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Ryan Paton

ITV Love Island's Iain Stirling announces huge shake-up for 'sexiest season yet'

Iain Stirling has confirmed a huge shake-up ahead of the upcoming season of Love Island.

The popular ITV2 dating show has been off our screens since Millie Court and Liam Reardon were crowned winners last summer. However, a new batch of Islanders will soon arrive in the Majorcan villa as the show returns on Monday.

Iain will return to provide cutting one-liners as a new group of singletons aim to find love. The host was interviewed on today's edition of Lorraine and revealed a huge change as he vowed series eight would be the "sexiest season" yet.

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The programme has introduced an interactive element as viewers can vote to decide the first couples. He announced: "We're mixing things up this year.

"We want you guys at home to play cupid and you will have your say on which boy couples up with which girl. All you have to do is go over to the Love Island app right now and decide who you want to couple up with who.

“The poll is live right now, and the poll will close again tomorrow morning at 9am. It’s a fantastic poll, where you get to decide who’s being coupled up with who.”

Christine presented today's episode of Lorraine and was thrilled by the update. She asked: "So we hold all the power for this week at least?”

Iain responded: “I feel like the viewers at home, yeah, you get to look at all the Islanders, get a vibe, see who you think suits who, or maybe who isn't suited to who and put them together and we can watch the fireworks fly…”

Love Island starts Monday at 9pm on ITV2.

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