Sammy Root will be the latest contestant joining the Love Island All Stars cast in South Africa this Sunday, it can be revealed.
The season ten winner, who joined the cast of The Only Way Is EsSєx last summer, its making another bid for love by entering the Love Island villa at the weekend.
He is on the lookout for a new love interest after his split from ex-girlfriend Jess Harding, which came just two months after leaving the villa in 2023.
The former couple scooped the £50,000 prize but split when Jess broke up with him over the phone while out partying in Ibiza with friends.
He has also previously sparked romance rumours with Elma Pazar, 31, who is also in the villas well as on TOWIE, as well as Samantha Kenny from season 11.
Sammy and Samantha were spotted putting on a very cosy display at the White Fox bash in London in June.
Sammy Root will be the latest contestant joining the Love Island All Stars cast in South Africa this Sunday, it can be revealed
The season ten winner, who joined the cast of The Only Way Is EsSєx last summer, its making another bid for love by entering the Love Island villa at the weekend
He has also previously sparked romance rumours with Elma Pazar , 31, who is also in the villas well as on TOWIE , as well as Samantha Kenny from season 11
The pair chatted intently and leaned into each other whilst wrapping their arms around each other.
Sammy spoke exclusively to MailOnline last year when season one of All Stars hit screens.
The reality star explained how the reality stars can’t ‘act up and fake their personalities’ because the public have already seen who they are before.
He explained that ‘winning doesn’t matter’ but said if the stars want to be in with a chance, they need to ‘represent themselves well’.
He said: ‘I think anyone going back in already has their own advice for going on the show and as far as advice coming from a winner, winning it doesn’t really matter.
‘Obviously it is amazing to win it, but I think as long as you go on there and come off a happy person and represent yourself well and have a lot of fun.
‘Just be yourself which I think everyone on the All Stars show already knows you can’t act up and fake your personality.
‘I think All Stars is full of twists and I think there’s going to be a lot more going on and it’s going to be really entertaining.’
Other ex-islanders including Grace Jackson, who was once linked to Marcus Rashford, and Tyrique Hyde are also rumoured to be going into the villa at some point.
The former couple scooped the £50,000 prize in 2023 but split when Jess broke up with him over the phone while out partying in Ibiza with friends
The second season of All Stars kicked off on Monday night.
Tonight’s Love Island All Star’s latest bombshell has also been revealed and is set to make a huge entrance during the second episode.
Casey O’Gorman, who appeared on 2023’s winter series and the first edition of All Star last year, will enter the South African villa and immediately ruffle feathers.
In explosive scenes, Casey and one of the girls will clash heads after having a previous run-in outside the villa with neither of them holding back.
As he enters the villa, Olivia Hawkins laughs: ‘Not again!’
One Islander in particular wastes no time in letting Casey know their opinion of him as when he starts explaining his team, the islander quips: ‘Love Island girls… outside the Villa, too.’
On his decision to return to Love Island for the third time, Casey said: ‘Getting to go in within the first few days of the show, I feel like I’ve got such a big opportunity to find someone and hopefully come out of the Villa potentially with a girlfriend.’
Love Island All Star’s latest bombshell has been revealed and is set to make a huge entrance during the second episode on Tuesday night; pictured host Maya Jama
Casey O’Gorman, who appeared on 2023’s winter series and the first edition of All Star last year, will enter the South African villa and immediately ruffle feathers
And it’s no shock Casey’s best pal Tom Clare will be rooting for him from the outside.
Casey said: ‘When I was unsure about doing it for a third time – it is a lot – he was very much like, “Casey, you need to do it. Look at what happened to me and I’d love that to happen to you and actually find someone. Doing it is such a good opportunity to do that”. He said he has a really ‘good feeling’ about this time for me.’
It comes after Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu returned to the ITV dating series at the end of Monday night’s episode.
The former winner, 30, who scooped the £50,000 cash prize with ex Davide in June 2022, made her return at the end of the highly-anticipated launch show as she once again entered as a bombshell.
Speaking ahead of her comeback, the brunette beauty said: ‘I want to return to Love Island again because it’s where my journey started and has a special place in my heart.
‘It’s somewhere I’ve laughed, cried and learnt so much. The fact that there’s an opportunity to do it again – why not!
‘Why can’t a winner go back in and re-write her story and have a second chance?! I think you should follow your gut and my gut is telling me to go back, so I’m listening to it.’
When quizzed on what she’s looking for this time around, Ekin-Su revealed she wants ‘someone who isn’t overly self-obsessed and someone that’s aware of flaws because we all have them.’
In explosive scenes, Casey and one of the girls clash heads after having a previous run-in outside the villa with neither of them holding back
One Islander in particular wastes no time in letting Casey know their opinion of him as when he starts explaining his team, the islander quips: ‘Love Island girls… outside the Villa, too’ (pictured in 2023)
It comes after Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu returned to the ITV dating series at the end of Monday night’s episode after previously scooping up the £50,000 cash prize with ex Davide in June 2022
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In what could be a swipe at Davide, she added: ‘I’d like a man that will love me when I’m in the worst mood possible but still understands why and has no judgments.
‘I’d like someone supportive, I don’t care about looks and money – I want someone to be my biggest cheerleader.’
When it comes to red flags, the biggest one for Ekin-Su is ‘someone selling the dream at the start, being perfect – because that’s not real.’
She insisted: ‘Real love and connection starts with the journey, a friendship and getting to know one another first.’
It comes as Love Island All Stars viewers were left aghast by the show ‘married and touching 40 years old’ contestants during Monday’s much-anticipated launch show and declared: ‘This isn’t for senior citizens!’.
The ITV2 series welcomed back a whole host of former stars with many now much older and with plenty of baggage as fans fumed they were ’embarrᴀssing’ themselves by returning to the villa.
While Marcel Somerville was the eldest at 39 and admitted he was still married, Scott Thomas was 36, making them both a decade older than youngest singleton Catherine Agbaje, 24.
Meanwhile Naz Majeed, 28, and Curtis Pritchard, also 28, revealed they were fresh out of relationships leaving viewers at home shouting at the TV.
LOVE ISLAND: ALL STARS LINE UP 
GABBY ALLEN
AGE: 32
SERIES 3 LOVE ISLAND
Why do you want to return to Love Island?
Because it’s the trenches out there! I feel like I have all my ducks in a row, it has been 8 years since I went into the Villa. I now run my businesses and I’ve grown up a lot… but I just haven’t found ‘the one’ yet.
KAZ CROSSLEY
AGE: 29
SERIES 5 LOVE ISLAND
Why do you want to return to Love Island?
The first experience I had was so amazing and also so much fun! I’m even more mature now so I’m ready to find a relationship.
SCOTT THOMAS
AGE: 36
SERIES 2 LOVE ISLAND
Why do you want to return to Love Island?
I’ve been on a mᴀssive journey over the last five years; I’ve been working on sobriety, personal growth, self development, when I first went into the Villa I was still a bit of a boy.
RONNIE VINT
AGE: 28
SERIES 11 LOVE ISLAND
Why do you want to return to Love Island?
I learnt so much from my experience last time. In the Villa I was always in ‘triangles’ and what not, but I feel like I’ve grown up a lot.
LUCA BISH
AGE: 25
SERIES 8 LOVE ISLAND
Why do you want to return to Love Island?
I had such a good time last time, why not? I get to have a good time with the possibility of ending up with someone.
MARCEL SOMERVILLE
AGE: 39
SERIES 3 LOVE ISLAND
Why do you want to return to Love Island?
I thought that I’d completed love and found my happily ever after – but the universe had a different plan. Somehow every time my life’s at a crossroads, I’ve got the opportunity to do Love Island. So I thought, why not?
CASEY O’GORMAN
AGE: 28
SERIES 9 LOVE ISLAND AND LOVE ISLAND ALL STARS SERIES 1
Why do you want to return to Love Island?
Getting to go in within the first few days of the show, I feel like I’ve got such a big opportunity to find someone and hopefully come out of the Villa potentially with a girlfriend.
CURTIS PRITCHARD
AGE: 28
SERIES 5 LOVE ISLAND
Why do you want to return to Love Island?
I feel like I’m in a different stage in my life. The idea of settling down is a serious idea in my life right now. I haven’t found my true love.
Nas will be entering the villa almost a year after splitting from girlfriend Eva Zapico four years after they met in the villa
NAS MAJEED
AGE: 28
SERIES 6 LOVE ISLAND
Why do you want to return to Love Island?
It was so much fun the first time around, waking up every day with a smile on my face – it feels like a full circle moment.
OLIVIA HAWKINS
AGE: 29
SERIES 9 LOVE ISLAND
Why do you want to return to Love Island?
I’m still single and getting close to my thirties, I feel ready for it now. I’m ready to meet a nice man. People misinterpret my honesty and how real I am.
CATHERINE AGBAJE
AGE: 24
SERIES 10 LOVE ISLAND
Why do you want to return to Love Island?
I want to find love again, I want to give it another sH๏τ because it works!
INDIA REYNOLDS
AGE: 34
SERIES 5 LOVE ISLAND
Why do you want to return to Love Island?
I’ve been single for two and a half years and I think it’s time to settle down.
I don’t put any effort into dating and I don’t really like meeting people from apps so I’m looking forward to getting to know people in the Villa.
ELMA PAZAR
AGE: 32
SERIES 5 LOVE ISLAND
Why do you want to return to Love Island?
I want to have fun and I want to give it a proper go this time. My time was cut short the first time round and who knows, I could be the next Sophie (Piper) and Josh (Ritchie) or Molly (Smith) and Tom (Clare).
Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu
AGE: 30
SERIES 9 LOVE ISLAND
Why do you want to return to Love Island?
I want to return to Love Island again because it’s where my journey started and has a special place in my heart. It’s somewhere I’ve laughed, cried and learnt so much. The fact that there’s an opportunity to do it again – why not!
