JOEY Essex comes face-to-face with his ex girlfriend Grace Jackson as she enters the villa as a new bombshell.
In a preview clip at the end of Thursday’s episode, Joey was given the shock of his life when the model walked into the villa.
The ex-Towie star, 33, could be seen gasping when he recognised the blonde beauty from a distance.
He then whispered to fellow Islander Sean: “I used to see that girl.”
Grace’s arrival is surely going to ruffle feathers with Joey’s new love interest Samantha Kenny.
Grace is said to have dated Joey for six weeks earlier this year but it ended badly when he abruptly called a halt to it.
Grace is heading into the villa to get answers out of him.
And it comes after Joey admitted tonight that he’s not “closed off” to getting to know new bombshells, despite him and Samantha growing closer over the last two weeks and enjoying first date this evening.
Before entering the villa, Grace revealed the real reason she’s signing up for the ITV2 dating show.
She said: “In my day and age, you don’t meet people on face value, it’s all off Instagram,Twitter and dating apps. Everything’s online!
“I’m excited to get to know someone on face value, and be somewhere where you’re forced to have a conversation and be a bit more open.
“This is something that would push me out of my comfort zone, I don’t really date a lot. I get myself in situationships with people I know that I shouldn’t give my time to.”
Grace said she’ll win over a fella with her “down to earth” personality and her ability to have a conversation with anyone.
Opening up about why relationships in the past haven’t worked out, she shared: “The lifestyle can put guys off a little bit, I like to go out and go abroad a lot.
“They can’t keep up with my lifestyle! It’s the life that I want, and it helps with my business.
“To sit in and be single, I can’t understand why I would do that in my peak and my mid-20s.”
Grace won’t be joining the villa alone.
Hunky Wil Anderson – the brother of Newcastle United midfielder Elliot Anderson– will be hoping he can woo the ladies.
The third new face is Tiffany Leighton, 25, who has vowed to get exactly what she wants.
She said: If there is one thing my fellow Islanders need to know about me is that I always get what I want and I am ready to find love in the Villa, so watch out boys.
In scenes yet to air, the trio’s arrival comes just hours after the shock double eviction.
The Sun told last week Wil, 23, from Whitley Bay had been lined-up for the villa – and had been hitting the gym hard in preparation.
Snaps from his Instagram show he had been hitting the gym hard and alongside one topless shot, he teased: “Loading…”.
Wil has been single for the past year after two long term relationships, but says: “I want to feel that love again.”
Asked what makes him a catch, Wil reckons: “The obvious one is my height, I’m 6’4 which usually goes down well with the girls. I’d also say my smile and personality.”
While he hasn’t given away which Islander he fancies the most, he says Rihanna is his childhood crush and he knows what he is looking for.
“I like a girl to have a pretty smile, a good personality and would like someone who is down to earth and humble,” he revealed.
