LOVE ISLAND 2019: MEET THE CONTESTANTS

Strictly speaking: Curtis is AJ Pritchard's kid brother

Name: Curtis Pritchard

Age: 23

Occupation: Latin and Ballroom Pro

Location: Shropshire

Claim To Fame: Curtis is a pro dancer on Dancing With The Stars in Ireland, and is the younger brother of Strictly Come Dancing's AJ Pritchard

Thoughts On Dating: 'I’ve probably been on less than ten dates, maybe five. I've never used a dating app. All of this meeting people on social media and apps is fake,' he says

Ever Cheated? 'I have cheated before. I will always be loyal from now on'

Exotic: Anna boasts a Middle-Eastern heritage

Name: Anna Vakili

Age: 28

Occupation: Pharmacist

Location: London

Claim To Fame: 'I ended up on the Iranian News earlier this year when my sister and I were away in Qatar with two Iranian footballers who have a huge following. Suddenly my followers went up by 20,000 and I started being tagged in fan pages!' she recalls

Marks Out Of 10? 'I would rate myself an eight. My best feature is my eyes, I get compliments on my eyes a lot. I wish I had a penny for every time I’ve had a compliment on my eyes'

She blinded me with science: Yewande has been unlucky in love

Name: Yewande Biala

Age: 23

Occupation: Scientist

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Thoughts On Love: Yewande says: 'I don’t think there is a science to finding love and if there is then I have clearly been reading the wrong books'

Celebrity Crush: Anthony Joshua

In It To Win It? 'I am a terrible flirt but I’m such a girly girl and I can’t imagine stealing someone’s man in there. I don’t think I’d be that type but never say never,' she says

Too fast, too fury-ous: Tommy's a boxer... like his brother

Name: Tommy Fury

Age: 20

Occupation: Boxer

Location: Manchester

Looking For? 'Blonde hair, blue eyes, good tan, gym girl... Ariana Grande. That girl is fire!'

Claim To Fame: 'It’s probably my brother, Tyson, but I’m my own man and I’ve said it throughout my whole boxing career. I don’t want to be labelled as his little brother, I’m my own man and I’m doing the best that I can do in life and that’s all I’m setting out to achieve,' Tommy says

Hot stuff: Fireman Michael wants to be 'someone's personal hero'

Name: Michael Griffiths

Age: 27

Occupation: Firefighter

Location: Liverpool

Marks Out Of Ten? 'I get complimented on my smile a lot. People seem to be obsessed with my lips. I’d rate myself ten out of ten, I would have said nine but I’m a hero so it bumps it up,' is Michael's modest answer

Ever Cheated? 'Once. It was a revenge cheat'

Up and away: Welsh Callum works in aviation

Name: Callum Macleod

Age: 28

Occupation: Aircraft Engineer

Location: South Wales

Disastrous Dating Story: 'I went to the cinema with a girl and she sat on a piece of chocolate that melted onto her leather trousers,' Callum recalls. 'She shot off to the toilet to clean them and didn’t come back for ages. I watched the majority of the film on my own. I later found her fretting in the toilets because she couldn’t get her trousers back on'

Cocky? Amber rates herself 10/10

Name: Amber Gill

Age: 21

Occupation: Beauty Therapist

Location: Newcastle

Disastrous Dating Story: 'I was speaking to this guy and he lived in Manchester and I got the train down to see him,' Amber recounts. 'I was nervous because he was really good looking and a bit older than me. I had five Cosmopolitans in a can and I drank them on the train. When the train got to Manchester I got up and I was drunk! He was waiting for me at the train station and when I got off I fell through the gap between the train and platform. What an icebreaker though!'

Got talent? Amy has a crush on David Walliams and Simon Cowell

Name: Amy Hart

Age: 26

Occupation: Cabin Crew

Location: Worthing, Sussex

Celebrity Crushes: Liam Hemsworth, Ashley Banjo, David Walliams and Simon Cowell. 'You’d never go there obviously but there is something about them,' Amy says

Claim To Fame: Amy once met Liam Payne and had a photo with him. When she posted it online she was bombarded with hate mail from One Directioners, who thought she was his new squeeze

Food of love: Sherif is a dab-hand in the kitchen

Name: Sherif Lanre

Age: 20

Occupation: Chef and Semi-pro Rugby Player

Location: London

Worst traits: 'Number one would be that I’m pretty outrageous, that can also translate to the bad side,' Sherif says. 'On top of that, I laugh at everything which sometimes gets me into trouble. I can’t really take anything seriously. My actual laugh, my hysterical laugh is pretty ugly'

Fitness first: Anton wants a girl who likes working out

Name: Anton Danyluk

Age: 24

Occupation: Gym Owner

Location: Airdrie, Scotland

Worst Date: 'I bought myself a Porsche when I was 21, as you do! I picked a girl up in that and she started taking pictures when she was in the car and sending it to her friends. It shouldn’t matter what I was driving whether that be a Corsa or a Porsche so I finished the date right there'

Sandwich man: 'I’ve only had one girlfriend,' Joe admits

‘Whatever, bye!' Lucie can 'cut boys off too quickly'

Name: Joe Garratt

Age: 22

Occupation: Catering Company Owner

Location: London

Marks Out Of 10? 'Today, I reckon about an 8.5! In the mornings I’m probably like a low 8. I consistently stay around the 8s to 9s in my opinion. Maybe some days I go past the 9, when it’s a really good day…. a suit day. My best feature is my chat. I’m cheeky and a bit of a charmer. Looks wise, I’d say my best features are my teeth or curly hair'

Name: Lucie Donlan

Age: 21

Occupation: Surfer

Location: Newquay

Famous exes? 'The last guy I was with was Charlie [Frederick] from last year’s Love Island. We got together a few weeks after he came out of the villa. I’ve spoken to Joey Essex on and off because I love his personality, it’s so funny. Lookswise I like Jay Alvarrez. He surfs, skydives and he’s got amazing hair. I would marry him!'

Footballer's ex: Molly-Mae Hague is looking for true love

Name: Molly-Mae Hague

Age: 20

Occupation: Social Media Influencer, ex-girlfriend of Leicester City's James Maddison

Location: Hertfordshire

Dating History: ' All the dates I’ve been on have been guys from Instagram. A few footballers have slid into my DMs. I’ve dated footballers, it’s all just superficial and on the surface. And then you get to know them and they’re just a bang average "Jack the Lad".'