A Massachusetts native made a huge splash on this season of the hit Peacock show "Love Island USA."

Everett native Bryan Arenales , 28, entered the show in the middle of the season as a bombshell and wound up paired up with Amaya Espinal, the breakout star of Season 7.

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In Sunday's finale, Arenales and Espinal received the most public votes and were awarded $100,000.

“Meeting Amaya here turned my experience around ridiculously,” Arenales said after the results were in. “I’m so thankful to meet this person, I would do this experience a hundred times over.”

The 2-hour episode went live shortly after 8:30 p.m. TODAY.com live blogged the entire finale . The hot new bombshell who's entered the villa on "Love Isla

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