Take Me Out (UK game show)

Take Me Out

Genre	Game show
Presented by	Paddy McGuinness
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	9
No. of episodes	92
Production
Location(s)	Granada Studios (2010) The Maidstone Studios (2010—)
Running time	60–90 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)	Talkback Thames (2010–12) Thames (2012–)
Distributor	FremantleMedia
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	16:9 (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	2 January 2010 (2010-01-02) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Take Me Out: The Gossip The Love Machine Blind Date
External links
Website	www.itv.com/takemeout/

Take Me Out is a dating game show presented by comedian Paddy McGuinness. Based on the Australian show Taken Out, it began airing on ITV in the United Kingdom and simulcast on TV3 in the Republic of Ireland on 2 January 2010. An unscreened pilot episode was for made Channel 4 in 2009, but it was ITV who picked it up for a series. The show is produced by Thames (formerly Talkback Thames). The show is currently sponsored by Scholl, as of 2017.

The first series was recorded at Granada Studios in Manchester, but has since been recorded at The Maidstone Studios in Maidstone, Kent, as it offered increased space and capacity for audience members.^[1]

In 2012, the show introduced a spin-off show entitiled Take Me Out: The Gossip, which aired on ITV2 and was co-hosted by Zoe Hardman and Mark Wright in 2012 and 2013. It did not air in 2014, but returned in 2015 with Wright joined by new co-host Laura Jackson.^[2]

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 down on stage via the 'Love Lift' and tries to persuade the women to agree to this 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 still lights left on, the bachelor will turn off all but two of the remaining lights himself. 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. If the man is left with two lights at the end of round 3, he will just ask his question to the two remaining women and 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. There are usually four men brought on in the course of a single episode, though on some occasions segments have been cut and only three men have been shown.

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, accompanied by the Céline Dion version of the hit Eric Carmen song "All by Myself". In the first series, the successful couples conducted their date at FERNANDO'S! in Manchester, which is actually Club Bijou on Chapel Street, the outcome of which is shown as part of the following week's show. For the second series, the date took place abroad on the Isle of FERNANDO'S!, a fictional location (and one with a grammatically improper name, given that Saxon genitive with apostrophe + s means the same as "of") based in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife.^[3] Previously the date took place in Cyprus. Successful couples leave the programme upstairs on the opposite side of the studio to the 'Love Lift', and a song, usually from the latin pop genre, will be played.^[4]

Comedic value is mostly provided by McGuinness's array of catchphrases such as "Let the (object) see the (object)", "No likey, no lighty!", "If you're turned off, turn off", "If he's not Mr Right, turn off your light", "Get out there, turn one girl off and take one girl out!", "Come and get some Paddy love!", "The isle of...FERNANDO'S!".

Round 1

In this round the man comes down the love lift. He meets the girls and then says his name and where he is from. Paddy repeats but afterwards with one of catchphrases. Then the girls can turn off their light. From series 7 onwards, they have to write down a 'love at first light' from the girls who had left their lights on.

Round 2

This includes a pre-recorded video presented by the man. It sometimes includes interviews with his friends and family. It describes his personality and what they do. At any point the girls can turn off their light.

Round 3

In this round the man shows a skill in the studio. Alternately their friend or family can say a secret. At any point the girl can turn off their light.

Round 4

In this round the man turns off all the lights except 2 decided by himself. At the start of the round Paddy says " The power is in your hands " and pulls his hand down. Not every man does this round if there is only two girls left and some skip straight to round 5.

Round 5

In this round the man asks the girls who are remaining a question. The man then turns off the light of one girl. Paddy questions the chosen girl if they would rather know the man's 'love at first light' or not. Then they meet, go up the big stairs opposite the love lift and have a backstage interview.

Take Me Out: The Gossip

Take Me Out: The Gossip is a behind-the-scenes sister show that began airing weekly on ITV2 from series 3-5 and 7 onwards, following the broadcast of the main programme. It is currently presented by Laura Jackson and Mark Wright.^[5] Zoe Hardman previously hosted the show with Wright. A similar format, previously broadcast online, featuring backstage gossip and interviews with the contestants, was regularly made available on itv.com just hours after the broadcast of the main programme.

Transmissions

Original series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	2 January 2010	20 February 2010	8
2	11 December 2010	19 March 2011	14
3	7 January 2012	7 April 2012	14
4	6 October 2012	15 December 2012	10
5	5 January 2013	23 February 2013	8
6	4 January 2014	22 February 2014	8
7	3 January 2015	7 March 2015	10
8	2 January 2016	5 March 2016	10
9	15 April 2017	3 June 2017	8

Specials

Date	Entitle
15 December 2012	Celebrity Christmas Special
20 December 2013	Over 50s Text Santa Special
31 December 2016	Celebrity Special
19 February 2017	Celebrity Special

Episodes and ratings

Episode viewing figures from BARB.^[6]

Series 1 (2010)

Key:

– Successful dates

#	Airdate	No. of couples	First couple	Second couple	Third couple	Fourth couple	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking
1	2 January 2010	3	Joe and Caroline	Greg (n/a)	Rob and Jo-Jo	Adam and Charlene	3.87	22
2	9 January 2010	3	Joel (n/a)	Ibrahim and Maria	Alan and Lia-Jay	Oliver and Louisa	4.72	29
3	16 January 2010	4	Kevin and Nicola	David and Georgee	Oliver and June	Tony and Jamie	4.74	18
4	23 January 2010	4	Tom and Cally	Robert Alston and Tandie	Boyd and Lindsey	Stefano and Joanne	4.92	20
5	30 January 2010	3	Jamie and Kelly	Darren (n/a)	Stefan and Becka	James and Laura	4.87	20
6	6 February 2010	3	Jonathan and Helen	Nathan and Shakira	Gregor (n/a)	Darren and Josephine	5.42	19
7	13 February 2010	3	Arton and Crystal	James and Claire-Louise	Thomas (n/a)	Sammy and Nat	4.71	19
8	20 February 2010	3	Tom and Sarah	Jack and Emily	Christian (n/a)	Ben and Daisy	5.39	17

Series 2 (2010–11)

#	Airdate	No. of couples	1st couple	2nd couple	3rd couple	4th couple	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking
1 (9)	11 December 2010	3	Danny and Vicky	Adrian (n/a)	Alistair and Alisha	Iain and Fern	5.96	18
2 (10)	18 December 2010	3	James (n/a)	Dan and Alice	Samson and Amy	Silky and Holly-Jade	5.10	14
3 (11)	1 January 2011	3	Stuart and Pegah	Fabian and Kay	Darren and Laura	Kristen (n/a)	Under 3.05	Outside top 30
4 (12)	8 January 2011	4	Scott and Kieney	John and Lisa	Chi and Cheryl	David and Donna	3.98	29
5 (13)	15 January 2011	3	Harry and Joanne	David (n/a)	Richie and Tasha	Gary and Elle	4.27	23
6 (14)	22 January 2011	4	Brett and Viv	Ian and Becky	James and Abi-Scarlett	Rob and Tanya	4.44	18
7 (15)	29 January 2011	4	John and Kerry	Tez and Kayleigh	Dan and Dawn	Jake and Sami	4.29	18
8 (16)	5 February 2011	3	Dean and Maria	Rick and Megan	Robbie (n/a)	Richard and Jacqui	4.28	19
9 (17)	12 February 2011	3	Sam and Claire	Charles and Carol	Simon and Natalie	Stephen (n/a)	4.74	18
10 (18)	19 February 2011	3	Ryan and Luissa	Neil (n/a)	Dan and Krista	Dean and Jo-Jo	4.42	19
11 (19)	26 February 2011	4	Frankie and Nicole	Riccardo and Vikki	Michael and Julie	Sonny and Samantha H	4.82	18
12 (20)	5 March 2011	4	Dave and Lucy	Adam and Katie	Chris and Kate	Michael and Adele	5.03	17
13 (21)	12 March 2011	4	Anthony and Ellie	Matt and Samantha	Andrew and Peggy	Dan and Lauren	4.89	20
14 (22)	19 March 2011	4	Dan and Nicola	John and Holly	Bobby and Jennifer	James and Marysia	5.50	14

Series 3 (2012)

#	Air date	No. of couples	1st couple	2nd couple	3rd couple	4th couple	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking
1 (23)	7 January 2012	3	Zac Efron & Lily Aldridge	Corbin Bleu & Jasmine Richards	Joel Semende & Amy Jackson	Diego Klattenhoff & Elsa Hosk	4.93	16
2 (24)	14 January 2012	3	Daniel DeSanto & Maiara Walsh	Noah Munck (n/a)	Daniel Franzese (n/a)	Jonathan Bennett & Vanessa Hudgens	4.94	17
3 (25)	21 January 2012	4	Lucas Grabeel & Ashley Benson	Nick Jonas & Victoria Justice	Keenan Tracey & Daniella Monet	David Henrie & Anna Maria Perez De Tagle	4.68	17
4 (26)	28 January 2012	4	style	Norman and Steph	Fabio and Carrie	Bobby and Bainsey	4.52	20
5 (27)	4 February 2012	4	Andy and Grace	Francis and Cate	Jake and Holly	Damion and Chelsea⁶¹⁴	4.95	18
6 (28)	11 February 2012	2²	Amar (n/a)	Olly and Mollie	Will (n/a)	Ross and Ciara	5.47	16
7 (29)	18 February 2012	3	Liam and Lucy	James and Fleur	Ben and Steph	Judi and Mike³	4.92	15
8 (30)	25 February 2012	3	Lee and Toni	Whyte (n/a)	Charlie and Danielle	John and Bec	5.15	18
9 (31)	3 March 2012	4	Michael and Sophie	David & Bethany	Ekene and Chloe	Ollie and Natacha	4.79	19
10 (32)	10 March 2012	3	Ben and Jude	Charles and Stephanie	Renny and Charlotte	Rory and Jade A⁴	4.47	19
11 (33)	17 March 2012	4	Mikey and Jamie	Jit and Gracie	Kenny and Becca	Billy and Emma	4.94	17
12 (34)	24 March 2012	4	Greg and Jo	Bambos and Katie	Matt and Fiona	Jarvis and Hannah⁵	4.71	18
13 (35)	31 March 2012	3	Lee (n/a)	Doug and Steph	Luke and Cony	Rob and Annie	4.58	16
14 (36)	7 April 2012	4	Tony and Lisa	Oba and Kirsten	Dave and Daniella¹⁴	David and Lucy⁷	4.28	17

Notes

^Note 1 : The date segment of contestant Wen scoring a date with freelance journalist Aaron was axed from the programme after it transpired that Aaron had a criminal conviction for punching a woman, had worked as a male escort, and also had a long-term girlfriend; and that Wen was in fact a prostitute for a short period.^[7]
^Note 2 : Two blackouts occurred in one programme, becoming the first time this had ever occurred on the show.
^Note 3 : The studio segment of contestant Judi scoring a date with builder Mike was axed from the programme, after it transpired that Mike was known to the police as a suspected sex offender. Judi did not return to the show.
^Note 4 : The studio segment of contestant Jade scoring a date with banker Rory was axed from the programme, after it transpired that Rory was serving a suspended sentence for common assault. Jade did not return to the show.
^Note 6 : Chelsea revealed on the 7 April episode of Take Me Out: The Gossip that she and Ben, the first contestant of the series, were getting married.
^Note 7 : David set a record for having the highest number of girls left in the final round in the third series, with 27 leaving their light on after round three. Amy Childs also later went on to date David.

Series 4 (2012)

Key:

– Successful dates

#	Air date	No. of couples	1st couple	2nd couple	3rd couple	4th couple	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking
1 (37)	6 October 2012	2	Leigh and Chloe-Marie	Drew (n/a)	Dyneal and Lily	James (n/a)	3.25	25
2 (38)	13 October 2012	4	Paul and Chanelle	Ben (n/a)⁸	Chris and Nadia	Will and Oli Henry and Meggan⁹	3.35	23
3 (39)	20 October 2012	4	Ryan and Jordan	Yinka and Jo¹⁰	Chad and Fleur	Jonny and Ruby	3.23	27
4 (40)	27 October 2012	3	Ed and Lucy	Robin and Jamilah	Wez ¹⁶	Sam and Natalie	3.70	19
5 (41)	3 November 2012	3	Myko (n/a)¹¹	Chris and Ella	Amar and Charlotte	Chiles and Ruth	Under 3.04	Outside top 30
6 (42)	10 November 2012	3	Jase and Dannika¹²	Jim (The Beatboxer) and Erica	Marco and Jo	Darrell (n/a)	Under 3.08	Outside top 30
7 (43)	17 November 2012	4	Matt and Leah	Pete and Katie	Sam and Samantha	Luke and Rachel	3.06	28
8 (44)	24 November 2012	4	Giles and Anglea	Dan and Kate	Hugh and Emily	Joe and Edelle	Under 3.10	Outside top 30
9 (45)	1 December 2012	3	Micky and Danielle	George and Emma	Iain (n/a)	Jordan and Victoria¹³	Under 3.09	Outside top 30
10 (46)¹⁵^[8]	15 December 2012	3	Joe and Lois¹⁶	Matt and Natalie	Keith and Piri	n/a	4.04	14

Notes

^Note 8 : Ben was the only contestant this series to receive a blackout on the second round (as opposed to the third and final round).
^Note 9 : Will and Henry became the first pair of twins to come down the love lift, and go on a double date with their chosen dates.
^Note 10 : In the final round, Yinka let his little brother, Jono, choose which of the two girls he should pick out of all of the remaining lights.
^Note 11 : Despite the fact that Myko got a blackout, he later began dating Erica (who originally got a date with Jim from episode 6). Erica admitted that she regretted turning her light off for him.
^Note 12 : Jase set a record (at the time) for having the highest number of ladies left in the final round in the fourth series, with 23 girls leaving their light on after round three.
^Note 13 : Jordan became the first contestant in the history of Take Me Out to still have all 30 girls with their lights on in the final round.
^Note 14 : Damion and Daniella returned to Take Me Out: The Gossip in October, and revealed that they were getting married.
^Note 15 : Celebrity special.
^Note 16 : Lois later took part in the quiz show The Chase^[9]

Series 5 (2013)

Key:

– Successful dates

#	Air date	No. of couples	1st couple	2nd couple	3rd couple	4th couple	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking
1 (47)	5 January 2013	3	Ben and Lily	Param (n/a)	Adam and Lucy-May	Jason and Jo	4.13	18
2 (48)	12 January 2013	3	Sam and Georgia	Will (n/a)	Dan and Danni	Troy and Naomi	4.38	19
3 (49)	19 January 2013	3	Adam (n/a)	Stephen and Bianca	Callum and Nikita	Kirk and Daisy	4.47	19
4 (50)	26 January 2013	4	Matt and Megan	Chris and Kate	Will and Thuy	Morakinyo and Claire	3.97	21
5 (51)	2 February 2013	4	Stuart and Robyn	Sen and Jade	Russell and Miki	Gavin and Gemma	4.01	19
6 (52)	9 February 2013	4	Chris and Janet	Ashley and Rach	James and Daniella	David and George	3.58	21
7 (53)	16 February 2013	3	Joe and Julia	Matt and Charlotte	Glenn and Alanna	Owen (n/a)	3.80	16
8 (54)	23 February 2013	4	Tom and Naomi	Henry and Rachel	Ben and Emma	Joe and Chloe	4.13	21

Series 6 (2014)

Key:

– Successful dates

#	Air date	No. of couples	1st couple	2nd couple	3rd couple	4th couple	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking
1 (55)	4 January 2014	4	Adam and Leanne	Jason and Lisa	Ellison and Coryn	Sam and Sadie	4.03	20
2 (56)	11 January 2014	2	Grant (n/a)	Gavin and Sharon	Baffoe (n/a)	Fergus and Dolly	4.05	19
3 (57)	18 January 2014	4	Ryan and Chloe	Damon and Katie	Travis and Nicole	James and Colette	3.92	19
4 (58)	25 January 2014	4	Lew and Amanda	Oscar and Lici	Adam and Stacey	Danny and Jodie	3.69	21
5 (59)	1 February 2014	3	Jay and Marley	Frankie and Natasha	Paul (n/a)	Ashley and Georgia	3.31	26
6 (60)	8 February 2014	3	Ed and Jenny	Richard (n/a)	Arry and Gemma	Aran and Bethany	3.20	25
7 (61)	15 February 2014	4	Andrew and Amy	Mikey and Kate	Josh and Olivia	Paul and Lily-Mae	3.30	28
8 (62)	22 February 2014	4	Michael and Clarissa	Jason and Sophie	David and Zoe	Vincent and Kayleigh	3.64	19

Girls from Series 6

Name	Age	Location	Occupation
Amanda	26	Barnsley	Support Worker
Amber	19	Bristol	Dinner Lady
Bethany	19	Coventry	Media & Journalism Student
Chloe	22	Wirral	Call Centre Worker
Collette		Kettering	Student
Coryn	18	Liverpool	Trainee Dental Nurse
Danielle	22	Isle of Wight	Customer Services Advisor
Dolly	21	Brighton	Globalisation History & Politics Student
Eleni	20	Wirral	Wedding Videographer
Emily	25	Fulham	Classical Singer
Emma		Kent	Face of Europe
Gemma	22	Leeds	Trainee Accountant & Face Printer
Grace	21	Barnsley	Trainee Teacher
Jodie		County Antrim	Investigations Officer
Kate	30	Liverpool	Flight Attendant
Kayleigh	23	Sheffield	Accounts Student & Farmer
Kelly	27	Newcastle	Online Boutique Owner
Kirsty	29	Birmingham	Client Relationship Manager for a Pensions Company
Laura	24	Manchester	Sales Assistant
Leanne	21	Leeds	Law Student
Lee	19	Essex	Physiotherapist
Lisa-Marie	30	Brighton	Psychic & Life Coach
Lucy	20	Essex	Hairstylist
Marley	18	Guildford	Make-Up Artist
Michelle	21	Sunderland	Accountant
Nicole	22	Leeds	P.E. Teacher
Nina	22	Aberdeen	Cocktail Waitress & Psychology Student
Olivia	19	Surrey	Voice Over Artist
Poly	29	London	Beauty Model & Speech Therapist
Sadie	20	Kingston	Dance Student
Sharon	32	Glasgow	Casino Croupier
Siobhan	22	Cornwall	Beauty Therapist
Stacey	25	Oldham	Dog Kennel Worker

Series 7 (2015)

Key:

– Successful dates

#	Air date	No. of couples	1st couple	2nd couple	3rd couple	4th couple	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking
1 (63)	3 January 2015	4	Ash and Daisy	Scott and Kat¹⁷	Steve and Gabriella	Craig and Natalie	2.76	22
2 (64)	10 January 2015	4	Peter and Becky	Liam and Chloe	Colin and Melanie	Chris and Jade	3.04	23
3 (65)	17 January 2015	3	Andrew and Kayleigh	Jamie and Christina	Matt (n/a)	Ross and Sophie	3.00	21
4 (66)	24 January 2015	4	Lewis and Natasha	Archie and Rosie	Adam and Aimee-Jayne	Scott and Dan	2.83	25
5 (67)	31 January 2015	4	Rob and Kim	Ryan and Amy	Karl and Rachel	Jamie and Alision	2.80	23
6 (68)	7 February 2015	3	Liam and Emily	Jonathan (n/a)	Nick and Looci	Glenn and Alicia	3.08	19
7 (69)	14 February 2015	4	Seeb and Holly-Jane	Ben and Dani	Will and Harriette	Phil and Christina	2.96	20
8 (70)	21 February 2015	4	Rich and Natasha	Joe and Naomi	Ashely and Lauren	Ross and Anusha	3.75	15
9 (71)	28 February 2015	3	Darian and Stephanie	Tony and Shadz	Ben and Whitney	Aaron (n/a)	3.24	19
10 (72)	7 March 2015	4	Leslie and Marian	Alan and Kirsty	Cole and Sophie	Pete and Kate	3.06	20

Girls from Series 7

Name	Age	Location	Occupation
Abigail	19	Cardiff	Administration Support Assistant
Aimee-Jayne	29	Bolton	Administration Support Assistant
Alison	27	Staffordshire	Vintage Dress Maker
Amy	34	Blackpool	Nail Technician Student
Becky	28	Sheffield	Catering Student
Claire	23	Manchester	Fairy/Murder Mystery Role Player
Daisy	23	London	City Worker
Danielle	23	Cheshire	Account Manager for a Bank
Dani	26	London	Events Recruitment Agent
Emily	23	Guisborough	Speech Therapy Assistant
Farah	26	London	Sales & Marketing Executive
Gabriella	18	Norfolk	Disney Princess
Jade	23	Grimsby	Customer Service Advisor
Janine	30	Kent	Site Secretary for a Constriction Company
Kat	23	London	Personal Assistant
Kayleigh	23	Dundee	Ballet Teacher
Kelly	35	Cheshire	Oil Company Account Manager
Kim	20	Bangor	Education Studies Student
Kirstie	26	Belfast	Admin Assistant
Kirsty S	26	Cheshire	Horse Trainer
Lauren	19	Cardiff	Sports Science Student
Looci	26	Leeds	Fire Breather and Circus Entertainer
Melanie	27	Norfolk	Nurse
Natalie	28	Wokingham	Department Store Worker
Natasha	25	Essex	Tennis Coach
Risha	24	Sheffield	Mobile Hairdresser
Shadz	31	London	Fashion Designer
Sophie	24	Surrey	Marketing Assistant
Vanessa	25	London	Lampshade Designer

Notes

^Note 17 : On the last episode of the series, whilst looking at the dates from the episode, Scott and Kat returned, saying that they were celebrating their 10-week anniversary in Fernando's.

Series 8 (2016)

Key:

– Successful dates

#	Air date	No. of couples	1st couple	2nd couple	3rd couple	4th couple	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking
1 (73)	2 January 2016	3	Freddie and Laura	Nik (n/a)	Joe and Megan	Gaz and Charlotte (1)	3.24	14
2 (74)	9 January 2016	3	Rhys and Darcie	Ellis and Gina	Ola (n/a) London	Sam and Joanna Chester/Belfast	2.80	29
3 (75)	16 January 2016	4	Mitch and Vivienne Bristol/Luton	Adam and Laura Essex/Hull	Nathan and Chloe Salisbury/Warrington	Rick and Ashleigh	3.12	21
4 (76)	23 January 2016	3	James and Bev Skegness/Rotherham	David and Ella	Sam and Margarita	Al (n/a)	2.83	25
5 (77)	30 January 2016	4	Paul and Terezita	Harry and Amy	David and Emma (1)	Ben and Lotte	Under 2.85	Outside Top 30
6 (78)	6 February 2016	4	James and Beckie	Josh and Leanne	Ian and Charlotte (2)	Ben and Em	3.01	23
7 (79)	13 February 2016	4	Keshav and Ruth	Scott and Jemima	Adam and Roberta	Cory and Sophie (1)	2.96	21
8 (80)	20 February 2016	4	Luke and Andrea	Nathan and Cat	James and Shelley	David and Nandini	3.30	18
9 (81)	27 February 2016	4	Louis and Lee	Tom and Jodie	Patrick and Lacey	Jon and Trudy	2.99	22
10 (82)	5 March 2016	4	John and Alice	Andrew and Soph	Ian and Ndana	Jono and Sophie (2)	2.87	23

Girls from Series 8

Name	Age	Location	Occupation
Laura	23	Clapham	Media & Marketing Manager
Amy Ware	23	Plymouth	Skin Specialist
Terezita Doherty	21	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Lingerie Sales Assistant & Dancer
Megan	27	Poole	Safety Officer
Charlotte (1)	23	Canvey Island	Accounts Manager
Joanna	25/26	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Business Development Manager
Ella Ruby	19	Hastings	Beauty Consultant
Victoria	34	Chesterfield	Boxing Instructor
Shelley	28	South Shields	Trolley Caterer For Virgin Trains
Hannah	26	Stockport	Customer Complaints Manager
Stephanie	26	Sheffield	Head Of Marketing
Darcie	23	Essex	Barmaid & DIY Shop Worker
Milly	19	Oldham	Special Project Co-Ordinator
Sophie (1)	23	Henley	Receptionist
Margarita	24	Sussex	Forensic Psychology Student
Ashleigh	24	Essex	Mortgage Advisor
Julie	45	Brighton	Property Manager
Elena	24	Doncaster	Fish & Chip Shop Manager & Plus-Size Model
Gemma	25	London	Travel Consultant
Emma Corey	23	Glasgow, Scotland	Nail Technician
Beckie Louise Finch	28	Walton-on-Thames	Hairdresser
Vivienne	23	Luton	Match-Day Hospitality Assistant At Luton Town FC
Jade Jones	24	Nottingham	Operations Specialist & Head Barmaid
Fifi	20	Essex	Cashier At Bookies
Andrea Marshall	28	Portsmouth	Leading Hand Physical Trainer In The Royal Navy
Leanne Evans	30	Bridgend	Graphic Designer
Sophia	27	Bristol	Apprenticeship Advisor
Rachel Storey	26	Newcastle	Paediatric Intensive Care Nurse
Clair Prior	21		Sports Masseuse, Fitness Instructor & Student
Emily	33	Reading	Recruiter
Rach		Leeds
Abby		Walsall
Shauni Rixon		London
Laura		Hull	Nurse
Chloe Pearl Staunton		Warrington
Lotte Williams		London
Em		Liverpool	English Tutor
Sam	28	London	Airline Sales Manager
Ruth Fowler		Bristol
Bev Wright	42	Rotherham
Jodie Carnall		Leicester	Customer Complaints Officer
Trudy Nelson		Portsmouth
Joannah		Manchester
Harriet		Bath	Building site caterer
Charlotte (2)		Southampton	Airline Worker
Han		Barry	Travel Agent
Lee		Margate	Firefighter
Jenny		Scotland	Sewing instructress
Soph	25	Newport, Wales	Cheerleader
Cat Charles		London	Dog rescue centre worker
Amy (2)		Oxford	Computer analyst
Lucy		Wolverhampton
Lacey		Essex
Jemima			Beauty Therapist
Roberta	34	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Playgroup assistant
Nandini Patel	27	Northampton	NHS worker
Francesca		Wolverhampton	Solicitor
Sabine	Old	Germany	Musician
Emma (2)		Croydon	Nanny
Rosie		Haywards Heath	Animal re-homer
Holly		Bedford	Social media advisor
Jay		Wigan
Ndana	29	Worthing	NHS worker
Annice		Surrey	Cosmetic surgery assistant
Alice		Swansea, Wales	Football club hostess
Megan		Oxford	Veterinary receptionist
Gem		Sheffield
Sophie Judkins		Hertfordshire	Proof reader
Ellie		Hereford	Dental Nurse
Alicia		Barnsley	Student

Specials (Christmas 2016 & Valentine's Day 2017)

Key:

– Successful dates

#	Air date	No. of couples	1st couple	2nd couple	3rd couple	4th couple	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking
1 (83)	31 December 2016	3	Thom and Tabitha	Roman and Jodie	Ritchie and Lolly	N/A	2.32	29
2 (84)	19 February 2017	3	James and Shauni	Nile and Laura	Melvin and Jordan	N/A	TBA	TBA

Series 9 (2017)

Key:

– Successful dates

#	Air date	No. of couples	1st couple	2nd couple	3rd couple	4th couple	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly ranking
1 (85)	15 April 2017	3	Mike and Kirstin	Dave (n/a)	Conrad and Corinne	Daniel and Ciara	3.25	17
2 (86)	22 April 2017	4	Ricardo and Helen	Charlie and Jo-Tara	Harry and Tasha	Dan and Kate	3.28	18
3 (87)	29 April 2017	4	Rixy and Krystal	Luke and Em	Bayo and Miriam	Tommy and Cara-Jane	3.05	27
4 (88)	6 May 2017	4	Steve and Sarah	Diego and Phillippa	Ryan and Paige	Michael and Aneeka	3.62	18
5 (89)	13 May 2017	4	Neale and Anna	Ben and Emily	Jonny and Charley	Will and Han	3.32	20
6 (90)	20 May 2017	4	Dathan and Shelley	George and Hannah	Nick and Katy-Jay	Scott and Nicola	3.48	16
7 (91)	27 May 2017	4	Dee and May	Johnny and Gillian	Declan and Rebecca	Gee and Mimi	2.82	21
8 (92)	3 June 2017	4	Mitch and Vicky	James and Becky	Joey and Daisy	Danny and Kaysha	2.03	N/A

Girls from Series 9

Name	Age	Location	Occupation
Aneeka	26	Kent	Debt Recovery Advisor
Becky	25	Co. Durham	Social Worker
Billy Mai	19	London	Creative Writing Student
Candice	34	Exeter	Van Driver
Cara-Jane	29	London	I.T. Analyst
Ciara	20	Belfast	Business Marketing Student
Corinne	24	Kent	Advertising Executive
Em	26	Blackpool	Recruitment Consultant
Emily	31	Gloucestershire	Wingwalker
Grace	23	Preston	Masseuse
Han	21	Glasgow	Sports & Exercise Student
Hannah	20	Birmingham	Customer Services Advisor
Helen	21	Liverpool	Latex Lingerie Designer
Jo-Tara	22	Glasgow	Make Up Artist
Kate	27	Manchester	Tuition Centre Director
Kelly	24	Hertfordshire	Carer
Kirstin	26	The Wirral	Fire Breather
Krystal	30	Northern Ireland	I.T. Support Officer
Lady Lauren	24	Morecambe	Personal Trainer
Lois	24	Wakefield	Beauty Salon Owner
Malika	20	Derby	Receptionist
Melissa	45	Basingstoke	Bubbleologist
Miriam	34	Essex	Personal Assistant
Nicola	25	Essex	Property Manager
Phillippa	23	Newcastle	Dessert Parlour Worker & Student
Rebecca	24	South Shields	Cleaning Company Owner
Shauney	24	Wales	Hairdresser
Tasha	18	South East London	Development Planner
Vicky	27	Oxford	Forensic Scientist
Yasmin	21	Barnsley	Make Up Artist
May		Birmingham	Mathematician
Ellie		Essex	Student
Kristina		Russia
Anna		London	Project Manager
Lu		Surrey	Painter and Decorator
Katie		Cardiff	Claims Handler
Luarna		Chesterfield
Paige		Cheshire	Bartender
Shelley		Birmingham	Account Manager
Katy-Jay		Newcastle	Hairdresser
Charley
Sarah		London
Aisling		Belfast	Operations Manager
Jade		Essex	Administrator
Farli		Kent	Club Singer
Gillian		Scotland
Stephanie		Newcastle	Recruitment Consultant
Fiona		Hampshire	Marketing Executive
Sophie		Sussex	Scientist
Bailey		Essex
Leanne		Manchester	Education Worker
Elle		Nottingham	Marketing Executive
Becks		Blackpool	Tanning Salon Assistant
Daisy		Surrey	Drama Student
Rose
Jess
Micia		Hartlepool	Forklift Truck Driver
Jessica
Gracey
Mimi		London	Copywriter
Harriet		Nottingham	Pharmacist
Rachael	24	Bakewell	Receptionist
Jo-Jo		Berkshire	Student
Kaysha		Liverpool	Waitress

Celeb Special Series (2017)

The first two episodes were on a Sunday because of the last two episodes of Season 9.

#	Airdate	No. Of Couples	1	2	3	4	Viewers (millions)	ITV Rank (1 to 10)
1	28th May	3	Logan Henderson & Lucy Hale	Chris Evans & Danielle Lloyd	Noah Munck (n/a)	Scott Eastwood & Bridgit Mendler	4.9	1
2	4th May	2	Daniel DeSanto & Maiara Walsh	Jake Gyllenhaal (n/a)	Matt Bennett (n/a)	Matthew Finley & Nikki SooHoo	3.1	10
3	10th June	4	Niall Horan & Halston Sage	Ryan McCartan & Madison Pettis	Alex Pettyfer & Chelsea Kane	Zac Efron & Anna Maria Perez De Tagle	4.5	5
4	17th June	4	Angus McLaren & Emily Osment	Jordan Francis & Alyson Stoner	Robert Hoffman & Courtney Robertson	Matthew Di Angelo & Rachele Brooke Smith	4.0	7
5	24th June	4	Taylor Lautner & Demi Lovato	Austin Nichols & Claire Holt	Luke Shaw & Stella Hudgens	Noah Crawford & Lulu Antariksa	4.3	2
6	1st July	3	Justin Bieber & Sarah Jeffery	Logan Miller (n/a)	Paul Wesley & Alexis Knapp	Roberto Aguire & Billie Catherine Lourd	4.1	4
7	8th July	4	Tye Sheridan & Kira Kosarin	Trevor Tordjman & Denyse Tontz	Ryan Phillipe & Holland Roden	Tyler Blackburn & Lea Michelle	3.7	9
8	15th July	3	James Maslow & Samantha Boscarino	Cody Christian & Jennette McCurdy	Joey Morgan (n/a)	David Witts & Miranda Cosgrove	3.6	6
9	22nd July	4	Harry Styles & Debby Ryan	Adam Pitts & Elle McLemore	Olly Murs & Kirsten Storms	Stephen Colletti & Emily Brown	4.8	8
10	29th July	4	Roshan Fegan & Jasmine Richards	Blake Mclver Ewing & Sara Paxton	Adam G Sevani & G Hannelius	Ben Barnes & Madison Justice	5.3	3

International versions

Reception

Viewership

Take Me Out has proven popular with the public, generally pulling over 3 million viewers per episode.

Critical reception

In its early days, Take Me Out was reviewed negatively by critics. Shortly after the second series began in December 2010, The Guardian's Tim Dowling said that, "When you strip away its tired, utterly false premise, all that remains of Take Me Out is a lot of flashing lights and some scripted innuendo delivered in a range of regional accents."^[10] Reviewing the show after the second series concluded in March 2011, Manchester Grouch of Manchester Central wrote: "ITV should consider renaming the show 'Desperate Moron Lift Disco'" and concluded the review by comparing it to "...a drunken Saturday night out that ends up in a dodgy club having a quick fumble with that girl from the hairdressers you’ve been eyeing up all week."^[11] Writing for the Metro during the third series of the show in January 2012, Rachel Tarley said that Take Me Out was the "death knell for feminism disguised as entertainment".^[12]

However, after the beginning of the fifth series in January 2013, Julia Raeside, also writing for The Guardian, admitted that the show had become "must-see TV" and was "a worthy successor to Blind Date": "...when Take Me Out noisily barged its way on to the Saturday night schedules in 2010, it was too much for me. The little I'd seen of it put me off trying a whole episode...But about a series ago, Take Me Out really started to grow on me. One night, out of sheer laziness, I didn't bother to switch over – and now they've got me. I don't like nightclubs and I cover my upper arms at all times. But the women behind those podiums, however much I fail to identify with them for wanting to be on TV with their armpits constantly on show, make it gripping viewing."^[13]

Controversies

Throughout its run, several Take Me Out contestants, both male and female, have caused controversy by hiding things that are against the show's rules or have offended viewers and/or other contestants by their actions.

Jim Brown

Wrestler Jim Brown, the first contestant on the first series, was accused of continually harassing his date Caroline Mellor despite the fact that their date did not work out. Caroline claimed to receive numerous phone calls and texts from him for over four months. Jim was later also charged with possession of child pornography on his computer.^[14] Prior to this, Jim was caught pleasuring himself in a Wishaw Sports Centre cubicle, which alerted the police to investigate him.^[15] On 21 March 2014, Jim was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for flouting a ban on going near children.^[16]

Wen-Jing Mo and Aaron Withers

The date segment of contestant Wen-Jing Mo scoring a date with construction worker Aaron Withers was axed from the programme after it transpired that Aaron had a criminal conviction for punching a woman, had worked as an escort, and also had a long-term girlfriend, and that Wen-Jing had also worked as an escort for a short period ten years previously.^[7]

Damion Merry

The studio segment of contestant Chelsea Stewart scoring a date with model Damion Merry caused controversy when broadcast. During the third and final round, it became apparent that Damion used to date reality television series personality Jodie Marsh, and he later told one of the girls who had turned her light off, Lucy Harrold, that he would have picked her, offending all the girls who still had their lights on.^[17] It later transpired that not only was Damion not single at the time the programme was filmed, he was also about to marry his girlfriend Sarah Ann Gras; the segment was broadcast a month after the wedding took place.^[18] On This Morning, Marsh later denied having ever dated Damion, saying: "I tell you what, this guy - I went on one date with him, one date...We had pictures in a nightclub, he sold the pictures to the TV show or whoever and gave 'em away and now, it's being told that we had a whole full blown relationship and that I was his ex-girlfriend."^[19]

Rory Alexander

The studio segment of contestant Jade scoring a date with banker Rory Alexander was axed from the programme, after it transpired that Rory was serving a suspended sentence for common assault. Jade did not return to the show.^[20]

Jarvis Walters

The studio segment of contestant Hannah Reville scoring a date with semi-professional footballer Jarvis Walters was axed from the programme, after it transpired that Jarvis had served a 12-month community order for assaulting another man in a nightclub in 2009. Hannah did not return to the show.^[21]

Param Singh

Many viewers were extremely offended when one of the girls who left her light on for contestant Param Singh made a joke about contestant Param's turban, saying she was interested in him because she could use his turban to store her phone. Despite the fact Param himself took it light-heartedly, many Sikhs found this remark to be extremely offensive. Param later went on to describe the backlash that he received from sections of the Sikh community.^[22]

Fakery claims

In 2012, several of the contestants accused the show's producers of telling them whom to choose on each episode. Female contestants complained that they were forced to choose men who they didn't find attractive, while some of the show's male contestants went home without a date after the girls were told not to choose them.

"The whole thing is totally misleading and leaves a whole lot of people feeling humiliated and exploited afterwards," one girl who had appeared on the show told the media.

"The producers pulled some of the girls in and said, 'If you’re waiting for George Clooney or Brad Pitt, they’re not coming',"

"They told us to keep our lights on for the next contestant, who was more than 10 years younger than me. I refused and was taken off."

Other female contestants reported that producers had told them to reject certain men even if they liked them because it made better television.^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]

Influences

Take Me Out is cited by the creators of the website tubecrush.net as being an influence for their website, as they saw it as an example of how the sexual objectification of men had become part of mainstream culture in the UK.^[27]

Take Me Out – The Album

Take Me Out – The Album is a 60-song compilation album, which was released 18 November 2013.^[28]

Track listing

Disc One
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Counting Stars"	OneRepublic	4:17
2.	"It's My Party"	Jessie J	3:38
3.	"Burn"	Ellie Goulding	3:48
4.	"Disco Love"	The Saturdays	3:13
5.	"La La La"	Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith	3:40
6.	"Summertime Sadness" (Cedric Gervais Remix) (Radio Edit)	Lana Del Rey	3:34
7.	"Only Girl (In the World)"	Rihanna	3:55
8.	"Starships"	Nicki Minaj	3:30
9.	"How We Do (Party)"	Rita Ora	4:06
10.	"Milkshake"	Kelis	3:02
11.	"Ready for the Weekend"	Calvin Harris	3:37
12.	"Call My Name"	Cheryl Cole	3:28
13.	"OMG"	Usher featuring will.i.am	4:28
14.	"Don't Cha"	The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes	4:01
15.	"Let Me Blow Ya Mind"	Eve featuring Gwen Stefani	3:47
16.	"Dip It Low"	Christina Milian	3:16
17.	"Hips Don't Lie"	Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean	3:37
18.	"1 Thing"	Amerie	3:59
19.	"Good Feeling"	Flo Rida	4:07
20.	"Candy"	Robbie Williams	3:21

Disc Two
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Wake Me Up"	Avicii	4:08
2.	"When Love Takes Over"	David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland	3:08
3.	"Hot Right Now"	DJ Fresh featuring Rita Ora	2:59
4.	"Just Dance"	Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis	4:01
5.	"Party Rock Anthem"	LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock	3:52
6.	"Million Voices"	Otto Knows	3:13
7.	"Moves Like Jagger"	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	3:20
8.	"Boomerang"	Nicole Scherzinger	3:17
9.	"Maneater"	Nelly Furtado	3:16
10.	"Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)"	Ne-Yo	4:13
11.	"Don't Stop the Party"	Pitbull featuring TJR	3:26
12.	"Beautiful"	Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell and Uncle Charlie Wilson	4:57
13.	"I Gotta Feeling"	The Black Eyed Peas	4:49
14.	"Hollaback Girl"	Gwen Stefani	3:20
15.	"All About Tonight"	Pixie Lott	3:04
16.	"Beggin'"	Madcon	3:35
17.	"Hey Ya!"	Outkast	3:55
18.	"I Need You Tonight"	Professor Green featuring Ed Drewett	3:43
19.	"Changed the Way You Kiss Me"	Example	3:12
20.	"Miami 2 Ibiza"	Swedish House Mafia vs. Tinie Tempah	2:56

Disc Three
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Blurred Lines"	Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell	3:51
2.	"Love Me Again"	John Newman	3:34
3.	"I Love It"	Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX	2:33
4.	"Gangnam Style"	Psy	3:38
5.	"Spice Up Your Life"	Spice Girls	2:52
6.	"Toxic"	Britney Spears	3:20
7.	"Wings"	Little Mix	3:38
8.	"Love Machine"	Girls Aloud	3:24
9.	"Mama Do the Hump"	Rizzle Kicks	3:35
10.	"Call Me Maybe"	Carly Rae Jepsen	3:12
11.	"Domino"	Jessie J	3:19
12.	"Push the Button"	Sugababes	3:37
13.	"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"	Cyndi Lauper	3:51
14.	"Murder on the Dancefloor"	Sophie Ellis-Bextor	3:36
15.	"Don't Stop Movin'"	S Club 7	3:50
16.	"Dreamer"	Livin' Joy	3:39
17.	"Two Can Play That Song" (K Klassic Radio Mix)	Bobby Brown	3:30
18.	"Mysterious Girl"	Peter Andre	3:36
19.	"Fernando"	ABBA	4:11
20.	"All by Myself"	Jamie O'Neal	4:37

Board game

A board game was released on 3 August 2011. It contains: light and buzzer number unit, 100 single man cards, 50 the power is in your hand cards, 1 single girl pad, 12 isle of Fernando's vouchers, coloured dice and rules.^[29]

References

↑ Bourne, Dianne (5 May 2011). "Paddy McGuinness hopes his show Take Me Out makes a ‘return’ date". Manchester Evening News.
↑ Sperling, Daniel (14 August 2012). "Take Me Out renewed for two more series by ITV". Digital Spy.
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↑ Series 8, episode 94
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↑ Raeside, Julia (8 January 2013). "TV review: Take Me Out". The Guardian. London: Associated Newspapers. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
↑ Andy Crick and Alastair Taylor (23 January 2012). "'I was stalked by Take Me Out date' - Child porn fiend harassed mum". The Sun. London. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
↑ Paedophile who exposed himself at Wishaw Sports Centre freed from prison Daily Record
↑ Cockerton, Paul (21 March 2014). "Serial sex offender who appeared on Take Me Out is jailed for two years after defying ban to stay away from children". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
↑ "Take Me Out - Damion Merry: the most embarrassing moment EVER!! (4.2.12)". YouTube. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
↑ Sperling, Daniel (11 February 2012). "'Take Me Out' Jodie Marsh ex 'marries secret girlfriend'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
↑ "Jodie Marsh denies dating Take Me Out rat Damion Merry". New!. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
↑ mirror.co.uk (14 January 2012). "Take Me Out rocked after SECOND criminal assault conviction is revealed". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
↑ Sheridan, Amy (28 March 2012). "Take Me Out beauty Hannah axed after her date hides his assault conviction". Daily Mail. London: Associated Newspapers. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
↑ "Is your faith holding you back?". Channel 4. 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
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↑ Simon, Boyle. "Fake Me Out: Girls 'told which men to choose for date' in TV scam.".
↑ Bunce, Jane (17 March 2012). "Dating show branded a sham". Daily Mail. London.
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External links

FremantleMedia's Site
Take Me Out on IMDb
Take Me Out at ITV.com.
Take Me Out at UKGameshows.com.
Take Me Out Flirting website of the show operated by Handmade Mobile Entertainment.

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