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Love Island 2018 catch up: Romance blossoms as Jack asks Dani to officially be his girlfriend

All the latest drama from the villa as the contestants search for love and evade sunburns

Sunday 24 June 2018 22:02 BST

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Love Island's Sunday episode saw romance blossom all across of the villa.

First off, Samira landed her first kiss of the show with new boy Sam, promising that, not only has she once more managed to evade being evicted from the villa, but that she might actually get a shot at finding real love.

Georgia went for broke with Josh and the two consolidated their coupling with a promise of no more games; Megan and Eyal, plus Adam and Zara got to know each other a little bit better with some heartfelt chats about how Venice "stinks", apparently, and what the practicalities of opening 300 schools are.

Meanwhile, Laura and Wes let "the horse eat the sugar lump", which won't be explained further - but you can guess what it entails.

But, most importantly of all, Jack actually asked Dani to be his girlfriend. And she said yes, instantly cementing them as the absolute favourites to win the show. Could there ever be any doubt? Or is there a nasty surprise hiding around the corner?

Follow along our reaction as it happened:

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Love Island is back. BACK! Back on tonight. As it is every night that's not Saturday, because let's watch society crumble while it's glued to TV screens watching Rosie yell about how terrible Adam is.

clarisse.loughrey24 June 2018 13:54

Here's a chance to catch up on Friday's events:

Love Island's Rosie Williams leaves amid a bizarre storm of domestic abuse allegationsThe IndependentWelsh lawyer's departure makes clear the Love Island moral code: a false eyelash for a false eyelash. A veneered tooth for a veneered tooth

clarisse.loughrey24 June 2018 14:30

Here's a flashback of Rosie getting ejected from the villa.

clarisse.loughrey24 June 2018 15:30

Could the contestants be in for a major shock this episode?

Love Island set for a shock as Jack's former girlfriend reportedly set to join showThe Independent'For the past few weeks there have been lots of discussions whose exes would make good TV and who would make the most impact'

clarisse.loughrey24 June 2018 16:30

Don't you all wish we were watching the Australian version, though?

Love Island Australia is way more dramatic than the UK's versionThe IndependentA fight between two contestants has gone viral following the show's latest elimination

clarisse.loughrey24 June 2018 17:30

Will Sam's lies catch up to him?

clarisse.loughrey24 June 2018 18:30

New to the show? Firstly, welcome! Secondly, take a moment to read one man's harrowing account of his first experience watching the ITV2 reality series.

'Love Island is a hateful parade of everything you wanted to be as a young person, but weren’t'The Independent‘Love Island’ virgin David Barnett sits down to watch the new series of the televised ‘Club 18-30’ holiday with his teenage daughter, and can’t help but ask, where have the days of watching ‘Dora the Explorer’ gone?

clarisse.loughrey24 June 2018 19:30

Only one hour to go, who can believe it.

clarisse.loughrey24 June 2018 20:00

Here we go: with strong language and ADULT CONTENT!

clarisse.loughrey24 June 2018 21:00

Previously: we had the shock eviction of Rosie, with Sam offering Samira another chance at love in the villa. This week: uh... what's coming, actually?

clarisse.loughrey24 June 2018 21:02

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