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With Love Island ’s eighth series now well underway and the bombshells whisked off to Casa Amor, many fans have turned their attention towards the latest round of singles hoping to turn islanders' heads, including some with very famous connections. So far this series, viewers have been treated to three celebrity hopefuls in search of love, including 26 year old Antigoni Buxton, the daughter of chef Tonia Buxton, Gemma Owen, 19, the international dressage rider who boasts former England player Michael Owen as her dad and even Liam Llewellyn, 22, whose dad David Llewellyn represented Wales in the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

Curtis Pritchard made quite a stir when he joined Love Island back in 2019, first coupling up with Amy Hart before finding love with Maura Higgins, with whom he finished in fourth place. However, the pair weren't meant to be and split just seven months after the show ended. Last year, Curtis appeared in the international spin-off Love Island Games, where he was the third contestant to be sent packing from the villa.

Love Island favourites Chris Taylor and Maura Higgins are one of the exceptional exes that are still great pals. Having originally encountered each other in the 2019 summer series, the duo were never considered potential partners, with the now-33-year-old taking Curtis Pritchard off Amy Hart in ruthless fashion.They ended up being in the final four, while Chris, 33, never truly connected with any of the girls. A year after their stint in the reality TV villa, though, the show's fanbase were thrust into delirium as reports circulated that Chris and Maura had emerged as an unlikely couple out in the real world, having grown incredibly close.The timeline of their relationship follows.

Chris Taylor has opened up about his ill-fated romance with fellow Love Island star Maura Higgins ahead of his return to the villa for the upcoming Love Island: All Stars series. Chris and Maura struck up a firm friendship while in the villa back in 2019, but it wasn't until after their stint on Love Island that sparks began to fly, following Maura's split from Curtis Pritchard. Maura and Chris confirmed their romance in November 2020, however they later split after six months togther.

Chris Taylor has reportedly signed up to appear on the new Love Island: All Stars series. The Daily Mail reports that producers are delighted to have secured Chris, 33, who attracted attention online when he landed a role in the Barbie movie thanks to star and producer Margot Robbie’s obsession with Love Island.The TV personality played one of the multiple Kens in the film alongside Dr. Who star Ncuti Gatwa, 31, Simu Liu, 34, and main Ken Ryan Gosling, 43.

James Lock revealed his 'new face' after undergoing extensive surgery in Turkey and shared his shocking before and after pictures after he sustained serious facial injuries. The TOWIE icon, 37, underwent surgery to fix his nose and eyes after he was involved in a brutal accident on a TV show last year. The reality star was left looking completely unrecognisable after suffering severe face injuries while filming the first season of the UK's The Challenge alongside the likes of Curtis Pritchard, Kaz Crossley and Callum Izzard.

Former Love Island star Maura Higgins has been enjoying a loved-up getaway as she jetted off on a romantic trip with her stuntman boyfriend.The 33 year old has been giving fans glimpses of her snowy trip away with her boyfriend Bobby Holland Hanton, who works as Chris Hemsworth’s stuntman. As they enjoyed their trip to Finland, Maura shared a carousel of images of herself in the snow.

Love Island star Maura Higgins looked stunning in incredible new snaps celebrating her 33rd birthday in the Maldives.The TV star put on a colourful display as she posed in front of a picturesque sunset, wearing a flattering two-piece corset and skirt. The Love Island Games host flashed a smile for the camera as she posed in the multicoloured garments and accessorised with designer jewellery.

A new version of Love Island has recently burst onto our screens – Love Island Games, bringing with it lots of drama and craziness. In the show, previous contestants from other series around the world are given a chance to redeem themselves and try to emerge as the winners. Some surprising moments have occurred so far and it remains to be seen what else might happen as the series continues to unfold.

Maura Higgins has enjoyed a fun trip to Disneyland Paris with her family after surprising them with a holiday to the French capital.Taking to her Instagram earlier this week, the former Love Island star, 32, posted a series of sweet snaps from her time in the park. One of the snaps showed her wearing a Varsity style jacket and hoody with Mickey Mouse on it and pouting as she stood in front of the Magic Kingdom castle. In another photo, she looked glowing as she stood on Main Street smiling for a selfie with her Minnie Mouse ears on.

Maura Higgins had a very 'awkward' reunion with her ex, Curtis Pritchard, on Love Island Games after he was the third contestant to be sent packing from the villa. Maura, who first shot to fame on the 2019 series of Love Island, is currently the social media ambassador for the spin-off show.

Some of the ex-Islanders due to appear on spin-off show Love Island Games quit before the show even began after being told they were "not guaranteed airtime" despite quarantining for weeks on end. The new Maya Jama-fronted show, which was filmed in Fiji earlier this year, launched in the US on 1 November, with a number of former Love Island stars from the UK, US, Australia, France, Germany and Sweden all competing against each other to take home a $100,000 prize.

A brand new Love Island spin-off, named Love Island Games, is soon set to come to our screens, with Maya Jama as the host, and a stellar line-up of former show personalities confirmed to take part.The new show will make its debut in the US on November 1 on Peacock, but the date it will air in the UK is yet to be confirmed. Love Island Games will see some former Love Island stars from the UK, US, Australian, Swedish, German and French versions of the series, come together to live in a sprawling villa in Fiji. Whilst there, they will compete in various challenges together, and there might even be romance along the way.

Love Island's all-stars new series, Love Island Games, has reportedly bagged two major previous celebrities already. Model Megan Barton-Hanson and professional dancer Curtis Pritchard are said to have signed up to the exciting new project, and are already out in sunny Fiji doing filming along with presenter Maya Jama. The highly-anticipated spin-off show, which will see a host of former contestants gearing up to go head-to-head in a series of challenges while also looking for love once more, was announced earlier this week.

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.

It seems it's 'once bitten, twice shy' for ex-professional Strictly dancer AJ Pritchard as he confirms that he's done with acting.The 28-year-old joined his big brother Curtis Pritchard, who was also a dancer on Strictly, for a nine episodes on Hollyoaks in 2021 but it seems that once was quite enough for the blonde star.The sibling pair starred as dancer brothers Marco and Jacob but their appearance was marred by criticism from various soap actors who were adamant that casting should be selected based on talent and not social media followers. Former EastEnders actor Michael Greco had plenty to say on the matter and called AJ's acting "shocking", claiming that people could learn "how not to act" by watching the brothers on-screen.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Michael Barrymore was one of the best-known TV presenters in the UK when the body of Stuart Lubbock was found in his swimming pool on 31 March, 2001. Six years later, he was arrested in connection with the death of Stuart at his then-home in Roydon, Essex following a party, and later released without charge. But by then, ITV had terminated Michael's lucrative contract, and the presenter, now 71, had lost the TV career he loved.

Former Love Island star Maura Higgins, who first featured on the hit ITV show in 2019, has teased an iconic Love Island return with a cryptic photo she posted to her Instagram.The Irish beauty shared the snap when she had just got off a fight to an unknown location, as she took a quick photo of what looked like two chauffeurs picking her up.The chauffeurs were holding a sign each that read 'Got A Text' with the Love Island logo printed below it. Fans took to twitter to speculate the cryptic post as one reposted the picture and said: "Ummm has Maura Higgins just… bye Leah and Montel ig", while another added: "I need a Maura Higgins kinda bombshell".

If there’s one show you can go all out at with your outfit, it’s a Harry Styles show, and Maura Higgins didn’t hold back as she wore a barely-there outfit for the performance. The former Love Island star looked stunning in the photos shared to her Instagram account, as she wore a beautiful white halter-neck crop top that featured an ultra low cut front fastened with a strap across her waist, which was revealed to be completely backless when she turned around.

Soccer Aid is back for another year on Sunday, June 11. The all-star football match, co-founded by pop star Robbie Williams in 2006, will be raising money for Unicef to help children in need around the world.

Former Love Island contestant Amy Hart has opened up about making changes to her lifestyle and habits. On her Instagram stories, she shared a picture of herself from the end of lockdown, and shared that she would be going back to her personal trainer in June.

Ahead of the London marathon on Sunday 23 April, former TOWIE star Mark Wright has taken part in today's (April 2) London Landmarks half-marathon, where he bumped into This Morning presenter Dermot O'Leary.Taking to his Instagram Stories, Mark, 36, filmed a message for his fans as he walked to the starting point, telling them: "Tell you what, it's chilly today. It's a cold one, but the crowds are already building up and it's starting to warm up. "I'm feeling good.The atmosphere on a run like this just makes you feel amazing.Trust me, book one, you won't regret it." At the marathon's starting point Mark bumped into Dermot, 49, and the pair excitedly announced on another on Instagram.

Molly-Mae Hague and her sister Zoe were pictured out and about on Thursday as they enjoyed a spot of shopping with baby Bambi. Molly-Mae, who on Wednesday detailed the difficulty of buying clothes as a new mum, welcomed her first child with Tommy Fury back in January.

Molly-Mae Hague got herself in a sticky situation on Monday as her newborn daughter Bambi threw up on her shoulder. Molly-Mae gave birth to her first daughter on January 23 and later revealed the news to the world on January 30 alongside a flurry of adorable pictures. Since the birth, the Pretty Little Thing creative director has updated fans on her motherhood journey and previously revealed that she was forced to call the fire brigade after her cat Eggy got stuck on the roof.

Molly-Mae Hague and her newborn daughter Bambi wished Tommy Fury the best of luck ahead of his fight against American YouTuber turned-fighter Jake Paul on Sunday. The former Love Island star, who featured on the show back in 2019 with the likes of Maura Higgins and Curtis Pritchard, is at home with Bambi as boxer Tommy fights Jake in Saudi Arabia on Sunday night. While Tommy is in Saudi Arabia preparing for the fight, proud partner Molly-Mae and their newborn daughter Bambi are cheering him on back home in England.

Love Island fans were left distracted on Sunday night as they got a major Amy Hart flashback as Jessie Wynter confronted Will Young after his Layla Al-Momani kiss. Only recently, Will decided to stick with Jessie during the explosive Casa Amor recoupling but just as the Australian stunner was celebrating reuniting with her man, there was heartache in store.

TOWIE cast member James Lock looked completely unrecognisable in a trailer for an upcoming show after suffering horrendous injuries to his face. James, who has starred in the Essex-based TV show since 2013 with cast members like Gemma Collins, Joey Essex and Amy Childs, is one of the many celebrities to be taking part in Channel 5’s upcoming show, The Challenge UK.The 36 year old hunk is set to battle celebrities like Curtis Pritchard, Marcel Somerville, and AJ Pritchard in the show, which is set to air later this month.

We're a little bit obsessed with Love Island 2019 winner Amber Gill's love life. Actually, we're a little bit obsessed with Amber Gill, and who could blame us? She's drop-dead gorgeous, a style icon, a party animal, a comical genius on Twitter, and she never - NEVER – minces her world.

Former Strictly Come Dancing pro AJ Pritchard has clashed with TV host Jeremy Kyle after the latter branded the show "so woke it's unwatchable". Jeremy - who used to have his own self-named show on ITV - was filling in for Piers Morgan on Wednesday’s Piers Morgan: Uncensored, aired on TalkTV, as he discussed BBC's most-celebrated show.

Last night's episode of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Win saw former TOWIE star Ferne McCann break down in tears as she discussed her relationship failures. The reality star, 32, is taking part in the latest series of the gruelling Channel 4 show, alongside dancer and former Love Island star Curtis Pritchard, EastEnders actress Maisie Smith , and fellow TOWIE star Pete Wicks . Yesterday’s episode saw Ferne, who says that drawing on her experience of giving birth helped her prepare for the show, get upset saying that she’s terrible in relationships and doesn’t think she’s ever been part of a healthy one.

Ferne McCann has shared unseen behind-the-scenes snaps from her time filming Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins in Jordan.The ex TOWIE favourite, 32, took to Instagram to share photos taken with "pocket rocket" EastEnders actress Maisie Smith and other celebrity contestants on the new Channel 4 series. It sees a line-up of 14 reality and soap personalities and sportspeople pushed to their physical limits as they attempt gruelling challenges.TOWIE star Pete Wicks, Love Island winner Amber Gill, former footballer turned reality star Ashley Cain, dancer brothers AJ and Curtis Pritchard are among the other names taking part.

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins looks set for dramatic scenes as it released a new trailer teasing the upcoming series on Wednesday.  Starting on Sunday 4 September at 9pm, 14 celebrities will face a brutal selection course run by the elite team of ex-special forces operators - Chief Instructor, Rudy Reyes, and his team of Directing Staff (DS), Foxy (Jason Fox), Billy (Mark Billingham) and Remi Adeleke.Teasing what viewers can expect in a new trailer, it sees a voiceover say: "Welcome to our extreme spa where celebrity treatments include a relaxing plunge pool, skin exfoliation and motivational speakers." It then cuts to Maisie Smith in the desert shouting: "I need help!" while Ferne McCann is seen grimacing during a brutal challenge. It ends by quickly showing a montage of the other celebrities, including Curtis Pritchard and Pete Wicks, testing themselves during the intense experience.The new trailer comes after former EastEnders star Maisie, 21, revealed she went on the Channel 4 show to inspire "other young girls".

Kerry Katona has taken a swipe at the line-up for this year's Strictly Come Dancing, saying: "I haven’t heard of any of them!" The 41 year old reacted to the line-up of this year's Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, which she starred on last year. Speaking about the new batch of stars taking on the challenge, Kerry wrote in her column: "The Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins line-up is one of the best I’ve ever seen.

Love Island star Curtis Pritchard has spoken out against toxic masculinity, dubbing 'strength and toughness' as 'being able to cry' as he prepares for the premiere of his Celebrity SAS stint. Catching up with OK! and other press this week, part-time choreographer Curtis, 26 - who is set to embark on his big-name armed-forces journey with older brother and fellow dancer AJ, 27 - said he was glad that the series allowed him to show his emotions.

We witnessed her powering through the most terrifying trials and tribulations that the Australian jungle could throw at her, and we've seen her tirelessly hold her own against some of Essex's most intimidating characters, but now TOWIE's Ferne McCann has faced her toughest challenge yet - Celebrity SAS. Joining a whole new line-up of famous faces, reality star Ferne, 32, embarked in the upcoming series of the Channel 4 hit, describing the experience as 'once in a lifetime', but admitting that leaving her daughter Sunday behind was the most difficult task of all.

Love Island star Amy Hart has revealed that she's expecting her first baby with her boyfriend Sam Rason. The reality TV favourite announced the joyous news on Loose Women after previously sharing her fertility issues on the ITV chat show.

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins unveiled its biggest lineup of recruits yet.The show, which is aired on Channel 4 in September, has a massive 14 celebrities flying out to the heat of the Jordanian desert.The original SAS: Who Dares Wins sees civilians put through military training exercises to test their physical and mental strength, and the celebrity spin-off launched in 2019.This year there’s a whole host of stars taking part in the gruelling tasks and they feature former sports people as well as reality and soap personalities. We take a look at what each contestant is known for.