Inside Love Island winners Kai and Sanam's huge welcome home party as they reunite with family

Love Island stars Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan are no doubt two of the nicest winners the villa has ever seen during its history, with much of their future planning since leaving the show focused on how they can use their new-found fame to help others. But in a heartbreaking technical glitch this week, the couple lost out on a whopping £14,000 for their preferred charity, Barnardos, when an online auction selling off their villa finale outfits unexpectedly wiped the listings.The couple, both aged 24, had taken to eBay, one of the show’s key sponsors to run the auction, with the outfits racking up bids in excess of £7000 each! However due to a technical glitch the listings were deleted from the site - along with all the bids.

One month on since winning the Winter edition of Love Island 2023, Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan have been enjoying their new loved up life by spending some quality time together outside of the villa. Yet unlike many of our favourite couples in previous years, who have opted for traditional date nights full of fancy dinners and plenty of dancing, Kai and Sanam opted for a far more unique experience as they set off on a Welsh glamping break instead.

Love Island winners Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan packed on the PDA as they shared a kiss during a loved-up reunion at Manchester train station. Matching in black, the pair were all smiles as they shared a sweet hug and a kiss outside the station.

Love Island winners Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan have shared some secrets from their time in the villa and even revealed which couple secretly got intimate. Kai, 24, and Sanam, also 24, revealed that runners-up Ron Hall and Lana Jenkins, both 25, did actually have sex while in the South African villa but Ron came up with a clever trick to not get caught by TV bosses.

Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan have addressed engagement rumours, after posting a snap with former social worker Sanam sporting what looked like a huge diamond ring. The Love Island stars have been been understandably busy since jetting back to the UK £50,000 richer and in one snap taken in a radio studio, the pair appeared to suggest they could be taking their relationship to the next level.

Love Island finalists Kai Fagan, Sanam Harrinanan, Ron Hall and Lana Jenkins were all smiles as they enjoyed a double date together in Mayfair, London.The foursome went to Ivy Asia for dinner and cosied up for snaps on their date. For their evening out, one half of this season's Love Island winners, Sanam, sported an all-black ensemble made up of a black wrap halter neck top and trousers, while Lana wore a mint green crop top paired with black cargo trousers. Meanwhile, Ron pulled out all the neutrals in a brown three-quarter zip top paired with beige slacks, as Kai wore a white t-shirt, chinos and a varsity style jacket.

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.

Maya Jama made sure to ask all of the questions fans have been asking at the Love Island Reunion on Sunday, with the TV presenter even grilling Jessie Wynter about her lack of tears when crying. Maya, 28, was joined by every Islander from the 2023 winter edition of ITV2 show to reflect on the series, which saw Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan crowned winners.

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 stars Tom Clare and Samie Elishi have been getting to know each other outside of villa life - with one of their first stops being Tom’s football club.The star, 23, got special permission to temporarily leave his club Macclesfield FC, where he plays as a forward, mid-season in order to enter the South African villa.Two months later, Tom is now back on his home pitch, this time with his new love Samie, 23, by his side, as the couple test their relationship outside the confines of the ITV reality show.The pair took to Instagram to share photos and videos of their day as they sat in the stands and watched a training session. Tom took Samie on a tour of the grounds and they later posed for a sweet photo together, with Samie saying how much she’d loved seeing her beau at his day job.

Love Island stars Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan have revealed how they'll spend their winnings after they were crowned winners on Monday night (March 13). The couple were clear favourites to take the title as the ITV2 dating show's second-ever winter series came to an end.

Love Island winners Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan melted hearts across the country during their time in the villa, with them ultimately being crowned series champs. And now they've revealed the selfless ways they plan to spend their £50k prize money, as they both want to go back to their career roots and help children.

Despite winning the 2023 winter Love Island series, Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan won’t last, a body language expert has claimed. On Monday, Maya Jama arrived at the South African villa where she joined the final four couples Kai and Sanam, Ron Hall and Lana Jenkins, Shaq Muhammad and Tanya Manhenga and Tom Clare and Samie Elishi. PE teacher Kai and social worker Sanam were subsequently crowned the winners with the most amount of votes, while Tanya and Shaq only received 2%.

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 eight long weeks of tears, tantrums and flirty banter, Love Island came to it’s dramatic conclusion on Monday night, as Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan were officially crowned the winners of the Winter 2023 series. Yet while fans at home were excitedly waiting to see who scooped the top prize of £50,000, a group of former Islanders had also gathered to enjoy a star studded and seriously boozy viewing party to mark the end of 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.

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.

Manchester PE and science teacher Kai Fagan and social worker Sanam Harrinanan, from Bedford, were crowned the winners of winter Love Island 2023 in an emotional final on Monday night (March 13). Love bloomed late in the process for the fan favourites after Sanam stole Kai's heart in the usually dreaded Casa Amor stage of the the ITV2 dating show.

Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan have been announced as the Winter Love Island 2023 winners. The couple came out on top as the ITV2 show returned this evening for its final episode, with the pair taking home the £50,000 cash prize.