Love Island 2006: Where are they now?
Let's relive the cruelly-forgotten series
Last updated 17th Feb 2020
As the 2020 series of Love Island comes to an end, we've decided to take a look back at what all of the celebs from Celebrity Love Island 2006 are up to now. If like us you are keen to discover what the likes of Brendan Cole, Calum Best and Lady Victoria Hervey are up to, well wonder no more!
Check out what the Celebrity Love Island 2006 contestants are up to now...
Brendan Cole
Brendan went on to compete on Strictly Come Dancing for 15 years, before having his contract terminated in 2018.
The dancer then appeared on The X Factor: Celebrity in 2019, in a duo called Cole & Edwards alongside Jeremy Edwards. However, the pair failed to make it to the live shows.
Bianca Gascoigne
Bianca won the 2006 series with Calum Best, and has since appeared on The X Factor in 2012 and Celebrity Big Brother**** in 2017.
Abs Breen
Where do we start with Abs? Since Celebrity Love Island the 5ive singer's rejoined the band (through ITV2 show The Big Reunion), left the band again (via Twitter) and appeared on everything from Celebrity Big Brother (2013) to Country Strife: Abz on the Farm (2014). Oh yeah, and his name's spelt with a 'z' now.
Lady Victoria Hervey
Lady Victoria Hervey most recently joined Channel 4 telly show The Jump in 2015, on the condition her dog could join her in Austria.
Steve-O
Jackass star Steve-O took part in a protest against SeaWorld in 2015, and was consequently convicted of two misdemeanors and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
Lee Otway
Former Hollyoaks**** star Lee went on to star in panto. Oh, and in 2015 he won a Royal Television Society Student Award for his work directing the pilot School on Report.
Calum Best
Calum's barely been off our screens since Celebrity Love Island. He**** took part in E4's Celebs Go Dating and in 2020 he is set to appear on MTV show Celebrity Ex On The Beach.
Colleen Shannon
Colleen's since appeared on How I Met Your Mother, Miss Cast Away and The Island Girls.
Shane Lynch
Shane went on tour with Boyzone in late 2018, with the band celebrating their 25th anniversary. The band also released an album but in 2019 they split for good when the celebrations were over.
In 2018, Shane appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and he appeared as a judge on The All Ireland Talent Show.
Paul Danan
Paul 'Dangerous' Danan was known for his rather erratic behaviour on the show; with him going on to star in spin-off show Calum, Fran And Dangerous Danan. He now runs the Paul Danan Drama Club in London.
Sophie Anderton
Sophie went on to appear on Celebrity Big Brother 2013, alongside fellow islander Abs.
Chris Brosnan
Call us lazy but there's very little information as to what Chris has been up to since Love Island.
Alicia Douvall
Alicia Douvall obviously went on to the Celebrity Big Brother house. There's a recurring theme here, eh?
Dennis Rodman
Dennis Rodman went on to become one of the first Americans to have met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in 2013. He's since described Kim as 'a friend for life.'
Emily Scott
Model Emily Scott went on to participate in Dancing with the Stars Australia (2009) and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2011).
Leo Ihenacho
Leo - aka Leo the Lion - left The Streets to join Love Island and has since appeared on The Voice. He joined Kylie Minogue's team on the third series in 2014.
Kate Lawler
After the show, Kate Lawler turned her hand to radio, presenting on a number of popular stations.
Kéllé Bryan
Eternal star Kéllé Bryan has since appeared in panto and almost got back with her old Eternal bandmates for**** The Big Reunion before pulling out.
After two series of Celebrity Love Island, the show was cancelled in November 2016, after struggling to pull in viewers.
Nine years later and it was announced that Love Island would be returning to ITV2, but this time it would involve 'normal' people and not celebrities. The show has been going ever since and is now onto the sixth series.
Find out everything you need to know about Winter Love Island right here.