LOVE Island kicks off TONIGHT (January 12, 2020) and everyone is dying to see how the new batch of singletons in action in the swanky South African villa.
Laura Whitmore replaces Caroline Flack as host when the new series startsand here are the lucky Love Islanders she’ll be introducing in the season premiere.
Who’s in the Love Island 2020 cast?
Meet the Love Island 2020 cast: Paige Turley, Mike Boateng, Eve Gale, Jess Gale, Ollie Williams, Sophie Piper, Connor Durman, Leanne Amaning, Callum Jones, Shaughna Phillips, Sinnise Fudge and Nas Majeed.
The 12 singletons will be looking for love and of course the chance to win 50k.
Paige Turley
Lewis Capaldi‘s former girlfriend Paige Turley has signed up for the latest series of Love Island.
The 22-year-old is a former contestant on Britain’s Got Talent, entering the competition in 2012 when she was just 14.
The Sun revealed in 2019 that pop sensation Lewis’ No1 ballad Someone You Loved was based on a painful break-up from fellow singer Paige.
Lewis dated Paigeon and off from 2014 to 2016 after they met at college in Motherwell and became close.
How far will Paige go on Love Island?
Lewis Capaldi’s ballad Someone You Loved was based on a painful break-up from fellow singer Paige
Mike Boateng
London boy Mike is the show’s first police officer who admits that he can have a bit of a wandering eye, but claims Im not going to wander for the sake of it.
The 24-year-old is happy to use his job to get girls, claiming: “I can use the cheeky lines about getting handcuffs out! It normally works.”
Mike added that his mum is hoping he’ll find a girlfriend so that he will finally move out of the family home.
Mike is the dating show’s first police officer
Mike Boateng, 24, is happy to use his job to get his girls
Eve Gale
VIP hostesses Eve, 20, is joining the show with her twin sister and Jess.
The duo have had their share of male admirers and boast messages from Kylie Jenners ex Tyga, 30.
Eve said: We were both at an event and I posted an Instagram story tagging him.
He then messaged me afterwards and we spoke on WhatsApp. Then when me and Jess were in Ibiza, he was there again. He asked me to meet him but we arrived the day he left.
Eve and Jess Gale, 20, are theshows first set of twins
Jess Gale
Jess is 20 years old and like her sister Eve, is also a student and a VIP hostess.
The London-born stunner describes herself as very confident and claims she would make a good addition to the villa.
“Id be a good Islander because Im fun, confident and spontaneous.”
Asked to rate herself, Jess gave herself a 7.5, just a little higher than sister Eve who rates herself a 7, and says her best feature is her hair.
Ollie Williams
Self-proclaimed attention seeker Ollie, 23, who happens to be landed gentry.
He rates himself a ten out of ten and claims his best chat-up line is: Do you know Polzeath beach in Cornwall? I own it.
Whoever he couples up with could become Lady of the Manor of Lanhydrock if they play their cards right as he is the heir to his fathers estate.
Ollie Williams happens to be landed gentry and he’s pretty proud of it
Whoever Ollie Williams couples up with could become Lady of the Manor of Lanhydrock
Sophie Piper
Rochelle Humes younger sister has finally made it on to Love Island.
Advanced talks for Sophieto be in the 2019 summer version fell through, but she will be in the winter show which starts on ITV2 on January 12.
The office and events manager looks almost exactly like her sister Rochelle and Love Island bosses are hopeful that she will attract many viewers to the show.
21-year-old Sophie will finally enter the Winter Love Island villa after months of rumour
Sophie Piper looks almost exactly like her sister Rochelle Humes
Connor Durman
Connor is a naked butler turned coffee bean salesman who claims he’s only had a few dates in the past few months.
Connor, 25, spent four years living in Australia and says he’s had two serious relationships but admits he did cheat on one of them.
Connor Durman is a coffee bean salesman who has spent the past four years living in Australia
Connor Durman is a former naked butler
Leanne Amaning
Customer service advisor Leannerates herself a ten out of ten and says her worst habit is telling a few white lies and being lazy.
The 22-year-old is hoping for “someone who is rugged and manly, not anyone with a pretty face” who also needs to be loyal and trustworthy.
But if they’re sensitive they’ll be shown the day bed as that’s not what she wants in her man.
Leanna Amaning is a 22-year-old who has no interest in sensitive men
Callum Jones
He’s a cheeky 23 year-old whose used to climbing around for work as a scaffolder and is hoping he can build a relationship while in South Africa.
Callum says he’s prepared to go pretty far to get the girl – even if it means stepping on other boys’ toes.
However, whoever couples up with him can hope for the royal treatment as Callum says he can cook and says Thai food is his speciality.
Callum Jones is used to being active for work as a scaffolder
Callum Jones says he can cook with Thai food his speciality
Shaughna Phillips
The brunette beauty says she is “funny, easy-going but a little bit bossy” and seems to be in the villa over a year late as she says Jack Fincham is “a bit of me on toast.
The 25-year-old hasn’t had the best luck in love admitting her last boyfriend cheated on her so anyone who has been unfaithful before will not have a chance of coupling up with her.
Shaughna is keen to make friends as well as find love in the villa and says she won’t go behind someone’s back to get the guy.
Shaughna Phillips hasn’t had the best luck in love admitting her last boyfriend cheated on her
Shaughna Phillips is keen to make friends as well as find love in the villa
Nas Majeed
Completing the line-up for the boys is this23-year-old builderwho hopes he wont put any potential dates of with his bad habit of laughing in awkward situations
Nas claims he’s a well rounded person who is “different to the guys who have been on the show before” but doesn’t think dating means you should be loyal.
Nas added the girls can expect him to be honest in the villa.
BuilderNas Majeed, 23, hopes he wont put any potential dates off with his bad habit of ‘laughing in awkward situations’
Nas Majeed says the girls can expect him to be honest in the villa
Sinnise Fudge,
The beauty therapist, 25, claims she’s never been on Tinder or any other dating app in her attempts to find love.
She failed to rate herself on looks but admits her eyebrows are her best feature but any partners in the villa will be shocked to discover her morning laziness.
Sinnise is happy to step on toes to get what she wants.
Beauty therapist Sinnise Fudge has never been on Tinder or any other dating app in her attempts to find love
Sinnise Fudge is happy to step on a few toes to get what she wants
Who is favourite to win Love Island 2020?
From the little we’ve seen of the contestants so far, there’s already a boy and girl who seem to be favourites to win the competition.
Here are the odds from Paddy Power:
The Girls
- Sophie Piper – 3/1
- Paige Turley – 7/2
- Eve Gale – 5/1
- Shaughna Phillips – 6/1
- Siannisse Fudge – 8/1
- Jess Gale – 8/1
- Leanna Amaning – 10/1
The Boys
- Connor Durman – 2/1
- Mike Boateng – 5/2
- Callum Jones – 3/1
- Ollie Williams – 5/1
- Nas Majeed – 10/1
When does Love Island start and how to watch?
The new winter series of Love Island is starting TONIGHT (January 12, 2020)on ITV2.
After the first episode airs at 9pm, you can catch the programme at the same time each night throughout the week.
It is the sixth season of the popular reality TV show and the first of two series to be aired in 2020.
Love Island usually airs every night with a recap on the weeks events on a Saturday.
For the 2020 winter edition, Love Island: Aftersun will air every Monday at 10pm after the main show has finished.
Both Love Island and Love Island: Aftersun will also be available to watch on demand on the ITV Hub.
