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Frances Kindon

Love Island body language expert reveals who will turn for Adam - and it's not Paige

Just when the villa was starting to get over the lads' holiday that was Casa Amor, Love Island bosses have decided to give everything a good shakeup.

Last night saw Series 4 stud Adam Collard, 26, leave the girls speechless by sauntering into the villa while the boys were away enjoying a pamper day.

Despite having just made up with Jacques O'Neill after his very long apology, Paige Thorne immediately made her interest known, flirting her socks off as they got to know each other by the side of the pool. And now Jacques has mysteriously quit the villa, she's single and ready to mingle.

Sitting around the fire pit when Adam first arrived, Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, 27, ruled herself out of the race by declaring she was pretty much 'closed off' due to her renewed romance with Davide Sanclimenti.

But when Adam didn't take her for a chat, Ekin sprung into action and offered him a flirty show-around of the villa, which naturally ended on the terrace.

There, she hinted that she might not be that closed off after all, but that Adam - who was a notorious heartbreaker - would have some serious grafting to do if she was to change her mind about his bad boy image.

Adam also had Gemma Owen, 19, in his crosshairs and pulled her for a chat. She insisted she was all for Luca Bish, 23, and defended her man when Adam accused him of being too jealous. And it was at that very moment that the lads walked in from their spa day, with an annoyed Luca instantly clocking Gemma and Adam.

Tasha Ghouri also ruled herself out, laughing out loud when Adam asked if her head could be turned. Earlier that day she'd called time on her recoupling with Casa boy Billy Brown in a bid to reignite things with a smitten Andrew Le Page.

Indiyah Polack is, of course, happily coupled with Dami Hope, Danica remains as open as ever after being harshly friend-zoned by Casa's Josh Le Grove and Casa girls Summer Botwe and Coco Lodge are both looking for love.

But who will actually end up with Adam? Speaking to The Mirror on behalf of Betfair Bingo, body language expert Darren Stanton reveals what is really going on behind closed doors.

'Paige might have overdone it'

Paige laid it on thick with Adam (ITV)

"The chat between Adam and Paige revealed a lot of non-verbal signals, with Paige signalling she liked him as she pulled out all the stops to flirt with him. It’s been noted that when people play with their hair or run their finger or hand through the hair it’s to say unconsciously ‘I like you’, as Paige was doing.

"However, Adam did not reciprocate so much and was not so revealing, giving little away non-verbally. I think he was more interested in probing and asking questions about Paige as to where her head is at than flirting.

"She’s definitely making it clear to Adam she’s interested, but I think it's still early days as he is still sounding out the rest of the girls before he makes his move.

"I feel that Paige may have come on too strong too quickly and that may be something he's not into."

'Gemma is being genuine'

Gemma insisted her head was not for turning (ITV)

"During her chat with Adam, Gemma wasn’t matching or mirroring his body language, which suggests there isn’t a great deal of instant attraction from Gemma towards Adam or that she’s choosing to play her cards close to her chest emotionally.

"Right now, it doesn’t seem like she’s too interested and doesn’t want to jeopardise her current situation with Luca - we can tell this by the way she was seated, leaning back away from Adam and into the back of her seat instead.

"While she appeared confident, positioning her body in an authoritative way, slouching back and with her arms placed on her head, she seemed uneasy chatting to Adam. Whether that’s because she didn’t want Luca to come back and see them together or that she could be tempted by Adam, only time will tell."

'Tasha could turn'

All Tasha could do was laugh (ITV)

"Tasha is taking a similar stance to Gemma when it comes to newcomer Adam. Due to the recent turbulence between her and Andrew and the ups and downs they have gone through over the course of the series, Tasha has learned to keep her feelings to herself and made sure not to give much away during her exchange with Adam.

"It’s clear she still has eyes for Andrew and is unlikely to have her head turned by Adam, however, Adam could still leave Andrew feeling threatened due to the nature of his character and his presence in the villa - especially as things between him and Tasha are still very much up in the air.”

'Ekin-Su is the one he wants'

Ekin-Su managed to get Adam up to the terrace (ITV)

"I will state from the outset that Adam has his sights very much set on Ekin-Su as I saw reciprocal flirtatious gestures that I did not see with the chats with Paige and Danica, as well as him outright saying to Ekin-Su that he thought she was beautiful.

"She has played things cool for a while now as she has been continuing to get to know Davide, but she clearly does like Adam too and was also flashing gestures that were flirty, such as playing with her hair and smiling. Adam was smiling a great deal with her which we did not see in his chats with Paige.

"Adam also said he will step on toes to get what he wants so he’s demonstrated he is a confident guy and that statement excited and exhilarated Ekin-Su.

"When Paige returned from her chat with Adam, Ekin-Su was not happy as she could be seen biting the end of her sunglasses which is a self reassurance gesture and she was very quiet which tells me that she was not happy that Paige felt that the talk had gone so well.

"I believe Ekin-Su could well end up coupling up with Adam. My reasoning for that is there was just a whole different level of non-verbal communication between Adam and her, lots of matching and mirroring of postures and gestures with lots of genuine smiles and eye contact - a major flirtatious gesture that I did not see between him and Paige and Danica.”

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