“A sweet moment before fatherhood begins.”- The former Love Island winner looked radiant during a romantic getaway in Abu Dhabi with his pregnant girlfriend, just days after revealing their baby’s gender
A FORMER Love Island winner was all smiles on his last holiday with his pregnant girlfriend before becoming a dad.
The ITV2 reality show champ and his partner headed to Abu Dhabi in the UAE for some winter sunshine as they prepare to welcome their first baby together.
Finley Tapp, who won Love Island in 2020 during the show’s first-ever winter series in South Africa, revealed he is expecting a child with his girlfriend Jess Hale in July.
Shortly after, the stunning couple then unveiled the gender of their tot – with blue confetti suggesting they are expecting a little boy.
Now smitten parent-to-be Finn, 25, has whisked his baby-mamma to a luxurious resort complete with huge outdoor pool and an idyllic sun-lounger area surrounded by palm trees.
The happy couple posed for a mirror selfie at the resort, in which Jess’ bump could be seen under her shirt.
They enjoyed a trip to the beach as well as dinner at a lavish restaurant overlooking a garden filled with white horses.
In her caption, mum to be Jess wrote: “Last holiday as a two.”
FINN’S LOVE ISLAND JOURNEY
Finn is now all loved up with Jess, but when he was on Love Island, he won alongside his then-partner, Paige Turley.
Finn and Paige were an item for three years, until they called time on their romance in 2023.
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The pair joined the hit MTV series in a bid to give things another go.
However, things took a turn shortly after filming wrapped.
Finley’s new girlfriend’s identity was finally revealed by The Sun earlier this summer.
The pair went public with their romance last summer with a sweet Instagram snap, but they kept their relationship on the downlow for quite some time
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Until June of this year, Finn had also kept her name a secret.
Her moniker was then revealed after the Love Island hunk shared a link to their home renovations Instagram handle.
The loved-up pair are now busy completely transforming their dream Victorian home together, and have finally moved in.
DWTS to bring in big changes next season including all-new ‘modern’ fan voting process
DANCING With the Stars plans on bringing some big shakeups to the ballroom next season – including a change that will give the show a more ‘modern’ spin, The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal.
The big shift comes off of season 34’s historic year, which included a record-high number of over 50 million fans voting from home.
With the increase in voting, which was up 11% from the previous week, ABC executives have been weighing the options of how they can lean even more into the process.
Currently, the main way to vote for DWTS contestants and the pros is by texting the celebrity’s name to the code 21523.
However, production is looking into how they can implement more modern technology, such as social media, into the process.
“While this season has seen an increase in ratings and votes, execs are looking into how they can modernize their voting process.
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“As of right now, they do it old school with texting a number to vote for a celeb.
“The execs have been adamant about integrating things like social media into the voting process, specifically TikTok.
“It hasn’t been ironed out yet, but they’re trying to make voting more accessible and want it to reach a wider audience for season 35,” the source claimed.
In addition to texting, viewers can also go to dwtsvote.abc.com; however, the majority of the votes still come from texting.
Currently, voting is limited to 10 votes per person and per method of voting.
Voting is also only allowed during the window the show airs live on the East Coast and varies by time zone, which is regularly encouraged by show hosts Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro.
While voting has always been done primarily by text messaging, the time window is a more recent change to the show.
In 2019, DWTS implemented the current protocol of voting only being allowed during the live East Coast feed – meaning those in other time zones wouldn’t get to vote when their show aired.
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While the move was labeled as “unfair” by many, the show has continued with the method.
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The current season of DWTS has been a huge success for ABC and Disney – but it has not been met without its fair share of drama.
Throughout the season, the judging panel has been called out by both the pros and by viewers at home for low scores and harsh comments towards select contestants.
Fans have also accused judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough of “overscoring” their “favorite” contestants, including The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Whitney Leavitt.
Things have apparently gotten to the point where members of the show felt the need to confront production over the direction it’s heading.
“There are a handful of pros, both some who are still on the show and some who have already been eliminated, who are fed up with how they are being treated.
“Some feel the judges have been harsher than they needed to be to them, which not only impacts scores, but it also impacts how the at-home viewers see the season.
“It impacts who they vote for and who they want to watch week by week.
“Other pros like Alan and Pasha feel extra protective of their partners and feel the judges have been too harsh on them.
“Multiple pros have stepped up to meet with production over the judges’ bias and are demanding some kind of change and more fairness moving forward.
“What that change looks like is still to be determined, but they at least got the conversation rolling,” a source claimed.
Dancing With the Stars season 34 airs on Tuesdays at 8pm EST on ABC and is available to stream the following day on Disney+ and Hulu.
