{"id":467590,"date":"2026-05-26T10:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/467590\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:16:10","slug":"galway-footballer-sean-fitzgerald-joins-love-island-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/467590\/","title":{"rendered":"Galway footballer Se\u00e1n Fitzgerald joins Love Island 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Galway footballer Se\u00e1n Fitzgerald is set to appear on the new series of Love Island, which kicks off next month.<\/p>\n

Hosted by Maya Jama, the reality series returns to Virgin Media Play and Virgin Media Two for its 13th season on 1 June, as a new group of singles prepare to find love under the Mallorcan sun.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old primary school teacher said he does not plan to get involved in any drama on the show, but added that he “might be mixing it”.<\/p>\n

The sportsman said that if he sees someone he likes in the villa, “I’m going for it and nothing\u2019s gonna stop me.”<\/p>\n

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\nThe 25-year-old primary school teacher said he does not plan to get involved in any drama on the show<\/p>\n

Also joining the Irishman on the dating show is Robyn, 21, from Liverpool, who says her type is “tall, fair, muscular, with nice teeth – a pretty boy”.<\/p>\n

She added: “I’m more into personality though. They\u2019ve got to make me laugh, be charming and have good manners.”<\/p>\n

The surveyor says finding love on the show is her “only goal”, continuing: “There may be a little bit of drama but I\u2019m going in there for myself, so I\u2019ve got to do what I\u2019ve got to do.<\/p>\n

“But I would like to think I\u2019m a girl\u2019s girl and that I handle situations quite well. I\u2019ve got a mature brain.”<\/p>\n

\"First
\nRobyn, 21, from Liverpool, says her type is “tall, fair, muscles, nice teeth, pretty boy”<\/p>\n

Business owner Lorenzo, 28, from Hertfordshire, said his type is “traditionally blonde”, adding: “I quite like a posh girl. One feature I look at is a girl\u2019s arms, I don\u2019t know why.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s really strange! Imagine like a Jessica Alba or an Angelina Jolie kind of arm and neck, I find that very elegant. Very niche, I know!”<\/p>\n

\"Love
\nBusiness owner Lorenzo, 28, from Hertfordshire, said his type is “traditionally blonde”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, student Mica, 21, who is originally from Barbados but lives in London, said she would be turned off by a “really egotistical, cringey man”.<\/p>\n

She added: “That\u2019s not my vibe at all. I can\u2019t have someone who\u2019s more into themselves then they are me. They need to be obsessed with me.”<\/p>\n

\"Mica
\nMica, 21, is originally from Barbados but lives in London<\/p>\n

Also joining the show is Ellie, 24, a real estate videographer from West Lothian.<\/p>\n

She’s looking for a man who is “tall, dark and handsome” with a “pretty face”.<\/p>\n

Ellie says that while she\u2019s looking for love, she doesn\u2019t want to “fight for it” and plans to handle the competition with confidence.<\/p>\n

\"New
\nAlso joining the show is Ellie, 24, a real estate videographer from West Lothian<\/p>\n

Contestant number six is model Samraj, 25, from Birmingham.<\/p>\n

He says she doesn’t have a type and believes that if you\u2019re cheeky enough, “you can get away with everything”.<\/p>\n

Samraj describes himself as “competitive with everything in my life” and reckons he could be the series\u2019 dark horse.<\/p>\n

\"Love
\nSamraj is a model from Birmingham<\/p>\n

Love Island returns on Monday, 1 June on Virgin Media Play and Virgin Media Two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Galway footballer Se\u00e1n Fitzgerald is set to appear on the new series of Love Island, which kicks off…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-467590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}