First Dates | |
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Genre | Reality |
Narrated by | Peter Campion |
Country of origin | Republic of Ireland |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 8 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
Production company | Coco Television [1] |
Original release | |
Network | RTÉ2 |
Release | 21 April 2016 – present |
First Dates Ireland [2] [3] is the Irish version of the international reality television series First Dates .
The programme is filmed at The Gibson Hotel on Mayor Street in the Point Village in Dublin City, with Mateo Saina showing many people on dates, all of whom have not met each other before. At the end of the date, the couples are interviewed together and asked whether they would like to see each other again.
The restaurant's maitre d' is Croatian born and Dublin resident Mateo Saina [2] who offers pieces to camera on the nature of love, romance and dating. Joining Mateo is his team of merry matchmakers; barman Neil Kenna and waitress Alice Marr, who will help set the scene and give romance the best possible chance to flourish. [2]
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