Sophie Piper and Leanne Amaning have revealed that not everything is quite as organic as it may seem in the Love Island villa, admitting that some scenes have to be reshot.
“The recoupling we take a while to film,” said Sophie in our latest episode of Love Island secrets.
“I know for the first speech that I done for Connor it went awful, I don’t know how it came out on TV but I definitely had to redo that.”
Err… romantic?
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And she added that even some of the (many, many) instances of Islanders “pulling” each other was engineered, saying, “Producers do set up some chats, but it’s all what’s going on anyway, so they just advise.”
Sophie faced some backlash both in and out of the villa when she failed to leave when her partner Connor Durman was booted from the show, but insists she’s never regretted her decision to stay.
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1 of 28Rebecca Gormley
Rebecca turned pretty much all of the boys' heads when she entered the villa in week two, setting two of the boys' heart rates through the roof during the sexy dance challenge and going on dates in the hideaway with Connor and Callum, and she made no secret of the fact she was there to step on the girls' toes and steal their menfolk.
2 of 28Connaugh Howard
Big Connaugh (with a G) was the first bit of absolute PHWOAR in the 2020 winter series, and despite getting pied off by Sophie he wasn't short of admirers, with Siânisse, Jess and bombshell Rebecca all fighting over him.
3 of 28Mike Boateng
Police officer Mike insisted, "it should be illegal to be as sexy as me," and after watching him in the villa for just a few days, we were inclined to agree. At the time of writing he seems genuinely into Leanne, and his sexy dulcet tones have us a little hot under the collar.
4 of 28Sophie Piper
Rochelle Humes' little sister Sophie had the boys fighting over her as soon as she stepped foot in the villa, which made a nice change from the usual turn of events. Both big Connagh (with a G) and little Connor (OG Connor) wanted to couple up with her, but she eventually chose OG Connor (for some unknown reason, see below).
5 of 28Leanne Amaning
Great things come in small packages, and Leanne is the petit beauty we were rooting for from Day ONE.
6 of 28Ovie Soko
Let's not pretend that Ovie is not the fittest person we've ever seen on TV. Not only is he dreamy but remember when he took India Reynolds away from all of that drama with Jordan Hames and Anna Vakili? Love him.
7 of 28Amber Gill
Amber was confident from day one (remember when she questioned whether Callum MacLeod could pull off any sunglasses?) and no wonder she's absolutely gorgeous. She won the show alongside Greg O'Shea and after he dumped her via text she went on to become a millionaire - yes, really.
8 of 28Anton Danyluk
When Anton first entered the villa he was quick to move on from Amy Hart to Lucie Donlan (literally on day one) but we won us over with his loveable charm. Even though we're not over him unfollowing Molly-Mae Hague on Instagram he's still fit.
9 of 28India Reynolds
India wowed the nation when she arrived in the villa alongside Harley Brash and for good reason too; the model is absolutely gorgeous and came third alongside Ovie.
10 of 28Michael Griffiths
He treated Amber Gill and Joanna Chimonides like trash in the villa but there's no denying it - Michael is fit. And him starring in Dreamboys is proof...
11 of 28Maura Higgins
Maura is one of the best contestants that's ever gone on Love Island; from trying to seduce Tommy Fury to putting Tom Walker in his place we were obsessed from the get-go. We almost forgot to mention that she's absolutely stunning; no wonder she was a model and Grid Girl before her stint in the villa.
12 of 28Jack Fowler
Jack Fowler is practically perfect in every physical way. He melted hearts around the nation when he proved to be the hottest dad ever during the baby challenge.
13 of 28Megan Barton Hanson
Most guys in the villa are obsessed with Megan, and so are we. The reason she managed to split up Wes and Laura within just 24 hours is because she's sizzling hot.
14 of 28Adam Collard
Love him or loathe him (we're guessing it's the latter, for many) Adam is undeniably BUFF. Those dark eyes, abs and tatts do a good job of hiding his oily snake scales.
15 of 28Samira Mighty
Samira is a natural beauty who inexplicably gets overlooked in the villa. She's also definitely our best dressed and looks SMOKING in her orange bikini.
16 of 28Josh Denzel
Josh is Mr Smooth with his laidback attitude and sharp style. Oh and those abs, obvs. That nose-ring just totally does it for us, too.
17 of 28Zara McDermott
Zara turned Adam's head as soon as she strutted into the villa with her olive skin and lusciously long locks. She sure knows how to rock a high-thigh bikini bottom.
18 of 28Mike Thalassitis
Mike further proved that the hottest contestants are often the latecomers (Ovie, Adam and Jack are all proof). He even nearly won Olivia Attwood over from Chris Hughes...
19 of 28Montana Brown
Montana Brown - advocate of the underboob trend - rated herself a 'solid eight out of 10'. We disagree - she's obviously a full 10.
20 of 28Chris Hughes
King of the quiff Chris nearly ripped out of every tee-shirt he somehow managed to pull over those bulging muscles.
21 of 28Jess Shears
We were obsessed with Jess' model good looks and caramel skin - she should have lasted longer in there.
22 of 28Alex Beattie
No wonder personal trainer Alex caught fellow villa babe Montana Brown's eye. We can't cope.
23 of 28Scott Thomas
Those curly locks and that northern accent swooooon
24 of 28Olivia Buckland
We loved Olivia's feistiness, with her tattoos and nose-ring scoring extra HOTHOTHOT points.
25 of 28Alex Bowen
Of course Olivia's husband Alex Bowen had to be on the list. He's one of the best things to come out of Love Island 2016.
26 of 28Terry Walsh
This one's for all the tattoo lovers out there. It's just a shame they covered his impeccable pecks.
27 of 28Max Morley
There's a reason Yorkshire lad Max won the first Love Island series, with his sun kissed hair and sporty bod.
28 of 28Cally Jane Beech
Cally Jane Beech - who's surname couldn't be more apt (well, unless it was spelt with an 'a') - had eyes bluer and deeper than the pool.
“The whole thing with me and Connor is still very fresh, even now. I was having fun and I didn’t want it to end. I just thought, if we have a good connection it will still be the same on the outside, which it is.”
And could any of the Casa Amor boys have swayed her?
“They should have stepped it up a bit with the Casa Amor boys – I didn’t fancy any of the boys so I think I would have left.
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“I was sort of waiting until Casa Amor because there were six new boys, but at that point if I didn’t fancy any of the boys I would have thought ‘why am I still here?’ I’d definitely have gone.”
So that’s a no, then.
And after Leanne admitted that 2019 Islander Ovie Soko was more her type on paper, we obviously had to ask if he’d slid into her DMs yet.
“I haven’t [met him],” she said, “but when I do it’s going to be bloody awkward, let’s be honest.”