Who is Andre Furtado on Love Island 2023?

Andre Furtado poses for Love Island 2023
André Furtado is looking for love. (Image credit: ITV)

Andre Furtado is one of the contestants taking part in Love Island 2023! 

Love Island 2023 is our second helping of Love Island following the return of Winter Love Island 2023 earlier in the year, and now we have a new group of singles hoping to find love and win the hit dating series, under the watchful eye of host Maya Jama.

Speaking about what he'll bring to the Villa, he said: "I’m charming, I’m going to bring good looks and some language lessons. I’m going to teach the other slanders Portuguese, Spanish, and a little bit of Creole. I think I’ve got every slice of the pie."

Here's what you need to know about Andre Furtado...

How old is Andre Furtado?

André is 21.

Where is Andre Furtado from?

Andre is from Dudley.

What does Andre Furtado do for a living?

Andre is a business owner and the founder of Digital Voice.

What is Andre Furtado's Instagram handle? 

You can follow Andre on Instagram at dre.furtado. He has over 7,000 followers at the time of writing and posts a lot of lifestyle photos, his most recent one being from his 21st birthday.

How would friends/family describe him?

Andre said: "My friends and family would say I’m very gentle, very respectful, good manners, confident and I’m someone that knows how to read the room. Some friends call me sexy!"

What is his worst date story?

Andre cited his shyness for one bad date story, admitting that he actually ran away from the date!

He said: "I was in college and I was quite shy back then. There was a girl that was always hitting on me. She invited me to the cinema. I was there waiting for her and she turned up with all of her female and male friends, so I got frightened and I ran away! For two years of college they clowned me for it. My fight or flight instinct carried me away."

Love Island 2023 starts on Monday, June 5 at 9 pm on ITV2 and ITVX; the series is expected to follow past seasons of the show and air on Hulu in the US.

Lucy Buglass
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