Love Island couple become hot new favourites to win as they’re branded the ‘real deal’
A NEW Love Island pairing has become bookmakers’ favourites to win the series.
Tyrique Hyde and Ella Thomas, who were partnered together by the public on day one, have jumped to the front of the pack after two weeks of villa drama.
Ladbrokes have the couple as 7/2 favourites to take home the prize money followed by Frenchman Mehdi Edno and his partner Whitney Adebayo at 9/2.
Jessica O’Reilly of Ladbrokes said: “Tyrique and Ella look like the real deal and punters have propelled them towards the top of the Love Island betting.”
The frontrunners are followed by Sammy and Jess at 5/1 and Molly and Zach at 8/1.
Last night viewers were left in shock after Andre Furtado and Charlotte Sumner were dumped from the villa.
The public were given the power to vote for their favourite couple – and the Islanders were tasked with saying goodbye to the less popular boys and girls in a shock twist.
The three boys with the fewest votes were Andre, Zach and Sammy.
While the bottom three girls were Charlotte, Leah and Catherine.
The ‘safe’ Islanders were all then told to pick, which boy and girl should be sent home.
Andre had been getting to know Catherine after moving on from Ruchee, who left earlier this week.
Charlotte entered the villa as a bombshell and chose to couple with Zachariah, leaving everyone gobsmacked.
Those watching at home admitted they weren’t expecting that result and took to Twitter to discuss it.
One person wrote: “Sorry but Andre deserves better wtf is this .”
A second said: “Sammy should of gone and Leah should of gone! Jess and Molly should of been up there too.”
While a third added: “This sad seeing André leaving. Like I was expecting he will go far on the show. So sad the girls dumped him.”
The Islanders were all gathered round the fireplace when Molly received a message, which said: “The public have been voting for their favourite boy and their favourite girl.
“Those with the fewest votes are at risk of being dumped from the island tonight.”
All of the contestants were left visibly shocked by the news.
George was the first Islander of the series to be sent packing after just one week, while Ruchee left the famous villa on Wednesday.
Thursday’s Love Island episode saw the arrival of new bombshell Scott, who took Jess on a date. It was revealed he was exempt from being sent home.