Love Island Australia is returning to our screens as ITV2 prepares to reair the classic show tonight (Monday, June 15).
Beloved host Sophie Monk will front tonight's show, which is a re-screening of the first series of Love Island Down Under.
And prepare for tons of sun, sea and sex with the Aussie version of the show infamous for being even more raunchy than our one.
So to make sure you don't miss out on any of the action, follow our live blog for updates, commentary and more throughout the night.
Monk-eying around
Here's Love Island Oz host Sophie when she appeared in 2006 comedy Click with Adam Sandler and David Hasselhoff.
Doesn't look too happy does she?
Don't blame her sat so close to D-Hoff.
Twitter fans are UP FOR IT
So are WE! We're even drinking Fosters to get into character…
15 minutes till lift off, people!
That's 15, 14, 13, 12… you get the idea.
Shall we all do a clap at 9pm? But instead of for the NHS it's for Needy, Horny Sexers.
That doesn't work does it? Give us more time and we'll think of a better one.
Charlie Taylor
Charlie is a rugby player. Could you tell? But is he an equally good PLAYA?
Let’s wait and see. He’s also an aspiring model.
‘Aspiring’ doesn’t sound v good, does it? Soz Chaz.
Tayla made
Meet Tayla Damir. Tayla, 23, is a former Miss Universe finalist AND an amateur boxer.
The Lebanese beauty queen also and hosts a radio show on Triple Z FM.
Or Triple Threat FM.
Will she pop her tele Cher-ie?
This is Natasha Cherie. Hence the award-winning cherry gag.
The Perth native is a 25-year-old beautician and is looking for a guy that will put her on a pedestal.
Hopefully she’s not afraid of heights then.
Is this one Full-er life?
Could do better with that pun, sorry.
Meet Millie Fuller. The 25-year old is a doggy day-care worker from Sydney.
We’d make a joke about her liking doggy, but this is supposed to be a classy blog.
We say that very loosely.
Hart-breaker?
This is Kim Hartnett. She’s no relation to Josh Hartnett unfortunately. We won’t be seeing Joshy at the Love Island after party anytime soon.
But Kim is a 23-year-old Brisbane native who likes a bit of plastic surgery and isn’t afraid to talk about it.
The single mum, (WTF?) has a two-year-old son named Braxton from a previous relationship and is a bikini model.
We didn’t think she was a librarian.
Lack of clothing?
Here’s Justin Lacko, 28. Told you they had funny names.
He's Just about covering his bulge in those budgie smugglers. You just don’t know where to look, do you?
His CV includes TV presenting and modelling.
We hope he’s not Lacko-ing in personality.
It Moss be love
Nah, it’s just Josh Moss. The Sydney-based fittie, 26, worked as a sports administrator with a focus on rugby.
And telling people to be quiet, so his Love Island picture seems to say.
Get a load of Crapp
You couldn’t make it up, could you? With a name like Grant Crapp, he needs to win already. Or be the joker.
Grant is a 24-year-old electrician from Sydney, who also owns his own sports clothing brand.
Why’s he wearing those shorts then?
Parton me?
Oh look who it is. It’s thingy from what's-it…
OH YES. Josie Gibson’s ex. Remember him from Big Brother in 2010. Say WHAT? John James Parton.
The 34-year-old is buffer and bigger than ever.
Not saying he was weedier before, but, well, you know… less big boned, shall we say?
Francoise Draschler
There always has to be one with an impossible name to spell, doesn’t there?
This is, let’s just call her Franny D. She’s been single for three and half years and is looking for love.
She’s a marketing executive from Melbourne. But can she successfully flog herself?
That sounds ominous. You know what we mean.
FYI: Those tan lines will be DODGY.
Look at her Barnett
This is Erin Barnett. Don't make any jokes about her hair because, well, we can't think of any.
The 25-year-old nurse is from Melbourne and she’s already been on Beauty and the Geek back in 2013.
FYI: She wasn’t the geek.
Will anyone get to see the rest of her tattoo?
Elo Elo Elo
Say ‘elo to Elias Chigros. The 29-year-old spunk works as a model and personal trainer.
With a name like that he must be Greek. Either way he looks like a Greek god.
Wonder what conditioner he uses?
Dally dose
Meet Eden Dally.
He’s a 27-year-old former prison officer from Sydney.
Let’s hope he has brought his handcuffs?
He also worked as a topless waiter. Although not, repeat not, a topless prison officer.
Cassidy Amor
Here’s Cassidy McGill. Can we just point out that she hasn’t had bedroom relations for eight months, so we *think* she may be a bit, how do we put this nicely, frisky as hell.
She’s a former barmaid from Melbourne and is 24. So at least we know she can pull…
What’s happened to UK Love Island?
Stuff that. This is bigger, better and hornier by the sounds of it.
All our UK stars care about these days is getting a deal with clothing brand Boohoo and not getting naked anymore. Literally, boo hoo.
The UK Love Island has been cancelled for the summer of 2020, the Aussie version is being aired in its place.
And strewth, it looks good.
Who's hosting?
None other than sex bomb Sophie Monk. The 40-year-old is an Australian singer, model and TV host who's been in Date Night, Click and Spring Breakdown.
She also looks like she's been in a host of pre-pubescents' dreams.
Tonight's the night…
The main show is on TONIGHT at 9pm on ITV2 for 30 dirty – yes, you read that right – episodes.
That's us sorted then. Bye bye social life. We didn't have one anyway.
According to the bed linen in the villa, it’s more explosive and saucy than the UK version.
Music (and cringeful ear-covering moaning) to our ears.
Aus-some names or what?
Can we just talk about how good/ridiculous the Aussie names are?
The register of horny hotties doesn’t feel quite so smouldering when you hear what their full names are.
We’ve got an Erin Barnett. A Natasha Cherie. A Grant Crapp. And a Charlie Taylor.
OK, there’s nothing funny about Charlie Taylor – but what about GRANT CRAPP?
G’day fellow Love Island obsessives. Please read the following in an Aussie accent (and maybe put some corks in a hat/on your head while you’re at it).
Strewth! How stoked are we for tonight’s Love Island Aussie premiere? Crack open a couple of tinnies, throw some shrimps on the barbie (or a prawn ring form Iceland will do), park up the yoot (utility van, OBVS) and let’s get some summer (Bay) lovin’ on the go.
Don’t know about you but the accent needs some practice. But don’t worry, we’ll be sounding like a native before you can say Alf Stewart.
It feels like decades since Love Island was on our screens. Then we got hit with the news UK Love Island summer AND winter won’t be back until 2021. Now what are we supposed to do? Get a social life? No thanks. Who are we supposed to watch desperately trying to couple up? A pair of socks?
Tonight, alas, feels like summer has just begun and we finally have some well-needed distraction. Namely that of a harem of fit young things with ripped bodies and preened perma tanners.
The guys and chooks (that’s Aussie for hot chick) will be heading for the villa to couple up for the first time. TONIGHT. Yes, this isn’t happening *right now* but who cares?
Who’s going to be pied on the first night? And who’s going to be left looking like a total dag-dog?
If that wasn't enough – a late arrival will be making her entrance to spice things up in the pack before they’ve even been seasoned.
There are TV stars going in, radio personalities and even a topless waiter – this series is set to be epic.
Presented by Sophie Monk, the series was shot in Mallorca, just like the British one. So we even get a well-needed dose of the villa. Feels like we’re coming home finally, doesn’t it? Just to a very weird family…
Bring on some horny, hot headed Aussie spunks and let’s get summer started pronto.
Don’t forget to tune in tonight at 9pm on ITV2
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