ITV announce a new ‘middle-aged’ Love Island spinoff: Network is scouting ‘vibrant single parents from across the UK who are in search of love’ for new show

ITV1 have announced their new show that is similar to the ever-popular Love Island.

In an official call out, the network is looking to cast ‘vibrant single parents from across the UK who are in search of love’. 

The show will be called The Romance Retreat and will see contestants stay at a luxurious villa in a bid to find love.   

ITV announce a new ‘middle-aged’ Love Island spinoff: Network has said it’s scouting ‘vibrant single parents from across the UK who are in search of love’ for new show

It seems the show is very similar to it’s Love Island concept, however it remains unclear if winners of The Romance Retreat will win a cash prize at the end of the series. 

In recent weeks, fans have been saying they wanted a ‘middle-aged Love Island spin off’.

‘This is the ONLY dating show where single parents can search for love, by spending time in a luxury retreat, where all the parents have been nominated by their grown up children,’ the casting announcement reads. 

Who will host the new show? Pictured is new Love Island host Maya Jama

‘This is the ONLY dating show where single parents can search for love, by spending time in a luxury retreat, where all the parents have been nominated by their grown up children,’ the casting announcement reads

Producers also gave fans a glimpse at the new villa for the show, with it being a stunning ultra-modern pad in a sunny, but undisclosed location. 

Fans have up until Friday, March 31 to apply. 

It comes after Davina McCall revealed she was ‘begging’ ITV bosses to hire her to host a ‘midlife’ version of the programme.

Looking for love: Pictured are some of the castmembers of the new Love Island which started this week

The presenter and fitness guru was 50 when she split from her husband Matthew Roberston in 2017. She is currently dating her hairdresser Michael Douglas.

Davina, 55, now wants to help other older singletons to find love and said the show would be full of ‘interesting people’ who have ‘lived a life’. 

Speaking on the Diary of a CEO podcast, she said she has ‘no embarrassment or shame about emailing a TV company or the head of a TV company and going ‘have you thought about this?’ as she revealed she is ‘literally begging ITV to let me present midlife Love Island’.

Candid: It comes after Davina McCall revealed she was ‘begging’ ITV bosses to hire her to host a ‘midlife’ version of the hit reality television show Love Island

‘I could fill a villa in Love Island with middle-aged people with the best back stories you have ever heard in your life,’ she told host Stephen Bartlett.

‘They’ve lived a life – they’re widows, they’re people who have been through horrific divorces. They are people who have split up with somebody and decided they want to try going out with somebody the same sex as them.

‘They’re like interesting people. I’d watch that show.’ 

Davina, who is currently a judge on The Masked Singer, said ITV was looking into a similar show and that they ‘might consider’ her to host.

She continued: ‘I was like, ”I need to present it please”. They said, ”We’re looking at something else that’s quite similar, we might consider you for that”.

‘Well if I hadn’t sent them that email in the first place, they wouldn’t have thought about me for the other show maybe. ‘You’ve got to make opportunities happen – they never just come to you. Keep walking.’

Will she get the gig? Davina, who is currently a judge on The Masked Singer, said ITV was looking into a similar show and that they ‘might consider’ her to host

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