How Islanders spent their winnings: What Love Island couples did with £50k Who we are Contact Advertise Tips UK Write Tips News Trash Agenda Trends Opinion Guides UK Belfast Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Brookes Cambridge Cardiff Coventry Durham Edinburgh Exeter Glasgow King's Lancaster Leeds Lincoln Liverpool London Manchester Newcastle Nottingham Oxford Sheffield Soton St Andrews Sussex University of East Anglia Warwick York This is exactly what all the Love Island winners spent their prize money on Millie and Liam splashed loads on designer clothes 3 years ago UPDATED 2 months ago Hayley Soen Trash UK In the Love Island final the winning couple takes home £50,000. And so far, every couple has split the prize fund. How Islanders spent their winnings has been different from couple to couple. From splashing the cash on handbags and trainers, to sensibly putting it into savings – here’s exactly how each of the Islanders spent their winnings. Ekin-su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti via Instagram @ekinsuofficial Davide and Ekin-Su are the current champs of Love Island, having won the 2022 series by a landslide. 2022 was the first year where the winning couple was not given the split or steal option, so they automatically walked home with £25k each. The pair have shared the wholesome way they want to spend their winnings – going on holiday with their mums. Talking to CapitalXTRA Davide said: “I’m going to buy a trip for my mum. We are thinking we will go to New York with me and Ekin and our mums.” Millie Court and Liam Reardon via ITV Millie and Liam won the 2021 series, and then a year later announced they had split. In an interview with ITV after they won, Millie shared that the first thing she wants to do with the cash is treat her friends and family. “I want to give back to them and do something for them,” she said. Liam said he also wants to “look after” his family back home and “spoil them as they’ve always done the best for me”. He added he will definitely be putting money towards a house. But naturally, they also splashed £1,500 of the money in a huge designer gear haul straight after the show, too. Paige Turley and Finn Tapp via Instagram @finley__tapp Paige and Finn won the 2020 winter series together. Paige opened the £50k envelope and decided to split with Finn, and the couple are still together today. However, the year after their Love Island win the UK was plunged into a nationwide lockdown and travel was off the cards, so they didn’t exactly have the best options for splashing their cash. “Well, we haven’t had the chance to really spend any of it”, Finn told the Metro. “Just cooking bits, food… That’s about it, really. We haven’t had a chance to do much with it. We’ve got an Xbox that’s keeping us entertained. A camera for some photos but that’s as exciting as it gets. I certainly do want to buy a few bits. That’s the thing, as well… You’re looking at some clothes online and you’re thinking, ‘That looks really nice’. But you think, ‘I can’t spend my money on that, where would I wear it? Just in the back garden?'” Amber Gill and Greg O’ Shea via Instagram @amberrosegill Amber and Greg broke up just five weeks after the show and it’s alleged that he dumped her by text. It’s not surprising that people thought Greg had used Amber for the money, coming in late and coupling up with her because she was popular with the public. But she said she doesn’t want his share of the money (that she decided to split) back. She told Fabulous magazine: “Nah, he can keep it. I needed someone else to win and we won it together. I don’t hate him, I’m just disappointed in him really.” Amber said she plans to spend some of her Love Island winnings and put the rest in savings. She told Closer: “I’ll probably treat myself a little bit, but I’m going to invest and be careful with it.” In an interview Greg admitted to being a “boring old fart” with his half of the money. He said: “I just saved it. I actually kept it in an English bank account and waited for the conversion rate to improve before bringing it across [to Ireland].” Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham via Instagram The Love Island 2018 winners Jack and Dani also broke up after the show. Talking about what she did with the money, Dani said: “I put it into savings because I want to get a mortgage. That is what I did. I’m not one of those to splash out and stuff, I mean things that I have got, like nice things I have got, I have had for years and years. I did just save most of it really, I mean a lot of it goes on your bills and stuff doesn’t it.” Jack has been more private about what he spent his split of the £50k on. However since the villa he’s got himself some sparkly white veneers – so maybe some went on those? Amber Davies and Kem Cetinay via Instagram Love Island 2017 winners Amber and Kem definitely know how to the splash the cash. Amber told The Sun: “I bought myself a Chanel bag. I thought to myself, ‘well I did win the show’ so I treated myself to a celebratory Chanel bag. Just one handbag isn’t going to hurt is it? Kem has bought hundreds of trainers, trainers and trainers and trainers. I leave that to him. He has spoilt me rotten too though. I feel so lucky.” Unfortunately the pair also broke up, six months after winning the show together. Cara De La Hoyde and Nathan Massey via Instagram @nathanmassey_ Cara and Nathan won Love Island 2016 and are still together now. They’ve got married and share a son called Freddie and a daughter named Delilah. If that wasn’t wholesome enough, both of them spent their cut of the money on their families. Speaking after the show Cara said: “I can’t wait to get home and now I can buy my mum a house and give her the deposit for it.” Nathan said that he also wanted to treat one of his parents, saying he was going to use the money to take his dad on a golfing trip. Jessica Hayes and Max Morley via Instagram Jessica and Max won the first series of Love Island back in 2015. They broke up six weeks after the final. Neither of them have said what they spent the prize money on. However, Jessica has admitted she wishes she had chosen money over love in the final and kept all £50k for herself. “Don’t fall in love and just take the fifty grand,” she added. 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