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James Brinsford & Brett Gibbons

Love Island's Michael Griffiths ecstatic when ex Amber is crowned winner

Former Love Island contestant Michael Griffiths expressed his sheer joy at seeing ex Amber Gill crowned winner of the reality dating show.

One of the newest couplings on the programme walked away with the £50,000 prize when Geordie Amber was voted winner along with Irish beau Greg O'Shea.

Twitter reacts: Amber and Greg win Love Island 2019

It was expected that Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury would be crowned as the top couple on the ITV2 dating show.

They had been the bookies favourites throughout but Amber and Greg trumped them and Michael couldn't have been more pleased.

He was joined at the Love Island Experience on Brighton beach by last year's finalist, Josh Denzel, MirrorOnline reports.

Michael Griffiths in Love Island (ITV)

As the time approached for the show's host, Caroline Flack, to reveal the winner, Josh commented that Molly-Mae would be "fuming" as Michael filmed their reaction for his Instagram story.

With the dramatic pause before the winning announcement was made, Michael felt it getting to him and he exclaimed: "This is tense!"

Then it was revealed that Amber and Greg had triumphed and Michael couldn't have been more ecstatic if he had won the show himself.

Jumping around the stage on Brighton beach, he shouted "Oh s***!" nine times, before saying: "I didn't expect that, wow!"

Michael had tried to win back Amber before he was dumped from the villa, after his partner there Joanna Chimonides had exited.

Despite having feelings for him previously, Amber decided to stay with Greg in a tense recoupling, which was the final straw for Michael in the villa and has proved to have been a great decision for Amber.

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