Way before they were sweating over who to couple up with, the Love Island stars were panicking over their exams.
Over the years some of the Islanders have shown they weren’t paying attention in school – with some sketchy political and geographical knowledge.
Who can forget Hayley Hughes asking if Brexit was about cutting down trees, or last year’s girls asking if Barcelona was in Rome.
Piers Morgan famously referred to all the villa residents as “brain dead zombies” – but you should never judge a book by its cover.
Some are packing some serious intellect behind their reality TV-honed bodies, while others were keen to crack on with just about anything other than their studies.
In honour of GCSE results day 2020, here’s a look at how your favourite Islanders did…
Chris Hughes
The wannabe rapper may have been the class clown of 2017, but it turns out Chris Hughes is actually a bit of a brainbox.
He’s got 14 GCSEs – including three A*s and eight As – and worked for a legal firm before entering the ITV2 show.
Chris even boasted about his academic excellence during a Twitter spat back in 2017.
“I’ve got 14 GCSE’s, a Uni Degree and morals. I ain’t sent s***, hence why all you’ll haven’t seen s***. Worry about yourself man,” tweeted the star student.
The photo of Chris lying in bed with his eyes open in the villa was transformed into a meme for students not being able to revise.
Back in 2017, alongside the hilarious meme, he tweeted: “Good luck people. Always remember, Chris backs you!”
Molly-Mae Hague
The social media influencer scored big with her impressive GCSE results, earning an A in English and an A* in sociology.
Rather than go into higher education, Molly ditched college to launch her online career.
Things worked out pretty well, at Molly now boasts a staggering 4.5 million Instagram followers and is raking in the money from those clothing deals.
Tommy Fury
Series five runner-up Tommy dropped out of school when he was in year nine and left without a single qualification to his name.
And the poor guy got himself all confused when he asked if he should go ‘left or right’ to London after leaving the villa – forgetting he was in another country.
“Oh s*** you have to get a plane innit? Jesus Christ I am so thick. I’m so thick it’s untrue,” he laughed.
Tommy did leave school with a charming personality and went on to discover his boxing ability.
Jess and Eve Gale
The Winter Love Island twins caused a stir when they rocked up in the South African villa with their platinum blonde locks and false eyelashes.
The pair were not happy with the boys for insinuating that they were ‘stupid’ because of their looks.
“We’re a lot smarter than people give us credit for,” said Jess while hitting back.
The twins claim to have bagged the highest grade in nearly all of their exams.
While Eve added: “Yeah, we basically got all A’s in our GCSE’s”.
Kem Cetinay
Enduring a tough time at school, Kem left without any GCSEs after he was struck down with crippling anxiety.
“Anxiety can be a dark path if you don’t handle it well,” he told The Sunday Times Style magazine.
“I’ve seen it first hand. I was taken out of school when I was 13, in year nine.
“People don’t know I didn’t finish school, that I was a different person to how I am now. I basically had therapy seven days a week for, like, three years.”
Amber Davies
Amber was very vocal about her GCSE revision when she was preparing for her exams back in 2013.
The series three winner started off sounding very positive in March, tweeting: “It’s official, my gcse revision has finally begun”
However, the mood changed by April when Amber told her followers: “Snap chat is going to be the reason I fail my gcse’s. I know it”
By May, Amber revealed she had purchased a £1.99 PE GCSE app that she hoped was worth it.
It is not known exactly what Amber got, but she’s gone on to have a successful career on the stage.
She later revealed: “I remember being more bothered about the GCSE results party than actually receiving my results”
Hayley Hughes
Liverpudlian Hayley claimed not to know what Brexit or earlobes were when she appeared in series four.
But her pal unmasked Hayley as a secret cleverclogs, revealing she’d actually scored high enough grades to studu Childhood and Youth Studies at Liverpool Hope University before dropping out to be an actress.
“She’s definitely not that stupid. I can’t believe no one else has said anything,” a friend told The Sun.
“She did really well in her A Levels and GCSEs. She managed to get the grades to do that course, but she dropped out to pursue an acting career.”
Camilla Thurlow
Camilla is probably one of the island’s smartest ever contestants to enter the Love Island villa.
The 2017 contestant, who is pregnant with fellow islander Jamie Jewitt’s baby, was working in Explosive Ordnance Disposal helping clear mines for the charity Halo at the time.
While her work baffled many of her fellow islanders, it was something she spoke passionately about during her time in the villa.
And Camilla is certainly a smarty pants, having scored nine A* GCSEs as well as the As at A-Level and a First class honours degree in Sport and Exercise Science.
Scott Thomas
Series two star Scott Thomas earned himself four A*s and five As before going into the villa – much to the pride of his then girlfriend Kady McDermott.