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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 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.

If you fancy your chances at becoming one half of the next Love Island winning couple like Kai and Sanam, you're in luck, as ITV bosses are already searching for sexy singletons to take part in the 2023 summer series. Despite the winter series finale only airing on Monday night, the search has begun for 2023 Islanders with applications officially open, and if you've always wondered what life is like in the famous villa then maybe it could be your time to shine on the ITV2 dating show.Those hoping to land a spot on the show simply have to fill out an application form with numerous details about themselves, and there's only a handful of eligibility requirements.

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's Olivia Hawkins has been seen for the first time since her ex from the show, Kai Fagan, won with his new partner, Sanam Harrinanan. Olivia, who was left fuming when Kai decided to recouple with Sanam in Casa Amor, looked unfazed by their win as she beamed following a late night of partying for the Love Island final in the UK, although the actual final was filmed in South Africa.The 27 year old beamed as she looked fresh-faced despite the late night in a full face of makeup with bronzed cheeks and a slick of gloss, whilst her hair was slicked back into her trademark high ponytail.

As this recent season of Love Island came to an end on 13 March, two people who weren’t at the final were Will Young and Casey O’Gorman. During their time in the villa, 26 year old Casey and Will, 23, sparked up a friendship – even creating their own spin-off show Villa Wives alongside Tom Clare and Shaq Muhammad.

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.

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.

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!

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 viewers were hilariously forced to "mute" their TVs on Wednesday night as the infamous baby challenge made a return.The Islanders got a rude awakening by the babies who began crying in another room as they came to realise the challenge that awaited them. Each couple were given a doll between them as they were tasked with keeping the tot happy for the day – including by soothing it when it cries. With five babies all of a sudden disturbing the peace in the Love Island villa, both the Islanders and viewers were left covering their ears - with some fans even hilariously "muting" their televisions.

There's less than a week until the Love Island grand finale as the Islanders prepare for their biggest challenge yet - becoming parents.

There's less than a week to go until the big Love Island finale and already the islanders are starting to discuss life outside of the South African villa. During tonight's ITV2 dating programme, it seems they're all wanting to get their ducks in a row to see what the real world could potentially hold for them.

Last night’s instalment of Love Island: Aftersun saw controversial contestant Olivia Hawkins make quite the admission on live TV. Speaking as guests on the ITV2 dating show's spin-off alongside 'partner' Maxwell Samuda, the 27-year-old ring-girl reflected on her relationship with former flame Kai Fagan, with whom she came to blows with on the show on numerous occasions. Discussing the widely-talked-about moment that Olivia re-entered the villa with new beau Maxwell following her Casa Amor absence, where she hit out at ex-man Kai for also having made the decision to re-couple with brunette beauty Sanam Harrinanan, Olivia felt she needed to get something off her chest.

Love Island returns to our television screens later and so does the drama as tensions rise within the villa once again, especially between Ron and Lana. It comes after he appeared to admit to having a 'game plan' for the ITV2 dating programme.

Following the Islanders winning a party in Friday night's ‘A Couple of Sorts’ challenge, Ron and Shaq discuss the challenge, which saw Shaq suggest that he may have made Lana his girlfriend just because she's popular in the villa. Ron ask him: “I just wanted to see your thoughts on it or whether you thought there was anything to it or if it was just an opinion on the challenge?” To which Shaq responds: “For me bro, it’s a challenge and I said before I even made the comment that I would see how it looks from every single side.” Ron replies:: “I’m not calling you out on it, obviously it’s sore for me and Lana, and I’d hate it to plant a seed in Lana’s head.” Later, still discussing the challenge, and accusations of game playing, Ron tells Sanam, Kai, Tom and Samie at the mini fire pit: “When I was a viewer… I thought, the ones who have their drama nice and early and then get comfy and treat it like a holiday, they’re the ones who are probably like, they just cruise.

Tom Clare becomes of the butt of the joke on Thursday night's episode of Love Island, sparking the semi-professional footballer to kick off at the boys.There's often a bit of banter between the Islanders, but Tom, 23, appears to reach the end of his tether as he tells the lads to "just leave it". Coming back on high straight after a challenge, the boys turn their attention to Tom and joke about his sporting abilities.

Love Island contestant Sanam Harrinanan is the only surviving Casa Amor girl after she caught the eye of teacher and original boy Kai Fagan. Kai eventually chose to recouple with her 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. 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.