Love Island’s Mallorcan mansion will include a redesigned fire pit as it undergoes a dramatic facelift weeks ahead of the new series’ launch this summer
Love Island’s Mallorcan villa is getting a facelift ahead of the start of the next series, which will be hosted by Maya Jama in a few weeks.
The summer version of the dating show will return on June 5, according to the Sun, and in preparation for the arrival of more contestants, villa workers are giving an overhaul.
Updated features in the massive space include a redesigned fire pit and patio, as well as a different kitchen.
It’s likely that the new fire pit area will add some extra drama to the upcoming series as the singletons enjoy parties and endure recouplings.
The renovations will follow Winter Love Island, which was completed on March 13 after beginning on January 16.
Makeover: Love Island’s Mallorcan villa gets a facelift ahead of the start of the next series in a couple of weeks (file image)
New: Updated features in the massive space include a redesigned fire pit and patio, a different kitchen, and Maya Jama will once again be hosting
A source said of the new series: “This series will be eight weeks long, meaning the couple who win the show will be at the villa for two months.”
It comes after Love Island’s Maxwell Samuda finally opened up about the real reason he split from girlfriend Olivia Hawkins.
The pair bonded during that winter’s series but left the season just days before the finals.
They decided to go their separate ways just weeks after returning to the UK, with some program fans accusing them of having a showmance.
However, Maxwell, 24, insisted they simply drifted apart after returning from South Africa, where the show was filmed, insisting “other things” diverted his attention from their union.
He told the Murad Merali Podcast: “The main thing I would say about the whole situation, when you’re at the villa and even just after the villa but still together in South Africa, it’s a very different environment.
“All you have to focus on during this time is each other and just being on holiday together, and it’s pretty easy to have a great time when you’re on vacation.
“But once you get home and all these other things are going on, grab your attention and focus.”
Honest: It comes after Love Island’s Maxwell Samuda finally opened up about the real reason he split from girlfriend Olivia Hawkins
End of the road: The couple bonded during this winter’s series but left the season just days before the finale
Maxwell added that he’s not sure he’s seen the pair together far in the future, explaining, “It really gives you an opportunity to look at it and consider whether there’s really longevity in this situation or there is we connected and really got into it, but out in the real world we’re just not sure if it has the same longevity.
It comes after Maxwell and Olivia, 27, became the second couple from this year’s winter series to split just weeks after leaving the villa in March.
The ring girl and finance student reportedly went their separate ways after “naturally growing apart.”
It came after Casey O’Gorman and Rosie Seabrook became the first couple from the Winter 2023 series to split.
Olivia and Maxwell reportedly had a conversation about their relationship and decided to separate, but remained “on good terms.”
Relationship: It comes after Olivia originally denied they had secretly gone their separate ways, insisting they were “literally fine” (pictured on the show in March)