He turned heads and won hearts as a self-proclaimed 'Italian snack' on Love Island and show winner Davide Sanclimenti was all smiles as he celebrated his win in his adopted home town. The business owner from Rome enjoyed a lads' night out in Manchester with his equally chiselled friends at the Uncensored night at Impossible on Peter Street.
Davide, 27, who was crowned the public's favourite on Monday night's final of the ITV2 dating contest with his partner Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, dazzled in a low-buttoned sunshine yellow shirt that revealed his toned pecs and glowing Mallorca tan. He teamed his summery shirt with a pair of skinny ripped blue jeans and pristine white trainers.
Earlier, Davide returned to a golden 'welcome home' banner and balloons after eight weeks away from the outside world in the TV villa and filming Sunday night's reunion show. He shared a photo of his homecoming on Instagram showing him standing beside the decorations in his home with his white and neon pink Love Island personalised suitcase.
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He teased fans by sharing a message from a supporter calling for Davide and Turkish actress Ekin-Su , also 27, to have their own TV show after winning the eighth series. "Petition for Ekin-Su and Davide to have their own TV show where they travel around Italy, eating food, arguing and laughing together," the online plea read.
Sharing a montage of photos of the glam couple together after arriving back in the UK, the villa cook Davide described their first date by writing '*chef kiss.' While Davide partied in Manchester on Friday night, his love was more than 200 miles away in Essex.
While he was missing his 'queen', Ekin-Su was also pining for her other half while she reunited with her nearest and dearest. Sharing a video on her Instagram Stories Ekin-Su said into the camera: "I'm back in Essex and it's freezing in the UK. It's nice seeing my family, the neighbours and my close friends tomorrow. I'm missing my man but I know I'm seeing him soon."
After the final Love Island bosses revealed how fans voted in the final with Davide and Ekin-Su scooping a whopping 63.69 per cent of the public vote. The couple got off to a rocky start in the villa but found their way back to each other.
After a romantic date in a vineyard they became firm favourites with fans and were affectionately dubbed 'mum and dad.' After making romantic declarations at a summer ball the couple were left speechless with delight as they were declared the winners. In second place was Gemma Owen and Luca Bish with 14.47 per cent of the vote.
Indiyah Polack and Dami Hope claimed third place with 11.77 per cent and Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page were fourth with 10.07 per cent. The public were able to vote across Sunday and Monday for their favourite couple.
A total of 3.4 million viewers watched the Love Island final on ITV2 and ITV Hub, the biggest finale since 2019, up 100,000 viewers year on year. Thanking fans for their support, Ekin-Su and Davide's official Instagram said: "To the next chapter. We cannot wait to see what the outside world brings for them both."
Their coupling received the thumbs-up from their families during the show's Meet the Parents episode. Davide's mum Nadia said about his romance with actress Ekin-Su: "But I can see she is being sincere. The way she looks at you, she is head over heels.”
And Ekin-Su’s brother told Davide: “I’ve never seen my sister look at a guy the way she looks at you. Clearly there’s something she sees in you. She’s my sister, she deserves the best, she really does, I’m not just saying that. I hope you’re willing to give her the best.”
Davide asked Ekin-Su to go 'exclusive' with him on the show by presenting her with a homemade tiramisu. He told her by the mini firepit: "I wanted to bring you here because this is the place where we had our first kiss."
Gesturing to fellow Islander Dami Hope, who carried over the tiramisu, Davide then told Ekin-Su: "I prepared something nice, an Italian tiramisu." Looking shocked Ekin-Su she asked him about the delicious treat: "Did you seriously make this?"
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