Remember when Brendan Cole was on Love Island? We have not forgotten.
Anyone else finding it kinda stressful that we have around twenty three Love Island-free hours to fill every day?
We're so bereft we've resorted to watching clips of the 2005 and 2006 CELEBRITY series on YouTube.
Yup. We're in a deep, dark hole.
We've already asked Love Island 2005 cast - where are they now? But have you ever wondered where the cast of Celebrity Love Island 2006 are now? Well WONDER NO MORE.
Check out what the Celebrity Love Island 2006 contestants are up to now...
Love Island 2006: Where are they now? stacked
1 of 19Bianca Gascoigne
Bianca won the 2006 series with Calum Best, and has since appeared on The X Factor (YUP) in 2012 and Celebrity Big Brother in 2017. She's also recently started dating Katie Price's ex Kris Boyson.
2 of 19Calum Best
Calum's barely been off our screens since Celebrity Love Island, tbh. Recently, he took part in E4's Celebs Go Dating and Ex on the Beach. He also spends a lot of time in the gym, as you can probably tell.
3 of 19Kéllé Bryan
Eternal star Kéllé Bryan has since appeared in panto and almost got back with her old Eternal bandmates for The Big Reunion before pulling out. Since 2018 she's starred as Martine Deveraux in Hollyoaks and been a Loose Women panelist.
4 of 19Abs Breen
Where do we start with Abs, eh? Since Celebrity Love Island the 5ive singer's rejoined the band (through ITV2 show The Big Reunion), left the band again (via Twitter) and appeared on everything from Celebrity Big Brother (2013) to Country Strife: Abz on the Farm (2014). This year he appeared on Celebrity Come Dine With Me too. Oh yeah, and his name's spelt with a 'z' now.
5 of 19Sophie Anderton
Sophie went on to appear in Celebrity Big Brother 2013, alongside fellow islander Abs. She's also into yoga, "wellness" and general peace and love vibes according to her Instagram.
6 of 19Lady Victoria Hervey
Lady Victoria Hervey joined Channel 4 telly show The Jump in 2015, on the condition her dog could join her in Austria. Obvs. She's currently living her best life in LA, being an animal activist and running a swimwear brand.
7 of 19Lee Otway
Former Hollyoaks star Lee went on to star in panto. Oh, and in 2015 he won a Royal Television Society Student Award for his work directing the pilot School on Report. Lee appeared in Doctors in 2019, but doesn't appear to have been up to much since then.
8 of 19Colleen Shannon
Colleen's since appeared in How I Met Your Mother and in Miss Cast Away and the Island Girls. She was also arrested in 2012 for smuggling her Canadian boyfriend into the US and she was sentenced to 4 months in prison.
9 of 19Shane Lynch
Shane's still very much in Boyzone - with the band currently working on their last ever album - and he came third in Celebrity Big Brother winter 2018. He's recently split up with his wife, Sheena White, after 13 years.
10 of 19Steve-O
Jackass star Steve-O took part in a protest against SeaWorld in 2015, and was consequently convicted of two misdemeanors and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
11 of 19Paul Danan
Paul 'Dangerous' Danan was known for his rather erratic behaviour on the show; he went on to star in spin-off show Calum, Fran And Dangerous Danan. He appeared in Celebrity Big Brother in 2017, and he now runs the Paul Danan Drama Club in London.
12 of 19Alicia Douvall
Alicia Douvall obviously went in to the Celebrity Big Brother house. There's a recurring theme here, eh? She also became a self-confessed plastic surgery addict after her time on the show, going on to warn other celebs about the consequences of going under the knife.
13 of 19Chris Brosnan
Call us lazy af but there's very little information as to what on Earth Chris has been up to since Love Island. Like, literally nothing.
14 of 19Brendan Cole
Brendan went on to compete on BBC show Strictly Come Dancing for 15 years; before being sacked in 2018 for breaching protocol and waltzing with Camilla Parker Bowles at Buckingham Palace.
15 of 19Dennis Rodman
So, um, Dennis Rodman went on to become one of the first Americans to have met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in 2013. He's since described Kim as 'a friend for life.'
16 of 19Emily Scott
Model Emily Scott went on to participate in Dancing with the Stars Australia (2009) and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2011). She now describes herself as a "music maker and creator" in her Instagram bio.
17 of 19Leo Ihenacho
Leo - aka Leo the Lion - left The Streets to join Love Island and has since appeared on The Voice. He joined Kylie Minogue's team in the third series in 2014.
18 of 19Emma and Eve Ryan
Sorry, WHO? The identical Stockport twins were chucked into the island in a bid to save the 'stuggling' TV show (who's laughing now?) and their most recent tweet was back in 2012. Here's an old picture of 'em, though.
19 of 19Kate Lawler
Big Brother 3 winner Kate Lawler joined Bauer radio post-Love Island; presenting on Key 103 and Kerrang! Radio. In August 2019, Kate moved to present Drivetime on Virgin Radio
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What has Kelle Bryan said about Love Island?
She may have appeared on Celebrity Love Island back in 2006, but it appears that Kelle Bryan isn't much of fan these days as she recently branded the show "contrived" and "distasteful" as she weighed in on the Millie Court and Liam Reardon Casa Amor drama during an appearance on Loose Women.
Kelle said, "Those situations are contrived. We don’t, in reality, meet someone like that and have those situations happen in the way that they have. They are constructed situations.
"I’ve been on Love Island myself, so obviously the purpose of going on the island is to meet somebody you feel like you connect with and have a relationship with. And those situations – like when you’re a reality TV show, they are contrived."
She added, "That person was brought back to see that person’s reaction. Now, thankfully I think those ladies handled that situation particularly well, but I find it distasteful. I don’t like watching that kind of stuff happen."
However, her fellow panellist Jane Moore argued, "So, you might say 'OK, it’s contrived that the boy is taken out of that villa and put into that villa', but actually, in real life, it shows that unless he’s glued to that girl 24/7, when he goes out to a club or somewhere with his mates, there’s every danger he’s gonna meet somebody else and have his head turned.
"It’s about his character. You put Teddy in that same 'contrived situation' as you call it, and his character was good!"
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In more Love Island related news, former contestant Scott Thomas has revealed that the producers give the cast pep talks during their time in the villa.
He told Closer magazine, "There are two producers who we used to call our 'mums' because they talk to you and kind of check in and make sure you’re ok.
"And they’d sometimes give you pep talks. They would egg you on or encourage you to go after the girl you liked - they’d kind of give you a confidence boost.
"If you had a good conversation with someone in the villa, the producers would sometimes ask for you to have it again so they could film it properly or from a different angle.
"It’s not overly-produced or anything though – it’s all very organic and the feelings and actions are all real."