Celeb goss 21st June 2021 by Denise Curtin
UPDATED: Meet All This Year’s Love Island Contestants
June 28th, folks!
The day has arrived, folks!
Love Island has began releasing information on this season’s contestants, something which has been under lock and key until now – ahead of this year’s seventh summer series.
What we know about this season so far is that Mallorca is once again the stomping ground for the competition, Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling are both back on hosting and VO duties and the show will apparently run for eight weeks.
The last time the summer series aired was in 2019 when Limerick man Greg O’Shea and Newcastle’s Amber Rose Gill took home the winning title and prize money of £50,000 – if you can even cast your mind back THAT far.
But now, we’ve finally got some new contestants to lay our eyes on… here’s who we’ve met so far.
Sharon
The first contestant to be announced is Sharon Gaffka. Sharon is a multilingual lawyer who won Miss International UK in 2018 and represented Britain in an international tournament, pretty impressive.
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Aaron
The second contestant to be officially announced is Aaron Francis. The 24-year-old club promoter has been dubbed a “ladies man” by those who know him and without former influencer or celebrity background, it looks like Aaron is going to be a great fit.
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Liberty
Liberty Poole is a 21-year-old waitress and student from Birmingham. Known for going after the “players” Liberty hopes Love Island will change her taste in men.
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Hugo
Hugo Hammond is a 24-year-old PE teacher. The 24-year-old has also played for cricket for England’s physical disability team, having been born with clubfoot.
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Shannon
Shannon Singh is an OnlyFans star, who originally worked as a glamour model. The 22-year-old describes herself as a “party girl” looking for love.
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Jake
Just out of a seven year relationship, water engineer Jake Cornish is once again on the look for love. Hailing from Weston-Super-Mare, Jake says blondes are his type on paper.
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Kaz
Kaz Kamwi is a bit of a YouTube and TikTok sensation, going viral for her fashion blogging via video. Ideal for building a business during the pandemic, the influencer admitted she’s got enough dating horror stories and wants to find Mr Right.
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Brad
Having never been on a date in his life, 26-year-old Brad is hoping that will all change this summer. Hailing from Northumberland, Brad McClelland is hoping this summer of love will see him move out from his nan’s place where he currently lives.
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Chloe
By day Chloe Burrows might be a financial services marketing executive, but for the next couple of weeks, the 26-year-old is swapping her full-time job for a full-time romance (hopefully…)
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Toby
What’s Love Island without a footballer, eh? Toby Aromolaran is a 22-year-old footballer from Essex who plays for a “social-media-focused” team called Hashtag United.
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Faye
Faye Winter works in sales for for a lettings agency in Devon and hopes that she can put her sales pitches to good use this summer when nabbing “the one”.
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Back in January 2020, Love Island did return for a brief stint with the debut winter series taking place in Cape Town, South Africa. But again, all plans to air a second season earlier this year got postponed due to the pandemic and uncertainty around travel at that time.
Now, finally back on our screens, Love Island bosses reported that this season would be the “biggest and best” season yet, so, here’s hoping they keep to that promise and give us a lot of bombshells and plenty of singles ready to mingle. We need the dramz back in our lives.
Love Island returns to Virgin Media television June 28th at 9pm.
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