Olivia Attwood reveals why her Love Island story could have been VERY different 😱

Sassy Geordie Amber entered the Love Island villa on day one and ended up winning the show with Greg O'Shea but later admitted she almost didn't end up appearing on the show as bosses originally wanted her to be a bombshell."When I got called in the UK, they were, like, oh, we want you to be a bombshell… I was like, no, I don't want to do that. They were like, no, no, it's great, being a bombshell's great. You'll have such an impact on the show," she told Fleur East on The Reality of Reality TV podcast."Me personally, I'm not the type to steal someone's man or be really confident and going in and be like, I like him. That's just not me. But my Auntie was like, look, this opportunity isn't going to come around often. Just go."

Series five bombshell Elma, who entered the villa alongside Maura Higgins, once revealed she turned down a place in the original line-up. Maybe it was Amber that replaced her?Speaking on heat's Under The Duvet, Elma said, "I didn't apply for it. Because I didn't apply, I didn't think this was something I ever wanted. I'm quite a private person, I only had 400 Instagram followers and it was de-active most of the year."To me, I just wasn't really ready for it, then it came and I was like 'ahhhhh', and I was like 'no, this isn't what I want.'"

Marcel was originally approached to appear on the 2016 series of Love Island as a bombshell but he later revealed he said no over concerns about the lack of diversity on the show. It all worked out in the end though as Marcel entered the villa a year later and made it all the way to the final with then-girlfriend Gabby Allen.He said, "I didn't think I wanted to go on as it didn't look like a particularly diverse show - I didn't want to be the first black person to go in as a bombshell, so I didn't go on that year. The next year they approached me again and this time I went on."

Alexandra was already making moves in the showbiz world before appearing in Love Island as she worked as a celebrity make-up artist and even appeared in a music video for Giggs' hit Lock Doh.It's not a surprise then that she was scouted by producers who offered her a place on the show. Alexandra wasn't sure though and turned it down multiple times before finally accepting in 2018.

Samira is another Islander who was originally supposed to enter the villa as bombshell after bosses signed her up for the 2017 series. "It just didn't work out though," she told Closer.But after starring in a West End production of Dreamgirls, Samira auditioned for producers again and ended up bagging a place on the show in 2018.

Eyal rose to fame on the 2018 series of Love Island but it wasn't actually the first time producers had asked him to be on the show."It kind of happened a few years in a row but I just kept umming and ahhing and then [this year] just felt like the right time," he explained to Closer.

Paul is one of the many Islanders who never actually applied to be on the show. He was originally scouted to be on an entirely different show until producers offered him a place in the Love Island villa - which he initially rejected.He explained, "I said 'no it wasn't the right time for me' and then over the course of the next two weeks I had a few messages from them and I just decided I'd give it a go."

Megan already had a big following on Instagram before appearing on Love Island and admitted she was hesitant to sign up to appear on TV.She said, "I was really hesitant at first because obviously Instagram is your filtered, photoshopped best version of yourself and I was like 'I'm happy to share that but do I actually want to go on national TV with everyone seeing me with no makeup on?' but I'm glad I did it."