Maya Jama steps down as host of reality TV show Love Island

Speaker Maya Jama has actually revealed she is stepping down as the host of truth television program Love Island after 3 years.

The 32-year-old composed on Instagram together with a highlights reel of her on the program that it was “time to throw myself into something new”

“While my own Love Island journey has come to an end, I wish the show and the team all the success in the world, I’ll be cheering you lot on from the sidelines forever,” the television and radio speaker stated.

Jama’s statement comes hot on the heels of a look as a participant on Celebrity Traitors that won her appreciation and speculation in the Timesexternal that she might “get £1m per deal” thanks to her success.

Thanking fans and the production group on Love Island, she stated she had an “unforgettable time” on the program.

“I started hosting the show aged 28 and during the nine incredible series met the most wonderful humans along the way. I’ve loved every slow-mo walk, fire pit and live show.

But she added: “I’ve constantly thought that to genuinely grow, you need to take a leap every so often.”

Jama landed her most significant providing function to date as the host of the truth television program in 2023, taking over from Laura Whitmore.

The program couples candidates together who then finish a series of jobs and keep switching in the hope of satisfying the love of their life.

An ITV representative stated:”Maya has actually been a great and much liked host on Love Island – we thank her for whatever she has actually given the program over the last 3 years and want her every ongoing success.”

Jama first built her profile through radio including a role on Rinse FM, before landing a presenting role on BBC Radio 1 in 2018.

She went on to present a string of television programmes, including Channel 4’s Stand Up To Cancer and ITV2’s Don’t Hate the Playaz, before taking over as host of BBC Three’s Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star in 2021.

The presenter was recently watched by millions in the Celebrity Traitors final, and competed as a traitor alongside actor Richard E Grant, Youtuber King Kenny and comedian James Acaster during the series.

One commentator at the time said that, despite not winning the show, she had emerged as a winner of sorts as she was able to portray herself as “less like the speaker of Love Island and more like a really flexible tv star”.

Her Celebrity Traitors look followed she made her acting launching in the 2nd series of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix drama The Gentlemen together with Theo James and Kaya Scodelario.

Jama had actually auditioned for the cult Channel 4 series Skins, embeded in her home town of Bristol, when she was 15, reaching the last for a function in the program that introduced the professions of stars Daniel Kaluuya and Dev Patel.

She relocated to London when she was 16 to pursue a profession in the show business.

She started providing a weekly video countdown for production business JumpOff television before signing up with MTV in 2014 as a speaker on The Wrap Up.

Jama ended up being the youngest individual to host the MOBO Awards, along with Marvin Humes, in 2017.