The summer series starts this June!
It’s official: Love Island is back for summer 2023, and it’s less than two weeks away!
On Wednesday 24th May, ITV confirmed the Love Island summer start date for 5th June 2023.
That means, Maya Jama will be welcoming a new batch of islanders to the Mallorcan villa for a summer of cracking on, coupling up and unfortunately some dumpings for the unlucky contestants.
The official line-up hasn’t been confirmed just yet, but there are already three contestants rumoured for Love Island summer 2023, including Coronation Street actress Janet Marsh’s daughter, Molly Marsh.
As usual, the contestants will be competing for a £50,000 cash prize, which will be split between the winning couple.
Season 9 saw Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinan crowned as the Love Island winter 2023 winners, with the couple receiving 43 per cent of the votes, while fourth place couple, Tanya Manhenga and Shaq Muhammad, only received 2 per cent of votes.
Nevertheless, both of these Love Island couples are still together, and with the classic summer series now back, it won’t be long before we meet the new couples.
As the show returns, read on for everything you need to know about Love Island season 10, including the start date and time, where the show is filmed and all the latest news.
Let the countdown begin!
Love Island summer 2023 start date
CONFIRMED: Love Island starts on Monday 5th June 2023 at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
It’s a date! 🫶 #LoveIsland returns Monday 5th June pic.twitter.com/P0xiSnCaV8
— Love Island (@LoveIsland) May 24, 2023
ITV officially commissioned Love Island for seasons 9 and 10 in June last year, with ITV2’s director of reality commissioning and controller Paul Mortimer saying: “Rather than just serving up a Summer of Love, we thought we’d make 2023 the Year of Love with two full series of the show.”
Love Island first aired its summer season in June 2015 and has since broadcast six seasons in May or June, missing out the summer of 2020 due to the COVID pandemic.
Love Island summer 2023 cast
The starting line-up hasn’t been confirmed just yet, but rumours have started swirling.
So far, three contestants have reportedly signed up for this year.
Economics graduate Andre Furtado, 21, model Chloe Baker, 29, and Molly Marsh, 24, who is the daughter of Corrie actress Janet Marsh, are all said to be entering the villa for the summer season.
The cast is usually announced a week before the show starts, and with the series starting on 5th June, it won’t be long before we find out.
We’ll update you right here as soon as we know more!
How to apply for Love Island
If you’re interested in entering the villa in search of romance, you can sign up on the show’s applications website – you just need to be over the age of 18, not employed by ITV or related to anyone who works on the programme, hold a passport that is valid until at least six months after the programme end date and be available to participate in the programme for a minimum of 10 consecutive weeks.
Where is Love Island filmed?
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Love Island’s summer seasons tend to be filmed in Mallorca, with the last five seasons taking contestants to a villa in Sant Llorenç des Cardassar.
The villa featured in season 8 was reportedly worth more than £2 million, with executive producer Mike Spencer saying that it had the “biggest bedroom” ever shown on the reality series.
“So basically the idea behind this was we wanted to take it back to what it used to be in the early series where they’re opposite each other. So yeah, it has that because I think there’s so much more banter when you’re cross and going to bed at night,” he said.
Love Island relocated to South Africa for the winter season, with the season 9 islanders moving into Ludus Magnus, a villa near Cape Town with an Olympic-sized pool.
Love Island summer 2023 starts on Monday 5th June at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX. You can watch all previous seasons of Love Island on BritBox – you can sign up for a 7-day free trial.
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