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I was on Winter Love Island and it was freezing in South Africa! Former stars of the ITV2 show reveal producers will ‘remove’ toxic contestants and EVERYTHING is re-filmed

By Lizzie May For Mailonline

Published: 15:59 GMT, 17 January 2023 | Updated: 09:49 GMT, 18 January 2023

Paige Turley and Finn Tapp have revealed that it was freezing while in South Africa for the first season of Winter Love Island.

The winners of the 2020 series, who are 25 and 23 respectively, have been looking at their time on the reality show and divulged details on the production surrounding it.

In the three years since their appearance, the newest Islanders have arrived in Cape Town to spend eight weeks in the villa chatting up their love interests – but Finn and Paige have said one element fans don’t realise is how chilly it is.

No way! Paige Turley and Finn Tapp have revealed that it was freezing while in South Africa for the first season of Winter Love Island

Speaking to Heat Magazine ahead of the launch of Winter Love Island 2023 on Monday night, Paige said it was ‘freezing’ in South Africa.

Finn explained: ‘I put a hoodie and a jacket on one night, and the producers asked me to take it off. They didn’t want you to look cold.’

Paige then said: ‘You’d be sat there with your teeth chattering, trying to look good in your bikini. And you know how in previous years they had blankets and stuff? None of that for us.’

Finn added: ‘I actually got a bit of stick from my friends, because they thought I’d just brought a new jacket and wanted to wear it on TV. I can assure you, it does get really chilly when the sun goes down.’

Looking back: The winners of the 2020 series, who are 25 and 23 respectively, have been looking at their time on the reality show and divulged details on the production surrounding it

Finn and Paige also revealed that there are several takes of the same situation, which was a similar tale to that of Jack Keating’s, who joined at Casa Amor on the last series in summer 2022.

Last year, Jack revealed he was asked by Love Island producers to re-enact a conversation with Gemma Owen about their famous dads multiple times on-camera.

The celebrity offspring claimed he was ‘surprised’ when show bosses got him to repeat his chat with the 19-year-old daughter of footballer Michael Owen.

Chilly: In the three years since their appearance, the newest Islanders have arrived in Cape Town to spend eight weeks in the villa chatting up their love interests – but Finn and Paige have said one element fans don’t realise is how chilly it is

Re-take! Finn and Paige also revealed that there are several takes of the same situation, including on their first date (pictured) when Paige had to do her walk-up’ ‘so many times’ before they actually sat down for a chat

He exclusively told MailOnline: ‘I think the biggest, most surprising thing for me is just like how many times they have to build things if they want to get different shots, different angles, different conversations.

‘The [producers] will ask you again to sit down and have the same conversation again and bring up the same sort of things. That’s what I thought was the most surprising thing.’

The 2020 Winter Love Island winners said something similar, with their first run-in with one another as bombshell Finn chose Paige for a date.

Really? Paige and Finn’s claim comes after Jack Keating said he was asked by Love Island producers to re-enact a conversation with Gemma Owen about their famous dads multiple times on-camera

Production: When asked about toxic behaviour and contestants who act in that way, Finn said he says fans need to be more careful before labelling someone as possessive or controlling because there is 24 hours of filming slimmed down to 45 minutes

LOVE ISLAND 2023: MEET THE CONTESTANTS

Tanya Manhenga

Name: Tanya Manhenga

Age: 22

Location: Liverpool

Occupation: Student and model

Something not many people know about her: ‘I have Vitiligo, which is a skin pigmentation, you may not even notice it.’

‘It’s on my lip and I have a stripe on my hair. Not many people know that but I think it’s quite cute.’

‘I don’t care about covering it up all the time, I think it’s a vibe.’

Lana Jenkins

Name: Lana Jenkins

Age: 25

Location: Luton

Occupation: Makeup artist

Something not many people know about her: ‘In my work as a makeup artist I’ve worked with lots of celebrities.

‘Also, when I was 6-years-old I used to live in Spain and I was in an episode of Benidorm as an extra.’

Tanyel Revan

Name: Tanyel Revan

Age: 26

Location: North London

Occupation: Hair stylist

Something not many people know about her: ‘My celebrity crush is Channing Tatum – I don’t like pretty boys, they give me the ‘ick’ because they always have a crap personality.’

‘Channing Tatum is handsome but not too pretty. He’s manly and he can dance.’

‘If a man can dance I’m in love with him straight away.’

Olivia Hawkins

Name: Olivia Hawkins

Age: 27

Location: Brighton

Occupation: Ring girl and actress

Something not many people know about her: ‘I did a film with Jason Statham and had a nice 10-minute convo about life.’

‘I’ve been a ring girl for KSI, I played a waitress in James Bond with Daniel Craig and I’ve also been a body double for Michelle Keegan and Emma Watson.’

Tom Clare

Name: Tom Clare

Age: 23

Location: Barnsley

Occupation: Semi-Pro Footballer

Something not many people know about him: I’m a High School Musical fan

Ellie Spence

Name: Ellie Spence

Age: 25

Location: Norwich

Occupation: Business Development Executive at a law firm

Something not many people know about her: “When I was drunk I climbed over the gates of my friend’s house, fell and almost lost my leg.”

Samie Elishi

Name: Samie Elishi

Age: 22

Location: London

Occupation: Senior Estate Agent Coordinator

Something not many people know about her: ‘I’m a really honest person and I have no filter. I won’t take rubbish from anyone, especially when it comes to guys!’

Kai Fagan

Name: Kai Fagan

Age: 24

Location: Manchester

Occupation: Science and PE teacher

Something not many people know about him: ‘I’m a Jamaican citizen. Because of that I played rugby 7s for Jamaica.’

‘I play semi-professional rugby now for Burnage RFC.’

‘I’ve technically got three different degrees and went to three different unis.’

Ron Hall

Name: Ron Hall

Age: 25

Location: Essex

Occupation: Financial advisor

Something not many people know about him: ‘On meeting me, you’d never know I am blind in one eye.’

‘It was the result of a football injury when I was 8. I’ve got two different coloured eyes, one blue and one green.’

Will Young

Name: Will Young

Age: 23

Location: Buckinghamshire

Occupation: Farmer

Something not many people know about him: ‘Every night I light a candle and meditate for 20-25 minutes.’

‘A girl I was seeing told me to meditate, I tried it and loved it. I stopped seeing her and carried on meditating!

‘It’s a nice way to self reflect.’

Shaq Muhammad

Name: Shaq Muhammad

Age: 24

Location: London

Occupation: Airport security officer

Something not many people know about him: ‘I’m a very emotional person. It can be a blessing and a curse.’

‘Every time I watch Dear John I cry.

That’s my favourite film. Any time I’m with someone and they say, ‘Let’s watch a romantic film’, I’m like, ‘How about Dear John, how does that sound?’