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Love Island Summer 2023's first contestant has reportedly been revealed as economics graduate Andre Furtado.
The 21-year-old, who hails from Dudley, is also a clothing brand entrepreneur.
Andre is set to impress the ladies when he walks into the villa this summer after completing his degree and co-founding a fashion line called Social Kids, a brand which has over 17,000 followers on Instagram.
"Andre is the perfect Love Island signing… he's cool, calm, collected, and ready to mingle," a source claimed.
So far, the hunk only has 1,735 followers on social media.
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Mirror have contacted ITV for comment on the line-up.
Andre is a economics graduate (Instagram)
He also co-founded a clothing line for kids (Instagram)The source added to MailOnline: "'He knows himself but without being arrogant and producers are hoping his intellect, as well as his creativity and handsome looks will make him a favourite among the females."
Love Island was only recently on our screens earlier this year with the winter edition filmed in South Africa.
Kai Fagan & Sanam Harrinanan won the series with Ron Hall and Lana Jenkins coming in second place.
Meanwhile, work has been underway on this summer's brand-new gorgeous villa in Mallorca, Spain.
Builders were recently seen working hard in the Spanish sun to get the villa in time for the new series to start on ITV on June 5.
Executive Producer Mike Spencer opened up about the new villa in a recent chat with the Mirror.
Love Island returns in June (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)"They looked at quite a few villas and this was by far the best," he said.
“The view is beautiful, we want people to tune in and say this is Love Island but it’s had a glow up.
"It’s slightly bigger, it’s a similar pool size, but the space around it is bigger.”
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Once it kicks off in June, the new series is expected to run for eight weeks - meaning the winner would be announced in early August.
New host Maya Jame - who recently took over from Laura Whitmore - is said to be "chomping at the bit to get to work" on the new series.
Sharing photos from the behind-the-scenes, the TV presenter wrote in a post just last month: "[I had the] best time ever [and I] can't wait to do it all over in the summer".