Man O Man

Man O Man (Mann-o-Mann) was a game show created in Germany, originally airing on Sat.1 from 1992 until 1995. Hosted by Peer Augustinski. The show was loosely in the format of a beauty pageant but with male contestants. An all-female audience voted for the winner via a series of elimination rounds. Losing contestants would be pushed into a swimming pool.

Format

The male contestants would compete in a number of rounds where characteristics a woman may seek in a romantic partner - such as general knowledge, romantic aptitude, conversation skills and sense of humour - would be tested.

At the end of each round, members of the entirely female audience each voted for their favourite man using a remote control device and the least popular male would be eliminated from the competition by being pushed into the swimming pool that formed part of the show's set by one of the show's beautiful hostesses.

At the beginning of each episode, the ten male contestants would come out on the stage and introduce themselves to the audience, and from these first impressions the audience would eliminate the 3 least popular guys.

The 7 that were left then progressed to the next round, which is a true or false game and saw the guys to see how much they know about women.

The next 2 rounds would have the final 5 doing a fairground hammer bell and then performing various songs for karaoke.

The final 3 surviving guys go through to the final 2 round, which were to answer the girls questions and how much can they cope under pressure.

After this, the audience voted for the winner, with the two runner-up contestants being pushed into the pool simultaneously.

International versions

Country	Title	Broadcaster	Presenter	Premiere	Finale
Australia	Man O Man	Seven Network	Rob Guest	5 February 1994	25 November 1994
Denmark	Mand O Mand	TV3	Michael Carøe	1994
France	Le Chéri de ces dames (1995) The Darling of the Ladies Chéri Chéries (1998-1999) Dear-Darling	TF1	Jean Philippe Lustyk Pascal Brunner	25 August 1995	15 January 1999
Germany	Mann-O-Mann	Sat.1	Peer Augustinski	1992	1995
Greece	άvτρες έтoіμoі γіα όλα Andres etoimoi gia ola Men ready for all	ANT1	Andreas Mikroutsikos	1998	2000
Italy	Beato tra le donne Blessed among Women	Rai 1 (1994-1995, 2003) Canale 5 (1996-2000)	Paolo Bonolis & Martufello (1994-1997) Enrico Papi & Anna Mazzamauro (1999) Natalia Estrada & Enrico Brignano (2000) Massimo Giletti (2003)	1994	2003
Spain	Uno para todas One for All[1]	Telecinco	Goyo González	19 April 1995	12 September 1996
Sweden	Man O Man	TV3	Peter Alhm	1996
United Kingdom	Man O Man	ITV	Chris Tarrant	4 May 1996	7 August 1999
United States	Man O Man	UPN	Michael Burger	12 August 1995

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