Maya Jama

The TV presenter and DJ, 28, made an epic entrance as the winter series returned to South Africa on Monday, January 16. ITV viewers are set for a winter of the ...

Like let’s be for real now." "I just can’t wait for it to start. Speaking to ITV about her new role, Jama said:"It feels amazing, it’s really, really exciting. [Why did Laura Whitmore quit as Maya Jama takes over as Love Island host?](https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23254331.winter-love-island-laura-whitmore-quit/) [All the Love Island winners: Where are they now and are they still together?](https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23254514.winter-love-island-itv-show-winners-now/) [Maya Jama](https://www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23239330.itv-love-island-2023-maya-jama-reveals-islander-wants-return/) has entered the [Love Island villa](https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23239266.itv-love-island-2023-sneak-peak-new-south-african-villa/) for the first time as the show's host and fans can't get enough.

The new winter season of the reality show kicks off this week. Here's everything you need to know about its new host Maya Jama.

However, in his recent interview with Louis Theroux Stormzy said he was single and doesn't really date, while Maya Jama said in a recent interview with Speaking to The Times about their relationship, Maya said: "We were so young when we met, just beginning our careers." Maya Jama had a well-publicised relationship with Stormzy from 2015 - 2019. Here's everything you need to know about its new host Maya Jama. She was born and raised in Bristol, where she attended Cotham School. She's worked in radio, first making her broadcasting debut on Rinse FM.

The television presenter sent fans wild with her most recent post, which shows her in a red crochet co-ord with killer red lipstick to match, alongside the ...

It promises sweltering sunshine and, potentially, hair problems for Maya who said: “if it’s 30, 40 degrees or however hot it is right now and the camera goes on my face, I’ve just got a curly fringe and just a wet face.” [ITV2](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/all-about/itv) and [ITVX](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/all-about/itv) Fellow reality TV star Scarlett Moffatt commented with two heart eye emojis, and AJ Odudu, host of All4's The Bridge and Channel 4's Breakfast Show commented three fire emojis alongside " Let's go!" You’re going to KILL it". But despite the nerves, over 150,000 people have liked her sexy snap. 9pm @loveisland hope I do you all proud", as she poses against the doorframe labelled 'host dressing room'. [2023 winter season](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/all-about/love-island) of Love Island takes place in South Africa, more specifically in the Franschhoek wine valley. [entered on a helicopter](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/love-island-host-maya-jama-8036910), so what's next for the girl from Cotham? [most eagerly-awaited television programmes](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/all-about/entertainment) of late. [Bristol-born host](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/all-about/maya-jama), with Celebrity stylist NANA commenting saying: "MAYA!! [Love Island](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/all-about/love-island) proud as she shared a selfie of her in red ahead of tonight's 9pm airing on [ITV2 and IVX](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/all-about/itv). [Love Island host Maya Jama makes epic entrance in helicopter on ninth series premiere](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/love-island-host-maya-jama-8036910)

Love Island have released a brand new teaser clip for the upcoming ninth series, hours before the show hits ITV viewers screens.

Something not many people know about her: 'I’m a very emotional person. I’ve obviously not found the right one myself.' I stopped seeing her and carried on meditating! Not many people know that but I think it’s quite cute.' Her latest look has gone straight to the top of our wishlist. Alternatively, click the image to shop Cavalli's current collection at Farfetch. Additionally, the tie-dye print definitely delivers the wow factor. Line-up: Greeting the boys, Maya says: 'Hello boys, you alright, shall we have a little chat?', and the lads then line-up as they wait for the arrival of the girls New host: The series begins in epic style, as a helicopter circles over the Villa with the pilot announcing over the tannoy: 'Maya Jama on board' Greeting the boys, Maya says: 'Hello boys, you alright, shall we have a little chat?', and the lads then line-up as they wait for the arrival of the girls. Bravo to stylist Rhea Francis! New host Maya Jama looked incredible as she stood by the luxurious pool in the new villa in South Africa, while teasing the ten sexy singletons are ready to 'grab love by the horns'

New Love Island host Maya Jama talks best of Love Island, representation, and how she asks someone to be her boyfriend. Read Maya Jama's exclusive interview ...

Maya confesses she’ll have to resist the urge to “give all the advice” to contestants. “I’ve been a fan of the show pretty much since it started,” she says. There’s a reason Maya Jama was the most popular choice to take over as the host of Love Island: there might be no better fit for the format.

New Love Island presenter Maya Jama will make her debut when the ITV show returns for a second series in South Africa.

Uploading a picture of her going into the [Love Island villa](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/love-island-villa-south-africa-25993981) to her Instagram grid, Laura wrote: "Some news! [ Love Island](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/love-island) exit, names were thrown into the ring on who would be her replacement. I can’t wait to get into the Villa to meet all of the Islanders.” She also presented the first series of The Circle on Channel 4 and appeared on Love Island spin-off Aftersun. [ Laura Whitmore announced she was stepping down](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/laura-whitmore-quits-love-island-24827288) from the coveted TV role. she is said to have been hand picked by Simon Cowell to be the host of ITV talent show Walk the Line, although the show failed to set ratings alight when it debuted at the end of 2021.

This first episode is the show at its most pure, before the fights and the mess, before Women's Aid have had to make a statement about someone's onscreen ...

Yet it isn’t Macclesfield footballer Tom that captures the most attention of the night. Next up is self-professed chatterbox Anna-May, who has taken a different tack to the promotional VT, confessing to millions across the nation that her conversation skills are so scintillating that she has caused her dates to fall asleep at the dinner table. One of the first to arrive in the villa is Haris, a man whose claim that “I’m that good at selling TVs, I can sell a TV when it’s not even on” should read less like a boast, and more like a warning to vulnerable elderly people everywhere; and airport-worker Shaq, who has openly suggested that he would sleep with colleagues in order to get discounted flight prices. It’s a bit like being told the most interesting thing about you is simply the hair colour you were born with; I cannot imagine a more withering compliment in my life. After initially choosing Kai, Anna-May is later dumped for Tanyel, a woman who looks like those Instagram accounts that amalgamate the faces of four famous people into one, terrifying, elite being. It therefore feels like an auspicious start for this series to begin on Blue Monday, but then again the producers behind ITV2’s runaway smash hit have never been ones for subtlety.

Love Island is back for winter 2023 with new host Maya Jama and the presenter and DJ has been on our TVs for a decade.

](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/all-about/love-island)For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter [here](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/). [The Sunday Times:](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/maya-jama-i-said-yes-to-love-island-straight-away-of-course-f530hcz0k) "I’m not naive to the fact that when you are a woman in the industry, most of the things that people want to talk about are your relationships. ‘We were just: we’re young and in love and we’re going to go for it and work really hard. She told the Standard in 2021: "The way things have gone on and how long it [the pandemic] has been going - it has got to a stage now I just am yearning for life experience, which is not possible right now. That’s probably the biggest loss a man can have, isn’t it? The couple split up in 2019 but in late 2022, after Stormzy appeared on Louis Theroux's interview series, rumours started that the pair had reconnected. Having moved to London to pursue her dream at just 18 she worked for Sky and football company Copa90 before landing a job at MTV as presenter of The Wrap Up. I don’t think either of us knew it was going to be such a big thing. It was all I knew, that was normal. And it was my first love. I would love to travel and explore and be able to find my adult self.” The 28-year-old Bristolian has had some interesting romance stories since becoming famous, but she's also a successful TV presenter and DJ in her own right.

Love Island host Maya Jama makes her grand entrance in new series of the ITV show.

[Laura Whitmore](https://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/20291064.laura-whitmore-quits-bbc-radio-show-amid-love-island-success/) who announced her departure following the final of the summer [Love Island series. Will it be love at first sight for any of the singletons? [Meet the Winter Love Island 2023 contestants from James Bond star to PE teacher](https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23239109.winter-love-island-2023-cast-itv-reveals-new-islanders/) [Maya Jama](https://www.thenational.wales/news/national/uk-today/23239330.itv-love-island-2023-maya-jama-reveals-islander-wants-return/) on board.” ](https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/23246673.love-island-2023-everything-know-ellie-spence/) [Maya Jama](https://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/23007719.maya-jama-revealed-new-host-itvs-love-island/) is kicking things off in an epic style in the brand new series of the popular dating show.

Semi-pro footballer Tom Clare was chosen by a public vote.

Before leaving the villa, Jama warned the male islanders: “In 24 hours Tom will get the chance to couple up with the girl of his choice, leaving one of you single and your place on the island at risk. After a public vote, 23-year-old semi-pro footballer Tom Clare from Barnsley was chosen to enter the villa as the first bombshell of the series. “The public have been voting on who should be the first bombshell to enter the Love Island villa. As the islanders settled into their new home and began to get to know each other, the show’s new host Maya Jama made a surprise visit and broke the news of a late arrival. [aya Jama](/topic/maya-jama) has left the Love Island contestants in shock after announcing the arrival of the first bombshell of the new series. Maya Jama shocks Love Islanders with first bombshell of the series

It marks a first for television host Maya, from Bristol, who is fronting the 2023 series after taking over from Laura Whitmore after she left last year. Maya ...

[New Love Islander Tanyel Revan will bring Maura Higgins’ direct style to the villa](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/new-love-islander-tanyel-revan-8030274) [Love Island 2023: Made in Chelsea's Sam Thompson 'excited' to star alongside Maya Jama on Aftersun](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/love-island-2023-made-chelseas-8022479) [Would I Lie to You?: Josie Gibson joins guest cast for new series of BBC comedy show](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/would-lie-you-josie-gibson-8025550) [Amanda Holden compares herself to Dame Judi Dench - before remembering she was in 'Cats'](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/amanda-holden-compares-herself-dame-8030196) [Joey Essex' Dancing On Ice fear after gruesome injury](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/joey-essex-dancing-ice-fear-8030269) [girl from Cotham](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/all-about/cotham) has already slotted right into place, with many saying she is a 'perfect fit' for the programme. [Love Island host Maya Jama wows in red as she 'hopes to make fans proud' ahead of first airing](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/love-island-host-maya-jama-8037695) [television host Maya](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/all-about/tv), from Bristol, who is fronting the 2023 series after taking over from Laura Whitmore after she left last year. [ITV](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/all-about/itv)'s [Love Island](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/all-about/love-island) series nine have been blown away by [Maya Jama](https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/all-about/maya-jama)'s entrance onto Britain's most beloved dating show. Maya shared a snap on Instagram earlier which revealed there were nerves under the confident exterior, stating she "hopes to make fans proud' on her on-screen Love Island debut.

The brand new series of Love Island kicked off on Monday evening and new host Maya Jama certainly made an impression.

'Slaying': The TV presenter, 28, strutted her stuff in the figure hugging number as she walked into the new South African villa in a sexy slow-mo clip Stunning: Maya strutted her stuff in the figure hugging number as she walked into the South African villa in a classic slow-mo clip Maya strutted her stuff in the figure hugging number as she walked into the South African villa in a sexy slow-mo clip. Dressed to impress: Speaking to the boys, she said: 'Hello boys, you alright, shall we have a little chat?' as they all gushed over how phenomenal she looked Maya added inches to her frame in a pair of strappy heels as she asked the boys what they are looking for. Speaking to the boys, she said: 'Hello boys, you alright, shall we have a little chat?' as they all gushed over how phenomenal she looked.

Love Island returned to ITV2 on Monday night and viewers are all saying the same thing about Maya Jama's winter series debut…

The perfect host." While viewers were loving getting to know the fresh batch of contestants, it was new host [Maya Jama](https://www.hellomagazine.com/tags/maya-jama/) who stole the show. It's actually not fair for her to host." She was also born to be the presenter of #LoveIsland she’s perfect for it." [Where is the Love Island winter 2023 series filmed?](https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20230116161895/where-is-love-island-winter-series-filmed/) One person wrote: "Maya Jama was the PERFECT choice for host.

Semi-pro footballer Tom Clare was chosen by a public vote.

Before leaving the villa, Jama warned the male islanders: “In 24 hours Tom will get the chance to couple up with the girl of his choice, leaving one of you single and your place on the island at risk. After a public vote, 23-year-old semi-pro footballer Tom Clare from Barnsley was chosen to enter the villa as the first bombshell of the series. “The public have been voting on who should be the first bombshell to enter the Love Island villa. As the islanders settled into their new home and began to get to know each other, the show’s new host Maya Jama made a surprise visit and broke the news of a late arrival. [aya Jama](/topic/maya-jama) has left the [Love Island](/topic/love-island) contestants in shock after announcing the arrival of the first bombshell of the new series. Maya Jama shocks Love Islanders with first bombshell of the series

The new series has a James Bond actress, a farmer, and the show's first partially blind contestant all enter the villa, each hoping to find love and win the ...

Maya Jama said agreeing to host the show, which launched in 2015, was a “no-brainer” as she has been a massive fan for years. She said previously: “The biggest pressure is the slow-motion walk to enter – so much pressure. Islanders, get ready, this is Tom.” After a public vote, 23-year-old semi-pro footballer Tom Clare from Barnsley was chosen to enter the villa as the first bombshell of the series. The presenter told the islanders: “As you know, this is Love Island and we always say expect the unexpected, and you never know when someone will walk through that door. @JMarleyWrites tweeted: “I mean Maya Jama has just shut down the whole show with that entrance.” @TeeXCI commented: “Maya Jama’s beauty is different man. The TV and radio presenter, aged 28, has taken over from former host Laura Whitmore after she made the decision to leave in August 2022.

After strutting into the villa in a gorgeous flowing green dress, Maya introduced the new contestants including Haris Namani, Kai Fagan and Shaq Muhammad before ...

Natural, effortless and clearly loving the job. [January 16, 2023] “THE choice for new presenter.

What is Maya Jama's workout routine? Does Maya Jama follow a diet? Here's everything we know about Maya Jama's health and fitness.

you need the grease and the breads and the butters," she said. And I’ve got an exercise bike in front of my TV so I can jump on that when I’m watching something." "I notice how it impacts my brain and how I’m feeling." We’d go and do the walk home and go to a place called Rita’s, which is the best kebab in the world." "Before my trip to Australia for I’m A Celeb, I started a vigorous summer workout plan, which consisted of three sets of burpees, jumping squats and planks, followed by seated shoulder presses, squats, crunches and press-ups," she said, adding that she eases herself in with "a run or fast walk on the treadmill." "I’ve found wearing ankle weights really useful, putting on thick socks and weights while I do my daily activities for some extra resistance. I’m really busy at the moment so it’s easy to just say, 'I don’t have the time to work out', and quit." To find the answer to that burning question we did all the digging and diving into Maya's health and fitness regime and now we're ready to bring you the low-down on how Maya built her bod. It was good because when one person wasn’t feeling it, the others would get you in the mood. "Every morning I put good music on and dance around my bedroom or run up and down the stairs," she explained to Stylist. With such a hectic work schedule, Maya admits that working out sometimes takes a back burner, which is why she focuses on quality rather than quantity. If you've been watching Love Island (of course you have, why else would you be here!?) then you'll definitely have noticed how!

Here's everything you need to know about the presenter and sportsman's romance, from when they started dating to when they split and if they were engaged...

[> Here Are All The Ways You Can Listen To Capital](https://www.capitalfm.com/how-to-listen/getting-started/) [The Times](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/maya-jama-i-said-yes-to-love-island-straight-away-of-course-f530hcz0k) in January 2023, "I’m really, really single right now. but it’s nice." When did Maya Jama and Ben Simmons date, were they engaged and why did they break up? When did Maya Jama and Ben Simmons split? Maya Jama & Ben Simmons Relationship Timeline: When Did They Split, Were They Engaged & More

From the queen of sporty casual to our brightest new red carpet star — Maddy Mussen on the changing looks of the new Love Island host.

She has risen like a phoenix from the coral strapless ashes, and continued to bring her A-game to each red carpet henceworth. But while Jama was showing off her athleisure looks on Instagram, she started opting for an entirely different attitude on the red carpet—- big, bold and hyper feminine. It hit the spot and fitted well, as Jama’s looks always do, but it’s a far cry from her black velvet, full train, Pretty Woman off-the-shoulder gown she wore to the 2020 Brit Awards, or the metallic Off-White cut-out party look, worn back in November.