Amy Childs reveals RED hair transformation as she begins filming TOWIE

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Amy Childs

by Marianna Manson |
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You’d be forgiven for thinking the latest selfie that Amy Childs has uploaded to her Instagram is a throwback from 2010 as she’s gone back to her auburn-haired heyday.

The mum of two has been sporting blonde locks for the past five years but has returned to red as she begins filming series 29 of TOWIE.

The OG star was the first to quit the show in 2011 but came back last year for the ten year anniversary episode and appears to have made a fully-fledged return to the cast for series 27 and the upcoming series 29.

Captioning the snap – in which she appears not to have aged a day since series one – Amy said, "Have you missed me 😉"

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Mark Wright, Lauren Goodger and Sam Faiers

The OG TOWIE triangle. When we were first introduced to the Essex lot, Mark was dating long term girlfriend Lauren but from the very first episode it was clear that he was less than committed by his outrageous flirting with one Sam Faiers.

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James 'Arg' Argent, Lydia Bright and Gemma Collins

Gemma and Arg have had more ons and offs than a light-switch at closing time, but before Gemma was Arg's long-term love Lydia. It's been ongoing with Arg and Lydia regularly hanging out, and Arg often talking about how 'close' they are when he was still with Gem.

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Lauren Pope, Chloe Sims and Mario Falcone

TOWIE OG's Lauren and Chloe formed a close bond during their lengthy reigns as Queen Bees, but in 2014 hit the rocks when they were both played by love rat Mario. But in a sisterly twist, Lauren ended up standing up for Chloe in a showdown with Mario in the penultimate episode of that series.

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Jake Hall, Chloe Lewis and Lauren Pope

Jake Hall and Chloe Lewis had been dating for an impressive six years when a kiss with Lauren led to them nearly splitting up in 2016. As is often the way in reality telly land, soon after joining the cast as a couple, temptation called and after his rendezvous with the glamour model he lied through his teeth about it for months.

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Chloe Sims, Amber Turner and Dan Edgar

Dan and Amber had a turbulent relationship from the beginning but during and on/off period in 2019 Dan and Chloe crossed the line from friendship to romance after a holiday fling in Thailand. However, it wasn't long before Dan went back to Amber, leaving Chloe hurt and humiliated.

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Harry Lee, Frankie Sims and Chloe Brockett

First Chloe and Harry were dating, but after they split in 2019 Harry began cracking on with Chloe Sims little sister Frankie. But WAIT; in October 2019 Harry was caught flirting up a storm with his ex Chloe, leading to a series of blazing rows and the eventual demise of Hankie. Chloe later told Closer, "Harry is a good looking boy. I am close to him."

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Gemma Collins, Rami Hawash and James Argent

It seems nothing ever ran smoothly with Gemma and Arg. In 2013, Arg was distraught when Gemma got engaged to businessman Rami but their betrothal was short lived and they split in 2014. Cue six years of back-ing and forth-ing with Gemma and Arg, before they eventually split "for good" in 2020, with Gemma now back dating Rami.

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Shelby Tribble, Sam Mucklow and Tom McDonnell

Shelby and Sam are now proud parents to a bouncing baby boy but it wasn't always smooth sailing between them. During series 24 (and that fateful Thailand trip) Sam and Shelby grew romantic but when Sam had his head turned by Demi Sims, Shelby ended the series snogging Tom.

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Charlie Sims, Ferne McCann and Jasmin Walia

Charlie and Ferne were an established couple but the series ten trip to Las Vegas certainly rocked their foundations when Charlie gave in to temptation. After sexting Jasmin, Charlie found himself alone with her and the two shared a snog, with him later coming clean to Ferne who was at home in Essex.

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Diags, Fran Parman and Tom Pearce

This one got VERY complicated, given that Diags and Tom were best mates. While Diags couldn't admit that he was in love with his then housemate Fran, Tom decided to intervene by romancing Fran himself to try and give Diags the kick up the bum he needed. It was looking a bit iffy for a while there, but Diags and Fran ended up dating for three years with his friendship with Tom in tact.

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Mark Wright, Lauren Goodger and Lucy Mecklenburgh

It was clear it was doomed from the start, wasn't it? In between (!) his flirtations with Sam Faiers and his actual relationship with Lauren Goodger, Mark was romancing a teenaged Lucy, and brought her to Lauren's charity fashion show. Cue tears and lifelong insecurity for our Loz. Sob.

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"It’s back… it’s bold… and it’s here to stay! …Red for Passion, Energy and (lights… camera…) Action… @towie coming soon 🎥 ♥️".

Amy’s cousin and co-star Harry Derbidge wrote, "You posted it 🥰🥰 yay!!! She’s back xx", and former TOWIE star Ferne McCann said, "Yasssssss she’s back I’m obsessed".

While OG Amy and cousin Harry made their comeback to the show that made them famous, producers axed a whopping ten cast members (including Harry) for this series so that viewers could focus on the juiciest storylines.

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And two long-term stars who won’t be returning (but are sure to be back eventually) are Georgia Kousoulou and Tommy Mallett, who stepped back of their own accord to film their new reality series Baby Steps, which follows their first months with their baby son Brody.

Chatting exclusively to Closer, Georgia told us, "I can’t wait to watch it because I think people are going to be shocked. It’s filmed differently to what we’ve ever filmed before. It’s so raw.

"I wanted the viewer to feel like they were on the journey with us and I genuinely think that’s what we’ve achieved."

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