Tasha Ghouri

Her appearances on the eighth series of Love Island, on which she and Andrew Le Page finished joint-fourth, brought her numerous ambassadorial roles, and she later launched a podcast, Superpowers with Tasha, and released a book, Hits Different.

[7] She was born deaf and was initially fitted for hearing aids before being given a single cochlear implant at Bradford Royal Infirmary just before her fifth birthday.

[18] She later dated Giovanni Pernice after the pair connected via Instagram; they met in January 2022, though their relationship dissipated after he undertook the Strictly Come Dancing: The Live Tour!

[28] While on the show, Ghouri received a large amount of abuse for the way she spoke, with "girls mocking Tasha" receiving over 6,100,000 views on TikTok;[29] the volume of abuse directed at Ghouri later led her social media delegates to request that commentators stop mocking her deafness,[30] and in December 2022, ITV announced that it would ban Islanders from having active social media accounts during their time on the programme.

[38] She later became an ambassador for Ann Summers, for whom she featured in their Christmas advert and fronted their Luminescent collection;[39] Sisters & Seekers,[40] a Llay-based fashion label;[41] and Lullabellz,[4] a hair care and beauty brand.

[48] In January and February 2024, she spent a week as the Dictionary Corner guest on the UK game show Countdown,[49] shortly after which she and Johannes Radebe taught a beginner's tap class at Meadows Community Centre in Cambridge in which Queen Camilla was a participant.

[51] Appearing on that day's Lorraine, Ghouri explained that she wanted to upload a video to that effect since leaving Love Island but had not felt ready.

[53] She then took part in a government campaign to combat loneliness, alongside Josh Patterson, Bobby Brazier, Bradley Riches, Anastasia Kingsnorth, and Bronte King.

[58] Her participation was announced on an interview on Kiss presented by Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely[48] and was praised by the National Deaf Children's Society.

[59] She received backlash from those questioning why trained dancers were allowed to compete on an amateur competition[48] and used a subsequent social media post to state that she had "never learned or been taught" any of the programme's styles.

[56] Her series was the first to insist on training sessions being supervised[60] following allegations levelled at both Pernice and McDermott's partner Graziano Di Prima.