There are so many rules about Love Island (we found out a lot after Sherif Lanre got kicked out of the villa) but now former Islanders Jordan Hames and Danny Williams have spilled the tea on one we DIDN'T know.
When Closer Online caught up with the boys for Love Island Secrets they were quick to reveal that the Islanders are not allowed to take in designer clothes.
"I hate this question because I followed the rules to the letter when it said 'no brands', you can't wear any brands," explained Danny.
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"No disrespect but I rocked up wearing Primark, Topman, Zara thinking that's all I could wear.
"This guy walks in [Jordan], the bombshell after me, and he's wearing designer trainers, designer jeans, designer shirt and I'm like 'what's going on here'".
He then added, "Every single person that came in after that was wearing designer stuff and there's me H&M, Primark.
"I was like 'I swear, I know how to dress I've got cool stuff at home I just didn't bring it,'" he joked.
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Jordan then revealed that it was actually his designer clothes that resulted in his stint on Love Island getting leaked in the press.
"That's how I got leaked actually because I was in the airport and I think they'd told me I wasn't allowed to wear any branded clothes but I was allowed shoes.
"And I rang my mate and was like 'this is a fix, they're not letting me wear any of my drip', and someone overheard me at the airport and that's how I got leaked."
Check out: Love Island stars reveal how they were approached for the show
How the Love Island contestants were approached slider
![Connor Durman](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5e42/acc8/53e5/7e29/c63d/5284/love_island_sr6_ep5_11.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Connor Durman
Connor is one of the rare Love Island stars that actually applied for the show. The reality star revealed to Closer Online the unique way he won the producers over.
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Lucie Donlan
Lucie was one of those contestant who producers were eager to sign because she had been speaking to them for a few years.She told Closer Online, "They spoke to me for the past three years. I think this year I was definitely more ready for it. "I was a bit too young the other years."
![Ovie Soko](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5d4c/0791/e091/db0c/b48b/1ada/love-island-ovie-soko.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Ovie Soko
Surprisingly our favourite ever Love Island contestant Ovie wasn't scouted or approached - he applied himself.He said on This Morning: "I went in because of my big brother, funnily enough. "Because I'm always sort of travelling and stuff because of basketball, I'm only ever really around in the summer times. I came back and Love Island always seems to be the big deal and he was like, 'Man, you'd be great on that show if you went on there' and I didn't think anything of it. "I ended up applying when I had some downtime and yeah, now I'm sort of here."
![Anton Danyluk](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5d4c/0083/e091/db45/538b/19bd/love-island-anton-danyluk-application.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Anton Danyluk
Anton was one of the six 2019 contestants who actually applied for the show.He told us: "I went through the whole application process. I did the first one-minute video and from there I met producers, then I had a medical and then I met the executive producers and then I was ready to go."
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Belle Hassan
Casa Amor bombshell Belle revealed it was her famous dad Tamer Hassan who helped get her on the show."I had a conversation with my dad and he asked me if I wanted to do the show."I didn't really think much of it and before I knew it one of his friends [got me in contact] with someone at ITV and then I did the audition and started the application process," she told us.
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Amy Hart
Amy was another star who actually applied for the show but she confessed her little brother was reluctant for her to go on the reality show."We're quite a close family and my little brother wasn't happy with me to start with because of all the trolling and his friends having to watch me on TV."But by the time I went on there everyone was really supportive. I was actually really lucky - I found out six weeks before I went [in the villa]."
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Joe Garrett
Despite only 6 of the 36 Love Island 2019 stars actually applying for the show, sandwich maker Joe Garrett has confessed he was one of them.Speaking to Closer Online, he recalled: "I sent a video in and had like 3/4 interviews. I had medicals and stuff like that. It's a proper rigorous process."
![Sherif Lanre](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5d0a/641e/f424/b333/c3f9/eb8e/sherif-lanre-love-island-producers-approached-him.png?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Sherif Lanre
Despite being booted out the villa it seems Love Island bosses were keen to get Sherif on the show because they actually approached him.He revealed to Closer magazine: "I was scouted no more than three weeks ago, I literally [had] no time to think about it. I went straight into the shoots, straight into filming."I was working close to the ITV studio, I was going to get lunch and I just turned round and one of the execs was like, 'Hi, have you heard of Love Island?'"There was so much racing through my head. He asked for my details. I walked back to eat my food and had someone texting me, asking, 'Can you come in to do some initial filming?'"Fast forward three weeks, and here I am."Interesting.
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Paul Knops
Love Island 2018 star Paul Knops has confessed that it was one of his friends who got him on the show."Initially I was approached by a friends who was going on another show and they put me forward to go on that show. So I went in and spoke to the producers for that and then they said they will keep me in mind for Love Island."I was away on holiday and they gave me a call and they said 'Can you come on the show, we need you to leave tomorrow' and it was for Casa Amor," he told Closer Online.He went on to say: "I said 'no it wasn't the right time for me' and then over the course of the next two weeks I had a few messages for them and I just decided I'd give it a go."
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Kem Cetinay
Love Island 2017 winner Kem Cetinay actually got scouted on Instagram. He explained: "I had a barber Instagram where I did my tutorials and it was quite big, it was doing really well. Then they messaged me off that randomly and was like do you want to come in. "I still went through the whole process; I did the audition, questionnaires and some of the video camera shots."
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Chris Hughes
Chris Hughes got on the show by simply applying on the ITV website: "I was one of the very few – I remember talking to some of the producers and executives after the show – who did the whole thing. "I signed up online, went through all the stages, did the questionnaires. I did the standard protocol, I was never approached."
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Kendall Rae Knight
Kendall Rae Knight followed in the footsteps as Chris and went online to get on the show."I applied just through the ITV website. I was just normal; I worked at a shoe shop no one approached me and I didn't have an agent. I went through all the stages," she told us at the NTAs.
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Sam Bird
Sam Bird was actually set to go on another show, luckily things didn't work out and he went on Love Island instead. He revealed at the NTAs: "I got approached for a different show - Survival of the Fittest - and I was meant to go on that but it didn't happen."The producers [who work on both the shows] said try Love Island instead. I said 'alright' and then I auditioned, so I kind of got approached."
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Megan Barton Hanson
Megan Barton Hanson was already popular on Instagram and that grabbed the producers attention. She admitted: "I never had an agent but I had an Instagram and I had quite a few followers on it so I just got picked up that way. "I was really hesitant at first because obviously Instagram is your filtered, photoshopped best version of yourself and I was like 'I'm happy to share that but do I actually want to go on national TV with everyone seeing me with no makeup on?' but I'm glad I did it."
![Samira Mighty](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5cd5/88ec/8bba/af17/c092/df00/samira-mighty-love-island.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Samira Mighty
Samira's admitted that she was actually meant to go on Love Island back in 2017."I was meant to go on last year as a bombshell and it just didn't work out."Then I got Dreamgirls and one of the producers watched it and I was just chatting to him and then I went in [to audition] a couple of times and then got on Love Island."
![Alexandra Cane](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5cd5/8977/8bba/af17/c092/df0c/alexandra-cane-love-island.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Alexandra Cane
Alexandra was kind of a someone - she's appeared in Giggs' music video and was a makeup artist - before her Love Island stint and that helped her get on the show."I got an interview through my current agent but I knew him prior to going on the show - from being a makeup artist. So he put me forward for the show."
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Eyal Booker
We're sensing a theme here because Eyal Booker is another star who got on the show through Instagram."I got approached through Instagram but then I had to audition for it. It kind of happened a few years in a row but I just kept umming and ahhing and then [2018] just felt like the right time."
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And in more Love Island news, Danny also revealed that he might have been an OG Love Island 2019 star but he lost his passport.
"The day they came to collect me to take me to Mallorca I actually lost my passport and me going into the villa was actually delayed and I actually went in on day six.
"So in my head I was going to be an OG. You don't know for sure but in my head I was going to be and then the guy came to my house to get me and I was like 'I can't find my passport' and it was on a bank holiday weekend so I couldn't even get a new one for an extra five or six days".
Jordan then revealed that he was also told he'd be a bombshell but after he noticed Michael Griffiths and Danny Williams he doubted he'd go on the show.
"Because we look similar and that's who you compare yourself to [in the villa]," he added.