Love Island 2022 Betting: Tasha and Luca favourites to win

Max Liu
05 June 2022
3:00 min read

Love Island 2022 starts on Monday on ITV2

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Get the early odds on Love Island 2022 for top male and top female ahead of the popular ITV2 show's start on Monday...

"Daughters of famous people have done well in Love Island, with Dani Dyer winning in 2018, so is Michael Owen's daughter Gemma one to watch in 2022? The market thinks so, making the 19-year-old 5/2 to be top female."

Can it really be a year since Liam Reardon and Millie Court were crowned Love Island series seven champions? You better believe it.

Series 8 kicks off at 9pm, Monday (6 June) on ITV2 and, even before we've got to know the 2022 contestants, the betting markets have been taking shape.

There are 11 contestants heading to the famous villa in Mallorca and the show will run for eight weeks.

Tasha favourite to be top female

Tasha Ghouri is the first deaf contestant to appear on Love Island and the market makes her the favourite to be top female at 2/1.

She is expected to prove popular with contestants and viewers alike and is, at the outset, the shortest price of any of the Villa-bound 11.

Daughters of famous people have done well in Love Island, with Dani Dyer winning in 2018, so is Michael Owen's daughter Gemma one to watch in 2022?

The market thinks so, making the 19-year-old dressage rider 5/2 to be top female.

SO ready to be fully obsessed with our Islanders See you Monday at 9pm on @itv2 and ITV Hub! #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/Z7aNnfRJ47
-- Love Island (@LoveIsland) June 3, 2022

Paige Thorne 9/2, Indiyah Polack 6/1 and Amber Beckford 10/1 complete the list of women contestants.

Luca no further for this year's top male?

Fishmonger Luca Bish 5/2 is the favourite to be the top male.

In his introductory video, thr 23-year-old from Brighton described himself as "so-fish-ticated", so he has a sense of humour and could woo with his wordplay.

He previously dated YouTuber Saffron Barker who you may remember was a contestant on Strictly in 2019.

Liam Llewellyn is deemed Luca's nearest rival at 3/1, although it's not clear why. His promo material consisted of self-depreacting admissions about how, among other things, he thought Elton John was two people. Confused? You're not the only one. Apparently, Liam thought it was "Elt and John." Okayyyy.

After that the odds drift out to 6/1 for Davide Sanclimenti, a self-described "Italian stallion" who claims the women of Manchester go wild for him. Will his charms prove as effective in the villa?

If not then one of Dami Hope, Andrew Le Page - both 7/1 - or Ikenna Ekwonna 10/1 could make an impression and prove an unexpected success at longer odds.

At the moment, the contestants are mere names, potted biographies and subjects for tabloid speculation. But if previous series are anything to go by we will all be getting to know them much better over the next few weeks, as we watch their fortunes fluctuate at the famous villa.