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Love Island 2021: meet the cast

10 loved-up singles + 1 "bomb" have entered the Villa.

After some behind the scenes drama of its own, Season 3 of Love Island Australia kicked off on Nine last night.

10 singles paired up in the Villa in Federal, NSW (not an island) as host Sophie Monk looked on:

Courtney & Aaron
Jess & Jordan
Tina & Ronni
Ryan & Ari
Taku & Rachael

But it didn’t take long for the drama to begin with a stolen smooch between two participants and “bomb” Lexy an intruder to light the fuse.

Taku Chimwaza

Age: 24
Rugby union player Wollongong, NSW

About
Taku describes himself as an extreme extrovert who wants to find a girl who gets and enjoys his huge personality. He left Zimbabwe to live in Australia ten years ago. He is a talented footballer who plays for the Shoalhaven Rugby Club. Taku also has a YouTube fragrance channel that started during the first COVID lockdown and has really taken off.

Dating Status
Single for eight months, and before that he had a four-year relationship.

Looking For
Taku generally ends up with brunette girls with curly hair and wants to broaden his horizons in the villa. Someone who is funny with a big personality.

Motivation For Going On Love Island Australia
He is a firm believer that you only get one shot at life, so he wants to give this amazing opportunity to find love a go.

Ryan Reid

Age: 25 Carpenter
Terrigal, NSW

“I know my value and what I’m worth. I know what another person is worth. We are all worth a million dollars.”

About
A charismatic alpha male but one with a real soft side. Ryan is on Love Island Australia because he genuinely wants to find the love of his life. He came to Australia from South Africa with his family when he was a little boy, first living in Perth and later Sydney. He is obsessed with the gym – it’s his outlet to relieve stress from his other love, carpentry. Ryan is a hard worker and proud of it. He said he used to be the “fat kid” at school who played PlayStation but that all changed when he was 16. He has lots of mates and can’t wait to meet the boys in the villa too. Ryan takes pride in his appearance and loves dressing in designer fashion from head to toe.

Dating Status
No luck with relationships; Ryan says he has just never found the right girl he wants to settle down with.

Looking For
He is a sucker for an intelligent blonde, someone he can have decent conversations with.

Motivation For Going On Love Island
Wants to walk out of the villa in a stable relationship. Find someone who he can have kids with, as he is watching all his mates do the same thing.

Ronni Krongold

Age: 21 Personal trainer
Bondi, NSW

“I want to do Love Island for my own enjoyment. You look at the setting, and you have hot girls in a villa and then go on exotic dates. That’s kind of what I do in my life anyway.”

About
Ronni is a Casanova who loves to go on as many dates as he can, sometimes three a week. His family come from the Ukraine, but Ronni has spent most of his life growing up in Sydney’s Bondi. He is now studying commerce after studying law for three years before giving it up. Ronni also works at a gym as a personal trainer. He is fascinated by all things Spanish, including Spanish music and dance. After Love Island Australia and when borders reopen, the first thing Ronni is going to do is take a holiday in South America. He hopes to do this with a girl he meets in the villa.

Dating Status
His last relationship was for six months, but even then, he says it wasn’t really that official. He admits he gets interested in girls but moves on quickly.

Looking For
He wants a girl who has positive energy and is comfortable with his big personality.

Motivation For Going On Love Island Australia
To meet and date as many girls as he can and hopefully find his perfect match.

Jordan Tilli

Age: 28
Business development manager
Melbourne, VIC

“I go in real heavy really quickly and then it fizzles out afterwards, and not always from my end.”

About
Jordan is the oldest person in the villa. He is confident and knows what he wants. Jordan wants to be known as someone who takes risks and doesn’t always go for what is normal. He has a great corporate career, but in the past he hasn’t always had mainstream jobs. He worked as a stripper on a hens’ night river cruise in Melbourne. He loves his tattoos and has been getting them since he was 18. He also has many more female friends then male, so that could be a threat to the other men in the villa.

Dating Status
He admits he has never had a longer relationship then six months and he is ready to change that.

Looking For
Someone who is funny and gets his unique sense of humour.

Motivation For Going On Love Island Australia
He wants to settle down and find someone special as the playboy days are nearing an end.

Aaron Waters

Age: 24 Model
Perth, WA

“I’m just excited to see who is going to be there. I’m excited to see what the girls are like.”

About
A hopeless romantic, Aaron is a smooth talker who knows what he wants. He has a unique hairstyle and believes the girls will love it. Growing up in Perth, Aaron has been very good at sport, playing high-level football, surfing, and recently basketball at a high level. He says he’s not a party boy and has drifted away from some of his friends because of this. As well as working for the NBN, he has modelled streetwear for a couple of years, and this is what he wants to do more of.

Dating Status
He says he has only had a couple of relationships, but nothing memorable that has lasted long enough to be considered serious. Very single is the way to describe Aaron.

Looking For
Generally, he has gone for blondes with an honest personality, but he is open to changing things up.

Motivation For Going On Love Island Australia
As well as meeting the right girl, he wants to find new friends from across Australia.

Rachael Evren

Age: 21
Pilates instructor

Gold Coast, QLD

“I am an old soul and a nerd at heart. I love Star Wars movies, Lego, and I love going to bookstores. I’m not someone who sleeps around and goes to bars all the time.”

About
With 266,000 followers on Tik Tok and 26,000 on Instagram, Rachael Evren knows what it is like to be in the public eye. She has a history of doing well in beauty pageants in Australia and the United States, something she is proud of. But Rachael is a nerd at heart who loves building Lego and everything about Harry Potter and Star Wars. She often gets judged by the way she looks, before boys realise she is a kind soul.

Dating Status
Bad experiences with her past two relationships have made her distrustful of men. In her last relationship the man lied about having a child with a previous woman.

Looking For
A bit of a dork. And she wants a real sweetheart. A man who is into fitness. Humour is also important.

Motivation For Going On Love Island Australia
To find love and learn how to put herself out there and trust in someone again.

Ari Kumar

Age: 25
Web content publisher Gold Coast, QLD

“I knew something was going to happen this year, I just didn’t know what it was going to be.”

About
Fijian/Indian and born and raised in New Zealand, Ari is independent, strong, and says what she thinks. She works as a contractor for government departments. Moving out of home when she was 18, she has always loved travelling and meeting people. She says in school she was teased and bullied because she was always outspoken. She is proud to be on Love Island as a brown woman and is a big supporter of diversity on television.

Dating Status
She has been single for six years.

Looking For
A man who is adventurous and spontaneous.

Motivation For Going On Love Island Australia
After being single for so long she thinks the time is right to find the man of her dreams.

Jess Velkovski

Age: 23
The Intimidator

Cronulla, NSW

“I’m not just beautiful, I’m powerful as well. I say what I want to say, and I do what I want to do.”

About
Jess isn’t shy in saying that when she enters the villa, she will be the brightest light. A strong woman, she worries about going into the villa – that she might be intimidating to the other girls. But she isn’t going to change who she is.

She describes herself as playful and independent, and she wants a man who embraces that. Despite her intelligence, she is tired of being judged as a dumb blonde, and Jess wants to prove everyone wrong.

Dating Status
Her last boyfriend was 25 and she was 19. Jess says that relationship matured her in a big way.

Looking For
A man that makes her laugh and has eyes only for her.

Motivation For Going On Love Island Australia
She finds that men don’t approach her and are scared of her, so going on Love Island is ultimately about finding a man who isn’t like that.

Courtney Stubbs

Age: 23
Nursing student
Gold Coast, QLD

“I’m not tooting my own horn, but guys come up to me and I can find guys. But the guys that try and date me, they aren’t really up to my standards.”

About
Courtney can talk anyone underwater; she loves a chat. Hilarious with high energy, she lives life to the fullest, and when she walks into a room, people gravitate to her. She has a lot of male friends who find her very entertaining. Courtney has nearly finished her degree and is looking forward to working as a qualified nurse.

Dating Status
Single for four years and struggling to find someone who doesn’t have commitment issues.

Looking For
A family man who is funny, someone she can have intellectual  conversations with, and most importantly, can listen.

Motivation For Going On Love Island Australia
She is in a good spot with herself now and believes Love Island Australia is a genuine way she can finally find a man.

Tina Provis

Age: 25
PR Consultant

Sydney, NSW

“I think my disastrous dating history has been comic relief for most of my friends.”

About
Ambitious Tina has worked in public relations for the past few years. Always the life of the party, she has a big, bubbly personality. Tina says everyone around her, including her work colleagues, is amused with her horror, train-wreck dating stories, so she thought why not try Love Island? Tina is a strong and independent woman, and thinks Australian men often struggle with that. She grew up on the Northern Beaches in Sydney.

Dating Status
For the past four years she hasn’t been able to find a man, just one “a-hole to another”, and she is ready to settle down. Her last relationship was four years ago, and it ended after two years.

Looking For
She wants someone who is outgoing and like her, the life of the party. A partner in crime that she can settle down with.

Motivation For Going On Love Island Australia
To have fun and show Australia her personality. Also, to amuse her family and friends.

Lexy Thornberry

Age: 20 Bartender/student Brisbane, QLD

“It would be funny if I met my next boyfriend on a reality TV show. What are the chances of that happening? That would be crazy in a good way.”

About
Lexy was discovered by Love Island Australia scouts while working in a bar in Brisbane and she immediately thought it was a great idea to be on the show. She says working at the bar has opened her eyes to a whole new world. When she was young, Lexy was a champion athlete in the throwing events, making it to the national finals. She says she is not afraid of confrontation and is happy to speak her mind. Lexy is studying exercise science at university.

Dating Status
She has been single for a few years and had one relationship in high school. At the time she thought she would marry and have children with her childhood sweetheart, but looking back now she is glad she didn’t.

Looking For
It’s a cliché, but she is looking for personality first and looks second.

Motivation For Going On Love Island Australia
Lexy has a great sense of adventure, and Love Island Australia is just another one of life’s adventures.

Love Island Australia screens Monday – Thursday on Nine.

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