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Meet new Love Island 2023 stars ready to ruffle feathers in Casa Amor, from a professional boxer to a beauty buyer-Lucy Norris-Entertainment – Metro
It’s… Casa Amor time!
As Love Island gears up to welcome Casa Amor, the latest batch of romantic hopefuls have been revealed (Picture: ITV2)
Love Island’s highly anticipated Casa Amor has landed in South Africa and with a fresh batch of romantic hopefuls looking to step on toes to find love – the villa won’t be the same again.
Six boys and six girls will enter the new house in the hopes of winning a ticket to the main villa.
From a professional boxer to a beauty buyer and senior software engineer, there should be someone to suit everyone with the latest batch of beautiful faces arriving on Sunday.
In previous seasons, Casa Amor was introduced as a second villa where one half of the show’s current couples were sent to be tempted by the new arrivals.
Let’s meet them…
Maxwell Samuda
Maxwell Samuda will attempt to make his way into the main villa (Picture: ITV)
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Finance student and restaurant host Maxwell admitted he had his sights set on Samie Elishi as he geared up to enter the villa.
The 23-year-old is originally from London.
Kain Reed
Kain Reed is one of the new villa’s bombshells (Picture: ITV)
Casa Amor islander Kain from Gateshead, said he thought there was a ‘good chance’ he could also win over Samie, who is currently coupled with Tom Clare.
The 21-year-old energy consultant added: ‘I also like Lana (Jenkins), she’s obviously coupled up (with Ron Hall), but in Casa Amor the other boys aren’t there so we’ll have to see what happens won’t we?’
Martin Akinola
Irishman Martin Akinola fancies his chances on the dating show (Picture: ITV)
Martin, 27, left his job as a senior software engineer in Dublin, Ireland to find love in the South African sun.
The Irishman claimed he was the type of dater who sends ‘a rose emoji in the DMs’.
‘It works every time. The girl will say, “Thank you…” and then the conversation just flows,’ he revealed.
Frankie Davey
Frankie Davey will join the new faces to enter the show on Sunday (Picture: ITV)
A professional boxer from Ipswich has been revealed as one of the contestants joining the latest series of the reality dating show.
Frankie Davey, 22, said he is ‘confident, ambitious’ and has a ‘cheeky side to me’ as he becomes one of six male bombshells to arrive at the ITV programme’s second villa.
When asked to sum up his dating technique, Frankie said: ‘I don’t usually have to do a lot of chasing… so it might be a little bit of a switch up in the villa.
‘I’m aware that I might have to take the boxing gloves off and get the grafting gloves on.’
Ryan Weekly
Next to try their luck at love is Ryan Weekley. (Picture: ITV)
Ryan, 22, is a steel erector from Nottingham and admitted: ‘I’m excited because you’ve got to get grafting straight away.
‘I’m excited to go in there, have fun and hopefully find a nice girl.’
Bayley Mummery
Bayley Mummery has his eyes on the current female islanders (Picture: ITV)
At 25, the Surrey operations manager claimed to be ‘very real’ and promised to say it exactly how it was.
‘Samie, she’s my type to a T,’ he shared. ‘If you asked my mum or dad my type they would literally describe her.’
Sammy James
Sammy James is another blonde bombshell hoping to stir things up (Picture: ITV)
Among the new female islanders hoping to turn some heads is Sammy James, who is from Leicester and lives in Dubai.
When asked who she wanted to couple up with, the 27-year-old beauty buyer admitted: ‘There’s a few… I’ve got my eye on Casey (O’Gorman). He’s my number one, he’s cheeky!
‘His blue eyes remind me of the ocean and I love the ocean; it makes me feel calm and connected.’
Layla Al-Momani
Layla Al-Momani is one of the new bikini-clad girls entering the second villa (Picture: ITV)
Layla, 28, is from Kingston, South West London and spent her days before the villa working as a brand managing director.
She promised ahead of her Love Island entrance: ‘I think that I’ll be a standout Islander.
‘Regardless of being amongst a group of girls, I’ll prove that I stand out.’
Lynda Flix
Lynda Flix has her eyes on the boys in the main house (Picture: ITV)
From Salford, Manchester, 22-year-old Lynda is a healthcare assistant and singer.
She admitted she had eyes for Kai and Shaq as ‘they’re both tall, dark and handsome.’
Sanam Harrinanan
Sanam Harrinanan is part of the new cast that are gearing up to fill the iconic Casa Amor (Picture: ITV)
Sanam Harrinanan, 24, from Bedford, said Kai Fagan, who is coupled with Olivia Hawkins, is her ‘number one’ pick.
The social worker added: ‘Job wise I think that we’d connect a lot and I think he’s cute.’
She also has eyes for Tom who is not her ‘usual type’ and Casey, who is currently coupled with Claudia Fogarty, as he does not seem that ‘serious’ and she thinks she could have ‘fun and banter’ with him.
Cynthia Otseh-Taiwo
Cynthia Otseh-Taiwo is looking for love in South Africa (Picture: ITV)
The 25-year-old North Londoner works as dental receptionist and baker when she’s not out looking for love.
Cynthia’s after ‘someone who knows what they want. I already know what I want in my life; I want to be happy, be able to have someone to do life with and have a family.’
Lydia Karakyriakou
Lydia is a 22-year-old retail customer assistant from Glasgow hoping to shake things up in the villa.
Who’s she looking to couple up with?
‘Casey, I love his personality. After seeing the way he spoke with Lana about their situation, I thought he was really upfront.’
Lydia Karakyriakou rounded up the new faces eagerly awaiting their Love Island debut (Picture: ITV)
Love Island returns to ITV2 and ITVX on Sunday.
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