Love Island 2024 forged revealed: Those in search of like to enter villa

Love Island is just days away from the 2024 summer series launch, with the season’s first episode set to air on Monday 3 June.

And the contestants have now been revealed ahead of the opening instalment, according to The Sun.

They have been jetting out to the sunny Spanish island of Mallorca in recent days, spending a couple of weeks in isolation before returning host Maya Jama throws open the doors to the villa.

The ITV2 dating show will see a new batch of singletons looking for love in Mallorca, with teasers featuring Maya unveiled last month.

MailOnline takes a look at who is set to star on the show this summer… 

THE GIRLS 

Samantha Kenny, 26 

Samantha, 27, works in a beauty salon and as a make-up artist and regularly keeps her four thousand Instagram followers up to date by sharing bikini-clad pictures.

As an influencer, she has had a handful of deals with different brands.

A source told The Sun: ‘She is used to blokes trying to crack on with her but she’s not a soft touch.’

Patsy Field, 25 

Influencer Patsy Field will become the latest contestant with a disability to star on Love Island, MailOnline revealed this week.

The Londoner, 25, was born with Erb’s palsy, which was developed during her traumatic birth at Lewisham hospital.

Patsy has told how she should have been born via cesarean, but doctors made the crucial error for her to be delivered naturally, resulting in a defect, which she has had to overcome her entire life.

The condition means her right arm is shorter in length and unable to function as well as her left, with Patsy admitting she has felt ‘self-conscious’ but learned to embrace it throughout adulthood.

She follows in the footsteps of Tasha Ghouri, who was the first deaf Islander to star on the ITV2 dating series, partially sighted Ron Hall, and Hugo Hammond, who was born was clubfoot.

Explaining her condition on social media, she said: ‘One thing you guys don’t know about me is I have a disability. I have never spoken about it on here before because I am a bit self-conscious about it to be honest.

‘It is a disability I’ve literally had since birth. All my close friends and family know about it.

‘Pretty much everyone says they don’t notice it, or they have never noticed it before but once I tell you go back and look through my old videos, you’ll be able to spot it.

‘So, the disability affects my right arm, I was a normal, happy, healthy baby in my mama’s womb and the hospital f***ed up and gave me a disability, Lewisham hospital, you f***ers.

‘I should have been a cesarean birth, but the midwife thought she could do it and she couldn’t… I was such a big baby, I was almost 11lb, a normal baby is like 7lb. I got stuck coming out of my mum… and they’re pulling and pulling and pulling and in the process of yanking me out, they have done some damage.

‘They snapped the nerve that sends messages down from my brain down my spine to my right arm, messages are trying to send, and this computer says no.

‘As a result, I have a disability called Erb’s Palsy and my arm never grew as much and it doesn’t do anything really, they are completely different lengths.’

Nicole Samuel, 23 

Stunning model Nicole Samuel from Aberdare has been signed up for the upcoming new series.

It was reported on Friday by The Sun that Nicole, 23, will jet off to the Majorca villa in the next few days. 

The stunner works as an account manager and model and regularly keeps her 11,000 Instagram followers up to date by sharing bikini-clad pictures.

Nicole also has a connection to former villa star Scott van-deer-Sluis, who follows her on Instagram.

She is also reportedly pals with former Islander Bayley Mummery. 

Harri Blackmore, 24

Professional dancer and personal shopper Harri Blackmore, 24, is from Brighton.

She already has a following of more than 30,000 on Instagram and often shares bikini snaps of herself in sun-soaked locations.

Harri is friends with YouTube star Saffron Barker, who appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2019, with the pair recently flying out to Dubai to top up their tans. 

Jessica White, 25

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Mimii Ngulube, 24

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THE BOYS

Ciaran Davies, 21

Welsh rugby hunk Ciaran Davies has been in talks with ITV bosses for weeks, according to The Sun.

A source has spilled that Ciaran is a perfect fit for the matchmaking show. ‘Ciaran caught the eye of Love Island bosses immediately,’ revealed an insider.

‘He’s gorgeous with a fit athletic build that will send the girls in the villa wild, but he’s also a sweet boy next door from Wales to boot.’

‘He’s the kind of lad you could happily take home to your mum’

‘Right now, it’s unclear whether he is one of the OG line-up or a bombshell but he is a favourite with the casting team and is sure to make a big impression with viewers.’

Ronnie Vint, 27

Love Island bosses have signed footballer Ronnie Vint for the new series – and he’s a close friend of show icon Olivia Attwood.

The footballer, 27, who was best man at Olivia’s wedding to Bradley Dack last summer, is the latest star confirmed for the upcoming season.

And he’s already proved to be a ladies’ man amongst Olivia’s celebrity friendship group, with TV insiders telling MailOnline he’s finally looking to settle down after years of playing the field in more ways than one.

A source revealed: ‘Ronnie is the latest signing for Love Island this year and he can’t wait to see who else will be joining him.

‘As a ladies’ man, he has dated a string of reality stars, and now he’s excited to finally become a contestant himself after hearing so much about it from Olivia.

‘Of course, Olivia and Bradley are close friends with Ronnie and will be supporting him on the show all the way.’ 

Ronnie is a footballer who plays for non-league team Lewes and appears to be friends with the likes of former Love Island contestant Tyrique Hyde. 

Sean Stone, 24

Ayo Odukoya, 25

Munveer Jabbal, 30

Sam Taylor, 23