The show also saw Marcel Somerville bury the hatchet with Gabby Allen.
Casey O’Gorman will return to the Love Island: All Stars villa tonight (Jack Hall/PA)
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Former Love Island contestant Casey O’Gorman returns to the villa in Tuesday’s episode of the show’s all stars edition saying he is now “more open-minded”.
The 28-year-old first appeared on the ninth series of the standard version of the ITV show and series one of Love Island: All Stars.
Speaking about his return, O’Gorman 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.
“Every situationship you have, or every relationship you have, you learn about yourself and you improve on yourself. This time I want to be more open-minded.
“I think I had such a type and thought, ‘I need to be attracted to a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl’, but now I want to just be open and care more about personality rather than looks this time.
“It’s all about energy. They’ve got to be matching my energy. They’ve got to be similar to me, into the same sort of things as me.”
He arrives in the show, greeting his fellow islanders by shouting “I’m back”, while Olivia Hawkins replies “not again”.
The show will also see Marcel Somerville and ex-girlfriend Gaby Allen bury the hatchet, after he was told “it’s nice to see you, but I also think you’re a knob” by Allen when the pair reunited on the series’ launch episode.
The pair partnered up on the 2017 edition of the show where they came fourth, and became a couple outside the villa for around a year before splitting.
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Tuesday’s episode will see them coupled up, meaning they would have to spend a bed together that evening.
Speaking about the public coupling them up, Allen, 32, jokes: “They’re so used to seeing us together, never thought I’d share a bed with you again.”
But Somerville, 39, becomes emotional at the news, saying: “I feel better saying the things I should have said then. I’m getting emotional.”
The duo agree to keep things amicable between them, but worry that getting along may give the other islanders the wrong idea.
But the former Blazin’ Squad member later offers to speak to Allen as “Dr Marcel”, to which she replies: “You got sacked, hun, you are not Dr Marcel.”
In the episode, Ekin-Su Culculoglu, who returned in Monday’s episode and won the eighth series of the show in 2022, alongside Italian, former partner Davide Sanclimenti, decides to go on a group date with three islanders, telling them “Ekin boys let’s go”.
As she whisks them away, the rest of the girls worry if their own coupling is at risk, but are impressed by her arrival.
Later, the star gathers the islanders around the fire pit to announce who she is coupling up with.
Fellow islander Kaz Crossley says: “She’s so confident, I love that.”
While India Reynolds adds: “She’s sexy, she’ll go for it.”
The second series of Love Island: All Stars, based in South Africa, sees the return of famous faces including Curtis Pritchard, who appeared in series five, and Scott Thomas, who was in series two.
Also in this year’s line-up is: series six islander Nas Majeed; series nine star Hawkins; series eight islander Luca Bish; Crossley from series four; series five islander Reynolds; series 11 contestant Ronnie Vint; and series 10’s Catherine Agbaje.
The spin-off show sees former contestants return to the villa once again to try and find love.
Love Island: All Stars returns at 9pm on Tuesday on ITV2 and ITVX.
