First Love Island contestant revealed and says she'll bring 'positive energy' to show

Love Island beauty Paige Thorne is "1,000%" committed to returning to her job as a paramedic after her appearance on the reality dating show. The 24-year-old from Wales admitted she felt guilty about quitting her job to star on the ITV2 programme and resisted giving her bosses more than three weeks' notice before heading off to the villa in Mallorca to avoid risking her chances of landing a spot. Speaking ahead of the series launch later today (June 6), Thorne said she left things "up in the air" with her employer, but insisted working for the NHS was her only career aspiration.She said: "I didn't tell my bosses in advance.

Love Island's Laura Whitmore dropped two bombshells on the new crop of singles when they arrived in the villa looking for romance. The new series of the show is getting under way - with the odd twist in store for the wannabes.First of all, the five single girls expected to be the ones to pick which fella they fancied most and would couple up with.But as they arrived in a colourful array of bikinis, presenter Laura revealed that, unlike previous years, this was not the case.The star - clad in a stunning scarlet shorts and top combo - told the stunned girls at the luxury villa in Mallorca: "You thought you'd all be stepping forward for the boys that you fancy the most."However, for the first time ever, we asked the public to play cupid and pick the boy they thought you should couple up with."It means that paramedic Paige Thorne, 24; hotel waitress Indiya Polack, 23; model Tasha Ghouri, 23; business owner Gemma Owen, 19 and nanny Amber Beckford, 24, have no say in who they are paired up with.Shocked Tasha said: "I hope the public have it right.

LOVE Island has revealed a huge change to the show this year - with viewers given the power to choose who couples with who. Voiceover man Iain Stirling explained a massive twist that will see the British public play Cupid. He revealed the news to Christine Lampard on Lorraine - with voting already open via the show's app.

LOVE Island's Paige Thorne has revealed she'll swerve any man that badmouths their ex. The sexy paramedic, 24, said it's a major red flag if a guy wastes no time laying into a past lover, and it's even worse if they claim to have had multiple bad experiences.

Gordon Ramsay's daughter Holly slipped into a tiny bikini for her latest Instagram snap as her dad joked she is going on this year's Love Island. It comes after Ramsay was tipped to spread his wings by joining Strictly Come Dancing following the success of his daughter Tilly.

Love Island’s Paige Thorne has confessed she’s only on the show thanks to a boozy night. The 24-year-old paramedic filmed her audition video while drunk - and only found the guts to send it while nursing a hangover the next morning.

Love Island contestants were handpicked by producers, we can reveal.Eight out of 11 of them were scouted at bars and clubs or through social media.Just three of them applied for the show through official channels.The statistics will anger many of the wannabes who spent time filling in a lengthy form on ITV’s website in a bid to win a place on the show.Last December, show chiefs called on fans to apply with an online ad that said: “ITV2 are looking for vibrant singles from across the UK who want to head to the sun, in search of love.“If you think you’ve got what it takes, then we want to hear from you straight away.”It’s estimated around 150,000 people apply every series.But out of everyone who tried their luck, only Paige Thorne, Dami Hope and Andrew Le Page have landed a spot in the opening line-up for the new series.More contestants will be unveiled throughout the show’s eight-week run, which is likely to include some more of those who applied.Bosses are hoping the crop of five girls and six guys will be a hit with viewers.We will see them head into the show’s luxury villa when it returns to screens tomorrow night.Host Laura Whitmore predicts the new clan will be just as popular as past contestants.She said: “What’s so beautiful is these Islanders are just themselves and they’re open to so much and I think that’s what we fall in love with when it comes to Islanders.“Eight weeks seems like a short time in life, but on that show it feels like a lifetime.

Love Island star Paige Thorne has confessed she knows exactly what she is looking for in a partner. The brunette bombshell was the first contestant announced for this year's highly anticipated series and will be heading into the villa when season eight kicks off on June 6.Admitting she is yet to find her perfect man in her hometown, Swansea, the paramedic said: "I need to break out and broaden my horizons and Love Island just brings everyone together for me."In an exclusive chat with Daily Star, Paige, 24, revealed she looks for a certain trait that will help "tick all the boxes," and already has a prominent sex figure in mind. Want all the last villa gossip straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily Love Island newsletter HERE."I know exactly what I'm looking for and no one has ticked all the boxes.

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.

LOVE Island fans are bracing themselves for the arrivals of newbies Gemma Owen and Amber Beckford. Star Owen has revealed her famous footballer father "isn't happy" about her joining the hit reality dating series. The daughter of footballer Michael Owen, swimwear company owner Gemma, 19, revealed that she is desperate to "score in the villa".

Love Island star Paige Thorne looks unrecognisable in unearthed social media snaps ahead of her villa debut.The 24-year-old paramedic from Swansea is one of the new batch of singletons entering the villa on the hunt for love in the hit ITV2 dating show.After the cast was announced earlier this week (May 30, 2022), fans of the programme have been eager to find out more about the new contestants ahead of the eighth series launch.Paige Thorne made her debut in a series of promo snaps where the star looked stunning in a tiny white bikini, with her long brunette locks flowing past her shoulders.She looked completely different from her younger days, with social media snaps showing Paige smiling for the camera at her high school prom.The paramedic looked beautiful as she posed alongside one of her friends before the event, wearing a long blue sparkling gown, complete with fish tail.Complemented by an up-do hairstyle, Paige looked amazing as she stepped out in style for her prom in the sweet throwback snap.Do you have a story about one of this year's Love Island stars? Contact us at staronlineshowbiz@reachplc.comAnother snap from Paige's Instagram account showed the islander taking in nature, as she posed for a stunning snap while on holiday in Ecaudor.The star looked radiant as she struck a pose on a bridge in the stunning surroundings of the country, wearing a white mini skirt and crop top, finished with sneakers and a bright red headband for a chic edge.Brunette beauty Paige will join islanders including footballer Michael Owen's daughter Gemma, hotel waitress Indiyah Pollack and the series first ever deaf contestant Tasha Ghouri, as the series kicks off on Monday, June 6 2022.

A post shared by HollyAnna Ramsay (@hollyramsayy)In the next pic, she cut a more casual figure as she kicked her legs behind her while leaning on the edge of the pool, which overlooked a luscious green garden.She captioned the snaps: "Pool party for 1."Her Strictly Come Dancing sister Tilly was quick to take to the comments, leaving two hot looking emojis.Liz Hurley's son Damian Hurley also commented with a red heart and flame emoji.However, her famous dad Gordon teased that his daughter looked like she belonged in the Love Island villa.He wrote: "I thought you were off to Love Island?" alongside a red heart.Holly is not one to shy away from sharing bikini snaps with father Gordon voicing his support for his daughter.It comes after Holly celebrated a year without alcohol in December, with dad Gordon branding her an "an incredible young lady."In a candid post, Holly opened up on her struggle with alcohol.She told her followers: "I chose to take a break from alcohol because it wasn't improving my mental health - which for me, comes first."This time last year I was at my lowest and I was scared but I made a decision to take control of what I could- and that meant removing alcohol from my life."Soon after she marked the milestone in a candid post, Holly jetted off to the Maldives to celebrate the occasion.In a series of dazzling snaps, Holly documented her exotic break away after the festivities.One post showed her donning a leopard-print string bikini as she posed on a glass balcony which overlooked a rainforest.In another, Holly relaxed on a sandy beach in a gingham print bikini as she dipped her toes in the ocean.

Love Island has finally released a snippet of the first episode of the new season, as fans can get even more excited about the impending launch show on Monday, 6 June.The two-minute clip shows all of the islanders in their natural habit and a taste at their personalities as each soon-to-be contestant gets ready for a summer of love. Amongst the hair-twirling, dancing and cheeky flirting, all the islanders also revealed their occupations - all as they're about to give them up for three months.The video begins with paramedic Paige Thorne biting into a bap as she sees a billboard sign teasing the show of the summer. "The OG dating show is back!" the poster reveals, drawing her in to the show.

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

Nick Grimshaw and restauranteur Angela Hartnett have unveiled a brand-new weekly food podcast series, and we’re salivating at the thought of it already. The series, named Dish, will see former BBC radio host Nick, 37, and Gordon Ramsay protégé and Saturday Kitchen star Angela, 53, competing against the likes of other hit food podcasts including Jessie and Lennie Ware’s Table Manners, and Off Menu with comics Ed Gamble and James Acaster.

Gordon Ramsay is the bookies favourite to be one of the contestants on this year’s Strictly Come Dancing.

LOVE Island star Gemma Owen has revealed her famous footballer father "isn't happy" about her joining the hit reality dating series. The daughter of footballer Michael Owen, swimwear company owner Gemma, 19, revealed her father nearly had a "tantrum" after learning she will be on the ITV dating show this summer. But the England ace's stunning daughter revealed dad eventually gave his blessing to her entering the Love Island villa, saying: "I'm not going to tell you what to do." She told MailOnline: "I still wouldn't say that my dad is buzzing about me doing Love Island.

Love Island bosses have revealed that they aren't ditching the popular Movie Night segment, but one other favourite challenge won't be returning this year.Speaking to Daily Star, Love Island Executive Producer Mike Spencer reflected on the popular show segment Movie Night.Revealing the good news for viewers, he said: "Movie Night - that was an in villa format, it was a more of passing information, way for them to see what happened, I think that was exciting - so watch this space."For those not in the know, Movie Night is a very popular segment that take place in the villa and airs for viewers at home.Showing the Islanders clips from the show that they haven't seen, last year Liberty Poole was shown a clip of her then-beau Jake Cornish talking about her behind her back. Always a surefire way to get fireworks exploding in the villa, fans will be happy to know this segment will remain for the 2022 series.But then Mike dropped a complete bombshell that will no doubt upset some avid watchers of the ITV2 dating show.Revealing that one favourite challenge is getting the chop, Mike explained: "I think we've stepped away from the tweet challenge for now, I think we have enough content elsewhere and I don't think we need to do the tweet challenge as it was before."This comes after ITV revealed the full line-up of contestants for Love Island 2022 on Monday, May 30.The first episode is set to air at 9pm on Monday, June 6 – which means we are less than one week away from properly meeting the new cohort of hot singletons that are looking for love.Revealing the first 11 new islanders, the Love Island Instagram account drip fed fans on Monday – revealing the likes of Gemma Owen, Paige Thorne, Dami Hope and Tasha Ghouri.

Richard Madeley openly cringed as the first Love Island contestant was announced on Good Morning Britain. Presenting the morning show alongside Charlotte Hawkins yesterday (May 30), the 66-year-old was forced to share news about the Love Island 2022 line-up, which is making its highly anticipated return on Monday 6 June. As the iconic Love Island tune began playing in the ITV studio, Charlotte, 47, said: "It's not just the weather that's hotting up over the next few weeks because summer officially starts with the nations favourite dating show." Immediately, Richard let out a large sigh and dropped his head into his hands."You might get a clue from the music...

ITV has revealed the full line-up of contestants for Love Island 2022.The eighth series of Love Island is just a week away, with the first episode set to air at 9pm on Monday, June 6.For months, rumours have been spiralling about who could be heading to the villa this year and now we finally have the official line-up.In recent series, the show has received criticism for including too many influencers and not enough “real people”.But it seems that Love Island bosses have taken that criticism on board this year, with the new cast including a paramedic, microbiologist, fishmonger and many more ordinary people, as well as the first-ever deaf contestant.Here’s everything we know so far about the Love Island 2022 contestants.Paige Thorne is a 24-year-old paramedic from Swansea who is swapping life in Wales for a summer in Mallorca in an attempt to broaden her dating horizons.She’s recently come out of a relationship and is back in the dating pool but has become bored of the slim pickings in her hometown, she said: “In Swansea there is just no-one I can find, I’ve tried and there’s just nobody there anymore.”She describes herself as “mumsy” and could be the villa’s top cook as she boasts about her signature Sunday Dinner dish saying: “My roasties are up there, I think Gordon Ramsay would be impressed.”Dami Hope is a senior Microbiologist from Dublin.The 26-year-old Irishman has decided to head to the villa as part of his goal to start trying “new things”.Dami is hoping to stay out of trouble while in the villa, but can’t make any promises.He said: “I don’t know if I will cause trouble, I’ll try not to cause trouble but sometimes you don’t intentionally cause trouble - but it happens!”23-year-old Indiyah Polack from London has

Richard Madeley couldn't have looked more unimpressed as he admitted he "couldn't care less" about the new season of Love Island.The popular ITV2 dating series is back with a bang this year, and the names of the sexy new bunch of singletons lining up to enter the brand new Majorcan villa have been announced. And on Monday's instalment of Good Morning Britain, 66 year old Richard was presenting alongside Charlotte Hawkins when she "got a text" about the first confirmed contestant of the year.