'Everyone in Love Island fights to leave for cigarettes', reveals ex islander

Love Island isn’t just about love, it turns out, as winners can also bag an impressive £50k cash prize if they’re able to win over the public’s hearts and minds. Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan, who recently appeared for the reunion special, became the latest couple to do just that when they were crowned the winners of the 2023 winter edition of the show.The couple, who work as a teacher and a social worker respectively, have already revealed that they plan to spend their money wisely and ensure at least some of it goes to a good cause.

Love Island fans were left making the same complaint as they watched Maya Jama return to screens as she was joined by this year's string of islanders and bombshell contestants to get all the gossip just days after the final of the second-ever winter series.

Love Island winners Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan return home and with it came a huge party as they reunite with family. Kai, 24 and Sanam, 24 were crowned the winners of this year's winter series of Love Island on Monday evening by presenter Maya Jama. The loved up pair met less than a month ago when bombshell Sanam entered the villa as part of the notorious Casa Amor twist.

Love Island stars Will Young and Jessie Wynter looked loved-up as they strolled the streets of London following their return from the villa. The TikTok farmer, 23, and the former Love Island Australia contestant, 26, narrowly missed out on a place in the ITV series final and landed back in the UK earlier this week, with Jessie already taking a trip to Will’s farm since their arrival. The couple were seen taking on some post-show promo commitments in central London on Thursday (14 March) as they explore their relationship for the first time outside of the villa.

It looks like Love Island's Jessie Wynter already boasts some celebrity pals, with her secret friendship with Strictly Come Dancing star Dianne Buswell recently being unveiled. Jessie, 26, recently jetted to the UK with beau Will Young, 22, following the end of the ITV2 dating show, and after sharing an update with fans online, her pal Dianne, 33, reached out to her on Instagram. It's unknown whether the pair have known each other for long, but it could be that they formed a friendship due to both living in Australia.

Love Island stars Will Young and Jessie Wynter may have just missed out on a place in the final, but their romance has continued to blossom as they shared a kiss at Will's family farm. The pair landed back in the UK alongside fellow axed islanders Casey O’Gorman and Rosie Seabrook earlier today, before they headed straight to Will's farm, with a brief pit stop for a sweet photo outside Buckingham Palace in London.  Sharing a trio of snaps to their Instagram pages, Will and Jessie wrote: "To the Villa, to London, to the FARM.

It's barely been 24 hours since the winners of Winter Love Island 2023 were announced by the final voting figures are in - and it appears Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan were always going to be crowned the winners of the ninth series, but only the second-ever winter run.

Love Island contestant Sanam Harrinanan has been crowned the winner of the winter 2023 series alongside beau Kai Fagan. Kai eventually chose to recouple with Sanam and bring her back to the main villa with him, to the very visible ire of Kai's original partner Olivia Hawkins who also recoupled whilst at Casa Amor and romance has blossomed ever since. Kai and Sanam have been happily coupled up since, despite Kai’s ongoing feud with his Olivia, and have rapidly become fan favourites in the villa, going on to win the series.

After two months of coupling up, bombshells, and head-turning, the winter series of Love Island came to an end on Monday night (March 13). And fans of the ITV2 dating show were delighted to see Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan crowned as the winners of the ninth series, but only the second-ever winter run.

Another season of Love Island came to a close on Monday 13 January, with Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan announced as the winners of the winter 2023 series. The series, which was the second ever winter edition of the ITV2 dating show, ended on Monday with Maya Jama presenting the grand finale live from the iconic villa in South Africa. The final episode included the finalists' heartwarming declarations of love as well as clips from their last ever day in the villa, and each couple got to look back at their highlights as they sat down with Maya, 28, for a live interview.

Before it was revealed they'd won Love Island, Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan sat down for a live interview with presenter Maya Jama to look back at their best bits. Sanam, 24, and Kai, also 24, discussed their initial attraction to one another during the Casa Amor twist and revealed their plans for after the show, and Sanam accidentally revealed she loves Kai, leaving the pair in fits of giggles.

It's been two long months for some of us as we've battled through the coldest and darkest nights of the year - or so we hope!

The grand finale of Winter Love Island 2023 is set to take place this evening and host Maya Jama has been busy getting prepared in South Africa. Maya, 28, will reveal whether Ron Hall and Lana Jenkins, Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan, Tom Clare and Samie Elishi or Tanya Manhenga and Shaq Muhammad are the winning couple of this year's series on Monday 13 January live from Cape Town.

Love Island fans have cheekily suggested a new pair on the show have 'more chemistry than one of the winter series' final couples and have also spotted a potential future islander in the penultimate episode. The current run of the ITV2 dating show will come to an end on Monday night (March 13).

Love Island star Casey O'Gorman has sparked rumours of a feud between him and a handful of his co-stars after failing to follow them on Instagram. Days after Casey, 26, who was recently dumped from the South African villa alongside bombshell Rosie Seabrook, 24, was given his phone back, the star followed his love interest Rosie as well as contestants Tom Clare, Will Young, Olivia Hawkins and former flame Claudia Fogarty.The star also followed Casa Amor bombshells Spencer Wilks, Ellie Spence, Keanan Brand, Maxwell Samuda and Jordan Odofin.

Love Island has reportedly been thrown into chaos as two islanders have been booted from the villa just days before the final in an emotional dumping.

Dumped Islander Olivia Hawkins has revealed that she cried "many times" in the Love Island villa – but said her tearful moments weren't shown on TV. Her comments came as she addressed claims of "toxic femininity" on the show, after a domestic abuse charity spoke out. Olivia, 27, who was dumped from the Island with boyfriend Maxwell Samuda, 23, has hit back at claims that the female Islanders on the show were "toxic" as she said that arguments are "inevitable" inside the villa.

Love Island’s Andrew Le Page and Tasha Ghouri, have shared some adorable pics from their romantic getaway to Prague. Real estate agent Andrew, 27, and Tasha, 23, met on the hit ITV dating programme Love Island in the summer of 2022 and are one of the few couples from the series to still be going strong . Posting to his Instagram, Andrew shared a few pics with the caption: “Prague so far”, followed by a love heart.

Former Love Island star Paige Turley has confirmed she will be taking part in London's half marathon next month in memory of one of her late friends from her hometown in West Lothian.

It's well known that the majority of Love Islanders go on to make some big money after the show. From securing million pound brand deals to becoming the creative director of one of the biggest fast fashion brands in the world, the islanders are sure to catapult to fame after a stint in the gorgeous South African villa. While they do have the opportunity to catapult their earnings, others may be returning to their day jobs.