Phat Joe who's hosting.
You'd think it would be easier to meet people, go on dates, get into romances etc. but it's clear it isn't.
If it was, there wouldn't be so many dating sites offering the supposedly ideal way to meet someone. The problem is that there are so few options available to meet potential dates that if you don't like internet dating, there aren't many options for you.
Enter Take Me Out SA which starts on SABC1 at 21h00 tonight (15 July). A new way to date for those who are
mad brave enough. One dude gets judged by 30 wise-ones (women) who decide whether they're interested in him or not. If they are, they stay - if they aren't, they leave.
If loads of them want him by the end of his man-audition, he has to narrow the women down to two. He makes a final choice between them and they go on a date - which we experience in a companion show each week. There's only brief news about the dates in each episode so the companion show gives all the details on what happened - it's on immediately after the main show at 22h00.
My first impression of the show was that there's little chance that anyone will meet the love of their lives when their first date's in such an artificial situation. But then, after thinking about it, I realised that it's actually possible. Whether they're being watched by cameras on their dates or not, the fact remains that they're together so if sparks exist between, they'll still happen.
I lurve the idea that anything can happen between anyone in any moment, in unlikely places too. Meeting in strange places is exciting. Meeting on Take Me Out could classify as being strange enough to be quite exciting. Depending on how hott their actual dates are.
My hottest date of all time (so far): picnic supper (consisting of cheese sandwiches and wine), starting at sunset, extending to night, on Signal Hill. In the grass. Where nobody could see!
What's yours?