The first contestants for the new Love Island summer series have been announced.
The 12th season of the popular reality TV dating series is set to return with a string of brand new contestants looking for love amid the drama in a villa in Majorca.
Presented by Maya Jama since 2023, Love Island will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year, with many of its most memorable personalities set to return for a reunion special.
In its first trailer for the 2025 summer season, Jama demanded something “bigger” and “bolder”, and promised “more twists”, “more bombshells” and “more drama” than ever before.
Here are the contestants that have already been announced for this year…
Sophie
This 29-year-old “CEO of empowerment” has one mission: “I want women to feel beautiful and validated in themselves and feel their best self.” That’s because Sophie works as a motivational speaker and author in Manchester.
But despite her optimistic approach, she’s only found men “draped in red flags and ‘do not cross’ signs” so far. She’s looking for someone who is “fun, spontaneous, who has a lot of jokes and who is attentive.”
Dejon
Twenty-six-year-old Londoner Dejon is no stranger to fame, being the son of former professional footballer player Gifton Noel-Williams, who played for Watford, Stoke City and Burnley. He’s met David Beckham “and all kinds of famous people” through his dad.
In the villa, the personal trainer is looking for something fairly straightforward – “someone who is beautiful on the inside and out, looks after themselves and is healthy.”
Meg
Meg, a payroll specialist from Southampton, describes her love life as “bankrupt, right now”. She’s not asking for much, only that the prospective love of her life be “tall, with a nice tan, nice eyes and a nice small”, with “a good fashion sense” and “a really good, funny personality that I can get on with.”
The 25-year-old is optimistic about her chances in the villa, saying: “We’re going to make sales and get on that corporate ladder and be booming. Profits, profits, profits!”
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Tommy
While it may appear effortless, landscape gardener Tommy, 22, takes “hours” to do his perfectly-styled hair. He hopes he isn’t “asking for too much” but his ideal woman is “very ambitious, with a big personality, caring, but also someone that doesn’t take themselves too seriously.”
His one concession is that he doesn’t have a specific type in terms of looks. “I want a bit of everything,” he says.
Alima
Glaswegian Alima has a very clear image in her mind of what she wants her man to look like: a Disney prince, which she describes as “a tall man with a handsome face.”
The 23-year-old wealth management client services executive has a clever trick to flirting, which filters out the guys she fancies and the ones she doesn’t.
“I always ask guys on a night out to guess which country I’m originally from,” she says. “If they get it right, they can get my number. But they never guess correctly so it works really well if you don’t want to give a guy your number. I’m originally from Guinea Bissau. If they’re close and I really fancy them, I’ll give them my number anyway.”
Ben
If 23-year-old Ben’s love life were a business, he says he’d be bankrupt too. “I’d have been out of business a long time ago,” he says. “That’s exactly why I’m here.”
The private-hire taxi driver is from Gloucester and describes his perfect woman as “someone sexy, good looking, good chat, good vibes, nice teeth and good eye contact – they’re all the traits I look for. Oh, and also a cute smile, I just look at you and know I can be around you all day, every day.”
Love Island will air on ITV2 and ITVX.
