He immediately grabbed attention when he walked into the Love Island villa as a bombshell contestant asking 'did anyone order an Italian snack?'. And a month into the series Manchester's Davide Sanclimenti has so far become a firm favourite with fans.
Davide, 27, entered the villa after the initial five couples had already been formed at the start of the show. The business owner, who is from Rome but lives in Manchester, was initially coupled with Gemma Owen before pairing-up with Turkish actress Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu.
After dumping Ekin-Su for cheating on him with newcomer Jay Younger, Davide is giving her a second chance. And fans think they could genuinely be in love. In super-sweet scenes the pair went on a romantic date squashing grapes together at a vineyard as Ekin-Su reassured him things will be different now.
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As well as being charmed by Davide's blossoming relationship with Ekin-Su, fans of the ITV2 dating show have pointed out why they think the hunk is the 'nicest' Islander over some of his actions in the villa. In Friday night's dramatic double dumping episode they noticed that Davide headed straight over to hug tearful Danica Taylor after the boys decided to send Antigoni Buxton packing.
In awkward scenes Antigoni mouthed 'why?' to the girls when she was sent home over Danica. And a clearly emotional Danica mouthed 'thank you' to the boys for saving her.
Referring to former Islander Afia Tonkmor, Bright_Ad_7279 said on Reddit: "Afia said Davide is the nicest islanders in her AMA and here’s one way that shows it - when everyone immediately goes to hug one person, he firstly goes to the other who has been left." Aloebae agreed: "I love that he’s always the first to hug the girl standing on her own."
GillyAmory pointed out: "Yeah, he went to hug Danica first as the others went for Antigoni." And MainArmy5 wrote: "He went up in my opinion so much when he done that. He might come across vain, but he is a good egg underneath."
TaliaAndLucasOnly said: "I just like him more and more as the show goes on." And Habbibbi3 wrote: "Honestly just give this man the prize and let’s be done with this."
Lovieloony commented: "I also love that out of all the OG boys, he seems to be the only one that is not cliquey." And testies2475 said: "He seems to be a real softie. When Luca, a few episodes back, was questioning Davide about Ekin and whether he would consider going back to her, he was adamant that it was highly unlikely and disinterested in talking to her about it right until Luca said 'she's just feeling a bit down right now because she feels she doesn't have a chance.' You could see in him, he just immediately softened up, backs down and went up to her and tried to comfort her. Very sweet."
Fans are now hoping Davide's head won't be turned by the new arrivals in the main villa while Ekin-Su is in neighbouring Casa Amor. @Doyin03 said: "I need one whole episode with just Ekin-Su and Davide!!!" And @iguessikstuff tweeted: "Ekin-Su and Davide can even make washing up cute. Just give them the 50k now #loveisland."
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