Love Island winner set to come face to face with ex as he prepares to enter as a bombshell
LOVE Island winner Sammy Root is set to come face to face with his ex as he prepares to enter as a bombshell.
Series 10 champ Sammy, 23, will reportedly step back into the spotlight this Sunday as he joins the All Stars cast in South Africa.
According to MailOnline, the reality star, who also joined Towie last summer, is making another attempt to find love by re-entering the famous villa.
Sammy’s return comes after his breakup with ex-girlfriend Jess Harding, 24, just two months after the pair left the villa in 2023 as champions with the £50,000 prize.
Jess told Sammy their relationship was over by phone – before news of their split leaked online while she was partying in Ibiza with pals last year.
Since their separation, Sammy has been linked to Love Island and Towie alum Elma Pazar, 31, who is currently taking part in the show, and season 11 star Samantha Kenny, 27.
The Sun has contacted ITV for comment.
Back in November, Sammy dropped a big hint that he could be set for an All Stars comeback.
He told us in an exclusive interview: “What I can say is what happened last year is a life I still relive now.
“I miss it a lot, and right now I am very, very, very single. I am single Sammy.
“Don’t get me wrong I love a date and I love a little flirt, so with All Stars I’d never say never.
“My type is petite, brunette and pretty.”
Sammy continued: “I am single as it stands and not dating anyone, so a Christmas cuddle would be nice don’t get me wrong, but not a Christmas relationship, not just yet.
“Unless it comes out of the blue and I fall head over heels of course, but that would be very unusual for me.”
Love Island All Stars 2025 official line-up
Love Island All Stars is back on TV for season 2.
Here we take you through the line-up of all the Islanders’ who are in the villa so far.
- Scott Thomas – season 2 (2016).
- Marcel Somerville – season 3 (2017).
- India Reynolds – season 2 (2017).
- Gabby Allen – season 3 (2017).
- Elma Pazar – season 5 (2019) – born in 1993.
- Curtis Pritchard – season 5 (2019).
- Kaz Crossley – season 5 (2019).
- Olivia Hawkins – season 10 (2023).
- Nas Majeed – season 6 (2020).
- Luca Bish – season 8 (2022).
- Catherine Agbaje – season 10 (2023).
- Ronnie Vint – season 11 (2024).
Bombshells
Each series brings with it a string of hot single bombshells making their epic entrance into the villa.
Here’s who has joined the villa so far:
- Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu – season 8 (2022).