Love Island has been on our screens for seven seasons and has become the main event of the summer, with every year bringing a fresh batch of new contestants looking for love and six-figure brand, tv gigs, and sponsorship deals.
While things don’t always go the way contestants want, some have gone on to become highly successful in respective industries such as TV, radio, Fashion, Beauty, Lifestyle, The Olympics, and one has even wrote her first novel.
From millionaires to published authors, we take a look at some of Love Island's fifth seasons biggest stars and what they’ve been up to since leaving the show.
Maura Higgins
Irish TV personality and model Maura Higgins appeared on the fifth series of Love Island 2019 and quickly won over the audience with her witty sense of humour and no-bullshit approach to dating.
Maura entered the villa on Day 10, reaching the final alongside Curtis Pritchard and finishing in fourth place.
Since appearing on the show, the stunner has had a busy professional life in the entertainment sector and unmatched success in anything she gets involved with.
The show served as the ultimate platform which led to a string of collaborations with numerous fashion and makeup brand deals including a £250k Bellamianta tan deal, Boohoo, and Inglot teamed up with Maura to create a stunning limited edition 34 piece makeup collection
Maura has worked closely with lingerie giant Ann Summers and has appeared in several of the company's campaigns.
Higgins has been a presenter on This Morning, even having an agony aunt segment, and hosted the Irish version of the reality television competition Glow Up.
Prior to appearing on Love Island, she worked as a ring girl for several professional boxers, including Anthony Joshua, and appeared in a video for Liam Payne.
She has appeared on celebrity game shows including Celebrity Juice, I'll Get This and The Wheel, and was a contestant on Dancing in Ice.
Tommy Fury
Tommy, 22, is a competitive professional boxer and took time out of his career to appear in series five where he finished as runner up with partner Molly-Mae Hague.
The Manchester native returned to the ring after a 9-month hiatus because of the how and secured a win defeating Przemyslaw Binienda.
After Love Island, the star signed a six-figure deal to become the new face of boohooMAN after getting snapped up as a brand ambassador.
Since leaving the show he developed two of his own businesses Fury TNT, and Tommy Fury TNT which have brought an estimated £1 million per year, and he has worked with numerous brands to promote their goods in exchange for a high fee.
On top of fame, and achieving millionaire status through his lucrative sponsorship deals, he has over 4 million followers on Instagram, where he has promoted popular fast-food chain McDonald's, and Disney Plus.
He appeared in a ITV spin-off starring him and Curtis Pritchard called The Boxer & The Ballroom Dancer.
According to The Sun, the younger brother of Tyson Fury makes over £3,000 per day in profits at his companies Fury TNT and Tommy Fury TNT.
Molly Mae Hague
Popular Molly Mae, 22, has had an exciting flourishing career since her stint on Love Island where she met beau Tommy, and the couple finished runner-up.
After leaving Love Island, she revealed the reason for going on the show was to "enhance her career", she went on to become of the show’s most successful contestants.
Molly-Mae was already a successful influencer when she headed into the villa, and she won Miss Teen Hertfordshire and World Teen Supermodel UK when she was 16.
Her first deal after the show was when she signed for a £50,000 deal with PrettyLittleThing.
Molly-Mae would then sign another Pretty Little Thing deal, this time worth £600,000, and she also partnered with brands EGO shoes, BeautyWorks and Starbucks.
In August 2021 was hired as the firm's “creative director” in a six-figure deal after previously serving as a brand ambassador.
Hague has also launched a self-tanning range and had sponsorship deals with Starbucks.
Her first book is expected to be released in June 2022 and is titled ‘Becoming Molly-Mae’
Hague appeared as a guest on Steven Bartlett's The Diary of a CEO podcast which was uploaded to YouTube.
In the interview, she made comments on poverty and wealth inequality, which were the source of controversy, being accused of being "tone deaf".
Molly Mae had suggested those less fortunate than herself in their upbringing only had themselves to blame for their lack of financial stability, stating that "we all have the same 24 hours in a day".
These remarks sparked outrage and led to calls from the public for her resignation as PrettyLittleThing's creative director.
Amber Rose Gill
Love Island 2019 winner and Newcastle beauty Amber Rose Gill won £50,000 and split the prize money with ex-boyfriend Greg O’Shea.
Since winning Love Island, Amber Rose Gill has established herself as one the Nation's favourite TV stars, being an ambassador for hair brand Cantu, and launching a new show called The Full Treatment on ITV
She has since proven herself to be an influential entrepreneur who has launched her own fitness business AmberFlexx and a premium skincare brand.
Amber launched an all-inclusive clothing line with Boohoo owned MissPap and signed a £1m deal to become the face of a clothing brand.
Amber’s popularity rose at a quick pace online after winning the show. She now has over 2.6 million followers on her Instagram and is often endorsed by various brands whose products she features on her page.
Amber has also started a YouTube career where she focuses on Beauty and Lifestyle content and has over 108k subscribers.
Amber is signed to talent agency Home Talent Group, and recently published her first romance novel titled ‘Until I met you’ under book publisher Harper Collins.
Greg O'Shea
Greg was crowned the first Irish winner of Love Island when he was paired with Amber Rose Gill.
Before he was famous, he started playing rugby at the age of seven.
Greg quickly joined club teams and excelled before attending Crescent College where he also played.
He joined the Munster academy in 2013 and started his career as a wing and fullback.
After leaving the villa, he returned to playing Rugby but the pay was too low, and he has since retired, but was part of the Olympics team.
Greg has had several stints on radio, on the 2FM Breakfast show, and as a TV sports pundit on The Line Out on Virgin Media.
Greg has a law degree and intends to continue his studies to become a solicitor.
Greg has become a Youth Ambassador for Bank of Ireland, and launched a new fitness app, Bettr with Greg where he does live workouts.
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