‘Love Island’ Stars Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe Have Broken Up

For fans who followed Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe from the Love Island USA villa to life after the show, their relationship has come to an end. The couple have split after more than a year together, bringing one of the season’s most closely followed relationships to a close.

A source described the breakup as amicable, saying the pair struggled to balance a long-distance relationship with increasingly demanding personal and professional schedules. Despite ending their romance, they are said to remain close friends and continue to support one another.

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Carthen and Vansteenberghe became fan favourites during Season 7 of Love Island USA. Their relationship developed after the Casa Amor twist, where both were given another chance to find a connection. Although their pairing was not immediate, their relationship gained strong support from viewers, and the duo eventually finished the season as runners-up. Fans later nicknamed the pair “Nicolandria”, a name that remained widely used after the series ended.

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The couple deliberately kept much of their relationship away from social media, explaining in previous interviews that they wanted to enjoy their time together without the expectation of sharing frequent updates with fans. That decision fuelled frequent speculation about their status, but both said they preferred to keep their relationship private.

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They also said they wanted to build careers beyond Love Island, focusing on opportunities that extended beyond reality television.

For Carthen and Vansteenberghe, maintaining the relationship reportedly became increasingly difficult as their schedules filled up and the distance between them remained a factor.

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Neither Carthen nor Vansteenberghe had publicly addressed the breakup when reports of the split emerged. For now, the relationship appears to have ended on good terms, reflecting the private approach they maintained throughout much of their time together after leaving the villa.

For many viewers, “Nicolandria” was one of the show’s best-known couples. While the romance has ended, both are expected to continue focusing on their individual careers as they move forward separately.