Samie Elishi

Samie Caroline W. Elishi was born on 15 February 2000 in Islington, London{{cite web |title=Samie Elishi facts: Age, ex-boyfriends, Instagram and Love Island history explained |url=https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/samie-elishi-age-ex-boyfriend-instagram-love-island/ |website=Heart |accessdate=3 February 2025 |language=en}} to a Moroccan father and an English-Welsh mother.{{Cite web|url=https://heatworld.com/entertainment/love-island/samie-elishi-love-island/|title=Love Island's Samie Elishi: her age, job and what happened with Tom Clare|work=HeatWorld|first=Emily|last=Vierke|date=4 February 2025|accessdate=5 February 2025|archive-date=15 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115174550/https://heatworld.com/entertainment/love-island/samie-elishi-love-island/|url-status=live}} Prior to appearing on television, Elishi worked as a senior estate agent coordinator.{{cite web |title=Who is Samie Elishi? Meet Love Island 2023 contestant and senior estate agent coordinator {{!}} Radio Times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/love-island-2023-contestant-samie-elishi/ |website=Radio Times |accessdate=3 February 2025 |archive-date=20 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120185105/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/love-island-2023-contestant-samie-elishi/ |url-status=live }} In January 2023, she became a contestant on the ninth series of the ITV2 reality series Love Island.{{cite web |title=Joey Essex's ex enters Love Island villa – with "unfinished business" |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/joey-essex-ex-love-island-newsupdate/ |website=Radio Times |access-date=20 January 2025 |archive-date=20 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120151643/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/joey-essex-ex-love-island-newsupdate/ |url-status=live }} She entered the villa as a "bombshell" on Day 12, and during the series was coupled up with Kai Fagan and Tom Clare, the latter of whom she reached the final alongside and finished in third place.{{cite web |title=Love Island fans in shock as couple come in third place {{!}} Radio Times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/love-island-fans-shock-couple-third-samie-tom-newsupdate/ |website=Radio Times |accessdate=3 February 2025 |archive-date=20 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420163643/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/love-island-fans-shock-couple-third-samie-tom-newsupdate/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Love Island 2023 announces winning couple |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a43299847/love-island-2023-winning-couple/ |website=Digital Spy |accessdate=3 February 2025 |date=13 March 2023 |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806101917/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a43299847/love-island-2023-winning-couple/ |url-status=live }} They entered a relationship during the show, however announced their split in April 2023.{{cite web |title=Love Island's Tom Clare confirms split from Samie Elishi |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a43707226/love-island-tom-clare-samie-elishi-split/ |website=Digital Spy |accessdate=3 February 2025 |date=26 April 2023 |archive-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127144936/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a43707226/love-island-tom-clare-samie-elishi-split/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=What happened between Samie Elishi and Tom Clare? Their Love Island relationship explained |url=https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/tv-movies/what-happened-between-tom-clare-and-samie-elishi-love-island/ |website=Heart |accessdate=3 February 2025 |language=en |archive-date=14 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114144108/https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/tv-movies/what-happened-between-tom-clare-and-samie-elishi-love-island/ |url-status=live }} In May 2023, Elishi underwent tests for thyroid cancer after Love Island viewers spotted a lump on her neck during her time in the villa.{{cite web |title=Love Island star Samie Elishi gets cancer check after fans spot lump |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-65469193 |website=BBC News |accessdate=3 February 2025 |date=3 May 2023 |archive-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514071246/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-65469193 |url-status=live }} She subsequently had the lump removed and was ultimately informed it was a benign tumour and wasn't cancerous.{{cite web |title=Love Island's Samie Elishi tearfully shares news of cancer scare |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a43741797/love-island-samie-elishi-cancer-scare/ |website=Cosmopolitan |accessdate=3 February 2025 |date=28 April 2023}}{{cite web |title=Love Island's Samie in tears as she talks Tom split and cancer scare |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a43745448/love-island-samie-cancer-scare/ |website=Digital Spy |accessdate=3 February 2025 |date=29 April 2023 |archive-date=24 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124123633/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a43745448/love-island-samie-cancer-scare/ |url-status=live }}

In February 2025, it was announced that Elishi would return to Love Island, two years after her original appearance, to appear as a contestant on the second series of Love Island: All Stars. She again entered the villa as a "bombshell" on Day 22 of the series alongside Chuggs Wallis.{{cite web |last1=Bird |first1=Daniel |title=Love Island viewers in disbelief as stars make dramatic return after Ron's exit |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-love-island-fans-left-34607669 |website=Daily Mirror |accessdate=3 February 2025 |language=en |date=3 February 2025}}

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Category:2000 births

Category:English people of Moroccan descent

Category:English people of Welsh descent

Category:English women television personalities

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Category:Love Island (2015 TV series) contestants

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Category:Television personalities from London