Samie Elishi shared an insight into her 25th birthday celebrations inside the Love Island villa on Wednesday.
Posing for a series of photos with her bikini-clad castmates, the TV personality admitted it wasn’t ‘easy’ but thanked her fans for their support.
Samie smiled by the pool wearing a patterned triangle top and matching bottoms while holding a cake.
She was later joined by the girls as they posed for a fun photo during her birthday party.
Samie was then dumped from the show after a recoupling where Luca Bish chose to reunite with Grace Jackson after holding onto their connection.
She captioned the update: ‘I turned 25 in South Africa this birthday was spent with no phone & these beautiful ladies around me.
‘I can’t think these angels enough for making the weekend soo special. I may not have found a man this time round but I’ve gained girls & memories for life.’
Samie Elishi shared an insight into her 25th birthday celebrations inside the Love Island villa on Wednesday
Posing for a series of photos with her bikini-clad castmates, the TV personality admitted it wasn’t ‘easy’ but thanked her fans for their support
She added: ‘I’ve been going through all your kind words & support, it’s honestly overwhelming.
‘The experience wasn’t an easy one for me but seeing all your messages/comments make it all worth it I appreciate every single one of you!
‘I feel like this time round I showed a whole different side of myself & was definitely a lot more vulnerable at times, its all part of learning and growing, I wouldn’t change any of it. Thank you.’
‘It really does take an army of amazing people to put the show together, they work their a**** off looking after us & it doesn’t go unnoticed.’
Samie’s love interest Luca Bish failed to be crowned the 2025 winner of the show alongside Grace Jackson – with viewers branding it ‘sabotage’.
Samie, who entered as a bombshell earlier this month, had set her eyes on Luca after they had previously messaged on the outside.
While Luca admitted she was his type and they were coupled up by the public, Luca remained faithful to Grace, telling Samie the blonde model was his priority.
Samie was then dumped from the show after a recoupling where Luca chose to reunite with Grace after holding onto their connection.
In the snaps, Sami could be seen as she enjoyed a hike on a day off from filming
In another, she looked incredible in a backless outfit
She captioned the update: ‘I turned 25 in South Africa this birthday was spent with no phone & these beautiful ladies around me’
‘I can’t think these angels enough for making the weekend soo special. I may not have found a man this time round but I’ve gained girls & memories for life,’ she added
Sami continued: ‘The experience wasn’t an easy one for me but seeing all your messages/comments make it all worth it I appreciate every single one of you!’
Samie, who entered as a bombshell earlier this month, had set her eyes on Luca Bish after they had previously messaged on the outside
Upon her exit Samie had thrown some serious shade at the couple saying: ‘I just think if they’re happy let them be happy. They spent lots of time together around the villa.
‘It’s pretty clear they fancy each other, they were arguing and there was a bit of animosity, but if they’re happy then good luck to them.
‘If they’re happy, they’re happy.’
Prior to the final, bookies revealed on Monday that Luca and Grace were tipped to win the ITV2 dating show despite the pair having had a turbulent time in the villa.
Yet the tide turned on the couple in the crucial few days building up after they were ‘sabotaged’ by former Islanders.
During Sunday night’s show, the axed stars returned to the villa to decide which couple would be dumped before the final.
Amid their deliberations, Olivia Hawkins set the cat among the pigeons as she claimed to have seen ‘secret messages’ proving Grace only after a fake relationship.
In a shock outburst, she announced: ‘So I’ve seen text messages of Grace just saying to someone that she’ll do whatever it takes to win the show this time from someone back home’.
A horrified Grace denied it immediately and pleaded with Luca: ‘Baby, that is absolutely not true. I do not care about winning this show’.
Yet tensions continued as Samie also claimed to have seen the infamous messages.
Grace fumed: ‘On my life, I have never written that sentence in my life. It’s b******t, and someone’s forged that, that’s not true. I am gobsmacked’.
Luca failed to be crowned the 2025 winner of the show alongside Grace Jackson
Gabby Allen and Casey O’Gorman were crowned the winners of Love Island: All Stars 2025
Olivia’s rival Harriet Blackmore was quick to chime in and told Grace: ‘She probably made it up babe, like she did with Ronnie.’
She added: ‘Liv’s probably texted herself and used it as an answer. Babe, we all know you wouldn’t do that.’
Following the episode, alleged screengrabs of the conversation began to circulate online but were not verified.
Nonetheless, the Love Island final saw Gabby Allen and Casey O’Gorman crowned the winners of the All Stars series instead.
The couple bagged the whopping £50,000 prize after beating them as runner ups.
