Love Island viewers were fuming tonight as winners Ekin Su and Davide took home the £50,000 prize - and the love or money question was never asked.
On every other series of Love Island, the final saw the winning couple given one more choice - whether to split the £50,000 prize money between them - or steal it for themselves.
But the chance to deprive their partner of the other £25,000, thus proving whether they were really in the show for love or money, was never given tonight.
Host Laura Whitmore told viewers at the beginning of the episode on Monday night that this year, the money is not a choice and the winning couple will be forced to share the £50,000 no matter what.
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The change means it's the first in the history of Love Island that there wasn't a Love or Money choice at the end of the final.
And viewers are absolutely fuming at the change, with many going as far as to tell ITV that it defeats the entire point of the show.
@eeiadzcia said: "Did Laura just say that they don’t have to choose between love and money? So no one can steal the 50k"
@sillyolddaniel said: "No golden balls twist on the year someone might actually have done it?!? F*** sake"
@choveeh said: "Every good thing about #loveisland has been removed. First all the good challenges and now they won’t do the split/steal with the prize money"
@svtius said: "the only reason they can’t steal is cos ekinde will win and they’re scared ekin will steal the money she should tbh what a queen"
@louise_d1492 said: "no love or money choice… come on! Massively disappointed, first season to have proper potential for a steal"
@_luisamay said: "Did Laura just say the winners won’t be deciding between love and money?!?! #loveisland "
@monsieurdipp said: "No way they scrapped the option to keep all the money. Potential absolute scenes being stolen from us"
@elvacarri said: "Not asking them to choose between love or money? What the hell was the poooinnnnntt eughhhhhh. I watch this show in the hope that one day I would see someone choose the money and have fooled us all"
@theshittalk100 said: "Just when you think #LoveIsland can't get anymore disappointing they've taken away the option to steal the prize money"
@amygaytalor said: "love or money is the best bit wtf do you mean"
@cicelyamelia said: "they’re not splitting the money??? what?????? that’s the whole point of the show?????"
Others have said that there should be more than £50,000 on offer, and that ITV should have jacked the prize pool to at least £1Million.
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