They won the hearts of viewers on Love Island while falling in love in the famous ITV2 villa in Mallorca, and Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti are clearly smitten as they landed back in the UK. On Monday night the loved-up couple were crowned winners of the popular dating contest and now they've jetted home to begin a new journey together.
The pair couldn't keep their hands off each other as they arrived at London's Stansted Airport, sharing kisses as the Islanders were greeted by waiting family and friends. Manchester business owner Davide proudly referred to actress Ekin-Su as his 'queen' as the pair were treated by a visit to the cockpit on the plane after they landed on home turf.
Ekin-Su looked stunning in black vest top and leather-look trousers with her man who beamed alongside his partner in skinny black jeans and a grey hooded top.
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Ekin-Su threw her arms in the air in delight as the reality stars were greeted by their nearest and dearest following their eight week journey to find love in the sun. Love Island bosses have revealed how fans voted in the dramatic final with Ekin-Su and Davide scooping a whopping 63.69 per cent of the public vote.
'Italian snack' Davide and 'Turkish delight' Ekin-Su 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 instagrams 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.”
Villa chef Davide asked Ekin-Su to go 'exclusive' with him on the show 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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