Know someone who should apply?
Think you'd like to spend the summer lounging around in a bikini, doing a few fun challenges and maybe finding love at the end of a few weeks?
Well great news because Love Island says applications for the new series are now open.
Bosses took to Instagram to share the news - with the caption:
“Happy New Year! ✨ Now, who fancies spending summer in paradise, with the hope of finding love?
"Applications are officially open for #loveisland 2022. Get grafting and apply now by clicking the link in bio.
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According to the Daily Mail, Love Island bosses were swamped with over 100,000 applications from contestants for the 2021 series.
Think you'd be up for it? With prize money of £50,000 - here's what you need to know to apply:
- You must be aged at least 18 years old at the date of your application
- You must not be:
- currently employed by ITV
- a live-in partner or immediate relative of someone who works on Love Island
- You must hold, or be prepared to obtain, a viable passport (one which is less than 10 years old and valid until at least 6 months after the programmes end date)
- You must be exclusively available to participate in Love Island for a minimum of ten consecutive weeks
To apply you must fill out a form on the ITV website which you can find here.
Need some help applying?
Previous contestants have taken to their social media to give you some tips.
2021 Contestant Liberty Poole told followers who were thinking of applying to just “be themselves”.
She took to her Instagram stories to say:
“Hi guys. I’ve had quite a few messages in DM(s) asking me about my audition tape for Love Island and stuff now applications are back open, so I thought I’d just jump on here and help everyone out.”
“To be fair, I mean, I think just be yourself,” she continued.
“I’m an absolute nutter and they liked it. Also, think outside the box. For me, I did a Periometer because I still worked at Nandos so it still showed who I was but in a different way. Just have fun with it. Don’t be too serious.”
Liberty went on: “I was glamour queen by night, marketing student by day, and I just switched out of it. I was just myself.
“I think the key thing is to be yourself and have fun with it. That’s my advice.”
Other previous contestants have uploaded their audition tapes to their pages. Here's Laura Anderson's who made an appearance in season 4 of the show:
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Amy Hart - who famously got her heart broken by Curtis Pritchard on the show in 2019 - also shared her audition tape:
