Love Island winners – where are they now and what are they worth?
As Love Island‘s seventh season kicked off on ITV2 on Monday night, after a very long wait thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, we take a look at the winners of past series – most of whom split after the public voted for them to bag the £50k prize.
The show has aired for six series, with the most recent broadcast in early 2020, before the global health crisis froze any chance of amorous encounters.
But as a slew of singletons set out to find their perfect match on season seven, where are the winners of yesteryear? What are they up to? How much are they worth? And are they even still an item?
SERIES ONE [2015]: JESSICA HAYES & MAX MORLEY
STILL TOGETHER? NO
NET WORTH: REPORTEDLY JESSICA IS WORTH £1.1M & MAX IS WORTH £700,000
First winners: Jessica Hayes and Max Morley scooped the title as the series one winners in 2015
Love Island returned to screens in 2015, having initially aired in 2005, featuring celebrity contestants.
It was then rebooted 10 years later with civilians – with Jessica Hayes and Max Morley scooping the title as the series one winners.
They defied the odds after favourites Hannah Elizabeth and Jonathon Clark were tipped to win.
Jess’ tiffs with fiery rival Naomi Ball didn’t do her many favours, but Naomi came off worse after swiping Joshua Ritchie from Jess, dumping him and trying to get amorous with Max.
Short-lived: They split after the show and Jess is now engaged, while Max remains single
![Playing the field: Max has dated the likes of fellow reality stars Zara Holland, Charlotte Crosby, and Laura Anderson [pictured]. He has also appeared on Ex On The Beach](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/29/12/44812931-9736777-image-m-158_1624964881695.jpg)
Different experiences: Max has dated the likes of fellow reality stars Zara Holland, Charlotte Crosby, and Laura Anderson [pictured left] while Jess is now a mother to son Presley, who will be two this year, and engaged to Dan Lawry whom she met in the spring of 2018 [pictured right]
Max got together with Jess after Naomi was dumped from the show and they went on to win.
They split after the show and Jess is now a mother to son Presley, who will be two this year, and engaged to Dan Lawry whom she met in the spring of 2018.
Jess makes her money via Instagram influencing, working with brands such as Miss Pap.
Max has had a very different experience, dating the likes of fellow reality stars Zara Holland, Charlotte Crosby, and Laura Anderson. He has also appeared on Ex On The Beach.
SERIES TWO [2016]: NATHAN MASSEY & CARA DE LA HOYDE
STILL TOGETHER? YES
NET WORTH: REPORTEDLY THE COUPLE IS WORTH £1.3M
Success story: Not only are series two winners Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyde still together, they are married with two children
Not only are series two winners Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyde still together, they are married with two children.
The road to happiness hasn’t been plain sailing for the duo, however. They split less than a year after the show, despite Cara being pregnant with Nathan’s son.
They reconciled, however, and got back together at Christmas 2017, a few weeks before Cara welcomed their baby, who they named Freddie-George.
They later revisited the Love Island villa and Nathan shocked Cara by asking her to marry him. They got married in a low-key ceremony in the summer of 2019. They welcomed a daughter, Delilah, in 2020.
They have also appeared on TOWIE, as have many other Love Islanders following their stint in the villa.
Going strong: They later revisited the Love Island villa and Nathan shocked Cara by asking her to marry him
Cara told MailOnline recently: ‘I’ll be honest I don’t really watch Love Island anymore because the people on there, they’re just so pretty and everything and it just stresses me out watching these girls walk around and I think “I don’t look like that anymore.”
‘I think it’s a really difficult thing to go into now and I’ll be honest I don’t think I would want to go into Love Island now. It’s too big of an industry now for me. It would stress me out too much.
‘With Nathan and I and the earlier series it was all about love – we had no expectations of what Love Island was. I went in there because I didn’t want to pay rent for six weeks! I thought I’ll go in there, I’m a little bit of a weirdo and nobody is going to fancy me and I fell in love and met my husband!’
The road to happiness: They split less than a year after the show, despite Cara being pregnant with Nathan’s son. They reconciled, however, and got back together at Christmas 2017, a few weeks before Cara welcomed their baby, who they named Freddie-George. They welcomed a daughter, Delilah, in 2020
SERIES THREE [2017]: AMBER DAVIES & KEM CETINAY
STILL TOGETHER? NO
NET WORTH: REPORTEDLY AMBER IS WORTH £1.6M & KEM IS WORTH £1.5M
Kem Cetinay was crowned as the winner of Love Island alongside Amber Davies back in 2017. They split up just five months after winning.
In a statement at the time they said: ‘With sadness, we’ve decided to separate. We fell in love in the villa and want to thank all the fans of the show for supporting us. Our schedules made it difficult. We’ll remain good friends.’
Kem has gone on to appear on shows such as Dancing On Ice, and will front a show with series five winner Amber Gill, focusing on mental health.
Amber has become a West End star, appearing recently in Nine To Five: The Musical alongside Louise Redknapp, working with Dolly Parton.
They have both dated other people, but are currently single. Kem split from his lawyer girlfriend Lexi Hyzler last December after lockdown made things difficult for the couple. Amber is recently single as she split from operations manager Nick Kyriacou after a year of dating.
Kem sent the rumour mill into overdrive when he liked a fan’s comment on TikTok that read ‘Still want you and Amber back together’ recently.
The comment pining for the couples reunion was liked by more than a thousand people, including Kem himself.
SERIES FOUR [2018]: DANI DYER & JACK FINCHAM
STILL TOGETHER? NO
NET WORTH: REPORTEDLY DANI IS WORTH £2.4M & JACK IS WORTH £1M
In it for the long run? Dani Dyer – daughter of British actor Danny – and Jack Fincham were together throughout the entirety of their Love Island tenure
Split: They coupled up on day one and went on to win the series, moving in together swiftly after and bagging their own reality show spin-off Jack & Dani: Life After Love Island. They parted ways in 2019
Dani Dyer – daughter of British actor Danny – and Jack Fincham were together throughout the entirety of their Love Island tenure.
They coupled up on day one and went on to win the series, moving in together swiftly after and bagging their own reality show spin-off Jack & Dani: Life After Love Island.
They parted ways in 2019 and Dani got back together with her former boyfriend Sammy Kimmence, whom she now shares a son with – Santiago.
She works with clothing line In The Style and has a podcast with her father – Sorted With The Dyers.
Moving on: Dani got back together with her former boyfriend Sammy Kimmence [pictured left], whom she now shares a son with – Santiago. Jack is now dating Frankie Sims of TOWIE fame [pictured right]
Not meant to be: The pair are pictured at the end of their Love Island journey, a week before the finale
Their venture into parenting has been plagued by legal woes, with Sammy pleading guilty to scamming two men out of £34,000 in April. He awaits sentencing.
Jack has also gone on to have a child, with ex Casey Ranger. Their daughter Blossom arrived in January 2020, with Jack describing her arrival as the ‘best thing to ever happen to him’. However, Casey has since slammed him for being ‘an absent father’.
He is now dating Frankie Sims of TOWIE fame.
SERIES FIVE [2019]: AMBER GILL & GREG O’SHEA
STILL TOGETHER? NO
NET WORTH: REPORTEDLY AMBER IS WORTH £2M & GREG IS WORTH £700K
Done and dusted: Amber Gill won Love Island 2019 and the £50,000 prize money with Irish rugby player, Greg O’Shea, who was a late addition to the series
Amber Gill won Love Island 2019 and the £50,000 prize money with Irish rugby player, Greg O’Shea, who was a late addition to the series.
The couple met towards the end of the show after she was sidelined by her previous love interest, Michael Griffiths, who began dating Casa Amour newcomer Joanna Chimonides.
Greg appeared to be a true gentleman and a breath of fresh air for Amber which made him an instant fan favourite, but their romance was short-lived. Amber claimed he dumped her over the phone just weeks after winning the competition.
Greg then shunned fame after receiving death threats over the alleged text-dumping, which he passionately denies.
The honeymoon’s over: Greg appeared to be a true gentleman and a breath of fresh air for Amber which made him an instant fan favourite, but their romance was short-lived. Amber claimed he dumped her over the phone just weeks after winning the competition. Greg then shunned fame after receiving death threats over the alleged text-dumping, which he passionately denies
Acrimonious: He recently told MailOnline that he and Amber mutually agreed over FaceTime to end their relationship because he wanted to continue his career as a rugby player, while she aspired to move to London after she became inundated with clothing and endorsement deals
He recently told MailOnline that he and Amber mutually agreed over FaceTime to end their relationship because he wanted to continue his career as a rugby player, while she aspired to move to London after she became inundated with clothing and endorsement deals.
Greg explained: ‘I have never actually come out and told my side of the story because my management and other people advised me against it. When it was all happening I was like “I have screenshots, I can release a statement with screenshots to show people the truth” but it was only going to add fuel to the fire and so I took the brunt of it. It was hard to bite my tongue but that’s just the way it played out.
‘I think she expected me to fight for it but I had to be realistic and look at it as a proper relationship and not the Love Island winners. This was all on FaceTime, then I had to go to training, so I put my phone down and I came back after an hour and my phone was blowing up, an article was released “Greg breaks up with Amber over text” – I couldn’t believe it.’
SERIES SIX [2020]: FINN TAPP & PAIGE TURLEY
STILL TOGETHER? YES
NET WORTH: REPORTEDLY THE COUPLE IS WORTH £800K
Reigning champions: Paige Turley and Finley Tapp won the first-ever winter edition of Love Island in early 2020. They are, to date, the reigning show champions, and have remained together
Paige Turley and Finley Tapp won the first-ever winter edition of Love Island in early 2020. They are, to date, the reigning show champions, and have remained together.
The couple now live together – but had a vastly different post-Love Island experience to past winners given the state of the world health crisis.
The pair exited the show and went straight into lockdown – althougb Paige hopes to launch a singing career, having previously appeared on Britian’s Got Talent.
Finn thought he would date a couple of the islanders while he was on the show, but he didn’t expect to find The One. He explained: ‘Not in a million years did I think I would actually find someone’
Paige admitted recently that she thought she would be booted out of the villa after a week in the sun. Speaking on Lorraine, she said: ‘I only expected to go and get a suntan for a week, maybe date a couple of guys and that would be it. Obviously, I went on and met Finn and we went on to win it. So it was definitely not what I had thought when I was in there.
‘I thought I would be sunbathing all day, whereas you’re out doing quite a lot of challenges or with somebody on dates. You’ve never got that much time to kill, which I thought was fine.’
Finn thought he would date a couple of the islanders while he was on the show, but he didn’t expect to find The One. He explained: ‘Not in a million years did I think I would actually find someone.
‘There’s five girls and five boys to start off, so you’re gonna have a few dates here and there but you never think you’re gonna find the one that you move out with two three months down the line. It was crazy.’
Paige admitted recently that she thought she would be booted out of the villa after a week in the sun, saying: ‘I only expected to go and get a suntan for a week, maybe date a couple of guys and that would be it. Obviously, I went on and met Finn and we went on to win it. So it was definitely not what I had thought when I was in there’
LOVE ISLAND 2021: MEET THE CONTESTANTS
Sharon Gaffka, 25
Name: Sharon Gaffka
Age: 25
Location: Oxford
Occupation: Civil Servant – Operations Lead for Department of Transport
Who is their type on paper? ‘I tend to date someone who is taller than me, even though my last long-term partner, he was actually someone who was shorter than me.
‘I’m quite an intellectual person so I want someone who can kind of match that.’
Aaron Francis, 24
Name: Aaron Francis
Age: 24
Location: London
Occupation: Luxury Events Host
Who is their type on paper? ‘I need someone that is passionate about what they are doing – from scientist to anything – you can tell when someone is speaking about something and they are actually smiling while they are talking. I love that.
‘I don’t like when people are doing a job just to make money and then they kind of just live for the weekend. Especially because I work on the weekends.’
Liberty Poole, 21
Name: Liberty Poole
Age: 21
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Nando’s Waitress and Marketing Student
Who is their type on paper? ‘So I like tall, alpha male, confident, a cheeky chappy sort of guy.
‘But obviously that’s always usually combined with player types, which is where I go wrong. So I am trying to change my ways and go for more of a nicer guy that is going to treat me right.’
Hugo Hammond, 24
Name: Hugo Hammond
Age: 24
Location: Hampshire
Occupation: PE Teacher
Who is their type on paper? ‘I’ve been single for a while now. With the current climate, it’s been really hard to get back into dating.
‘I saw it as an opportunity to have an amazing fun summer and put myself back out there.’
Shannon Singh
Name: Shannon Singh
Age: 22
Location: Fife
Occupation: Glamour model
Who is their type on paper? ‘I don’t feed off looks, I feed off energy, I need someone with personality. Just someone I can have fun with.
‘I’m a party girl, I love going out, I’m very social. For me it’s quite hard to find people who are genuine and looking for what you’re looking for’
Jake Cornish
Name: Jake Cornish
Age: 24
Location: Weston-super-Mare
Occupation: Water Engineer
Who is their type on paper? ‘Looks wise, always gone for blondes. But for me, the main thing is having respect and having good fun, and someone who will be loyal to you…
‘I’ve had messages from girls that have got boyfriends and husbands. This is why I don’t trust anyone. Someone who is loyal really. But when I’m single, I like having a good time!
Kaz Kamwi
Name: Kaz Kamwi
Age: 26
Location: Essex
Occupation: Fashion Blogger
Who is their type on paper? ‘I like meeting new people, I’m ready to be in a relationship. Why not be in a place where people are looking for the same things as me?’
Chloe Burrows
Name: Chloe Burrows
Age: 25
Location: Bicester
Occupation: Financial Services Marketing Executive
Who is their type on paper? ‘I like a good build. I go to the gym. I want someone who is funny. Really funny and caring and will do nice little things for you.
‘And then obviously someone who you can depend on to not ditch you. Because I am quite a big character and quite loud, they would have to be as loud, if not more.
‘I could never be with someone who is quiet. Someone that gives you a bit back’
Faye Winter
Name: Faye Winter
Age: 26
Location: Devon
Occupation: Letting Manager
What is her type on paper? ‘Someone that will put me in my place. Someone that makes me laugh. But also someone that takes my banter. I’m like a five-year-old in a playground, if I like you, I will make a mockery of you and laugh and joke. That is my really terrible flirting skills. I need someone who can take that.’
Brad McClelland
Name: Brad McClelland
Age: 26
Location: Northumberland
Occupation: Labourer
Who is their type on paper? Sommer Ray from Instagram. Zara McDermott, she’s a good-looking lass. Or Megan Fox.
Toby Aromolaran
Name: Toby Aromolaran
Age: 22
Location: Essex
Occupation: Semi-pro footballer
How would he describe himself? ‘Optimistic. I always see the bright side in the worst situations. I’m a fun guy when I go on a night out. Responsible guy as well.’
