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Clare McCarthy

Everyone is saying the same thing as Irish Love Island contestant makes first appearance in Casa Amor

Everyone was left saying the same thing after an Irish person made their first appearance on Love Island tonight.

Martin Akinola, aged 27 from Dublin, entered the villa on Sunday evening as one of the 12 new girls and boys hoping to turn heads in Casa Amor.

Love Island fans flocked to Twitter as they spotted similarities to an ex-Islander and fellow Irish contestant Dami Hope who featured on Love Island last year.

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Viewers quickly compared the two with one saying that Martin looked like Dami's "twin".

One person wrote on Twitter: "Martin is Irish??? Dami is that your twin? @Dami__Hope #loveisland"

A second wrote: "Martin is not his name… it’s Dami Version 2.0, how can you look like him and also be from Ireland… they even have the same Afro Irish accent. Even nose piercing, wowzarooney indeed #loveisland"

A third said: "Is Martin actually Dami’s brother because they are literally twins with the same accents #loveIsland"

However, it turns out that Martin and Dami are already friends - with the former Love Islander issuing him with some advice before he went on the show.

Revealing what Dami told him ahead of entering the villa, Martin explained: “He said, 'Do your thing, be yourself and everyone else will get to know you, and get to see why we're friends.' He was saying, 'You tell the boys on a night out, “This is how to talk to a girl”, now go and show them how it's done.' I was like, I can do that!”

When asked what he was excited for, the Dubliner said: “I'm excited to go in, cause some confusion, some little problems. It's a 50/50 chance - win or lose - but I'm a winner.”

On what kind of Islander he will be, Martin continued: “I'm going to show what I'm like on the outside; I like to have fun and do my thing. If I like someone, I'm just going to say. And then if I like someone else, I'm just going to go for that. I'm going to explore my options and just be myself.”

Talking about his dating technique that “works every time”, he said: “I send a rose emoji in the DMs - it works every time. The girl will say, 'Thank you...' and then the conversation just flows.”

He continued: “A key selling point is my body. My body's great. My arms, they get the girls going.”

In a warning to other Islanders, the 27-year-old said: “To the boys: ‘Hold tight to your girls’. To the girls: ‘I'm coming!’”

Martin, who is a self-confessed "nerd" works as a Senior Software Engineer.

Speaking about his day job, Martin admitted: “I'm a nerd, I have a really nerdy job. I'm into really nerdy stuff. I think the girls like it, but I don't admit it initially, they see it later.”

Talking about who he would like to couple up with, Martin said: “I don't just have one person, I've got options.

“What I go for in a partner is honesty, for the non-physical side. For the physical side, a nice face.”

Love Island continues Monday at 9pm on Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Player.

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