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Meet the new Love Island Series 13 cast: Here are all 12 new islanders and their relationship strategies - going for goal or playing it safe

Here’s how all the new islanders intend to approach the game of love.

The 13th season of Love Island is back next week, making its debut on ITV2 and ITVX at 9pm on Monday, June 1 - hot on the heels of the third series of Love Island All Stars which was broadcast earlier in the year.

Hosted by Maya Jama and back on the Spanish island of Mallorca, the show first hit our screens in 2015.

Since then it has been streamed more than a billion times and is regularly the most watched programme for those aged 16-34.

Scottish comedian Iain Stirling will once again be voicing as Islanders battle it out in the UK's biggest dating show.

And there’s more Scottish interest this year, with 24-year-old West Lothian real estate videographer Ellie taking part in the latest series - which will have a football theme to reflect this year’s World Cup.

As well as the prospect of finding true love, there’s also the small matter of the £50,000 prize for the last couple standing.

Before the 12 contestants arrived on the island they were asked: “What’s your relationship strategy? Go straight for the goal or play it safe?”

Here’s what they had to say.

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