During the second to last episode of Love Island Australia, host Sophie Monk offered the remaining 10 Islanders a one time offer to take home $20k, but under the condition that you immediately leave the villa and your partner gets instantly dumped with no money.<\/p>\n And Dylan,\u00a0who was actually on the show last year<\/a>\u00a0and returned again this year potentially dubious intentions, snapped up the chance to take home the five figure sum and as a result dumped his partner Kodi.<\/p>\n Sophie explained how monumental the moment was, telling him: \u201cDylan, you\u2019re the first person in the history of Love Island anywhere in the world to choose money over love.\u201d<\/p>\n However, that\u2019s not even the worst part, as the $20k that Dylan left with actually came out of the prize pot for the winner\u2019s, meaning that whoever wins Love Island Australia will receive $30k instead of $50k.<\/p>\n As for why he accepted the deal, Dylan explained that as he and Kodi came into the villa later than everyone else as bombshells, they hadn\u2019t had enough time as the others to develop a strong connection.<\/p>\n He reasoned: \u201cYou are in solid, real couples. You\u2019ve been here from the start a lot of you. Let\u2019s be realistic, that\u2019s the only thing I can say.\u201d<\/p>\n As for what his partner thought about Dylan taking the $20k for himself and leaving her dumped, well it\u2019s safe to say she was less than impressed, saying: \u201cI would never do what Dylan did standing up for that money. That\u2019s not who I am and it never has been and it never will be.\u201d<\/p>\n For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i>Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/a><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’d be absolutely fuming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":40402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[2129],"class_list":["post-40397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-love-island-australia"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/15\/heres-why-the-love-island-australia-winners-will-receive-20k-less-than-previous-years\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Here\u2019s why the Love Island Australia winners will receive $20k less than previous years","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/15\/heres-why-the-love-island-australia-winners-will-receive-20k-less-than-previous-years\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/15\/heres-why-the-love-island-australia-winners-will-receive-20k-less-than-previous-years\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-12-15T095706.093-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-12-15T095706.093.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["love island australia"],"dateCreated":"2025-12-15T10:01:54Z","datePublished":"2025-12-15T10:01:54Z","dateModified":"2025-12-15T10:01:54Z"},"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-12-12T111025.077-1.png\")
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