Love Island's Claudia pens heartwarming tribute to pal Samie on girls' holiday

Hearts have been racing in Love Island's iconic heart rate challenge tonight.The famous challenge, which features in every season of Love Island, sees the Islanders flaunt their stuff in raunchy outfits and give their fellow co-stars a lap dance.The aim of the game is to see who's heart rate rises the most; the girls or the boys. In tonight's episode of Love Island season 10, we saw Catherine Taylor drop her cape, Ella Thomas twerk in diamantés, and Mal Nichols dance in leopard print. But the one dance that got the girls dramatically blocking their vision was Sammy Root in his tiny gold shorts.

It’s official, Love Island favourite Kady McDermott is heading back into the villa to look for romance, seven years after first appearing on the show back in 2016.The 27 year old star, who first shot to fame on season 2 of the show, was revealed to be returning to the villa at the end of Thursday night’s episode, with a teaser revealing the stunning brunette had barely changed a bit! Easily one of the most famous stars to have come out of the show, Kady previously finished third in her series alongside ex partner Scott Thomas, but clearly has every intention of taking home the Love Island crown with her second time in the Mallorcan villa. Since appearing on the show, Kady has enjoyed a series of high profile romances, including with TOWIE star Myles Barnett, and even managed to enjoy a brief fling with Matty Cash.

When the islanders are in the Love Island villa, they are banned from knowing anything about the outside world.That includes everything from what people are saying about them to simple things like the time.Those rules are in place even though every islander has a phone. However, in the winter series of the show best friends Casey O'Gorman and Tom Clare broke into their phones.The crafty duo managed to break into the phones and connect to the wifi while they were still in the South African villa, but the boys were stopped quickly by their fellow islander, Tanya Manhenga has told the Daily Star.

Winter Love Island runner up Tanya Manhenga has revealed some “weird” Love Island villa rules that contestants had to follow, from using the toilet to eating lunch. Speaking on the Cocktails and Takeaways podcast, Tanya, 23, opened up about some aspects of villa life that viewers at home don’t get to see.

Love Island bosses are continuing to shake things up in the villa and fans are thrilled by all the drama so far, despite the show only being in its second week. A sneak peek of tonight’s episode revealed a new bombshell entering the villa, and fans are saying he is the spitting image of another memorable Islander. Meet Scott Van Der Sluis, a 22-year-old footballer hailing from Connah's Quay in North Wales, who fans are already comparing to former Love Island star Jacques O'Neill, Paige Thorne's ex-boyfriend.

A surprise new bombshell is about to shake things up in the Love Island villa – Welsh footballer Scott Van Der Sluis.The goalkeeper's day job is playing for Irish Premier Division club Shelbourne, but now he's planning on spending the summer looking for love on the ITV2 dating show. Scott, 22, might have been single for three and a half years, but despite claiming that means he's "ready and open to anything", he has a specific list of what gives him the ick. He said: "Someone who gets too clingy too quickly.

Former Islander Luca Bish has dished out some Love Island secrets, including the “telltale” sign that indicated someone was about to get a text. Shouting “I got a text” has become one of the most used phrases in Love Island and, in an exclusive chat with OK! for our TikTok, Luca said as an Islander “You soon cotton on” to when someone is about to receive a text and shout the iconic phrase.The islander revealed: “With the text, you soon cotton on when you think there’s gonna be one.” Dishing out secrets, he said: “Someone goes into the villa, goes to the toilet, or go put some eyeliner on, or something like that just in the middle of the day, random little plod in there and come out with a phone.

Love Islanders Claudia Fogarty and Casey O'Gorman have sparked rumours they could be back on after both sharing a snuggled up photo together from Ibiza. The reality TV stars are both on holiday on the White Isle partying with friends, but made time to catch up – and it looks like they might be enjoying a revival holiday romance.

Love Island has returned to television screens for its tenth series with a new batch of singletons leading the summer 2023 line-up. And one person who knows all too well about appearing on the ITV2 show is Tasha Ghouri.Tasha, 24, was the first-ever deaf contestant to appear on Love Island in 2022, where she found love with Andrew Le Page and finished in fourth place with the dishy real estate agent, 28.

Winter Love Island finalist Samie Elishi looked stunning as she enjoyed the sunny temperatures in the UK this weekend.The former islander, 23, stripped down to a brown strapless bikini top and green shorts as she lapped up the sunshine with her friends in a London park, sipping on a cool beverage as they chatted away.The star wore a pair of dark sunglasses and later covered up in a shirt that matched her shorts as she lounged in a camping chair as temperatures hit over 30 degrees. Samie's chilled weekend comes after rumours that she has reunited with her ex Tom Clare.The pair split just one month after they left the Love Island villa in March, claiming their romance wasn't "going anywhere." At the time Tom was based up north in Macclesfield and Barnsley while Samie was based in the capital, which is said to have played a factor in the pair's decision to split.

Love Island fans are speculating that Samie Elishi and Tom Clare could be back together, after she posted a major hint to social media. Samie, 22, who rose to fame on the winter series of Love Island earlier this year alongside Tom, 23, posted a serene snap to Instagram, where she could be seen dressed in pretty cotton pyjamas and enjoying a cup of tea in a lush green garden.The star, who had clearly just risen from bed, could be seen smiling at the camera in one snap, whist in the other, she touched a hand to her hair and closed her eyes with a smile. In the caption, she added a rainbow emoji, and tellingly wrote: "Wholesome days".

Liberty Poole has been praised for showing off her "normal" and "non edited" body.The former Love Islander, 23 took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a series of snaps as she posed candidly while on a Mediterranean cruise with co-star and close pal Kaz Kamwi, 28.The TV personality donned a pair of black bikini bottoms and a cropped grey sweatshirt as she posed outside on the boat deck. Showing off her curved figure, she happily held her tummy and threw her arms up in the air. She wrote the caption: "Hands up in the air if you ain’t got a 6 pack and you just don’t care." The 23 year old styled her long brunette hair in loose waves and opted for full makeup as she confidently worked the camera.

Love Island's Tyrique Hyde has joined the hit ITV2 villa and has already found himself in a love triangle with Jess Harding and Ella Thomas.The semi-professional footballer, 24, from Essex also appeared to share a link with Molly Marsh, 21, from Doncaster as they both had the exact same tattoo on their left ear - a lighting bolt. And while Molly joked that the meaning behind hers was a "Pinterest quote", Tyrique has a special reason behind his lightening bolt.Tyrique is deaf in his right ear so he got the tattoo next to his left ear to symbolise "strength and power".

Things are set to heat up for Love Island star Tyrique Hyde, as he is drawn to another of his "sexy" co-stars despite being coupled up with Ella Thomas. The new summer series of ITV's juggernaut dating show is already proving popular, with plenty of twists after just three days at the sprawling Spanish villa.

Molly Marsh is getting set to make her big debut as one of the nine contestants entering the Love Island villa tonight, 5 June. Since being revealed as a member of the summer 2023 cast, the new Islander has admitted she's looking for an old-fashioned kind of love. "I don't go out and party and I don't use dating apps," Molly explained.

We've got a text! And it's telling us that the tenth season of Love Island finally arrives on our screens tonight. Among the ten contestants is the beautiful, Catherine Agbaje, who describes herself as "fun", "flirty" and "never boring".The upcoming star certainly backs herself, and she claims Love Island viewers will love her. "I'll be fierce, I'll be confident, I'll be funny, I'll be myself.

Love Island’s Paige Thorne has sparked rumours that she is back with her ex and fellow Islander, Jacques O’Neill. It comes as the pair engaged in a flirty interaction on Instagram, after Jacques commented on one of Paige’s recent photos.The pair were coupled together on the hit dating reality show last year, before Jacques made the decision to leave to look after his mental health. Following this, 25 year old Paige ended up getting with serial Love Islander, Adam Collard, and making their relationship official.

Samie Elishi and Tom Clare have sparked rumours that they may have rekindled their romance, just weeks after they confirmed their split.The rumours come after Tom liked Samie’s latest photo on Instagram, where she looked stunning as she stood in front of a Spanish sunset. Samie donned a light green silk two-piece which showed off her toned abs and captioned the snap: “Mallorca evenings." Fans rushed to give their compliments on the snap as one wrote: “You look amazing Samie,” while another said: “absolutely stunning." Not only is Tom liking his ex’s pictures but he is also sharing pictures from sunny Spain, where the duo were spotted together in a bar.

Love Island's Tasha Ghouri appeared on Good Morning Britain on Thursday morning and wore a sweet tribute to her boyfriend Andrew Le Page as she spoke about her experience growing up deaf.The star, 23, looked stunning as she opted for a classic black suit over a black T-shirt and showed off her natural beauty as she wore minimal makeup. She styled the look with a dainty gold necklace featuring a letter T, for Tasha, and the letter A in a sweet tribute to her boyfriend Andrew, whom she met through the hit ITV show Love Island.

Love Island star Tyrique Hyde is one of ten singletons heading to the iconic ITV2 villa this summer in order to find love.The semi-professional footballer, 24, from Essex is hoping to find love in the Love Island villa this summer after previously never having a girlfriend before. Luckily for Tyrique, he's had some valuable advice ahead of his villa debut as one of his best friends is former Islander, Toby Aromolaran, who appeared on the ITV2 show in 2021. Speaking to press, including OK!, Tyrique said: "I had a conversation with Toby before I went, obviously he is my close friend.