It’s been a whole 16 months since Love Island was last on our screens, but at 9pm on Monday night, the agonising wait finally comes to an end as Laura Whitmore welcomes 11 brand-new Islanders into the newly-refurbished villa.
And if social media is anything to go by, it seems like anticipation is at fever pitch...
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Please note that from Monday 28th June I will no longer be contactable from 8pm to 11pm. I know Love Island is only on from 9pm to 10pm but I need at least an hour to prepare myself & an hour after to scroll through all the new memes 🏝 #LoveIsland
— Love Island Reactions (@LIReactions) June 27, 2021
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Me waiting for 9pm. #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/lKIHjVdwEm
— Alex SHAQ Shafiq 🐝🖤 (@InkedUpSHAQ) June 28, 2021
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It’s #LoveIsland Day! If you have no joy in your heart, you may want to mute the hashtag or unfollow because I am about to flee from my feelings and the seriousness of the world by watching HOT PEOPLE FIND LOVE + INFLUENCER DEALS. 🏝
— Sofie Hagen (@SofieHagen) June 28, 2021
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mood until 9pm #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/McEtRj2RRI
— harkiran (@harkiiranx) June 28, 2021
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Me at 9pm tonight #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/Ukekvcd6gm
— OnlyZans (@OnlyZans) June 28, 2021
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Happy #LoveIsland day everyone! pic.twitter.com/ntY9GyHEh9
— Simone Not Thimone 🇨🇩 (@leizenomis) June 28, 2021
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Happy Love Island Day! I don’t care what bullshit befalls me today, because this will be me on the sofa at 9pm #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/AT5oXPLPMT
— 🌸Laura Vickers-Green🌸🏳️🌈 (@LaRainbow) June 28, 2021
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looks like it’s a 7am gym start from next week so I can catch love island in the evening 😤
— S. (@_swilsn) June 24, 2021
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Happy #LoveIsland Day to all those celebrating. 😌 pic.twitter.com/sxxslNriHu
— Ronke Lawal (@ronkelawal) June 28, 2021
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Love Island eve is the summer version of Christmas Eve
— reesh (@KrisJennerTD) June 27, 2021
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When a non Love Island watcher tries to talk to me #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/i2kbBYos2G
— I SAW IT FIRST (@isawitfirst) June 27, 2021
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Here we go ladies!! #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/sIsGUR0jJc
— Owen Robert William Lloyd 🏳️🌈 (@Owen_Lloyd07) June 28, 2021
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It’s #loveisland eve and I’m off to gay Sainsbury’s to get my snacks in for tomorrow night if anyone wants me to pick them up a few bits x pic.twitter.com/jgkeBNBezx
— Dean McCullough (@thedeanlife) June 27, 2021
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reminder: you can mute the #LoveIsland hashtag, so no need for catty comments later about being 'above that kind of thing', ok
— Same as it Ewa was (@EwaSR) June 28, 2021
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Iain Stirling: tonighttttttt#loveisland pic.twitter.com/nj1OPnigYB
— ᴛᴀꜱʜᴀ ʟᴏᴜɪꜱᴇ / ʙᴀᴅ ʜᴀʙɪᴛs 🧛🏻♂️ (@eds_afterglow) June 28, 2021
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the energy today, the holy day of the #loveisland launch, is palpable. there’s a frisson in the air. i feel strangely powerful
— Hayley (@haylsbb) June 28, 2021
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Happy #LoveIsland day to all who celebrate!!! 🌴 pic.twitter.com/NDzMDDODpJ
— abi mcintosh 🤷🏿♀️ (@abimci) June 28, 2021
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Actual footage of me when I hear the Love Island theme tune #loveisland pic.twitter.com/obw6g1ygsd
— Love Island Reactions (@LIReactions) June 27, 2021
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I can’t believe Love Island is going to be keeping me in the house Monday - Sunday post lockdown https://t.co/XnUKQ00tvd
— Nana (@ugbaddiee_) June 21, 2021
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Kinda glad love island is starting as it means I won’t be at the pub and might actually start saving money
— Spencer Hartill (@spencer_hartill) June 28, 2021
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I can almost hear the love island text tone
— holloway (@megholloway23) June 28, 2021
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seeing all the love island meme pages start up again is the best thing that’s happened this year
— eva (@lwtxcalamity) June 21, 2021
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It may be a dark and miserable Monday morning... but it won't stay that way for long, as @LoveIsland returns TONIGHT at 9pm on @itv2 and @itvhub! ❤️🏝#ThisMorning #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/IGHnokSMmZ
— This Morning (@thismorning) June 28, 2021
Love Island begins on Monday at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub.