The contestants for the new summer series of Love Island have been announced, according to a report from The Independent. The 12th season of the popular reality TV dating series has returned with a string of brand new contestants looking for love amid the drama in a villa in Mallorca. One contestant, Kyle, has quit the show already and has been replaced with another newcomer.
Love Island celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, with many of its most memorable personalities returning for a reunion special. In its first trailer for the 2025 summer season, presenter Maya Jama demanded something “bigger” and “bolder”, and promised “more twists”, “more bombshells” and “more drama” than ever before.
According to The Independent, here are the contestants that have already been announced for this year’s series:
Sophie, 29, is a motivational speaker and author from Manchester. This “CEO of empowerment” has one mission: “I want women to feel beautiful and validated in themselves and feel their best self.” She’s looking for someone who is “fun, spontaneous, who has a lot of jokes and who is attentive.”
Dejon, 26, is a personal trainer from London. The son of former professional footballer player Gifton Noel-Williams, he’s met David Beckham “and all kinds of famous people” through his dad. In the villa, he’s looking for someone who is “beautiful on the inside and out, looks after themselves and is healthy.”
Meg, a 25-year-old 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.”
Tommy, 22, is a landscape gardener from Hertfordshire. He takes “hours” to do his perfectly-styled hair and 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.”
Alima, 23, is a wealth management client services executive from Glasgow. She 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 Glaswegian has a clever trick to flirting, which filters out the guys she fancies and the ones she doesn’t.
Ben, 23, is a private hire taxi driver from Gloucester. If his 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.” He’s looking for 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.”
Helena, 29, is a cabin crew member from London but loves a “Northern” man. She describes her ideal type as: “Somebody funny or Northern.” Why? “I feel like Northern people have much more banter than Southerners,” she explains. “If you look through my previous dating history, you’ll see I clearly go for personality. You can pretty much laugh me into bed.”
Megan, 24, is a musical theatre performer and energy broker from Dublin who now lives in Brighton. Sometimes she gets stopped in the street, but it might not be in the way you think. “Me and my friends made a Derry Girls TikTok for Halloween and it went a bit viral around Brighton,” explains the musical theatre performer and energy broker from Dublin, who now lives in Brighton. Her ideal man may not be the conventional Love Island archetype, as she’s swerving tanned and muscly bods for something a bit different.
Blu, a 26-year-old project manager from London, appears to be older than his years as he’s looking for “someone who is family oriented, has a lot of love to give and a lot of love to receive.” He adds: “Personality goes a long way.” His Spanish-language skills are a hit with the girls when flirting.
Shakira, 22, from Burnley is a marketing professional looking for a husband. She hopes there’ll be someone in the villa who’s “tall, charming, witty, with big arms, a good smile and just really funny”. She describes her current love life as “booming” except there’s one catch: “They’re all frogs.” She explains: “It’s a busy love life but I’ve not found ‘the husband’. I’m looking for ‘the one’. I’m looking for the ring.”
Harry, 30, is from Guildford and boasts a gig as Declan Rice’s body double among his jobs as gold trader, model and semi-professional footballer. His type? “The girl next door that makes me laugh and can hold eye contact with me. I don’t think I’d go for the most obvious girl, I like a real sweet girl.”
Conor, 25, is a professional rugby player from Limerick. His ideal partner is someone who doesn’t need him too much, or it seems, want to be around him, as he says his icks are: “Being too needy, or needing to do everything together.” He explains: “I like someone to be independent and do their own thing and then we come together and do our thing.”
Love Island will air on ITV2 and ITVX.
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