The LOVE Island girls are left feeling shocked tonight when they find out about the show’s big first episode twist – as Maya Jama tells them to “battle it out.”
The new series of Love Island kicks off tonight and it is expected to be the most explosive of its 10-year run.
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The girls have to choose who to pair up with without even seeing them[/caption]
The girls – Shakira, Meg, Alima, Sophie, Megan and Helena – enter the stunning Mallorcan Villa first.
Excited to be in the hit dating show they quickly get to know one another.
But they are excited to meet the boys and it’s not long before they start shouting for them to enter the Villa.
However, they don’t have to wait for long as host Maya Jama arrives and takes them to the firepit for a chat.
Getting straight to the point, Maya asks them what each of their types are.
Shakira responds: “Tall, muscly, nice smile but for me it’s all about personality. Witty, funny, charming.”
Helena laughs as she adds: “Personality always, my bar is low, I’m not fussy!”
Meg teases that she wants: “Tanned skin, taller and naughty eyes.”
Sophie says: “I want someone that’s a gentleman, not a man child.”
Megan says: “I’m easily charmed, which is the problem…”
Alima says she’s looking for: “A Prince Charming Disney Prince… with no facial hair.”
Maya then has a big announcement, which shocks the girls as she explains: “This year things are slightly different.
“You’ve told me what your type on paper is, but does that match your ideal man in reality?”
She then asks the surprised girls to join her by the swimming pool.
Love Island 2025 full lineup
- Harry Cooksley: A 29-year-old footballer with charm to spare.
- Sophie Lee: A model and motivational speaker who has overcome adversity after suffering life-changing burns in an accident.
- Shakira Khan: A 22-year-old Manchester-based model, ready to turn heads.
- Blu Chegini: A boxer with striking model looks, seeking love in the villa.
- Megan Moore: A payroll specialist from Southampton, looking for someone tall and stylish.
- Alima Gagigo: International business graduate with brains and ambition.
- Tommy Bradley: A gym enthusiast with a big heart.
- Helena Ford: A Londoner with celebrity connections, aiming to find someone funny or Northern.
- Ben Hullbra: A model ready to make waves.
- Megan Clarke: An Irish actress already drawing comparisons to Maura Higgins.
- Dejon Noel-Williams: A personal trainer and semi-pro footballer, following in his footballer father’s footsteps.
- Aaron Buckett: A towering 6’5” personal trainer.
- Conor Phillips: A 25-year-old Irish rugby pro
- Antonia Laites: Love Island’s first bombshell revealed as sexy Las Vegas pool party waitress.
- Rose Selway: Beauty salon owner from Devon who runs 12 aesthetics clinics, boasting a famous clientele including former Love Islanders
Departures:
- Kyle Ashman: Axed after an arrest over a machete attack emerged. He was released with no further action taken and denies any wrongdoing.
And as the nervous girls line up, Maya explains: “Girls, in front of you there are six love hearts.
“Each boy has given me their dating profile which is written on each of these hearts – shall we have a look at what these boys have to offer?”
On the boards the girls see descriptions for this year’s boys: Ben, Dejon, Harry, Conor, Blu and Tommy.
And in a huge twist – the girls have to decide who they’d like to couple up with based on these key stats with the boys’ name, age, job and a headline.
Quotes such as “I like to play hard and work harder! I love to play, so I work very hard” are also given to help them decide who to pick.
The girls then have a moment to discuss the profiles and try to work out who might be right for them.
Then Maya counts to three and they must run to a heart, with only one girl allowed to stand by each heart.
With only seconds to make a decision, will they all get the boy they wanted? Or will the girls be left eager to swap?
Now it’s over to the boys.
Decisions made, they enter the Villa one-by-one to meet their match – will it be love at first write or were the girls too quick to judge their type?
Plus look out for even more shock twists tonight as an Islander is dumped.
For more exciting updates you can follow our live Love Island blog here.
The girls only have a short profile to go on as they choose their man[/caption]
