Love Island 2024 cast: Full line up of this year’s Islanders looking for love including a stunning make-up artist and hunky recruitment manager

With the launch of Love Island’s summer 2024 series just days away, the first stars to enter the villa have been revealed.

And the first singles looking for love have been revealed as make-up artist Samantha Kenny from Liverpool and recruitment manager Munveer Jabbal from Surbiton.

Samantha, 26, works in a beauty salon and regularly keeps her 4,000 Instagram followers updated by sharing photos in a bikini.

And the Scouse stunner is already starting to show some prowess as an influencer, with a handful of deals with various brands to her name.

Speaking about why she has decided to sign up for the show, Samantha said: ‘I’m ready to settle down and Love Island is a great opportunity to meet someone who isn’t from my area. I love a cockney boy so I hope there’s one for me.’

She believes she has a lot to show, and admits she can be fiery and possibly cause some drama.

She said: ‘I think I’ll definitely bring some fire, I’m very opinionated and wear my heart on my sleeve.

‘I’m also very bubbly, so I’ll definitely be smiling and bringing some glamor too.’

Samantha blamed her lack of romance on not going out enough in Liverpool, as she works at weekends and reveals her type on paper.

She added: ‘If I want a night out I go to London because I love the boys down south. Tall, dark and cockney is my type.’

Meanwhile, Munveer, 30, is also struggling to find love in the capital, admitting he can be ‘quite picky’ when choosing a partner.

He said: ‘I haven’t found the right girl, I’m quite picky and have high standards. Dating in London is terrible.

“You don’t know who’s single… but now you’re bringing me to a place where everyone’s single, so there’s no problem with that.”

Explaining why he is entering the villa, he said: ‘Dating in London hasn’t worked out for me. The opportunity to be surrounded by beautiful people in a villa under the sun is an absolute no-brainer!

“I’m 30 years old and I need to start thinking seriously about the next step, and what better place.”

And Munveer already knows a thing or two about fame as he considers Piers Morgan’s son Spencer a close friend since meeting him in 2018.

Series 11 begins on Monday June 3, with presenter Maya Jama once again at the helm.

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

The summer series follows Love Island: All Stars, where Molly Smith and Tom Clare, whose relationship is still going strong, were crowned the winners.

Since winning the title, Molly has signed lucrative deals with jewelery brand Abbott Lyon, fashion giant boohoo and US fitness supplement Alani Nu.

Last summer’s series was won by Jess Harding and Sammy Root, but the couple split shortly after winning the £50,000 prize.

Jess is in a new relationship with a man she has kept private, while Sammy has started filming scenes with the cast of TOWIE.

This year, the islanders starring in the show will continue to keep their Instagram pages ‘dormant’ to protect their mental health and the wellbeing of their friends and family.

In previous years, participants have suffered from trolls, with negativity consuming their profiles, to the detriment of their loved ones who were targeted with hate in their absence.

While ITV will launch the dating show simultaneously on ITV1, ITV2 and ITVX for the first time ever. It will continue for the remainder of the series on ITV2 and ITVX.

The channel used a similar launch strategy for Big Brother when it rebooted last October, which attracted an impressive 2.5 million viewers.

A source said The sun of the change to launch night: ‘ITV wants to get behind Love Island and make sure it has a big, flashy moment when the 11th series kicks off next month.

“If you show it on every channel, you’re creating something that they hope will be a big TV moment. It shows that even nine years later there is still a real commitment to the format.

‘Harnessing the full power of ITV means reaching every demographic, including the crucial 16-34 year olds.’

Show bosses will no doubt be hoping the program is a bigger hit with viewers than the spin-off Love Island: All Stars which aired earlier this year.

Although the series was the biggest digital program of the year so far, it failed to regain the ratings of its glory days.

The reality show received the lowest ever viewing figures for a Love Island final, with just 1 million viewers tuning in live to watch the grand finale, making it the least watched final since series one in 2015.

In 2018, 3.6 million people tuned in as Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham scooped the £50,000, followed by Amber Gill and Greg O’Shea who achieved the highest ever rating for a final with 3.7 million.

Meanwhile, Love Island: Aftersun will also return live from London every Sunday on ITV2 and ITVX, hosted by Maya, along with a host of regular panellists.

Sam Thompson and Indiyah Polack will reprise their roles, along with new panellists Amy Hart, Chris Taylor and Jordan Stephens, as they join celebrity guests to discuss all the goings-on at the Villa this summer.