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Love Island’s Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Curtis Pritchard put on a very loved-up display as they fly back to London after the All Stars grand final in South Africa

Love Island’s Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Curtis Pritchard put on a very loved-up display as they fly back to London after the All Stars grand final in South Africa

Love Island: All Stars’ Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Curtis Pritchard put on a very loved-up display as they jetted home after their time in the South African villa.

The couple came in third place during Monday night’s grand final after being embroiled in their fair share of drama during their time on the ITV reality show.

Despite their ups and downs on screen, they appeared happier than ever as they jetted back to London after their month-long stint in South Africa.

Ekin-Su, 30, took to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday to document her travels with dancer Curtis, 29, as they walked through departures hand-in-hand.

‘We’re so excited to come home,’ she admitted as they get ready to meet each other’s loved ones. 

She then shared a video of Curtis grinning from ear-to-ear while holding his duty free purchases as they prepared to get on their flight home.

Love Island: All Stars ' Ekin-Su Cülcülo¿lu and Curtis Pritchard put on a very loved-up display as they jetted home after their time in the South African villa

Love Island: All Stars ‘ Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Curtis Pritchard put on a very loved-up display as they jetted home after their time in the South African villa

Ekin-Su, 30, took to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday to document her travels with dancer Curtis, 29, as they walked through departures hand-in-han

Ekin-Su, 30, took to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday to document her travels with dancer Curtis, 29, as they walked through departures hand-in-han

After boarding the plane, the Turkish actress posted a video of her and Curtis playfully posing with their tongues out for a series of selfies.

In one sH๏τ, Curtis sweetly planted a kiss on his girlfriend Ekin-Su’s cheek after they made their romance official during their time in the villa.

‘Our personalities in one picture,’ she gushed in a caption.

Ekin-Su also shared a pH๏τograph of their fellow finalists Luca Bish and Grace Jackson, and Catherine Agbaje and Omar Nyame sleeping on the plane.

The three couples made it to the final alongside Gabby Allen and Casey O’Gorman, who were ultimately crowned the 2025 All Stars winners.

They took home a £50,000 cash prize after winning 33.37 per cent of the public vote, narrowly beating runners-up Luca and Grace, who nabbed 30.38 per cent.

Placing in third, Ekin-Su and Curtis were embroiled in their fair share of drama in the villa and addressed their clashes with rivals Elma Pazar, 32, and Sammy Root, 23.

Following the final, the couple spoke with former Love Island contestant Amy Hart on the Love Island: The Morning After podcast. 

She then shared a video of Curtis grinning from ear-to-ear while holding his duty free purchases as they prepared to board their flight home

She then shared a video of Curtis grinning from ear-to-ear while holding his duty free purchases as they prepared to board their flight home

Ekin-Su also shared a pH๏τograph of their fellow finalists Luca Bish and Grace Jackson, and Catherine Agbaje and Omar Nyame sleeping on the plane

Ekin-Su also shared a pH๏τograph of their fellow finalists Luca Bish and Grace Jackson, and Catherine Agbaje and Omar Nyame sleeping on the plane

The couple came in third place during Monday night's grand final after being embroiled in their fair share of drama during their time on the ITV reality show

The couple came in third place during Monday night’s grand final after being embroiled in their fair share of drama during their time on the ITV reality show 

Since leaving the villa, they have addressed their clashes with rivals Elma Pazar, 32, (pictured) and Sammy Root, 23

Since leaving the villa, they have addressed their clashes with rivals Elma Pazar, 32, (pictured) and Sammy Root, 23 

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Addressing tensions with Elma and Sammy, Curtis said: ‘I feel like the situations that went on… I don’t want to say we were in the wrong or the right.’ 

‘But I feel like we weren’t in the wrong,’ he added.

Agreeing with Curtis, Ekin added: ‘I’m going to stand by that we were in the right. For me, that was not okay at the time.’

Amy also asked the couple who their closest friends were in the villa to which Ekin-Su highlighted Nas Majeed and Oliver ‘Chuggs’ Wallis as examples. 

She added: ‘Catherine and Omar, I think Catherine’s one of my closest girls in here. Gabby, Grace… Elma, I do like but obviously in some situations, in that game thing, you kind of questioned a little bit.’

However, the star revealed they have now got past their differences as she added: ‘We’ve pᴀssed it now, you know.’

Towards the end of the series, viewers at home watched a rivalry between Ekin-Su and Elma grow. 

The once close friends fell out when Ekin-Su gave Elma’s partner Sammy a peck on the lips during her wild heart rate challenge. 

Before her routine, Ekin-Su promised Elma she would not kiss Sammy. However, the star got slightly carried away as she stamped a smooch on his lips during the challenge. 

Throughout the end of the show, the pair engaged in several heated rows and Elma claimed she could ‘forgive’ her pal but would find it hard to ‘forget’ what she had done.

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