First look inside new Love Island villa with THROUPLE hideaway and ‘naughty secret garden’ in South Africa
LOVE Island’s brand new villa includes a throuple hideaway and a naughty ‘secret garden’ for the All Star cast.
The dating show returns for its second star-studded series this Monday at the show’s South Africa villa in Cape Town.
Ahead of the OGs moving back into the TV mansion, The Sun was given an exclusive tour of the abode.
For 2025 bosses have introduced a new ‘secret garden’ – with a strict rule that couples cannot enter together.
Love Island bosses Mike Spencer explained: “So the idea behind the secret garden is you can’t go in there in your couple, so it is a place to go sneak away. Maybe you’ll get seen, maybe you won’t.
“You can absolutely come in whenever you want. You just cannot be in your couple.
“You might get spotted going in, but what happens in here could potentially stay in here.”
Host Maya, 29, admitted she “didn’t even know” about the new cheeky feature.
She said: “Basically if you want to go and do something naughty you can come down here.
“What happens in here stays in here.. or could get shown in movie night!”
Elsewhere in the villa in a brand new hideaway – featuring an eyebrow-raising second double bed.
With the fan-favourite room now opened up to the possibilities of throuple action, boss Mike is looking forward to “more of a sleepover” inside.
He told us: “I mean, it’s not the traditional coupling-up format, but I’m sure you could entertain a third during your time here.
“But there is a double bed, so hopefully we might see some kind of more of a sleepover in here.”
Elsewhere in the shinny new villa, islanders can now choose to sleep in the living room should they wish.
Bosses have introduced beds to the room in a bid to relax the All Stars as much as possible under cameras.
This year Love Island has a brand new ginormous jacuzzi, thanks to the villa’s owners who installed it.
Love Island All Stars 2025 official line-up
Love Island All Stars is returning to TV for season 2.
Here we take you through the line-up of Islanders’ who are set to go into the villa so far.
- Scott Thomas – season 2 (2016).
- Marcel Somerville – season 3 (2017).
- India Reynolds – season 2 (2017).
- Gabby Allen – season 3 (2017).
- Elma Pazar – season 5 (2019) – born in 1993.
- Curtis Pritchard – season 5 (2019).
- Kaz Crossley – season 5 (2019).
- Olivia Hawkins – season 10 (2023).
- Nas Majeed – season 6 (2020).
- Luca Bish – season 8 (2022).
- Catherine Agbaje – season 10 (2023).
- Ronnie Vint – season 11 (2024).
Bombshell rumours
Each series brings with it a string of hot single bombshells making their epic entrance into the villa.
Here’s who is rumoured to be going into the villa so far:
- Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu – season 8 (2022).
With the kitchen being a central area for the islanders’ chats – and Curtis Pritchard‘s favourite spot – it’s been given a huge makeover.
While the fridge blends into the background, the huge new bar stands out, which could mean more drinking games.
However, ITV bosses are keeping their strict two-drink rule per night.
When it comes to the fireplace, fans won’t notice that there’s now a new heating and aircon system in place.
The iconic spot is known to get nippy during big moments such as dramatic recoupling or shock elimination.
Mike said: “It works perfectly now. If you’re a little bit nippy, or we could throw a bit of air con in the day.
“We don’t really use it too much in the day, but in the evening it’s a little bit helpful. Because it does get a bit nippy.”
Love Island returns Monday, January 13th at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.