{"id":701096,"date":"2026-01-17T01:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T01:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/701096\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T01:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T01:42:14","slug":"love-island-fans-all-say-same-thing-as-belle-hassan-makes-all-stars-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/701096\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island fans all say same thing as Belle Hassan makes All Stars debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Love Island favourite Belle Hassan has made a lasting impact on fans after just one day in the All Stars villa<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/love-island\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Love IslandLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Love Island<\/a> favourite was barely recognisable as she made her grand return to the villa for All Stars last night (January 15).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The popular spin-off series welcomes back familiar faces from previous seasons, offering them another chance at finding love. This year&#8217;s line-up includes past champions Jess Harding and Millie Court, along with season five darling <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/belle-hassan\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Belle HassanLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Belle Hassan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Belle, 27, initially graced the dating show as a Casa Amor bombshell in 2019. She paired up with <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/anton-danyluk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Anton DanylukLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Anton Danyluk<\/a> and they were both booted out of the villa together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, their romance fizzled out just weeks after leaving the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/itv\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ITVLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">ITV<\/a> show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Fans were overjoyed to hear that Belle would be returning to our screens in All Stars, but many were taken aback when she debuted a completely new look, reports <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ok.co.uk\/tv\/love-island-stars-favourite-unrecognisable-36564984\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">OK!<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_Belle-Blonde.jpg\" alt=\"Belle Hassan\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Belle looked completely different during her first villa stint\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Belle looked completely different during her first villa stint(Image: Instagram\/ bellehassan)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Viewers who followed season five will recall Belle&#8217;s signature blonde locks, a stark contrast to her current brunette &#8216;do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One fan took to X, previously known as <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/twitter\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Twitter<\/a>, to express their surprise: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t even recognise Belle omg,&#8221; while another echoed: &#8220;Omg I didn&#8217;t even recognise Belle????&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Other viewers were quick to praise the reality star&#8217;s transformation. &#8220;Belle looks amazing with darker hair,&#8221; one commented.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Another fan chimed in: &#8220;Belle ! ! ! She looks so different as a brunette. She was good at TV as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_Screenshot-126.jpg\" alt=\"Belle Hassan\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Fans almost didn't recognise the reality star\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Fans almost didn&#8217;t recognise the reality star(Image: Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Belle herself has acknowledged the dramatic change, referring to it as a &#8220;glow up&#8221; on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In an interview with the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Mirror<\/a> ahead of her All Stars appearance, the makeup artist reflected on how much she has evolved since her Love Island days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m still the same me,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;Just a little bit more, I&#8217;d say I&#8217;m probably a bit more confident and the hair obviously is so different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She continued: &#8220;I much prefer being a brunette. They say blondes have more fun, but I think brunettes have more fun because I definitely have. I would like to say I&#8217;ve grown up but I don&#8217;t think that I have so that would be a lie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Love Island: All Stars continues on ITV2 and ITVX tonight at 9pm. <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">For the latest showbiz, TV, movie and streaming news, go to the new **<\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.everythinggossip.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Everything Gossip<\/strong><\/a><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">** website.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Love Island favourite Belle Hassan has made a lasting impact on fans after just one day in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[146428,210968,77,208,1460,3024,383,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-701096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-anton-danyluk","9":"tag-belle-hassan","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-itv","12":"tag-itv2","13":"tag-itvx","14":"tag-love-island","15":"tag-tv","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115907903175289510","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}