Maya Jama has been announced as the new host of ITV2's dating show Love Island.
The Bafta-winning show will return to South Africa for a ninth season in 2023, with the English television personality and 'Love Island fan' at the helm.
Jama recently co-presented BBC One's Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer, as well as BBC One's Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star.
She will replace Laura Whitmore, who in turn took over from the late Caroline Flack - the original Love Island anchor. after Flack's death, but announced in August that she had to step down.
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Maya Jama has been announced as the new host of ITV2's dating show Love Island.
The Bafta-winning show will return to South Africa for a ninth season in 2023, with the English television personality and 'Love Island fan' at the helm.
Jama recently co-presented BBC One's Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer, as well as BBC One's Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star.
She will replace Laura Whitmore, who in turn took over from the late Caroline Flack - the original Love Island anchor. after Flack's death, but announced in August that she had to step down.
Laura Whitmore quits as host of Love IslandWill Caroline Flack's death be a turning point? Bullied in class, bored on Love Island, now an Ekin-Su podcast star signs up for Dancing On Ice on Wednesday that finding someone to follow the "wonder...
< /figure>By Paul GlynnEntertainment reporter
