Love Island fans thrilled as winners Kai and Sanam ‘make history’

Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan were crowned winners of the winter Love Island 2023 on Monday night – beating original couple Ron Hall and Lana Jenkins to the £50k cash prize. 

After eight weeks of drama, viewers picked the social worker and PE teacher – who fell for one another during Casa Amor – as their champions.

And Love Island fans were quick to point out the occasion marks the first time a Casa Amor bombshell has entered the show and gone on to take the win in the show’s eight-year history.

Viewers rejoiced on Twitter and said the right couple won, with one penning: ‘Kai and Sanam have proven that POC can win this show and they are a breath of fresh air and their professionals and refreshing too, a teacher and a social worker won Love Island’

Another said: ‘Kai and Sanam so deserved to win. And the first couple to win with someone brought back from Casa’ 

Winners: Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan were crowned winners of the winter Love Island 2023 on Monday night

A third added: ‘Kai and Sanam winning this season of Love Island made it absolutely worth while’ 

One wrote: ‘Think this is the first time the vote wasn’t rigged and fan favourites actually won.’ 

While one fan pointed out all of the reasons why the couple made history: ‘Kai amd Sanam have just made HISTORY winning the show! First Casa couple to win, first Casa girl to win, first trinidad girl to win, first Jamaican to win. The list just keeps on going babu I’m so happy they won’

After eight weeks of drama, viewers picked the social worker and PE teacher – who fell for one another during Casa Amor – as their champions.

The occasion marks the first time a Casa Amor bombshell has entered the show and gone on to take the win in the show’s eight year history.

The couple, both 24, were speechless when host Maya Jama announced the results during the live final in South Africa.

Before their win, Sanam accidentally revealed she is in love with Kai, while he told viewers to ‘watch this space’ about making the beauty his girlfriend in the outside world.

Tom Clare, 23, and Samie Elishi, 22, placed third in the competition, while airport security officer Shaq Muhammad, 24, and Tanya Manhenga, 22 were the first out.

After their win, Sanam told Maya, 28,: ‘I can’t believe it’, while Kai was lost for words.

She said of their romance: ‘For me, it was always Kai, like I always said he was my number one. Obviously, he is a very attractive guy but I fell in love with everything. Everything about him, I just, I just loved it. I really didn’t think I was gonna be here. I’m going to cry.’

Like every romance on the show, Kai and Sanam have had a rough ride – after the PE teacher’s former love interest Olivia Hawkins left furious when his head was turned in Casa Amor – as was hers.

But Kai’s decision to re-couple with Sanam has proven to be a worthy one as they have remained strong ever since.

Making history: Love Island fans were quick to point out the occasion marks the first time a Casa Amor bombshell has entered the show and gone on to take the win in the show’s eight-year history

Viewers rejoiced on Twitter and said the right couple won, with one penning: ‘Kai and Sanam have proven that POC can win this show’

Incredible: After eight weeks of drama, viewers picked the social worker and PE teacher – who fell for one another during Casa Amor – as their champions

In their interview, the PE teacher noted his journey on the show had been a ‘rollercoaster’ but he is looking forward to treating Sanam away from the glamour of the South African villa.

‘It’s been a rollercoaster,’ he said. ‘But literally, she blew me away. I think it’s the eyes. I always to her that it was the first conversation we had, she did the eyes. But she doesn’t do it anymore! After that first one, we just got closer and closer.

‘She doesn’t leave my side and I absolutely love her. In here, it’s amazing and you have so many people working around you, arranging the most amazing dates ever but I can’t wait to be able to put my time and effort into her and show her how amazing she is.

‘On the outside, she’s going to be my girlfriend but I want that control. I’m gonna make it so special and I have told her so many times that she is gonna be my girlfriend on the outside. So keep a look out.’

Before Maya announced the first couple who missed out on winning the show, footage aired of the last day in the villa.

The girls enjoy one last boy free trip ahead of the Love Island ball – where many L-bombs were dropped for the first time in emotional speeches.

After receiving a text, the girls were asked to get ready to leave the villa. They are treated to some spa treatments by the pool.

‘We are leaving a whole better version of ourselves,’ Samie reflected.

Sanam added: ‘I feel like a different version of myself.’

The men, who were all suited and booted, were stunned when each one of their partners walked out in a series of glamorous dresses.

Love Island the final: The finalists of Love Island gathered to see who would be crowned winners after eight long weeks of drama and fun in the sun

Loved-up: The PE teacher and the social worker, both 24, noted their joint passion for helping children while declaring their love for each other

Sanam was the first to kick off the declarations of love.

The social worker told her PE teacher beau Kai: ‘You charmed with your smile, you always managed to make me laugh. You made me feel like a princess and the only girl in the world. I can’t wait for you to come round to my house and for my mum to cook you Caribbean food. You’ve shown me my worth.’

To which he replied: ‘When I came into the villa. I struggled to find love. Then at Casa I found you. The most caring, beautiful, girl I’ve ever met. Every conversation we have draws me closer to you. I don’t think I’ve ever met someone as compatible as you. My time in here is literally been in a dream with you. I can’t wait for what the future has in store for us.’

Kai went on to praise their similarities such as their passion to work with children to want to make a difference in the world.

Love Island fans thrilled as winners Kai and Sanam ‘make history’
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