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Grá ar an Trá

  • 13-09-2023 11:31PM
    #1
    JP Liz V1
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    One offering likely to generate plenty of discussion is the five-episode series Grá ar an Trá, which is essentially the Gaeilgeoir answer to Love Island. The show pairs up ten singletons in couples where one partner has fluent Irish and the other has just a cúpla focal.

    The format of the show will be different to Love Island. There is no public vote, instead, cinnire Gráinne Seoige will decide which couples stay and which couples go based on how much progress they’re making with their cuid Gaeilge. 

    Speaking to The Journal, co-host James Kavanagh said: “I watch Love Island, I always think it’s a bit put-on, the emotions and the jealousy. On Grá ar an Trá, two days in, the contestants were bawling. They’re not actresses or actors, they’re real, normal Irish people.”

    “The show is 30% as Gaeilge and will be subtitled so everyone can understand it. It’s just to encourage people. Sometimes there’s snobbery around languages if you don’t speak them flawlessly but this is all about revitalising it.” The winning couple will walk away with €10,000 in cash.

    https://www.thejournal.ie/virgin-media-tv-6156002-Aug2023/

    Looks to be starting soon on VM1

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  • #2
    JeffreyEpspeen
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    Saw the commercial there. You'd think they could've found one attractive person to be on it.



  • #3
    JP Liz V1
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    It starts on Monday at 9pm VM1

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



  • #4
    Man Vs ManUre
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    It’s fairly brutal. Can’t stand James Kavanagh, such an arrogant t1t.



  • #5
    JP Liz V1
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    One of the girls looks like Gerry Ryan's daughter

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



  • #6
    CH3OH
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    Viewing figures must be low.

    The house is nice

    https://www.airbnb.ie/rooms/52351551?locale=en&_set_bev_on_new_domain=1696280203_NmNlY2QzOThhNTE3&source_impression_id=p3_1696280203_ezJRV9f2q6ys4q0K




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  • #7
    JP Liz V1
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    New season pulled

    https://evoke.ie/2024/10/13/entertainment/virgin-media-gra-ar-an-tra

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



  • #8
    JP Liz V1
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    Back on Monday at 9pm on VM1

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



  • #9
    gmisk
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    The real reason it was pulled from schedule....yikes....you would think they would do thorough background checks...he also had to be cut from Love in the country.

    https://extra.ie/2025/03/10/entertainment/movies-tv/dating-show-prendeville


  • #10
    mykrodot
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    Grainne Seoige's face is barely moving. Overdoing the Botox!



  • #11
    L1011
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    Ridiculous that this was meant to run during the election with two TD candidates on it - Seoige presenting, and apparently Heneghan as a contestant.



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  • #12
    NorthDown2
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    I'm interested in how they managed to edit season 2 to lose a contestant - have they had zoom into part of some shots to edit a person out - I saw an episode and there are very few wide shots - one in which they had a game in the garden had an extra lane and jug - was there a bit of the video equivalent of photoshopping going on to show the contestants in their lanes with a blank lane at one end? Notable was the lack of a game for a romantic getaway on Tuesday's episode with some brief shots of the contestants on the beach - did the edited contestant win a competition on the beach on the Tuesday which meant they couldn't show it at all as it wouldn't make sense in the storyline to have a game and no-one win.

    At least editing him out of Love in the Country would have been easier - just expand what we see of some of the other couples to fill the gap. I'm sure the production companies are not happy!



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