Love Island 2019 final: Greg O’Shea and Amber Gill win ITV reality show
Written by News on 30/07/2019
Greg O’Shea and Amber Gill have won the ITV2 reality show Love Island.
The beauty therapist from Newcastle, 21, and her Irish rugby player partner, 24, beat Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague to win £50,000.
Greg and Amber’s win has come as a shock to many fans of the show, as Tommy and Molly-Mae had been widely expected to come out on top in the competition.
The couple themselves looked stunned when host Caroline Flack told them they were the winning couple.
Amber said she could “not believe it”, while Greg added: “This is crazy.”
Molly-Mae and Tommy said they were thrilled for the winning couple.
Tommy, a boxer, said: “Amber has had a hard time in here, she deserves everything that’s coming to her.”
Their romance was put to the test when Flack told them they had to choose envelopes, one containing the money and one empty, and the person with the money had to decide whether to share it.
Greg picked the envelope with the £50,000 and chose to share it with Amber.
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The contestants made declarations of love to each other as they attended a romantic summer ball during the final episode.
Greg penned a poem for Amber, in which he said he loved that she was “unique”.
Amber, who had a tough time earlier in the series when she was ditched by Michael Griffiths, said that Greg had changed her experience at the 11th hour.
“You picked me up when I was at my most vulnerable and helped me to rediscover my smile,” she said.
Ovie Soko and India Reynolds came third, while Curtis Pritchard and Maura Higgins came fourth.
The series has been a huge hit, with millions of people tuning in for the couplings, dumpings and drama. It was viewed by more than six million people at its peak this year.
It has been announced that next year the show will run for two series.
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