"All of the girls are unfiltered, funny and love a gossip"
With Love Island 2026 just around the corner, former islander Shakira Khan will reunite with Toni Laites and Yasmin Pettet to host the newly named Love Island: The Debrief vodcast.
The show will also run as a nightly companion across ITV2 and ITVX.
It will see the trio break down and talk about all the hot topics from inside the Love Island villa.
The trio dominated the national conversation last summer as audiences fell in love with their friendship and solidarity on Love Island.
Toni ended up winning the show while Shakira was the runner-up.
Their post-show careers expanded quickly, including a fashion spread in i-D magazine.
The feature drew attention from global names including Cara Delevingne and Charli XCX.
The vodcast has already built strong momentum with nearly four million streams across platforms. Love Island has now surpassed two billion streams on ITVX overall.
Amanda Stavri, Commissioning Editor for Entertainment and Reality at ITV, said:
“Love Island’s ‘Big Three’ played a significant part in the show’s success last Summer, so to reunite the trio as hosts of our revamped vodcast is a very exciting proposition.
“Once again, the show will be first with all of the post-show opinions, and in our new slot on ITV2, there are more ways than ever for our audience to engage.”
Mike Spencer-Hayter, Director of Unscripted for Lifted Entertainment, added:
“Toni, Shakira and Yasmin’s friendship captured the hearts of the Love Island fans in 2025 and we’re delighted to welcome them back to the Love Island family to host The Debrief.
“All of the girls are unfiltered, funny and love a gossip, which makes them perfect choices for the vodcast. It certainly will be a show you won’t want to miss!”
In a joint statement, the Big Three said:
“Love Island brought us together so this is very much a full circle moment.”
“Talking together is what we do best and none of us are short on opinions so we’re ready to make this a reunion to remember!”
Love Island 2026 will welcome 12 new singletons as they hope to find The One and not just a holiday romance.
Among the cast are a DJ and a detective.
Hosted by Maya Jama, the dating reality series gets underway on June 1.
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