Love Island’s Ikenna Ekwonna: Everything you need to know about Pharmaceutical Salesman as he signs up for show

Love Island 2022 kicked off on 6 June with a new group of singletons entering the iconic villa in the hope of finding long-lasting love. Laura Whitmore headed to Mallorca to let the contestants know who they'd be coupling up with, after the public had been voting for who they think would be a good match - a new twist introduced for this year's series.

Love Island finally returned to screens on Monday night (June 6) for another summer of love but it was host Laura Whitmore who was heaping the praise. The presenter made her first appearance of the 2022 series during the launch show as she headed to the new villa for the first coupling up.

Love Island fans were left floored on Monday's opening episode as Dami made a rather X-rated confession about his manhood. During his VT ahead of entering the villa and being paired with Amber, the 22-year-old senior microbiologist from Dublin revealed that he has a "heart-shaped" mark on his penis.

Laura Whitmore is back on screens for Love Island 2022 after a long and hotly anticipated wait. The host, 37, has been showing off her trip to Spain as the first episode got under way.This season will be her third year presenting after she began in 2020 and much has been said about how much she is getting paid for it. Previously reports said that Laura was set to earn a huge £500,000 for this series.

Love Island unveiled its 2022 couples on Monday night after the public was asked to vote for their favourite pairings. During the first episode of the new series, host Laura Whitmore, 37, revealed a new ITV2 show twist as she explained that for the first time ever the public had been asked to pick the couples.

Love Island has teased a first look at the new 2022 series ahead of its official launch tonight (6 June), and host Laura Whitmore has been spotted rewearing one of her iconic outfits from the show.The TV presenter, 37, can be seen heading into the famous villa in Mallorca as she gets ready to meet this year's contestants in the new photos, while wearing an all-red outfit. Laura originally wore the stunning red waistcoat-style top back in 2020, when she presented the Winter Love Island final.

Love Island star Amy Day has spoken out on her fellow islander Rachel Finni's comments on 37 year old Laura Whitmore's hosting skills, as she admitted she thought last year's highly-anticipated reunion show was "a bit dead and boring" and the cast had been "gutted" the presenter didn't "get to the interesting stuff". Amy's comments come after Rachel's calls for a different presenter such as Maya Jama or AJ Odudu to take the reins from Laura. Former islander Amy, who was embroiled in relationship drama with Hugo Hammond, was one of the main stars expected to create plenty of excitement in the reunion special, but mum-of-one Laura, who returns with a shocking twist in tonight's launch show, brushed over a chat between the stars.

Love Island fans think they have worked out who Gemma Owen will be coupled up with on Monday's explosive opening episode. During the first episode of the 2022 series, host Laura Whitmore, 37, reveals a new ITV2 show twist as she explains that for the first time ever the public have been asked to pick the couples.

It's the greatest comeback of the year as we settle in to watch the return of the "sexiest" show on ITV2, Love Island. Oh yes, that's right. And while 'the greatest comeback of the year' might be a bit of an exaggeration, it's certainly been highly-anticipated after the winter spin-off was cancelled for the second year running.

Laura Whitmore has preemptively shared her responses to the critical comments she receives while hosting Love Island.The 37 year old TV presenter responded to the comments she has received while hosting previous series in a bid to "get this out of the way" so fans can "enjoy the juicy bits". Mum-of-one Laura, who is married to Love Island's voice over star Iain Stirling, shared a TikTok video of herself to clear up some of the claims around her presenting duties. As the video begun, Laura could be seen sipping out of an official Love Island water bottle before pointing above her head to some text which read: "Shall we chat Love Island" followed by a red heart emoji.

We're ready to move mad over the return of Love Island on 6 June, especially now that the line-up for this year's summer of fun in the sun has been announced. With eight weeks of drama, iconic chats by the fire pit and jaw-dropping tasks ahead of us, narrator Iain Stirling has promised the new series to "be the sexiest yet". Love Island is never short of headline-making antics, and with seven seasons of romantic history behind us, there are plenty of stories to tell.

Love Island is set to return to ITV2 next week and as anticipation for the new series continues to grow, producers have shared a first-look trailer of contestants leaving their day jobs to find love at the villa.

Iain Stirling and Laura Whitmore have touched down in Mallorca ahead of the beginning of the new series of Love Island.

He's the voice Love Island viewers have come to very much appreciate over the years thanks to his expert - and hilarious - narration of everything that is going on the famous villa. And now Iain Stirling's revealed a massive change is being made to the ITV2 dating series.