Love at First Sight

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Host

Bruno Brookes

Co-hosts

Helen Bromby

Broadcast

Sky, 1990-?

Synopsis

There would be three men and three women. They would answer questions which would try to give the opposite sex some indication about their personality. After they've done that, they would each simultaneously input into their computer, CUPID (sadly), which one of the opposite sex they fancy.

After the break it would be revealed one at a time who picked who. If two people picked each other, they would win and would go out on a date. This was one of the most interesting parts of the show - the trails of who-fancies-who were often quite intricate.

Afterwards, winners from a previous show would play a game on a big board with 10 hearts on. They would be asked six questions about each other, three each, and for each one correct, they won a love heart. Aaaahh.

These had a reason because afterwards, each heart was worth a shot at the big prize board. They had 4 seconds per heart won to shoot heart-shaped targets the using the joystick. Behind nine of them were normal prizes, but behind one was a special star prize holiday (which yes, they had to take together - Aaaah again). However, behind one was the evil Broken Heart, which meant game over.

An interesting twist was that many of the shows were themed, such as three horseriding girls (in full horsy get-up) would meet three fishermen clad in waders. Zany but silly at the same time.

Bonus marks are awarded for some slick, fun hosting by both Brookes and Brumby. If you like your relationship game shows with a bit more meat on them than Blind Date and its clones, this was the show for you.

Inventor

Created by Stephen Leahy.

Trivia

Zoe Ball was a researcher on the show.

It's rumoured that a young Victoria Beckham auditioned for the show but was rejected.

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