Love Island is back for its 12th series - and it's not just the villa that's had an upgrade. After falling audience figures in recent years, the number of us tuning in is returning to series eight levels - the year that delivered Love Island icons like Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu,

"I want to first start by addressing not just anyone that I have hurt or deeply offended, but most importantly, the entire Asian community. I am deeply, truly, honestly, so sorry," she said in a lengthy video.

Cierra Ortega, the second contestant kicked off 'Love Island' after racist comments surfaced on social media, says 'I am not the victim in this situation.'

Love Island UK is celebrating 10 years of the show with a special, featuring some of the most iconic contestants from the past 12 seasons.

Including the brother of high-profile women’s player Alessia on the reality show is another big cultural moment around England's Lionesses

You don’t have to love 'Love Island USA' to appreciate that in this increasingly fractured time of TV viewership, it is drawing people together, our columnist writes.

Nic and Olandria and Taylor and Casa Amor bombshell Clarke Carraway, with whom he had just closed things off, were the bottom two couples in the July 8 episode of Love Island USA, and Taylor and Clarke were ultimately sent packing from the Fiji villa.