Love Island 2024 is here, and if the start of the show's 11th season is anything to go by, we are in for an amazing summer at the famous villa.
Following on from Love Island: All Stars, Love Island 2024 back in Mallorca with a fresh batch of singletons all looking for love.
And to make this new series even more exciting, the Love Island team has made some changes to the usual format, with Mike Spencer, Creative Director of Lifted Entertainment promising that "brand new format elements, an incredible group of Islanders and an insta-worthy villa" are all coming our way!
The new series started on Monday, June 3 and the first episode saw the islanders arrive at the villa to meet one another, while Maya made her entrance and dropped a first-night twist that left everyone speechless...!
Here's everything that we know about Love Island 2024 right now...
Love Island 2024 release date
Love Island 2024 started on ITV1 and ITV2 on Monday, June 3 at 9 pm.
New episodes will arrive every evening at 9 pm apart from Saturdays when we will be treated to Love Island: Unseen Bits which sees Iain Stirling look back over memorable moments and exclusive content from the last week in the villa.
On Sunday evenings you can watch Love Island: Aftersun at 10 pm on ITV2 which will see a panel of celebrity guests share their reactions to the goings-on in the villa and exclusive interviews with dumped Islanders.
You can also keep up to date with all the latest episodes on ITVX
Love Island 2024: latest news
Thursday, June 6
While new bombshell Uma made herself at home in the villa, she headed straight to the hideaway with Ayo... but it wasn't long before she then set her sights on Joey. But while Uma decided who she was attracted to, her arrival got Joey questioning his connection with Samatha. Elsewhere, despite being coupled up with Harriet, Ciaran spent time getting to know Nicole...
Wednesday, June 5
There was shock in the villa when new bombshell Uma Jammeh arrived and immediately stirred things up with a new kiss challenge. The girls were all told to blindfold the boys for a game, but little did they know this was a game they would be watching from afar. Soon Uma arrived and headed straight for the boys, snogging each one with the girls watching in disbelief. Uma then decided to take Ayo to the Hideaway.
Tuesday, June 4
As Joey settled into life in the villa, his arrival sent shockwaves around the rest of the islanders. Soon Joey was chatting up the girls and making friends with the boys, but when the time came for him to choose who he wanted to be coupled up with it was Samantha who won his heart, meaning Sam was the first to be dumped from the island.
Monday, June 3
The opening night of Love Island 2024 left viewers (and islanders) speechless when reality TV star Joey Essex entered the villa in a surprise twist. Presenter Maya Jama told the contestants: “Well it’s good to see you’re all settled in, as you know in Love Island, you must always expect the unexpected. So please welcome Joey.” The TV star said he was 'the king of Essex' who wanted to find his 'queen' and is the first celebrity to appear on Love Island in the show's history.
Love Island 2024 contestants: Who are the islanders this year?
The Love Island 2024 cast is bigger and better than ever! The islanders were revealed on Monday, May 27, just one week before the show's premiere.
Here's everyone in the show's original line up, including who has since been dumped from the island...
Love Island 2024 Bombshells
Joey Essex
The first bombshell for the 2024 series left viewers and islanders shocked when The Only Way Is Essex star Joey Essex made a surprise entry into the villa. Joey is the first celebrity bombshell in the history of the show.
Uma Jammeh
Uma is the second bombshell to arrive in the villa, causing a stir when she took part in a game where the boys all had to be blindfolded and she kissed each one with the other girls watching on in disbelief. Talking about joining the show, Uma said: "Now is a good time for me, I’m young. I’ve been single for my whole life, it’s about time I’m not single anymore. I’m ready for a boyfriend!"
Of course, Love Island wouldn't be Love Island without bombshells. Whilst we don't know who our other potential late arrivals will be, there's a chance they could be one of the stars who was rumored for a spot in the villa ahead of the lineup announcement... especially since some of those early rumors (about both Ciaran Davies and Samantha Kenny) turned out to be true!
One of the first unconfirmed islanders put forward for this season was Gigi Simon. The 19-year-old travel influencer already has a reality TV connection — she's the daughter of Lauren Simon (one of our Celebrity Big Brother 2024 housemates) — and The Sun has claimed she is "really keen to sign up" for a stint in the villa. Could she be jetting off to the villa in the near future?
Another rumored star is Manchester model Grace Jackson. She's already got nearly 80,000 followers on Instagram and has collaborated with a number of fashion brands. According to MailOnline, Jackson has been signed up for the show, with a source saying the show's producers think she will 'hopefully make the perfect contestant'.
Who has left Love Island 2024?
Sam Taylor
The first islander to leave was Sam Taylor after he was dumped from the island when Joey Essex chose his other half, Samantha, to couple up with. Joey picking Samantha meant that Sam had to leave the show immediately.
Speaking of his exit, Same said: "I’m disappointed to be leaving so soon as I wanted to work my magic and get to know everyone a bit better. When Joey walked in I had a feeling I might be in trouble. Samantha is a stunning girl and I knew that they would get on. Ultimately, he had to do what he had to do which didn’t work in my favour but no hard feelings."
Who are the Love Island 2024 couples?
Here's who is coupled up right now... Mimii and Munveer, Nicole and Sean, Jess and Ronnie, Patsy and Ayo, Samantha and Joey, and Harriett and Ciaran.
Is there a Love Island 2024 trailer?
Yep! In early May, ITV dropped the first teaser for the new series of Love Island. In it, you can see Maya Jama using a flamethrower to spark up a heart symbol and claiming "Where there's love, there's fire".
Looks like the Love Island team wants to bring the heat this year!
Who's hosting Love Island 2024?
It will likely come as no surprise that Maya Jama is returning to guide our next set of islanders through the ups and downs of villa life, as confirmed by her appearance in the new teaser.
She took over from Laura Whitmore last year (the announcement came in late 2022) and her first season was 2023's winter edition, won by Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan.
Maya will also be on hand on Sundays for Love Island: Aftersun, where she'll be discussing all the latest goings-on in the villa with her panel of star guests, which includes Indiyak Polack, Sam Thompson, Amy Hart, Chris Taylor and Jordan Stephens (along with some other celebrity guests!)
Who won the last season of Love Island?
Love Island: All Stars, which became the first of our double helping of Love Island this year, saw villa veterans getting another chance at finding love.
Bombshells Tom Clare and Molly Smith walked away from the previous season as the winning pair after five weeks of coupling up in February 2024, bagging the £50,000 cash prize to share between them.
You can watch their initial reaction to the news below:
