There’s Love Island chaos with ITV ‘ten days behind schedule’ and panicked crew members have had to ‘scramble to construct the set around the clock’.
Days before the cast for the new series are due to fly out to the Majorcan villa, Love Island producers are reportedly rushing to finish setting up on time.
The hopeful love birds are jetting off next week and an insider revealed to The Sun how preparations for the 12th instalment of the long-standing romance reality are going.
A source told the publication: ‘It’s always a quick turnaround to sprinkle the Love Island magic on the Villa, which is a regular holiday let the rest of the year.
‘But the schedule has gone awry this year and it’s looking like production is as much as ten days behind schedule.
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There’s Love Island chaos with ITV ‘ten days behind schedule’ and the panicked crew have had to ‘scramble to construct the set around the clock’. Pictured: Love Island host Maya Jama
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Days before the cast for the new series are due to fly out to the Majorcan villa, Love Island producers are reportedly rushing to finish setting up on time
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The hopeful love birds are jetting off next week and an insider revealed to The Sun how preparations for the 12th instalment of the long-standing romance reality are going
‘Everyone is working around the clock.’
Meanwhile, the a first look for the new series dropped on Monday and despite the rush to get everything ready, host Maya Jama has promised ‘a summer full of twists and turns’ to mark the show’s 10-year anniversary.
The last season of the ITV dating programme – which was the second All Stars version – wrapped up in March.
Fans will be happy to know that it’s not long before they will get their Love Island fix.
On Monday (26 May 2025), a trailer was dropped ahead of the series.
Maya – who starting hosting the show in 2023 – is seen in a boardroom called Love Island HQ and says: ‘Right, this year Love Island needs something bigger, something bolder. I want ideas.’
One person asks: ‘Move it to the Isle of Wight?’
Another asks: ‘What if we turn it into musical?’
‘Why?’ Maya sassily asks.
Another says in Japanese: ‘Love Island, on ice?’ to which Maya replies: ‘Never!’
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A source told the publication: ‘It’s always a quick turnaround to sprinkle the Love Island magic on the Villa, which is a regular holiday let the rest of the year.’
Meanwhile, the a first look for the new series dropped on Monday and despite the rush to get everything ready, host Maya Jama has promised ‘a summer full of twists and turns’ to make the show’s 10-year anniversary
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Maya – who starting hosting the show in 2023 – is seen in a boardroom called Love Island HQ and says: ‘Right, this year Love Island needs something bigger, something bolder.’
Unhappy with all the suggestions, Maya pushes the paper off her desk and shouts: ‘No!’
She adds: ‘This year I want more drama, more bombshells, more break-ups, more make-ups.
‘I want more twists. I want more twists than ever.’
Voice over Iain Stirling ends the clip with: ‘Love Island. Coming soon to ITV2 and ITVX.’
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