Love Island returns for tenth season with new contestants

love island returns with a new troupe of contestants slated for a dramatic entrance into the villa of Mallorca on monday.

Station appears in 10th series of ITV’s dating show Maya Jama It will be her first eight-week summer series after taking over from Laura Whitmore on her final winter series in South Africa.

Among the contestants are semi-professional soccer player Tirik Hyde, 24, from Essex, who is deaf in one ear, musical actor Molly Marsh, 21, from Doncaster, and model Ella Thomas, 23, from Glasgow. there is , has appeared in music videos for Burnaboy.

They will include Jess Harding, 22, an esthetician from London, Katherine Agbaje, 22, a real estate agent from Dublin and Mitchell Taylor, 26, a gas engineer from Sheffield.

Completing the line-up are Mehdi Edno, 26, from Bordeaux, France; Hairdresser Luche Grun, 24, from Sutton, Surrey; and George Fentham, Head of Business Development from Bedford. 24 years old) and Andre Furtado, 21, a business owner from Dudley.

Ahead of the first episode, fans will be given the chance to vote for Love Island, an app that pairs participants with, and the results will be revealed on Monday night’s episode.

ITV recently acknowledged that contestants must disable their social media accounts during the show to protect both themselves and their families. The policy was introduced during last winter’s series.

After last summer’s series received thousands of complaints to the broadcast watchdog group Ofcom, the islanders again received video training and “mutual respect in their relationships” as part of the station’s duty of care policy. You will complete instruction on a wide range of themes such as “behavior”.

Many of the complaints, which related to “alleged misogyny and bullying” by some islanders, were not received.

Made in Chelsea star Sam Thompson And last year’s show finalist, Indiya Pollak, is a regular panelist on Love Island’s Aftersun program.

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The show once again partnered with eBay as series sponsor to help “fight fast fashion” by equipping islanders’ wardrobes with the site’s favorite clothing.

Additionally, this year features an “eBay shoot” that allows participants to return clothing and relist it on the website.

The bathroom also features a message from breast cancer charity CoppaFeel, reminding guests to check their breasts for lumps or bumps that could be signs of breast cancer.

love island is back ITV2 It will air on Monday, June 5th at 9pm on ITVX.