Maya Jama's future as Love Island host revealed as All Stars winners are crowned
Love Island host Maya Jama will continue in the role this summer, after announcing Samie Elishi and Ciaran Davies as the winners of the latest All Stars season on Monday night (23.02.26).
Maya Jama is set to host another Love Island series this summer, after Samie Elishi and Ciaran Davies won the latest All Stars season on Monday night (23.02.26).
The couple scooped a £50,000 prize after defeating runners-up Millie Court and Zac Woodworth, with Scott van-der-Sluis and Leanne Amaning finishing third.
Earlier in the finale, Lucinda Strafford and Sean Stone had been announced in fourth place, and Whitney Adebayo and Yamen Sanders were fifth.
During the final, Samie admitted she only had eyes for Ciaran.
She said: "No offence to anyone who came in but they didn’t even touch the sides compared to Ciaran."
While Samie is well aware of her partner's name, host Maya accidentally suffered a faux pas when she called the Welsh star "Curtis" by mistake.
She said during the live final: "Samie and Curtis, Millie and Zac - make some noise."
It came after Maya had been speaking to Millie about her housemate, former Love Island star Chloe Burrows, putting a picture of Millie kissing fellow All Stars Islander Curtis up on their fridge at home.
Ciaran saw the funny side of Maya's mistake, and the presenter soon said: "Samie and Ciaran. I'm sorry. The fridge was on my brain."
Despite that, Maya is set to return to front this summer's civilian series.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "Love Island wouldn’t be the same without Maya so bosses are thrilled to confirm she’ll be in Majorca this summer.
"She remains one of the most-loved things about the show."
The 31-year-old TV presenter - who has hosted the ITV2 dating show since January 2023, after taking over from Laura Whitmore - confirmed on Monday night's All Stars finale that the main show will be returning for another series this summer.
Last year, it was reported that Maya had been offered almost £2 million to remain as Love Island host.
A source told The Sun’s Biz on Sunday column: “Maya is a huge hit with fans and the bosses. ITV are desperate not to lose her.
“They’re acutely aware that she’s being offered lucrative work with other companies such as Netflix. She’s hugely in demand.
“Maya is proud to be part of Love Island and bosses want her to continue with the series for the All Stars and summer format.
“It is still early days but bosses are preparing an extremely good package for Maya that she would find hard to turn down.”
