Kady McDermott returns to Love Island SEVEN years after her original appearance

Kady McDermott makes a dramatic return to Love Island seven years after her first appearance on the show.

The former Islander, 27, finished in third place with ex-boyfriend Scott Thomas, 34, in 2016 as married couple Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyde won the £50,000 prize.

After a string of failed romances, including with Aston Villa footballer Matty Cash, ex-TOWIE star Myles Barnett, and Scott, with whom she lived in Manchester until their split in 2017, Kady hopes to find love again in the villa, where she arrives. this week like a shock bomb.

She follows in the footsteps of Adam Collard after he returned to the show last year after his stint in 2018, as well as Jessie Wynter, who starred in the Australian series but appeared in the British winter season in February.

Bosses hope that Kady’s fiery personality and her desire to finally find a man now that she’s older and more mature will make her the perfect islander to shake up the current series.

The former islander finished in third place with ex-boyfriend Scott Thomas in 2016, while married couple Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyde took home the £50,000 prize.

She follows in the footsteps of Adam Collard after he returned to the show last year after his stint in 2018 (pictured in 2016)

A TV source told MailOnline: ‘Kady was a fantastic islander in 2016. She made brilliant television and bosses are hoping she can create the same magic at the villa this summer.

She is also still looking for love, so for Kady the hope is that she can finally find the man of her dreams.

Olivia and Alex and Nathan and Cara from her series are happy, in love and even have their own family. Kady, especially now that she’s older and wiser when it comes to dating, longs for the same fairytale ending.’

Kady’s Love Island series saw the likes of Olivia and Alex Bowen, who are now married and share baby Abel together, meet for the first time.

Love Island made headlines in season two when former contestant Zara Holland was stripped of her Miss Great Britain title after having sex with Alex on TV, sparking controversy among the pageant community, who were accused of holding outdated and anti-feminist views.

Kady and Zara were love rivals in the villa after they both competed for Scott’s attention, but in the end it was Kady who won his heart.

The couple were together for over a year, with Kady moving to Manchester to be with Scott, whose brothers are soap opera actors Ryan, famous for his role in Coronation Street, and Adam, who starred in Emmerdale.

Scott now runs his own talent agency, The Social PR, and he hasn’t dated anyone in public since Kady.

The couple were together for over a year, with Kady moving to Manchester to be with Scott, whose brothers are soap opera actors Ryan and Adam (pictured in 2016)

A source told MailOnline that bosses hope Kady can “create the same magic in the villa this summer” after first starring on the show in 2016

Kady’s Love Island original series saw the likes of Olivia and Alex Bowen, now married and sharing baby Abel together, meet for the first time

Kady enters the villa hot on the heels of bombshells Charlotte Sumner and Leah Taylor, who dated the islanders of their choice over a candlelit dinner on Monday night’s show

Kady enters the villa closely followed by bombshells Charlotte Sumner and Leah Taylor, who went out with the islanders of their choice over a candlelit dinner during Monday night’s show.

Last week, George Fensom became the first islander to be dumped after two of his ex-partners alleged controlling behavior in previous relationships.

Homophobic tweets were also found on George’s Twitter account posted when he was 15 years old, leading to further outcry from fans that he was not a suitable choice for the series.

Beautician Ruchee Gurung was the second to leave the villa this week after the cast chose to save model Ella Thomas over her during a brutal rematch.

On Thursday night’s show, footballer Scott Van Der Sluis entered the villa where he was dating Jess Harding after she won ‘woman of the match’ during a game of ‘She’s a Keeper’.

Scott is reportedly the ex-partner of 2022 Islander Paige Thorne, who fell for Jacques O’Neill and Adam Collard last year.