Love Island fans were left baffled this evening over a 'missing' Islander. At the end of tonight's episode, it was announced that none other than The Only Way Is Essex star Joey Essex was entering the Love Island villa. The reality star claims he entered the process himself, and was not scouted by bosses.
However, fans were left confused by his arrival - as they were expecting someone else to enter the famous villa. An ITV promo for Love Island, released earlier this week, featured a lady called Uma - who fans then worked out that, if she wasn't part of the main line-up, she would be the first bombshell to enter the villa in a shock twist. Tonight, though, Joey entered the villa and there was no mention of Uma's arrival - or a potential arrival.
Fans were left puzzled by Joey entering the villa, and Uma not being there. One wrote: "I gasped cause I was expecting them to announce Uma lmao I was not expecting Joey Essex #LoveIsland ," whilst a second added: "where is uma. this is not ok #loveisland .
" A third penned: "excuse me love island i think you’ve misplaced uma can you find her and send her into the villa pls & thanks #loveIsland ," whilst a fourth added: "Joey?? Where's Uma?! #LoveIsland ." A fifth wrote: "Get uma in right now I don’t care about Joey." Ahead of his arrival, Joey admitted he was "extremely single" - but was hoping to find The One in the villa.
"I’m extremely single right now, so I’m praying that I’m going to walk out of the villa hand in hand w.