Maura Higgins, 28, will attempt to set pulses racing in the notorious heart rate challenge in tonight’s episode of Love Island 2019 and it seemingly appears to work for contestant Curtis Pritchard, 23. The Irish beauty will be seen leaving little to the imagination as she dresses up as cat woman, rocking a black leather bodystocking. In a first look at the instalment, Maura can be seen marching across to Curtis before the pair lock lips. Keeping her brunette tresses in loose waves, the grid girl wore dramatic make-up, sporting a heavy smokey eye and highlighted pink cheeks. She finished her look with a shiny lip gloss as she approached the male contestants for her sultry performance.
The challenge is designed to assess who will get a faster heart rate – the boys or the girls.
Meanwhile, Amber Gill, 21,comes in as a burlesque dancer, wearing the costume as she opens the golden envelope to reveal the challenge.
For the boys, Anton Danyluk, 24, dresses up as a sexy sailor as Ovie Soko, 28, becomes a Rambo-esque military man.
Jordan Hames then oils himself up before donning a bow tie and collar to play a naughty butler.
Professional dancer Curtis is seen squeezed into a tiny pair of hot pants as he lifts up Maura during the challenge.
It comes after his four-week romance with air hostess, Amy Hart, 26, came to a dramatic end in recent episodes, which saw her voluntarily leave the villa.
Amy left the series in scenes aired on Tuesday’s night’s show, following the collapse of her romance with Curtis who subsequently began to develop a relationship with Maura.
Meanwhile, Lucie Donlan and George Rains were dumped from the island during last night’s episode.
When asked how surprised she was by the dumping, Lucie said: “I knew it was coming, there were too many people in that villa!
“We thought there was going to be some kind of dumping but we didn’t think it would be a double dumping.
“I wasn’t too shocked with what happened, I kind of expected it.”
Elsewhere, the ITV2 reality series has thrown two new contestants into the mix with Chris Taylor and Francesca Allen set to turn the Islanders heads.
Prior to their appearance, Essex clothing store manager, Francesca, revealed she’d set her sights on Anton, who is coupled up with Belle Hassan.
While business development manager Chris expresses his interest in Maura, who herself has an eye on Curtis.
Love Island continues tonight on ITV2 at 9pm.