Maura Higgins talks Love Island protocol
With the winter series of Love Island just two days away, former finalist Maura Higgins has been spilling the beans.
Using her experience, she reveals exactly what happens to the contestants ahead of their appearance on the show.
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Maura made her Love Island debut about two weeks into last year's series.
She made a massive impact during her time on the show and made it to the final with boyfriend Curtis Pritchard.
As per MailOnline, the Irish star tells This Morning that she was on lock down for over two weeks.
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Maura says this year's stars, 'are in lock down now with a chaperone.'
'I got my phone taken off me on the shuttle bus to the terminal when I landed.'
'I didn’t think it would be that quickly.'
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She explains, 'Before I went on, I was promised I would be in the villa in the first three days.'
'Two weeks and three days I was on lock down. In the hotel, no phone, no TV, no anything with a chaperone.'
'On the bad days, you can sit in a room with the chaperone on her laptop but not on your own.'
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The winter series
The winter series kicks off this weekend and the first 12 contestants were announced earlier in the week.
One of the islanders' girlfriend has hit back at him for entering the villa seven weeks after their split.
Read more about what she had to say here and go here to meet the new islanders.
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And for a full behind the scenes tour of the villa in Cape Town, go here.