Love Island 2022 will be longest EVER series as contestants have to block out TEN weeks over summer

LOVE Island 2022 is set to be the longest EVER series of the hit ITV2 dating show as contestants have to block out their entire summer.

The prospective singletons have to be available for a huge TEN weeks through the year in order to qualify for their spot on the programme.

Last summer, the Love Island stars had to make sure they could be available for a whopping eight weeks of their summer to take part in the show.

Now, ITV2 look to have decided to make the series even longer by requesting that anyone who signs up can be around for a fortnight longer.

The terms and conditions of the sign-up form on the ITV2 website list that candidates must be able to make themselves available for the full amount of time

Eligibility requirements for the show state: "You must be exclusively available to participate in the programme for a minimum of ten consecutive weeks.

Other conditions list that participants must be at least 18 years old, and cannot be directly related to anyone who works behind-the-scenes on the show.

Applications for the 2022 series of Love Island officially opened last month as the broadcaster have begun looking for their next batch of singletons.

The sign-up form details that successful candidates will "spend time in a luxury villa" - which has been tipped this year to be in Majorca.

The new villa will appear for the first time on this summer’s series, with producers considering moving to the foothills of mountains, by a lake or to the coast.

That could see the team behind Love Island introduce a range of new elements, but it will still include everyone’s best loved characteristics, such as the fire pit and swimming pool.

The ITV2 and ITV Hub show is the most popular show with 16 to 34 year olds on ITV.

A TV insider said: “ITV bosses think this is the right moment to refresh this element of the show, just as they did in series three back in 2017.

“Love Island moved from a location in Santanyi in southern Majorca, which was its home for series one and two, to the current villa in Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, in the north-east.

“Now they’re considering a range of options, but want to stay on the island, which has provided the perfect sunny backdrop for the show.

“Bosses are conscious of the fact that this is also an opportunity to consider all the new elements they could introduce to enhance the show even further.

“For fans of Love Island this is huge news and they’ll be eager to see what the new villa looks like and how much it could change the show.”

The eighth series of the show is set to return this summer on ITV2.