Love Island stars Samie Elishi and Tyrique Hyde announce pregnancy

Love Island alumni Samie Elishi and Tyrique Hyde have announced they're expecting their first baby together.

The reality TV couple, 26 and 27, who have been together for roughly seven months, shared the exciting news in an Instagram post on Monday (19 October).

They posted a heartwarming home video montage of baby scans and positive pregnancy tests, alongside the song Forever My Lady by Jodeci.

Samie and Tyrique hard-launched their relationship on social media back in April, after rumours started swirling that they were dating following Love Island: All Stars series three in January.

The TV personality won the series alongside Ciaran Davies, but they split around three weeks after the dating show ended.

Cosmopolitan reports that Tyrique said he 'heard murmurs' that Samie and Ciaran were on the rocks just days after the final and decided: “I’m gonna shoot my shot”, before sending flowers to Samie’s house.

Appearing on Joe Baggs' Not My Baggs podcast in April, Tyrique confirmed that the pair have actually known each other for nearly six years, but before this year, nothing had ever been romantic between them,

He explained: "Me and Samie have known of each other for like six years because we first met when my boy Toby Aromolaran came out of Love Island – we had a Boohoo launch event.

"Samie was there that night, and obviously I went with Toby that night. So I saw her there, I moved to her, and I said, 'Let me get your number'. And she was like, 'You can’t have my number yet, but you can have my Instagram'. I was like, 'Go on then – cool, whatever'.

"I DM’d her and said, 'Whatcha saying?' and being like me, young, 21, I was being a little s**t. She was like, 'You’re not serious', so we stopped talking."

He then revealed that he 'tried his shot' again when he heard rumours that she'd split from Ciaran.

Tyrique recalled: "When she came out, obviously she's from Camden, and I know a few people - we have a few people in common… I heard murmurs that a few days after they came out that she's not really feeling it like that.

"So I'm like, 'Alright, cool'. She's said she's not feeling it, I've expressed that I want her - I’m going to go for this now.”

Samie and Tyrique's Love Island co-stars have rushed to the comments section to congratulate the pair on becoming first-time parents.

Shakira Khan, Toni Laites, Molly Smith, Tasha Ghouri, and Liberty Poole have all sent their well wishes to the happy couple.

During her original series of Love Island in 2023, Samie made it to the final with Tom Clare, while in his season, Tyrique also got to the end with Ella Thomas.

He also shut down the claims that there was a crossover between himself and Ciaran, and said on the podcast: "I can confirm, we were not speaking whatsoever before the villa at all. Before the villa, I was trying, I can't lie I was shooting my shot. She was like, 'Nah, you're not serious da da da'; I was like, ' Alright then, go do your thing."