{"id":33498,"date":"2023-06-06T00:06:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T22:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1841075"},"modified":"2023-06-06T01:41:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T23:41:25","slug":"love-island-twist-as-first-bombshell-arrives-for-season-10","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/love-island-twist-as-first-bombshell-arrives-for-season-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island twist as first bombshell arrives for season 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Hello, Zachariah! <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Morgan Cormack\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 06 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Just when you thought you knew what direction <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-summer-2023-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island<\/a> was heading in, the beloved reality show continues to shake things up.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the season 10 premiere episode open up with a brand <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-format-change-summer-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">new format change<\/a>, but the episode ended with yet another major twist. As the batch of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-summer-2023-cast-line-up\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">new islanders<\/a> enjoyed their first night in the Mallorca villa together, they all got familiar with one another through a game of truth and dare.<\/p>\n<p>But we should\u2019ve known that the classic game would take a turn in the villa and boy, was there a plot twist. <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-host-maya-jama\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Maya Jama<\/a> soon entered the villa and challenged the girls to take the game of dares to a whole new level, stating that they should ask themselves \u201cAre you happy or could you be happier?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gathering round the fire pit, the islanders stood in their new couples but Maya then told the girls: \u201cIf you\u2019re not sure that you\u2019re with the right person, I dare you to step forward now.\u201d As the girls looked round at one another, two stepped forward but not to much surprise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-ruchee-gurung\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Ruchee Gurng<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-jess-harding\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Jess Harding<\/a> stepped forward, stating that they couldn\u2019t feel sparks with their new partners, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-mehdi-edno\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Mehdi Edno<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-george-fensom\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">George Fensom<\/a> respectively. The news didn\u2019t come as much shock to the boys, who agreed with what the girls said. But there was yet <em>another<\/em> twist as Maya then took the opportunity to introduce new islander, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-zachariah-noble\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Zachariah Noble<\/a>.<\/p> <p>The bombshell is the first of the series and entered to stunned faces, who were then all told by Maya that in 24 hours, Zachariah will have the power in his hands. She notified the islanders that Zachariah will get to \u2018steal\u2019 any of the girls in front of him, not just Ruchee and Ella who have stepped forward and made it evident that they\u2019re not happy in their couples. But who will he couple up with?<\/p>\n<p>Whoever Zachariah chooses is obviously his own decision but it will leave one of the boys single and vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old from south London is sure to get hearts racing and has said that he\u2019s \u201cpretty tall and confident in myself\u201d. In his promo video, he stated that he\u2019s \u201cofficially ready to settle down and find my queen\u201d and before coming into the villa, told ITV: \u201cBeing 25, I\u2019m at a crossroads where I\u2019ve been having fun, but I also want to have the peace and harmony that comes from being with the right woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Bombshell Alert! \ud83d\udca3 <br\/><br\/>25-year-old Basketball player Zachariah is hoping the Villa can turn his love life into a slam dunk! \ud83c\udfc0 <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveIsland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#LoveIsland<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/IpQAhE7zUd&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/IpQAhE7zUd<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Love Island (@LoveIsland) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoveIsland\/status\/1665835558503952384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">June 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/>\n<p>Elsewhere in the first episode of the summer 2023 season, the new couples were decided by the public and it made for one very awkward encounter between <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-tyrique-ella-met-before-recoupling-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Ella and Tyrique<\/a>, who had actually met before entering the villa. But the situation was only made more uncomfortable by the fact that Tyrique couldn\u2019t remember meeting Ella, later saying it was likely because she had blonde hair at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The explosive game of truth and dare also saw the islanders share some of their first kisses in the villa, with Mitchel and Molly sharing a kiss and Jess making her feelings for Mitchell clear by picking him to kiss also. Catherine also made her intentions clear with Andr\u00e9 but similarly shared a kiss with Tyrique. Are the love triangles already forming in the villa? We\u2019ll have to find out and see.<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6328200156112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/> <p><strong>Love Island returns<\/strong><strong>\u00a0to ITV2 and ITVX on\u00a0Monday 5th June 2023 at 9pm. 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