[10/04/23 - 10:03 AM] Peacock Announces Lineup of Global Fan Favorites for New Original Series "Love Island Games" The Islanders entering the villa for the inaugural season are iconic "Love Island" singles from around the world including UK, USA, Australia, France, Sweden and Germany.
[via press release from Peacock]
PEACOCK ANNOUNCES LINEUP OF GLOBAL FAN FAVORITES FOR NEW ORIGINAL SERIES "LOVE ISLAND GAMES"
Maura Higgins Will Return as Social Ambassador for the Love Island Spinoff Series Hosted by Maya Jama
❤️🔥 Peacock has unveiled a set of global Love Island fan favorites ready to find love on their new Original series Love Island Games premiering Wednesday, Nov 1 with new episodes six days a week.
❤️🔥 The Islanders entering the villa for the inaugural season are iconic Love Island singles from around the world including UK, USA, Australia, France, Sweden and Germany. The Islanders are:
· Eyal Booker (Season 4, UK)
· Georgia Steel (Season 4, UK)
· Jack Fowler (Season 4, UK)
· Megan Barton-Hanson (Season 4, UK)
· Curtis Pritchard (Season 5, UK)
· Mike Boateng (Season 6, UK)
· Liberty Poole (Season 7, UK)
· Toby Aromolaran (Season 7, UK)
· Scott Van-der Sluis (Season 10, UK and Season 5, USA)
· Kyra Green (Season 1, USA)
· Ray Gantt (Season 1, USA)
· Justine Ndiba (Winner Season 2, USA)
· Cely Vazquez (Season 2, USA)
· Johnny Middlebrooks (Season 2, USA)
· Carrington Rodriguez (Season 2, USA)
· Deb Chubb (Season 4, USA)
· Courtney Boerner (Season 4, USA)
· Zeta Morrison (Winner Season 4, USA)
· Imani Wheeler (Season 5, USA)
· Callum Hole (Season 4, AUS)
· Mitch Hibberd (Winner Season 3 and Season 4, AUS)
· Tina Provis (Winner Season 3 and Season 4, AUS)
· Jessica Losurdo (Season 4, AUS)
· Steph Blackos (Season 2, FR)
· Lisa Celander (Season 3, SE)
· Aurelia Lamprecht (Season 4, DE)
❤️🔥 Maura Higgins will return as social ambassador of the new series and more surprise guests will drop in throughout the season.
ABOUT THE SERIES
SERIES DESCRIPTION
Set in Fiji, the first season of Peacock's Love Island Games will bring together fan-favorite Islanders from various Love Island series across the globe - USA, UK, Australia and beyond - for a second shot at love as they compete in a brand-new format to be crowned champions of Love Island Games. In this cheeky new iteration, romance will meet reality as fan-favorite Islanders are faced with both team and couples' challenges, all while navigating dating, eliminations, recoupling, dramatic arrivals, and new competition twists and turns that help control the game like never before. Maya Jama will host the new Original series alongside UK comedian Iain Stirling who reprises his role as narrator.
ABOUT LOVE ISLAND GAMES
Launch Date: Nov 1, 2023, with new episodes streaming six days a week
Executive Producers: David George, Adam Sher, Simon Thomas, Andy Cadman, Ben Thursby-Palmer, Claudine Parish, Kate Amarnani and Sophie Bush are the executive producers, alongside Tom Gould, Richard Cowles, Mike Spencer, Richard Foster, and Chet Fenster.
Produced By: ITV Entertainment, an ITV America company. The series is based on a format owned by Lifted Entertainment and GroupM Motion Entertainment and distributed by ITV Studios.
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