Gemma Owen has gone from being a favourite to win Love Island, to seeing her odds drop as viewers are torn on their opinion of her and some fans raise concerns about the 19-year-old even being on the show.
While she has yet to reveal who her dad is to her fellow Islanders, although it looked like Liam Llewellyn definitely had his suspicions after asking Gemma her second name, the fact that the teenager is the daughter of Michael Owen caused a real stir when the Love Island contestants were announced last week and continues to do so.
Gemma's age has also had a lot of people talking, with some Love Island viewers in shock that she's only 19, while others have said, given the fact, she only turned 19 in May, she is too young to be on the show. Their concerns were then escalated after newcomer Davide, 27, chose Gemma to couple up with, after she showed a clear interest in the Italian late arrival.
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Some fans of the ITV2 show were annoyed at Gemma for 'snubbing' original love interest Liam and, after many declared they were 'bored' by Gemma and Davide's first official date on Wednesday night's show, Gemma's odds of winning fell away.
Gemma dropped from being 5/2 favourite with William Hill before she'd even set foot in the villa, to 9/2, with Tasha and Paige now ahead of her in the odds for top girl. William Hill spokesperson, Tony Kenny, said: “We’ve now met the first batch of Love Island contestants and while we’ll get to know plenty more in the coming days, our punters are already forming their own opinion of the islanders.
“Gemma Owen went into the villa as the 5/2 favourite, but her opening cameo didn’t impress and she’s out to 9/2 for victory behind both Tasha (9/4) and Paige (3/1). Luca has been popular in the male betting and he’s the new favourite at 2/1.”
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