Michael Owen's daughter Gemma Owen has joined the Love Island 2022 line-up. The popular ITV2 dating show is returning on Monday, June 6 with a fresh batch of contestants.
Gemma, who is an international dressage rider and business owner, will join the show alongside Welsh contestants Paige Thorne, who is a paramedic from Swansea, and Liam Llewellyn, from Newport. You can see the full list of contestants taking part in Love Island 2022 here.
Asked if she has a competitive nature, the 19-year-old said: "Sport has always been a big thing for me and my family. My dad was a professional football player. I've competed for Great Britain in dressage since I was 11-years-old. I've travelled all across Europe competing in big arenas in big competitions.
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"I would say I’m very competitive. [When it comes to relationships] I will always go for what I want. But at the same time, I’m not going to mess up something for someone who is in a proper relationship or get in the way of a couple if they have a genuine connection. I wouldn’t do anything to another girl that I wouldn’t be happy with them doing to me."
Paige describes herself as "fun flirty and fiery" and good at giving advice. She said: "I'm a good person to talk to, I'm very honest. If I want the same guy, I'd do it but in a nice respectful way."
Asked why she has signed up for Love Island series 8, Gemma explained: "I am open to finding love, I'm wanting to have a really fun summer. I was seeing someone and then that didn’t work out so I thought, 'Why not?'
You can see the Love Island 2022 line-up updates, here.
Love Island starts at 9pm Monday, June 6 on ITV2 and ITV Hub. Episodes are available the following morning on BritBox. For more showbiz and television stories, get our newsletter here.
