Love Island's Keanan Brand's life off screen including connection to former star

The Great British Bake Off finally returns to our screens on Sunday, with a whole host of amateur bakers keen to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. However, unlike the usual contestants, the new series of GBBO is actually a celebrity special, and will once again be hoping to raise money for the Stand Up To Cancer appeal.

Jenny Newby is one of the most popular stars of the Channel 4 reality show alongside best friend Lee Riley as they delight fans. Jenny and Lee joined Gogglebox in 2014 and have been entertaining fans ever since with their hilarious commentary and chemistry together as they watch the week's TV highlights. The pair film the series inside Lee's holiday caravan in Holderness.

Tony Clay who plays Callum Highway in Eastenders has gained a lot of attention for his role as he navigates a relationship with fiery Ben Mitchell, but off screen the actor tends to keep his real-life romance out of the spotlight.The relationship between the EastEnders characters Callum Highway and Ben Mitchell has gripped viewers, with them being dubbed the fan-favourite couple ‘Ballum’.Tony made his debut on the hit BBC One series in January 2018 when he accidentally shot family friend Mick Carter during a botched heist. Afterwards, he briefly left the soap before returning to Albert Square in 2018, where he has remained ever since.

Coronation Street staple Daniel Osborne has faced more than his fair share of love, loss and heartbreak on the cobbles in recent years. The popular soap character devastated fans as they watched him lose the love of his life Sinead Tinker to cervical cancer in 2019, leaving behind one child, a son named Bertie.

Love Island contestant Sanam Harrinanan has been crowned the winner of the winter 2023 series alongside beau Kai Fagan. Kai eventually chose to recouple with Sanam and bring her back to the main villa with him, to the very visible ire of Kai's original partner Olivia Hawkins who also recoupled whilst at Casa Amor and romance has blossomed ever since. Kai and Sanam have been happily coupled up since, despite Kai’s ongoing feud with his Olivia, and have rapidly become fan favourites in the villa, going on to win the series.

Love Island star son Jack announced that he is now a father. The 23-year-old announced the birth of his baby girl on Instagram. Jack appeared on the hit ITV2 dating show last year.

Jack Keating surprised people on Thursday evening when he announced on his Instagram that he has become a father. Looking like a doting father holding his newborn, Jack wrote on Instagram:This comes after the star last month confessed that he is single and ready to mingle.

Ronan Keating's son Jack has become a father.  The Love Island star, 23, made the surprise announcement on his Instagram on Thursday evening.  Sharing the first snap of his newborn baby daughter, he wrote: 'Welcome to the world my little Princess'.

Love Island, and is the son of singing sensation Ronan Keating. He made the heartwarming post about his new arrival on Instagram, with plenty of fellow Love Island stars flocking to congratulate him on becoming a dad. The Mirror reports that the reality TV star shared a black-and-white photo of himself cradling the newborn, writing alongside it: "Welcome to the world my little [princess emoji]".

With the Love Island final looming and the finish line now firmly in sight, one of the final challenges for the couples to face is their final dates - when they will be given one last opportunity to convince their partners (and viewers at home) that this relationship is for keeps. Every year, for the final dates of the season the couples are sent on hugely romantic dates, where no expense is spared on the lavish culmination of two months in the villa.

Giovanni Pernice appears to have worried some of his fans after sharing a 'bigger than ever' announcement. The Strictly Come Dancing star is currently travelling up and down the country performing to audiences in his Made in Italy show.

Christine McGuinness has made an admission about 'loving herself' after being overjoyed at getting the 'best compliment ever' from her children. The model has had quite the week following the release of her first children's book which saw her return to TV for the first time in a while.

Love Island viewers have branded Samie Elishi the "new Olivia" after she clashed with Ron Hall in an argument over his supposed "game plan". On Sunday night's episode, Samie, 22, and Tom Clare were left confused by some of Ron's comments as they told the other islanders that they believe he revealed his 'game plan' for the ITV dating show.

Love Island fans were left fuming on Sunday night and slammed Roise a "snake" as they accused her of making up a comment about Ron to the other islanders. The drama unfolded after a conversation they had on Friday.

Helen Skelton has kept her love life to herself since announcing the sad news of her separation from rugby player Richie Myler last year.The Strictly finalist has been rumoured to be dating dancer Vito Coppola, however, with lots of headlines about their rumoured new relationship.The star was teased about the news stories on her Radio 5 Live show on Sunday, where she had the sweetest reaction.WATCH: Helen Skelton breaks down in tears as she talks about familyAs the programme was drawing to a close, newsreader Steve quipped to the star: "Just looking at the papers. Er, the front page of The Mirror is interesting."A bashful Helen thanked him for appearing on the show, and added: "Put the papers down, thank you".

Love Island’s Paige Thorne was branded “out of this world” and “glowing” as she enjoyed a weekend away with her new beau, Liam Cullen. Paige, who starred in the ITV dating show last year with the likes of Danica Taylor, Davide Sanclimenti and Andrew Le Page, is dating Swansea City footballer Liam following her split from her on-screen boyfriend, Adam Collard, last October.The couple, who were first linked last Halloween, have enjoyed a weekend break at the lavish Hunter Lodges in the Celtic Manor Resort, Wales.

When Kerry Condon heard her Oscar nomination announced in the early hours of the morning in LA, she was clustered around the television with a group that included her Banshees of Inisherin co-star Colin Farrell. “I remember thinking, ‘Oh Jesus, hang on though. What if it’s bad for one of us?’” Condon says. Fortunately, neither actor was left out in the cold. Making Banshees was a chance for the actress to reunite with writer-director Martin McDonagh, in whose plays and the film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri she had already starred. The Banshees character of Siobhán lets Condon show us her chops — from a scene in which she gently lets down the amorous but tortured young Dominic (Barry Keoghan), to telling Brendan Gleeson’s bull-headed Colm (and men in general), “You’re all feckin’ boring!” Here, Condon reflects on her career thus far and some of her onscreen favorites.

Love Island 2023 has been one of the most dramatic seasons of the show yet with an explosive movie night, brutal dumpings and shocking Casa Amor moments. But there's one thing that's remained consistent - the sexy singletons have been there to spice things up. From raunchy kisses to lap dances we've seen it all in the brand new South African villa.

Two-time Love Island star Adam Collard has set his sights on current islander Olivia Hawkins and says that he wishes she'd appeared in the 2022 series, when he made his return to the villa. 2022's Love Island saw the personal trainer, 27, couple up with paramedic Paige Thorne, 25, with whom he remained in a relationship with after the pair left the villa just prior to the final.Th pair then split after he was accused of cheating after videos emerged of him cosying up to two different women on nights out, with Paige claiming she had been sent even more videos of her then-boyfriend with other women.

Aaron Thiara joined the cast of EastEnders in July 2022, coming onto the square as Ravi Gulati. He’s been part of some of the soap’s biggest storylines of the year - now known for killing Ranveer Gulati after beating him to death with a clock. In recent weeks, he’s now set his sights on winning the affection of Denise Fox, who’s having problems in her marriage with Jack Branning, played by actor Scott Maslen.