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Love Island presenter Maya Jama teases tense episode as she returns for show first

Love Island presenter Maya Jama has got ITV2 and ITVX viewers desperate to know what's about to unfold on the popular dating programme. At the end of the episode that aired on Monday, June 19, a teaser trailer showed the presenter walking back into the villa.

And ahead of the latest instalment, the 28-year-old has teased that things are about to get tense for the contestants. Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, June 20, Maya wrote: "Tonight’s episode is [six grimace face emojis]. Obsessed with these islanders, who is everyone’s faves out of curiosity??"

Responding, one viewer said: "I can't wait for tonight's episode and find out what is gonna happen! My favs are Jess, Ella, Catherine, Whitney, Tyrique."

Read more: Love Island latest dumping, surprise daytime recoupling and first look at ultimatum

While another added: "Ohhhhhh s**t it's about ta go down!!!!!!!" And a third commented: "This doesn't sound like good news."

And now a first look has revealed exactly why Maya is returning. In scenes set to air tonight, the presenter will gatecrash what was meant to be a romantic villa brunch date, in a Love Island first.

The Islanders had been enjoying a delicious breakfast in their couples in the garden, with conversations including whether Whitney would ever move to France, how closed off Tyrique really is and whether there is a connection there with Catherine and Scott. But, in a brand new twist, Maya unexpectedly arrives to break up the fun.

As the Islanders take in her sudden arrival, she says: "Hi my lovelies! This is a bit of a surprise isn't it? Stay where you are, this won't take long. I hope you're enjoying your cute brunch and time together…

"Well, as you know, finding your perfect match isn’t always easy. You guys are all living together, spending every moment together. You all have a front row seat into everyone's relationship. You see first hand how it all goes down.

"In your couples you now have a very big decision to make. I want you to decide which two couples are the least compatible and tonight I’ll be back to find out who you all have chosen. This won’t be easy, so I'll leave you to it and I will see you later…"

It comes after the "Tomorrow Night" trailer showed Sammy Root and Jess Harding in an explosive row before Maya could be seen walking into the main entrance. Voiceover Iain Stirling could be heard saying: "One couple implodes and guess who's back."

The camera then panned to Sammy and Jess who can be seen arguing around the firepit as he tells her: "I was very, very closed off with you and now and we've suddenly gone from this [closed hands]... to this [hands stretched out]."

Sammy Root and Jess Harding (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

As he stands up, Jess hits back: "Don't walk away from me. You wanna make a scene, yeah?"

She continues: "I could have literally dropped you two times, yeah? Sitting around that fire pit. Yeah, f**k off, mate. You're just a little boy, go away!"

The pair have had some road bumps in the villa after Sammy got to know new bombshell Leah Taylor but was accused of making a tactical move to recouple with Jess after finding out she was popular with viewers at home. Since then Jess has learned that Mitchel Taylor is interested romantically.

In scenes set to air tonight, Jess talks to Sammy around the fire pit, she tells him: "I wanted to be honest with you about the Mitch situation. You’re not cutting yourself off, so why should I cut myself off?"

Confused, Sammy says: "I'd understand more if it was a bombshell…"

Love Island continues at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX. For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.

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