Inside the brand new ITV Love Island 2022 villa as contestants are confirmed

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The brand new Love Island villa has been unveiled for the first time ahead of the start of the series next week. The summer is about to get a whole lot hotter as the ITV2 dating show returns to screens on Monday, June 6.

And the now-famous villa has been swapped for a new build. The most recent series of the popular dating show have been filmed at a property near Sant Llorenc des Cardassar, in the east of the Spanish island. However, it reportedly become unavailable for the forthcoming series, prompting the show’s bosses to look elsewhere.

The show’s executive producer Mike Spencer said the new villa was selected in December and began being redesigned in January. The villa for the eighth series is again situated in Mallorca’s green and mountainous landscape in the east of the island.

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Islanders will now enter through a new giant chrome heart which sits outside the front of the building over a wooden walkway leading to the front door. The first-look images give a glimpse at bright orange carpet and funky pink retro lights as well as traditional neon hearts and usual squiggly quotes dotted around the place.

With a similar layout to the show’s previous location, the bedroom is on the ground floor of the villa and houses a selection of double beds. The show has done away with placing them in a row, and has a number of beds facing each other offering a more communal feel and intimate arrangement.

The new villa will also see the return of "the dog house" – a foldout bed in the living room, where islanders who find themselves on the wrong side of their partner may spend the night.

The girls’ dressing room again leads out to the enclosed sun