Love Island ‘lined up Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu’, who has a pair of TOWIE among her admirers

Love Island bosses are lining up Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, who has connections to a number of celebrities including TOWIE couple Pete Wicks and James Lock, for a new series of the ITV show

Love Island owners are said to be intent on poaching Turkish beauty Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu for the upcoming series of the hit ITV2 show.

The influencer, who splits her time between London and Istanbul, already has a host of celebrity fans among her 345,000 Instagram followers, including The Only Way Is Essex couple, Pete Wicks and James Lock, as well as Wayne Lineker and Piers Morgan’s son. , Spencer.

Ekin-Su, who previously starred in the Kuzey Yildiz TV series in his hometown, now looks set to hit the mansion, as the show returns to our screens from June 6, according to Sun.

A source told the newspaper: “Ekin-Su is the perfect contestant to capture viewers’ attention this summer.

“Not only is she beautiful, she has also been on television and worked in showbiz, so she will definitely bring firecrackers.

“She won’t be short of boys pursuing her in the mansion, that’s for sure.”

An ITV spokesman told us: “Any name suggested is purely speculative at this stage.”

Meanwhile, there is information that beautiful Sophie Draper has agreed to register.

The 22-year-old dated Aston Villa full-back Matty Cash for four years before the pair split in 2021.

Filming of the promotional material will begin in the next few weeks, with commercials to follow shortly thereafter.

This year’s contestants will have the luxury of a new location in Mallorca – which departs from the show’s Majorcan mansion home of the past five years.

Kevin Lygo, ITV’s executive director of media and entertainment, says PA Media : “We’re choosing a new home for this summer so it’s all a secret.

“It will be magical. Yes, it will be in Mallorca. It will be a wonderful thing [series]. “

There is also information that this year’s batch will last longer than previous years.

Past winners of the show include Paige Turley and Finn Tapp, and most recently Millie Court and Liam Reardon. Some of the stars who have become famous on the show in recent years include the likes of Molly-Mae Hague, Maura Higgins and Tommy Fury.

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