Love Island voting percentages REVEALED after Toni Laites and Cach Mercer scoop £50,000 cash prize – and it’s the closest final in show’s history
Toni Laites and Cacherel ‘Cach’ Mercer won the twelfth series of Love Island on Monday evening, making show history in the process.
ITV has now shared the voting breakdown for the four couples that made it to the final, with the figures confirming it was the narrowest win since the show launched in 2015.
In total, Toni and Cach received 33.5% of the vote, with Shakira Khan and Harry Cooksley taking 26.2% – showing the result was a close call.
Yasmin Pettet and Jamie Rhodes came third with 22% and Angel Swift and Ty Isherwood placed fourth with 18.3%.
With just 15% between fourth and first place, it’s the closest final vote in history.
The results of the votes come after host Maya Jama, 30, announced that the couple had received the highest percentage of the public vote and would take home the £50,000 cash prize.
Toni Laites and Cacherel ‘Cach’ Mercer won Love Island series 12 on Monday
And ITV has now shared the voting breakdown for the four couples that made it to the final (pictured L-R Angel, Ty, Shakira, Harry, Toni, Cach, Yasmin, and Jamie)
Toni has made history as the first American contestant to enter the UK Love Island villa, and she and Cach seem set on making their relationship work despite the transatlantic distance.
The couple had a rocky beginning after meeting during Casa Amor, as it wasn’t long until the pair found themselves in a major love triangle with Harrison.
Yet once Harrison decided to leave the villa with Lauren, Toni set her sights on Cach, and the pair went from strength to strength.
Toni and Cach won despite the bookies’ odds revealing it was Harry and Shakira in the running to win, just hours ahead of the live final.
And fans seemed delighted with the decision as they took to Twitter to wish the couple congratulations.
They penned: ‘Justice served well done Toni & Cach .. what a gentleman man he is’;
‘Congratulations Toni and cach. First American and she won. Iconic moves’;
‘a bombshell + a casa boy winning love island – iconic!’; ‘Love island didn’t disappoint with Cach & Toni winning’;
Toni and Cach won with 33.5% of the vote, narrowly beating Shakira Khan and Harry Cooksley at 26.2%. With only a 15% gap between first and fourth place, it was the closest final vote ever
The results of the votes come after host Maya Jama, 30, announced that the couple had received the highest percentage of the public vote and would take home the £50,000 cash prize
Toni has made history as the first American contestant to enter the UK Love Island villa, and she and Cach seem set on making their relationship work despite the transatlantic distance
‘Toni was her true authentic self’; ‘Amazing winners – hats off to the producers for an elite season of #loveisland’.
Others teased how funny it was that Harrison was there to watch Toni win the 50k after previously leaving her for Lauren.
They penned: ‘Harrison had to watch Toni win 50k’ ‘Forget there were there, the win makes it even better’.
Shakira and Harry have had a rollercoaster journey in the villa, with Harry’s roaming eye causing plenty of upset.
While the pair were originally coupled up, it wasn’t long before his head was turned and he snuck off to the Hideaway with Helena.
The pair beat Harry and Shakira (pictured) to first place in one of the most dramatic summers of the ITV reality show
After changing his mind once again, he returned to Helena after the pair claimed to have an ‘undeniable connection’.
However, after Harry discovered Shakira’s feelings for her hadn’t gone away, Harry recoupled with the 22-year-old, claiming his relationship with Helena was more of a friendship.
Angel was the final bombshell in this year’s series, only entering the villa two weeks ago, where she immediately hit it off with Casa Amor boy Ty.
The pair went from strength to strength despite Blu’s attempt to turn her head earlier this week.
