Curtis Pritchard has certainly turned heads with his striking new appearance on Love Island: All Stars, leaving viewers smitten.
The professional dancer has made a comeback to the ITV2 dating series, hoping to find love once again and fans couldn’t help but notice his impressive transformation.
It’s been a significant six years since Curtis reached the Love Island finale in 2019 alongside former flame Maura Higgins and now he’s single and ready to mingle, searching for his perfect match.
During the launch episode on Monday (January 13), host Maya Jama introduced 12 familiar faces back into the villa, where the attractive singles wasted no time getting acquainted.
Curtis, paired with Catherine Agbaje, was one of the first to enter the villa, receiving a warm welcome from Maya.
Surprised by the encounter, Curtis remarked, “I didn’t expect that” upon seeing the presenter. Maya quizzed the duo, “Are you ready for round two? ” to which Catherine excitedly replied, “Of course I’m ready for round two! “.
Maya didn’t miss the chance to stir up some early flirtation among the Islanders, complimenting Curtis on his “glow up” and teasingly asking Catherine for her opinion.
Catherine responded with a giggle: “Yeah…he’s not bad!”. As the pair delved into a chat about Dublin, Maya humorously interjected, “I feel like I’m interrupting.”, reports Wales Online.
Social media was abuzz with reactions to Curtis’ revamped look as he chatted with Catherine. On platform X, one admirer wrote: “Wait Curtis looks f***ing good….. #LoveIsland.” Another gushed: “”Swear Curtis has buffed up #LoveIsland #LoveIsland2025 #LoveIslandAllStars2025.”
A third person praised: “Okay Curtis has had a serious glow up #loveisland #allstars.” A fourth user on social media concurred: “Why tf is Curtis hot..”
However, despite the buzz around his new look, Curtis is going into the first episode of the series with the unfortunate title of being the public’s “least favourite contestant”. According to Heart Bingo, which is an online gaming platform, they conducted an analysis of social sentiment data from X, once known as Twitter, following the announcement of the full list of contestants last week.
The results weren’t too encouraging for Curtis, who garnered the smallest proportion of positive posts within that timeframe. Catherine, who fans adored in series 10, led the rankings with 51.9% of social chatter favourably mentioning her.
By stark comparison, only 22.3% of discussions about Curtis showed him in a good light, making him least popular among viewers before the show even starts. Other audience favourites included Scott Thomas from series two with 49%, Ronnie Vint from series 11 earning 48.4% favourable mentions, and Olivia Hawkins from series nine being positively talked about in 43.7% of posts.
Fairing slightly better than Curtis were Kaz Crossley of series four at 23.1%, series six’s heartthrob Nas Majeed at 25.7%, and Gabby Allen, the beauty from series three, boasting 26.6%.
Love Island All Stars airs Sunday to Thursday on ITV2 and ITVX at 9pm