{"id":43449,"date":"2024-01-10T12:03:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T11:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1957414"},"modified":"2024-01-10T14:57:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:57:40","slug":"love-island-boss-hopes-all-stars-will-replace-winter-series","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/love-island-boss-hopes-all-stars-will-replace-winter-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island boss hopes All Stars will replace Winter series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> &#8220;I think it&#8217;s gonna be the most exciting series we&#8217;ve ever had.&#8221; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Morgan Cormack\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 10 January 2024 at 11:03 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>It\u2019s only a matter of days before Love Island is back on our screens once more, this time with its anticipated All Stars edition. But the new series is set to replace the winter edition of the show with this new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-all-stars-release-date\/\">All Stars<\/a> format.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/25301567\/winter-love-island-axed-all-stars-return-every-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sun<\/a> ahead of the release of Love Island All Stars, executive producer Mike Spencer said: \u201cI would love it to stay like this and do All Stars\u00a0in\u00a0<span id=\"1964cca4-26a8-4506-8c89-7e50fc300bd2\" class=\"suggested-link\">winter<\/span>\u00a0and then the regular series with new islanders in the\u00a0<span id=\"50621e96-51d2-42e9-a41b-4816f1131c53\" class=\"suggested-link\">summer<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat way, the two series feel different. That\u2019s what we need to do as producers, we need to focus on making sure the format feels different and that it doesn\u2019t feel like the same Love Island series again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next Monday will see the return of many familiar Love Island faces with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-all-stars-2024-cast-line-up\/\">line-up<\/a> having been confirmed this week, including the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2020-contestant-demi-jones\/\">Demi Jones<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/georgia-harrison-love-island-all-stars-2024-contestant\/\">Georgia Harrison<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-mitchel-taylor\/\">Mitchel Taylor<\/a>.<\/p> <p>The winter series kicked off this time last year in South Africa, with Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan going on to win the show, with the winter format of the series filling a void for those counting down the days till the usual summer-set series.<\/p>\n<p>The new All Stars series is set to be full of drama and romance as previous islanders reunite with one another and meet some they haven\u2019t gotten to know before in the setting of the villa.<\/p>\n<p>With islanders ranging from the very first season through to the most recent, there\u2019s sure to be plenty of action to keep fans talking.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/The-summer-2023-Love-Islanders-take-part-in-sports-day-1-cc3a477.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199, 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to be an exciting one \u2013 perhaps the most exciting yet.<\/p>\n<p>He told The Sun:\u00a0\u201cYou know I don\u2019t like to over promise. I think it\u2019s gonna be the most exciting series we\u2019ve ever had. I think if you love\u00a0Love Island, you will love\u00a0All Stars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-all-stars-drops-casa-amor-newsupdate\/\">Love Island drops Casa Amor for All Stars series<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-all-stars-start-date-confirmed-newsupdate\/\">Love Island All Stars confirms start date on ITV1 and ITV2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new series will see a major format change, though, with no Casa Amor twist in store. The mid-season second villa usually comes into play when couples are a little bit more settled, bringing in bombshells, exes and challenges designed to test islanders.<\/p>\n<p>Well, due to the shorter run of episodes, Casa Amor won\u2019t be making a feature in All Stars, but there are set to be plenty more twists and new islanders set to be brought into the villa in new ways.<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6344265411112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p><strong>Love Island All Stars kicks off on ITV1 and ITV2 on Monday 15th January. 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