Oxfordshire Love Island contestants as ITV shows returns

The ITV dating show returns for its 11th series with Maya Jama back as host of the ITV reality dating show and Iain Stirling once again taking on the role of narrator.

The new summer series comes off the back of the first ever Love Island: All Stars which concluded back in February with Molly Smith and Tom Clare declared the winners.

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Love Island cast for summer 2024 (Image: ITV)

While the All Stars series was filmed in South Africa, the new summer series of Love Island will once again return to the villa in Mallorca.

The line-up has no Oxfordshire stars although that could change as islanders are 'dumped' and new 'bombshells' join the group.

Here we revisit our previous local Love Island favourites, including series one winner, and take a look at what they have been up to since leaving the villa.

Sharon Gaffka

Sharon was an Islander on season seven in 2021 and lasted 18 days in the villa during which she forged a strong friendship with Hugo.

The then 25-year-old civil servant from Didcot, who was Miss International UK 2018, worked as a contracted operations lead for the Department for Transport before leaving to join the ITV reality show.

Since leaving the villa she has become an anti-spiking campaigner after sharing her horror story of being spiked during a daytime lunch with her friends.

The reality TV star ended up in hospital after she fell unconscious in the restaurant bathrooms after her drink was spiked in London.

Sharon, who has 350,000 followers on Instagram, is also working with Thames Valley Police to raise awareness among a younger audience about how officers deal with violent or sexual offences – and how to report wrongdoers.

She joined officers in Oxford to learn more about the Project Vigilant scheme, which sees plain clothes and uniformed officers patrolling night-time hot spots to identify ‘predatory behaviour’ in order to prevent sexual assaults before they happen.

The Love Island 2021 star was invited back for the All Stars show but declined admitting her parents “struggled” when she was on the show.

Speaking to the magazine Closer, she said: “My parents are very traditional and they struggled last time I was on the show. 

“The impact that my being on the show had on them was really upsetting.

“I had chosen to put myself in the spotlight, they hadn’t, and I didn’t want them to have to deal with it all again.”

Chloe Burrows

Bicester girl Chloe Burrows competed alongside Sharon and caused a stir from the start proving divisive among fans of the show after she branded herself the 'queen' of the villa.

The reality TV star's loved ones posted about the influx of abusive messages from trolls that she received following her arrival in the villa and choosing to pair up with co-star Aaron, causing the shock departure of Shannon Singh after only two days.

However, the 26-year-old financial services marketing executive triumphed coming in second place in the Love Island 2021 final.

She was runner-up with partner Toby Aromolaran, 22, a semi-professional footballer.

The pair were beaten by her friend Millie Court and Liam Reardon, who were crowned the winners.

However, Chloe and Toby reportedly ended their relationship after a year of dating. 

She recently took part in a new Channel 4 show in which she was locked up in the dark for eight days.

The show was won by former England footballer Paul Gascoigne.

She has also appeared on Celebs Go Dating and has begun hosting her own podcast series, Chloe Vs The World.

Emma Jane Woodham

Emma Jane Woodham was an Islander on Season 2 of the revived series of Love Island. Emma entered the villa on day 27 and was dumped from the island on day 41.

Now 27, the trainee project manager from Oxford, was 19 when she went on the show and provided viewers with one of its most shocking moments when she and Terry Walsh were caught in the act by the villa cameras.

The show aired full-frontal sex scenes on top of the bed which led to Ofcom complaints and the couple later claimed they believed ITV would not be able to air their steamy scene.

Emma and Terry continued to date in the outside world but split up eight months after returning to the UK.

Since then, Emma has been working as an Instagram influencer and model and is also mum to six-year-old Alfie.

Jessica Hayes

Jessica starred and won the first series of the show alongside her then-partner Max Morley.

However, the pair announced their split on Twitter just 40 days after the end of the season.

Nine years on Jess, who also shares a son, Presley, with her ex Dan Lawry, has had her second child with her fiancé Zeb welcoming a girl named Zendaya Rose.

The happy news came after Jess suffered two miscarriages in 2020 and in April 2023.

She shared the heartbreaking loss on Instagram, writing: "It's not really just losing a pregnancy, it's the plans you make, your vision of what that baby or child might of been like, what your family will look like and it gets taken away in a second.

At the end of her note, Jess added how she hopes to have more children "one day".

"I know I dream of more children one day," she wrote.

She added: "I love being a mother so much and I hope I'm lucky and blessed enough to be telling a different story next time."

Love Island returns to screens on June 3 at 9pm.

The first episode will be simulcast across ITV1, ITV2, ITVX and STV.