Love Island’s shock Casa Amor twist as show axes NINE islanders in most brutal dumping ever
LOVE Island has axed nine of its stars following Casa Amor's explosive recoupling.
Tonight's episode will make show history when Maya Jama returns to the villa for the huge cull.
The highest number of islanders ever kicked out at one time has been six, but bosses have ordered a massive elimination following a cheating frenzy in Casa Amor.
The Sun can reveal heads rolled when the and the were finally reunited in scenes that will air on Love Island tonight.
A source said: "Reuniting the two villas was explosive - the recoupling will be a real shock.
"The tension was off the scale - viewers will be really surprised as to who choses who. It's an unmissable episode."
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Viewers have been glued to the drama in Series 9, which has had 85 million streams so far on ITVX.
The launch also attracted the biggest commercial 16-34 audience of the year so far, with 1.5million 16-34s across all devices tuning in.
Last night viewers witnessed a snog fest, as a string of seemingly secure couples appeared to break under the pressure.
Tuesday evening's episode of the hit ITV2 dating show saw a number of contestants grow closer to the bombshells after competing in a series of challenges which included getting into different sexual positions.
Olivia Hawkins, previously been coupled up with Kai Fagan, "christened" the kitchen in Casa Amor after sharing a kiss with male bombshell Maxwell Samuda.
After 23-year-old finance student Maxwell admitted he was disappointed 27-year-old actress and ring girl Olivia failed to kiss him in the Raunchy Races challenge, the pair then slipped off to the kitchen, out of sight of their fellow islanders.
Over in the main villa, Will Young wasted no time in getting to know bombshell Layla Al-Momani despite having been coupled up with Jessie Wynter for more than two weeks.
Casey O'Gorman, who had previously shared a kiss with Sanam Harrinanan, later agreed to share a bed with Cynthia Otseh-Taiwo.
Love Island continues on ITV2 and ITVX.