First Dates Canada is the Canadian version of the international reality television series First Dates.

It follows people who meet for a blind date in an upscale restaurant in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood[1][2] equipped with over 40 remote cameras, filming multiple dates simultaneously. The dates last for as long as two hours and are edited for episodes, each of which ends with a brief epilogue revealing if there was any continued contact between the daters.[1] The series hosted 300 dates in its first season.[3]

Based on the UK franchise,[1] it is produced by Force Four Entertainment and Remedy Canada in association with Shaw Media, and aired on Slice.[3] Adam Snider serves as bartender/host.[1] The second season premiered on Slice on 14 March 2017.[1]

For the first season, about a thousand people applied for dates on the show, 75% of them women.[1] Producers were open to applicants, with daters who were handicapped, aged 19 to their 70s, heterosexual and homosexual, and a trans woman appeared in season two.[1] Producers rejected "fame-seekers" who were trying to use the show to launch a career and were not genuinely interested in dating.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Brioux, Bill (8 March 2017). "First Dates lets viewers in on blind dates in Vancouver's dating scene". National Post. Toronto, Ontario.
  2. ^ a b Gee, Dana (20 March 2017). "Vancouver made TV show First Dates back for more dinner, drinks, desire". Vancouver Sun.
  3. ^ a b Bailey, Katie (8 March 2016). "First Dates goes to a second season". Playback. Toronto, Ontario.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Dates_(Canadian_TV_series)
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