Who Is Sam Bird From 'Love Island'? The Newbie's Got A Very Famous Friend

In a preview clip teased on Wednesday night, Love Island newbie Sam Bird was introduced. According to Sam, he's looking for "a girl that's got the energy like me, loads of attitude, can tame me when I'm being a bit naughty — that's what I'm looking for." He continued "I think the boys are going to be a little bit intimidated by me. If I fancy a girl I'll to take her to one side and say, 'I fancy you, you obviously fancy me, so why don't we just make this happen already?'"

Like personal trainer Adam, Sam's also in the fitness game: according to the Mirror, he owns a gym in Norwich. And it's through personal training that he's had a prior brush with reality TV: a quick stalk of his Instagram reveals he's been training reigning queen of the jungle Georgia Toffolo, who won the 2017 series of I'm a Celebrity, for several years.

Sam's also got a slightly more tenuous connection to fame courtesy of his birth certificate: he name twins with Formula E racer Sam Bird, who took to Twitter to deny he was entering the villa.

Though Sam's Instagram isn't the most revealing — he's only posted 45 times since 2015 — there's a few other tidbits to be gleaned from The Bird's internet footprint. As well as a personal trainer, he's a footballer, too, recently playing on the winning team of the Norfolk County Cup Final.

So what could Sam's entrance mean for the residents of the villa? Well, it doesn't look like it's good news for Adam Collard. Moments after arriving, he told the islanders: "I’m coming in obviously to find love and maybe teach Adam how to treat a lady right, maybe." During a conversation with the boys a little later on about how Adam treated Rosie Williams, he added: "Personally for me, I’ve got three sisters and if someone did that to one of my sisters, I’d be so annoyed. In my opinion, it looked like you used her. If I didn’t fancy someone and wanted to go for someone else, I would have approached them first. I’m just big on making sure girls’ feelings are alright. It’s just how I would have done it. That was what my comment was about."

Love Island is on ITV, Sunday to Friday at 9pm.