LOVE Island star Tanyel Revan was a secret bombshell on the ITV2 show last year, The Sun can reveal.
The beauty from London swapped Majorca for South Africa when she was called back to star in the 2023 series.
But last year she was waiting in the wings as one of the show's stunning late arrivals, and was ready to steal a villa boy from the likes of footballer's daughter Gemma Owen and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu – who went on to win the show Davide Sanclimenti.
A source told The Sun: "Tanyel was lined up to go into the Majorca villa as a late bombshell last year and was evem flown to Spain, staying in isolation for two weeks.
"She was pretty much guaranteed a spot in the villa, but at the last minute the storyline changed and she wasn't the right fit.
"Tanyel was really devastated but she parted ways with producers on good terms and they loved her energy.
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"As promised they didn't forget her, and called her back for the Winter series. So it worked out in her favour."
The Sun has contacted ITV for comment.
It was all for the best though, as last year's crop of bombshells failed to make much of a splash.
Chyna Mills, Coco Lodge, and Summer Botwe were brought back to the villa from Casa Amor but original Islanders Indiyah Polack and Tasha Ghouri stole their lads back – leading the bombshells to be swiftly kicked out.
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Last year's male bombshells rocked the series with returning star Adam Collard almost getting into a fight with Jacques O'Neill over Paige Thorne, and Davide going on to win the show with Ekin-Su.
It comes as fans compared Tanyel to Ekin-Su when she appeared in the 2023 line-up in South Africa.
They said the brunette bombshell, 26, was the spitting image of the actress.
And Tanyel has proved to be just as entertaining, already kissing a few of the blokes in the villa.
She has a colourful love life in London, including getting attention from Spurs and England rising star Nile John.
The hairstylist, who now has over 75,000 followers on Instagram, brushed him off.
She is currently in a couple with Kai Fagan but there could be trouble on the horizonafter the 24-year-old Science and PE teacher said he feared Tanyel was scaring other girls off him.
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