Meet Peacock’s ‘Love Island USA’ Season 5 Cast (PHOTOS)
Love Island fans, are you ready? Peacock has revealed the Love Island USA Season 5 cast — a group of 10 singles hoping to find love and keep it alive. See the cast debut video above and learn more about this first batch of singles in the cast gallery below.
Premiering on July 18 on the streaming platform, Season 5 of the Peacock Original Love Island USA will feature a new group of sexy singles in a beautiful villa in Fiji. Sarah Hyland returns as host alongside narrator Iain Stirling for Season 5, which will feature a guest appearance from Vanderpump Rules star Ariana Madix.
“Throughout their stay in a tropical oasis, Islanders will couple up to face brand new heart-racing challenges and bigger twists and turns than ever before,” Peacock teases.
“Temptations will rise and drama will ensue as new ‘bombshells’ arrive throughout the season, forcing Islanders to decide if they want to remain with their current partners or recouple with someone new,” the logline continues. “Islanders will also be at the mercy of viewers at home who will vote to determine who gets another shot at love and who leaves the villa heartbroken and empty-handed.”
Shot in real-time, the supersized Season 5 premiere of Love Island USA will stream exclusively on Peacock starting Tuesday, July 18, with new episodes dropping every day at 9/8c during premiere week. New episodes will then drop every day thereafter, except Wednesdays. The reality dating show is the most-streamed Original reality competition series in Peacock history.
The series is executive produced by David George, Adam Sher, Simon Thomas, Ben Thursby-Palmer, Andy Cadman, Iona Mackenzie, Claudine Parrish, Tom Gould, Richard Cowles, Mike Spencer, Richard Foster, and Chet Fenster. Produced by ITV Entertainment, an ITV America company, the series is based on a format owned by Lifted Entertainment and GroupM Motion Entertainment and distributed by ITV Studios.
Get to know the first 10 members of the Love Island USA Season 5 cast below.
Love Island USA, Season 5 Premiere, Tuesday, July 18, 9/8c, Peacock
Anna Kurdys
Age: 22
Hometown: Boca Raton, Florida
Currently Lives: St. Barthelemy & Boca Raton, Florida
Occupation: Criminal Justice Student
Fast Facts:
- She describes herself as “a walking red flag” — she is known for falling in love with a guy and then falling in love with another one just as quickly
- She can tell if a guy likes her right away, based on the tone in his voice
- She loves to go after guys who all the other girls like
- With her “type” truly being all over the place, Anna plans on mingling with every hot guy she can and hopes to drive them all crazy with her bubbly blonde personality. If a prospective guy whom she likes starts talking to another girl, we just may see Anna’s jealous side come out.
Destiny Davis
Age: 27
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Currently Lives: Florissant, Missouri
Occupation: Microbiologist
Fast Facts:
- She claims to be an “Alpha” dater — she calls all the shots
- She put sugar in her ex’s gas tank because he ignored her calls
- She has never been rejected by any guy she wants to go after
- She loves Southern men and tries all types, but tall guys truly catch her eye. She is ready to find her equal, her last missing puzzle piece in life.
Jasmine Sklavanitis
Age: 24
Hometown: Mount Morris, Illinois
Currently Lives: Nashville, Tennessee
Occupation: Trauma Stepdown ICU Nurse
Fast Facts:
- Growing up in the small town of Mount Morris, her childhood was spent on the backroads with friends trying to find fun things to do in their one-horse town.
- After a falling out with a recent boyfriend, Jasmine packed her bags and moved to Nashville to start fresh. Tired of the games, she’s ready to settle down with someone who takes care of themselves and doesn’t take life too seriously.
- Her preferred type is a man with dark hair and tattoos, and while it’s not a prerequisite, she usually dates guys with tattoos.
- She is a self-proclaimed “Queen of Talking Game.”
Kassy Castillo
Age: 22
Hometown: Zachary, Louisiana
Currently Lives: Fort Worth, Texas
Occupation: Real Estate Student
Fast Facts:
- Kassy has roots from Peru and Mexico City and has lived in Texas since her junior year of high school.
- She’s someone who falls in love easily but always chooses the wrong guys. She even went as far as getting a tattoo on her bottom lip to get a guy’s attention.
- She is a big fan of adult bedtime stories.
- She is very spiritual and loves crystals.
Vickala “Kay Kay” Gray
Age: 25
Hometown: Palestine, Texas
Currently Lives: Palestine, Texas
Occupation: Travel Nurse
Fast Facts:
- Vickala aka”Kay Kay” is an East Texas native who says her upbringing was anything but “city girl.” From cruising through the mud on four-wheelers to riding horses in the streets with no saddle, she describes her upbringing as “down and dirty” in the best way possible.
- She recently was dating a man whom she thought was “The One” — until she found out he had a wife and two kids.
- She adjusts her dating profile location to hundreds of miles away for a better selection of men, and is willing to drive over four hours for a date.
- She admits she can get jealous in a relationship.
Carsten “Bergie” Bergersen
Age: 23
Hometown: Cottage Grove, Minnesota
Currently Lives: Madison, South Dakota
Occupation: Dairy Queen Manager
Fast Facts:
- Bergie grew up in a small town in Minnesota, where his nickname was practically a family heirloom. Both his dad and grandpa are also known as “Bergie” in their hometown.
- His longest relationship in college lasted for 10 months.
- He remembers even the smallest details from meeting someone once.
- Bergie wants to find a woman who shares the same values as him. He also likes tall girls, which he claims provide “more to cuddle with.” Bergie is a hopeless romantic ready to give his heart to the woman of his dreams. He even keeps a journal with love letters to his future wife.
Keenan Anunay
Age: 23
Hometown: Washington, DC
Currently Lives: Atlanta, Georgia
Occupation: Student
Fast Facts:
- Keenan’s first love is football, not only for the game itself, but for the confidence it instilled in him during high school. Admittedly, Keenan has never truly settled down, since football takes up too much of his time and emotional energy to invest in anything else.
- His celebrity crush is Mariah the Scientist.
- He’s a great cook.
- He once called out a girl for cat-fishing him.
Leonardo Dionicio
Age: 21
Hometown: West Hartford, Connecticut
Currently Lives: West Hartford, Connecticut
Occupation: Salesman
Fast Facts:
- Leonardo has always been pushed to be the best, as he grew up in a very competitive family. His twin sister currently plays soccer at Yale, his older brother played baseball at UMass-Amherst, and Leonardo himself was a Division I baseball player.
- Believes he is single because he can “see a red flag from a mile away”
- His celebrity crush is Eva Mendes.
- Leonardo thinks men these days have trouble getting women because they rely on cheesy pickup lines. He instead relies on eye contact, his funny sayings, and the fact that he is fluent in Spanish to get dates.
Marco Donatelli
Age: 22
Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio
Currently Lives: Boca Raton, Florida
Occupation: Chiropractic Student
Fast Facts:
- Growing up in Youngstown, Ohio, Marco was always the troublemaker known for being unapologetically brash (and he likes it that way). He has no trouble scoring dates and his phone is always buzzing with texts and DM’s from single ladies, and while he won’t always answer, he loves the game of being pursued.
- He says his dating age range is “19 to question mark” — he’s open to any age.
- He is a former college football player.
- Tired of the usual hook-up scene, Marco wants to find someone family-oriented to build a future with.
Victor Gonzalez
Age: 28
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Currently Lives: Atlanta, Georgia
Occupation: Student/Wrestler
Fast Facts:
- Born in Spain, Victor grew up in a traditional family with two parents and a sister. His first passion in life was wrestling, and he competed for many years, eventually earning a scholarship in the United States.
- He won a National Wrestling Championship in Spain and also plays rugby.
- He is currently writing a romantic novel.
- He has been asked to work children parties as Aquaman, and while the job is fun, he says it can get a bit awkward, especially when the moms will want to take more pictures with him than their kids do.
