Are 'Love Island USA' Season 8 Stars Kayda Bosse and Zach Georgiou Still Together?
The couple placed fourth—and have finally made things official after their controversial situationship.
Spoilers ahead for the Love Island USA season 8 reunion, which you can watch now on Peacock. Even though 22-year-old Haitian-American Kayda Bosse entered the Love Island USA season 8 villa as a bombshell, she soon integrated into the cast and paired long-term with original villa member 26-year-old Greek-Brit Zach Georgiou. Their relationship weathered the storm of jealousy, snide comments, and heartbreaking moments—though they made it to the finale, where they placed fourth in the competition.
Given their tumultuous time in Fiji and their current journey transitioning back into their real lives, below we're breaking down Kayda and Zach's relationship—and whether they might still be together.
During Family Day, Kayda and Zach's families noted how happy they seemed together.
What happened between Kayda Bosse and Zach Georgiou on 'Love Island USA' season 8?
Server/model Kayda made waves as the first female bombshell to enter the villa in season 8, and she chose content creator Zach and model/DJ Bryce Dettloff as her first two love interests. Things quickly developed with her and Zach, and they mostly remained loyal to each other through the season, even though they didn’t label the relationship. They were the first couple sent to The Hideaway, but Zach’s jealousy and vindictive behavior (which you can read more about in our mid-season recap) constantly pushed Kayda’s (and the audience’s) limits.
During Casa Amor, Zach connected with USC film student Alannah Keyser, who had previously made out with his brother Charlie, a former Love Island contestant. (Weird!) He kissed her outside of a challenge, and a photo of the moment sent Kayda into a spiral during the forced separation. Alannah was soon removed from the series after a video of her using a racial slur resurfaced online, forcing Zach to go back to the villa alone. Thankfully for him, Kayda decided not to couple with her Casa connection, Chay Nehra, and she and Zach were reunited. But during Movie Night, Kayda discovered that Zach intentionally withheld information about Alannah’s departure and his subsequent solo arrival at the villa, and she rightfully calls it shady.
None of this is enough to break them up, and the couple soon decides to close their relationship off and make it “exclusive,” though they’re not yet boyfriend and girlfriend. Trinity calls it a “situationship,” which upsets Kayda, and she defends their slower pace. When their families arrive in Fiji for Family Day, both sides express support for their relationship: Kayda’s mom and sister notice that he makes her happy, and Zach’s siblings encourage him to tell her the depth of his feelings.
Kayda and Zach make it to the final four couples, and in the finale, they take a boat ride to a cozy waterfront dinner. While it’s billed as a romantic getaway, fans online noticed that their production budget was likely much smaller than that of other couples who received more elaborate dates, calling out Kayda and Zach's dinner as "prison sandwiches by a swamp." The pair came in fourth place during the finale, decided by America’s vote.
Kayda and Zach on their last date in the finale.
Are Kayda Bosse and Zach Georgiou from 'Love Island USA' season 8 still together?
The Love Island USA season 8 reunion may have just aired last night, but the 21 days between its taping and airing was enough for Kayda and Zach to make things official.
First off, during the reunion, the couple explained that they were still in the same place they'd been during the season 8 finale: exclusive, but not boyfriend and girlfriend. Kayda explained during the taping that Zach had needed to travel to London to sort out his visa, so the couple had only spent a few days together since leaving Fiji.
"We’re just together right now, taking things slow," she said at the time. "I mean, we’re not here to please anyone else, we’re here to please ourselves. So when the time’s right, the time’s right."
Zach and Kayda have joined Bryce and Trinity as the two boyfriend/girlfriend pairs among season 8's finalists.
However, on August 18 (eight days after the reunion was filmed), Kayda posted a GRWM TikTok with some major life updates. She revealed that she had moved in with Zach and his brother Charlie in L.A.. She also noted that she was going to make Zach take pictures of her when he got back from the gym, adding, "That's what a boyfriend's for, am I right?"
If that wasn't clear enough, Zach also popped into the comments. In response to a fan's comment asking, "did you say 'boyfriend,'" the Brit responded, "she sure did."
While this does seem like the pair's moving very fast, Kayda has confirmed that their cohabitation is temporary. The day after the reunion aired, the finalist appeared on the podcast In Your Dreams With Owen Thiele, and explained her current living situation to the Adults star.
"Trinity's staying with Bryce right now, [but] me and Trinity want to get an apartment together," she said. "But we need time. We're both super busy so we haven't even gone and looked at apartments. So Zach said I could stay with him rent-free for a little bit."
