Love Island UK Season 9 Winners Announced (Spoilers)
Warning – Spoilers for Love Island UK Season 9!After eight weeks, the winners of the Love Island Great Britain Season 9 has been announced. While the hit reality TV normally airs in the summer, this was the second winter special to premiere in January. Instead of spending the summer in Mallorca, the season took place in a new South African villa. Maya Jama also made her debut as the show’s host, taking over from Laura Whitmore.
In the final, Maya announced that Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan won the £50,000 prize. According to ITV voting shares, Kai and Sanam received 44 per cent, less than the overwhelming lead of last year’s winners Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti.
Originally married couple Ron Hall and Lana Jenkins came in second. Bombshells Tom Clare and Samie Elishi finished third while Shaq Mohammed and Tanya Manhenga finished fourth. After celebrating their win, Kai and Sanam further revealed their plans for the prize money The morning after podcast. In addition to appointments and holidays, the teacher and the social worker want to support children’s charities. Sanam also vowed to give something to her widowed mother.
Kai & Sanam’s win makes Love Island UK history
As a Twitter user @SanaRavishing stressed, Kai and Sanam’s victory marked a series of firsts for the dating series. Sanam is the first candidate to be elected during Love Island’s signature Casa Amor twist to win. She was also the only Casa girl brought back to the main villa this year. Kai is the first Jamaican national to win and Sanam is the first Trinidad. This also makes them the only winning couple of color in the history of the show. The only UK non-white winner before that was Amber Rose Gill, who won Season 5 with Greg O’Shea. About the spinoff Love Island USAthe winners were generally more diverse.
Kai began gaining traction when he hilariously mistook another of the Casa Girl contestants for a friend back home. The gym teacher, one of Love Island Great Britain The first contestants of the ninth season also faced off against the season’s villain, Olivia Hawkins. Although they reunited after Casa, the 27-year-old has repeatedly demanded that her ex Kai apologize for bringing Sanam back. The no time to die The actress was branded a bully for this persistent behavior, while Kai’s self-respect and defense of Sanam were praised Love Island Great Britain fans. His social worker was also a lot friendlier than the original girls. For the past week, Kai and Sanam have seemed to be the only happy, healthy, and truly in love couple.
Kai and Sanam’s victory sets a new standard for the future island of love Participant. After Liam Reardon and Millie Court won Season 7, Casa Amor seemed like an excuse for men not to hook up again. And last season, the cast quickly ignored the Casa contestants to reunite with their original partners. This year’s welcome change breathes new life into the longstanding Casa twist. In the meantime, viewers won’t have to wait too long for the next season of the show. Love Island Great Britain will return to the Mallorca villa for Season 10 later this summer.
