Her time in the Love Island villa was cut short when Adam picked newcomer Rosie over her.
But Kendall Rae-Knight’s love-life seems to have changed fortune after she was spotted sharing a kiss with last year’s winner Kem Cetinay during a romantic first date in London.
In pictures obtained by The Sun, the 26-year-old dumped Islander and the Romford barber seemed to hit it off as they dined at a swanky hotel bar before sharing a passionate smooch at the end of the date.
Blossoming romance: Kendall Rae-Knight’s love-life seems to have changed fortune after she was spotted sharing a kiss with last year’s winner Kem Cetinay during a romantic first date
A source told the publication: ‘They went on a date and they did kiss, but they didn’t spend the night together.
‘They both left at the end of the night, but they are keen to see each other again.’
Kem has remained single since his split with his ex-girlfriend Amber Davies but appeared smitten with the shoe shop manager during her appearance on Aftersun on Sunday night.
New love interest: Kem has remained single since his split with his ex-girlfriend Amber Davies (above) but appeared smitten with the shoe shop manager during her appearance on Aftersun
Kendall revealed she’s swapped number with the Dancing On Ice star after catching his eye on This Morning on Monday.
The Northern beauty, who bears a striking resemblance to his ex Amber, and Kem set tongues wagging after they shared a number of cosy snaps together following their appearance on ITV2 spin-off show Aftersun.
Kendall fuelled speculation that she could date the Essex TV personality after she admitted he was her ‘type’.
Candid: Kendall revealed she’s swapped number with the Dancing On Ice star after catching his eye on This Morning on Monday
The former Love Island hopeful shared much to host Holly Willoughby’s joy: ‘We had a little chat. He’s lovely, he’s so nice. He is my type … yeah.’
When asked if she exchanged numbers with Kem, Kendall nervously giggled as she sat beside his ex Amber Davies’ best friend Olivia Attwood and replied: ‘No … he sent me a couple of pictures we had together.’
The potential romantic interest comes after Kendall was cruelly dumped by Adam Collard on last week’s Love Island only for him to share a smooch with Welsh beauty Rosie Williams just minutes later.
Awkward: When asked if she exchanged numbers with Kem, Kendall nervously giggled as she sat beside his ex Amber Davies’ best friend Olivia Attwood and replied: ‘No … he sent me a couple of pictures we had together’
Olivia Attwood, who starred in last year’s Love Island, blasted Adam as ‘tasteless’ for the way he ditched Kendall only to hook up with Rosie minutes later.
The blonde beauty said: ‘It was a bit tasteless how he did it. You made the choice to stick by your morals and in there that is quite admirable.’
Kendall admitted she would be up for returning to Love Island, but wouldn’t do so ‘for the sake of it’ because she wouldn’t want to take someone else’s place if she didn’t have a potential suitor in the villa.
She said: ‘I’d have to go in for the right reasons. If there was somebody in there that I was interested in then I would go back in for that reason. I wouldn’t just go back in just for the sake of it, because I was going in it to find somebody.
‘I wouldn’t just go back in for the sake of it and take somebody’s place.’
100 per cent his type on paper: Kem was singing Kendall’s praises throughout ITV2 spin-off show Aftersun on Sunday
Her appearance comes after Kem was singing Kendall’s praises throughout ITV2 spin-off show Aftersun on Sunday, where he was joined by host Caroline Flack and fellow guests Joel Dommett and Vick Hope.
A source told MailOnline the pair got on well backstage and that fans should ‘watch this space’ about a potential romance.
Coming over all coy, Kem described her as ‘beautiful’ and revealed he was disappointed she had been booted from the villa so soon.
Things became a little awkward when Kendall joined the trio on the sofa at the end of the show.
During a Q&A with the audience, Kem was forced to confess he would have stepped forward for Kendall if he had taken part in the show this year.
Smitten: During a Q&A with the audience, Kem was forced to confessed that he would have stepped forward for Kendall if he had taken part in the show this year
Seizing the opportunity to tease his pal, comedian Joel joked that the pair should get married and asked, ‘Can I be your best man?’.
Fans were fully on board with the idea of Kem and Kendall becoming an item, taking to Twitter in their droves to enthuse about what a cute couple they would make.
The pair added further fuel to the fire by sharing several cosy snaps on their social media accounts.
Kendall also uploaded two videos of herself teasing Kem about his dancing and his former Love Island promotional picture, as they hung out backstage after the show.
Keeping the party going after the show: The pair added further fuel to the fire by sharing several cosy snaps on their social media accounts
Flirty: Kendall also uploaded two videos teasing Kem about his dancing and his former Love Island promotional picture as they hung out backstage after the show
MailOnline has contacted Kem’s representative for comment.
Kem – who is currently hosting the Love Island podcast – split from his former partner Amber Davies last winter and recently shed some more light on their split.
He told The Dan Wootton Interview podcast: ‘I couldn’t carry on going on the way we were. We were arguing over silly things and it just didn’t feel right.”
‘We slowly realised we were different in some ways and started to clash more. I think we grew apart a bit.’
Moving on: Kem – who is currently hosting the Love Island podcast – split from his former partner Amber Davies last winter
Awkward: Comedian Joel Dommett (pictured centre with Vick Hope) joked that the pair should get married and asked, ‘Can I be your best man?’