Love Island: All Stars has teased two new bombshells set to enter and shake up the villa.
Sammy Root, who won the 2023 series with ex-girlfriend Jess Harding, has returned to the show for a second chance at love alongside season 3 star Danielle Sellers.
The pair's entrance was teased at the end of tonight's dramatic episode (January 28), which saw three Islanders set to be dumped from the show following a public vote.
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The first to be introduced was Sammy, who says he's "changed a lot" since his last stint in the Love Island villa growing from "a boy to a gentleman".
"Hopefully this time round, I’ll leave with a relationship that goes the distance," he says, adding that he's looking for "someone that's outgoing, adventurous, happy and just a jolly person that I can have fun with".
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Danielle is set to ruffle a few feathers, revealing that she'd like to chat with "Scott, Luca and Curtis" when she arrives.
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While she has no romantic history with any of the current All Stars cast, she is familiar with a few: "I already know Gabby and Elma, and it’s going to be nice to meet Ekin-Su, though I’m not sure how she’ll react when I chat to Curtis."
Danielle appeared on the third season of Love Island in 2017, entering the show as a Casa Amor girl.
She was picked by Jonny Mitchell, who was coupled up with Camilla Thurlow at the time, but their romance fizzled out after a few days.
Danielle was later dumped by Islander Marcel Somerville, who recently appeared in the 2025 series of All Stars, before being eliminated alongside Olivia Hawkins.
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