We made twenty people £20,000 richer on Heart's January 2020 Jackpot

4 January 2020, 09:39 | Updated: 3 February 2020, 00:02

It was a big month of winning on Heart's 2020 January Jackpot!

Throughout January we helped you out by making 20 people a MASSIVE £20,000 richer! Including a huge final day of winning, with THREE £20,000 winners on the final day of January alone.

We hope you enjoyed playing Heart’s 2020 January Jackpot, where one song could've won YOU up to £20,000 - every single day – every time we played!

But the winning doesn't stop there on Heart. We'll have another exciting way for you to win big very soon... keep listening to Heart to find out more and you could be a winner on Heart!

All the rules for this Heart Network game are HERE

Who won £20,000 on Heart's 2020 January Jackpot?

Justin Searle is our 20th and final £20,000 winner!
Justin Searle is our 20th and final £20,000 winner! Picture: Heart

Justin was waiting to pick the children up from school when he heard the January Jackpot song play on Friday afternoon and our last round of winning on Heart's 2020 January Jackpot.

Justin’s a hospital porter and his wife works for the police, they’re in the middle of building an extension at the moment so the boys can have rooms of their own.

They'll be spending some of their winnings on finishing off that extension and the taking their kids to Disneyland or Legoland - they can’t decide which!

Justin, our 20th and final £20,000 winner, is going to celebrate with a t-bone steak and a few beers tonight!

Polly Robinson becomes our 19th £20,000 winner
Polly Robinson becomes our 19th £20,000 winner. Picture: Heart

Polly had to give up work a few years ago after a bike accident, but now works part time as a school run escort.

Money is tight and although she recently started an extension on her house, she has run out of money to complete it.

Winning £20,000 means that she can now finish her new kitchen and put all the finishing touches in there, which she is so excited about.

She has two grown up kids that she’d like to help financially too with her winnings, and to celebrate properly she is also planning to take her granddaughter to Spain for a week later this year too.

Michelle McGowan is our 17th winner on Heart's 2020 January Jackpot
Michelle McGowan is our 17th winner on Heart's 2020 January Jackpot. Picture: Heart

Michelle was at home looking after her 1 and 4 year olds when she heard the January Jackpot song play on Heart.

She went on holiday to Portugal last year, but her friend paid for it so she can pay her back and pay for another “massive holiday”!

The money that's left from her winnings, Michelle also wants to make some improvements to her house and has her eye on a new car for taking daughters, Mia and Milly, to nursery/school.

They’re also going to be treated to dolls and new clothes and buy a new summer wardrobe for herself and her husband Michael, who apparently is really into his Hugo Boss.

Big-hearted Steven hopes to celebrate his win with a day off!
Big-hearted Steven hopes to celebrate his win with a day off! Picture: Heart

Steven does jobs in a care home helping to make it more comfortable for the residents.

He was sitting in his shed having a cup of tea when he heard the January Jackpot song play. He has an old Astra which is on its last legs so really wants to get a new car.

When he found out he’d won he thought it was his mate, Bill winding him up!

Steve’s going to ask his boss for a day off so he can celebrate his win - go on boss give it to him!

Mark Varley in our 15th £20,000 winner!
Mark Varley in our 15th £20,000 winner! Picture: Heart

Mark’s an IT Manager and he’s just moved into a new house with his partner, Jamie. With his new place looking “a bit 60s” at the moment, redecorating is top of the agenda!

When Mark entered Heart's 2020 January Jackpot, he was only hoping to win enough for a new kitchen but now he can do up the whole house! With the money left over he plans to head off on a holiday so he’ll be looking at destinations tonight when he gets home from work.

His partner, Jamie, is a community nurse and his phone’s switched off all day so Mark’s left him a message to tell him the good news!

After his friends hearing him on Heart, his phone’s barely stopped ringing with people calling to congratulate him!

Malcolm has been listening for a while, and was speechless when he won £20k!
Malcolm has been listening for a while, and was speechless when he won £20k! Picture: Heart

Malcolm Smith from Wembley won £20k on Tuesday morning.

His stepson Scott works in Vietnam and Malcolm and his wife, Paula haven’t seen him for a year and a half.

With flights to Vietnam costing around £4,000, Malcolm’s going to use his £20,000 win to get tickets to go out and surprise Scott.

He was speechless when he won and so was Paula when he called her to tell her!

Malcolm has been playing the game for a while and always listens to Heart at work.

Heather is our first winner on the last week of Heart's 2020 January Jackpot
Heather is our first winner on the last week of Heart's 2020 January Jackpot. Picture: Heart

Heather works 50 hours a week as a GP, and always listens to Heart in her surgery and when she’s on home visits.

She was so thrilled to hear the news she'd won £20,000 on the final week of Heart's 2020 January Jackpot, where we're guaranteeing at least one £20,000 winner every day!

On her plans to spend the money, Heather's car is on its last legs and so part of the £20,000 will be spent on the repair few to get it back in working order.

She's also got big plans for her husband, Ben, and kids, 13-year-old Poppy and 11-year-old William, who she plans to take on a family trip to Italy!

Heather is going to spend the rest of the week telling all her patients about her £20,000 win, could you be our next winner?

Amy is heading off on holiday after holiday after her £20,000 win
Amy is heading off on holiday after holiday after her £20,000 win. Picture: Heart

Amy was just on her way home from the hospital, after treatment on her bad bad, when she heard the January Jackpot song play.

She has four children - Finley, Oscar, Arlo and Rivi. - and they normally play along with her in the car so she was gutted they weren’t with her at the time to hear Matt tell her the news.

Winning £20,000 has come at an ideal time for Amy, as she’d been having an extension built but run out of money! The house has been like a building site for a while so she'll be able to use the winnings to finish off the build. With it costing £2,000 to get it finished, she'll have £18,000 leftover to spend!

A holiday has to be on the list of things to spend that on, but Amy is already predicting they won’t be able to decide where they want to go though so she's thinking of taking four holidays to keep everybody happy.

Phillippa is off to celebrate with a game of darts!
Phillippa is off to celebrate with a game of darts! Picture: Heart

Phillippa works as a carpenter and was heading home from work when she heard the January Jackpot song play, she's an avid player so her persistence has paid off.

She’s living in rented accommodation at the moment and really wants a place of her own, so a deposit is on the list of spending plans for her prize money.

She loves playing darts with her sister and is going to celebrate with a game tonight! She also needs to get the car through its MOT - with £20,000 she can buy a new one!

After finding out how much she’d won, Phillippa decided to give herself the afternoon off and crack open a couple of beers!

Catriona Riddell won £20,000 on Thursday morning
Catriona Riddell won £20,000 on Thursday morning. Picture: Heart

Catriona's works really hard as a theatre nurse, she’s 23 and still living with her mum but she’s been saving for two years to get a place of her own!

Her heart’s set on a flat in the West End of Glasgow and she was speechless when Jamie and Amanda told her she'd won on Heart's 2020 January Jackpot. The £20,000 will sort out a deposit, as well as decorating the flat and decking it out with furniture.

To celebrate her win, Catriona's going to take her mum on holiday to Spain as a thank you for looking after her, and she'll be the first person Catriona calls to tell the good news!

Yasmin ended her Friday afternoon by winning £20,000!
Yasmin ended her Friday afternoon by winning £20,000! Picture: Heart

Yasmin was in a busy office and waiting to clock off at 5pm when she heard the January Jackpot song. She only started playing today after her work colleague Chloe told her she should give it a go. Ironically, Chloe didn’t play the round that Yasmin won, so she’s going to take her out for a bit of a treat to make up for that! 

She has been saving up for the last few years to move out so winning the £20,000 means she can now realistically move out this year, which she is very excited about.

Like all of us, Yasmin has been struggling for money this month, so she can’t wait to go clothes shopping and take her mum and friends out for dinner. First on the list of celebrations, she’s going to celebrate tonight with her family, a takeaway and a bottle of prosecco! Cheers to your win Yasmin!

Heather Williams won £20,000 on Friday morning
Heather Williams won £20,000 on Friday morning. Picture: Heart

Heather works as a drama therapist for the NHS. She’s not had a great week either as she's lost her voice, the clutch went on her car and she fell over after being chased by a dog she thought was a werewolf! Winning £20,000 couldn't have come at a better time and she couldn’t wait to call her husband and text her kids to tell them the good news.

On her plans of what to spend the winnings on, Heather told Jamie and Amanda about her family in Australia who she’s not seen for 6 years. Taking her three children down under is an expensive holiday so the money will definitely help make a family reunion possible.

Joking about her run in earlier in the week, Heather also reckoned Idris Elba would be her ideal bodyguard to protect her from the local neighbourhood werewolves!

Tyrone Carpenter wins £20,000 on Heart's 2020 January Jackpot
Tyrone Carpenter wins £20,000 on Heart's 2020 January Jackpot. Picture: Heart

Tyrone was having a poached egg on toast for lunch, as there wasn’t much in the fridge, when he heard the Heart's 2020 January Jackpot song play.

He went from shock to disbelief then happiness when Pandora told him he’d won! His mum, Irene was with him and nearly fainted!

His wife is coming up to her 40th birthday and wasn't sure what to do to make it extra special for her. Tyrone had wanted to treat her to a car for her special birthday and now he is able to do this with his 2020 Jackpot.

Elise Kinder was one of our £20,000 winners!
Elise Kinder was one of our £20,000 winners! Picture: Heart

“This must be a dream. I’m gonna pinch myself!” Elise couldn't believe what she was being told, as Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden told her the news that she had won £20,000 on Heart's 2020 January Jackpot.

Elise has had a tough time recently and has taken time off work as a teaching assistant to look after her son, Joshua, who has just been diagnosed with epilepsy. “I can have some time with my son when he needs me now,” she told Jamie and Amanda.

She has an 11-year-old daughter too, Abbie, and together they want to go to Legoland to have some much needed fun as a family. So with their £20,000 win, that trip will definitely be happening! Joshua also has his eye on the latest gaming tech, so Elise is delighted she can now surprise him with the gear he wants.

Elise has also got plans for a holiday in the next few months and wants to go back to Greece as she’s not been for 10 years.

Mark is taking his family to Walt Disney World in Florida
Mark is taking his family to Walt Disney World in Florida. Picture: Heart

Mark was working from home when he heard One Direction and became our 5th £20,000 winner on Heart’s 2020 January Jackpot! 

He can’t normally play because he doesn’t have the radio on in the office, so was chuffed he could get involved, and couldn’t believe his luck when he won.

Mark has two kids who are non-stop pestering him for the new Playstation and the latest trainers.. so how he’ll be able to sort them out with some of the £20,000 that'll soon be in his bank account!

He does plan to spend some of his winning on himself too, as he’s always wanted to take his family on a once in a lifetime holiday to Walt Disney World in Florida and that dream can now become a reality.

Samantha can finally go on her dream holiday
Samantha can finally go on her dream holiday. Picture: Heart

Samantha’s a paramedic and was on shift when she heard us play Heart's 2020 January Jackpot song!

She has two children and three grandchildren who all got presents from her this Christmas so she described the state of her bank account as “dire”! £20,000 couldn't come at a better time for her and her bank balance.

Samantha told Jamie and Amanda on Heart Breakfast, that she really wants to go to Peru with her sister, Karen. With £20,000 in the bank she can finally book that dream trip. She can’t wait to tell Karen to tell her the good news and we're so happy for them both!

Rhian Lewis is taking her family to Florida
Rhian Lewis is taking her family to Florida. Picture: Heart

Rhian was picking up her dad and step-mum from the train station when she heard Matt Wilkinson play Heart's 2020 January Jackpot song!

She’s going through fertility treatment at the moment which costs £3,000 each time and will find out tomorrow if her first treatment has been successful.

If it hasn’t been, she can now afford more treatment thanks to her £20,000 win. To celebrate with her family, she’s going to book a holiday today and wants to take her family to Florida.

Gina wins £20,000 on Heart's 2020 January Jackpot
Gina wins £20,000 on Heart's 2020 January Jackpot. Picture: Heart

Gina lives with her 26 year old daughter, Daniella who really wants to get on the property ladder.

They’ve had a rough couple of years and Gina describes her daughter as the “rock” who’s helped her throughout.

She always promised to repay her daughter’s kindness and now she can after winning £20,000, she’s giving ALL the money to Daniella!

Gina’s never won anything in her life before but her luck changed today after hearing our Jackpot song and entering to play. After her emotional chat with Jamie and Amanda on Heart Breakfast, she can’t wait to call her daughter Daniella to tell her the good news and we couldn't be happier for them!

Josh was our first £20,000 winner
Josh was our first £20,000 winner. Picture: Heart

Josh and his wife Kancana both work part time so they can share the childcare their two small kids Alisha, 3, and baby Joshua, 1.

Winning £20,000 means the absolute world to them both. Money is tight and yesterday they had just booked a holiday to Greece for September.

Now they’ve won £20,000 they’re now planning to pay that off, put some money into the kids' saving accounts and then sort out a few family members... and Kancana would also like a new pair of trainers!