The line-up of Love Island legends returning to the villa for All Stars 2025 was finally unveiled by ITV yesterday and we don’t want to speak too soon, but it’s an absolute corker at first glance.
From old school Islanders like Scott Thomas and Kaz Crossley to recent faves Ronnie Vint and Catherine Agbaje, there’s a decent selection of former contestants from throughout the years – and that’s before any bombshells have been announced. Give yourself a pat on the back, producers.
Another reality TV icon we’re looking forward to seeing in the villa is Love Island 2019 bombshell Elma Pazar. She’d already earned herself a place in our hearts during her far too short stint in Mallorca but her time on TOWIE has solidified her status as a solid gold hun.
Of course, our minds can’t help but wonder which of the boys will catch Elma’s eye when the Islanders get acquainted next week and her close pal – and TOWIE co-star – Livvy Jay has given us a bit of an insight as to who she might go for.
Taking to the comments section of Closer’s recent Instagram post about the Islanders, Livvy shared her support for Elma and let slip that she might have a preference for Mr Turbo himself, Love Island 2024 lothario Ronnie.
When we asked Livvy who Elma could potentially couple up with, the lash technician slash reality star replied, ‘Scott [Thomas], Ronnie or Curtis [Pritchard] I feel like she’d do well with 🥰🥰 I can’t wait to see it.’
We can’t wait to see it either, Livvy, but your prediction has left us a bit concerned. Not only does Ronnie have a bit of a reputation as a player after romancing Jess White, Harriett Blackmore AND Tiffany Leighton last summer, but he’s also previously been compared to a vampire by one of his fellow Islanders.
Let’s hope Elma’s packed plenty of garlic in her suitcase, although we fear it could suffer the same fate as Antigoni Buxton’s halloumi cheese.
If you’re wondering what on earth we’re on about, Samantha Kenny (who we’re hoping will turn up in Cape Town as a bombshell) lifted the lid on Ronnie’s ‘funny’ sleeping habits back in June, when she revealed, ‘The way Ronnie sleeps is so, so funny. It's like Dracula; he sleeps with four pillows behind his back. It's so, so funny.’
Ronnie then spoke out about Samantha’s hilarious anecdote on an episode of Olivia Attwood’s So Wrong It’s Right podcast when he explained, ‘In the villa everyone was like, “why are you waking up staring at me?”... But yeah, that’s why I’ve done it. For the last two or three years I’ve done it. The first night [in the villa] I got in the bed with Jess [White] and I was like, ‘this is going to be a bit weird.”’
He continued, ‘She was cracking up, and everyone was cracking up, everyone thought it was a mad thing as well with my hair. They think I’m a vampire and I’m not, I promise.’
Maybe Elma’s safe after all…
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Nathan Katnoria is heat and Closer online’s senior digital writer. He became obsessed with Love Island when Malin Andersson came back to confront Terry Walsh in series two and hasn’t looked back since. When he’s not interviewing former Islanders, Nathan is scrolling through their Instagram feeds for relationship updates and piping hot tea.