Have Any of the 'Love Island' Winners Decided Not to Split the Prize Money? Details

In Season 8 of Love Island U.K., the show underwent a major format change, eliminating the option for winning contestants to choose whether to split their £50,000 prize. "The winning couple will split a huge £50,000 and, this year, we are not even asking them to choose between love and money," host Laura Whitmore said during the finale.

This new format has continued in subsequent seasons, although Love Island USA still allows the person who ends up with the prize fund envelope to decide whether to split the money or keep it all. With these changes in the Love Island franchise, the question remains: Has any winner ever chosen to keep all the money for themselves? Here's what we know!

Since it was rebooted in 2015, Love Island U.K. has largely been about bringing sexy singletons together for the purpose finding love in a luxury villa. However, the islanders know throughout that the public is voting for them and that, ultimately, one duo will win £50,000.

Though Season 1 winners Jess Hayes and Max Morley each had the choice to pick love or money (if they both picked money, neither would have walked away with anything), the format of the finale changed slightly for Seasons 2 through 7.

Typically, during the live finale, after the winning duo is announced, the Love Island host will ask each winner to pick an envelope. One envelope has £50,000 written on the inside, while the other has a £0 message.

The winner who chooses the lucky £50,000 envelope then has access to the entire prize. He or she can offer to split the winnings (aka to choose love), or the winner can take it all.

None of the individual winners from the first seven seasons of Love Island U.K. ever took the entirety of the prize. Because most of the winners were in relationships with their partners by the time the finale rolled around, they all decided to divide the money in half.

Season 2 winners Cara De La Hoyde and Nathan Massey, who are now married and share a daughter, split the money after Cara got the £50,000 envelope. On Season 3, Kem Cetinay decided to share the prize with his then-girlfriend, Amber Davies.

The following year, for Season 4, Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham shared after the latter star picked the right envelope. Though late Season 5 arrival Greg O'Shea was only on Love Island U.K. for a few days before he won with fan favorite Amber Gill, he decided to split the money as well.

Paige Turley (who got the prize money envelope) and Finn Tapp, who continued dating until splitting in 2023, shared the winnings, as did now-broken up pair Millie Court (who selected the big envelope) and Liam Reardon.

On the U.S. spin-off of Love Island, the stakes are slightly higher for the winning pair, as $100,000 is on the line. However, nobody on the stateside edition of Love Island has ever taken all of the money, either.

The Season 1 winners were Elizabeth Weber and Zac Mirabelli, while Justine Ndiba and Caleb Corprew split the money after winning Season 2. Olivia Kaiser and Korey Gandy, who won the final CBS season of Love Island USA, also each took $50,000 at the end.

Season 4 winners Zeta Morrison and Timmy Pandolfi, despite ending their relationship after filming, chose to split the prize money. Season 5 winners Hannah Wright and Marco Donatelli also decided to share their winnings and are now living together in Boca Raton, according to People. Likewise, Season 6 winners Serena Page and Kordell Beckham opted to divide their prize money.