The SUN
By SARA NATHAN
TV Editor
ORDINARY girls and boys will get the chance to find fame AND cop off with a celeb thanks to a Love Island revamp.
Bosses want half of this year’s contestants to be non-celebs following the success of Chantelle in the last Celebrity Big Brother.
The rest of the 20 or so island castaways will be household names as before, even though the ITV1 show is dropping Celebrity from its title.
The move is part of a massive shake-up of Love Island.
An ITV source said: “Big Brother showed that putting a non-celebrity in with famous people really shakes things up. A lot of the stars know each other anyway, and they’re savvy about cameras. Throwing in someone who isn’t famous really changes the dynamics.”
Last year 12 stars took part but only Abi Titmuss and Lee Sharpe ended up romancing.
The source said: “This year producers will recruit non-celebs who are sexy and successful. You might have a Miss Wales or a diving champ, someone at the top of their field.”
One non-celeb could be bikini model Amanda Harrington, 24, from Liverpool.
The Sun’s Page Three girl Keeley Hazell, 19, is also in final-stage talks to appear on the show, with Chris Eubank and model Sophie Anderton.