Love Island star Olivia Hawkins was said to be "getting close" to Eastenders ' Max Bowden before jetting off to the South African villa.
The ninth season of the hugely popular ITV2 reality dating show will be on our screens from Monday January 16 at 9pm as 10 new singletons look for love in the plush new villa in Cape Town.
The Michelle Keegan lookalike, 27, has been attracting some famous faces from the world of acting and football with her seductive social media posts, with Max, who plays Ben Mitchell in the BBC soap, among those to like her Instagram photos.