Meet the cast

25 · San Diego, CA

Dark horse

Born to sprint, built to clock you mid-sentence. Beatriz is a literal Paralympic athlete with a 5'10" frame and the resting expression of someone who has heard your excuse before. Speaks softly, hits hard. The villa keeps trying to put her in a 'sweet girl' box and she keeps walking out of it carrying the box.

Paralympic track athlete

Bryce Alakai Dettloff

29 · Los Angeles, CA

Heartthrob

Tall, blue-eyed, half-Hawaiian, half-emotionally-unavailable. Bryce is the oldest OG in the villa and it shows — calm voice, slow blink, gives you three sentences and a wink and somehow you're invested. He's done the L.A. dating scene to death and swears he's ready for something real. The salsa-meter on that claim is approximately one chip out of ten.

Model / DJ

KC Chandler

Nursing assistant / former football

23 · Fresno, CA

Soft jock

Built like a Greek statue, cries like a Pixar opening. KC played college football and now works as a nursing assistant, which is the most green-flag combo ever assembled in one man. He says he's looking for a 'best friend who is also fine' — vulnerable king behavior. We'd vote for him to win on personality alone, and then again on the abs.

Mackenzie "Kenzie" Annis

24 · Kennesaw, GA

Strategist

Reads the room before the room knows it's being read. Kenzie just graduated nursing school, which means she can take your blood pressure AND your man without breaking eye contact. Strategist energy from minute one — picks her words, picks her couples, picks her moments. If she makes the final, nobody should be surprised. If she WINS the final, we said it first.

Nurse

Melanie Moreno

24 · Los Angeles, CA

Villain era

Latina villain era unlocked. Melanie runs a bikini shop in L.A. and walks around the villa like every day is a fitting. She'll smile at your girl, hug her, compliment her highlights — and be on the daybeds with your man by sunset. The producers KNEW what they were doing casting her. We love her. We fear her. We watch every clip twice.

Bikini store manager

Sincere Rhea

25 · Cape May, NJ

Golden retriever

Lives up to the name about 60% of the time. Sincere is the Jersey shore gym-rat with a soft spot for soft girls and an even softer spot for whoever spoke to him most recently. Loyal until distracted. Distracted often. Golden retriever energy in a body that bench-presses 315.

Personal trainer

Trinity Tatum

22 · Newport News, VA

Influencer

Knows her angles, knows her worth, knows your business by morning. Trinity does brows and lashes IRL — meaning she has heard EVERY piece of gossip in Newport News and the villa is just a paid vacation for her chisme muscle. Sweet voice, surgical eyes, never the one the producers think they got. The one they got.

Esthetician

Zach Georgiou

26 · Birmingham, UK

Smooth operator

The accent does 70% of the work and he knows it. Yes — that Zach. Brother of Season 7's Charlie Georgiou, which means the Georgiou genes are now officially a Love Island franchise. Smooth operator, fitness coach by day, ick-defuser by night. The American girls are folding. The American boys are intimidated. Pásale, papi.

Personal trainer

Gabriel Vasconcelos

26 · Miami, FL

Bombshell

Brazilian Miami energy — sun-baked, multilingual, will absolutely flirt with you in three languages before lunch. Walked into the villa in episode 1 as a bombshell and never sat down again. Built like he was rendered, not raised. The Latina viewers are not okay. WE are not okay.

Personal trainer

Kayda Bosse

22 · New Hampshire

Ice queen

Aquarius unbothered energy with the long-blonde-hair main-character starter pack. Kayda plays it cool until she absolutely doesn't — then she's the one crying in the dressing room while two boys argue about her in the kitchen. Ice queen on the outside, full chaos engine underneath. The producers know.

Student

Corbin Mims

22 · Miami, FL

Wildcard

Walked in episode 4 and immediately turned three heads, one of them his own. Miami athlete with the laid-back hoodie energy and a smile that means trouble for at least two existing couples. The villa was stable for like 36 hours. It is not stable anymore. Gracias, Corbin.

Athlete

Caleb McDaniel

24 · Charleston, SC

Heartthrob

Southern charm with a side of mischief and very intentional dimples. Sagittarius — which is the official zodiac of 'I will say it to your face and somehow you'll laugh.' Owns a boutique, dresses better than any other man in the villa, will compliment your outfit before he steals your girl. Handle with care.

Boutique owner

Sol Dean

24 · Los Angeles, CA

Bombshell

Episode 6 bombshell with an entrance the editors will replay all season. L.A. model, walks into the firepit, every girl in the villa simultaneously remembers she has an early morning. Sol doesn't need to fight for attention — attention finds her. The Latina vibes are SO present.

Model

Jen Terry