Stormzy ’s friend Omar Nyame is heading into the Love Island villa to find his own Maya Jama . The grime star’s pal is a 25-year-old PE teacher from Croydon, and accompanied him at the star’s 2019 Glastonbury festival headline slot. Stormzy has been an avid fan of Love Island since its first series in 2015, and made an appearance on the 2017 series after one of his Tweets about contestant Olivia Attwood caused its own storm in the villa.
He also attended the finale of the Love Island: All Stars series in February, having recoupled with girlfriend Maya Jama, who now hosts the show. Omar will be one of several stars this year with a celebrity connection, after TOWIE’s Joey Essex entered the villa. Ronnie Vint was best man at Olivia Attwood’s wedding, Harriett Blackmore is close friends with YouTuber Saffron Barker, and aAJ Pritchard’s ex-girlfriend Abbie Quinnen is rumoured to be an upcoming bombshell.
Omar went through the same process as his fellow contestants, despite knowing the show’s host Maya. Joey’s surprise arrival helping the show achieve its biggest launch episode in recent years with a peak of 2.2milion during Monday’s episode.
This was 700,000 more than last year’s summer series which debuted to 1.5million viewers while the winter 2024 series launch was watched by 1.9million.
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