EXCLUSIVE: Love Island’s Marcel Somerville lifts the lid on Elma Pazar and Sammy Root’s ‘connection’

Turns out Elma has already been talking about Sammy in the villa

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by Eden-Olivia Lord |
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Now that Sammy Root has returned to Love Island it's got us thinking - who will he couple up with on All Stars?

We know from his first stint on Love Island 2023 that he loves a 'petite brunette' and while Catherine Agbaje was the first Islander to pop into our minds (can they please send someone in for her!), we know that she's pals with his ex Jess Harding - so we doubt they'll be recoupling any time soon.

So of course, our next guess was Elma Pazar and if our memory serves us correctly, weren't they flirting up a storm on TOWIE just weeks ago?

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sammy is back in the villa ©ITV

TOWIE fans will remember that Elma and Sammy had an interesting relationship during series 34. In fact, Roman Hackett said they'd be 'flirting for a while'.

Opening up about exactly how they knew each other, Sammy joked, 'We were at an event and then I walked in and Elma wouldn't leave me alone all night. Pestering me.

'Nah I was chasing her around like a dog.'

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sammy and elma were flirting on towie ©ITV

Despite flirting on camera, Sammy actually got to know Elma's pal Livvy Jay.

Fast forward to All Stars and it turns out that Elma has already been speaking about her TOWIE co-star during her time inside the villa.

During an exclusive chat with recently dumped Olivia Hawkins and Marcel Somerville, they spilled the tea.

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marcel and olivia spilled the tea ©Bauer Media

'I feel like with Sammy going in and obviously him and Elma have done TOWIE together,' Marcel began.

'They know each other, Elma is obviously single - now that Ronnie chose Harriett - so there's a high potential that Sammy is going to make a beeline for Elma but I don't know if he's going to be doing it just because she's popular.

'I feel like he's probably doing it because they've got a little connection.'

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it looks like elma's luck is about to change ©ITV

Olivia then added, 'Me and Elma actually had a conversation about Sammy on one of our off days.

'It was just about who we'd like to come into the villa or who we think may potentially walk in and Sammy's name did come up, so I don't know if she's more open to the age gap thing. We'll see.'

Imagine in Elma and Sammy couple up and win? It'll be series two and series four all over again with an Essex couple winning.

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Eden-Olivia is the deputy editor of Closer Online and she’s worked in showbiz since 2016. She started watching Love Island in 2017 because of her job. However Montana Brown remaining unphased by absolutely everything kept her entertained and she’s watched every series since.

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