Love Island winter series launch date confirmed – and there’s less than 2 weeks to wait

The community has confirmed that the brand new chapter will launch on Monday, January 16 from 9pm, so cancel all of your plans and set these calendar alerts.

The primary version of 2023 will mark Maya Jama’s internet hosting debut following presenter Laura Whitmore’s exit from the present final yr.

Maya, 28, appeared radiant as hell within the five-second teaser, which was launched final week, aptly wearing a black sequined jumpsuit with gold embellished star signal detailing.

Information of Love Island’s official begin date comes after it was introduced that the newest batch of contestants will must disable their social media accounts in the course of the programme to guard each them and their households.

The brand new sequence of Love Island stars January 16 (Image: ITV)

For the primary time, the broadcaster will ask islanders to make their accounts ‘dormant’ whereas they're within the villa so nothing could be printed on their behalf they usually keep away from ‘the hostile results of social media’.

Love Island is again for 2023

Kiss goodbye to your social life as Love Island is again for its Winter 2023 sequence.

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Contestants will even obtain ‘steerage and coaching’ round ‘mutually respectful behaviour in relationships’ after the newest sequence prompted hundreds of complaints to broadcasting watchdog Ofcom.

Most of the complaints associated to ‘alleged misogynistic and bullying behaviour’ though they weren't upheld.

Islanders will probably be provided useful resource hyperlinks to learn earlier than assembly the opposite contestants to assist them ‘establish adverse behaviours in relationships’ and ‘perceive the behaviour patterns related to controlling and coercive behaviour’.

The brand new measures have been launched as a part of ITV’s responsibility of care measures for 2023.