Overview
- ITV confirms the premiere for Sunday, January 12 at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX, with episodes airing Monday to Friday and Sundays plus an Unseen Bits show on Saturdays.
- Show creator Mike Spencer-Hayter hinted that late-arrival bombshells could come from outside the UK, saying newcomers may have different postcodes or zip codes.
- The announced line-up features former winners Millie Court and Jess Harding alongside recent summer-series returnees Helena Ford and Tommy Bradley.
- Former Islander Anton Danyluk addressed ex Belle Hassan’s casting in an Instagram statement, wishing her well and saying it changes nothing for him.
- Fans resurfaced a 2018 post suggesting prior friction between Helena Ford and Charlie Frederick, with reports claiming the pair knew each other from school.