Meet Love Island’s 11 new singles as ‘biggest twist yet’ sees current couples put in separate villas

Five new girls and six new boys are heading for the island
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Love Island is set to introduce 11 new singles into the villa as a shock twist sees the existing couples split up and put into separate villas.

The incoming contestants include glamour model Danielle and fitness enthusiast Rob, who’ll be joining fellow newbies Marino, Alex, Ellisha-Jade, Craig, Shannen, Danielle, Steve, Amelia and Nathan in tonight's episode.

In Sunday’s instalment of sister show Aftersun Caroline Flack announced that she was heading back to the Majorcan villa for the show’s "biggest twist yet".

After Simon was sent home in Wednesday’s episode it was revealed that the current contestants would be split up into two villas and joined by new arrivals of the opposite sex.

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The split is intended to test the existing couples’ loyalty as the new girls will be joining Dom, Marcel, Jonny, Kem, Chris in their villa, while the new boys shack up with Amber, Camilla, Montana, Olivia, Tyla and Gabby in a separate house just around the corner.

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A source told The Sun that show bosses wanted to “pull the carpet out” from the contestants, explaining:

“Things are already a bit complicated in the villa, but this latest twist is going to ramp things up a gear.

“With relationships forming, fizzling out and floundering, bosses thought it was about time they gave some of the current housemates a bit of a nudge – and pull the carpet out from others.

"You don’t need to be a psychologist to see that a lot of those pairings aren’t out of choice.”

Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2.

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