First Dates Ireland *read first post*

jos28

Tonight's episode pulled for 'operational reasons'
https://extra.ie/2021/04/29/entertainment/entertainment-news/first-dates-episode

YellowLead

Noooooooooo

Jesus...... I thought that was a wind-up BUT ITS TRUE!!!

so happy to pay €160 a year to dee forbes and her cronies

Commenting on a "repeat" episode doesn't sound like much craic

ShagNastii

“Operational reasons”?

jojofizzio

jos28 wrote: »

Tonight's episode pulled for 'operational reasons'
https://extra.ie/2021/04/29/entertainment/entertainment-news/first-dates-episode

What’s them when they’re at home???

Deeper Blue

I thought your man from Kerry was back for a second try for a sec :pac:

YellowLead

Anyone know when it’s from? I’ve seen it for sure but I think it’s long enough ago that I don’t remember what happens with who

Lesalare

It's gone berserk on the RTE player. Horse racing commentary over a repeat episode in-between just a black screen and no sound.

Atlantic Dawn

jos28 wrote: »

Tonight's episode pulled for 'operational reasons'
https://extra.ie/2021/04/29/entertainment/entertainment-news/first-dates-episode

Usually it's a case of an 'issue' with someone who was going to be on it.

OUTDOORLASS

Saw online that tonight's episode was pulled due to operational reasons and a repeat will be on instead.

Deeper Blue

Lesalare wrote: »

It's gone berserk on the RTE player. Horse racing commentary over a repeat episode in-between just a black screen and no sound.

Makes sense with the amount of stallions on show every week :pac:

cgcsb

pgj2015 wrote: »

Maybe Liverpool Dentists are different to Irish ones?

In the UK they get about £4 an hour :pac: It's a different game there.

TrangiaCoffee

I wonder is it linked to this. Possibly about the identity of the suicidal man being traced


"A youth worker who saved a man from jumping off a bridge is now hoping to find love on tonight’s First Dates Ireland.

Jamie Harrington made global headlines – and even was talked out by Oprah Winfrey – back in 2015 when he was just 16-years-old after he stopped a stranger from throwing themselves into the River Liffey in Dublin.

His quick thinking even saw the man name his child after him.

Jamie (21) from Ballymun in Dublin, is now looking for love on the final episode of First Dates Ireland"

TrangiaCoffee

TrangiaCoffee wrote: »

I wonder is it linked to this. Possibly about the identity of the suicidal man being traced


"A youth worker who saved a man from jumping off a bridge is now hoping to find love on tonight’s First Dates Ireland.

Jamie Harrington made global headlines – and even was talked out by Oprah Winfrey – back in 2015 when he was just 16-years-old after he stopped a stranger from throwing themselves into the River Liffey in Dublin.

His quick thinking even saw the man name his child after him.

Jamie (21) from Ballymun in Dublin, is now looking for love on the final episode of First Dates Ireland"

It's a ' bit of a stretch'.... but it's as good as any other theory

I think the blonde haired girl from Poland is a bit harsh with her date.

dobman88

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think the blonde haired girl from Poland is a bit harsh with her date.

You know this is an old repeat after tonight's episode was pulled yea?

Stihl waters

dobman88 wrote: »

You know this is an old repeat after tonight's episode was pulled yea?

Why was it pulled did they say

thesandeman

Stihl waters wrote: »

Why was it pulled did they say

Operational reasons.

dobman88

dobman88 wrote: »

You know this is an old repeat after tonight's episode was pulled yea?

Oh? No I didn't know that.

IngridM20

Ah what a bummer. It says it’ll be on Saturday though on the player. 11:20pm

dobman88

IngridM20 wrote: »

Ah what a bummer. It says it’ll be on Saturday though on the player. 11:20pm

That's just the usual slot for the repeat. Likely just show tonight's repeat again.

IngridM20

dobman88 wrote: »

That's just the usual slot for the repeat. Likely just show tonight's repeat again.

Ah ok, thanks. Didn’t know that.

jos28

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Usually it's a case of an 'issue' with someone who was going to be on it.

That's what I thought too - dying to know who !
I didn't watch the repeat, turned over and watch the Hutch/Kinahan show on TV3 instead

joeguevara

Was wondering why social distance was not evident when watching last night’s episode and just presumed it was filmed when restrictions were eased. Hadn’t seen the episode previously.

Really liked Daffy and his self deprecating quips had me in knots. His date was gorgeous and I thought well suited.

The mother daughter thing was a little bit blah. Also the date organised for the mother was as badly matched as possible. But the guy and daughter had each other in bits laughing and just clicked. Not a fan of the heart wrenching back stories but if helps others then I think bravo.

Now, as for Tralee guy. Firstly, fair play he looked like a legend. He was mannerly. Had to Google the oyster vegan thing and apparently oysters are part of animal kingdom so not vegan friendly.

His date was stunning and had some great one liners. She came across as if she literally found him abhorrent and some of her looks were ascerbic. Was stunned when she said she would be happy to see him again. Not as stunned as he was. When he quipped that she must have been on some really sh1t dates, was one of the best moments in first dates Ireland.

Nothing more about why episode was pulled. Hope nothing too serious.

job seeker

I may be alone on this, but I hate how every second person has to have a story of some sort. I much preferred the earlier seasons where everyone was just normal people. Don't get me wrong people go through sh1t all the time which is tough and it's fantastic to hear about people getting through this sh1t in general! Also what that boy did for that gentleman and saved his life is absolutely amazing! However, I just don't see the point in going that deep in someone's life for a dating show. I think it kinda makes us bias in a sense. I would much prefer just seeing two people who I know nothing about. Just go on a blind date and discuss stuff that you'd chat about on a first date. I've been told first hand that the show's creators encourage these deep stories also...

leggo

It’s the producers looking for the wrong, laziest thing: they’re thinking about the promo they can do to get people watching beforehand, and the Late Late interviews they can do after, by announcing these ‘big’ characters. When the truth is most of the time they turn out to be trainwreck dates that go against what makes First Dates work at its core.

Think about the gay traveller date or the one where their mothers showed up...it looks ‘dramatic’ on ads and gives talking points, but really you’re just deliberately setting innocent applicants up for bad experiences that have little to no chance of working and it comes across as just watching vapid, attention seekers act out on camera. They’re not the dates that make this show tick but it makes the producers look like they’re working, when really it’s just putting together some over-produced, lowest common denominator content that’s built to fail from the get-go.

Tchaikovsky

job seeker wrote: »

I may be alone on this, but I hate how every second person has to have a story of some sort. I much preferred the earlier seasons where everyone was just normal people. Don't get me wrong people go through sh1t all the time which is tough and it's fantastic to hear about people getting through this sh1t in general! Also what that boy did for that gentleman and saved his life is absolutely amazing! However, I just don't see the point in going that deep in someone's life for a dating show. I think it kinda makes us bias in a sense. I would much prefer just seeing two people who I know nothing about. Just go on a blind date and discuss stuff that you'd chat about on a first date. I've been told first hand that the show's creators encourage these deep stories also...

It's only when the girl from last week's show, Rachel I think it was, said she'd rather not go into her husband's death that you realize how open the majority of contestants are to talking about really personal stuff.

The DayDream

I don't like the sob stories either, not because I'm insensitive but because I personally would never bring those things up on a first date. I have my past as we all do, but I'm not going to burden someone else with it on a first date, and I wouldn't really want them to tell me all their dark stuff straight away either. And I say burden because it is one when you don't really know the person - you get landed with this heavy stuff and are then burdened with having to act empathetic and concerned as if it was a dear friend telling you this. Which is daft to have to do when two thirds the time you're just going to go your separate ways after the show.

Half the battle of getting a 2nd date (esp for men) seems to be just get through date number 1 without looking like a crazy person or making it blatantly obvious why you're single. So I would just want to be able to try and look normal, not be forced tell Claire from Kildare who I just me about how I had to overcome an addiction to Pokemon cards or how the other kids in school used to pinch my man boobs or whatever.

Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky wrote: »

It's only when the girl from last week's show, Rachel I think it was, said she'd rather not go into her husband's death that you realize how open the majority of contestants are to talking about really personal stuff.

I'm always flummoxed by how much people share on their first dates.

Stuff that I wouldn't share with acquaintances that I've known years.