Love Island's Amber Wise shares promise she made footballer dad Dennis before show

Zara McDermott is heading to this year’s Strictly and has plans to be the dance show’s ‘sexiest contestant ever’. The former Love Island star, 26, is one of 15 new contestants set to hit the dance floor in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing and is reportedly ready to bring in the glam factor when it comes to her wardrobe. Zara found fame as a contestant on Love Island in 2018 and has since gone on to join a huge array of TV projects, including Made In Chelsea and a series of documentaries that she’s fronted as presenter.

Love Island star Maura Higgins has revealed she may be the reason bosses decided to ban fake tan in the villa.The model and TV star, 32, who appeared on the ITV2 competition's 2019 series alongside Molly-Mae Hague and winner Amber Gill, has been sharing her secrets from behind the scenes. And her latest comes as a sheepish response to fellow islander Chloe Burrows, who lamented that producers had chosen to stop all islanders from bringing in fake tan and eyelash extensions into the villa. Chloe, who was coupled up with Toby Aromolaran during the 2021 summer series and went on to be runner-up in the final, said she was disappointed and surprised as she reflected on the rules last year.

As you can imagine, being crowned winners of Love Island creates a busy schedule the minute you set foot back in the UK and that has been exactly the case for 2023's champs, Jess Harding and Sammy Root. Life has been non-stop for the pair but the cute couple seemed to have nailed the whirlwind lifestyle they've now been thrown into. OK! has a peek at exactly what our favourite duo have been up to since leaving the island.

Love Island's Kady McDermott, has not minced her words about her most recent stint on the show, as she ignited a new feud with a former fellow Islander during a new podcast appearance. Kady, 28, took aim at Scott Van Der Sluis, 22, as she appeared on the Staying Relevant podcast, which is hosted by Love Island: Aftersun co-host Sam Thompson and former TOWIE star, Pete Wicks. On the podcast, Kady recalled Scott kicking off about the food that was served to the Islanders in the villa, which then sparked an argument between himself and Mehdi Edno.

There really is nothing better than a major hair makeover, and it seems Jessie Wynter can’t get enough of them, as she debuts her second dramatic transformation in just two weeks. The former Love Island star, who appeared in the Winter series earlier this year, was known for her ultra-long extensions, so her fans were shocked when she revealed in July that she’d removed them all, showing off what was assumed to be her natural length.

Love Island stars Scott Van-der-Sluis and former villa beau Catherine Agbaje were finally reunited on screen during Sunday’s (6 August) hotly anticipated reunion show.The former couple sat down next to one another and answered questions on their relationship and the way their experience played out in the villa, with Catherine conceding she’d “let people get in her head”. Her ex Elom Ahlijah-Wilson confirmed he’d given them both his “blessing”, should they wish to pursue one another now they’re out in the real world.

They say the path to love is never a smooth one and for a lot of the most popular Love Island couples this year, apparently this is the case. Former Love Islander Amber Wise, who came into this summer's series as a bombshell, popped onto TikTok to announce that she "may have come out single from Love Island but half the couples have split not even a week after anyways." Unsurprisingly fans are desperate to know who Amber is talking about.

Love Island winner Jess Harding has caused controversy after posting a snap of herself and her boyfriend, and fellow winner, Sammy Root.The reality TV star shared a snap of the loved-up pair posing at her welcome home party, held by her family after their return to the UK following their win. But the photo left some fans rather confused with many claiming that it appeared to have been edited to change Jess's appearance. Resharing the snap to the Love Island Reddit page, one user wrote: "This must be photoshopped" to which others voiced their agreement, with one adding: "It’s giving face app [crying emoji]" "Jess girl I love you but we just saw you on national TV for weeks..

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Love Island’s Liberty Poole has revealed that she ghosted recent Islander Tyrique Hyde after he slid into her DMs, as she said: "I didn't have time for a boy". Liberty, 23, appeared on Love Island in 2021, whereas semi-pro footballer Tyrique, 24, was one of the biggest characters on the 2023 summer series that just ended on July 31. Tyrique is now loved up with fellow former Islander Ella Thomas, 23, who he met on Day 1 of the show, with the pair eventually coming in third place.

Love Island finalist Zachariah Noble has finally met his girlfriend Molly Marsh's younger sister as they returned to the UK.The Love Island finalists flew back to the UK on Wednesday, following Monday night's final, and they were greeted by their nearest and dearest. Amongst those waiting for fourth place Molly, 21, was her sister Maisie, who didn't waste any time getting to know Zach. Molly shared a cute snap on her Instagram story of young Maisie jumping on Zach's back.

Una Healy has reportedly begun dating Irish comedian Stephen Mullan, after bringing an end to her "throuple" relationship with David Haye and his girlfriend Sian Osborne five months ago. The former Saturdays star, 41, previously claimed she had been "tricked" into the throuple by the boxer, who pushed the throuple narrative online, despite Una and Sian never being involved with one another - although they were both dating him.

Abbie Moores, Scott van der Sluis, Mitchel Taylor and Ella Barnes may have just missed out on the Love Island final, but they still appeared to be in high spirits as they arrived at London's ME hotel after landing back in the UK. Abbie and Scott were dumped from the island after their fellow islanders decided they were least compatible, just hours after they decided to call time on their romance and opted to just be friends.

Kady McDermott has revealed that she finally had a chance to unpack two weeks after being dumped from Love Island. The star, 27, was sent packing alongside her love interest Ouzy See, and fellow islanders Amber Wise and Josh Brocklebank. But the brunette bombshell has been booked and busy since her return to the UK, leaving her with a huge pile of island washing to do.

The winter series of Love Island could be heading for big changes as show bosses are reportedly considering an All Stars series for 2024.The ITV show has had two series in 2023 - a winter series filmed in South Africa earlier this year and a summer series filmed in Mallorca - with host Maya Jama stepping on board to present the show.The winter series of the show first aired in 2020 and and then didn't happen again until earlier this year. However, that could be set to change, after one source claims the winter edition of the dating show is set to be replaced with a series made up of former show contestants from next year.

Love Island star Molly Marsh's mum has hit back at ‘trolls’ who claim her daughter gets preferential treatment on the show because of her mum’s relationship with ITV. Molly’s mum, Janet, has played three different roles on ITV’s popular soap Coronation Street including a nurse, receptionist, and ITU nurse.

Love Island fans are begging producers to show Ella B what her partner Mitch really said about her at the upcoming Love Island Reunion. With the final of the popular ITV dating show set to air on Monday, fans are already looking ahead to the show’s dramatic reunion, with many hoping they will ‘roll the tapes’ after Mitch seemingly downplayed what he said about his other half behind her back.

Love Island star Chris Hughes issued a comedic response after his ex-girlfriend Olivia Attwood ’s footballer husband Bradley Dack signed to Sunderland - Chris’ beloved team. The reality star, 30, first connected with Olivia, 32, during their appearance on the iconic reality dating show back in 2017. Initially, the former Motorsport Grid Girl was paired with Marcel Somerville before going on to couple up with Chris.The pair went on to star in their own reality show before parting ways in early 2018.

Former Love Island star Casey O'Gorman has finally set the record straight on what really went down with him and ex Claudia Fogarty after they left the show, as he revealed that they've hooked up. Claudia, 28, and Casey, 26, starred on the winter version of the show earlier this year, where they struck up a connection and ended up partnered together, before Casey recoupled with newcomer Rosie Seabrook, then split from her days after the show ended.

Vanderpump Rules star Ariana Madix has entered the Love Island USA villa as the show teased her appearance for Tuesday night’s episode.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Love Island viewers were so taken-aback by the performances in tonight's talent show, Monday 24 July, that many were left declaring they would "never recover". From Abi Moores' clown show, complete with full costume, to Lochan Nowacki's incredible frisbee throwing, and Ella Barnes' jaw-dropping dance skills, even the islanders could barely contain themselves. But it was Mitchel Taylor's ultra cringeworthy comedy roast performance that was the most awkward to take.