DETERMINED Zara McDermott has vowed to defy haters and rediscover the mojo that made her a sensation on Love Island.

The TV star’s confidence has been hit in recent years due to vile online trolls.

But she, said last night: “I’m fighting for this — so I’ll channel the confident ʙικιɴι babe from Love Island when I’m on the Strictly dancefloor.”

Zara, 26, will take to the dance floor on Saturday to perform the cha-cha-cha with pro partner Graziano Di Prima as this year’s compeтιтion gets underway

She is determined to blank out the critics, adding: “I’m trying to live my 21-year-old, no-care atтιтude and channel the inner confidence I think is key for this show.

“From being in this industry 100 per cent, all of a sudden lots of people are commenting on how you look and stuff like that.

“Sometimes when I’m doing the routine, I can hear that little voice in my head going, ‘Don’t mess it up!’

“But I’m trying to change that voice in my head to be like, ‘No, you know what you’re doing.

“Don’t be scared. You are confident, you’re fighting for this.’

“I only get to do this experience once in my whole life. Now I want to feel like I threw absolutely everything into it.”