Love Island boys go head-to-head in tense showdown as one pulls new arrival to Hideaway

Love Island's Matilda Draper smiling
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There’s a showdown looming in Friday night’s Love Island episode, as Omar Nyame and Sean Stone are doing all that they can to win over the heart of new bombshell, Matilda Draper.

Matilda arrived alongside new bombshell Konnor in Wednesday night’s episode, as each new bombshell chose three Islanders to date for starters, mains and dessert.

Konnor took all the risk choosing ‘coupled up’ Islanders Mimii, Nicole and Grace, while Matilda opted for Wil, Sean and Omar. It looks like Sean and Omar are desperate to win the recruitment consultant over, and they don’t care whose toes they’re stepping on to get there.

In the upcoming episode on Friday, 21 June, Sean interrupts a conversation between Matilda and Omar and cheekily whisks her away to the hideaway.

Matilda and Omar speaking on sofa in Love Island
Sean takes Matilda away from a conversation with Omar -Credit:ITV/REX/Shutterstock

Nicole Samuel witnesses the on goings from afar as she says exclaims: “Sean just pulled her away from a conversation with Omar!”

“No, you’re actually lying,” responds a shocked Jess, who then tells the girls they’re heading to the hideaway.

“I know a little place…come with me,” Sean cheekily tells Matilda. Although Sean is currently coupled up in a friendship couple with Harriett Blackmore, due to new rules this series, it means Islanders can enter the ‘secret room’ with contestants they aren’t in a couple with.

Sean and Matilda walking in Love Island
Sean 'whisks' Matilda off to the Hideaway -Credit:ITV/REX/Shutterstock

In previous series, the ‘sacred room’ has been a private room that opens when Islanders get a text, and then islanders decide which lucky couple will be spending the night in private.

However, the room is now open all the time, but the only ones who can use it are those who are not coupled up.

Joey Essex and Grace Jackson who have rekindled their romance from the outside spent a night in the Hideaway before they were coupled up.

On Tuesday night, the pair officially coupled up, leaving Samantha Kenny single and brutally dumped from the Island by a text, read out by her best friend Nicole.

New bombshells Matilda and Konnor are yet to be coupled up with anyone, but it doesn’t look like Matilda is short on choice.

One boy Sean and Omar won’t have to worry about however, is Ronnie Vint, who’s been the centre of attention throughout the series. Islanders looked shocked when they realised Matilda knew Ronnie on the outside, however, it’s because she used to date his best mate.

Elsewhere on the Island, Konnor seems to be getting on well with Jess. The pair snogged twice in a game around the firepit, despite him not choosing her for his initial dates.