Hot girl summer took on a new meaning when a Grammy Award-winning bombshell entered the “Love Island USA” villa for the show’s June 19 episode.
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion appeared on the reality dating show for Season 7 episode 15 to host a challenge and promote her new swimsuit line, “Hot Girl Summer.”
“Love Island USA” features a group of single twenty-somethings known as “Islanders” who must stay coupled up to remain at the villa. As it airs, fans get to cast votes for their favorite couples and one winning pair walks away with $100,000.
While the show is no stranger to big-name guest appearances — “Summer House” star Paige DeSorbo hosted a challenge earlier this month — Megan Thee Stallion made history as the first platinum recording artist to make a cameo on the series.
It comes as the American iteration of the dating show earned more than one billion minutes in views in the week after its debut, per Deadline. Here’s what to know about Megan Thee Stallion’s appearance.
Megan Thee Stallion hosts twerking challenge on ‘Love Island USA’
Megan Thee Stallion hosted a challenge for the Islanders during her appearance on the show.
The girls competed against the boys in a three-round competition, after which the winning team would earn a new bombshell entering the villa.
The first round saw four girls and four boys face off for a twerking challenge, which Megan Thee Stallion declared a tie. After that, the remaining Islanders competed in a limbo round, which the boys won.
The final round consisted of each team putting together a puzzle of their prospective bombshell — the girls completed theirs first.
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In the end, Megan Thee Stallion declared the entry of two new contestants. Before the end of the episode, 23-year-old TJ Palma and 24-year-old Andreina Santos arrived in Fiji.
Fans react to Megan Thee Stallion’s cameo on ‘Love Island USA’
“Love Island USA” fans took to social media to praise Megan Thee Stallion’s appearance on the show, with some users calling it the “best episode of the season.”
“i need megan on every episode this has been the most i’ve laughed or smiled since starting this season,” one person wrote on X.
“I actually think she should be included in every tv show and/or film in production just because,” another wrote, while one user said the singer’s time on the show was “the most i’ve seen the islanders happy.”
The show itself even got in on the action, updating its Instagram bio to say, “This is now a @theestallion stan account.”
Melina Khan is a national trending reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached at melina.khan@usatoday.com.
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