Love Island fans were wowed as new host Maya Jama made her arrival at the sprawling South African villa on the popular ITV dating contest. The series began in epic style, as a helicopter circled over the villa with Maya on board.
Love Island is back with a new batch of hopeful singletons looking for love in the sun. The second winter edition of the long-running show has the contestants staying in the stunning £1.2 million Ludas Magnus villa wine region of Franschhoek in a bid to find their Mr or Mrs Right.
This series marks the debut of TV and radio presenter Maya 28, who has taken over hosting duties from Laura Whitmore following her departure last year. The new series has a James Bond actress, a farmer, and the show’s first partially blind contestant all enter the villa.
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But it was stunning Maya who immediately grabbed fans' attention with fans saying she might as well bag the £50,000 cash prize. She performed the show's famous slow motion entrance in a red two-piece crochet outfit.
@JMarleyWrites tweeted: "I mean Maya Jama has just shut down the whole show with that entrance." @TeeXCI commented: "Maya Jama’s beauty is different man. Just give her the £50k and wrap up the series."
@mrqqus echoed: "Cancel the season and give Maya Jama the money." @michemingg praised: "Maya looks GOODT." @kaziamelx wrote: "Maya Jama looking sensational." @wxvy_taz gasped: "Maya looks goooooodddd." @Charly__O remarked: "Maya is stunning man." And @amiraaaaa said: "Maya looks stunning."
Maya Jama said agreeing to host the show, which launched in 2015, was a “no-brainer” as she has been a massive fan for years. The TV and radio presenter will also present the usual summer edition in Majorca later in the year.
Maya admitted that her look for the slow-motion entrance was the one she has found most challenging. She said previously: “The biggest pressure is the slow-motion walk to enter – so much pressure. (The outfit) has to look good in the wind, you have to be able to move in it, you’ve got to be saucy but not too saucy.”
Maya, 28, who presented BBC One's Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer alongside footballing star Peter Crouch, said she did not want to do too much research for Love Island, which was originally presented by the late Caroline Flack from 2015 until 2019, as she feels you need to “still be yourself” in the role.
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