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.
15.03.2023 - 11:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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.
The Manchester PE and Science teacher and the social worker, from Bedford, beat fellow couples Lana Jenkins and Ron Hall, who landed up in second place, and Samie Elishi and Tom Clare, who finished in third position, during the final episode which saw host Maya Jama return to the South African villa. Tanya Mahenga and Shaq Muhammad placed fourth following a public vote.
And it has since been revealed by ITV, on Tuesday (March 14), that Kai and Sanam walked away with a huge 44 per cent of the whole final public vote, ahead of Lana and Ron's second place of 30%.
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Tom and Samie took 24% of the final voting figures but it was bad news for Shaq and Tanya as despite being the first couple to drop the 'L-bomb' before making their relationship official on their final date, as they claimed just 2% of the final vote.
And now, in their first interview since winning the ninth Love Island series, Kai and Sanam have said they didn't expect to win the competition after coupling up during the controversial Casa Amor twist. "It’s a bit of a shock. I don’t think either of us expected to even be in the final let alone win it" Kai, 24, said.
"When we got to the final, I think we were just happy to be there. We said the whole time along, it didn’t matter if we won it or not - positions weren't anything, we were happy to go at any time because we knew
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.
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 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.
Maya Jama has shared the moment she discovered one of Love Island's final couple was 'real' - and it nearly made her cry. The presenter was back in the South African villa on Monday (March 13) as she crowned the winners of the winter series after two months of coupling up, bombshells and head-turning.
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.
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.
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.
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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).
They have been dedicating their viewing time to the show for the last two months but some Love Island fans have said they refuse to watch the final following the last dumping of the winter series. The South African villa has seen plenty of arrivals and exits, arguments and love-ins after the past several weeks but it's all set to come to an end.
They were dumped from the Love Island villa just a day before the grand finale - missing out on the chance to win £50,000. But there were no hard feelings for Will Young and new girlfriend Jessie Wynter on Sunday as they headed home empty handed - with the two instead picking their favourites to win.The couple both backed Tom and Samie as their winners, having bonded with the couple during their time in South Africa. After leaving the villa, Will said: "I want Tom and Samie to win.They went through very similar things to me and Jessie.
Love Island fans have said they are 'already fuming' as they say they've figured out which couple will leave following the latest cliffhanger. Thursday night's (March 9) trip to the South African villa saw viewers watch the remaining couples go on their final dates with days to go until the ITV2 dating show's grand finale.