Was Brendan Cole on Love Island? From Abi Titmuss and Rebecca Loos to Shane Lynch and Paul Danan, the original islanders
LOVE ISLAND is the hit reality show of the summer but it's come a long way since it first aired in 2005.
Here's a look back at the original islanders including celebs such as Brendan Cole, Abi Titmuss and Paul Danan...
When was the first series of Love Island?
Love Island was initially called Celebrity Love Island and first aired in 2005.
12 famous singletons jetted off to Fiji for five weeks with viewers choosing who got voted off.
The prize for the last couple standing was £50,000.
The show was hosted by Patrick Kielty and Kelly Brook.
Who won the first series of Love Island in 2005?
The 2005 series of Celebrity Love Island was won by TV and Radio presenter Jayne Middlemiss and Fran Cosgrave - the former bodyguard for Westlife.
Following their success, Jayne went on to win Celebrity Masterchef in 2009 and won Pointless Celebrities in 2012 with Jamie Theakston.
Fran went on to star in a reality series with fellow islanders Paul Danan and Calum Best on ITV2 called Calum, Fran and Dangerous Danan.
Fran was already a dad before he entered the island - his son Josh was born in 2002 after he had a brief relationship with Atomic Kitten singer Natasha Hamilton.
What other celebrities were in first series of Love Island?
The 2005 Love Island line up included...
Abi Titmuss
Abi Titmuss is a former tabloid glamour model and TV personality.
After appearing on Love Island she went on to star in Come Dine With Me and rekindled her modelling career by appearing on the cover of Zoo Weekly.
Rebecca Loos
Rebecca Loos is an English-dutch glamour model who made headlines for her claims that she'd had an affair with David Beckham.
Post love island she was photographed for the Dutch edition of Playboy and took part in X Factor: Battle of the stars
Paul Danan
Paul Danan loved Love Island so much that he took part in Series One AND two.
He's a former Hollyoaks actor who played Sol Patrick from 1997-2001 and in 2017 he took part in Celebrity Big Brother.
Other islanders from series one were...
- Lee Sharpe - former England footballer
- Michael Greco - ex Eastenders actor
- Lady Isabella Harvey - model and socialite
- Du'aine Ladejo - Olympic Sprinter
- Liz McClarnon - Atomic Kitten singer
- Judi Shekoni - model and actress
- Nikki Ziering - model and actress
When was the second series of Love Island?
The second series of Love Island dropped the "Celebrity" prefix since some non-celebs took part.
This time Fearne Cotton took over as the new co-host with Patrick Kielty and the contestants had the final say on who got booted off the island
In the second series, they also had to cook and clean for themselves to fight the perception that they were just in it for a free holiday.
Bounty, the chocolate bar, became the new sponsor for the 2006 series.
Who won the second series of Love Island in 2006?
The second series of Love Island was won by Calum Best, George Best's son and model Bianca Gascoigne.
Calum went on to star in several other reality shows including coming third in Celebrity Big Brother in 2015.
He's also been on Come Dine With Me and Celebs Go Dating.
Bianca also took part in other reality shows including Coach Trip and Celebrity Big Brother.
In 2012 she auditioned for The X factor but failed to make it to bootcamp.
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Who else was in the second series of Love Island?
The 2006 Love Island line up included...
Brendan Cole
Brendan Cole came runner-up in the 2006 series with former Eternal singer Kéllé Bryan.
He is an ex-Strictly professional dancer and was axed from the show in 2018.
Kéllé Bryan
Kéllé Bryan was formerly a member of the girl group Eternal.
Following her Love Island success she went on to star in the musical comedy The X-Tra Factor and played Michelle in the film The Naked Poet.
Shayne Lynch
Shayne Lynch is a member of Irish boyband Boyzone.
He walked from the show in week five to work things out with a woman back home.
The other islanders from series two were...
- Sophie Anderton - model
- Kate Lawler - television and radio presenter
- Chris Brosnan - film director and writer
- Lee Otway - Hollyoaks actor
- Colleen Shannon - Playboy model and DJ
- Paul Danan - Hollyoaks actor/winner of Love Island 2005
- Leo Ihenacho - singer/actor
- Emma and Eve Ryan - identical twins and glamour models
- Emily Scott - swimwear model
- Lady Victoria Hervey - model and socialite
- Alicia Douvall - glamour model
