In recent weeks, whispers were circulating that the host of Love Island Australia – Sophie Monk – was set to be replaced by former Big Brother contestant Skye Wheatley.

Here’s what we know about the rumours and where we’ve since landed.

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Since season one of Love Island Australia (2018), Sophie has been the series host. However, ahead of the 2024 iteration of the show, rumours were swirling that Skye would host a season instead of Sophie.

Skye is best known for her time on Big Brother and having won I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here in 2024.

As The Daily Mail reported, Skye was thought to have been a frontrunner for Nine to replace Sophie as host. However, Skye herself took to Instagram to shut down those rumours rather quickly.

A fan asked Skye on Instagram Stories, “Were you supposed to be the host of Love Island?” And she responded, “No, it was click bait!!”

However, She added a little spice to the conversation by sharing a TikTok with the words “When you get dropped from hosting Love Island because you got ‘scary surgery'” with Sabrina Carpenter’s Taste playing in the background.

Skye posted a playful TikTok with the caption, “Anyone need a Big Brother host? Cause I’ll be there with bells on.” Unfortunately for her, that gig has also been filled by Mel Tracina.

Following on from that, we’ve had a further update from Yahoo Lifestyle. Per the outlet, Nine has directly confirmed that our OG girl Sophie would, in fact, be joining as host of the sixth season of Love Island Australia.

Sophie was cemented as the show’s host when the season’s first trailer dropped on October 3, which debuted some of the Love Island Australia 2024 cast.

Case closed, it seems.

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