Who Will Be the Love Island USA Season 7 Winners? Favorites and Odds
Sunday night's finale follows a chaotic summer of unexpected exits, revived romances and headline-grabbing controversies that have defined the most-watched season of the reality show on Peacock.
The remaining couples are: Amaya Espinal and Bryan Arenales, Huda Mustafa and Chris Seeley, Iris Kendall and Jose "Pepe" Garcia-Gonzalez and Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe. Each bring unique dynamics and fanbases to the final showdown.
Love Island USA has emerged as a flagship franchise for Peacock, NBC Universal calling it the platform's most viewed entertainment series on mobile devices.
The season's resonance with viewers stems not just from romance and drama, but from moments that went viral, including Amaya's "Amaya Papaya" sing-along, and real-life fallout, such as Cierra Ortega's departure following backlash over resurfaced social media posts containing racial slurs.
The stakes extend beyond prize money, as contestants increasingly view the show as a launchpad for influencer careers and media spin-offs, including the upcoming Love Island: Beyond the Villa.
Amaya and Bryan are the frontrunners. Bryan has the strongest odds to win among male contestants at -340, while Amaya leads the female field with identical -340 odds, according to OddsChecker. Their chemistry and timing in the final episodes have cemented them as the betting favorites. Bryan's support for Amaya, saying "coming from a Hispanic household, calling someone babe, mi amor, mi vida, that's just how we talk," resonated with fans.
Olandria and Nic have the second-best odds at +560 for both individuals. Despite their unconventional route to the final—returning to the villa after being previously dumped—their story of reconnection has drawn a dedicated fan base.
Huda and Chris are longer shots, with odds of +800 and +830, respectively. Their late-season recoupling and recent disagreements during the show's baby challenge have left their outcome uncertain, despite Chris saying, "She helps me kind of get out of my head and I help her...be her true self."
Iris and Pepe round out the field at +870 apiece. Though they only paired up recently, their transition from friendship to romance has appealed to some viewers. Pepe described it as "comfortable" and hinted at deeper potential.
These odds underscore how viewer sentiment and late-season developments are swaying predictions ahead of Sunday night's finale.
Arenales said during a confessional interview: "I always stress that as I get older, it's important to be with someone that keeps you young. I definitely think Amaya is that type of person."
Seeley said: "I think me and (Mustafa) are actually really good for each other. She helps me kind of get out of my head and I help her, you know, be her true self and I calm her down in moments where she gets emotional or heated."
Garcia-Gonzalez said: "With Iris, it just feels comfortable. I think it's that whole, you know, you're friends to start and then maybe it can become something else."
Carthen said: "For our journey to be almost identical is mind-blowing to me. I can't wrap my head around this situation. Maybe it was Nic this whole time and we've just been so oblivious to it."
The finale airs Sunday at 9:00 p.m. ET on Peacock, with one couple poised to win the cash, and potentially a lasting relationship.
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Where Is the Cast of 'Love Island USA' Season 7 Now?
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Yahoo
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The Reality Show That Captures Gen Z Dating
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By the end of a typical season, you have multiple pairs to follow—and any success feels like evidence that love is real, so you pray for their survival. As I like to remind my mom when she tells me it's all scripted junk, some of these people are married with kids now. But all of that's been different on Season 7 of Love Island USA, whose finale will air on Peacock this Sunday. The show is a phenomenon: From June 6 to 12 alone, across just nine available episodes, viewers watched more than a billion collective minutes—outpacing 2024's megahit season. This one has involved riveting drama, touching friendships, and meme-worthy moments. It has been lacking, though, in something kind of important for a romance competition: romance. 'I'm rooting for no one because there's no actual connection,' I saw someone complain on Reddit. Another person bemoaned that 'it seems like no one is really pining for each other.' 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At a time in their life when they might have been crushing on someone in class or going on a first date, they were probably at home staring at a screen. They've grown up with phones and social media; perhaps they've seen romances performed or publicized—including on Love Island—more than they've actually taken part in them. Several contestants have said that they've never been in a relationship (though one claims to have texted more than 1,000 nude photos). If this season feels like Situationship Island, that's because Gen Z is the situationship generation: one in which many young people believe in love and want it badly but have 'a real sense of anxiety about how to go about it,' as Daniel Cox, the director of the Survey Center on American Life, once told me. A 2024 Hinge report described Gen Z daters as 'tiptoeing around direct communication to avoid coming off as cringey or overeager.' No wonder, then, that these islanders seem like they're going through the motions, circling around romantic vulnerability but never quite closing in. Some have waffled for episodes on end about which prospect to pursue, then meandered toward one without much conviction. Their chats are stiff and oddly surface-level. (One of the stronger couples recently talked about their childhoods seemingly for the first time, after weeks of shooting the breeze.) A few contestants call themselves 'slow burners.' But the group doesn't just seem cautious about connection; they seem suspicious of it. When couples have gotten closer, or islanders have seemed smitten with someone new, they've been accused of 'love bombing' or failing to do enough romantic 'exploring.' By this late in the season, we should be hearing hopeful lovers talking with nervous excitement about how they'll fit into each other's regular lives. Instead, the remaining pairs are either going off the rails or just starting to gain steam. Two couples had decided to be 'closed off' before last night's episode. One was Cierra Ortega and Nic Vansteenberghe, who had also made a point of confirming that they were not 'boyfriend and girlfriend.' Then, on the same day earlier this week that Ortega was sent home—after fans discovered that in the past she had posted a racist slur online—Vansteenberghe did a little jig to celebrate recoupling with someone else. The other closed-off couple was Taylor Williams and Clarke Carraway, a relatively late-in-the-season linkup. The night they became exclusive, they lost an audience vote and went home. [Read: Teens are forgoing a classic rite of passage] Despite all of this, Season 7 continues to draw millions of viewers. Multiple times in the past week, I've heard people in public spaces talking about the latest developments. (After Sunday, I will finally be able to roam my city without headphones on for fear of spoilers.) Maybe fans are just hate-watching, or maybe they're eating up everything Love Island besides the love. But I wonder if something deeper is happening—if some of the Zoomers watching relate because they have their own wall up, or they've struggled to scale someone else's. Maybe they recognize the hesitance they see in these islanders: all the conversations about not wanting to 'move too fast,' all the studied chillness. Maybe viewers also want to see, from a safe distance, what happens when you do put yourself out there. The two major fan favorites this year are both women who, by their own admission, feel a lot. One, Huda Mustafa, fell head over heels earlier in the season; she was messy, sometimes toxic, but she wasn't playing it cool. The other, Amaya Espinal, cries frequently; she also tends to squeal when she's excited about romantic potential. Men keep telling her she's too much. One didn't like it when she called him 'babe.' (She calls all of her friends—actually, everyone in the villa—by that term of endearment.) Another man, when the contestants wrote brutally honest letters to one another, said he was overwhelmed by her interest in him. 'I'm tired of people viewing that as a negative instead of a power move,' she said, tears streaming down her face in front of all the other islanders. That speech was the season's viral moment: Espinal gained hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers overnight, and now has 2 million. If you search 'Amaya Papaya' on Google, a quote of hers streams across the screen with a little papaya emoji. The soda brand Poppi is even selling a new flavor in her name. I don't think it's a coincidence that viewers are responding to the people who let themselves show enthusiasm, who talk about how scary it is to fall for someone, and who go for it anyway. 'Even though my heart rate is being tachycardic right now,' Espinal says in one episode, 'your girl is trying to flip that anxiety into excitement.' She's showing a whole lot of young people how it's done. Article originally published at The Atlantic
Newsweek
2 hours ago
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New 'Superman' Beats 'Man of Steel' Opening Amid MAGA Backlash—With a Catch
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Official numbers for opening weekend for James Gunn's Superman movie have come in, marking a strong opening that has topped Zack Snyder's 2013 film Man of Steel as Warner Bros. looks to completely overhaul its comic book movie universe. However, fans of Snyder's film have pointed out that the opening box office numbers require some context. Newsweek reached out to Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) by email outside of normal business hours on Sunday afternoon for comment. Why It Matters A lot rides on the success of Gunn's film, which is meant to serve as the first entry in a new DC Comics movie universe. Warner Bros., as the company was known in 2013, tried to launch a new comics cinematic universe to compete with the wildly successful Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). However, as opening weekend drew closer, several politically charged moments threatened to derail the movie's potential success. Gunn did not shy away from the fact that his movie would tackle politics, telling British newspaper The Times that "Superman is the story of America. An immigrant that came from other for me, it's mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and something we have lost." His comments prompted backlash from high-profile right-wing media personalities and "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) supporters, such as Fox News host Jesse Watters to jokingly say: "You know what it says on his cape? MS-13," and "Superman is fighting for truth, justice, and your preferred pronouns." Kellyanne Conway, the senior counselor to the president during the first Trump administration, also weighed in by saying: "We don't go to the movie theater to be lectured to and to have somebody throw their ideology on to us." Dean Cain, an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump who played Superman in the 1990s TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, during an interview with TMZ also criticized Gunn for making Superman "woke," saying: "I think bringing Superman into it... I think that was a mistake by James Gunn to say it's an immigrant thing, and I think it's going to hurt the numbers on the movie. I was excited for the film. I am excited to see what it is...I'm rooting for it to be a success, but I don't like that last political comment." People cross the street near billboards advertising the new "Superman" film in Times Square on July 9 in New York City. People cross the street near billboards advertising the new "Superman" film in Times Square on July 9 in New York City. CraigWhat To Know Man of Steel, the first entry in what is now known as the Synderverse part of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), had a strong box office following the lukewarm success of the 2006 film Superman Returns but had very divisive reviews from critics. Fans were more open to the new interpretation, but failure to deliver a cohesive and engaging universe with further entries, which included Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, and Justice League, prompted a major change of course, especially after Warner Bros. merged with Discovery to become Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), and new CEO David Zaslav looked to resurrect the company's greatest assets. When Gunn, the writer and director behind the wildly successful and popular Guardians of the Galaxy series for Marvel, crossed the proverbial aisle and made The Suicide Squad, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) seized on a major opportunity. Gunn and producer Peter Safran have now charted a new course for the company's superhero movies, starting with the Gods and Monsters phase of films. James Gunn attends the "Superman" Fan Event at Cineworld Leicester Square on July 02, 2025 in London, England. James Gunn attends the "Superman" Fan Event at Cineworld Leicester Square on July 02, 2025 in London, England. Samir Hussein/WireImage So far, Superman, starring David Corenswet in the title role alongside Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, is off to a flying start, raking in $122 million domestically and $217 million for a global cumulative gross, according to Deadline. This narrowly beat out Man of Steel, which opened to around $116 million domestically and just over $200 million globally over four days, making Superman the best-ever opening for a solo Superman film, and the biggest opening for a film featuring Superman after Batman v. Superman, which had a monster $420 million worldwide opening, including $166 million domestically. However, fans of Man of Steel have been quick to point out on social media that adjusted for inflation, Snyder's entry performed better. On the Box Office subreddit, users posted an adjusted inflation total for each Superman movie, and with that calculation, Man of Steel made just shy of $160 million domestically and $295 million globally. An average film sees around 40 percent drop from week one to week two. Superman not only had a strong opening, but very positive critical response, with Rotten Tomatoes posting an 82 percent critics rating and a 95 percent audience rating compared to Man of Steel, which posted a 57 percent critics rating and 71 percent audience rating. What People Are Saying Writer and director James Gunn told The Times: "Yes, it's about politics, but on another level it's about morality. Do you never kill no matter what — which is what Superman believes — or do you have some balance, as Lois believes? It's really about their relationship and the way different opinions on basic moral beliefs can tear two people apart." He later said: "Superman is the story of America. An immigrant that came from other places and populated the country, but for me it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have there will be jerks out there who are just not kind and will take it as offensive just because it is about kindness. But screw them." "I'm telling a story about a guy who is uniquely good, and that feels needed now because there is a meanness that has emerged due to cultural figures being mean online." Gunn's brother, actor Sean Gunn who plays Maxwell Lord in the film, said, per Variety: "My reaction to [the backlash] is that it is exactly what the movie is about. We support our people, you know? We love our immigrants. Yes, Superman is an immigrant, and yes, the people that we support in this country are immigrants and if you don't like that, you're not American. People who say no to immigrants are against the American way." What Happens Next? Superman has two weeks before Marvel releases its much-promoted Fantastic Four: First Steps, which starts a new phase of the MCU and will tie into the mysterious and course-correcting Avengers: Doomsday, which will see Robert Downey Jr. return to the franchise in a new role as Doctor Doom.
