out on Sunday night by the axed stars who returned to vote off the least compatible couple.
This year has also been incredibly promiscuous for some, with Conor Phillips taking the crown for being in the most couples of any series with a total of eight girls.
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In another first, Toni became the first-ever American contestant in the UK series when she joined as a bombshell from Las Vegas.
It was also the first finale to have so few original islanders in the final four.
Everyone but Harry and Shakira joined as bombshells sporadically throughout.
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Host Maya Jama looked incredible all dressed up for the final
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