It’s another day in the villa and the drama does not stop coming, with new bombshells Ellie Spence and Spencer Wilks making quite the entrance.
Ellie choose to couple up with Ron Hall, leaving his love interest Lana Jenkins to couple with Aaron Waters.
Meanwhile, Spencer picked Olivia Hawkins and all the couples got to know each other over breakfast dates.
With the tension mounting, MailOnline is here to answer your every question about the goings on in the villa.
Bang with a bang! It’s another day in the villa and the drama does not stop coming, with new bombshells Ellie Spence and Spencer Wilks making quite the entrance
New couple: Ellie chooses to couple up with Ron Hall, leaving his love interest Lana Jenkins to couple with Aaron Waters
RECOUPLING DRAMA
Ellie said: ‘From what I’ve seen so far he seems really funny and handsome. I don’t think he’s met his match yet.’
She decides to couple up with Ron, leaving Lana visibly distressed and whispering: ‘Come off it’.
Ron said: ‘She’s had her ups and downs, she seems genuine and straight up and I’d like to get to know her on a deeper level.’
Upset: She decides to couple up with Ron, leaving Lana visibly distressed and whispering: ‘Come off it’
He then chooses Olivia who seems pleased to be picked as she goes to sit with him.
Shaq chooses Tanya saying: ‘She blew me away, the time we’ve spent together so far has been amazing. I want to explore the connection we’ve built. I can see myself falling in love with her.’
Tom picks Zara and says: ‘I think from the oft we had an instant connection. I think this girl could wear a binbag and still look 10/10.’
Kai couples up with Tanyel, saying: ‘We’re completely different but exactly the same. The more i get to know her the more I see how honest, caring and loving she is. I can’t wait to get to know her on a deeper level.
Happy: He then chooses Olivia who seems pleased to be picked as she goes to sit with him
Will chooses Jessie, and said: ‘I had a bit of a rocky start, but good things come to people who wait.
‘And this beautiful, funny and weird girl walks in and blew me off my feet. I’m just really excited to see where this goes and see how it blossoms.’
Aaron is left to choose Lana, saying: ‘Ever since I walked in here I’ve seen she has a great connection. I think the best advice is to keep your head up, its not a race it’s a marathon in here.’
Friendship couple: Aaron is left to choose Lana, saying: ‘Ever since I walked in here I’ve seen she has a great connection’
THE AFTERMATH
Lana is feeling upset about the situation, saying: ‘I just can’t catch a break, can I?’
Ellie speaks to Ron, saying: ‘I just feel like I like what I like.’
Ron tells her: ‘Me and Lana have a really strong connection,’ but Ellie said: ‘It feels like dead vibes.’
Head turning? He says it has to be a ‘nuclear bomb’ to turn his head from Lana but he’s trying to stay open
He says it has to be a ‘nuclear bomb’ to turn his head from Lana but he’s trying to stay open.
And unfortunately for Lana, viewers think Ron’s head may turn.
One wrote: ‘the way ron gets gassed over every single girl that gets interested in him, i just KNOW that lana is going to get her heart broken’.
Another fan chimed: ‘lana doesn’t deserve that…’, while a different fan added: ‘Ron’s head is 100% gonna turn’.
Predictions: And unfortunately for Lana, viewers think Ron’s head may turn
A viewer typed: ‘if he’s still “with” Lana by the time Casa comes around he is 100% going to come back with someone else, as soon as Lana can’t see what he’s up to’.
‘Ron I beg you BEHAVE please Lana deserves the WORLD’, said another.
Olivia and Spencer chat, and the Bournemouth native replies: ‘So I sell online, I sell vibrators.’
Will tells Jessie he doesn’t think his head will turn and that he ‘really likes where this is heading’.
ELLIE RUFFLES SOME FEATHERS
Ellie makes her presence clear as she told Tom: ‘I just think everyone is so desperate to be married off, they’re shook.’
And as the other islanders watched the blonde make her move, Lana says: ‘She seems ballsy.’
Lana says to Tanyel she believes in her and Ron and Tanyel says she thinks he’s set on Lana.
Stirring things up: Ellie makes her presence clear as she told Tom: ‘I just think everyone is so desperate to be married off, they’re shook.
Lana and Ellie talk things through, and Ellie tells her it’s not ‘personal’ and says her personal opinion is they won’t suit.
She said: ‘From what I’ve seen, it didn’t seem like sparks were flying. It just seems a bit stiff sometimes, but I could be completely wrong.’
Lana said she thinks she’s wrong and will see it soon adding: ‘You can have your opinion.’
Ellie added: ‘I will pull him for chats, and we are sharing a bed but only time will tell.’
Having faith: Lana says to Tanyel she believes in her and Ron and Tanyel says she thinks he’s set on Lana
MORE DRAMA TO COME
In a first look teaser, the love triangle between Ron, Lana and Ellie thickens after the Thursday’s dramatic recoupling.
A visibly upset Lana tells Ron she doesn’t want to get involved ‘in a trio thing’, with the 25-year-old believing he’s now ruined his chances with her.
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Ellie tells Ron: ‘I still want to share a bed with you’. To which he replies: ‘She’s not my girlfriend. You can’t sort of wife yourself off.’
Lana tells Ron: ‘I am not getting involved in a trio thing, I’m not, I’m not involved in this s**t’ before crying to the girls: ‘I get too kind and they walk all over it.’
Ron later tells the boys: ‘I’ve f****d it’.
Playing the field: A visibly upset Lana tells Ron she doesn’t want to get involved ‘in a trio thing’, with the 25-year-old believing he’s now ruined his chances with her
Naughty: In earlier scenes, Ellie tells Ron: ‘I still want to share a bed with you’. To which he replies: ‘She’s not my girlfriend. You can’t sort of wife yourself off’
LOVE ISLAND 2023: MEET THE CONTESTANTS
Tanya Manhenga
Name: Tanya Manhenga
Age: 22
Location: Liverpool
Occupation: Student and model
Something not many people know about her: ‘I have Vitiligo, which is a skin pigmentation, you may not even notice it.’
‘It’s on my lip and I have a stripe on my hair. Not many people know that but I think it’s quite cute.’
‘I don’t care about covering it up all the time, I think it’s a vibe.’
Lana Jenkins
Name: Lana Jenkins
Age: 25
Location: Luton
Occupation: Makeup artist
Something not many people know about her: ‘In my work as a makeup artist I’ve worked with lots of celebrities.
‘Also, when I was 6-years-old I used to live in Spain and I was in an episode of Benidorm as an extra.’
Tanyel Revan
Name: Tanyel Revan
Age: 26
Location: North London
Occupation: Hair stylist
Something not many people know about her: ‘My celebrity crush is Channing Tatum – I don’t like pretty boys, they give me the ‘ick’ because they always have a crap personality.’
‘Channing Tatum is handsome but not too pretty. He’s manly and he can dance.’
‘If a man can dance I’m in love with him straight away.’
Olivia Hawkins
Name: Olivia Hawkins
Age: 27
Location: Brighton
Occupation: Ring girl and actress
Something not many people know about her: ‘I did a film with Jason Statham and had a nice 10-minute convo about life.’
‘I’ve been a ring girl for KSI, I played a waitress in James Bond with Daniel Craig and I’ve also been a body double for Michelle Keegan and Emma Watson.’
Tom Clare
Name: Tom Clare
Age: 23
Location: Barnsley
Occupation: Semi-Pro Footballer
Something not many people know about him: I’m a High School Musical fan
Aaron Waters
Name: Aaron Waters
Age: 25
Location: Melbourne
Occupation: Model
Something not many people know about him: He thinks his appearance on Love Island UK was ‘diving timing’
Ellie Spence
Name: Ellie Spence
Age: 25
Location: Norwich
Occupation: Business Development Executive at a law firm
Something not many people know about her: “When I was drunk I climbed over the gates of my friend’s house, fell and almost lost my leg.”
Kai Fagan
Name: Kai Fagan
Age: 24
Location: Manchester
Occupation: Science and PE teacher
Something not many people know about him: ‘I’m a Jamaican citizen. Because of that I played rugby 7s for Jamaica.’
‘I play semi-professional rugby now for Burnage RFC.’
‘I’ve technically got three different degrees and went to three different unis.’
Ron Hall
Name: Ron Hall
Age: 25
Location: Essex
Occupation: Financial advisor
Something not many people know about him: ‘On meeting me, you’d never know I am blind in one eye.’
‘It was the result of a football injury when I was 8. I’ve got two different coloured eyes, one blue and one green.’
Will Young
Name: Will Young
Age: 23
Location: Buckinghamshire
Occupation: Farmer
Something not many people know about him: ‘Every night I light a candle and meditate for 20-25 minutes.’
‘A girl I was seeing told me to meditate, I tried it and loved it. I stopped seeing her and carried on meditating!
‘It’s a nice way to self reflect.’
Shaq Muhammad
Name: Shaq Muhammad
Age: 24
Location: London
Occupation: Airport security officer
Something not many people know about him: ‘I’m a very emotional person. It can be a blessing and a curse.’
‘Every time I watch Dear John I cry.
That’s my favourite film. Any time I’m with someone and they say, ‘Let’s watch a romantic film’, I’m like, ‘How about Dear John, how does that sound?’
Zara Deniz Lackenby-Brown
Name: Zara Deniz Lackenby-Brown
Age: 25
Location: London
Occupation: Model and property developer
Something not many people know about her: ‘I’ve gone onto do lots of modelling and dancing for music videos for UK and global artists, I’ve worked with people like Hardy Caprio, Headie One, Aitch, Tione Wayne and more.’
Jessie Wynter
Name: Jessie Wynter
Age: 26
Location: Sydney
Occupation: Personal Trainer
Something you may not know about her: She was on series two of Love Island Australia
Spencer Wilks
Name: Spencer Wilks
Age: 24
Location: Bournemouth
Occupation: E-Commerce Business Owner
Something not many people know about him: He loves Justin Bieber
