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The Sun
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Love Island's Tyrique takes swipe at ex Ella Thomas as she goes public with footballer boyfriend
TYRIQUE Hyde appeared to react to his ex-girlfriend, Ella Thomas, going official with her new footballer beau. Ella and Tyrique finished third on the tenth instalment of Love Island but split after a tumultuous on/off relationship and have been engulfed in a very public feud ever since. 4 4 4 After rumors Ella moved on with Charlton Athletic footballer Lloyd Jones, 29, the pair finally went Instagram official over the weekend. Lloyd was the one to reveal their relationship on Insta when he posted a photo of Ella supporting him as he accepted his club's Player of the Season award. Not long after Lloyd's post, Tyrique took to his own Instagram to share a throwback photo of him in the confessional on Love Island. The photo showed him smiling, but the subtitle of his audio read: "Nah, I'm very sad, trust me." Tyrique posted that photo to his Instagram stories and promoted a livestream he was hosting and party he was attending later that night. He and Ella first split in November 2023 and called time on their relationship permanently in February 2024 – then their cordial break-up later turned sour, they've been swerving each other at events ever since. Even though Ella has appeared to move on, Tyrique recently had to shut down rumors he was dating R&B artist Nellie Charles. He set tongues wagging after he was spotted with the stunning singer on holiday in Morrocco. Tyrique had been soaking up some sun in Marrakech for his birthday alongside fellow Love Island stars Omar Nyame and Toby Aromolaran. Fans first noticed the group had been joined by Nellie, 22 when she posted a Snapchat video which featured a close-up of a tattooed arm and watch, matching a video Tyrique posted on his own Snapchat. Watch as Tyrique from Love Island reveals he's on holiday with singer But Tyrique shut down rumours on his Instagram stories, lipsyncing WTHELLY by rapper Rob49 before panning over to Nellie, who can be seen shrugging her shoulders. He captioned the post: 'Rah I can't have friends no more ? WTHELLY GANG ……' Nellie, who has amassed over 30,000 followers on Instagram is a R&B singer who has brought out several tracks last year. Her latest single, Rain On Me, gained her the coveted Tune Of The Week on BBC 1Xtra. 4 Love Island winners - where they are now EVERY year Love Island opens its doors to more sexy Islanders who are hoping for a holiday romance that could turn into more. Here we take you through all of the Love Island winners so far and what their relationship statuses are now: 2025 - The second series of All Stars saw Gabby Allen and Case O'Gorman scoop the crown. STATUS: Still together. 2024 - The summer Love Island saw Mimii Ngulube and Josh Oyinsan were crowned the winners. STATUS: Broken up. 2024 - The first ever All stars spin off show was won by Molly Smith and Tom Clare. STATUS: Still together. 2023 - Jess Harding and Sammy Root took home the 50k, and won the summer 2023 Love Island. STATUS: Broken up. 2023 - The first series of 2023 saw Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan crowned Love Island winners in South Africa. STATUS: Still together. 2022 - Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu's time in the villa was anything but a smooth ride, but they managed to win the public's hearts - and the ITV2 reality show. STATUS: Broken up. 2021 - Liam Reardon and Millie Court were announced winners of Love Island 2021. STATUS: Still together. 2020 - The first ever winter Love Island saw Paige Turley and Finn Tapp crowned winners after falling in love on the show. STATUS: Broken up. 2019 - Series 5 saw Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague runners up to winners Greg O'Shea and Amber Gill, who met in the last few days of the series. STATUS: Broken up. 2018 - It wasn't surprising fan favourites Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer won the show, as they were strong throughout. But sadly things didn't last. STATUS: Broken up. 2017 - Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies had lots of ups and downs in the villa but went on to win. STATUS: Broken up. 2016 - Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyde were together from the start of the series, and since they won the show they've had two kids and are married. STATUS: Still together. 2015 - Despite poor Jess Hayes being Max Morley's second choice on the show, they did win - but they didn't last as a couple. STATUS: Broken up.
Metro
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
'Knockout brilliant' Britain's Got Talent child star is unrecognisable
A child star on Britain's Got Talent who wowed audiences with her singing is now unrecognisable 16 years later. Natalie Okri shot to fame as a 10-year-old on the show in 2009 after performing Alicia Key's No One. However, despite melting the hearts of the public and Simon Cowell, Natalie failed to progress past the semi-finals when she performed Jamelia's hit Superstar. She did have to compete against the likes of Susan Boyle and Diversity, however. But, her spellbinding audition has so far racked up more than 129million views on YouTube. Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro's TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we'll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. Now, more than a decade later, the 26-year-old has returned to the music industry. The Belverdere-based singer last year released the afropop-tinged single Touch. She also made several appearances on radio, on BBC 1Xtra. In 2010 she was immediately signed to Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Entertainment. But she decided to leave in 2012 as it interfered with her education. In an interview with Cene, she said: 'I was signed to Syco and my days were kind of weird and different because I spent a lot of time doing rehearsals, going into the studio, doing interviews and doing performances. And it was kind of taking me away from my studies. 'My mum was very concerned and my dad, who is a barrister, got the contract cancelled. 'When I was 16, I released my first-ever song and started again. I started taking it more seriously in my third year of university when I was about 19, releasing regularly from there.' Now 26-years-old she is still performing and making music, as well as creating content on her Instagram and TikTok pages. In a recent video, Natalie shared a clip of her singing the same song she auditioned with, 15 years later. 'POV: I sang this song on BGT when I were 10 years old and got 127million views on YouTube… now I'm singing it at 25.' More Trending 'Girl u don't know what u did for 6 yr old me,' follower Jodi said. Strictly star Saffron Barker also commented: 'Omg this was my favourite audition of all time.' View More » Emma added: 'Omg I loved this audition so much!! I watched it on REPEAT Love to see this!! xx' Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Britain's Got Talent reveals two more finalists after 'incredible' live semi-finals MORE: Britain's Got Talent star 'fears they'll be forced to miss semi-final tonight' MORE: Alesha Dixon 'rekindles relationship with partner of 18 years Azuka Ononye'
