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Frances Kindon

Love Island's Ekin-Su 'has already let slip who she'll recouple with,' says expert

She came, she saw, she conquered and then found herself stuck with a bloke she doesn't fancy.

But tonight, Love Island's Ekin-Su Culculoglu will take the power back when she chooses which of the island boys she wants to recouple with.

In the running are Jay Younger, Charlie Radnedge and her flame-turned-adversary Davide Sanclimenti - and her decision has the power to affect the whole dynamic of the villa.

Indeed, poor Danica Taylor hasn't had a look in. She enjoyed one snog with Davide, who then delivered an epic snub by choosing Antigoni Buxton to recouple with.

She's not been shy about her attraction to Jay, and now he's no longer trying to graft Paige Thorne, she could finally couple someone she's hot for - as long as Ekin doesn't choose him first.

Ekin-Su holds all the cards at tonight's Love Island recoupling (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

It's unlikely Ekin will pick Charlie given the lack of chemistry in their current coupling, but then again, stranger things have happened.

Which leaves Davide - the Italian hunk she lured away from Gemma Owen with their erotic gym sessions, only to ditch for Jay.

Davide has insisted there's not a chance he'd go there again with Ekin, likening her to food past its expiry date. But she's not one to be put off by such a trivial thing!

And body language expert Bruce Durham - who runs the website Believing Bruce - reckons she's already given the game away, sending very clear signals about who she will pick.

The issue, he says, is that she thrives off dopamine - the reward chemical - and the more she gets rejected, the more she fights to get back on top and take back the control.

Could Danica go for Jay and finally enjoy some romance? (ITV)

Enter her complex relationship with Davide.

"Davide has repeatedly said he does not want to be with her. Think about walking a dog and you are holding a bag of treats. Davide is the dog waker, Ekin Su the dog. She keeps coming back, sitting, wiggling her tail as if Davide actually is the bag of treats," Bruce explains.

"Look at the famous experiment of Pavlov and his dogs. Every time the bell rings, they start to salivate. Every time Davide rejects her, she wants more. This is a mechanism for reducing dopamine. And we as humans don’t like this. We want that dopamine hit. We are prepared to work for that hit and adopt different personas and mechanisms to get it."

He continues: "This is why Ekin-Su is now breaking down. The front is crumbling.

Fans are convinced that Davide and Ekin-su are set for an enemies-to-lovers storyline (ITV)

"Davide’s requirement for truth has stripped that front away, has stunned her into being the B side, and she is begging for anything that will give her that control and dopamine back. That’s why she is making all the moves now."

As for the million dollar question, Bruce believes that on top of her need to regain control, her body language also suggests it's a done deal.

He continues: "When they sit alone together, Ekin Su has on multiple occasions put her leg that is nearest Davide across her far leg, forming a barrier. Although she is speaking to Davide, her body is pointing away.

"Davide is the opposite. He opens towards Ekin-Su which means he is either comfortable around her, or subconsciously he wants to engage. Her body posture means that Ekin-Su feels the threat of Davide rejecting her again, hence whilst talking she is also shielding herself and giving herself an exit route.

"It’s like she wants him to take her hand, but if he doesn’t, she can pretend that it didn’t matter anyway.

"Combine all this together, and I do believe there is a high chance that they will recouple, because the power is in Ekin-Su’s gift to choose Davide. I feel if she does this on such a public stage, Davide could lean into the offer as he will see it as an honourable way of her saying, very publicly, 'I’m sorry'.

"If she doesn’t choose Davide, well we could have the biggest game player since Nasty Nick entered the big brother house!"

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