‘Too good for the boys', cry Love Island viewers as Dublin heartthrob heats up villa in ‘gorgeous' entry
The twist came after another Irish contestant, Megan Forte Clarke, was
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Billykiss entered the villa tonight
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The Dublin native brought both Conor and Dejon
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Viewers fell in love with the bombshell
With emotions still high and revelations aplenty from the evening's saucy heart rate challenge, Shakira questioned Harry on his heart rate results.
She admitted: 'I'm not mad at you, you've not done anything wrong because you actually were really respectful, it's just annoying as you barely touched each other.'
Keen to reassure Shakira, Harry replied: 'I was out of breath with yours… I had my heart beating out of my chest.'
He says of Helena: 'I couldn't even tell you what she did…'
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Shakira told him: 'Everyone is saying to me there's something there with Harry and Helena…'
Harry replied: 'But I'm telling you there's not."
He then asked Shakira: 'You think I wanna be with Helena?'
Shakira quipped: 'I think you should go to the Hideaway and shag each other and get it out of your system or something. There's so much sexual tension…'
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Meanwhile, the heart rate challenge might be over, but passion was still burning at the Mini Firepit as two unexpected Islanders locked lips in a steamy kiss that no one saw coming.
The next morning, the fallout from the heart rate challenge continued as Alima, Shakira and Yasmin debriefed on the night's events on the Terrace.
Love Island fans work out 'real reason' Dejon flirted with bombshell Bilikis as they work out his 'game plan'
Alima revealed of the challenge: 'Helena whispered in his ear, 'I can't wait to f*** you' and I think that's the reason why his heart went like that. He knew that she whispered that and I think he should have told you last night…'
Yasmin added: 'He replied something back to her.'
Toni interjected: 'Do you still wanna f*** me?'
A raging Shakira says: 'Now I know why everyone's f****** whispering and laughing and expecting me to kick off at him. Helena can f*** off!'
BOMBSHELL TEXTS
Later that day, while relaxing at the firepit, Shakira received a text which lets her and Toni know a new male bombshell was waiting to take them both on a first date.
As she and Toni dance around and celebrate, Shakira exclaimed: 'Talk about perfect timing!'
And that's not all, as Dejon also received a text letting him know that a brand new female bombshell was getting ready to meet him and Conor.
As the girls and boys don their best date outfits, they head to a stunning sea view location to get to know the new bombshells over a cold glass of bubbles.
NEW ENTRY
As the bombshells entered the villa, viewers raced to social media to give their reactions.
One viewer wrote: "She's stunning but she's none of the boy's types? Why are you setting her up?"
Emily said: "She's looking in the wrong place if she doesn't want childish men I fear."
Ben tweeted: "She's too good for the boys in there."
Another viewer added: "Billykiss is too gorgeous to be entertaining that man child. He is so annoying."
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