Viewers in our town were in for a special surprise yesterday evening Sunday June 30 when ITV's Love Island released the first look at the Casa Amore boys.

Among the cohort which includes an engineer from Essex and a butler in the buff from Stevenage, a Reading man has made his debut on the popular show. 

Lionel Awudu is a 24 year old financial advisor from Reading and is allegedly interested in Mimi, Grace, and Uma. 

Speaking to the camera, Mr Awudu said that he is not afraid to ruffle some feathers in the villa and always gets what he wants.

"I'm not afraid to get what I want," he said. "If I see a girl that I like I'm going to go for her. Girls get ready I'm going to make your dreams come true coming into that villa."