The Love Island Australia Season 8 cast includes athletes, tradies, models, a chiropractor, a jeweller and even a former Miss New Zealand. Sophie Monk will return as host when the new season begins on Monday, October 26.
Meet The Love Island Australia 2026 Boys
Lachie
Lachie is a 26-year-old chiropractor from Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. Single for three years, he is heading into the villa looking for a genuine relationship and says he is attracted to women who are fit, confident and take care of themselves.
Jarrar
Jarrar is a 22-year-old FIFO diesel fitter from Wollongong. He is regularly mistaken for NRL star Reece Walsh, earning him the nickname “Walshy from Wish” from his workmates, and describes himself as cheeky, confident and usually the loudest person in the room.
Jack
Jack is a 24-year-old tradie trainer from the Gold Coast. With a background in business and sales, he now teaches tradesmen how to become more presentable and profitable, while his downtime is filled with surfing, boating, camping and 4WD adventures.
Keanu
Keanu is a 25-year-old Sydney tradie who previously played rugby league with the North Queensland Cowboys and Newcastle Knights. The cheeky New Zealander says he lives by the words “why not?” and hopes his energy, humour and dimples will help him make an impression.
Oli
Oli is a 26-year-old personal trainer from Perth whose thirst trap went viral after it was photographed by his nan. He calls himself a lover boy and says he wants an emotional connection rather than another short-lived romance.
Meet The Love Island Australia 2026 Girls
Shawnee
Shawnee is a 27-year-old online fitness coach from the Gold Coast. Fresh from an on-again, off-again relationship with a former Islander, she is officially single and ready for a new connection, although her habit of oversharing may bring some early villa chaos.
Phoebe
Phoebe is 23 and splits her time between Adelaide and London. The self-described hopeless romantic has a commerce degree but is currently “funemployed”, and admits she falls hard and fast when she likes someone.
Amanda
Amanda is a 26-year-old Sydney jeweller and model. She describes herself as strategic and emotionally intelligent, and wants a confident, emotionally steady man who makes his interest clear.
Natalie
Natalie is a 23-year-old airline ground crew member from the Gold Coast. After two serious relationships that each lasted three years, she is tired of noncommittal dating and hopes her next relationship will be the one that lasts.
Layla
Layla is a 22-year-old Pilates instructor from Canberra with a fiery personality and plenty of confidence. Her last boyfriend dumped her one week before their planned European holiday, then took the trip without her, so she is ready for a much better romantic adventure in Fiji.
Meet The Four Bombshells
Four more singles have been announced as bombs, meaning the starting Islanders will not have long to settle into their first couples.
Ava
Ava is a 24-year-old traffic controller based in Perth. Originally from Newcastle in England, the villa's resident Geordie wants a man who can make her laugh, match her energy and keep his attention firmly on her.
Jordan
Jordan is a 24-year-old Airbnb owner from Canberra and the son of a former Prime Minister of Tonga. The well-travelled “international landlord” owns a small portfolio of premium apartments in Tonga and says he will always go after what he wants.
Zel
Zel is a Gold Coast model and former footballer who speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish and French. He was part of West Ham's development squad before playing in Australia, but injuries ended his football career and led him into modelling.
Sammi
Sammi is a 23-year-old model and content creator from Whangārei, New Zealand. She spent the past year travelling as Miss New Zealand and says she has not been kissed in almost two years, but she will not be afraid of competition when she finds someone she wants.
The Power Couples Will Control The Fiji Villa
The new Islanders will move into the Love Island USA villa in Fiji, marking the Australian show's first season at the tropical location. The Fiji move also introduces The Power Couples, a group of successful former Islanders who will be able to influence life inside the villa.
That group includes Claudia and Austen, Kale and Tyra, Georgia and Nate, Eric and Kaylah, Kye and Yana, and Connor and Isabel. Nine has promised the returning couples will create plenty of chaos for the new singles.
Love Island Australia Season 8 premieres Monday, October 26, with episodes dropping at 10.00am AEDT on 9Now and screening at 8.30pm on Channel 9 from Monday to Thursday. The companion series Love Island Australia: Unseen. Uncut. will also stream on Stan.
