Favourite Reality Stars (in no particular order) number 13

Marcel Somerville

Love Island

He was definitely the nicest and most straightforward man in the group of first five men to enter the villa. He stands out in the midst of stereotypical reality show contestants, as he's very respectful of women from the start, and is clearly very emotionally intelligent. He offers constructive and thoughtful relationship advice to everyone else that needs it, to the extent that Iain Stirling's voiceover regularly refers to him as 'Dr Marcel'. Jonny's Dilemma | Love Island. 

He was responsible for some of the most heartwarming, and romantic speeches I've ever seen on Love Island, the first of which was when he reassured Gabby about her physical attractiveness, Marcel comforts Gabby and lets slip those three special words. 

The two relationships that he has with the female islanders, that seem to be the strongest, are Gabby Allen, and Camilla Thurlow. The friendship which has sprung up between Marcel and Camilla, is sweet, and seems to be absolutely sincere despite their apparent differences in background. There have been several lovely moments between the two of them throughout the seven weeks, such as him giving her a piggyback to bed, and him giving her advice about how to push things forward with Jonny. Camilla Needs Advice | Love Island. 

I was really glad that he and Gabby made it to the final, and it seems clear that their relationship is going to be one of the few reality romances that continues after the show. 

Steph and Dom Parker: Gogglebox

Steph and Dom Parker

Gogglebox

“Must remember that when I next go to the Co-op.” – Steph after watching the clip from the Full Monty when they’re in the job centre queue. 

These two are hilarious on Gogglebox, and that’s saying something, considering how many endearing, humorous and insightful people are on the show. I like them, not only because they obviously can seriously drink, but their relationship seems to be quite sweet underneath that. It’s endearing that they always seem to be holding hands while watching the programmes, well the one that’s not holding their drink obviously.

All I keep thinking, every time they appear, is that I really want to visit their B and B, just to see if they’re really like they appear to be on the show, well that and the rooms they’ve shown seem to be really nice.