Overview
- ITV unveiled a 12-strong starting line-up featuring former winners Millie Court and Jess Harding alongside recent summer entrants Helena Ford and Tommy Bradley.
- The series begins January 12 at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX, runs for an extended six weeks, and returns with Maya Jama hosting and Iain Stirling narrating.
- Creative director Mike Spencer-Hayter hinted that late-arriving bombshells could include international Islanders, building on recent cross-border success in the franchise.
- Fans resurfaced a 2018 tweet attributed to Helena Ford alleging Charlie Frederick shut down her 16th birthday party, setting up a possible pre-villa tension point.
- Ex–Islanders and friends are weighing in ahead of launch, with Anton Danyluk saying Belle Hassan’s return changes nothing for him and Chloe Burrows posting playful warnings to Millie Court.