{"id":1354,"date":"2024-05-29T02:55:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T06:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=335291"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:02:55","slug":"ayos-height-makes-him-one-of-the-tallest-people-to-ever-go-on-love-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2024\/05\/29\/ayos-height-makes-him-one-of-the-tallest-people-to-ever-go-on-love-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayo&#8217;s height makes him one of the tallest people to ever go on Love Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s official &#8211; the models, semi-pro footballers, influencers, beauty techs, and dancers are filing into the villa because Love Island is back. The hit dating show returns for series 11 on June 3 and Ayo Odukoya is hanging up his footie boots for a shot at romance on Love Island.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the ladies and gents of <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/love-island\">Love Island<\/a> series 11 are announced, fans are keen to get to know everything they can about them, naturally. As the days draw closer, more details are teased including Ayo&#8217;s towering height. He says he&#8217;s bringing &#8220;excitement and joy&#8221; to the <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/itv\">ITV<\/a> show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-love-island-ayo-s-height\">Love Island: Ayo&#8217;s height<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ayo is one of the original Islanders to appear in Love Island series 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s 25 and plays as a striker for Redbridge Football Club, as well as being a model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He believes he&#8217;s &#8220;somebody everyone would take to,&#8221; speaking to ITV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>OMG:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/shows\/love-islands-jess-claims-best-asset-is-thanks-to-surgery-as-she-paid-a-big-amount\">Love Islander claims best asset is thanks to surgery as she \u2018paid a big amount\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It looks like Ayo backs himself, as he adds how he&#8217;s &#8220;very respectful&#8221; and oozes &#8220;good enough energy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just when Love Island series 11 star Ciaran Davies was saying his height was his flex, in walks Ayo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ciaran stands at 6 ft 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Ayo is dubbed a &#8220;gentle giant&#8221; as reveals he&#8217;s 6 ft 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He tells cameras he &#8220;gets attention when out&#8221; and &#8220;isn&#8217;t just a pretty face.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of his tallness Ayo thinks &#8220;girls like the height,&#8221; he adds: &#8220;a lot of them shouldn&#8217;t be talking to someone as tall as me but they like the height.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ayo is the same height as series 7 star, <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/news\/liam-reardon-said-no-to-celebs-go-dating-at-first-because-he-was-hurt-over-millie\">Liam Reardon<\/a>, who won the show three years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-has-there-been-a-taller-islander\">Has there been a taller Islander?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While Ayo and Ciaran of series 11 are very tall, they&#8217;re not the tallest Love Islanders to ever appear on the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, basketball player Ovie Soko appeared in series 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stands at just over 6 ft 7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ayo is the ultimate gentle giant, but which girl is in for the sweet life? \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveIsland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoveIsland<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SH14BpELcy\">pic.twitter.com\/SH14BpELcy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Love Island (@LoveIsland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoveIsland\/status\/1795696581473452034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ayo-s-not-used-to-competition\">Ayo&#8217;s not used to competition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Juding by Ayo&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vaWu2BKrDFc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introduction tapes<\/a>, he&#8217;s not holding back when it comes to being real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He tells cameras he &#8220;gets jealous,&#8221; adding: &#8220;What&#8217;s mine is mine.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also said: &#8220;I&#8217;m not comparing it when to comes to dating because I&#8217;ve never really had this competition.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ayo revealed: &#8220;If you&#8217;re in a relationship with me it&#8217;s what they call the sweet life.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He adds that his type is: &#8220;Brunette, nice bum.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 25-year-old is looking for love and adds: &#8220;I don\u2019t really like being outside too much, I\u2019ve been outside recently and it\u2019s not fun outside! I do prefer to be indoors chilling with that person I can do stuff with.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>LOVE ISLAND:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/shows\/love-island-star-harriet-blackmore-sticks-up-for-premier-league-player-brother\">Harriet Blackmore sticks up for \u2018Premier League\u2019 player brother<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WATCH LOVE ISLAND FROM JUNE 3 ON ITV AT 9PM<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s official &#8211; the models, semi-pro footballers, influencers, beauty techs, and dancers are filing into the villa because Love Island is back. The hit dating show returns for series 11 on June 3 and Ayo Odukoya is hanging up his footie boots for a shot at romance on Love Island. 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