{"id":19148,"date":"2022-07-25T17:41:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T15:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1685638"},"modified":"2022-07-25T18:22:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T16:22:32","slug":"love-island-reality-check-megan-barton-hanson-on-andrew-and-tasha-jacques-and-paige-and-who-should-win","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/love-island-reality-check-megan-barton-hanson-on-andrew-and-tasha-jacques-and-paige-and-who-should-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island Reality Check: Megan Barton-Hanson on Andrew and Tasha, Jacques and Paige and who should win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 25 July 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>With <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>\u2018s eighth season heading into its final week, the competition is really hotting up and the remaining couples try to establish themselves as the strongest contenders for that \u00a350,000 prize money.<\/p>\n<p><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\">Twelve contestants<\/a>\u00a0are still in the Mallorcan villa after Deji, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-reece-ford\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Reece Ford<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-nathalia-campos\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Nathalia Campos<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/lacey-edwards-love-island-2022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Lacey Edwards<\/a> were dumped last night, and with the talent show returning in tonight\u2019s episode, the ITV2 reality show is pulling out all the stops as it says goodbye to the 2022 islanders.<\/p>\n<p>Someone who knows what this stage of the competition is like more than anybody is Megan Barton-Hanson \u2013 a bombshell who came in fourth place on Love Island\u2019s fourth season.<\/p>\n<p>The model and influencer sat down with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> for the Love Island Reality Check to chat all about season 8 and what she thinks of this year\u2019s personalities.<\/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=\"6309987842112\" 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>\u201cI\u2019m loving season 8 and I took so much pride in saying to everyone, \u2018My season is the best, it\u2019s gone down hill, it\u2019s so boring, everyone\u2019s been playing it safe since my season,\u2019 but now I can\u2019t even say that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, everyone has come with their A-game. They\u2019re properly going for it. I love it. It\u2019s so entertaining.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the recent drama around <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-dami-hope\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Dami Hope<\/a> and <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>\u2018s treatment of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-tasha-ghouri\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Tasha Ghouri<\/a> after the dancer entered into a relationship with her on-off beau <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-andrew-le-page\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Le Page<\/a>, Megan said that she agreed with the boys over the couple\u2019s authenticity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just feel like, you know how <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-paige-thorne\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Paige [Thorne]<\/a> was with <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> and then he left and now she\u2019s completely different with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/adam-collard-love-island-return\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Adam [Collard]<\/a>? And like the way <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> is with <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>. That\u2019s somewhere you can tell these girls are properly into these men,\u201d she said. \u201cI just think that with her, she\u2019s a bit cold with him. I just feel sorry for him because when he gets out, it\u2019s all going to be downhill from there \u2013 bless him.\u201d<\/p> <p>She added: \u201cI\u2019ll have to hang out with him and wingwoman him. Teach him how to be as cold as me and ruthless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to everything Megan had to say on this season of Love Island in this week\u2019s edition of the Love Island Reality Check \u2013 and check out the earlier chats with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-reality-check-liberty-poole-ekin-su-drama-exclusive\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Liberty Poole<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-reality-check-kaz-kamwi-casa-amor-predictions-exclusive\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Kaz Kamw<\/a>i.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><strong>New episodes of Love Island air at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub every day except Saturday. 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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 Lauren Morris Published: Monday, 25 July 2022 at 12:00 am With Love Island\u2018s eighth season heading into its final week, the competition is really hotting up and the remaining couples try to establish themselves as the strongest contenders for that \u00a350,000 prize money. Twelve contestants\u00a0are still in the Mallorcan villa after Deji, Reece Ford, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":19149,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/love-island-reality-check-megan-barton-hanson-on-andrew-and-tasha-jacques-and-paige-and-who-should-win-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/love-island-reality-check-megan-barton-hanson-on-andrew-and-tasha-jacques-and-paige-and-who-should-win-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/love-island-reality-check-megan-barton-hanson-on-andrew-and-tasha-jacques-and-paige-and-who-should-win-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/love-island-reality-check-megan-barton-hanson-on-andrew-and-tasha-jacques-and-paige-and-who-should-win-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/love-island-reality-check-megan-barton-hanson-on-andrew-and-tasha-jacques-and-paige-and-who-should-win-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/love-island-reality-check-megan-barton-hanson-on-andrew-and-tasha-jacques-and-paige-and-who-should-win-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/love-island-reality-check-megan-barton-hanson-on-andrew-and-tasha-jacques-and-paige-and-who-should-win-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Monday, 25 July 2022 at 12:00 am With Love Island\u2018s eighth season heading into its final week, the competition is really hotting up and the remaining couples try to establish themselves as the strongest contenders for that \u00a350,000 prize money. 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