MAYA Jama is to replace Laura Whitmore as host of Love Island, The Sun can reveal. The popular presenter, 28, has agreed to take on the role and bosses are finalising her contract.
She will appear in the winter version which is set to return to South Africa in January. It is thought Maya — worth around £2.5million — will also host the dating show’s summer edition from Majorca.
TV and radio presenter Vick Hope, 33 and ex-Love Islander Maura Higgins, 31, had also been in the running. It comes after Irish host Laura, 37, quit in August having replaced the late Caroline Flack in 2020.
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