{"id":506181,"date":"2026-07-02T12:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/506181\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:34:13","slug":"who-is-tommy-stagg-meet-love-island-2026-contestant-and-event-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/506181\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Tommy Stagg? Meet Love Island 2026 contestant and event owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Casa Amor bombshell Tommy Stagg has secured himself a spot in the main Love Island villa following a shock recoupling.<\/p>\n<p>After the boys left for their lads holiday to Casa Amor, the girls were treated to five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2026-summer-cast-line-up\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bombshells<\/a> all of whom were hoping they&#8217;d be able to turn some heads and for Tommy, he did just that with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2026-contestant-yasmin-hadlow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yasmin Hadlow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Yasmin was in a couple with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2026-contestant-lorenzo-alessi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lorenzo Alessi<\/a> before Casa Amor, they were open to getting to know other people. During the recoupling, Yasmin coupled up with Tommy as it was revealed Lorenzo has also coupled up with bombshell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/julia-majchrzak-love-island-2026-contestant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julia Majchrzak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now he&#8217;s in the villa, what is there to know about Tommy Stagg? Read on to find out more about the Love Island 2026 contestant.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Stagg &#8211; key facts<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/loveislands13tommylibackground-75e30cd.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy stands with his arms crossed, smiling and leaning back.\" data-item-name=\"Tommy stands with his arms crossed, smiling and leaning back.\" title=\"Love Island S13\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1 \/ 0.666365280289331;object-fit:contain\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"466.45569620253167\" data-testid=\"image-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tommy.\u00a0ITV<\/p>\n<p>Age: 23<\/p>\n<p>Job: Event owner and semi-professional footballer<\/p>\n<p>From: Essex<\/p>\n<p>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tomstagg_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@tomstagg_<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who is Tommy Stagg from Love Island 2026?<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Stagg is an event owner and semi-professional footballer who wants to bring &#8220;spice and flavour&#8221; into the villa, as he joked: &#8220;It&#8217;s Operation Get in the Villa and Get Who I Want.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He plays as a centre forward for Southern League Premier Division Central club Bury Town, with his previous teams being Bowers &amp; Pitsea, Witham Town and Concord Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>His main goal is to the find love while in the villa but admits he &#8220;won&#8217;t mind&#8221; if there is drama along the way. &#8220;It&#8217;s not always smooth sailing in Casa Amor, is it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>How old is Tommy Stagg?<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Stagg is 23 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Is Tommy from Love Island 2026 on Instagram?<\/p>\n<p>He sure is. Tommy can be followed via the handle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tomstagg_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@tomstagg_<\/a> where, at the time of reporting, he has 14,500 followers.<\/p>\n<p>What is Tommy&#8217;s &#8216;type on paper&#8217;?<\/p>\n<p>While he didn&#8217;t specifically say what his type was before entering the villa, Tommy admitted he had his eye on Yasmin and Jasmine.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;They\u2019re both very attractive women, but I feel like Yasmin and I will vibe very well and bounce off each other. Whereas Jasmine will put me in my place a little bit, but I think I like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more on the Love Island 2026 cast:<\/p>\n<p>Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.<\/p>\n<p>Add Love Island to your watchlist on the <a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/download-the-app\/?af_xp=custom&amp;pid=website&amp;c=editorial_content&amp;is_retargeting=true&amp;af_reengagement_window=30d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/download-the-app\/?af_xp=custom&amp;pid=website&amp;c=editorial_content&amp;is_retargeting=true&amp;af_reengagement_window=30d\" data-outlook-id=\"449c28d9-909e-4aab-b6b8-153454f55d5e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Times: What to Watch app<\/a> \u2013 download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more.<\/p>\n<p>Check out more of our <a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/\" data-outlook-id=\"0c0aec36-9866-4349-99f4-ad280d01cb69\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment<\/a> coverage or visit our <a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" data-outlook-id=\"a64fbf8f-631f-40ad-b994-917155709b25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Guide<\/a> and <a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" data-outlook-id=\"2fb2ec15-91a0-4bb4-b5f1-4312abadc200\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what&#8217;s on. 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