Last Updated on August 4, 2025 by Author
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Freddie Powell Biography
Freddie Powell is an English funeral director and TV personality known for starring in Netflix’s Love is Blind UK Season 1, which premiered on August 21, 2024. He stars in Perfect Match Season 3, which premiered on August 1, 2025, on Netflix.
Freddie Powell Height
Powell stands at a rough height of 6 feet and 0 inches.
Freddie Powell Age
Powell is 32 years old. He was born on 24th December 1992, in Bolton, England. Powell annually celebrates his birthday on December 24th, as suggested by his IG post on December 24, 2017, captioned “Birthday meal 😛Birthday meal 😛birthday #mates #food #xmas #christmaseve #goodfriends.”
Personal Life
Freddie Powell Family and Relatives
Powell hails from Bolton, England, where he was raised by his mother alongside his sister and older brother, Jack. On August 15, 2017, he posted a picture of his family on IG and captioned “Mother’s birthday x.”
Jack has Down syndrome. He was born on August 31, 1986, and is 38 years old. On September 1, 2020, he posted a photo of himself and his brother on his IG, captioning “Happy birthday Jack ❤ 34 years old 😮.” On August 31, 2024, Powell posted a photo of them on his Instagram account and captioned “My big bro’s birthday! Look how happy he looks! 🙄😂 he’s not mad keen on pictures. Thanks for all the beautiful birthday wishes x”
Freddie Powell Spouse and Children
Powell is single, as suggested by his appearance on Netflix’s Perfect Match Season 3. He was previously in a relationship with Catherine Richards on Netflix’s Love is Blind UK, but later turned her down at the altar.
Professional Life
Freddie Powell Net Worth
Powell has garnered a net worth ranging from $100 000 to $2 million during his successful career as a funeral director and TV personality.
Freddie Powell Career
Powell works as a funeral director in Salford, England. He has worked in funeral care for nearly a decade, driven by deep empathy and a desire to support and care for people during difficult times. He views the funeral profession as meaningful and rewarding rather than gloomy or morbid.
Powell also cohosts the Beyond The Pod podcast with Benaiah, a Love is Blind UK S1 alumnus. They launched the podcast in January 2025 and said that the profits from the podcast would be donated to Francis House Children’s Hospice, a Manchester hospice charity supporting families of children with life-limiting conditions.
In January 2025, Powell climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to support supporting Down’s Syndrome Association. In this capacity, he raised funds that directly benefited the association. On September 4, 2024, he shared that he would embark on this endeavor via his Instagram account, commenting that it is a cause close to his heart as he has learnt a lot from his brother Jack, who grew up with Down syndrome.
Freddie Powell
TV Shows
Freddie Powell Perfect Match
Powell stars in Perfect Match Season 3, which premiered on August 1, 2025, on Netflix. Perfect Match Season 3 follows 22 singles from Netflix’s popular reality shows like Love Is Blind, Too Hot to Handle, Temptation Island, and from other well-known franchises such as Bachelor Nation, Love Island, and Siesta Key.
After struggling with love, Powell is back on reality TV to search for love. He previously rejected his former fiancée at the altar on Love Is Blind: UK. Ever since, she has moved on, and he hopes to do the same on Perfect Match. He has expressed that “Love wasn’t blind” for him and that he is turned off when a woman he’s interested in is overly flirtatious with other men. Powell stars opposite
- Amber Desiree (AD) Smith and Madison Errichiello from Love is Blind
- Ollie Sutherland from Love is Blind UK
- Rachel Recchia and Clayton Echard from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette
- Carrington Rodriguez, Justine Joy, Ray Gantt, and Scott Van-Der-Sluis from Love Island USA
- Alex Zamora, Cody Wright, and Olivia Rae from Temptation Island
- J.R. Warren and Sandy Gallagher from The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On
- Hannah Burns from The Mole
- Juliette Porter from Siesta Key
- Daniel Perfetto from Dated & Related
- Quori-Tyler (QT) from The Circle
- Louis Russell, Jalen Brown and Lucy Syed from Too Hot to Handle
Freddie Powell Love is Blind UK
Powell is known for starring in Netflix’s Love is Blind UK Season 1, which premiered on August 21, 2024. He participated in the show, hoping to find true love. On the show, he made a connection with Catherine Richards but ultimately rejected her at the altar. He said that he began to notice cracks in their relationship after they exited the pods as an engaged couple and arrived at the romantic retreat.
Powell admitted that while he isn’t perfect, Catherine was a bit short-tempered with him. He recalled that he felt suffocated and pressured, only gaining clarity when he stepped back from Catherine and the cameras. He controversially asked Catherine to sign a prenuptial agreement, which caused tension in their relationship.
During an interview with rememberingalife.com, he commented that he asked for the prenup to protect his family and because he had known Catherine for a short time. Drawing from his professional experience, he stressed the significance of pre-planning to avoid disputes over assets or funeral arrangements.
Catherine, on the other hand, said that she was quick to anger with Powell because he had another side to him and that there were things unseen by the public, which fueled their fights on screen. She explained further, stating that he said one thing to her family and friends and another to her when the cameras were off. After their breakup at the altar, she got into a relationship with Jake, a fellow Season 1 pod squad member.
Powell commented that he wasn’t thrilled to see Catherine move on so quickly after their breakup, stating that it “wasn’t exactly ideal,” and found the situation difficult. Despite the breakup, Freddie and Catherine remained amicable but are no longer romantically involved.
Freddie Powell Social Media
Powell has an active social media platform, i.e., Instagram, which has a following of over 410K.
