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Nika Shakhnazarova

Love Island viewers slam 'pointless' money twist as Paige and Finn split 50k prize

Tonight's Love Island final has seen Paige Turley and Finley Tapp become crowned as winners of the Winter Series.

The couple, who managed to pip bookies favourites Siannise and Luke T to the post, were ecstatic as they were awarded the £50,000 cash prize tonight.

And after their sensational win, the pair were handed an envelope each - one containing £50k and the other nothing.

Paige was the lucky one of the two, receiving the envelope containing the money, meaning that it was up to her whether she wanted to take the cash home or share evenly with her boyfriend.

The pair were crowned as this year's winners (ITV)

Paige of course decided to share the money with Finn, leading fans to slam the money twist part of the final as "pointless" seeing as no islander in the history of the show stole the cash for themselves.

Fans rushed to Twitter to voice their opinions on the segment, and some viewers had very strong opinions opposing this part of the final.

One person wrote: "I think they need to revamp this ending ‘jeopardy’ part, it doesn’t feel as tense enough because we don’t actually believe they won’t do anything other than split the £50K #LoveIsland"

LOVE ISLAND VIEWERS SLAM 'POINTLESS' MONEY TWIST AS PAIGE AND FINN SPLIT 50K PRIZE
Finn's envelope contained £0 (ITV)

Another wrote: "Why do they still bother doing this spit or steal thing like no ones gonna run off with the 50k unfortunately."

A third added: "They can actually cut this bit, no-one will ever steal the 50k."

While a fourth penned: "Never ever understood why love island do that split the 50k decision bit??? of course no one would ever cause they’d love SO bad and it’s just dead awkard [sic] !!! 0 suspense cause you know they ain’t gonna steal."

Paige decided to split the cash prize with her boyfriend (ITV)

Another agreed, writing: "This whole spilt and steal business is so pointless loool no one is going to steal the 50k."

After the pair were announced as winners, Finn gasped: "F***ing hell, how did I blag that?!"

Singer-songwriter Paige and recruitment consultant Finn had also been up against Jess and Ched and Demi and Luke M during this evening's final.

Speaking to host Laura Whitmore, Paige said that it had been "such an amazing experience" and "filled with challenges".

Paige and Finn managed to pip bookies favourites Siannise and Luke T to the post (ITV)

Probed on what he loved about Paige, Finn said that he loved how bubbly she was, adding: "I wasn't wrong for picking her because she makes me laugh!". 

This evening, the pair left fans in tears as a sobbing Finn confessed that he loved Paige at their prom night.

The pair tonight exchanged touching declarations of love, and Finn even broke down in tears midway through his speech.

Congrats to this year's winners Paige and Finn!

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