Maya Jama

Maya has been announced as the new host of Love Island, taking over from Laura Whitmore after she announced that she would be stepping down.

Speaking about how she’s preparing for her new hosting gig, Maya continued: ‘I’m a massive fan, I’ve watched pretty much all of the series. [Maya Jama grabs love ‘by the horns’ on bucking bull in new Winter Love Island 2023 teaser](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/01/love-island-trailer-for-south-african-season-with-maya-jama-drops-18022072/?ico=more_text_links) [ first look teaser for the new winter series,](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/01/love-island-trailer-for-south-african-season-with-maya-jama-drops-18022072/) Maya’s promised there will be plenty in store. [Maya Jama insists she’s a ‘crust’ and not ‘posey t**t’ IRL after stunning in bikini snap](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/04/maya-jama-thinks-shes-a-crust-of-a-woman-after-stunning-bikini-snap-18042650/?ico=more_text_links) [Davina McCall](https://metro.co.uk/tag/davina-mccall/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P14_LNK1) said she’d [been ‘begging’ ITV bosses to host a middle-aged spin-off.](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/06/davina-mccall-is-begging-itv-to-host-a-middle-aged-love-island-18051364/) ‘I’ve always been such a massive Love Island fan and I’m so excited to be hosting one of the nation’s favourite shows!’ Maya enthused in October, when she was announced to be the new host. [Alison Hammond](https://metro.co.uk/tag/alison-hammond/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P3_LNK1) and [Dermot O’Leary ](https://metro.co.uk/tag/dermot-oleary/)on [This Morning](https://metro.co.uk/tag/this-morning/), ahead of the winter series of [Love Island airing in just weeks](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/04/winter-love-island-2023-start-date-host-trailer-villa-and-location-18037695/), Maya revealed: ‘A little while ago I found out, and it was a no-brainer obviously because I am a massive fan of the show.’ [Maya Jama](https://metro.co.uk/tag/maya-jama/) has opened up about what it was like to find out she would be the new host of [Love Island](https://metro.co.uk/tag/love-island/). [Laura Whitmore](https://metro.co.uk/tag/laura-whitmore/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P2_LNK1) after [she announced in August that she would be stepping down.](https://metro.co.uk/2022/12/28/love-islands-laura-whitmore-would-have-stayed-under-different-conditions-18006815/) ‘You just work loads and one day you wake up and you’re like, I’m actually doing the things that I said I wanted to do and that’s amazing, but you never really take it in properly. Maya elsewhere admitted that her favourite series was the one in which Chris Hughes and Kem Cetinay were in the villa, with Kem going on to win the competition with then-girlfriend Amber Davies. ‘You want to ask all the questions you want to know, but as a fan of the show, I feel like I’m going to approach it how I’ve screamed at the telly for years.’