Banks went so far as to tell friends that he had to leave the show because he broke his arm, rather than reveal he won. In , Fox Reality reaired the series paired with "Reality Revealed" interviews of the contestants at each commercial break. Despite much of the hype surrounding it the shows ratings dwindled and it was moved to a later timeslot. After Rebecca eliminated Campbell who was gay Chad, Dane and Evan were left for one non-elimination round before appearing in the final episode. Rebecca chose Chad and he was revealed to be straight.
Rebecca and Chad are no longer together. The series was set on a Mexican ranch and Zoe Hardman is spending time with 12 men. Ten men started the show and two more, Lee and Marco, were added in week 3 - it was revealed when they arrived that one was gay and one was straight. The series has been repeated on Channel 4's sister channel, 4Music. In October , it was announced that Channel 4 had ordered a full second series.
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This time the location was set in Spain and the new series was hosted by T4 presenter, Jameela Jamil and comedian Alan Carr provided the narration. The series was also aired on Channel 4's teen-strand, T4 on Saturdays. She had to choose between 14 men. At the end, only Marcel remained who turned out to be straight.
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Both won 50, Euro each. Ex on the Beach is just as relentlessly straight as the shows above; this extra point is solely because its premise — being forced into constant contact with your ex — is as gay as it comes. Simultaneously the granddaddy of dating shows and the new kid on the block. Blind Date started in and ran for almost twenty years until, in an incredibly baller move, host Cilla Black quit the show live on air. Between them, they featured a grand total of one queer contestant — Alice, whose defining personality trait was being a big fan of Celine Dion.
Not fantastic. Just like thirty years ago, contestants on the show are sent on a date with their pick from three potential, unseen partners.
Queer Content: Technically 0. The rest of the show is a trip. Each episode involves one clothed singleton and six naked contestants vying for their affection.
Their bodies are revealed in stages from the feet up, with one rejected at each stage. When only two contestants are left, the person deciding takes off their own clothes and chooses which one to go on a date with. If your Tinder date is going to be staring at your boobs anyway, why not just whap it all out? Unfortunately, once you look past all the genitals, things start to take a turn for the worst.
Why is it that the dating show with the most commitment to queer representation is the one designed to garner outraged Daily Mail headlines? Why do the strange educational cut-aways have such a terrible understanding of sex and gender?
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If we were ranking on convenience, First Dates would win by a country mile. The premise is simple: The mating rituals of the straights are very strange. Most of the dates go poorly in some way, and watching a few episodes in a row will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about basic human interaction. Which gets us to a big problem with pretty much every show on this list: First Dates in particular features a wide variety of straight singles looking for love, but most of the time we only get to see a depressingly narrow vision of queer existence.
There are no talking-head interviews where the cast dishes about their feelings as prompted by unseen producers.
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There is no host. There are no voice-overs. No one gets into a helicopter or bungees off the side of a bridge or stares down her direct competition across the table. By episode three, I had decided it was deceptively appealing. At that point, the addictive secret of Dating Around was clear: Sure, Dating Around is still limited in scope in its own way. But it takes advantage of the gaps other dating shows leave unconsidered.
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Many of the singles featured are people of color; two of the episodes are about queer people. Episode four, my favorite of the bunch, is about a widower in his 60s — a private eye , no less! The breadth is good because it makes the show better.
Although the episodes follow the same format of drinks, dinner, and a potential after-dinner drink, cutting between five different dates, the rhythm and tone of each is distinct.