{"id":18930,"date":"2022-07-21T17:17:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T15:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1684388"},"modified":"2022-07-21T17:39:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T15:39:10","slug":"love-island-first-look-teases-tension-as-ekin-su-dates-bombshell","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/love-island-first-look-teases-tension-as-ekin-su-dates-bombshell\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island first look teases tension as Ekin-Su dates bombshell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 21 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>It looks like things are going to get tense on tonight\u2019s episode of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-start-time-itv\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island<\/a> \u2013 with a first look teasing that <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-ekin-su-culculoglu\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Ekin-Su Cu\u0308lcu\u0308log\u0306lu<\/a> will go on a date with new bombshell <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-reece-ford\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Reece Ford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reece was one of four new arrivals at the villa in last night\u2019s episode \u2013 along with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-jamie-allen\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Jamie Allen<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-nathalia-campos\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Nathalia Campos<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/lacey-edwards-love-island-2022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Lacey Edwards<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 and it appears he\u2019s wasting no time in causing a bit of drama.<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-davide-sanclimenti\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Davide Sanclimenti<\/a>\u00a0is still busy giving new girl Nathalia a tour of the villa, he seizes his moment to speak to Ekin-Su, telling her: \u201cYou intrigue me, that\u2019s why I wanted to speak to you first.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">???? FIRST LOOK ????<br\/><br\/>The new bombshells are grafting, and while it&#8217;s a picnic for some Islanders, others are feeling a little shaken&#8230; <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveIsland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#LoveIsland<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/P7opDSPVHt&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/P7opDSPVHt<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Love Island (@LoveIsland) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoveIsland\/status\/1550136770716737540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">July 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>And he later chooses to go on a date with her, promoting Deji Adeniyi to declare: \u201cYou\u2019ve got balls, my boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davide, however, doesn\u2019t seem too concerned, simply saying: \u201cI am calm and chill\u2026 I don\u2019t see competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But will he still be saying that when Ekin-Su returns from the date? Love Island viewers will have to tune into tonight\u2019s episode to find out.<\/p> <p>Meanwhile, the other new bombshells will also be going on their first dates in the episode, with Jamie choosing <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-danica-taylor\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Danica Taylor<\/a>, Nathalia going for <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/adam-collard-love-island-return\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Adam Collard<\/a> and Lacey picking Deji.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><strong>Love Island airs at 9pm nightly on ITV2 and ITV Hub. 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