Love Island announces THREE new bombshells just days into show as a tense recoupling rocks the South African villa

Love Island All Stars kicked-off on Thursday after being delayed due to the South African wildfires. 

And it seems ITV2 bosses are not messing around during the third series of the spin-off dating show as three new bombshells are set to enter the villa on Sunday evening.

After bombshell Scott Van-Der-Sluis walked into the villa earlier this week, now three more stars, two girls and a boy are hoping for a second chance of love. 

Samie Elishi, Konnor Ewudzi and AJ Bunker are set to ruffle some feathers as they dramatically enter the show tonight. 

A source told The Sun: ‘As always, bombshell casting is tactical and these three are on a mission to shake up the villa with certain Islanders in mind.’

They continued: ‘All three deserve a proper crack at finding love after a tricky series before.’

Show alum Samie, who reached the final of the 2023 series and featured briefly on All Stars in 2025, is set for a third stint.

The star has appeared twice before on the series – first joining as a bombshell in the 2023 series and coming in third place beside Tom Clare.

However, the pair had a dramatic split just a few months after returning home. 

Both Tom and Samie appeared on All Stars series two in January 2025, with Samie entering as a bombshell on the show on day 22 but only lasting five days before she was dumped from the island.

Samie went on to date presenter Sam Thompson before quietly splitting and Tom went on to win All Stars with Molly Smith, and the pair are now engaged.

Joining Samie is AJ Bunker who rose to prominence in 2021 during the show’s seventh series.

She was an Islander on season 7 and entered the villa on Day 17 but was dumped from the island on Day 23.

AJ turned to boxing once she left Love Island and officially began her sporting career in 2022.

Meanwhile Konnor was an Islander on Season 11 and entered the villa on Day 17 and was dumped from the island on Day 44.

Daily Mail have contacted ITV2 representatives for comment.  

The bombshells will be joining Millie Court, 29, Jack Keating, 26, Jess Harding, 25, Whitney Adebayo, 28, Ciaran Davies 22, Sean Stone, 26, Shaq Muhammad, 27.

 As well as, Helena Ford, 29, Tommy Bradley, 22, Belle Hassan, 27, Leanne Amaning, 28, and Charlie Frederick, 30, in the villa. 

It comes after Love Island: All Stars opened with the steamiest launch night ever as ALL TWELVE contestants kissed on day one during a raunchy icebreaker – before a huge row broke out.

The third series, hosted by Maya Jama, hit our screens on Thursday evening after a short delay due to the South Africa wildfires.

On Wednesday, the Daily Mail revealed that the programme will be making its return on ITV2 (Thursday 15 January), with the likes of Millie Court, 29, Jack Keating, 26, and Jess Harding, 25, looking for love for a second time.

ITV have certainly turned up the heat and it sounds like they are all getting on pretty well.

During the opening night, the stars wasted no time getting to know each other and played the Good or No Good game.

Maya told the Islanders: ‘Ok, All Stars, as you can see I have some “Good” and “No Good” sashes here.

‘So, here’s the game…one at a time girls, you need to decide which of the boys you think is good for you, explain why and place a sash around him and then give him a snog.

‘Then you have to place a “no good” sash and place it around the boy you think is no good for you and tell me why that is.

‘Boys, don’t worry you’ve got weeks to work on these girls and change their minds.’

After they complete the game, she dropped the bombshell that the public have been voting for who they want to couple up with who.

Maya told them: ‘They have decided who they think is good for you and they have coupled you up.

‘I will be back later with the results but in the meantime have a look around, get grafting, get to know each other and I will see you later.’

With viewers having already missed days of drama, ITV will air a full episode on Saturday evening – a slot usually reserved for the week’s ‘Unseen Bits’.

For the first time in its history, Love Island was delayed after wildfires in the area made it unsafe for the cast and crew to begin filming.

Speaking on the official Love Island Instagram account on Wednesday, host Maya Jama shared the update: ‘Hi everyone, I’ve got some very exciting news.

‘I can officially announce exclusively that we are back up and running, yay!

‘I’m in glam, heading to the villa, and filming starts in a minute. You can watch us on ITV2 tomorrow night at 9pm. Love Island: All Stars is back!’

The show’s launch had been scheduled for Monday evening but was delayed after dangerous wildfires over the weekend made filming impossible.

The setback reportedly cost ITV more than £15,000 an hour, covering commitments to crew, staff, camera operators, and psychologists, all of whom were on the ground in South Africa awaiting their duties.

Host Maya flew to Cape Town last week ahead of filming, while the 12 confirmed Islanders, including Millie Court and Tommy Bradley, were staying in high-end accommodations.

A number of ‘bombshells’ who are yet to be revealed are also waiting on standby.

Curtis will now take on the role of the new Casey O’Gorman, who appeared on the show four times before winning last year’s All Stars alongside Gabby Allen.

One ex who certainly won’t be following him into the villa is Maura, who raised her profile on Sunday night by attending the Golden Globe Awards.

Rubbing shoulders with Hollywood A-listers at the ceremony due to her current appearance on The Traitors US, Maura has managed to distance herself from her first villa stint back in 2019.