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The Full Cast of Love Island: Beyond the Villa Season 2 (DETAILS)

The group chat is about to get busy. 

By Philiana Ng & Kaitlin Kimont
Love Island: Beyond the Villa Season 2.

Their summer in Fiji may be over, but the adventures continue for several of the Islanders from Love Island USA Season 7 as they return home from living life in the Villa spotlight. Love Island: Beyond the Villa is back for a second season, featuring lots of familiar faces. 

How to Watch

Stream new episodes of Love Island: Beyond the Villa on Peacock Wednesdays at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET.

Love Island: Beyond the Villa follows former Islanders as they readjust to their lives after spending a summer in Fiji and navigating their newfound fame. Surrounded by their past connections, the Islanders test their romantic relationships in the real world, resolve unfinished business with their exes, and discover that life outside of the Villa comes with its own set of challenges.

The first season of Love Island: Beyond the Villa starred Season 6 Love Island favorites JaNa Craig, Aaron Evans, Miguel Harichi, Leah Kateb, Kaylor Martin, Connor Newsum, Serena Page, Kenny Rodriguez, Olivia Walker, and Kendall Washington. Kordell Beckham and Nicole Jacky also made appearances, as well as Love Island host Ariana Madix

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Now, Beyond the Villa is back for another round. Love Island USA Season 7 winners and ex-couple Bryan Arenales and Amaya Espinal have joined the Season 2 cast, along with fellow Islanders including Jeremiah Brown, Hannah Fields, Pepe Garcia, Iris Kendall, TJ Palma, and more. 

Read on for everything you need to know about the Love Island: Beyond the Villa Season 2 cast.

Beyond the Villa Season 2's Cast

Amaya Espinal 

Amaya Espinal in Love Island: Beyond The Villa Season 2.

We first met Amaya "Papaya" Espinal as a bombshell in Episode 4 of Love Island USA Season 7, and she quickly became a viral sensation and fan-favorite with her hilarious one-liners. The 26-year-old NYC cardiac nurse took home the $100,000 prize with Bryan Arenales at the finale, though they have since called it quits. Nowadays, Amaya told Entertainment Tonight she's working on her music career. "Stay tuned, Papayas!" she teased. "I can't wait to share my art to the world."

Bryan Arenales

Bryan Arenales in Love Island: Beyond The Villa Season 2.

Bryan Arenales made his debut in Love Island USA Season 7 in Casa Amor and quickly formed a connection with Amaya in the Villa. Before Fiji, the 29-year-old Bostonian previously worked in many professions including real estate, bartending, personal training, and finance. He told NBC Boston that since then, he's been working on building his brand "within Latino culture, fitness, fashion, and probably the biggest one is mental health awareness."

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Hannah Fields

Hannah Field in Love Island: Beyond The Villa Season 2.

Hannah Fields made her entrance into Villa as a bombshell with Amaya and fell hard for her fellow Islanders, leading to many emotional moments and viral memes. The 24-year-old Arizona native was a med student when she began her Love Island journey and is now working as a digital creator, according to her Instagram bio

Pepe Garcia

Pepe Garcia in Love Island: Beyond The Villa Season 2.

Pepe Garcia, one of Love Island USA Season 7's heartthrobs, entered the Villa as a bombshell, forming connections with Hannah and Iris Kendall. The retired professional basketball player made it to the finale with Iris, placing fourth, though they broke up shortly after the finale aired. Nowadays, Pepe works as a fitness coach and often posts workout videos on his Instagram

Taylor Williams

Taylor Williams in Love Island: Beyond The Villa Season 2.

Taylor Williams was one of the original Islanders of Love Island USA Season 7, and made it through to Day 28 in the Villa. The Oklahoma cowboy, 24, had first formed a connection with fellow OG Islander, Olandria Carthen, but later sparked up a romance with Clarke Carraway. Nearly a year out of the Villa, Taylor told Cosmopolitan in April 2026 that he and Clarke are still going strong, revealing she took care of him after a bad horseback riding accident. "We only grew stronger and got to understand each other more,” he said. 

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Clarke Carraway

Clarke Carraway in Love Island: Beyond The Villa Season 2.

Clarke Carraway made her Villa debut in Love Island USA Season 7 in Casa Amor, and quickly formed a connection with Taylor, who she's still with today. The 25-year-old South Carolina native has a background in behavioral health and revealed in an interview with GQ that she and Taylor were making long distance work for them. Clarke's cowboy love has also since gotten her on a horse!

Iris Kendall

Iris Kendall in Love Island: Beyond The Villa Season 2.

Iris Kendall made her entrance into the Villa as a bombshell and made it to the finale with Pepe. Before then, Iris had formed a connection with fellow bombshell TJ Palma and was devastated when he was dumped. Before Love Island, Iris worked as a spray tan artist and influencer. Now, 26, Iris reconnected with TJ once Love Island USA Season 7 had wrapped and they're still in a relationship today. "I feel like I'm in such a happy place," Iris told Entertainment Tonight in April 2026. "We compliment each other so well."

TJ Palma

TJ Palma in Love Island: Beyond The Villa Season 2.

TJ Palma's time in the Villa was brief, entering as a bombshell on Day 14, but the 24-year-old real estate agent from Tampa managed to find his real-love in Fiji with Iris. While they didn't end their Love Island journeys together, they quickly sparked up their romance again afterwards. In fact, he told Cosmopolitan in April 2026 that they're "in this for the long haul" and they feel a "sense of security" with each other. 

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Jeremiah Brown

Jeremiah Brown in Love Island: Beyond The Villa Season 2.

Jeremiah Brown, 25, had one of the most wild rides in the Villa, arriving in Fiji as an original Islander and very quickly coupling up with Huda Mustafa. Their Love Island relationship with tumultuous, ending with America voting to break them up. After Jeremiah's shocking dumping later on in the season, he's been busy working as a model and hosts a book club on social media where he often gives his reviews. 

Chris Seeley

Chris Seely in Love Island: Beyond The Villa Season 2.

Chris Seeley made his Love Island debut in Casa Amor, ultimately coupling up with Huda and making to the finale with her, though they broke up on the show and ended things on camera. The 28-year-old basketball pro revealed in a March 2026 interview with License Magazine that nowadays he's an "upcoming actor and upcoming model."

Belle-A Walker

Bell-A Walker in Love Island: Beyond The Villa Season 2.

Belle-A Walker was an original cast member of Love Island USA Season 7 and also became the first Islander to be dumped from the Villa while coupled up with Nic Vansteenberghe. The Honolulu native was 22 years old when she arrived in Fiji, working as a model and barista, and said in a March 2026 TikTok that filming Beyond the Villa was a "rollercoaster."

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More Love Island USA Season 7 cast members will make appearances on Beyond the Villa 

Gracyn Blackmore, Iris Kendall, Andreina Santos, Belle-A Walker, and Jeremiah Brown talk on Love Island: Beyond The Villa Season 2 Episode 2.

Throughout Beyond the Villa Season 2, you can expect to see former Islanders including Coco Watson, Andreina Santos, Gracyn Blackmore, as well as Austin Shepard and Charlie Georgiou. The Beyond the Villa Season 2 trailer also reveals Nic Vansteenberghe will make a cameo.

Love Island: Beyond the Villa Season 2 Is Here

The summer's hottest bombshells are back and better than ever! Love Island: Beyond the Villa Season 2 streams two episodes a week exclusively on Peacock, every Wednesday at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET, kicking off with its premiere on April 15.

Amaya "Papaya" Espinal, Hannah Fields, Iris Kendall, Jeremiah Brown, and TJ Palma will all star and open up about their post-Villa lives as they navigate their newfound fame. Fellow Love Island USA Season 7 stars Andreina Santos, Belle-A Walker, Bryan Arnelas, Charlie Giorgio, Chris Seeley, Clarke Carraway, Coco Watson, Gracyn Blackmore, Pepe Garcia-Gonzalez, and Taylor Williams will also be featured.

If you can't get enough of Beyond the Villa, during the season a brand new trivia game testing your knowledge of the week's episode will drop every Thursday at 8 a.m. ET, exclusively on the Peacock Mobile App. You can download the app in Apple's App Store and Google Play. 

In addition, Platinum and Diamond Xfinity members can exclusively watch extended versions of episodes 1-3 of the new season of Love Island: Beyond the Villa on X1 and stream. Members can also enter special sweepstakes, where one lucky fan will win a trip to Fiji, and 100 have a chance to win a Villa at Home Kit. Learn more details and enter to win by May 10, only on the Xfinity App. 

Where can you watch Love Island: Beyond the Villa Season 2?

Love Island: Beyond the Villa episodes will stream exclusively on Peacock, starting on April 15. You can check out the full episode schedule here

While you wait for new episodes to drop, you can stream the full first season Love Island: Beyond the Villa, as well as past seasons of Love Island USA and Love Island Games on Peacock right now.