With just two weeks to go until the new series of Love Island All Stars airs it has been revealed that Summer Botwe from the 2022 series is now heading to the location ahead of filming
Love Island All Stars is set to be a strong contender for being one of the best if ITV’s latest signing is anything to go by. It has been revealed that former Casa Amor bombshell Summer Botwe has signed up for the upcoming series and his heading to the villa two weeks before the show is due to air.
A source revealed that the reality TV star and influencer has already started to pack her bags and is ready to jet off to find her Mr Right. Summer appeared on the show in 2022 when she came on as one of six Casa Amor bombshells.
And during her time on the ITV2 show she made her presence known as she became part of a love triangle between Dami Hope and Indiyah Polack. Even though he had picked Summer, Dami soon changed his mind and decided to give things another go with his previous flame.
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A source told The Sun: “Summer’s packing her bags right now. She can’t wait to be on the show.” A show insider said last month: “Summer is in early talks to return to the show. She was such a huge character in series 8 and really wants to find love. All Stars has a good track record, so she’d be on the right show!”
However, ITV refused to confirm speculation at the time. Summer is no stranger to a celebrity lifestyle as her dad is the award-winning garage MC called MC CKP. Other names that have been reportedly confirmed are Belle Hassan and former winner Millie Court, following her split with Liam Reardon.
Harrison Solomon, Samie Elishi, Jess Harding and Lana Jenkins are also rumoured to be heading to the villa. The series will be held in South Africa, and host Maya Jama has previously revealed that she has already started to film segments for the show.
In a pre-recorded clip, Maya said: “So we are here on set, first bit of All Stars experience I’m having this year. Had my glam done, and the Islanders are all hidden in secret rooms. I’ve not seen any of them yet.”
She then added: “I can’t tease anything apart from the fact that you’re gonna love it, and there’ll be some familiar faces… obviously. It’s all feeling like it’s about to start happening. It’s just like Christmas, get out of the way, I’m ready to go to South Africa!”
ITV recently released a teaser video which lasted ten seconds, bringing anticipation of the upcoming series to a new level. The clip shows a series of Polaroid-style pictures which are connected with a string to notes. And the caption says: “Who’s got unfinished business?”
The teaser promises the series will have more drama than ever before, and now fans of the show are left wondering who will return to settle a few scores. The infamous narrator Ian Sterling will be returning for the latest series.
The first series of Love Island All Stars, which aired last year, saw winners Molly Smith and Tom Clare connect with each other and move in together after the show ended. Tom later popped the question while on a romantic break in Dubai
And during this year’s series Gabby Allen and Casey O’Gorman appeared to find love but their romance failed to stand the test of time on the outside world. Love Island: All Stars starts on January 12 at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
Former Hollyoaks actor Curtis was paired with Amy Hart but he unceremoniously left her for bombshell Maura Higgins. But like many before them, they were not able to make it in the outside world and split up. There had been rumours that he cheated on her.
Others stars that have been rumoured to return this year also include Scott van-der-Sluis who was on series ten, Whitney Adebayo, Remell Ellis-Mullings, Jacques O’Neil and finally if the rumour mill is to be believed, Alima Gagigo who was on series 12.
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