Love Island USA Season 7 Couples: Who's Still Together in 2026?

Love Island USA Season 7 ended in July 2025 with four couples in the finale and a fanbase fully convinced that at least a few of them would go the distance. One year later, exactly one original couple is still together. The winners broke up in a month, the fourth-place couple imploded in a cheating scandal, and the most surprising love story of the season did not even start until the cameras stopped rolling.

Here is where every major Season 7 couple stands in 2026, couple by couple, with the receipts.

Season 7 Couples Status Check

• TOGETHER · Nic Vansteenberghe & Olandria Carthen (runners-up)
• TOGETHER · Iris Kendall & TJ Palma (coupled up after the show)
• SPLIT · Amaya Espinal & Bryan Arenales (winners, split August 2025)
• SPLIT · Iris Kendall & Pepe Garcia-Gonzalez (split August 2025)
• SPLIT · Ace Greene & Chelley Bissainthe (split December 2025)
• SPLIT · Huda Mustafa & Chris Seeley (split during the finale)

Statuses verified against interviews and reporting current as of July 6, 2026.

Are Nic and Olandria Still Together?

Runners-up · Together since July 2025

Yes, Nicolandria is still going strong in 2026. Nic Vansteenberghe and Olandria Carthen spent the first half of Season 7 coupled up with other people while the entire internet screamed at the screen, and they finally figured it out in time to finish as runners-up. A year later they have outlasted every couple that placed around them.

Breakup rumors made the rounds in early 2026 since the two rarely appear at events together, but Nic confirmed in spring 2026 that they are still a couple managing long distance and two suddenly very busy careers. Nic has been DJing around the country and playing in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game while Olandria builds a modeling career, and Olandria has explained that separate red carpets are a scheduling reality rather than a relationship problem.

Are Amaya and Bryan Still Together?

Winners · Split August 2025

No. The Season 7 winners lasted about a month. Amaya Espinal and Bryan Arenales took the crown and the prize money in July 2025, and by late August the relationship was over. It remains the fastest winner breakup in Love Island USA history.

The way it ended became its own storyline. Bryan called things off over a lengthy text message, which Amaya did not exactly take gracefully, and the fallout played out on Beyond the Villa. Amaya has since moved on with someone she knew before the show and has kept his identity private, while Bryan has stayed publicly single.

Are Iris and Pepe Still Together?

Fourth place · Split August 2025

No, and this one ended ugly. Iris Kendall and Pepe Garcia-Gonzalez finished fourth and confirmed at the reunion that they were exclusive. Weeks later a viral social media post alleged that Pepe had been with another woman, and the two broke up and unfollowed each other by the end of August 2025. Pepe has maintained on Beyond the Villa that he never cheated.

The Iris story has a much better second act, though, which brings up the couple nobody saw coming.

Are Iris and TJ Still Together?

Coupled up after the show · Official November 2025

Yes. The best Season 7 relationship technically is not a Season 7 couple. After the Pepe split, Iris reconnected with Thomas "TJ" Palma, her early villa connection who went home before the finale. She visited him in Tampa, the spark survived the reality TV detour, and TJ made it official with a sunset ask in Malibu in November 2025.

As of mid 2026 they are still together and openly working the long distance between Tampa and Los Angeles, with TJ describing constant travel and a recent trip to Italy as proof the relationship stays the priority. Screenwrecked's take is that Iris upgrading from her finale partner to her day-one connection is the most satisfying outcome of the entire season.

Are Ace and Chelley Still Together?

Fan favorites · Split December 2025

No. Ace and Chelley made it five months, which counts as a long run by this cast's standards. Ace Greene and Chelley Bissainthe never made the finale but left the villa as one of the season's most rooted-for pairs, and they kept things going through the fall. In December 2025 Chelley confirmed they had split, describing it as a mutual decision rather than a blowup.

Neither has publicly confirmed a new relationship since, although Ace has spent the summer of 2026 at the center of unconfirmed dating rumors involving another islander, so that status may not stay quiet for long.

Are Huda and Chris Still Together?

Split during the finale episode

No, and they hold the record for never even making it out of Fiji. Huda Mustafa ended things with Chris Seeley during their final date, making them the only Season 7 pairing to walk into the finale broken up. Huda later said Chris could not meet the bare minimum and that his wandering eye did the relationship in, while the distance between North Carolina and Chris's basketball career overseas removed any chance of a slow rebuild. At the reunion Chris made it clear he had no interest in staying friends, and both have stayed split since.

The Season 7 Scorecard

Out of the four finale couples, one survived. Add Ace and Chelley and the season produced six real relationships, of which two exist today, and only one of those left the villa together. The pattern is hard to miss since the couples that lasted were the slow burns, while the pairings built on finale momentum and prize money collapsed almost immediately.

It is worth remembering while watching Season 8 couples declare closed-off status in week three. History says the couple to bet on is not the one winning challenges, but the one that took the longest to figure itself out.