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Love Island hopefuls ditch the day jobs in new trailer

Love Island returns on Monday at 9:00pm on Virgin Media Two and ITV2
Love Island returns on Monday at 9:00pm on Virgin Media Two and ITV2

A first-look trailer at the new series of Love Island sees the contestants ditch their day jobs as they head into the villa to look for love.

The eighth series of the popular ITV2 dating show launches on Monday at a brand new location in Majorca, with Laura Whitmore returning as host.

In the new teaser video, viewers can catch a glimpse of a line-up that includes Dubliner Dami Hope, former England striker Michael Owen's daughter Gemma and dancer Tasha Ghouri, who has a cochlear implant and is the show's first deaf contestant.

The clip opens with paramedic Paige Thorne, 24, pulling up in her ambulance outside an advertising board promoting the season.

After becoming enticed, she can be seen emerging from the ambulance in a leopard print bikini as she prepares to break from her job and head to the Spanish island.

Twenty-six-year-old senior microbiologist Dami Hope is seen in the lab as he discovers a beating heart under the microscope.

Dubliner Dami Hope

Gemma Owen, 19, shows off her dressage rider background as she dismounts from her horse and winks at the camera.

Elsewhere in the clip, fishmonger Luca Bish, 23, looks dazed as he dreams of the villa and pharmaceutical sales specialist Ikenna Ekwonna, 23, can be seen showing off his boxing skills.

Nanny Amber Beckford, 24, throws the children's toys to the side as she gets ready for her time in the sun and estate agent Andrew Le Page, 27, celebrates securing the deal of getting on the reality show.

Love Island returns on Monday at 9:00pm on Virgin Media Two and ITV2

Hotel waitress Indiyah Polack, 23, can also be seen eating the chips of her guests while dancer and model Tasha Ghouri, also 23, demonstrates her moves.

Also featured in the clip are 22-year-old masters student Liam Llewellyn and 27-year-old Italian-born Davide Sanclimenti.

It was announced on Friday that the first coupling on the upcoming series will be decided by viewers.

Love Island returns on Monday at 9:00pm on Virgin Media Two and ITV2.

Source: Press Association

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