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‘Temptation Island Reunion': Did Sydney Date Xzavier or Mikey After Season 2?

By Nicole Weaver Parade - Entertainment Stories

Updated April 22, 2026 10:27 PM

College sweethearts Sydney McGregor and Mikey Bivens went on Temptation Island Season 2. Sydney hoped Mikey would leave the island having deeper conversations with her and take their relationship seriously. The cast reunited and she revealed who she dated after the show.

Sydney and Mikey dated after 'Temptation Island' Season 2

Sydney chose to leave the island with Xzavier Odom in the finale. But she revealed on The Viall Files that she gave her relationship with Mikey a second shot four days after filming.

"Everything was going so good and it was going phenomenal," Mikey explained. "But the thing about it was, I was holding onto what I experienced on that island. And that was not fair to her." He said if they argued, then he would jab at her about dating Xzavier.

Sydney said she considered trying again because Mikey said he was misrepresented in the clips at the bonfire. "That's not what I said," she quoted him. "Like, they clipped it up. They edited it. So I was like, so you're telling me what I saw and how I moved after that was off of something fake?"

Sydney felt guilty, and she did have real feelings for Xzavier. She said she told Xzavier that she couldn't jump into a new relationship after the show.

She ended the relationship with Mikey after he stopped putting in effort to be romantic. Sydney said she doesn't think she could date him again. It's been four months since they saw each other before the reunion.

Part one ended with a cliffhanger. Xzavier recorded a video for Sydney, and we'll see it in part two, which will be released on Friday, April 24.

This story was originally published April 22, 2026 at 10:21 PM.