The final four couples included Bryce and Trinity, Aniya and Carl, Kayda and Zach, and Melanie and Sincere.

Love Island USA crowns winners in season 8 finale

The final four couples included Bryce and Trinity, Aniya and Carl, Kayda and Zach, and Melanie and Sincere.

By Leigh Blickley

on July 12, 2026 11:45 p.m. ET

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- Trinity Tatum and Bryce Alakai Dettloff were named the winners of *Love Island USA* season 8.

- Four couples were up for the title after six weeks of love exploration in a secluded Fijian villa.

- The winners walked away with $100,000.**

*Love Island USA* season 8 has come to a sparkling conclusion.

On Sunday night, Trinity Tatum and Bryce Alakai Dettloff were crowned the winners, a.k.a. the most compatible love match, in a season featuring fewer romances and more friendships, err, situationships, than ever before.

America’s, and the villa’s, favorite couple walked away with a cash prize of $100,000. Emmy-nominated host Ariana Madix also announced that Aniya Harvey and Carl Lee Schmidt came in second, Melanie Moreno and Sincere Rhea finished in third place, and Kayda Bosse and Zach Georgiou got the least amount of votes.

Bryce and Trinity** **were frontrunners from the beginning after they coupled up in the first episode on June 2. *Love Island* follows a group of singles who explore romantic connections in a secluded Fijian villa over the course of six weeks — “coupling up” with a person of their choice every few days. The catch? New “bombshells” could enter the villa at any moment.

Still, Bryce and Trinity chose each other time and time again during recouplings, and confessed their true feelings for each other following the Casa Amor experiment. (The infamous mid-season twist in the *Love Island *franchise separates original couples into two villas and introduces a new batch of singles to test the islanders’ loyalty before a dramatic recoupling.)

Bryce even asked Trinity to be his girlfriend during the season, and they shared “I love yous” in the final episode. They insisted they’re focusing on each other as they return to “the real world.”

“I’m just really glad that I got to meet Bryce,” Trinity told Madix through tears. “He just really makes me happy, and makes me feel seen and heard. I genuinely never would’ve expected this, so now it’s like hitting me and I’m processing everything.”

Bryce put his head next to hers and said, “You’re so sweet.”

Bryce and Trinity on a date during season 8.

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“I think Trinity and Bryce are going to kill it [in the real world],” dumped Islander Jen Terry told* *. “I love seeing them together. They are super happy. Even when they’re not in their private chats, they’re in the kitchen together, they’re working out together. I have loved watching Trinity open up to him a lot more because I feel like Bryce has always been pretty open with her and now she feels super comfortable with him and I just love watching them together.”

Aniya Harvey and Carl Schmidt.

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On Friday’s episode, Kenzie Annis (coupled up with Casa Amor’s Dylan Wrona) and KC Chandler (coupled up with Casa Amor’s Tierra Davis) were sent home during the results of America’s vote, in which viewers saved the four aforementioned couples to advance to the finale.

This season, which premiered on June 2 and released 35 quick-turnaround episodes, reached 2.3 billion minutes viewed in the first two weeks, according to NBCUniversal. Peacock’s first-party data also revealed that 26 percent of engagement for season 8 came from phones and tablets.

And reportedly, this summer’s run saw 27 percent new viewers to the series, reinforcing the franchise’s growing appeal.

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Hosted by *Vanderpump Rules* alum Madix and narrated by comedian Iain Stirling, *Love Island USA *streamed exclusively on Peacock, with new episodes dropping daily at 6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET, except for Wednesdays.

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A companion series titled *Aftersun*, hosted by Ciara Miller and Tefi Pessoa, also aired every Saturday in the time slot.

Although fans will certainly miss all the French fries talk as *Love Island USA *comes to an end, a reunion will air on August 31.

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