Paisean Faisean
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Paisean Faisean is an Irish language dating show broadcast on TG4, presented in the first three series by Aoife Ní Thuairisg, and in the fourth series by Blathnáid Nic Dhonnacha and Máiread Ni Chuaig. Notably, the show is promoted heavily through the English language, despite being in Irish.
The format of the show traditionally involves three men choosing outfits for one woman - although the episode aired on November 19th, 2007, featured four male contestants. The suitors are shown a short pre-recorded clip of the girl, in which she introduces herself. Each man shops in a different shop, and has 400 euro spending money (raised to 500 in the fourth season). The person for whom the outfits are purchased must then base her choice of "date" on which outfit she likes the best. The winning man and the girl then share dinner in a restaurant.
In the show's second season it raised some controversy, when two of its advertisements had complaints upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland - a billboard advertisement depicting a woman in slightly revealing clothing, led to complaints of 'reducing women to mere sexual objects', and a radio advertisement in which a woman complains about people being able to see her underwear, with the response of 'Not if you're not wearing any, they won't', led to complaints about sexual equality.[1][2]
Ní Thuairisg notably refused to film episodes featuring homosexual pairings due to "incompatibility with her religious beliefs" (she is a Jehovah's Witness)[3]; this may have contributed to her departure[citation needed] as Magma Films produced such an episode in series four.[4].
