Love Island's Cach: Age, job, height, where he's from and what happened in his series

7 August 2025, 14:52

Here's everything you need to know about Love Island winner Cach including his age, job, where he's from, his real name and which series he was on.

Love Island's Casa Amor saw a huge rate of recoupling in series 12 as the likes of Cach Mercer, Lauren Wood, Jamie Rhodes, Ty Isherwood and Lucy Quinn where brought into the main villa after a few days of challenges, cracking on and multiple games of Truth or Dare.

And after coupling up with Toni Laites, Cach quickly became a fan favourite as he's reacted with grace to anything she's thrown his way. Because of this, fans were furious when Toni went back to Harrison Solomon despite him being intimate with Lauren Wood.

However when Harrison finally left the villa, Cach and Toni were able to start afresh. Cach forgave Toni and they went from strength-to-strength before actually being crowned the winners of the show.

But aside from being a Love Island winner, what else is there to know about Cach? Here's everything you need to know including his age, job, where he's from and his real name.

What is Love Island's Cach's real name?

His full name is Cacherel Mirjah Mercer.

How old is Love Island's Cach?

Cach is 24 years old, born 28th February 2001. This year's lineup includes islanders between the age of 22 and 30.

Where is Love Island's Cach from?

He's from East London.

How tall is Cach from Love Island?

Cach is approximately just under 6 ft 2.

What is Love Island Cach job?

Cach is a professional dancer, model and influencer.

What's Cach from Love Island's Instagram?

Cach's handle is @cacherel_ and he shares a lot of modelling and dancing content there and on TikTok, where is handle is @cacherel_ll.

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His game plan going into the villa was "to try and make everybody fall in love with me," and while Toni might not be head over heels, so many viewers are!

He said he is on the look out for a girl who's "emotionally intelligent, beautiful, charismatic, caring, affectionate" and "an intro-extrovert".

Cach added: "People expect me to be a bit of a menace when it comes to dating, but if you get to know me and my values I’m the complete opposite, I’m a modern day Romeo."

What series of Love Island was Cach on?

Cach appeared on the summer series of Love Island 2025, the 12th series. After arriving during Casa Amor he went on to win the show with Toni Laites.

Close behind them were runners-up Shakira Khan and Harry Cooksley, third place stars Yasmin Pettet and Jamie Rhodes, and Ty Isherwood and Angel Swift, who came fourth.

Read more Love Island news here:

• Are Love Island winners Toni and Cach still together?
• Love Island's Cach drops major bombshell to Toni off-camera before winning show
• Love Island fans spot Harrison making awkward blunder during live stream

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