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Love Island LIVE: New contestant Laura Crane dates Sam after split with Georgia

All the latest from the Mallorca villa as the contestants search for love and try to evade sunburn

Roisin O'Connor
Monday 16 July 2018 20:49 BST
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Another night, another couple leaves Love Island.

Last night's episode (Saturday 15 July) saw Charlie and Ellie evicted from the villa, Ellie leaving with a boyfriend worth £399,950,000 more than the reality TV show’s £50K prize money.

The result was, of course, obvious from the start, the ITV2 producers playing their hand early by actually giving the most boring couple in the villa some screen (have we actually ever seen Charlie speak before tonight, other than to tell Jack how much he's worth?).

But, hold onto your sangrias, because that’s not all. Another couple – either Wes and Megan or Sam and "loyal Georgia" – were faced with the threat of going home. Only this time, the other contestants had to pick which couple they thought could really go the distance (gasp!).

The islanders picked Wes and Megan as the couple they thought were most likely to last. But there was a twist on a twist as Georgia and Sam were told they could stay in the villa... if they split up with one another. And split up they did! Turns out Georgia isn't so loyal after all - at least not when there's £50,000 at stake. She warmed quickly to Paul, despite not knowing what his former job (a carpenter) entailed. She thought it meant he fitted carpets for a living. Seriously.

Love Island Georgia doesn't know what a carpenter is

And, to top everything off, another (yes, another) four Islanders turned up. I can barely remember this lots’ names, let alone four new ones. Please, ITV, introduce name tags. (Although, I don’t know where they would pin them, because no-one’s ever wearing clothes.) We have another Josh (Josh #2) and another Laura (Laura #2) plus Paul and... another girl.

As always, The Independent blogged along with all the action. Catch up with everything that happened below

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Love Island continues weekdays and Sundays at 9pm on ITV2

'It's not a f**king assault course!' Thank you Jack.

roisin.oconnor16 July 2018 21:21

Meanwhile, Megan appears to have nine lives. And Dani is not happy with Georgia for flaking on her relationship with Sam.

roisin.oconnor16 July 2018 21:22

OK so Sam is on a date with Laura #2

roisin.oconnor16 July 2018 21:23

And ANOTHER JOSH. Can ITV2 not find someone with a slightly different name, for my sake? Alright, Josh #2 it is.

roisin.oconnor16 July 2018 21:25

Georgia and Sam both seem soooooooo gutted that they've been forced to split

roisin.oconnor16 July 2018 21:28

Oh my god, Georgia doesn't know what a carpenter is.

roisin.oconnor16 July 2018 21:30

Is she the one who also thought Brexit had something to do with trees? And didn't know what an earlobe was?

roisin.oconnor16 July 2018 21:31

Georgia thinks a carpenter is something to do with making carpets.

roisin.oconnor16 July 2018 21:31

Ok apparently Hayley was the one who said the Brexit thing. But Georgia has earlobes and carpenters now.

roisin.oconnor16 July 2018 21:33

Wait, Paul USED to be a carpenter... are we not going to be told what he does now? Or does that mean he quit his job to come on Love Island.

roisin.oconnor16 July 2018 21:34

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