Love Island romance revealed as cast ‘give away' islanders secretly getting close off-screen after brief villa romance
SECOND CHANCE Love Island romance revealed as cast 'give away' islanders secretly getting close off-screen after brief villa romance
LOVE Island's Ben Holbrough and Alima Gagigo have secretly been growing close off-screen after their brief villa romance.
The pair hit it off in the villa and fans were quick to spot sparks flying between the pair during the infamous heart rate challenge.
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Love Island's Ben Holbrough has been growing close to co-star Alima Gagigo
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The pair are hoping to pick up where they left off after a brief villa romance
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And it looks like their chemistry is undeniable on the outside too.
Their close pals Shakira Khan and Harrison Solomon dropped a huge clue that they are dating.
And now a source has told us: "Alima and Ben have grown close since leaving the villa.
"Ben is single after his split from Andrada and Alima is also a single lady.
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"They're enjoying some harmless flirting and are trying to pick up where they left off.
"It's very early stages and it doesn't mean that anything will actually come of this, but they're enjoying getting to know each other better.
"Either way they're good friends and have a lovely connection."
The Sun reached out to their reps for comment.
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It comes after Ben posted a video of his Astra App search, which is used to generate a sketch of a user's 'soulmate' based on their birthdate.
The sketch had a similar resemblance to Scottish beauty Alima, with fans saying he's hinting that she's his "soulmate".
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He captioned it: "The Astra App be knowing way too much..."
Ben looked coy before adding: "Hard to argue with that".
Co-star Shakira then fueled rumours by commenting: "Please collect your boyfriend," and tagged Alima.
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But it hasn't stopped there.
Yesterday, Alima dolled up for a night out at a sushi restaurant.
She shared snaps of her dining at the eatery and a video of someone filming her walking across a bridge.
Her former villa pal Harrison quickly commented: "Who's recording?👀"
His message drove fans wild with many speculating that Ben was filming and that the pair were on a date.
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One fan wrote: "Alima and Ben are back."
A second posted: "Ben and Alima content please."
In the villa, viewers were quick to spot Ben and Alima's blossoming connection
The Islanders turned up the heat in the villa by stripping off and performing provocative moves in a bid to excite the opposite sex.
During the task, one couple's chemistry couldn't be ignored by fans.
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Ben was most stirred by international business graduate Alima.
Eagle-eyed viewers had noted the pair having secret chats around the pool.
One fan said: "Alima and Ben could be cute."
A second noted: "Alima and Ben seem to have a thing which hasn't been shown until tonight."
A third suggested: "Alima and Ben anyone?"
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After the heart rate challenge, Alima and Ben shared a kiss and began to get to know each other on a deeper level.
But Alima's time in the villa was cut short after Conor, with whom she was in a friendship couple, chose to recouple with Billykiss.
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It comes after Ben enjoyed a kiss with Towie star Dani Imbert behind Andrada Pop's back at a celebrity bash.
They were seen whispering in each other's ear, holding hands and then proceeded to enjoy a string of kisses at Broadwick Soho.
A source said 'There was instant attraction from the moment they met - they spent two hours kissing at the party it was all very intimate.
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"It's clearly very much over with Andrada as Dani seemed to be the only thing on his mind."
Love Island lad Tommy Bradley also revealed he kissed the same girl on the same night.
Outing the cheaters, Ben's now ex Andrada told the Aftersun audience at the finale: 'It was the same girl!'
Tommy, who left the villa with Lucy Quinn, held his head in his hands and admitted he acted "disrespectfully", telling Maya how he "messed up" for going behind Lucy's back for the secret snog.
The next day it was revealed that Tommy had split from Lucy, who he left the villa with after a shock dumping.
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Speaking on Aftersun Tommy vowed to stay friends with Lucy.
But it sounded like Ben's ex Andrada wasn't keen on keeping in touch.
Maya asked what had happened and Andrada revealed: "So we came outside the villa he went exclusive with me, and he was about to meet my family next week.
"It took one event where I wasn't there and his head turned."
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Love Island viewers were quick to spot chemistry between the pair
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