Love Island catch up: 3 talking points after Mike ditches Jess for Leanne and Ollie and Paige fall out

The third episode saw one of the twins regretting her decision to couple up with a copper

Love Island: Leanne tells Mike she'll 'follow him wherever he goes'

The latest episode of Love Island saw some couples grow closer than ever while others hit their first real rocky patch.

Sophie and Connor, along with Siannise and Nas, were the only pairings to avoid drama completely in an hour that showed the fall-out from the twins’ arrival in the villa unfold.

Here are the main talking points…

1. Mike faced the toughest decision since Brexit

Mike was flinging around statistics like nobody’s business in tonight’s episode, saying he was 51% into Leanne and 49% into Jess. He held his own romantic referendum and, evidently, it was the closest shave since Brexit. After initially asking Leanne’s permission to share a bed with Jess, he then realised that he was missing his original partner and asked to have her back. She said yes. It was admittedly all quite sweet. Jess, however, found the fact Mike chose Leanne over her purely “shocking”.

2. Ollie and Paige had their first (and probably last) row

Paige got a bit fed up with Ollie in tonight’s episode because, after having previously discovered he had cheated on his ex multiple times, she then found out he lied to her about showing interest in Siannise. At the end of a tense discussion, Ollie said he didn’t think he was quite in the doghouse but that he was probably “bloody close”. Not that it really matters, seeing as he has quit the villa anyway.

3. Shaughna and Eve are in competition

If looks could kill, Eve would be in a sorry state right now after stealing Callum from Shaughna. Despite Callum not having the courtesy to go and talk to Shaughna after his date with Eve, Shaughna is not taking defeat lying down and has pledged to fight for his attention. “May the best woman win,” as she said.

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Love Island's new series debuted to a significant drop in ratings compared to last season. Just over 2.5 million people tuned in for the launch on Sunday 12 January – 800,000 down on the number for last summer's series.

Love Island continues every night on ITV2 at 9pm.

[14 January 2020 21:57 · Ellie.Harrison]

"I need to remember I've come into Love Island to find a boyfriend, not a son" - Shaughna.

That would be a good start, yes. 

[14 January 2020 22:00 · Ellie.Harrison]

Mike has chosen Leanne over Jess in what I am reluctant to admit was quite an adorable conversation on the beanbags.

[14 January 2020 22:01 · Ellie.Harrison]

No mention of Ollie leaving... maybe that's for tomorrow's episode.

[14 January 2020 22:03 · Ellie.Harrison]

And we're done. It looks like tomorrow night's episode will be all about Mike and Leanne's blossoming romance and Shaughna's plan to flirt more aggressively. See you then...