{"id":1526864,"date":"2026-07-22T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=87a41def7558c234641db28cb403c94a"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:00:38","slug":"love-island-usa-stars-olandria-carthen-nic-vansteenberghe-break-up-after-one-year-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1526864","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Love Island USA&#8217; stars Olandria Carthen, Nic Vansteenberghe break up after one year together"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/07\/da8314f30b3f3bacff96bac9224686fa.png\" alt\/><figcaption>Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe appear on 'Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen' on Aug. 13, 2025. (Charles Sykes\/Bravo via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe have gone their separate ways.<\/p><p>The fan-favorite couple from <em>Love Island USA<\/em> season 7 have broken up one year after meeting on the reality dating competition show, ABC Audio has learned.<\/p><p>The pair, who the internet dubbed \"Nicolandria,\" have \"decided to part ways\" a little over a year after leaving the <em>Love Island USA<\/em> Fijian villa together, a source told <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/olandria-carthen-nic-vansteenberghe-break-up-source-exclusive-12023929\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>People<\/em><\/a>.<\/p><p>\u201cThe distance between them and their busy schedules made it challenging to maintain their connection,\u201d the source said. \u201cThey still remain close friends. They share a deep love and respect for each other and will always support one another whenever possible.\u201d<\/p><p>Carthen and Vansteenberghe were the <em>Love Island USA<\/em> season 7 runners-up, coming in second place behind winners Amaya Espinal and Bryan Arenales.<\/p><p>They originally coupled up in a surprise twist. After the pair were both individually dumped from Casa Amor, they were given the chance to return to the villa \u2014 but only if they decided to couple up with each other. Carthen and Vansteenberghe decided to give it a shot, leading to them ultimately making it to the finale.<\/p><p><em>Love Island USA<\/em> season 8 ended its run on July 12. Fan-favorite contestants Trinity Tatum and Bryce Dettloff were crowned the winners.<\/p><p>The season 8 Islanders are set to reunite at the <em>Love Island USA<\/em> reunion special, which will be co-hosted by Emmy-nominated host Ariana Madix and Andy Cohen.<\/p><p>According to Peacock, the reunion special will bring together \"this season\u2019s winners, fan-favorite couples, and this year\u2019s bombshells for an up close and personal look back at their experience in the villa.\"<\/p><p>The season 8 reunion special will premiere Aug. 31 on Peacock.<\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe appear on &#8216;Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen&#8217; on Aug. 13, 2025. (Charles Sykes\/Bravo via Getty Images)Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe have gone their separate ways.The fan-favorite couple from Love &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1919,"featured_media":1526870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-22\/Getty_OlandriaCarthenNicVansteenberghe_072326.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1451],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1526864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-entertainment-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-24 18:02:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-22\/Getty_OlandriaCarthenNicVansteenberghe_072326.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1919"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1526864"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1526869,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526864\/revisions\/1526869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1526864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1526864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1526864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}