Summer is here and you know what that means: it’s time for another season of flirting and flings on Love Island USA. Peacock’s fan-fave dating show is back for Season 5, bringing all sorts of steam to your summer viewing schedule. Love Island being Love Island, you know you’re gonna get a lot from this season of TV — and by “a lot” I mean “six episodes a week.” Love Island USA is a show about commitment-phobes that demands commitment from the audience.
Since you’re gonna spend upwards of six hours a week hanging out with this new cast of Islanders, don’t you want to get to know them a little better? What are their likes and dislikes? Which one is a microbiologist and which one is a manager at a Dairy Queen? The answers are below in this roundup of the season’s first 10 Islanders featuring mini-bios and their Instagram handles.
And while we’re at it, let’s shout out the show’s returning host and narrator — Sarah Hyland and Iain Stirling. If you want to know what summer looks like, it looks like Hyland in an impossibly sparkly summer evening gown. And if you want to know what summer sounds like, it sounds like Stirling saying “tonight” in a disproportionately creepy tone before the start of every episode of Love Island. Now, are you ready to meet the starting cast of Love Island USA Season 5?!
Anna Kurdys
Anna is a 22-year-old criminal justice student from Boca Raton, Florida. Her dad is a detective, and that may have inspired her to become a sleuth when it comes to cyber-stalking potential mates.
Carsten “Bergie” Bergersen
Bergie is a 23-year-old Dairy Queen manager from Cottage Grove, Minnesota who has never had a serious girlfriend. A hopeless romantic, Bergie pens letters to his future wife and keeps them in a journal.
Destiny Davis
Destiny is a 27-year-old microbiologist from St. Louis, Missouri who expects her potential man to be well put together and on top of things. She is a self-described “alpha” dater and has never been rejected by a guy.
Jasmine Sklavanitis
Jasmine is a 24-year-old trauma nurse from Nashville, TN who is a total professional when on the clock and “fucking feral” when it comes to dating. She loves guys with dark hair and tattoos.
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Kassy Castillo
Kassy is a 22-year-old real estate student from Fort Worth, Texas who currently works with her mom. A self-described master of impersonations (?), Kassy loves crystals and adult bedtime stories.
- Follow Kassy on Instagram at @kass.c
Keenan Anunay
Keenan is a 23-year-old student and college football player (Morehouse College) from Washington, D.C. He says he is a “dog” both on and off the field and that he devotes most of his energy to football.
Leonardo Dionicio
Leonardo is a 21-year-old salesman from West Hartford, Connecticut. He is fluent in many love languages and prides himself on taking things slow and smooth with women. He claims to be able to see red flags from a mile away, a skill that will surely be tested on Love Island USA.
Marco Donatelli
Marco is a 22-year-old chiropractic student from Boca Raton, Florida who has no problem hooking up with women of all ages. He describes himself as “6’3″ of solid steel and sex appeal” but he’s also ready to leave the dating scene behind and settle down with someone.
Vickala “Kay Kay” Gray
Kay Kay is a 25-year-old travel nurse from Palestine, Texas who is here to find a husband. She will go to extreme lengths for love — literally. She’s up for driving 4 hours outside of her hometown just to go on a date with a potential Mr. Right.
Victor Gonzalez
Victor is a 28-year-old wrestler from Madrid who, despite being 250 pounds of muscle, is a total softie. He’s writing a romance novel! Victor also works birthday parties as Aquaman, but it gets weird when the moms pay him more attention than the kids.
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