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  • 02-07-2011 10:14am
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    karaokeman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭


    I'm considering applying for the TV3 show where one male has 30 women to impress.

    I was thinking has anyone ever been in my shoes, and in general do many males apply and do auditions ever take place in Dublin?

    Thanks in advance.


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    #2
    star-pants
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    This is from last year, it doesn't look like they've set up a way to apply for this year yet, but hopefully it'd give you an idea?


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    Magic Eight Ball
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    I'd so do that show for the laugh.


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    G86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,660 ✭✭✭G86


    My friend was on it a while back, but he was asked to do it so not sure how you go about applying. If you don't get anywhere with finding info drop me a pm and I'll see what I can find out! :)


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    HellFireClub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭HellFireClub


    Just wondering why you want to apply for this? Is it to find a partner or what's the story?


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    karaokeman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭karaokeman


    HellFireClub wrote: »
    Just wondering why you want to apply for this? Is it to find a partner or what's the story?

    In all honesty, yes thats the reason.

    I've only ever had one girlfriend and I don't have the most advanced social life, so I can't really see myself finding anyone otherwise even though everyone tells me "it will happen".

    I've completed the application form so I will be ready to send it whenever anything's announced.

    I just want to try all the options, barr online dating. No offense to people who do online dating but its really not for me.


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    Logical Fallacy
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    karaokeman wrote: »
    In all honesty, yes thats the reason.

    I've only ever had one girlfriend and I don't have the most advanced social life.

    I just want to try all the options, barr online dating. No offense to people who do online dating but its really not for me.

    I have to say mate, probably better to do online dating than some game show where your basic job is to be made a mockery of!

    I doubt many of the girls on it are looking for a partner...they just want to be on the telly...sure that's the first step to being a celeb.


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    Kinski
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    It's extremely unlikely that you will be selected for the show; I'm sure there will be a lot of applicants. Some people can't seem to imagine that there could be anything better in life than being selected for some stupid reality tv show.

    I can only give you the same old advice that you've heard a million times before. Join clubs, try out activities that involve mixing with members of the opposite sex, or try the online dating. Hell, you might aswell try sitting in a bar on your own as try this. It's not really an option; it's just clutching at straws.


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    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    I recall reading that in the next series it will be the men judging the women. So if you truly want to be on the show I suggest you work on your cruelty.
    We humans are a savage bunch. We just love to watch otheer people squirm. Hence the popularity of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Fear factor etc.
    Only thing we like more than that is seeing someone humiliated. Shows like Weakest Link and all of those shows where celebrities eat kangaroo testacles are popular.
    Bring back the Coloseum I say!


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    Sky King
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    We humans are a savage bunch. We just love to watch otheer people squirm. Hence the popularity of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Fear factor etc.
    I never liked those shows... or take me out or cringe humour in general.

    Does this make me a beautiful and virtuous person?


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    krudler
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    karaokeman wrote: »
    In all honesty, yes thats the reason.

    I've only ever had one girlfriend and I don't have the most advanced social life, so I can't really see myself finding anyone otherwise even though everyone tells me "it will happen".

    I've completed the application form so I will be ready to send it whenever anything's announced.

    I just want to try all the options, barr online dating. No offense to people who do online dating but its really not for me.

    But going on a show seen by hundreds of thousands of people were 30 women will basically rip everything about you apart on national tv is?


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    HellFireClub
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    karaokeman wrote: »
    In all honesty, yes thats the reason.

    I've only ever had one girlfriend and I don't have the most advanced social life, so I can't really see myself finding anyone otherwise even though everyone tells me "it will happen".

    I've completed the application form so I will be ready to send it whenever anything's announced.

    I just want to try all the options, barr online dating. No offense to people who do online dating but its really not for me.

    If you think the fickleness of online dating is hard to stomach, how do you think it feels to have 50% of those lights going off before you finish your first sentence on the stage?!?


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    FewFew
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    Don't do it. At best you'll get a date out of it, at the worst... well, where do we begin to look at that cluster****.


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    Raekwon
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    Galvasean wrote: »
    I recall reading that in the next series it will be the men judging the women.

    I seriously doubt that will ever happen, apart from the fact that feminist groups would be up in arms, the format of having 30 guys picking 1 women on this sort of show simply doesn't work.

    They actually tried it on the Australian & Dutch versions of the show but because most guys refused to turn off their lights, it pretty much ruined the 'entertainment factor' of the show and was quickly reverted back to it's original format.

    It seems that the humiliation of men is fair acceptable in modern society where as if women were subjected to the same levels of ridicule it would be deemed as cruel & humiliating.


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    LegacyUser
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    Don't do the actual TV version... but...

    I went on a local one for charity for the laugh and bagged myself someone really unexpectedly! We're together a few months now and all going well.

    Thing is, these things happen when you least expect them dude!


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    Bipolar Joe
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    **** no, one is terrifying enough.


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    newbee22
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    Apply to the English version, looks way more fun than TV3s one, I didn't realise how fussy us Irish girls are:eek:


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    ToxicPaddy
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    Wasn't there another thread on this on boards.. some poster said his friend was asked to go on it as she was an up and coming comedian and went on it to rip the piss with no intention of going on a date..

    If I were you op I wouldn't bother.. is it worth humiliating yourself on national tv for it?


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    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    ToxicPaddy wrote: »
    Wasn't there another thread on this on boards.. some poster said his friend was asked to go on it as she was an up and coming comedian and went on it to rip the piss with no intention of going on a date..

    That poster was me and to clarify yes, a comedian friend of mine did do the show, but like most she was doing it more to raise profile than to get a date. I know a few male comedians who were asked to be on the show, but they all turned it down.


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    py2006
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    newbee22 wrote: »
    Apply to the English version, looks way more fun than TV3s one, I didn't realise how fussy us Irish girls are:eek:

    You are kidding right? They are ridiculous and half of them can't afford to be fussy! lol


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    py2006
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    I refuse to watch that show for two reasons:

    1. I find it excruciatingly cringe worthy.
    2. There would be an outrage from women of that show had the genders reversed.

    So, no I def wouldn't apply to be on it to be humiliated by overly fussy, full of attitude Irish women!! haha


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    coup1917
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    py2006 wrote: »
    You are kidding right? They are ridiculous and half of them can't afford to be fussy! lol

    Ya the English version all the way...
    Paddy McGuinness is a laugh
    The birds on the English show are alright and seem to be friendly..

    Some of the birds on the Irish show are rough as fc*k and are a snapshot of trying to meet an Irish bird socially....High opinion of herself and not very friendly at all.......


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    newbee22
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    py2006 wrote: »
    You are kidding right? They are ridiculous and half of them can't afford to be fussy! lol

    They don't all turn the red light on the minute the fella walks down the stairs! Got to give a fella a chance to speak!:eek::eek:


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