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All loved ups

...and downs

BY ASHLEIGH RAINBIRD Diary Editor

THE finale was one of the closest battles in

the show’s five-year history, with bookies

changing their favourites right up until

voting ended.

Each finalist could now be on their way

to making £1million, after 15 former

contestants have gone on to earn a million.

Big-money clothing deals are worth up to

£250,000 and some Series 5 contestants

have already lined up a string of club

appearances, which netted £300,000 for

some of last year’s Islanders.

Sponsored social media posts could earn

up to £15,000 per post, with glossy

magazine deals and spin-off appearances

on reality shows such as Celebs Go Dating

and Dancing on Ice also potential earners.

Last night saw four couples make

declarations of love to one another before

the live final result.

Molly-Mae Hague told her “best friend”

Tommy Fury: “I’ve never felt feelings like

this in my entire life. I love you so much and

I can’t wait for the adventures that we

haven’t even dreamed of yet.”

STRUGGLED

Tommy threw his prompt cards on the

floor, saying he wanted to speak from the

heart, and telling Molly-Mae: “I would

literally crawl to the moon and back for you

to make you happy. You’re my everything.”

Maura Higgins told dancer Curtis

Pritchard she had struggled watching him

partnered up with former Islander Amy

Hart, gushing: “I had to spend my first few

weeks watching somebody else fall in love

with you, when all I really wanted was it to

be me you were dancing with.”

Curtis described her as a “princess” and

joked: “I may have tamed Hurricane Maura.”

Amber Gill, who overcame her heartache

from former flame Michael Griffiths

dumping her, thanked her partner Greg

O’Shea for “helping to build me back up”.

Greg wrote her a poem and reassured

Amber: “It’s OK if we aren’t the first couple

to cross the line.”

Ovie Soko told model India Reynolds:

“You’ve even had Mr Cool feeling nervous.”

India told him: “You were carved by angels.”

Meanwhile, media watchdog Ofcom

yesterday proposed two new rules to

protect participants in TV and radio shows.

The rules state that “due care must be

taken over the welfare, wellbeing and

dignity of participants in programmes”. The

second states that “participants must not

be caused unjustified distress or anxiety...”.

WINDFALL Curtis and Maura can cash in

Finalists flying

back to chase

£1million deals

Producers, accused in the past of

riling contestants, supposedly

“banned” sex this time.

In the end, the controversial

dramas of previous series, such as

Zara Holland losing her Miss Great

Britain title for having sex in the

hideaway, or Ofcom receiving 2,

complaints over Dani Dyer’s

distress, were missing.

In fact, this year’s competitors

were more likely to make each

other a morning coffee than get

into slanging matches.

With the sunscreen put

away after last night’s finale,

we take a look at some of

our favourite ups and

downs from the year Love

Island finally grew up...

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@PoppyDanby

BY POPPY DANBY

After spending a few days apart

in the Casa Amor challenge,

Tommy decided the time was

right to make Molly-Mae his

girlfriend. Roping in the

assistance of her stuffed toy

elephant, Ellie-Belly, the

20-year-old boxer sprinkled the

terrace with rose petals before

telling Molly-Mae she was “his

everything”.

CUTEST MOMENT

Tommy asks Molly-Mae

to be his girlfriend

Where is Barcelona anyway?

BAD GEOGRAPHY

Jourdan, Joanna and Belle

proved that geography wasn’t

their strong point when they

puzzled over the locations of

Dublin, Edinburgh, Rome and

Barcelona. Joanna pondered:

“Is Italy in Rome or

Rome in Italy?”

While Jourdan,

right, announced

to the group:

“Barcelona is

in Italy.”

REVIEW

LOVE Island 5 is best summed

up by one fact: it became clear

during last night’s final that,

really, anyone could win it.

Every other year it’s been

obvious who has it in the bag.

This time it was different. It was

the perfect epitaph for this

constantly evolving series – just

when you thought you knew

where you were, everything

changed. Eh, Jordan?

We saw the full gamut of

human emotions as the

contestants opened their

hearts and lives. No one

was who they appeared

to be at first. Sometimes

it was a genuinely faith-

restoring surprise.

Other times, it made

you depressed to be

alive. Jordan. Michael.

Curtis. Michael again.

Above all, it was

hugely watchable.

Missing you

already, Love Island!

Not you though,

Michael.

BY POLLY HUDSON

‘Sensible’

Island

still a

stunner

O

ver the past four years,

Love Island has shocked

with fights, proposals and

even sex on screen.

So there were concerns about

how this series would pan out.

Some questioned whether it

should be aired at all, following the

suicides of former islanders Mike

Thalassitis and Sophie Gradon.

AXED

Ex-Miss

GB Zara

ROMANTIC Tommy and

Molly-Mae; inset cuddly

Ellie-Belly and rose petals

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