It’s time for a brand new season of Love Island.
The ITV2 dating show returns to our screens from Monday, 16th January with new host Maya Jama taking over the reins.
Over the next eight weeks, the Love Island 2023 cast will couple up, crack on, recouple and unfortunately dump their fellow islanders until the final week, which will include just four couples.
During the finale the winners will be revealed and the £50,000 prize money will be split between them.
Since the shows launch in 2015, Love Island has produced eight winning couples, including Millie Court and Liam Reardon and Amber Gill and Greg O’Shea.
As season nine kicks off, RadioTimes.com takes a look back at all the Love Island winners from Jessica and Max, who won tge first season in 2015, to last year’s champs Ekin-Su and Davide.
Ekin-Su Cülcüloglu and Davide Sanclimenti – Series 8 (2022)
Relationship status: Still together
The 2021 hugely exciting Love Island finale saw Ekin-Su and Davide emerge as the 2022 winners after the public watched their whirlwind romance unfold.
Five months since the show, the pair are still going strong and recently appeared in their very own reality TV show, titled Ekin-Su & Davide: Homecomings, which saw them travelling back to their home countries.
Ekin-Su is currently taking part on season 15 of Dancing on Ice.
Liam Reardon and Millie Court – Series 7 (2021)
Relationship status: Separated
Liam and Millie emerged as the 2021 champions of Love Island, beating Day 1 couple Chloe Burrows and Toby Aromolaran as well as Faye Winter and Teddy Soares to that £50,000 prize money.
Unfortunately, the couple broke up in July, with Millie sharing the news in an Instagram post and telling her followers that it was “a tough decision” but that they’re “both ready for new chapters”.
Paige Turley and Finn Tapp – Series 6 (2020)
Relationship status: Still together
Paige and Finn are looking to last the course and are still together after becoming the first ever Winter Love Island winners.
Amber Gill and Greg O’Shea – Series five (2019)
Relationship status: Separated
If you were invested in Amber and Greg going the distance then you probably were not too thrilled to learn that they broke up only a few weeks after leaving the villa behind them – so it wasn’t true love after all.
Individually though, things have been going pretty well for them. Greg has gone back to his career playing Rugby while Amber has become quite the name on social media, having become an influencer who has amassed over two million followers.
Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer – Series 4 (2018)
Relationship status: Separated
Ah, Jack and Dani – we thought they were meant to be but alas, the relationship did not last and Jack missed out on the golden opportunity of having Danny Dyer as a father-in-law. They did try to make it work, even living together and buying a puppy, but it fell apart after six months.
Since then, Jack has had a child named Blossom while Dani has been edging her way into the presenting world – and had a recent cameo in EastEnders alongside her dad where she played his cab driver. She also recently gave birth to a baby boy called Santiago.
Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies – Series 3 (2017)
Relationship status: Separated
Kem and Amber’s relationship did not last long after they left the villa and they broke up around six months later. Professionally though, they are the most successful couple to emerge from the show. Kem has become a well-known face in the UK through his stints on shows like Dancing on Ice and he pops up semi-regularly as a guest on This Morning.
As for Amber, she has seen her star rise on the stage when she was cast in the musical 9 to 5. So while their love may not have gone the distance, they will certainly be pleased that they made the decision to join the show in 2017.
Cara De la Hoyde and Nathan Massey – Series 2 (2016)
Relationship status: Married
Cara and Nathan may have separated briefly not long after they won the show in 2016 but Cara discovered she was pregnant and the baby brought them back together. They named him Freddie and the addition of a child has seen them remain together to this day – well done, Freddie!
And they seem to be happier than ever now. They had their second baby, daughter Delilah, in July. It is nice to see that Love Island can see a couple stay together, even if it is a rarity.
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Jessica Hayes and Max Morley – Series 1 (2015)
Relationship status: Separated
Jess and Max were the first winners of the revamped show in 2015 – there was a two-season celebrity version that aired first – and while it would be nice to say that the original winners were still together, sadly we can’t as they split up a mere six weeks after leaving the villa behind them.
Since then, Max has got into travelling and has visited various places around the world, while Jess found love with Dan Lawry and they have gone onto have a child together, Presley. So while the pair did not stay together, at least they have both gone on to good things!
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