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Joel Leaver

Love Island fans spot clue pointing towards major drama in the 2022 line-up

The Love Island line-up for this year has finally been revealed and fans are already predicting who the drama will centre on during the first few episodes of the 2022 series.

The ITV2 dating show will return to the small screen next week on June 6, with Laura Whitmore, 37, resuming hosting duties alongside voiceover commentator Iain Stirling, 34.

It will see a new group of singletons enter the iconic villa located in Majorca as they look for love over the summer, with both romance and drama likely to be on the cards.

The line-up was officially announced by ITV on Monday, with it including a paramedic, a real estate agent and a fishmonger - as well as the daughter of a football legend.

The line-up includes paramedic Paige Thorne (ITV)
Other islanders include estate agent Andrew Le Page (ITV)

And some fans have already begun speculating over possible drama in the first few episodes, after they noticed something about the newly-announced line-up.

It has been noted that there are an uneven amount of islanders entering the villa for the launch, with '6 boys' having been announced, but only '5 girls' with them.

This has led some fans to predict that one of the boys in the line-up will be the first 'bombshell' of the new series of Love Island - which is likely to cause some drama early on.

Fans noticed there appears to be more 'boys' this year, including Dami Hope (ITV)
Luca Bish is another islander in the line-up (ITV)

"There's 6 boys, 5 girls in the line-up meaning a boy is the 'bombshell'," wrote one fan earlier. Another asked on social media: "So the 'bombshell' is a boy [this year]?"

Another viewer who speculated similarly, had written in response to the line-up: "So there are 6 boys and 5 girls. My guess is that Dami [Hope] is gonna be the first 'bombshell'."

It's possible ten of the contestants will enter the villa together and couple up towards the start of the launch episode, with the eleventh joining them later in the evening.

One fan suggested that microbiologist Dami, 26, could be the first 'bombshell' of the series, whilst others speculated after fishmonger Luca Bish, 23, was the last islander to be revealed.

Shannon Singh was dumped from the villa on the second day last year (Instagram/shannonsinghhh)
It was because Chloe Burrows (pictured) chose to couple up with Aaron Francis, which left Shannon single (Dave Benett/Getty Images)

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Last year, for example, there were similarly 11 islanders who entered the villa initially, including Chloe Burrows, now 26, who had been the first 'bombshell' of that series.

She'd joined the villa shortly after the other ten participants had coupled up for the first time, with her arrival bringing drama as on the second day she had to 'steal' a boy.

Chloe opted to couple up with Aaron Francis, now 25, which left Shannon Singh, 23 - who he'd coupled up with the day before - single. She was dumped from the island.

Liam Llewellyn is another islander this year (ITV)
Fans will also be introduced to Ikenna Ekwonna on the launch show next week (ITV)

If fans are right - and the first 'bombshell' of the new series is one of the boys - then it could mean viewers get to see said islander have to break up one of the first couplings.

And if producers decide to follow the format from last year, then it could mean that, as a result, one of the other boys could be dumped from the island in the first few days.

Fans will have to tune in to Love Island on ITV2 and ITV Hub from next Monday (June 6) to see what happens. Episodes are available the following morning through BritBox.

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