Love Island Steps It Up A Notch Thanks To Explosive New Arrivals And Obviously, The Memes Are Brilliant

Maura Higgins' arrival has caused a stir (and then some).

The Love Island villa doors only opened 10 days ago but for many fans, Thursday night’s show will now be known as the point when series five really kicked off.

The arrival of two new bombshells – Maura Higgins and Elma Pazar – proved explosive as the former took a fancy to Tommy Fury, who then appeared to drop Molly-Mae almost immediately.

The fallout was bad as Molly stormed around the villa and eventually had it out with the boxer. But the memes and jokes? They’re so are so good…

Let’s start with reactions to Tommy’s head turning 560°

Someone has actually done the maths on this by the way:

Then there were plenty of posts about new girl Maura

Naturally, someone managed to shoehorn a (great) Brexit joke in

And the overuse of ‘categorically’ did not go unnoticed

Molly-Mae and Tommy’s argument was, of course, interrupted as Curtis urged them both to get some sleep and think about things in the morning.

Was this for the best? Probably, yes. But it did kill off some of the best drama this series has seen so far.

Anyway, let’s carry on with the reactions...

This is a Very Good Point about Curtis’ mediation skills

At the very least, he could go into relationship counselling if ballroom dancing doesn’t work out.

His interference certainly divided viewers

But he wasn’t the only one to interrupt, as Anton also gave Molly a piece of his mind

We’re pretty sure it’s illegal to do a Love Island memes round-up without one using this picture:

The drama continues into tonight’s show, but it won’t all be tears and shouting as one mystery pair will be seen locking lips.

But who’s going to kiss? There’s only one couple anyone wants to it to be

Love Island continues on ITV2 at 9pm.

Yewande Biala
ITV
Age: 23

From: Dublin, Ireland

Occupation: Scientist

She says: "I think people may be surprised. Every time I say that I’m a scientist, people are shocked. I think there are loads of intelligent people on reality television."
Lucie Donlan
ITV
Age: 21

From: Newquay

Occupation: Surfer

She says: "I stand out and I’m different to the usual girls that might go on the show. I’m more into sports as well as being glam. I can do both, which makes me stand out compared to other girls. I’m more of a guy’s girl than a girl’s girl."

Claim to fame: "The last guy I was with was Charlie [Frederick] from last year’s Love Island. We got together a few weeks after he came out of the villa."
Amber Gill
ITV
Age: 21

From: Newcastle

Occupation: Beauty therapist

She says: "I like tall guys who are muscly and athletic, I like people that go to the gym because that’s what I like. I want someone who is funny and that I can have fun with and doesn’t take themselves too seriously because I am daft."

Claim to fame: "I know a few of the former Islanders from Newcastle, like Adam Collard and Ellie Brown. Everyone knows everyone in Newcastle!"
Amy Hart
ITV
Age: 26

From: Worthing, Sussex

Occupation: Cabin crew

She says: "I I have weird celebrity crushes like David Walliams and Simon
Cowell. You’d never go there obviously but there is something about them."

Claim to fame: "I went on a night out once and Liam from One Direction was there. We were in the VIP bit and so was he and he walked past me and I smiled and he said ‘Hey, you alright? What’s your name?’ He told us to come and sit in his booth and we had a picture together."
Anna Vakili
ITV
Age: 28

From: London

Occupation: Pharmacist

She says: "I’m difficult to handle, I’m a drama queen and I overreact. I’m clumsy and I’m a messy eater. I spill my drinks all the time. I’m stubborn as well, if I’m in a mood then it’s really hard to get me out of the mood."

Claim to fame: "I ended up on the Iranian News earlier this year when my sister and I were away in Qatar with two Iranian footballers who have a huge following. Suddenly my followers went up by 20,000 and I started being tagged in fan pages!"
Anton Danyluk
ITV
Age: 24

From: Airdrie, Scotland

Occupation: Gym owner

He says: "That’s a medical condition that I have… a wandering eye! I’ve never really been loyal in any of my relationships. My last relationship, I actually got caught cheating for the first time in my life and it changed everything for me. I saw how much it hurt her and what it did to her. So, for me going to into Love Island, it’s going to be the biggest test of my life."
Tommy Fury
ITV
Age: 20

From: Manchester

Occupation: Boxer

He says: "I won’t be afraid to go and have a splash about in the pool, I’ll mingle with people and find out about everyone because at the end of the day I’ll be living with these people for a long time so it’ll be nice to see if I have a bromance in there, along with a relationship. It’s nice to be a bit standoutish."

Claim to fame: "It’s probably my brother, Tyson, but I’m my own man and I’ve said it throughout my whole boxing career. I don’t want to be labelled as his little brother, I’m my own man and I’m doing the best that I can do in life and that’s all I’m setting out to achieve."
Joe Garratt
ITV
Age: 22

From: South east London

Occupation: Catering company owner

He says: "I’ve only had one girlfriend. I knew her locally but I think we started chatting through social media. I meet people in bars, that’s my go-to."

Claim to fame: "I used to play semi-professional rugby."
Michael Griffiths
ITV
Age: 27

From: Liverpool

Occupation: Firefighter

He says: "I get complimented on my smile a lot. People seem to be obsessed with my lips. I’d rate myself ten out of ten, I would have said nine but I’m a hero so it bumps it up."
Sherif Lanre
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Age: 20

From: London

Occupation: Chef and semi-pro rugby player

He says: "I’m upbeat and cheeky and outrageous with my own friends so hopefully that continues in the villa. I’m always on a mission to make people
laugh.That’ll be of value in there."
Callum MacLeod
ITV
Age: 28

From: South Wales

Occupation: Aircraft engineer

He says: "I would say my best feature is my tan - give me an hour and I am golden."
Curtis Pritchard
ITV
Age: 23

From: Shropshire

Occupation: Ballroom and Latin dancer

He says: "I have lived a very sheltered life because of my dancing, I’ve not done a lot of going out partying, going on dates because I haven’t had time to. Being truthful I’ve probably been on less than ten dates, maybe five dates. I have never met anyone online, I’ve never used a dating app."

Claim to fame: "I would say my claim to fame is that I’m on Dancing with the Stars Ireland and AJ Pritchard from Strictly Come Dancing is my brother."
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