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Maya Jama

October 2026

  • Maya Jama walks past red curtains in a green knit top and earrings

    The Celebrity Traitors: episode eight – as it happened

    Maya Jama and her fellow hooded murderers seem to be totally flying under the radar so far. Will they continue to evade the faithful tonight?
  • Kenny Dalglish gestures with his hands while sitting in a leather armchair in a wood-panelled room

    The Celebrity Traitors: episode six – as it happened

    They’ve already taken out two traitors – but now Kenny has gone to the dark side. How will the faithfuls fare tonight?

    • The Celebrity Traitors: episode four – as it happened

    • The Celebrity Traitors: episode two – as it happened

    • The Celebrity Traitors: episode one – as it happened

February 2026

  • Olivia Dean arrives at the Brit awards 2026.

    Harry, Olivia, and a disco-tastic surprise from Dua Lipa: the Brit awards 2026 – in pictures

    As Olivia Dean swept the board, there were eye-catching performances from Sombr, Raye, Rosalía and more, while Jeff Goldblum and Maya Jama lit up the red carpet
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January 2025

  • A portrait of Maya Jama with bare shoulders, against a warm brown background

    ‘Adversity can ruin your life. Or give you resilience’: Maya Jama on grit, growing up, and bringing good vibes to primetime tv

    She’s the charismatic TV host known for her bombshell struts into the Love Island villa, but Maya Jama didn’t have an easy start. She talks about her tough teenage years, being a ‘late bloomer’, and why the tabloids are fascinated with her love life

October 2023

  • Harry Styles

    From bedtime with Harry Styles to watching stars snooze: the meteoric rise of sleep celebs

    You can drift off to ‘sleep stories’ from Styles, Maya Jama and Alan Titchmarsh. Big name Youtubers host sleepalongs – or stream naps for laughs. Why are we getting under the covers with celebs?

June 2023

  • Illustration of celebrities having fun at a summer barbecue

    Smile, it’s summer
    A birdsong app, an allergy cure and a cool glass of gavi: Alan Carr, Mary Berry, Maya Jama and others on the thing that makes their summer

  • Maya Jama

    The Q&A
    Maya Jama: ‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me? That I wouldn’t be successful. Joke’s on them, I guess’

October 2022

  • Maya Jama

    Maya Jama to succeed Laura Whitmore as Love Island host

    DJ and presenter will take over when the reality TV show returns for ninth series early next year

November 2021

  • Brit awards host Mo Gilligan, centre, with co-presenters Maya Jama (left) and Clara Amfo.

    Brit awards 2022 to remove gendered categories

    British and international male and female artist categories condensed into two non-gendered awards, as four new genre categories added and Mo Gilligan announced as presenter

April 2021

  • Ryley on Glow Up

    TV review
    Glow Up review – Bake Off for makeup offers joyful fun

  • Dolli, one of the young makeup artists (MUAs) in Glow Up.

    ‘We cried, it was emotional’: Maya Jama on being herself as new Glow Up host

January 2021

  • Maya Jama

    Sunday with Maya Jama: ‘I’ll create my perfect roast from Deliveroo’

    The TV and radio presenter on afternoon starts, clean sheets and playing music for passersby

June 2020

  • Maya Jama, June 2020.

    Maya Jama: 'I shouldn't be where I am now'

    A jailed father, a murdered boyfriend: the DJ turned TV presenter has had some hard knocks in her 25 years. She talks about her determination to overcome them

December 2019

  • Stormzy

    Stormzy's Observer Magazine takeover
    ‘The spotlight can scare the shit out of me’: Stormzy speaks out

    The all-conquering grime star talks about living in the public eye, a new politics of hope, and why it nearly all went wrong at Glastonbury

March 2019

  • Shaun Ryder and Bez.

    ‘Anyone else would have kicked him out’: celebrity flatmates reveal all

    Stealing clothes, sharing a bed, cereal for dinner... from Shaun Ryder and Bez to the boys from Busted, former housemates remember their first house share

July 2018

  • Maya Jama.

    Maya Jama: ‘I wanted to prove I’m not some girl they just found on Instagram’

  • Say sorry... Roseanne Barr; Jason Bateman; Samantha Bee; Josh Homme; Rita Ora and Maya Jama.

    From Rita Ora to Roseanne: celebrity apologies, rated!

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