Love Island 2025 line-up in full including ex-footballer's son and fire-breather

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Love Island is returning for another holiday of romance but who are the lucky islanders looking for their summer soulmate?
This sizzling summer marks 10 years of Love Island in Mallorca. The golden couple, Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury, and arguably the show's biggest ever success story have just got back together. In stark contrast, Love Island All Stars 2025 couple Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Curtis Pritchard announced their break up.
The countdown to the latest series 12 is just days away as it will burst back onto our screens on Monday 9 June and will be available to stream on ITVX.
This year it's all about drama. Host and presenter Maya Jama, whose own love life has courted the interest of headlines recently, declares in the teaser trailer: "I want more drama, more bombshells, more breakups, more makeup... I want more twists, more twists than ever."
Love Island has been streamed more than two billion times; so, who are the singletons heading into the villa about to shoot to overnight fame on their quest to find love? What twists will we see in the villa this time round?
Age: 29
Job: Motivational Speaker and Author
Lives: Manchester
Sophie used to be a fire breather before she ended up with burns in a freak accident on stage at the age of 22. At 29 years old, she has carved out a career as an influencer and works alongside Katie Piper's foundation.
"When I was 22 a fire breathing accident changed my life," Sophie says. "Because of the depth of my burn, I'm very lucky to be alive. I developed a keloid tumour. I found out there was no cure in the world. I became an international case study."
She has written a book about her experience too.
Sophie adds: "It's been a long process and I've documented it very openly. For me it's about raising awareness and also helping other trauma survivors. I'm very honoured, now they've put this surgery to be available on the NHS for many more patients. It can be seen as a medical breakthrough.
"I'm entering the era of me feeling my true best self as a woman. I'm proud of who I am and the journey that I've been on. Dating has been on the back burner but now, If anything, I'm more ready now to date than I have been throughout my whole 20s."
Sophie is looking for "someone who is fun, spontaneous, who has a lot of jokes and who is attentive". Before the villa, the islander says she has been unlucky in love only dating men who were "draped in red flags and 'do not cross' signs".
The model says she would be the "CEO of empowerment". She adds: "I want women to feel beautiful and validated in themselves and feel their best self."
Age: 26
Job: Personal trainer
Lives: London
Dejon has claims to fame already as his dad Gifton Noel-Williams is an ex-professional footballer who used to play for Watford, Stoke City and Burnley.
He says: "I've met all kinds of famous people through him. When I was younger it was weird because he was just my dad, but we'd go to a game and fans were asking for photos. I've met David Beckham, he was really nice."
He is looking for "someone who is beautiful on the inside and out, looks after themselves and is healthy". Sometimes in dating Dejon thinks he is too honest. The personal trainer admits: "I don't lead people on. But sometimes my honesty gets me in trouble, for example if I'm dating more than one girl, I'll be open about that."
Age: 25
Job: Payroll specialist
Lives: Southampton
Meg has set her heart on finding someone "who is tall, with a nice tan, nice eyes and a nice smile". She adds: "He needs to have a good fashion sense and a really good, funny personality that I can get on with."
She jokes her love life is currently "bankrupt right now". But she's optimistic. She jests: "But we're going to make sales and get on that corporate ladder and be booming. Profits, profits, profits!"
Her biggest ick is hygiene. She confesses: "You have to be clean, if you're not changing your boxers, if you're not brushing your teeth, if you're not washing your nails and keeping your feet nice...that's an ick. At the same time, it's the flip flops - I hate flip flops on men! If you wear flip flops around me I can't stand it.
All her friends have had babies but she's "really good with kids" so everyone knows her as "Auntie Meg"!
Age: 22
Job: Landscape Gardener
Lives: Hertfordshire
Italian Tommy admits he takes "hours" to do his hair but he isn't fussy when it comes to looks of his lover.
Talking about who he is looking for, he says: "A girl who is very ambitious, with a big personality, caring, but also someone that doesn't take themselves too seriously. I don't know if that's asking for too much, but I want a bit of everything. I haven't got a specific type in terms of looks, though."
His biggest ick is someone who won't stop partying. He says: "When a girl is always out partying every week. I don't go out too much. Especially in the winter, it's all about saving money and work. I go out during the summer, but I wouldn't want to date someone who likes to party every weekend."
His claim to fame is that his brother Jamie is a professional boxer who used to train with Anthony Joshua.
Age: 23
Job: Wealth Management Client Services Executive
Lives: Glasgow
Alima is confident that the Love Island host would hire her because of her flirting skills.
She says: "I always ask guys on a night out to guess which country I'm originally from. If they get it right, they can get my number. But they never guess correctly so it works really well if you don't want to give a guy your number. I'm originally from Guinea Bissau. If they're close and I really fancy them, I'll give them my number anyway."
The most unusual thing that has happened to her was when she helped her mum give birth to her baby sister at home. She says: "I was busy writing an essay for university when my mum went into labour. I called an ambulance and a woman on the phone told me what to do. I'd say it was only a 15 minute labour! I gathered hot towels and a shoelace for the umbilical cord. I told my lecturer what happened because I couldn't submit my essay and he thought I was lying! He said there were easier ways to get an extension."
So what kind of man is she looking for? "A tall man with a handsome face," Alima says. "You know when you just look at a guy and they have that Disney prince look to them? That's it."
Age: 23
Job: Private Hire Taxi driver
Lives: Gloucester
Ben confesses his love life would be "bankrupt" if it was a business. He jokes: "I'd have been out of business a long time ago. That's exactly why I'm here."
The private hire taxi driver knows the kind of islander he is looking for. He says: "Someone sexy, good looking, good chat, good vibes, nice teeth and good eye contact — they're all the traits I look for. Oh, and also a cute smile, I just look at you and know I can be around you all day, every day."
Admittedly he says he could work on his romance skills. He confesses: "I'm not the most romantic. I like to think I am, but just a meal and a bunch of flowers isn't cutting it in 2025. I do need to up my game."
Ben loves David Attenborough."I've got loads of his books," he says. "He's just a G. What a guy. He's got so much aura, I reckon his flirting skills are amazing."
Age: 29
Job: Cabin Crew
Lives: London
Helena has caught the eye of someone famous already. Justin Bieber follows her on X.
The cabin crew member confesses that she thinks the Love Island host would hire then quickly fire her over her flirting skills. "It would only be a temporary contract," she jests.
But she has confidence in the islander she is looking to fall in love with. She says: "Somebody funny or Northern. I feel like Northern people have much more banter than Southerners. If you look through my previous dating history, you'll see I clearly go for personality. You can pretty much laugh me into bed."
Her surprise party trick is being able to balance a full glass of wine on her head.
Age: 23
Job: Water operative
Lives: Stafford
Kyle reckons he's a good flirt and shares his secrets to success. "I find something to compliment a girl on and go from there," he says.
The islander is hoping to meet "someone that's fun, confident and just themselves".
His fun fact about himself is really about his sister! He says: "My older sister has two kids, both born on Christmas Day, three years apart. Everything gets celebrated on Christmas Day — it's crazy. I'd hate that."
Age: 24
Job: Musical theatre performer and energy broker
Lives: Brighton, from Dublin
Megan has some claims to fame already after a TikTok video she made with friends went viral. She explains: "Me and my friends made a Derry Girls TikTok for Halloween and it went a bit viral around Brighton. Sometimes I get stopped in the street about it. I've also done Panto."
She secretly has a lot of teddy bears at home on her bed. Megan admits: "Whenever my mum visits me she brings me a new one. They're looking at me, I can't chuck them out. I might bring one to the Villa with me, she's called Penelope, she's a bear with a sparkly outfit."
The islander shares what she is looking for in a partner: "Someone who doesn't take themselves too seriously and has a sense of humour. If they're not bad looking, that's always a plus. I love a boy that's a bit pasty, like Timothée Chalamet. I don't mind scrawny, or a bit of a 'dad bod'. I'm 5ft1 so any height really."
Megan can't help telling a few fibs as she says the scar she got from falling down the stairs was from swimming with sharks.
Age: 26
Job: Construction Project Manager
Lives: London
Blu doesn't mind sharing that his mum owns a sex shop in Spain. "Everyone knows [it] and [it] is quite popular," he says. "Growing up as a kid I was laughed at for it, but little did people know that all their parents were buying stuff from there!"
The islander shows off his cheeky sense of humour as he claims Jama would fire him based on his flirting skills. He adds: "I've got the charm to smooth things over with a girl. The fact I speak fluent Spanish comes in handy when it comes to flirting!"
His hobbies include martial arts. He says: "I've just started Brazilian jujitzu and I got silver in a competition recently. I used to box, which I did since I was about 16."
The constructor project manager is looking for long-term love. He is looking for "someone who is family oriented, has a lot of love to give and a lot of love to receive". "Personality goes a long way," he explains.
Age: 22
Job: Marketing
Lives: Burnley
Shakira says her love life would be "booming" if it was a business. But there's a catch as she admits: "They're all frogs. It's a busy love life but I've not found 'the husband'. I'm looking for 'the one'. I'm looking for the ring."
The marketing guru is looking for a husband who is "tall, charming, witty, with big arms, a good smile and just really funny".
When she's not doing her day job, she dresses up as a princess on the weekends for children's parties. "I've done quite a few celebrity birthday parties for footballers' kids," she says.
Age: 30
Job: Gold trader, semi-professional footballer and model
Lives: Guildford
Semi-professional footballer Harry has already got some claims to fame as the body double for Declan Rice. "When he does a shoot, any body close ups will actually be me," he says. "You'll never see my face, but you'll see my shoulder or chest, that kind of thing."
The gold trader keeps introducing women to his friends and they get together but he's not found love himself.
When it comes to dating, he's "old-fashioned" as he likes to make the first move. He says of his biggest ick: "I don't slide into DMs if I don't know someone. Also someone that tries too hard and is trying to be who they think I want them to be."
The model is looking for a "girl-next-door" who makes him laugh and "can hold eye contact with me". He says: "I don't think I'd go for the most obvious girl, I like a real sweet girl."
Love Island returns to ITV2 and ITVX at 9pm on Monday 9 June.