Islanders pucker up for sporty and steamy Pash And Smash challenge
The Love Island Australia Islanders were tasked with another challenge to spice up things (or potentially cause more drama) between the couples in the Villa.
They got a text which told them to put on their best tennis outfits because they would be hitting balls at each other's faces — well, not literally. The Islanders had to try and serve the ball at blown-up posters of their faces and had to kiss whoever the ball hit.
The Islanders get ready to pucker up. Nine
As things kicked off, things immediately got awkward. We're not sure if Aaron is really bad at tennis or if he intentionally aimed for Jess after she friend-zoned him.
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"I wasn't thrilled. In a way, I kind of hoped it didn't land on her because I didn't want to give Jess the satisfaction," Aaron later revealed.
Aaron's not thrilled to kiss Jess after being friend-zoned. Nine
Mitch may have only been in the Villa for a day but had kissed pretty much every girl in that time. He went in for round two with Tina.
Mitch goes for round 2 with Tina. Nine
"I definitely wanted to have a little kiss with Mitch in the game, so I'm glad that his ball hit my face," Tina said. Her words, not ours.
Next up was Ryan, who claims to have bad hand-eye coordination after he went straight for Rachael's face, instead of Lexy's.
That didn't sit well with Lexy who said they "kissed for a little too long".
Lexy jokes that their kiss went for 'too long'. Nine
When it came to Taku's turn, he beelined straight for Jess' face and the pair shared a passionate kiss.
Jess was impressed. "He's a very good kisser and there's a lot of chemistry there," she said. Could this be the start of something serious?
Sparks fly between Taku and Jess. Nine
We're just happy there weren't any fruit platters nearby for Aaron to throw.
When it was the girls' turn, there was a little twist involved.
Instead of it being an equal playing field, new boys Mitch and Chris took up most of the space (on the posters), leaving little room for the rest of the boys to steal a kiss.
Some of the boys got stitched up. Nine
It quickly became clear that tennis wasn't Lexy's strongest suit, even though she's an ex-national athlete.
The ex-national athlete found her weakness after several missed attempts. Nine
After several failed attempts she hit Mitch's face, and just as a pre-warning, a lot of tongue was involved.
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