Love Island: Orpington woman with Erb's Palsy joins line-up

The new series of the ITV2 dating show will see a raft of singletons enter the villa in Majorca hoping to find a match, with a new series starting on June 3.

They include 29-year-old Patsy Field, an office administrator from Orpington, who said her disability is the one quality she would like her other islanders to know about her.

She said “I’ve got something very special about me which is my disability, it’s a condition I was born with called Erb’s Palsy.

“It doesn’t define who I am, but it makes me a little different, although I’ve learnt to get on with it and it’s never held me back.”

The condition is a paralysis of the arm caused by injury to the upper group of the arm’s main nerves resulting from a difficult birth.

She added: “My friends would say that I’m the loudest person in the group, I’m the one who’s always up for doing a dare, they’d say I was the life and soul of the party.

“My family would say that I’m bossy and that it’s always my way or the highway, they’d say I rule the roost.”

She will be joined by Samantha Kenny, 26, a make-up artist from Liverpool, who said: “I’m ready to settle down and Love Island is an amazing opportunity to meet someone that isn’t from my area.

"I love a cockney boy so I’m hoping there is one in there for me.

“I think I will definitely bring some fire, I’m very opinionated and wear my heart on my sleeve. I’m really bubbly too so I’ll definitely have a laugh as well as bringing some Scouse glamour.”

Semi-professional footballer Ronnie Vint, 27, from London, will also enter the villa.

The sportsman is close friends with previous contestant Olivia Attwood and her husband, the footballer Bradley Dack.

He said: “Bradley Dack is my best friend and he and Olivia are a big part of my life.

“I call Olivia my big little sister, she always looks out for me.”

Love Island returns to screens on Monday June 3 at 9pm.

The first episode will be simulcast across ITV1, ITV2, ITVX and STV.