Take Me Out (Australian game show)

Take Me Out was an Australian television dating game show hosted by Joel Creasey and premiered on the Seven Network from 3 September 2018 until 27 November 2018.[1][2] The show was filmed at Fox Studios Australia.

Take Me Out
Presented byJoel Creasey
Country of originAustralia
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producer(s)Digby Mitchell
Producer(s)James Collins
Production location(s)Sydney, New South Wales
Running time50 minutes
Production company(s)Fremantle Australia
Release
Original networkSeven Network
Picture format576i
Audio formatStereo
First shown inAustralia
Original release3 September –
27 November 2018
Chronology
Preceded byTaken Out
External links
Website

Take Me Out is essentially based on the same format as Taken Out, a 2008 dating game show developed by Fremantle media and hosted by James Kerley. International versions of the show began screening in Denmark as Dagens Mand (Today's Man) from 2008, with the Netherlands the first country to use the title "Take Me Out" in 2009.[3] Other successful versions have screened in Britain and Ireland.

In June 2019, the series was cancelled and would not return for a second season.[4]

Format

The objective of the show is for a single man to obtain a date with one of thirty single women. The women stand on stage underneath thirty white lights, each with a button in front of them. A single man is then brought on stage and tries to persuade the women to agree to a date in a series of rounds, playing a pre-recorded video discussing his background, displaying a skill (such as dancing or playing a musical instrument), or playing another video in which the man's friends or family reveal more about his virtues and philosophy.

At any point during the rounds, the women can press the button in front of them to turn off their light if they do not believe a date with this man would be constructive to their well-being and if this occurs, their area of the stage will turn red. If, at the end of three rounds, there are lights still left on, the bachelor will turn off all but two remaining lights. He will then have a chance to ask one question to the last two women, before choosing which woman he wants to go on the date with by turning off one more light.

Alternatively, if the man had been left with two lights at the end of round 3, he will just ask his question to the two remaining women but if there is only one light left at the end of round 3, he will go on the date with that girl without asking her his question. If all the women turn off their lights before the end of the third round - this is referred to as a blackout - then the man must leave the show without going on a date.

Ratings
Colour key:
     – Highest number of viewers/nightly rank during the season
     – Lowest number of viewers/nightly rank during the season
Episode Air date Viewers
(millions)[lower-alpha 1]		 Nightly
rank[lower-alpha 1]		 Source
Episode 1 Monday, 3 September 0.604 14 [5]
Episode 2 Tuesday, 4 September 0.513 13 [6]
Episode 3 Tuesday, 11 September 0.504 14 [7]
Episode 4 Tuesday, 18 September 0.503 15 [8]
Episode 5 Tuesday, 25 September 0.426 19 [9]
Episode 6 Tuesday, 16 October 0.407 18 [10]
Episode 7 Tuesday, 23 October 0.489 16 [11]
Episode 8 Tuesday, 27 November 0.394 16 [12]

Notes
  1. Ratings data used is from OzTAM and represents the live and same day average viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide).

References
  1. Samios, Zoe (15 March 2018). "Joel Creasey to host Seven's Take Me Out". Mumbrella. Diversified Communications. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. Morris, Olivia (4 September 2018). "Did you spot the TV fail on Australia's newest dating show?". Yahoo7. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. Knox, David (16 September 2009). "Taken Out turning Japanese". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  4. Knox, David (5 June 2019). "Seven takes out Take Me Out, All Together Now". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. Knox, David (4 September 2018). "Monday 3 September 2018". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  6. Knox, David (5 September 2018). "Tuesday 4 September 2018". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  7. Knox, David (12 September 2018). "Tuesday 11 September 2018". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  8. Knox, David (19 September 2018). "Tuesday 18 September 2018". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  9. Knox, David (26 September 2018). "Tuesday 25 September 2018". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  10. Knox, David (17 October 2018). "Tuesday 16 October 2018". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  11. Knox, David (24 October 2018). "Tuesday 23 October 2018". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  12. Knox, David (28 November 2018). "Tuesday 27 November 2018". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
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