Love Island fans gob-smacked by surprise ‘moon victim’ in drama-filled episode

LOVE Island fans were sent wild during Thursday night’s show as they spotted a surprise ‘moon victim’. The ITV show kicked off with a tense dumping, which saw a whopping five islanders leave the villa – with Finley, Martha, Jordon and Elicia all voted off, while Ellie chose to walk. Maya Jama was hilariously edited into the moon – a place usually reserved for islanders – during the intro to tonight’s episodeCredit: ITV The star had entered the villa to break the news that four islanders were being axed Credit: ITV But fans were more distracted by the episode’s intro montage. Love Island often opens with a recap of what took place in the previous episode, with the show stitching together dramatic clips from the episode before showing what’s coming up. Sign up for the Love Island newsletter Thank you! The montage usually ends with a dramatic moment as the camera fades out and focuses on the moon, before getting into the main episode. Occasionally, the final scene and the moon clip will fade into one another – meaning islander’s faces are seen insite the moon. And during tonight’s episode, it was host Maya Jama who was seen in the satellite planet – bizarrely sending viewers wild. One tweeted: “MAYA IS IN THE MOON?! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN??!” Read Sun Club’s latest article on why Ellie really decided to leave the villa here. “They put maya in the moon today,” laughed another. Most read in TV A third wrote: “lmao has maya jama ever been the moon victim before”. “Does maya give her support to be edited into the moon,” asked another. Another echoed: “Seeing Maya get the moon fade doesn’t seem right lol”. Maya looked stunning as she entered the villa in a figure-hugging minidress. And if the moon edit is reserved for the show star bringing the most amount of drama, Maya certainly fit the bill tonight. After revealing Jordon and Elicia had the least amount of public votes and were therefore dumped from the villa, Maya then told the islanders they had a tough decision to make. Explaining that Mica, Samraj, Finley and Martha were all at risk; she told the remaining islanders that they would have to decide which two out of those four stars to vote out. After an emotional deliberation, they chose to dump Finley and Martha, which led a crying Ellie to say she would also be heading home as she stayed loyal to partner Finley. With the fallout from Ellie’s decision to walk continuing, Love Island continues on ITV2 and ITVX at 9pm on Friday. Comment now