I was flipping channels on TV this morning and saw what must have been one of the worst dating shows of all time. Its called ‘Next’. They take a person, and let them meet 5 members of the opposite sex. The 5 people get paid a buck for every minute they last on the date, but at any time the person can say ‘next’ and have it stop right there. I’m sure the producers of this show are just exploiting the trainwreck potential of very shallow people at their very worst, but still it is really surprising how nasty some people were on this show.
The show involved people 18-24. It would be interesting to see them use the same format on different age brackets, say with people in their thirties, to see if things were any different.
Ah, have you seen The Flavor of Love with Flava Flav as “The Bachelor”?
That definitely has to be the worst reality/dating show of all time.
But then again most dating shows are pretty creepy. I would have to add “Date My Mom”.
Elimidate (aka “Elimidaaaaaate”) was pretty useless, but thoroughly watchable. Four girls or guys fight it out with each other for the affections of a single member of the opposit sex, usually ignoring the person they’re supposed to be impressing. Almost every ep ended in the same creepy hot tub in a budget hotel room. I doubt any of the participants got much more than an STD out of their experience.
Remember back when “Studs” was as low as we could go.
I miss those simpler, saner, less tacky days.
No, we can go lower! Let’s get creative!
“What is that thing?” Girl picks one of four guys based on cursory visual inspection of their junk – through a hole in a screen. All other portions of them concealed. No communication permitted.
On balance, I’d say that Cheaters is a a pretty awful dating show.
What was the name of the show where couples go on dates with other people, then decide in front of thier boyfriend/girlfriend whether or not they will dump the other one so they can go out with the new one again?
The new dates were always totally hot/slutty and acted like they were ready to take over if the contestant decided to dump the grilfriend/boyfriend.
Blind Date is pretty funny.
Studs was classic.
I don’t remember what the name of it was, but it was hosted by a comedy team that called itself London Boots (it may have just been a segment on “The London Boots Show”).
Anyway, it started with a young woman who wanted to ‘test’ her boyfriend (or vice-versa). She’d make a date with her boyfriend, then once he arrived at the meeting place, she’d call and tell him she had to cancel. As he’s sitting there, a very attractive model would come over and start chatting him up, eventually inviting him to take her out to dinner. They’d go to a restaurant that was completely wired with mics and hidden cameras, and as they talked, the two hosts would be cackling wildly every time the guy lied (“no, I’m not seeing anyone.”) or even better, bad-mouthed his girlfriend, who’d be sitting there with the hosts with tears streaming down her face. Eventually, the model would drop hints that she was really getting in the mood, until the guy suggests that they go to a love hotel. She takes him to a hotel, they go up to one of the rooms, he opens the door and BAM! There are the hosts (still cackling), the cameramen, about a dozen crew members, and right in the middle, his girlfriend.
If they were able to grab the boyfriend before he bolted, the last few minutes were of him trying to come up with an excuse as the hosts would make wisecracks to try and egg the girlfriend into ripping his nuts off.
A lot of people passed the test, but once they agreed to go to dinner, you knew you were guaranteed a bloodbath.
Game Show Network had a horrible dating show called “Fake a Date.”
There’s one on MTV that sort of fits that premise, only the parents each pick one date, then the boy/girlfriend has to watch the date while sitting with his/her squeeze’s parents, then the contestant picks between the old squeeze or one of the two new dates. I saw one where the girlfriend straight up called her boyfriend’s mom a bitch. :eek: It’s called Parental Control. I’m shamefully addicted to it.
I still think that Room Raiders is disgusting and vapid, though.