THE real reason for Marcel Somerville’s return to the Love Island villa has been revealed – and it’s not to find love.
Love Island: All Stars will catapult back onto our screens next week when returning Islanders reunite for a sizzling series.
Hunky rapper Marcel Somerville will make a comeback to the show, alongside several other famous faces such as Curtis Pritchard, Kaz Crossley, and Marcel’s ex Gabby Allen.
The 39-year-old, who is also known as Rocky B, Plat’num B or Bezzle, is a British rapper, DJ, and former member of 10-piece UK hip hop group Blazin’ Squad.
Marcel became a household name after he appeared on the third series of Love Island in 2017.
In his series, Marcel placed fourth alongside his then-girlfriend Gabby.
Things with Gabby didn’t last, and he later met Rebecca Vieira in 2020.
Marcel and Rebecca welcomed a son in 2021 before getting hitched in 2022.
But things went south for the pair when last year it was revealed that Rebecca had cheated on Marcel.
And now it seems that Marcel might not be ready to find love, despite him heading back into the Love Island villa, with the real reason for him signing up for the show now revealed.
A source told The Sun: “He has done it to relaunch his music career. He met with some producers last year who have worked with Little Mix, Fleur East and Alexandra Burke.
“If he finds the woman of his dreams on All Stars then great, but that’s a bonus.
“His main focus is getting his career back on track.”
Alongside Marcel, several other famous faces from previous seasons will be making comebacks.
Curtis Pritchard from series five will be back, as well as aforementioned Gabby Allen who is Marcel’s ex, series four’s Kaz Crossley and Nas Majeed from series six.
ITV has also confirmed Scott Thomas from series two, Olivia Hawkins from series nine, Catherine Agbaje from series 10, and Ronnie Vint from series 11, all as returning to the show.
Love Island All Stars is returning to TV for season 2.
Here we take you through the line-up of Islanders’ who are set to go into the villa so far.
Bombshell rumours
Each series brings with it a string of hot single bombshells making their epic entrance into the villa.
Here’s who is rumoured to be going into the villa so far:
Gemma Owen’s ex Luca Bish from series eight will also be back, as well as series five alumni Elma Pazar and India Reynolds.
All Stars started last year amid a decline in viewing figures for the main series which airs each summer and has done since 2015.
The final of last year’s All Stars series attracted a mere 1.3 million viewers.
But will this year’s viewing figures get a boost thanks to the sizzling lineup for the second ever All Stars series? Only time will tell.
