Love Island begins tonight with a new batch of contestants looking for romance.
A dancer who has a cochlear implant is among the newly-announced Love Island line-up, which also includes a paramedic, a senior microbiologist and a hotel waitress.
Tasha Ghouri, from Thirsk, North Yorkshire, said she is heading into the villa to find "the one" as she feels her dating life is a "shambles". She will join the new crop of contestants when the popular ITV2 series returns on June 6 at 9pm.
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A second contestant Gemma Owen, 19, admitted she is very competitive as her father is professional footballer Michael Owen and she has competed for Great Britain in dressage since she was aged 11.
The international dressage rider and business owner said: "I will always go for what I want. But, at the same time, I'm not going to mess up something for someone who is in a proper relationship or get in the way of a couple if they have a genuine connection."
Another contestant for the 2022 line-up is Davide Sanclimenti, 27, from Rome, who said he is going to bring his "Italian charm" to the villa.
The business owner, who now lives in Manchester, said: "I'm good-looking and I've realised, since I first arrived in Manchester, a lot of English girls actually love me. They love to be around me and I love to be around them."
How long is Love Island on for and when is the Love Island final?
This year the contestants will enter a new villa in Majorca as the previous property near Sant Llorenc des Cardassar, in the east of the Spanish island, has reportedly become unavailable for the forthcoming series.
Laura Whitmore will return as host when the series starts on Monday June 6 at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub.
Love Island airs every night on ITV2 at 9pm, except Saturdays, for an hour-long episode. There has been no confirmation as to how long the eighth series will last for, but previous seasons have run for six to eight weeks.
The 2021 series ran for 58 days. If this year's show follows the same format, the Love Island final should air around August 1.
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