Love Island is back for its 12th series - and it's not just the villa that's had an upgrade. After falling audience figures in recent years, the number of us tuning in is returning to series eight levels - the year that delivered Love Island icons like Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, Indiyah Polack and Tasha Ghouri.

"I want to first start by addressing not just anyone that I have hurt or deeply offended, but most importantly, the entire Asian community. I am deeply, truly, honestly, so sorry," she said in a lengthy video.

Contestants Yulissa Escobar and Cierra Ortega were removed from 'Love Island USA' for past use of racial slurs.

Nic and Olandria and Taylor and Casa Amor bombshell Clarke Carraway, with whom he had just closed things off, were the bottom two couples in the July 8 episode of Love Island USA, and Taylor and Clarke were ultimately sent packing from the Fiji villa.

Cierra Ortega, the second contestant kicked off 'Love Island' after racist comments surfaced on social media, says 'I am not the victim in this situation.'

Including the brother of high-profile women’s player Alessia on the reality show is another big cultural moment around England's Lionesses

The reality TV personality said joining the show and temporarily moving to L.A. would be "unauthentic" to himNEED TO KNOWRob Rausch was one of many fan-favorite stars of Love Island USA season 6, but he's not joining his former castmates for a spinoffThe TV personality explained why he felt it was "unauthentic" for him to join the Peacock spinoff series,