It’s that time of year again! A bunch of outrageously beautiful singletons have flown to Majorca for a summer of flirty fun in the hopes of finding their perfect match. But will they be successful in their hunt for ‘the one’ or end up getting booted from the villa before their suncream has even had a chance to soak in? Well, only time will tell.
Even though we’ve another week until the show officially airs on Virgin Media Two, the line-up has been revealed – and one of the lovely ladies just happens to be Irish.
After a string of failed romances, 23-year-old Yewande Biala from Dublin is heading to the villa in an attempt to find Mr Right.
“I am a terrible flirt but I’m such a girly girl and I can’t imagine stealing someone’s man in there,” she said. “I don’t think I’d be that type but never say never…”
Here’s who will be joining Yewande in the villa:
Lucie Donlan (21) from Newquay.
“I’ve never had a boyfriend longer than six months,” she said.
“It always cuts off at six months or before. I love the honeymoon stage and being all excitable but then you just relax and I get bored… next!”
Amber Gill (21) from Newcastle.
“I like tall guys who are muscly and athletic, I like people that go to the gym because that’s what I like,” she says.
“ I want someone who is funny and that I can have fun with and doesn’t take themselves too seriously because I am daft.
“Looking at my past relationships, I don’t really have a type, it’s quite broad. If someone catches my eye then I’ll go for them.”
Amy Hart (26) from Sussex.
“I went on a night out once and Liam from One Direction was there,” she said.
“We were in the VIP bit and so was he and he walked past me and I smiled and he said ‘Hey, you alright? What’s your name?’
“He told us to come and sit in his booth and we had a picture together.
“I put it on Instagram and then my cousin who was twelve and a big One Direction fan put it on her Instagram and suddenly I was on all these international One Direction accounts.
“I was on Sugarscape and I was getting hate from ten- year-olds because they thought I was dating him!”
Anna Vakili (28) from London.
“I wouldn’t fight to get a guy, I’ll just be myself,” she said.
“The right guy will want me without me having to go far for him.”
Anton Danyluk (24) from Scotland.
“My best feature is my eyes,” he says.
“I’m quite dark but I’ve got light eyes so they stand out. I would rate myself an eight on looks alone but when you start putting everything together you can bump it up a little bit.”
Tommy Fury (20) from Manchester.
“A lot of girls try to reach me through Instagram but I’m a real-life guy,” he says.
“I’m not interested in phones or FaceTime, I like the real thing, you can never gauge someone over the phone.
“Sit down over a drink or a meal and chat to them face-to-face, that’s the best way for me to date because that’s how you find out what type of person they really are.”
Joe Garratt (22) from London.
“I’ve always said that love is a super powerful thing,” he said.
“If I genuinely feel that connection, the chance for love, then I’ll go leaps and bounds to get that.
“For me, I’ll do whatever. I’m a guy’s guy, I’ve got loads of guy mates and I haven’t snaked any of my mates out.
“At the same time if I felt a connection with somebody that was so strong and I was to not go for it, just because a guy was talking to her or seeing her, especially in the villa, I wouldn’t be being true to myself.
“I would feel like I was being fake because I’m not going for it. If I feel something, then I have to go for it. All is fair in love and war.”
Michael Griffits (27) from Liverpool.
“If I like somebody then I’ll go for it,” he said.
“There’s not really anything that could stop me. Everybody I meet will be a new person so they’re not going to be my best mate, so if a girl I’m speaking to is coupled up and we get on, I’m still going to talk to her.
“I’ll do it in a respectful way but I’m going to talk to her and let her know the situation and see where it goes from there.
“If she then likes me… sorry! It is how it is.”
Sherif Lanre (20) from London.
“I’m upbeat and cheeky and outrageous with my own friends so hopefully that continues in the villa,” he said.
“I’m always on a mission to make people laugh. That’ll be of value in there.”
Callum Macleod (28) from Wales.
“I like morals and loyalty,” he said.
“If I was in the villa and a girl was with a lad and was trying to crack on with someone else, I’d rather the girl be honest and went to the boy straight away.
“I don’t like it when people are slimy.”
Curtis Pritchard (23) from Shropshire.
“I’m sure everyone has their idea of the perfect girl but I don’t,” he said.
“This sounds really clichéd but love is blind and I truly do believe that.
“I like blondes and an athletic body, not too fake and somebody that respects themselves.
“But if the complete opposite comes in and I fall madly in love with them then I’ve completely lied to you. Love is blind.”
Love Island returns to Virgin Media Two on Monday 3rd June at 9pm; Love Island: Aftersun returns the following Sunday.