Participating in Love Island deserves better than a job after a master's degree

Have you been studying your ass off for years with the goal of getting that master's degree? Save yourself the trouble.

Because participating in a program like Love Island, you know, the English Temptation Island, earns you more money than a job after a master's. Moreover, you hardly need any statistics knowledge. Every year, tens of thousands of enthusiasts sign up. Last year, even 85,000 people wanted to participate in the show full of lust, sun and sex. That's more than most universities receive in applications.

Bizarre, but very much of this time. Flirting and kissing and fooling around on television while simultaneously fattening your savings account. And all those others just diligently hitting the books... A participant of Love Island gets about 1.2 million euros to show their face on television. This is mainly due to sponsors, advertisements, and, for example, photos on Instagram. The winner of the program receives over 2.7 million euros. Just for comparison: with a university diploma in hand, you earn an average starting salary of 2800 euros per month. Not bad either, but still: not 2.7 million.

Okay. Do you want to tackle it the old-fashioned way and complete studies to score a cool job? Then go for a degree in physiotherapy, architecture, or medicine. Or become a lawyer or pharmacist. Then you are almost guaranteed a salary of around 4000 euros gross per month. That's almost 50 thousand euros per year, and you also get some nice vacation days, to work on your own time, without cameras, with real girlfriends to work on your lust, sun and sex. Look, it can be done this way too.