The new Love Island season will premiere this month, with new host Maya Jama taking over from Laura Whitmore.
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Maya Jama, the host of Love Island, has urged fans to “grab love by the horns” ahead of the new series’ premiere later this year.
The ninth season of ITV’s Love Island premieres later this month, and the full promotional trailer was released today.
Love Island host Maya Jama has urged fans to “grab love by the horns” ahead of the new series’ debut later this year.
Love Island’s ninth season premieres later this month on ITV, and the full promotional trailer was released today.
Last season, the show set a new record for viewing figures, becoming the most-watched series ever on ITV Hub, with over 269 million streams.
After nearly two months in the Love Island villa, winners Ekin-Su Cuculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti won the 2022 series.
Laura Whitmore, the series’ host, chose to “step away” from presenting last summer. In a statement, she said, “Some news! I’m not going to host the next season of Love Island.
“There are certain elements of the show I’ve found very difficult that cannot be changed some due to the format, including the flying back and forth to South Africa along with my new conflicting projects.
“I wish it was still possible but know you’ll be in safe hands. I was only planning to fill in for Caroline for a season and it turned into three seasons. I hope I did you proud Caroline.”
Maya meets a slew of new singletons looking for love and relationships in the new series, and viewers wait to see who pairs with whom and if any find true love.
The new series also introduces new rules, such as a social media ban for those living in the villa.
The ITV2 show announced that the new stars must agree to put their social media accounts on hold for the duration of their time on the show.
While the islanders are in the villa, their accounts will be inactive, and nothing can be published on their behalf.
Previously, contestants’ family or friends were in charge of sharing content on the stars’ social media accounts while they were on the show.
New Islanders will also be trained and counseled on “mutually respectful behavior in relationships.”
The contestants will not only be trained, but they will also be given advice on how to deal with being constantly filmed and social media trolling.
The changes will come after the ITV2 show was chastised for failing to support those on the show. Sophie Gradon, a previous contestant, committed suicide in 2019.
Mike Thalassitis, another former Islander, committed suicide two months later.
Niall Aslam, a 2018 contestant, revealed that he left the show due to stress-induced psychosis.
Caroline Flack, the show’s host, tragically committed suicide in February 2020, sparking the #BeKind movement.
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