Zach and Kayda move in together after finishing third on Peacock‘s Love Island USA Season 8, with Kayda relocating to Los Angeles to share a home with Zach and his brother Charlie Georgiou. The move puts a definitive end to the long-distance stretch that followed the Season 8 finale.
From the Villa to a Shared Closet
Zach announced the news on 17 August via his Instagram Stories. ‘Finally moving in .. house tour coming soon,’ he wrote alongside a clip zooming in on Kayda unpacking a jacket and hanging it in a closet full of clothes. Short, simple, and very much to the point.
It caps a stretch that tested both of them. After the finale, the couple spent time together in Los Angeles before flying to their respective hometowns, Kayda to New Hampshire, Zach back to the UK. In a vlog posted on 20 July, Zach documented that temporary goodbye and said he was ‘sorting out his visa’ to live and work in the United States. That process is now clearly well underway: Kayda has moved to Los Angeles, and the couple are sharing a home, according to Peacock.
There is an added family dimension to the set-up. Zach is the younger brother of Charlie Georgiou, who appeared on Season 7, according to Deadline. Kayda is now living with both of them, which means the household has something of a Love Island reunion feel to it before a single episode of Season 9 has aired.
How Zach and Kayda Move In Signals the End of ‘Situationship’ Questions
The move is the clearest possible answer to the scepticism they faced inside the Villa. When Kayda first came in as a Bombshell, she locked on to Zach early. The connection looked real to most viewers, but fellow Islanders were less certain, with some characterising it as a ‘situationship’ rather than a proper relationship.
The tension came to a head when Zach proposed dating exclusively without making things fully official, and Kayda’s Villa friend Trinity Tatum pushed back. Kayda confronted her directly. Trinity’s response, when it came, was straightforward: ‘Take what I said with a grain of salt. I’m just an outsider. I genuinely don’t want you to feel that way because I’m actually very happy for you. I love you guys together.’
That moment is now a footnote. The couple came third on the season, handled a transatlantic long-distance relationship in the weeks that followed, and have now signed up for the most concrete commitment two people can make outside the Villa: sharing a flat.
What Comes Next for the Couple
Zach promised a house tour is on the way via his Instagram Stories, so expect a closer look at where the pair have set up. For now, the details are sparse, a closet full of clothes, a caption, and a confirmed move to Los Angeles.
For a couple who had to defend the legitimacy of their relationship to their own housemates on national television, moving in together in LA is about as emphatic a response as it gets. The house tour, when it drops, will be worth watching. Cosmopolitan first flagged the story.