Longford’s Maura favourite to become new host of Love Island

There may well be a full circle moment on the sunny horizon for Ballymahon’s Maura Higgins as she emerges as one of the leading contenders to take over as host of Love Island following Maya Jama’s decision to step down from the hit dating show.

Bookmaker William Hill has given impressive odds of 3/1 for the former Love Islander Maura to take the coveted presenting role, with only Olivia Attwood ahead of her with odds of 15/8.

Third in the running is Vick Hope at 4/1, followed by GK Barry at 5/1.

Other names in the running include Vicky Pattison at 14/1 and Emily Atack at 16/1.

Maura, who appeared on the show in 2019 is already set to host Blind Date which is scheduled to air on Disney next year.

For now, The Longford lady is making waves stateside, first on Celebrity Traitors and currently on Dancing With The Stars US where she is wowing judges weekly with her skills. Having survived the latest elimination, Maura and partner Mark Ballas will now perform in the DWTS semi final.