CAROLINE Flack will host ITV2’s Winter Love Island when it launches next January.
The telly presenter, 39, will front the first ever in sunny South Africa.
Like the summer version she’ll jet back and forth for the duration, which kicks off next January and is rumoured to be six weeks long.
She wants to keep her projects going in the UK and look after her beloved French bulldog Ruby. It’s no wonder Flack has a year-round tan.
A telly source said: “ITV bosses have been thrilled with the popularity of the show this year and enjoyed bumper viewing figures so it seemed like a no brainer to fill the January reality TV slot left by Celebrity Big Brother.
“Caroline is now synonymous with the show so it wouldn’t seem right to have anyone else hosting it. They’ll use the same production crew too so it should all run like clock work.”
Bosses, who are expected to formally announce the show any day now, have also reached out to comedian Iain Stirling to provide the voiceover again.
The winter version of Love Island is set to be filmed after Christmas to fill in the gaping hole Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother left.
This year the first episode alone was seen by a record 5.9million on ITV2, PC, tablet and mobile, up 16 per cent on last year.
A well-placed telly source said: “After the flop of Survival of the Fittest producers want to keep the format simple and mop up the gaping hole Celebrity Big Brother left reality TV hungry audiences.
“Winter Love Island makes sense as fans adore the drama and love triangles and everyone wants to enjoy a bit of sun on screens in the cold winter months.
Hopefully viewers will be able to stomach contestants frolicking around in their swimwear during the UK’s miserable cold months…
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