Eyal Adi Booker (born 2 August 1995) is an English media personality. Whilst attending the

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, he was selected as a member of the music group EverYoung. Then in 2018, he was a contestant on the fourth series of ''

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''. Booker later went on to appear on ''

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'' and ''

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'', as well as '' The X Factor: Celebrity'' as part of the group No Love Lost.

Life and career

Eyal Adi Booker was born on 2 August 1995 in

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, Hertfordshire and raised in

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. Booker is

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and attended the

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. He later attended the

, where he became a member of EverYoung, a band formed by Sylvia Young. Booker, alongside fellow students Cherelle Williams, Hollie McKinlay and Jack Morlen were signed by Young's record label Seymore Place Music as part of an 18-month apprenticeship. In 2016, he appeared in one of the music videos for

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's song " Lush Life". Booker later began working as a model and a social media influencer, and has appeared in fashion campaigns and worked for brands including Adidas, Puma and Bed Head. In 2018, Booker became a contestant on the fourth series of ''

''. He entered the villa on Day 1 and was dumped on Day 25. After leaving the series, he made guest appearances on '' Love Island: Aftersun'', ''

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'' and '' The Big Narstie Show''. In October 2018, Booker appeared on the fifth series of ''

''. In March 2019, Booker appeared on the second series of the game show '' Impossible Celebrities'' on

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. In April 2019, Booker took part in the

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reality series ''

'', where he was the fourth celebrity to be eliminated. He also appeared on ''

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''. In October 2019, he took part in '' The X Factor: Celebrity'' as part of No Love Lost, a group consisting of Booker and his former ''Love Island'' co-stars

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and

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. They were eliminated from the show in week 3 and the group disbanded shortly afterwards. In 2021, Booker appeared in two episodes of ''

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'', alongside his then-girlfriend Delilah Belle Hamlin, the daughter of cast member

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. In 2022, he appeared as a guest on the

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game shows '' CelebAbility'' and ''Apocalypse Wow''.

Filmography

References

External links

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