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Love Island fans believe two of the 2023 winter series ' new cast are about to clash in the first villa row of the series.
Some viewers believed they had noticed signs two of the girls weren't going to get along, and that it might already be awkward for them.
It all began as Olivia Hawkins made a play for Haris Namani who is paired up with Anna-May Robey, just hours after she stole Anna-May's first potential partner Kai Fagan.
The girls looking for love are Tanya Manhenga, Lana Jenkins, Anna-May, Tanyel Revan and Olivia.
As for the boys, Kai, Ron Hall, Will Young, Shaq Muhammad and Haris have entered the villa.
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All of the Islanders had to face the first coupling up of the series as usual, with the girls getting to choose which boy they wanted to pair up with.
Love Island fans believe two of the 2023 winter series' new cast are about to clash (ITV)Olivia was partnered with Will, but later in the episode she confessed she only saw him as a friend and was keen on Haris.
While she did bring this up with Anna-May, she was also seen sharing her hopes with other Islanders - and fans believed things could get awkward.
Taking to Twitter, many fans guessed the two girls would end up clashing over Haris, and that this could be the first villa row of the series.
One viewer said: "I low key don’t know if Anna may and Olivia are gonna see eye to eye."
Another tweeted: "Anna May and Olivia are already probably gonna beef," as a third fan said: "Olivia and Anna-May are defo going to clash!"
Love Island 2023's winter series stars Olivia Hawkins and Anna-May Robey are tipped to fall out (ITV)A fourth viewer tweeted: "There’s going to be big Anna Mae - Olivia rivalry, I feel like Olivia is already competing with her??" as a fifth said: "So Olivia is just after all of Anna Mays men?"
Love Island made its comeback on Monday night, the first winter series in three years - with new host Maya Jama taking on the show.
The last, and first, winter edition aired in 2020 just before the coronavirus pandemic which left the summer series cancelled for that year.
While the summer edition returned in 2021, there were a number of protocols and guidelines ITV and the cast and crew had to follow, in order to keep it on air.
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It all began as Olivia Hawkins made a play for Haris Namani (ITV)As for the winter show, it did not air In January 2021 due to Covid restrictions, while it was also cancelled in 2022.
It was reported that ITV wanted to focus on the main summer show of that year, deciding not to air two series.
The 2022 summer series, hosted by previous presenter Laura Whitmore, was a huge hit - with bosses no doubt hoping the latest series goes the same way.
Laura quit the show last year after finding some elements of filming the series "difficult".
The host, who replaced original presenter Caroline Flack in 2020, announced her news on Instagram - just days after detailing about how she was struggling with the backlash she faced from fans during the summer series.
"Some news! I won’t be hosting the next series of Love island," she penned at the time. "There are certain elements of the show I’ve found very difficult that cannot be changed some due to the format, including the flying back and forth to South Africa along with my new conflicting projects.
"I wish it was still possible but know you’ll be in safe hands. I was only planning to fill in for Caroline for a series and it turned into 3 series. I hope I did you proud Caroline."
Love Island airs every night at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.