First black couple to win Love Island say they hope victory 'is start of something'

The first black couple to win Love Island said they hoped their victory could be the "start of something good," allowing more diverse contestants to be accepted on the hit ITV2 show.

- Lanre Bakare

Mimii Ngulube and Josh Oyinsan made history last Monday when they won the public vote on the dating show that despite running for 10 years and 11 series - has never produced a black winning couple.

Ngulube, a nurse from Portsmouth, and Oyinsan, a semi-professional footballer from Dartford, Kent, said they were coming to terms with the "whirlwind" that has hit them since leaving the Mallorcan villa where the show is shot.

"We never went in there thinking: 'We want to be the first black couple to win this,"" said Oyinsan.

The show has produced black finalists before, and last year's winners (Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan) were the first minority ethnic victors, but there had never been a winning black couple.

"It is an amazing thing that's happened," added Ngulube. "It didn't really sink in until I saw all the articles and comments on it, which shows how impactful it has been in such a good way. It's quite humbling."