What is the Love Island 2023 prize money? All the details as winter series reaches its grand final

Love Island winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu has offered some wise words of advice to Olivia Hawkins, 27, after the ITV2 dating show alum detailed the relentless trolling and death threats she's received since exiting the villa. Ekin-Su, who has been in the spotlight since she burst on to our screens as a bombshell in summer 2022. Speaking exclusively to OK!, the 28 year old said, "I hope Olivia is okay.

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.

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.

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.

Love Island viewers are now completely convinced that axed couple Casey O'Gorman and Rosie Seabrook have already split up before the final airs tonight. Fans were already speculating that the duo had called it quits on their brief coupling following their exit due to some rather suspect social media posts.

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!

It’s been one hell of a season for the Winter edition of Love Island 2023, with tears, tantrums and more than a few broken hearts along the way. Fans at home have been treated to all the drama and romance their hearts could desire for two straight months, with Monday night’s final seeing reigning champions Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti pass on the torch to the next generation of smitten lovebirds.

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 Lana Jenkins' mum has issued a stern warning to Lana's beau Ron Hall, ahead of meeting him face-to-face in the Love Island villa.The meet-the-parents episode is one of Love Islands most iconic parts, as the Islanders near the final, and their parents, families and friends enter the villa to meet their partners. The Islanders' loved-ones have flown out all the way to South Africa, which is where the winter season is filmed, rather than Majorca, where the show is filmed in summer. Lana's mum Rachel, 50, a script advisor on Hollyoaks, will be seeing her daughter in the flesh for the first time in eight weeks, whilst she will also get the opportunity to meet Ron, 25.

Love Island fans are now just two sleeps away from the final episode, but one couple's time in the villa will be cut short before then. In Friday's instalment on ITV2, Will Young and Jessie Wynter, Ron Hall and Lana Jenkins, and Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan were informed that they'd landed in the bottom three of the cast's vote for compatibility, meaning their dreams of snatching the £50,000 cash prize were in danger. Now, a source has told The Sun that it's a fan-favourite couple who are given the boot by the public on Sunday evening.

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 fans think they've worked out which couple will win the show, based on who goes on the most extravagant final dates. The show's finale will take place next week, with host Maya Jama strutting into the gorgeous South African villa for the final time this year to crown the winners.

While he's not going to hear it, Love Island fans have been issuing advice to Ron Hall after spotting a 'hateful' move just before the latest dumping. The islanders were rocked by a surprise exit during the latest trip to the South African villa on Tuesday night (March 7).

Faye Winter stunned in a sheer dress as she embraced single life following her recent split from Teddy Soares.The former Love Island contestant, who competed on the show in 2021 with Liam Reardon, Millie Court and Liberty Poole, stepped out in style to attend The Gossies 2023 in Ireland on Sunday. Faye channelled her best Morticia Addams as she wowed on the red carpet at Dublin’s Convention Centre in a couture dress from Renek, styled by Jeff Mehmet.