STUNNING Shakira Khan is lined up for this year’s Love Island, The Sun can reveal.
The sexy 22 year old from Manchester will set the ITV2 dating show alight and help make this series the hottest one yet.
Shakira’s Instagram page is filled with gorgeous travel snaps from Haiti, Dubai and New York – and she’s not afraid of a bikini showcase too.
The beauty joins hunky Aaron Buckett in the mix for this summer’s cast.
A source said: “Shakira is jawdroppingly gorgeous and will land a place in Love Island’s history books as a real beauty.
“Execs are finalising who will be in the OG line-up and who will be a bombshell, but Shakira is in the mix.
“And viewers will be hoping she’s there to stay.”
The Sun unveiled 6’5” Aaron as the first name linked to this year’s villa.
Aaron has tens of thousands of fans on Instagram and Tiktok where he posts eye popping videos of his workouts.
A villa source told us: “It’s a fact of life that girls go crazy for a tall lad and Aaron is a man mountain.
“He’s got great chat too.”
Love Island and ITV has yet to announce any of the cast, but decisions will be made soon about which guys and girls make the opening line-up.
But they have FINALLY revealed when the show will return to our screens.
Hosted by Maya Jama, 30, viewers can’t wait for the new series to kick off – and they don’t have long to go.
Love Island fans have been patiently awaiting the arrival of the new summer series.
They had been starting to speculate the show had been delayed as there had been no news from ITV confirming the start date – until now.
The broadcaster – who brought fans Love Island ten years ago in 2015 – have revealed the show will start on Monday, June 9.
The action will kick off at 9pm on ITV2 and see host Maya welcome a brand new set of sexy singletons into the famous villa.
The new Islanders will then attempt to “couple up” in order for them not to be “dumped from the Island”.
As per Love Island tradition, the show usually starts the week after the last May Bank Holiday.
However, this year the show is kicking off a week after this at the slightly later date of June 9.
LOVE ISLAND TEASE
It comes after host Maya teased the return of Love Island, in the show’s latest trailer.
In the short clip, she talked about the new series bringing ‘more twists and turns’.
Looking sensational, Maya said: “This year Love Island needs something bigger, something bolder, I want ideas.”
The TV host insisted: “This year I want more drama, more bombshells, more break-ups, more makeups.
“I want more twists, I want more twists than ever.”
VILLA CRISIS
The Sun revealed earlier this week how the Love Island villa isn’t ready yet.
Staff have been working around the clock to prepare for this summer’s Islanders, who will land on the Spanish island next week – but there is still work that needs to be done.
A source said: “it’s always a quick turnaround to sprinkle the Love Island magic on the Villa, which is a regular holiday let the rest of the year.
“But the schedule has gone awry this year and it’s looking like production is as much as ten days behind schedule.
“Everyone is working around the clock.”
Love Island starts on ITV2 and ITVX on June 9 at 9pm.
Love Island winners - where they are now
EVERY year Love Island opens its doors to more sexy Islanders who are hoping for a holiday romance that could turn into more.
Here we take you through all of the Love Island winners so far and what their relationship statuses are now:
2025 – The second series of All Stars saw Gabby Allen and Case O’Gorman scoop the crown. STATUS: Still together.
2024 – The summer Love Island saw Mimii Ngulube and Josh Oyinsan were crowned the winners. STATUS: Broken up.
2024 – The first ever All stars spin off show was won by Molly Smith and Tom Clare. STATUS: Still together.
2023 – Jess Harding and Sammy Root took home the 50k, and won the summer 2023 Love Island. STATUS: Broken up.
2023 – The first series of 2023 saw Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan crowned Love Island winners in South Africa. STATUS: Still together.
2022 – Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu’s time in the villa was anything but a smooth ride, but they managed to win the public’s hearts – and the ITV2 reality show. STATUS: Broken up.
2021 – Liam Reardon and Millie Court were announced winners of Love Island 2021. STATUS: Still together.
2020 – The first ever winter Love Island saw Paige Turley and Finn Tapp crowned winners after falling in love on the show. STATUS: Broken up.
2019 – Series 5 saw Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague runners up to winners Greg O’Shea and Amber Gill, who met in the last few days of the series. STATUS: Broken up.
2018 – It wasn’t surprising fan favourites Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer won the show, as they were strong throughout. But sadly things didn’t last. STATUS: Broken up.
2017 – Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies had lots of ups and downs in the villa but went on to win. STATUS: Broken up.
2016 – Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyde were together from the start of the series, and since they won the show they’ve had two kids and are married. STATUS: Still together.
2015 – Despite poor Jess Hayes being Max Morley’s second choice on the show, they did win – but they didn’t last as a couple. STATUS: Broken up.
