Lorenzo Alessi Leads Love Island 13 Cast Reveal on Itv2
itv2 moved first on Love Island season 13, revealing the first 12 Islanders ahead of the villa opening. The summer 2026 run is set to begin on Monday 1 June at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
Lorenzo Alessi joins the first 12
Lorenzo Alessi, a 28-year-old business owner from Hertfordshire, is one of the first names heading into the villa. He arrives in a season that ITV has now started to shape before launch, with the cast reveal doing the practical work of turning a return date into an actual lineup.
Alessi’s own pre-villa pitch leans on strategy as much as attraction. He said he believes “all is fair in love and war” and described himself as a “self deprecating person,” which fits a contestant profile built around quick reads and social positioning rather than polished performance.
Reverse psychology and villa games
Alessi said he would encourage another Islander to go and speak to a girl he was also interested in. “Sometimes it ends up working, reverse psychology,” he said. That gives viewers an early read on how he expects to move inside a cast where first impressions can decide who gets time on screen and who gets left waiting by the fire pit.
He also said his type traditionally is a blonde and that he has a penchant for “a posh girl.” More unusually, he said he looks for a girl’s arms. “It’s really strange! Imagine like a Jessica Alba or an Angelina Jolie kind of arm and neck, I find that very elegant. Very niche, I know!” he said.
Just under 6,000 followers
At the time of reporting, Alessi had just under 6,000 followers on Instagram. That is the smallest pre-launch detail here, but it still gives a read on the kind of contestant the show is introducing before the first episode: not an already massive online figure, but someone whose audience can still grow quickly once the series starts.
The cast reveal matters because it gives the season a starting shape before viewers see the villa dynamics play out. For anyone planning to watch, the key change is simple: the new series arrives on Monday 1 June at 9pm, and the first 12 Islanders are already in play.
