Love Island will return on Monday, 16 January, ITV has announced.

The dating show, which airs on Virgin Media Two in Ireland, will be back on television screens for its first winter series, set in South Africa, since before the coronavirus pandemic.

ITV announced the news on social media, saying: "We're ready to crack on!"

TV and radio presenter Maya Jama, 28, is taking over as host from Laura Whitmore, 37, who announced she was stepping down in August.

Jama will also host the usual summer edition in Majorca later in the year.

In a first-look teaser, Jama appeared with brunette wavy locks and wearing a glittery jumpsuit, seemingly adorned with a sketch of Cupid's arrow.

Also featured was a pink velvet bucking bronco, with the new host ready to encourage those hoping to find their perfect match to "grab love by the horns".

For the first time in the series' history, contestants will have to disable their social media accounts during their time on the show in a bid to protect themselves and their families from online abuse.

Contestants will also receive "guidance and training" around "mutually respectful behaviour in relationships" after the last series prompted thousands of complaints to UK broadcasting watchdog Ofcom.

Many of the complaints related to "alleged misogynistic and bullying behaviour" by some islanders although they were not upheld.

These are in addition to other duty-of-care measures introduced for the previous series.

Source: Press Association

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