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Ellen Kirwin

What Love Island UK contestants have earned from being on the TV show and how you can apply

Love Island will return to our television screens this summer and producers are looking for new hopefuls as we speak.

Applications are now being accepted for those who are looking for love - and fancy a holiday while they're at it.

Those who are successful could join the likes of Love Island's Molly-Mae Hague, Dani Dyer, Amber Gill, Tommy Fury, Olivia Bowen and Alex Bowen and become some of the highest paid reality TV stars in the country.

Research from Pilot Fish Media has revealed that the average net worth of the ex-islanders is a whopping £2,192,308.

According to the research, Molly-Mae Hague is the most successful islander and the fifth most successful reality TV star of the decade overall.

She is worth an estimated £2,400,000 and has more than 5.3 million followers on Instagram.

Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague who found love together on Love Island (2020 Getty Images)

She is in the top five with the four Little Mix stars, Jesy Nelson, Jade Thirwall, Perrie Edwards and Leigh-Anne Pinnock.

Despite not winning the show, the 21-year-old makes an estimated £65,520 every time she posts a sponsored post to her 5.3 million followers.

She also has built up her net worth from lucrative brand deals with the likes of Pretty Little Thing and her own tanning brand, Filter by Molly Mae.

According to the research, Dani Dyer is also worth an estimated £2,400,000.

She has fewer followers but still a staggering amount at 3.4million on Instagram. A post on her Instagram page could earn her a massive £29,430 per post.

Amber Gill, the winner of 2019 Love Island, is worth an estimated £2million, she has 2.6 million Instagram followers and can earn up to £13,760 per Instagram post.

Molly-Mae's boyfriend, Tommy Fury, is the highest-earning male Love Islander and the fourth most successful Islander, according to Pilot Fish Media.

Tommy rakes in £7,590 per Instagram post and has a net worth of £2.4 million.

Here is the full break-down of the top 10 highest earning Love Island contestants:

Molly-Mae Hague, estimated net worth £2.4 million - Instagram followers 5.3million - estimated earnings per post £65,520

Dani Dyer, estimated net worth £2.4 million - Instagram followers 3.4million - estimated earnings per post £29,430

Amber Gill, estimated net worth £2 million - Instagram followers 2.6million - estimated earnings per post £13,760

Tommy Fury, estimated net worth £2.4 million - Instagram followers 3.2million - estimated earnings per post £7,590

Olivia Bowen, estimated net worth £4.5 million - Instagram followers 2.5million - estimated earnings per post £2,130

Kem Cetinay, estimated net worth £1.5 million - Instagram followers 2.3million - estimated earnings per post £5,740

Alex Bowen, estimated net worth £4.5 million - Instagram followers 1.6million - estimated earnings per post £3,470

Chris Hughes, estimated net worth £1.4 million - Instagram followers 2.1million - estimated earnings per post £3,620

Megan Barton-Hanson, estimated net worth £2 million - Instagram followers 1.7million - estimated earnings per post £3,760

Olivia Attwood, estimated net worth £1.2 million - Instagram followers 1.9million - estimated earnings per post £2,690

Despite churning out a lot of money making contestants, Love Island is only fourth on the top five reality TV shows with the biggest returns.

X Factor comes in first place, with an estimated average net worth of £5,342,857 and Geordie Shore is second with £3,000,000.

You can view the research in full by clicking here.

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