Love Island’s Maya Jama reveals what it’s like hosting the summer series: ‘The pressure is on’

Love Island is days away from bringing the excitement, love and drama back into our lives. While many fans are excited to see how the new set of 10 sexy singletons will gracefully take their love journey on the show, many are also excited to see Maya Jama present Summer Love Island.

The 28-year-old who hosted her first series this year - Winter Love Island 2023 - is ready to take on the second one. Here’s what she feels about it!

Maya Jama talks about how Summer Love Island is ‘special’

Maya Jama, who took over the presenting duties from Laura Whitmore, confessed that hosting her first summer series on the iconic dating reality show feels ‘special.’ Maya Jama revealed:

It feels so exciting, I was full of nerves for my first series because I was wondering what it would be like. Now, I know I feel really ready and excited, I just can't wait to get started!

Speaking to OK! Magazine, she added:

It’s special. I feel now (after) the first one, I’ve got it and we’ve done it, all the nerves are gone a bit and now I’m ready to go.

I’m so excited. It’s coming around so fast, I feel like we were just doing it yesterday and now it’s like ‘back at it again.’

Maya - who may be back with Stormzy - will be returning to our TV screens on June 5 as she kicks off the Summer series. Speaking about how Summer Love Island has changed her life, she confirmed:

It definitely changed stuff. My mum was like ‘before it would be just young people that would be like ‘Oh your daughter’ and now it’s the nans, even though you wouldn’t expect them to watch Love Island.’

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Maya Jama talks about the pressure before starting Summer Love Island

However, despite her excitement, Maya is also worried about the high expectations set during the last series. She said:

Now there’s a bit more of an expectation, I just want to make sure that I live up to that expectation again….

The pressure is on for my stylist because the dresses did very well last series!

Meanwhile, speaking to the media, Maya added:

The only pressure I feel is because it went well last time, so I just want to keep it well.

The Irish beauty, who didn’t shy away from giving her opinions last series, is ready to do more of that. Talking about AfterSun, she said:

We [Indiyah, Sam and Maya] know each other well and everything we did last series went well, so I’m excited to add even more to it. More opinions, more fun, more vibes!

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OK! Magazine: Maya Jama: Hosting my first summer series of Love Island feels special

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