Fernanfloo

Luis Fernando Flores (born 7 July 1993), better known as Fernanfloo, is a Salvadoran gaming and comedy YouTuber. With a total of over 9 billion views, more than 540 videos and 44 million subscribers,[2] his channel is the 42nd most-subscribed channel on YouTube, the fourth most-subscribed in Spanish-speaking channels behind El Reino Infantil, Badabun and JuegaGerman.[3] He is currently the most subscribed channel in El Salvador.[4]

Fernanfloo
Fernanfloo in 2022
Personal information
BornLuis Fernando Flores Alvarado
(1993-07-07) 7 July 1993
San Salvador, El Salvador
NationalitySalvadoran
Occupation
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
RelativesJuan Flores Alvarado
(older brother)
Diego Flores Alvarado (younger brother)
YouTube information
Also known asFernanfloo
Channels
Years active2011–2018
GenreLet's Play
Comedy
Vlog
Animation
Subscribers44.7 million[1]
Total views9.818 billion[1]
Associated actsBambielR4
TheGrefg
iTownGamePlay
LuzuGames
Whatdafaqshow
BersGamer
100,000 subscribers 2014
1,000,000 subscribers 2015
10,000,000 subscribers 2016
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2018–2019
GamesFortnite
Followers3.0 million
Follower and view counts updated as of 2 Mar 2022.

Updated: 11 April 2022

Career

On 1 May 2011 he created their YouTube channel "Fernanfloo",[5] whose name is a combination of his Fernando Flores.[6] At just 18 years of age, Fernanfloo began in the world of YouTube uploading videos in the form of tutorials, as well as short clips of murder scenes. However, this did not appear for a long time, as he soon began to relate videos to video game themes and created his famous gameplays that would make him famous. His first video, titled Nightmare - Short Action Scene, was posted the same month. His first videos on the platform were about action skits with special effects. Later he started uploading other types of videos, such as gameplays of video games like Call of Duty, God of War III and Mortal Kombat.

In 2015, Fernanfloo with BBTV launched an app called The Fernanfloo Game,[7] which received 2.3 million downloads within its first week of release,[8] and it was positioned within 24 hours as number 1 in 17 countries.[9] In 2016 he was nominated for the 2016 MTV Millennial Awards in the categories of "Digital Icon of the Year", losing to Sebastián Villalobos, and "Master Gamer".[10] In 2017 he was again nominated for the 2017 MTV Millennial Awards, this time in the "Miaw icon of the year" and "Celebrity challenge" categories, losing to Juanpa Zurita and CD9 respectively.[11]

In 2017, Fernanfloo participated in the Ecuadorian film Dedicada a mi Ex, briefly playing as a waiter.[12] This film was released on 8 November 2019 in Ecuador.[13] That same year, through a video uploaded on 6 August, announced the publication of his first book, a graphic novel titled Curly está en peligro.[14][15] After being gone for four months, he uploaded a video entitled "Se Acabó" ("It's Finished"), in which he stated that: "Things are really going to change. You will not see many videos as there have been during these seven years that you they have accompanied me throughout this journey".[16] Fernanfloo opted to create a Twitch channel to stream games, primarily Fortnite.[17] In May of the same year, he created another YouTube channel called "Fernan", which contains clips from his Twitch streams.[18] However, he later also showed inactivity on Twitch and has since created content on both platforms occasionally.

In January 2019, he announced his collaboration with game developer Capcom to have himself on the Resident Evil 2 remake, in a video titled "Soy un Zombie" (I'm a Zombie) Fernan relates that he went to Japan to have makeup done and his movements captured to be one of the many zombies in the game, later in that same video a trailer appears promoting the 1-Shot Demo.[19] In 2020 the developer BBTV announced the launch of Fernanfloo Party.[9]

On 16 September 2021, the YouTuber Bambiel, known for his song titled "El Rap de Fernanfloo" ("Fernanfloo's Rap"),[20] in collaboration with Fernanfloo they interpreted and published a Rap song entirely dedicated to the haters. The music video accumulated more than 4 million visits and became number 2 in trends,[21] later on 24 September 2021, accumulated 10 million visits.[22]

Fernanfloo hosting Whatdafaqshow in January 2022

On January 2022, he reportedly came out of retirement and appeared as the new host of Peruvian YouTuber Mox's "Whatdafaqshow" channel.[23][24][25] However, it was a collaboration between both YouTubers.

Personal life

Luis Fernando Flores Alvarado[26][27][28] was born on 7 July 1993[29] in San Salvador,[30] El Salvador.[31] Fernanfloo has identified himself as asexual,[32] and agnostic.[33]

Awards and nominations

Fernanfloo with his Diamond Play Button in 2019
Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2015 MTV Millennial Awards Master Gamer Himself Nominated [34]
2016 Digital Icon of the Year Nominated [35]
Master Gamer Nominated
2017 MIAW Icon of The Year Nominated [36]
Celebrity Challenge Nominated
2019 Streamer of the Year Nominated [37]
2018 Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Gamer Nominated [38]
Fans Choice Awards Editorial Won [39]
Influencers Nominated [40]
2021 Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards Gamer MVP Nominated [41]
ESLAND Awards Song of the Year "Para los haters" (with Bambiel) Nominated [42]
Best Trajectory Himself Won

See also

References

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  23. "¡¡¡Quéééé´!!! Fernanfloo 'regresa del retiro' para convertirse en el presentador de WDF! Show". El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  24. "Fernanfloo sale de su retiro y se convierte en el nuevo presentador de "Whatdafaqshow"". El Blog (in Spanish). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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