{"id":17147,"date":"2022-06-18T19:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1664883"},"modified":"2022-06-18T19:41:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T17:41:10","slug":"love-islands-liberty-poole-predicts-gemma-and-luca-will-go-the-distance","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/love-islands-liberty-poole-predicts-gemma-and-luca-will-go-the-distance\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island\u2019s Liberty Poole predicts Gemma and Luca will go the distance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Grace Henry\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 18 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>It\u2019s still very early days in the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-start-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island<\/a> villa as we approach week three of season 8, but former contestant Liberty Poole thinks she may have spotted this year\u2019s strongest couple.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Liberty \u2013 who appeared on the show last year \u2013 thinks<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-gemma-owen\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"> Gemma Owen<\/a> and her partner <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-luca-bish\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Luca Bish<\/a> could \u201cgo the distance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cI feel like now out of everyone after watching Thursday\u2019s episode, maybe Luca and Gemma are actually the long distance couple. Maybe they\u2019re the most stable, but then again, Luca is coming on too intensely, so she could sway too. It\u2019s just all to play for.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6308083752112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p>At two weeks into the show, Liberty thinks it would be nice to see the couples get \u201ccloser\u201d and believes that Gemma\u2019s feelings for Luca are a lot clearer now, after her ex <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-jacques-oneill\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Jacques O\u2019Neill<\/a> joined the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestants-confirmed\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island 2022 line-up<\/a>.<\/p> <p>She continued: \u201cI feel like with Jacques, at first, him and Gemma had a bit of a spark, which you probably might have with your ex, but as the episodes have played out, it\u2019s clear that she does definitely like Luca and I feel like it\u2019s settled down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gemma and Luca coupled up at the last recoupling, as he stole her away from <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-davide-sanclimenti\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Davide Sanclimenti<\/a>, who is now in a love triangle with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-ekin-su-culculoglu\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Ekin-Su Cu\u0308lcu\u0308log\u0306lu<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-jay-younger\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Jay Younger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It looked there could be some trouble in paradise as Gemma mentioned that she didn\u2019t want to feel \u201cmarried off\u201d now that they\u2019re a couple \u2013 however, the pair managed to settle their differences, with Luca taking a more nonchalant approach and not bringing her a glass of juice in the morning, something Gemma found very attractive\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Who said romance is dead?<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><strong>New episodes of Love Island 2022 air at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub every night, except Saturdays. 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Grace Henry Published: Saturday, 18 June 2022 at 12:00 am It\u2019s still very early days in the Love Island villa as we approach week three of season 8, but former contestant Liberty Poole thinks she may have spotted this year\u2019s strongest couple. 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