Love Island 2018 to be the longest series yet

The reality show is returning to destroy your life

(Rex Features)

Kiss goodbye to your summer, as ITV2's strangely enthralling reality show Love Island is coming back for a bumper edition.

The 2018 series will run for eight weeks, according to the Radio Times, a week longer than last year's and two weeks longer than the first two series.

The new batch of contestants will apparently return to the same villa as last year, which will undergo a refurb but broadly keep the same layout.

It would make sense for ITV not to want to change much about the format, which was a barnstorming success in 2017.

The Chris, Olivia, Kem and Amber-centric series dominated water cooler conversation, the ITV2 live final beating BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4 in the ratings - quite the feat for a sister channel.

Caroline Flack will return to host the show, which does not yet have a release date but is expected at the start of the summer.