Love Island and Maya Jama are about to add some sizzle to our summers as the hit ITV reality dating show returns. 

The popular series is back for its 10th season (and second this year) on Monday, June 5.

Fans will be thrilled to be reunited with the world of grafting by the firepit, bombshells and dramatic recouplings.

Here's everything you need to know about the new series from how to watch it to the 2023 line-up. 

What time is Love Island on TV?

Love Island returns to our screens on Monday, June 5 at 9 pm.

Viewers can watch it on ITV 2 and ITV X.

The programme will air after Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and before Famly Guy.

Does Love Island air on Saturdays?

Similar to the show's format over previous years, a new episode of Love Island does not air on Saturdays.

However, you can tune in (or catch up) with Love Island: Unseen Bits for even more villa content.

The unseen bits spin-off features exclusive content from that week in the villa that didn't make it into the main show in order to give the islanders a day off from filming.

When did Love Island start?

The current incarnation of Love Island began on June 7, 2015.

However, the original show - Celebrity Love Island - which was not particularly successful, aired in the summer of 2005 when Jayne Middlemiss and Fran Cosgrave won the contest.

The late Caroline Flack began presenting the ITV dating show in 2015 and it became the most-watched on the channel.

Who is Love Island's host Maya Jama?

The Oldham Times:

TV presenter and DJ Maya Jama was confirmed as the new host of Love Island in October 2022 and hosted her first series back in January 2023.

The 28-year-old replaced former host Laura Whitmore who stood down from the role after three years in August last year.

Speaking to ITV about her new role in Jama said: "It feels amazing, it’s really, really exciting. It’s been a weird feeling because you find out and then it’s the wait and the build-up.

"I just can’t wait for it to start. I’m counting down the seconds and the days to get to South Africa."

Ahead of her Love Island stint, Jama was a co-presenter of BBC One's Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer with Peter Crouch and Alex Horne.

Jama also presented BBC Three competition Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star.

After moving from Bristol to London aged 16 to pursue broadcasting, she became the host of MTV's The Wrap Up, before moving on to host MTV Essentials and MTV News.

Beyond TV, Maya has worked on fashion collections with PrettyLittleThing and JD Sports and has also modelled for brands such as Adidas and Maybelline.

She also dated rapper Stormzy from 2015 - 2019 with the pair recently rumoured to have got back together - a rumour Jama's team denies.

Jama was also engaged to basketball star Ben Simmonds but sadly the pair called it off in September 2022 following their conflicting schedules.

When is Love Island: Aftersun on TV?

Love Island's debrief show - Aftersun - will return for the new series directly after Sunday's episode.

Maya Jama will lead the celebrity panel alongside Morning After podcast hosts Sam Thompson and Indiyah Polack.

Each week, the regular presenters will be joined by celebrity superfans with the first episode featuring Chicken Shop Date host Amelia Dimoldenberg.

Meet the Love Island 2023 lineup

The Oldham Times: ITV boss hints at show changes as Love Island series 10 debuts on Monday

Here are all the contestants confirmed for the 10th series of Love Island:

  • Ruchee Gurung
  • Tyrique Hyde
  • Molly Marsh
  • George Fensom
  • Catherine Agbaje
  • Medhi Edno
  • Ella Thomas
  • Mitchel Taylor
  • Jess Harding
  • André Furtado

Love Island's showrunner has revealed that fans can look forward to more twists and turns as the show returns for its 10th series in an interview to Radio Times.

ITV producer Mike Spencer teased fans that there would be more than a couple of changes made to the show beyond the ones already announced.

He said of the unexpected Love Island changes: "I think you could probably tune in to episode 1 and there'll be a few things you weren't expecting.

"We know the public are going to couple up the islanders. But I think from the get go, the start of the show might be a little bit different."

Love Island will air from 9 pm on Monday, June 5 on ITV2 and ITVX.