A favorite across the globe, the UK is about to return to our screens for its 11th season, and we’re beside ourselves with excitement! This year’s new batch of islanders promises to serve absolute deliciousness, a whole lot of romance, and some great humor along the way.

Join us as we find out a little bit more about our favorite host, Maya Jama, learn what these islanders have in store for us, and reveal where you can watch it in New Zealand.

I’m so excited to return to Mallorca this summer because it feels like we’ve had a big gap since the winter series.

I’m ready for it, the fans are waiting, there’s lots of anticipation, and I can’t wait to meet this year’s Islanders.

I’ll be honest, I’m hoping for drama.

I want loads of love and happy couples at the end, but I do want to be entertained, so I’m hoping for lots of fiery moments.

My advice would be to just go for it! It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and you don’t want to have any regrets, so go for it, make all the connections you can, you can always dash them if you don’t feel like it, you’ve got to live it up in there.

I think I will definitely bring some fire, I’m very opinionated and wear my heart on my sleeve.

I’m really bubbly too, so I’ll definitely have a laugh as well as bring some scouse glamour.

I’ve been enjoying single life and the attention of different boys, it’s fun.

I’ve enjoyed being able to go on holiday with the girls and not having to worry about someone back home.

All the girls are there texting in their room, and I’m out till 4 in the morning living my best life.

I’ve got something very special about me which is my disability, it’s a condition I was born with called Ebs Palsy.

It doesn’t define who I am, but it makes me a little different, although I’ve learned to get on with it, and it’s never held me back.

I would say personality traits, you have to be family-orientated.

I’m so close to my mum, and I’d like my future partner to be really close with their family too.

You have to be tall, you can’t be shorter than me, I can’t be having to question whether I can wear heels around you and what height of heels I can wear.

If you’re vertically challenged, it’s not for me.

I’m a girls’ girl.

My girls are my rocks, and I’m theirs, so I’ll be a good friend as well as going in there to find a man.

I like dressing up, so I’ll bring style, and I’d like to think I’m quite funny, so I’ll make people laugh.

Bringing honesty as well – I’m good at picking up on people’s personality traits and side-eyeing those who might be a liar.

I’ll bring the entertainment for everyone in the Villa, whether that’s making the girls laugh or making the boys turn their heads, I’m sure that I’ll bring the drama.

I feel like the way I carry myself is very respectful, and I think people take to that, and once you show who you are to somebody, you get it back tenfold.

The way I am gives off a good enough energy for people to feel comfortable around me.

At this point in my life, I just want the opportunity to find a real connection with someone.

I’ve been looking for that connection for quite some time, but I’ve never really found it, I’m hoping I find that spark in the Villa.

When I was in Malia on a boys’ holiday, I pretended to be Liam Reardon from series 7 to get into a club because they wouldn’t let us in.

It worked, and we ended up getting a private booth and free drinks all night.

I was born on Valentine’s Day.

The girls never know that I’ll be cupid for them if they’re lucky.

I love Mayonnaise, I have it on everything I eat, even a roast dinner.

The only thing I don’t have it on is cereal.

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