It was a tight race for Love Island: All Stars contestants this series as five couples landed in the final on Monday night. Fans were shocked as Casey O'Gorman and Gabby Allen were announced as winners of the series, with Grace Jackson and Luca Bish coming in second and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Curtis Pritchard coming in third. In fourth place were gorgeous couple, Catherine Agbaje and Omar Nyame, while in fifth place were Elma Pazar and Sammy Root.
While many were lost for words over the win, voting figures revealed it was an extremely tight race for the couples. Gabby and Casey beat Luca and Grace by only less than three percent. On Love Island's official Instagram account, a graph of the votes was shared to show followers following claims it was rigged.
Casey and Gabby secured the win with just 33.37 percent of the vote. Grace and Luca had 30.38% of the votes while Ekin-Su and Curtis secured 21.74 percent. Catherine and Omar only received 8.14 percent and Elma and Sammy received 6.36 percent. Fans rushed to the comment section to explain why they thought the results were rigged, with one user saying: "The comments and the support for Grace & Luca and Ekin and Curtis were all across social media so everyone will naturally question the outcome … love Gabby and Casey but Grace and Luca should have won.".
"Anyone notice how Luca and Grace didn’t get any date, no hideaway and got sabotaged just before the vote and then this comes out , pull the other one," one claimed. One was happy with the results and posted: "I am so glad these won. The others just didn’t deserve it.".
While some thought the results were rigged, many believed Casey's win would stop him from returning to the show for a fourth time. He first did the original version in 2023 before coming back for all stars in both 2024 and this year. On X, formerly known as Twitter, fans joked that the show was “rigged” by producers in the hopes that by giving Casey a win he’d stop returning to the villa every year.
“Love Island had to crown Casey the winner - they didn't want him back in the Summer,” one person said, with another adding: “They handed Casey the win so he would stop coming back every January.”. “Maybe we don’t have to see Casey back on our screens ever again .. and for the love of god no love island games,” said a third, as a fourth joked: “I just know the airport staff are sick of seeing him.”.
