CELEBS Go Dating is back with six new famous singletons desperate to rediscover their mojo and find a partner.
The stars will begin dipping their toes back in the dating pool this week as filming for the E4 reality show gets underway.
It has a lot to live up to after last year’s success stories, but relationship expert and show star Paul C Brunson is confident the new batch has what it takes.
He told us: “What’s beautiful is that we have a lot of cast members who are specifically coming for the coaching, for the counselling, for therapy.”
So let’s take a look at who’s searching for love this year:
DAVID POTTS, 32, REALITY STAR
The Celebrity Big Brother winner has been on the reality circuit for years with his fabulous legs and pearly white teeth often stealing the show.
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While he’s a hit on screen, his love life hasn’t been as successful and David admits he’s “really picky”.
He once named his celeb crushes as Zac Efron and Channing Tatum, so bosses have their work cut out.
David says: “I am so excited to be rejoining the agency again 8 years later. I
feel like I’ve grown a lot as a person and I’m so excited to go into it all guns a blazin!
“Agents, it’s time to find me a husband!”
PROFESSOR GREEN, 42, RAPPER
Dad-of-one Pro Green, real name Stephen Manderson, has spent more than two decades in the public eye.
During that time he had a very public marriage to Made In Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh, and a less public relationship with ex-fiancée Karima McAdams.
He split with actress Karima in early 2024 and is now ready to put himself out there again.
“I’m 42 and single, not something I ever thought I’d be,” says Pro Green. “But then there were times when I didn’t think I’d be 42 and alive so onwards and….onwards.”
COLEEN NOLAN, 60, LOOSE WOMAN
ITV star and singer Coleen is in the mood for dating once again.
She split from the boyfriend she met on Tinder around nine months ago and, on a recent episode of Loose Women, admitted she was gagging for a bit of nookie.
Now, Coleen says: “I am so excited to be joining the agency I really would love to meet someone so I’m hoping the agents will be able to help me with that because so far, I’ve not been very good at it myself. So, fingers crossed for me!”
The Nolans star has three grown-up children, Shane Junior and Jake Roche who she shares with ex-husband Shane Richie, and daughter Ciara from her marriage to Ray Fensome.
GABBY ALLEN, 33, LOVE ISLANDER
Gabby is on a reality TV roll right now having won All Stars last year and taken part in an emotionally draining series of Celebrity SAS.
This time she wants to look for Mr Right away from the villa and is keen to learn all she can from the experts nearly a year after splitting from Casey O’Gorman.
She says: “From taking on the Celebrity SAS course to heading into the
dating battlefield – I can’t wait to join the agency!
“I’m ready to try something new, enjoy the experience and hopefully meet a someone along the way.”
JAMES HASKELL, 40, DJ & RUGBY STAR
Former England ace James is no shrinking violet. He’ll bring big personality to the show and lots of laughs, but may also reveal his lesser seen sensitive side.
His divorce from Chloe Madeley was much publicised in 2023, but the pair remained friends and committed to co-parenting daughter Bodhi.
Last year he had a very short-lived fling with Big Brother star Sara McLean but James wasn’t ready for things to get serious.
He says: “I’m buzzing to be joining the agency. I’m at a stage in my life
where I have a clear sense of who I am and what I want, which feels great.
“I’m looking forward to meeting amazing people, having some fun, and hopefully creating something meaningful through the experience. Either way, I’m sure it’ll be a good laugh and I’ll learn a lot along the way.”
LUCINDA LIGHT, 44, MAFS STAR
The Aussie reality star was the first celebrity to put pen to paper for the new series.
Her bright and bubbly personality has endeared her to UK viewers, who were invested in her TV marriage to MAFS Australia hubby Tim Smith, 52.
However, the pair failed to make their marriage work and decided to leave the process after failing to strike up a proper romantic connection.
Since then, Lucinda has landed big media gigs in the UK, most notably on MAFS UK: It’s Official! – the weekly podcast for the show – and as co-host of E4’s Honesty Box with Vicky Pattison.
She says: “I’m outrageously excited for this wild journey into dating these
hunky UK men!
“I’m ready to try something different, I’ve given the Aussie blokes a go and I’m ready for the Northern Hemisphere schmoozing!”
Rumoured late arrival…
STEPHANIE DAVIS, 32, ACTRESS
Former Coronation Street and Hollyoaks star Stephanie was heartbroken last year after splitting from Joe McKalroy.
But time is a healer, and the mum-of-two has put the tough time behind her.
Could the agency be the springboard she needs to kickstart the next chapter?
A source said: “She believed she had found the one in Joe so when they split she was utterly devastated.
“Bosses got in touch with her a couple of months back about appearing on the show.
“She’s very much looking forward and not back and could make an appearance later on.”