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Katie Fitzpatrick

Love Island return date confirmed and host announced for new summer series - and it's very soon

Viewers will be feeling the heat as Love Island returns to our screens for a 10th series this summer. Following its second winter edition in January, the hit dating show is back in Mallorca.

Returning to ITVX and ITV2 in June, the Islanders must do their best to flirt, date and couple up in a bid to avoid being ‘dumped’ from the Island. With new bombshell arrivals, heads may turn, while others will prove their true feelings.

More texts, fire pit gatherings and challenges await the latest batch of lovestruck Islanders as well as shock recouplings, unexpected breakups and dramatic dumpings. As the couples attempt to win the hearts of each other, and the public, one couple will be crowned Love Island winners for summer 2023.

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The winter series, in Cape Town, South Africa, was won by Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan. Last summer Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu triumphed in the final after love blossomed in the TV villa.

Maya Jama, who took over from Laura Whitmore as host after she stepped down after last year's summer series, will make her return presiding over the villa action, and comedian and narrator Iain Stirling returns to voiceover the show.

Host Maya Jama is back (ITV)

Fans don't have long to wait because Love Island 2023 starts Monday June 5 at 9pm. Also returning to ITV2 and streaming on ITVX is Love Island: Aftersun.

On Aftersun Maya will host live from London, catching up with Islanders as they leave the villa, chat to family, celebrity fans and ex-Islanders plus air exclusive unseen footage. Also set to make its return this summer is the official Love Island podcast, Love Island: The Morning After, hosted by superfan Sam Thomspon and former Islander Indiyah Polak as they chat through their thoughts on the latest couplings, dumpings and bombshell antics.

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