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Turkish star Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu crowned

winners of Love Island

EKIN-SU Cülcüloğlu and Davide musical theatre at the East 15 Acting history and she became the first star An industry insider told the Daily is massive. She'll rack up £1m pretty
Sanclimenti have been crowned the School. this series to hit 1 million followers Star: 'Ekin-Su is hot property. Plenty quickly.'
winners of Love Island 2022 during Before making a name for himself on Instagram. of lucrative offers are already on the Ekin-Su is the second person from
the live final. on Turkish TV, Ekin-Su also starred An expert has also estimated that table. the UK’s Turkish speaking commu-
Monday’s episode of the ITV dating on the small-budget reality show she could receive a £1 million payday 'Quite a few make-up ¬companies nity to win Love Island with their
series saw the pair battle three other Lancashore while studying at the after the show, profiting from fash- and clothing brands want to work
couples to take home the £50,000 University of Central Lancashire, ion endorsements and club appear- with her and they're prepared to pay couple. Winner of Love Island 2017
prize. which focused on a group of students ances. big money. Kemal Cetinay, the Turkish Cypriot
Unlike in previous years, the win- living in Preston. A source also reported that Ekin-Su 'And then there are some TV offers has gone on to be one of the most
ning couple did not have to choose Ekin-Su, who entered the villa on had already sparked a 'bidding war' as well. A bidding war has already famous stars to come out of Love Is-
whether to split or steal the prize the third day as a bombshell, has even before she left the villa. started. Ekin-Su's earning potential land.
money. already had a taste of the spotlight,
Ekin-Su and Davide won by a land- having starred in Turkish soap operas
slide after securing 63.7 per cent of and reality shows before entering the
the public vote, during voting across Love Island villa
Sunday and Monday. The 27-year-old starred in Kuzey
Runners-up Gemma Owen and Yildizi (North Star), starring Ismail
Luca Bish scored 14.5 per cent, while Demirci as Kuzey and Aslihan Güner
third placed Indiyah Polack and Dami as Yildiz.
Hope claimed 11.8 per cent. Ekin-Su appeared in seven epi-
Meanwhile, Tasha Ghouri and An- sodes of the soap as a character called
drew Le Page were fourth with 10.1 Isil, making her debut in the second
per cent. season as the blogger from London.
ITV also said Monday’s episode While on Love Island, Ekin-Su also
secured the highest ratings for a fi- revealed that she played a serial killer
nal since 201 - 3.4 million viewers on a Turkish show, though it is not
watched the Love Island final across known whether this was in Kuzey
ITV2 and ITV Hub Yildizi, or another series.
Who is Ekin-Su? What's next for Ekin-Su?
Born in north London, Ekin-Su is Even before she had left the villa,
of Turkish descent and relocated to Ekin-Su was being tipped to become
Essex at the age of 10, later studying the show's highest earning star in Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu