Just imagine winning Love Island. Not only have you potentially found the love of your life – and it DOES happen, just look at Love Island series two’s Cara de la Hoyde and Nathan Massey – but you also bag half of the £50,0000 prize money and instantly become one of the most famous people in Great Britain.
And that’s before we even get started on the career opportunities. Molly-Mae Hague was the creative director of PrettyLittleThing, Amber Davies has gone on to become a West End star and 2019 winner Greg O’Shea took part in the Olympics.
But it turns out there are also some hidden perks of winning Love Island as Amber Gill – who won the show with Greg five years ago – revealed.
Taking part in Closer’s Love Island Secrets with BFF Anna Vakili, Amber let slip that the winners of the show get given a special package full of goodies that none of the other Islanders receive.
When asked if the Islanders get to keep the photos they take on their phones during their time in the villa, the Geordie lass explained, “I actually got a lot of the photos that we took because I got my Samsung phone after I finished.
“I got loads of gifts as a winner pack and I got one of the phones which had the pictures that we took.”
Love Island 2024 winners Mimii Ngulube and Josh Oyinsan have all this to look forward to after triumphing over Nicole Samuel and Ciaran Davies in this week's final.
Speaking after scooping the prize, Mimii said, "It feels so surreal, I don’t even have words right now to describe it. I want to thank everyone for all the love, it was the best time of my life."
Josh added, "Crazy man. It still hasn’t even sunk in. I’m happy and thankful, and appreciating the love and support we got. We had such an authentic connection and I’m glad everyone saw it."
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So, what else is included in this exclusive pack then?
“Loads of things… I got a cute little Polaroid camera. I got loads of nice things, cakes and flowers,” Amber added.
Nathan Katnoria is heat and Closer online’s senior digital writer. He became obsessed with Love Island when Malin Andersson came back to confront Terry Walsh in series two and hasn’t looked back since. When he’s not interviewing former Islanders, Nathan is scrolling through their Instagram feeds for relationship updates and piping hot tea.