5. Anna Vakili
Anna was an absolute amazing islander. She gave us most of the drama of the series with her clashes with the likes of Michael and Jordan and proved herself to be a loyal friend to most of the girls, especially Amber. She was a central character to many moments during the series, most notably her returning from Casa Amor with Ovie whilst Jordan stayed loyal to her, CHALDISH (I don’t care what anybody says Anna’s situation and Michael’s situation were completely different and therefore she had every right to have a go at him for the way he treated Amber) and watching her completely lose her **** when Jordan tried to snake her and crack on with India (and RIGHTLY so). It’s a shame she was never more popular with the public as I would have liked to have seen her make the final but I think her relationship with Jordan wasn’t popular enough and then she’d have obviously never found another bloke in time for the final so we lost her in the final week </3
4. Anton Danyluk
I love my DADDY Anton and have done since day one. I think he was honest (you’ve made your bed, lie in anna OOP!) and hilarious (the mum shaving his bum thing aside as its kind of messy) and was initially misunderstood so much so that he nearly went as the first boot. I loved watching his unlucky in love antics with Amy, Lucie, Anna, Elma, Molly-Mae and then finally Belle and his relationship with the latter really helped cement him as one of my favourite islanders of the series. I loved watching them both together and personally think they deserved to be in the final over Ovie and India but I suppose you can’t have everything! I loved his friendship with Amber and the fact he told her to go and win it upon his exit <3 And of course he gave us his iconic mam Sherrie Anne Danyluk and her chart topping song the Razor Rap!
3. Amber Gill
WE love the best winner besides Jess! We watched her really go on a journey in the villa and it was amazing to see. From being a cold hearted cow to Callum to being unable to find a bloke, and choosing Anton to keep him in the villa, to softening to Michael, to staying loyal to him in Casa Amor and returning to find he had chosen Joanna, to being unable to get over him and being in another friendship couple with Ovie to eventually meeting her prince charming in Greg, saying goodbye to Michael when he tried to get with her and then winning the whole thing with Greg. Like I said in Michael’s write up, I would be lying if I said there wasn’t a part of me that wanted to pick Michael just because of how good they were before Casa Amor but it would not have felt right in hindsight with how poorly he treated her during the whole thing and tried to blame her for all of it and basically ostracize her for it. But all of that became irrelevant because she became the bloody winner! WOW. A journey. She was sarcastic, moody, dry, hilarious, feisty, a loyal friend and drop dead gorgeous and I’m utterly ecstatic that she won. I don’t mind Molly-Mae and Tommy but if anybody has had a rollercoaster ride in the villa it was definitely Amber and the best bits of the series proved that. The true nation’s sweetheart!
2. Lucie Donlan
A Cornish surfing queen. Lucie’s placement in this ranking may just kill off the whole thing for the whole of TiBB, but I can’t lie about my love for this beautiful legend. She started off the series the pretty girl that everybody loved and in a love triangle with Joe and Tommy and after picking Joe and him getting dumped she clearly regretted the decision and tried to crawl back to Tommy lmao (after being stuck with Anton for a bit) despite him being in a strong couple with Molly-Mae. The fact she didn’t tell Molly-Mae any of this and went to Tommy and told him not to tell anybody about it and not really seeing why Molly-Mae had a problem with her telling Tommy that she fancied him lmao <3 Then being put in the Casa Amor villa with 6 new blokes and having two compete for her attentions before returning to the villa and deciding to dump her pick George along with Maura in a double dumping and try her luck for Tommy again LMFAO<3 Her random feud with Amy as well was an absolute howl which involved her making her relationship with Joe official on the same day Amy had done with Curtis and then pelting her with food in a food fight task reducing Amy to tears AHHHH<3 Her friendship with Maura was absolutely amazing and I’m so happy that we managed to get Joe to see her flourish with her partner in crime. The episode where they both sat on the day bed and slagged off the rest of the couples who were relaxing in the afternoon sun around them <33 The hatred for her was so OTT and I thought she was a hilarious islander and she went FAR too soon! A Bev!
1. Maura Higgins
Was there any doubt that Mrs. Maura Higgins would be my number one? An Irish queen who walked in and absolutely saved the series after its questionably boring first week. She made a beeline for her man Tommy and made it NO secret that she wanted him, often announcing that he gave her fanny flutters, trying to seduce him on multiple occasions and sucking on a lollipop seductively whilst he watched her RIGHT in front of the girl he was coupled up with Molly Mae AHHH. After Tommy chose Molly-Mae and left our beauty single, it looked all over for her before the producers intervened and sent her on a date with her temporary prince charming Tom, who seemingly swept her off her feet with his handsome face and charm. However, this was short lived as Tom and the lads openly speculated if Maura would be putting it on a plate for Tom in the hideaway because, after all, she was open with her sexuality (DISGUSTING!) right in front of her and she rightfully clocked Tom. ARE YOU JOUKIN? Her imitating his vacant expressions and dumb excuses to his face<3 Following that, Maura and Tom managed to briefly reconcile (she should have NEVER give him another chance) after he apologised to her multiple times but this again was not meant to be as they fell out ONCE more when Maura discovered from Jordan that Tom had called her cringey and OTT amongst other things behind her back and she rightfully clocked him in the middle of the afternoon, screaming at him that he was a ****ING COWARD and was playing the game lmao <3 After that, Maura and Tom were split and she was left single just in time for Casa Amor, where she snogged both Dennon and Marvin (classic Maura <3) and returned to the villa with Marvin. Soon after that, Ms. Maura and her loyal sidekick Lucie (I absolutely adored this friendship I know I’ve spoken about it so many times in this ranking) dumped both of their Casa Amor boyfriends together (<3 <3 <3) and Maura threw the biggest curveball of the series when she announced that she was going to be pursuing her new manly man Curtis right in front of his ex half girlfriend Amy’s face. Of course, Francesca entered and for a short while stole Maura’s man Curtis and she was left with Chris (who I personally believe she would have done better with than Curtis as she carried for Curtis for the last few weeks of the series due to her being so liked and him being so disliked). However, after that, Maura was finally able to snatch her man Curtis and they stormed to the final together, finishing in a respectable fourth place, not bad for a girl who entered the villa in the second week and was loathed by the audience
A JOURNEY. She was the BEST islander of all time and I will NOT hear otherwise. She was fiercely loyal (her reaction to Jordan cheating on Anna was a HOWL ‘SHUT YA MOUTH YA PRICK’ and ‘YA JUST SAID IT!’), had exceptional one liners (constantly announcing she had fanny flutters, WHY YAE ASKING HER DAT, ARE YOU JOUKIN, My vagina is TROBBIN, YA A FOOKIN LIAR, A SHOWER OF PRICKS, LUCKY IM WEARING KNICKERS!), was drop dead gorgeous, brought most of the drama to the series and was just MEANT for reality TV. We really lived the Maura Higgins experience this summer and I’ll miss her with all my heart. Maura FOR the jungle.