Love Triangle (UK) Season 1 Episode 1
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00:00I'm coming into this very open-minded.
00:03I obviously can't find what I want myself.
00:07I am not sure if I believe in love.
00:09I'm actually here today to find out if love truly exists.
00:16Six singles desperate to transform their failing love lives.
00:20I had a really bad heartbreak two years ago, but now I'm ready to commit to someone.
00:24Have signed up to a radical new dating experience.
00:28I'm really looking forward to building a genuine connection with somebody.
00:32Turning their backs on the usual, endless, overwhelming stream of choice.
00:37The grass is always greener. You're always looking at different options.
00:40They must choose one person from just two matches.
00:44Oh, here we go. We're in business.
00:46This is horrible. Who should I choose?
00:48Handpicked by experts, one will satisfy each single's usual wants.
00:54How a girl looks is extremely important to me.
00:56The people I've dated have all had age in common.
00:59I'm such a cougar.
01:00The other fulfills their deeper romantic needs.
01:04I need to stop going for a younger guy.
01:05They always say the nice guy finishes last, but the nice guy is going to finish first this time.
01:09Just 24 hours after meeting their chosen match on a blind date.
01:14How will I know it's him?
01:15Oh, quick. Hola.
01:17They'll take the extraordinary step of moving in together.
01:21Honey, I'm home.
01:23What side of the bed do you like to sleep on?
01:24This groundbreaking approach to finding a happy ever after.
01:28I actually genuinely really like it.
01:30The feelings are there. I wasn't expecting this at all.
01:32Won't be easy.
01:34You are the most shallow person I've ever met in my life.
01:36I don't understand who you actually think you are, so I told you now you're never going to come for me.
01:40Because what the singles don't know is that it comes with an explosive twist.
01:49The other girl just texted me.
01:50I'm looking forward to meeting you soon.
01:52Oh my gosh.
01:53After two become three, will heads be turned?
01:58Did you like her?
02:00And hearts broken.
02:02Somebody's going to get their feelings hurt.
02:04You're lying.
02:05Don't speak. I'm so done with your voice.
02:08And when each single faces a final agonizing dilemma.
02:12Obviously, I have had to make a decision.
02:14Which one of their two matches will they pick to pursue lasting love?
02:19This is so hard.
02:22I'm choosing you.
02:31Kill.
02:33Guys don't think that they have to put in any effort anymore.
02:35Six singles fed up with the worst parts of modern dating.
02:40You can't get a lot of personality just over five pictures.
02:43It's just like a nightmare.
02:44People ghosting you, catfishes.
02:48Are embarking on a revolutionary new dating experience.
02:51Is that too city happy?
02:54Designed as the antidote to the swipe right, looks based approach to romance.
03:00Are my hands okay? I feel like I'm getting too jazzy.
03:03They have 48 hours to choose between two matches. Getting to know them over text only.
03:10Having not met them yet is wild. I am going to be sweating.
03:17With no pictures or visual clues allowed, they'll have no idea what their new love interest looks like.
03:23I am terrified. You're just walking into a situation completely blind.
03:29First to make their potentially life-changing choice.
03:32I always have a nine-y babes because I'm a salt mate.
03:36Is 22-year-old Jasmine.
03:39Yo, yo.
03:40I work at a really local primary school. It's the one that I went to when I was younger.
03:46So my colleagues taught me and now we teach alongside each other.
03:49Okay, morning guys. We're just going to have a little bit of a read of a book.
03:53We're going to have our voices off and our listening ears turned all the way up.
03:57I love working with the children. They're so funny and every day is different. Quack.
04:04And I also love that I get to give them back at the end of the day and I don't have to keep them.
04:09I try and dance sort of two times a week. It's so uplifting and it's really freeing as well.
04:15Put on some tight clothes, pair of heels, roll around the floor, feel good, look a bit sexy,
04:20post it on Instagram and get a couple of DMs the following day.
04:22Modern dating has completely ruined the dating game.
04:28You know, I don't like the Princess Jasmine pickup lines.
04:31Can I see your magic carpet? No babes. That's at least state free material.
04:41I normally go for tall, dark, handsome, tattoos, bad boy, treats me really poorly but I love it.
04:49But that's what I've gone for in the past. I think what I actually need is somebody that's
04:54kind and caring and reassuring. Growing up was really hard. I got quite badly bullied at school.
05:01I would go home every day crying. I just thought I wasn't good enough.
05:07I was born with a minor physical disability and my hand has adopted the name chicken hand.
05:13It is just my little chicken. When I was a baby, it was wrapped around the umbilical cord. So my fingers
05:21never formed properly. I had a toe transplant. So these two are toes, um, so that I can hold things
05:28and use it. When I first started dating, I was so self-conscious. I wouldn't go out in short sleeves.
05:35I'd get so far into these relationships and they didn't know and I'd have to tell them and they'd,
05:40you know, they'd be gone. But looking back at that now, it's 100% made me a stronger person.
05:50Everybody's been so supportive in my adult life. It's just great. And I honestly think like,
05:56I would have zero personality if I had two hands. I'm really looking forward to like building a genuine
06:02connection with somebody. I just want somebody to share my life with. And then hopefully if he is
06:08the one, then I think I would want to settle down with him. Yeah. Jasmine has been matched with business
06:17owner Matt and land developer Jack. One reflects her usual wants, a playful Jack the lad. The other
06:25better meets her deeper needs for someone kind and sympathetic. Do you know how scary this is?
06:33Jasmine has just 48 hours to choose between Matt and Jack before they meet on a blind date and then
06:40move in together. I can't press the button. Her decision will be based on the connection formed via text
06:49message only. No selfies and no hints as to what either match looks like. Do I ask them how they are?
06:59Like lovely weather we're having. Got a text. It's Matt. That's a really nice message. That's really sweet actually.
07:22I think connection is really important. Looks fade and you know, if you have a laugh at somebody,
07:27they make you feel good about yourself, then I think it can go the whole way.
07:34Oh, Matt's text. You've got me to hold your hand through it. Mate.
07:44As long as it's not the right hand, we're fine.
07:50Dating me is like being in a partnership that you feel secure, you feel respected,
07:57you feel loved. I reckon I'm a catch. I'd date me. He's obviously got a bit of personality about him.
08:05I'm a podcaster. This is the Success School podcast. I've ran an entertainment company since I was 19.
08:13And on weekends, I become Mark Owen.
08:22It's great to achieve stuff, but if you've not got somebody to share that with, it feels like something is missing.
08:28How do I envisage my next relationship, marriage, children, and happily ever after?
08:37I feel like Matt's got good conversation. Like he's definitely making an effort to keep the conversation going.
08:44I just would like Jack to reply.
08:46Oh, here.
08:54Like such a bloke text, isn't it? Jack is giving me like lad vibes.
09:00As in like, hi, Treble. And like side into my DMs.
09:03I think Jack might be a bit of a lad's lad.
09:06Is that like a sustainable vibe or not? I don't know.
09:10I'm a down-to-earth, northern lad that cares about his family. I love me mates.
09:24So I love going to the gym, love playing football.
09:26And I would say I'm a bit of a compulsive show-off.
09:31I go out there and chase women, which I enjoy doing. It's a hobby of mine.
09:35I've got some decent biceps on me. I think I'm not a bad looker.
09:38And I think I'm a good lover.
09:46What if I choose the wrong one?
09:49Oh, my God.
09:53Lloyd Master Interview, take one.
10:03Speak Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and then I can read and write in Russian.
10:08I can definitely chat up girls in quite a lot of places, yeah.
10:19I grew up in London. By the age of seven, my mum moved me to Norway, which is predominantly white.
10:26I definitely had an identity crisis, as many mixed-race people do.
10:32Especially moving from country to country.
10:36I often experience me being the first black guy that girls have hooked up with.
10:41But my mum always told me that I should be proud of where I'm from.
10:47And that being mixed-race, you are the best of both worlds.
10:51I've got a unique style.
10:52This rough, sexy, jungle type of look going on.
10:56People say that I look like if Jason Leroy and The Rock had a love child.
11:02I'm a DJ. I get to travel the world, I get to see amazing places, and I get to meet amazing people.
11:07Have you ever had your heart broken?
11:13I'm 31, and I've never been in a relationship.
11:16It's even come to the point where I'm not even sure if love exists.
11:21Throughout my 20s, I always wanted to remain single, and I didn't want to make that commitment.
11:25But then I experienced lockdown, where all the clubs closed.
11:31I lost my job.
11:34I lost all my income.
11:35I had to live in a crisis centre.
11:39I got to see loneliness first-hand.
11:43I basically matured.
11:44I'm at a place now in my life where I'm ready to find myself the perfect woman.
11:50And at least give love a chance, and see if I can find somebody long-term.
11:56I want to find somebody that makes me, hopefully, a better version of myself.
12:02And it'll be more like a partnership.
12:04Because I think, I think, when you have a girlfriend,
12:08you guys should also be best friends, and at the same time, lovers.
12:12Wifey for Lloyd, yeah?
12:13Wifey for Lloyd.
12:16I want to be a bride in my hands.
12:21Lloyd has been matched with events manager Brodie, and entertainment host Emily.
12:27One is the sort of fun, fiery, forthright match Lloyd has tended to go for.
12:32The other reflects the shift in Lloyd's romantic needs.
12:35Now he is looking to settle down in a steadier, more mature relationship.
12:40This is exciting.
12:41Now, if she says cat, that is an automatic disqualification, unfortunately for her.
12:55Look at that!
12:56You know when, like, a firework goes off, and you just don't know what you're going to get,
13:00but you know it's going to be like a massive explosion?
13:03That is me.
13:06I think a lot of people just see me and think, oh yeah, you're just a basic bimbo blonde.
13:10It couldn't be further from the truth.
13:12I have the full package.
13:17Gala's got brains, beauty.
13:19I've had two nose jobs.
13:21A Brazilian butt left.
13:23I absolutely love my badonky donk.
13:25I think if I've got it, like, why not flaunt it?
13:27So I like the attention.
13:29To be completely honest, Brodie is giving me the energy that I would normally go for.
13:35But with that said, usually when I go out, I'm not looking for a wife or a girlfriend.
13:41I'll be looking for a hookup.
13:56Okay, so my personality is already shining through.
14:01So I'm an entertainment host on a cruise ship.
14:05I'm always away in hot sunny places.
14:08I live in a bikini most of the time.
14:11Yes, definitely solid start, this.
14:14They say I've got the best legs in the business.
14:16Not that I do anything to achieve what they are.
14:17I don't really work out or anything, but yeah, through them myself.
14:25She seems like somebody I could have good conversations with,
14:28potential for a long-term relationship.
14:31Definitely looking for something more than just surface level.
14:34I'm getting towards 30.
14:42I've done a lot of my traveling and stuff.
14:46I want to come back and find someone to settle down with.
14:49As a DJ, I'm traveling a lot, so I can really relate to that.
14:53It's hard to have a relationship if you're always on the move.
14:56I think I need someone quite affectionate.
15:01Tick.
15:03Someone who's not afraid to show me their love.
15:06Tick.
15:07Ooh.
15:08I ticked all those boxes.
15:10That is basically me.
15:11I got a message from Matt last night.
15:24It's been nice talking and getting to know a little about you.
15:27Hope you feel less nervous now.
15:29Sweet dreams sleep well.
15:30I think that's really sweet that he, like, is asking how I feel.
15:34He is all the green flags.
15:36He's ticking the boxes.
15:37After two days of texting, Jasmine must now choose between Marco and impersonator Matt
15:44and football fanatic Jack.
15:45I typically go for bad boy and somebody that doesn't give too much.
15:53Oh, Jack text.
15:57Now part of me is thinking maybe Jack because he seems to have the banter thing.
16:01Like, I think he would get my banter.
16:03Ah, he's really gonna throw it.
16:05He's gonna throw it.
16:08Oh, no.
16:11This is hard.
16:12This is horrible.
16:13I hate this.
16:15All right, let's see what's going on.
16:22Looking for a partner that can snap, crackle and pop.
16:25Which one are you?
16:30Okay, that was a good answer, actually.
16:33Now I'm leaning more towards Brody.
16:39Okay.
16:40Yeah, there's a bit of banter going on between me and Brody.
16:43But, I mean, it's just always banter.
16:45How's that gonna work out when things need to get serious?
16:49I need to pull that seriousness out of her somehow before I make my decision.
16:53Who shall I choose?
17:04I just don't know.
17:07They're completely different.
17:09Like, I feel like going into this, Matt would really look after me and, like, make sure I was okay.
17:15And I think that would be really nice.
17:17But I do think that me and Jack would get on.
17:22And I always go for a bad boy.
17:25And Jack is giving me the bad boy vibe.
17:28He's giving me proper lad vibes and I like that.
17:32So I think I've made my decision.
17:34I'm gonna call him.
17:41It's ringing.
17:50Hello.
17:51It's ringing.
18:07Matt.
18:08Hello.
18:09Hello.
18:10It's Jasmine.
18:11So, I've picked you.
18:13And now we get to go on a date.
18:15Oh, my God.
18:16Okay.
18:17So, all I can say is it's been here to try and keep the last few days.
18:21Oh, I love that.
18:23I feel like we connected pretty quick.
18:25It was really weird.
18:27Yeah.
18:28I got that.
18:32Oh, I love that.
18:33I just feel like I really love your energy.
18:35Aww.
18:39Okay, cool.
18:40That sounds good to me.
18:41Speak to you soon.
18:42Take care.
18:43All right.
18:44See you.
18:44Bye.
18:47He sounds really nice.
18:49I think I've made the right decision.
18:51Yeah.
18:52Yeah.
18:57Emily seems more mature, down to earth.
19:00She's traveled about.
19:02It seems to me like she's had an exciting life and she now wants to calm it down.
19:08I think it's more of a blind date with Emily than it would be with Brodie.
19:11Brodie, I kind of know what I'm going to now.
19:21Brodie, she's definitely a funny girl.
19:24My main concerns about Brodie is that she might be a bit immature.
19:39Okay.
19:46Yeah, she definitely seems like a fun girl.
19:49Definitely a girl I would hook up with.
19:51Brodie shows a lot of humor.
19:55We definitely have a connection and she's easy to talk to.
20:00On the other hand, Emily shows a lot of maturity and an understanding of our lifestyles.
20:09So it's not going to be an easy decision.
20:11I want to get to know a deeper side of Brodie.
20:21I want to get closer to her, both physically and mentally.
20:25Like she said before, she needs to get to know someone before she can open herself up and be vulnerable.
20:30So, I want to give her that choice.
20:33Oh, today is the day.
20:45I'm really excited to meet him.
20:47Honestly, this is crazy.
20:51Meeting somebody on a blind date is quite a vulnerable position to put yourself in.
20:55But I think you've got to take yourself out of your comfort zone.
21:01You know, I'm ready for a relationship.
21:05I'm ready to start enjoying my life for somebody.
21:08I think I'm ready to have more than a boyfriend now.
21:16Is it appropriate to nervous vomit in the toilet?
21:20Oh, my God.
21:22I think I've gone for somebody that I wouldn't normally go for.
21:29How will I know it's him?
21:32So, I don't know if I've made the right decision.
21:37I do need a nice guy in my life.
21:39So, I am hoping that he's going to be kind and caring.
21:46Feeling like, like everything is here.
21:50Yeah, everything's in here.
21:55I'm hoping that he looks tall and dark and handsome.
22:08And a bit of a prince charming and not a twat and tin foil.
22:15He could be everything that I've ever wanted and hoped for.
22:17And that's actually quite terrifying.
22:22My life!
22:39Hi!
22:39Hey!
22:40Hey!
22:41How are you?
22:42You're all right?
22:42You're all right?
22:42You're all right?
22:43I think so.
22:43You're all right.
22:44You're stunning.
22:45So, dear.
22:46Pleased to meet you.
22:46You're all good.
22:47This is the awkward hug.
22:47Those are for you.
22:48We've done the awkward hug now.
22:50You're shaking.
22:50Awkward.
22:51Are you okay?
22:52Are you all right?
22:52You're shaking.
22:53I'm good.
22:53I'm a little bit cold.
22:54Are you?
22:55It's nice Manchester weather.
22:57Yeah, you're wet.
22:58But other than that, we're all good.
23:00These are cute.
23:01This is nice.
23:02They match the umbrella as well, the purple.
23:04You look lovely.
23:05How do you feel?
23:08That's how I felt.
23:09Yeah?
23:10You?
23:11Good.
23:11You feel good?
23:12Yeah.
23:12Thank you for picking me.
23:14It's all right.
23:14It's all right.
23:16He's not what I pictured.
23:18If I saw him across the bar, I don't think I would go over there and try and get his phone number.
23:23I'll tell you the question I've got to ask.
23:24Oh, no.
23:25Was it a tough decision?
23:27Uh, yeah.
23:28You were very different.
23:30Really?
23:31You were really different.
23:32Okay.
23:33I think she's lovely.
23:34She's definitely my type.
23:36She's very attractive, very cute.
23:38So you fancy her then?
23:40Yeah, I definitely fancy her.
23:42Yeah.
23:42You were nice.
23:44Okay.
23:45You were really, you came across really nice.
23:47The other guy seemed like a bit of a geezer.
23:50Do you like a bit of a geezer?
23:54She likes a bit of a geezer.
23:56No, nice.
23:57No, no.
23:58I chose you.
23:59Yeah.
24:00I did choose you.
24:01So, you did something right.
24:05Well, they always say, nice guys finish last.
24:06Yeah, but you didn't.
24:08Yeah.
24:09You didn't, so it's fine.
24:12So, I didn't actually ask you what you do for a living.
24:15Let me guess.
24:15You do a podcast?
24:16Yeah, I do a podcast.
24:18And I also have a business that I said when I was 19, which is like a management and agency for...
24:24When you were 19?
24:26Yeah.
24:27When I was 19, I was in Magaluf, mate, like dribbling on the pavement.
24:31Well, I never really wanted to be a business person.
24:34It just kind of happened.
24:35So, I was in...
24:36Oh, it just happened.
24:36Yeah, I was in a Take That tribute band.
24:41Okay.
24:44You hate Take That, don't you?
24:45I knew this was going to be the end.
24:47I'm not laughing because it's funny.
24:48I'm laughing because I'm shocked.
24:49What are you called?
24:53Rule the world.
24:54It's not like one of the cheesies.
24:55I was going to say Take Twat.
24:57That would have been really funny.
25:01Is it?
25:02Would that have been funny?
25:03Yeah.
25:04Yeah, that would have been funny.
25:07It threw me.
25:08And then I think I upset him because I said Take Twat.
25:10I thought I was like...
25:14Mmm.
25:19What's the nuttiest part of you?
25:47Like, what's the sort of thing you do?
25:50No, I just like to MC a lot.
25:54Okay.
25:55Yeah.
25:56And you are good.
25:58I didn't say that.
26:00I give it a go.
26:01I back myself, mate.
26:02Do you know what I mean?
26:03I like that.
26:04You've got to.
26:05Have you always been confident?
26:08No.
26:09No.
26:10How did you get confident?
26:11I don't know.
26:12I didn't finish school.
26:13So, I left school when I was like 15 with no qualifications or anything like that.
26:17How come?
26:18Just because people were horrible.
26:19People are really horrible.
26:20So, I'd just go home every day and cry in my bedroom.
26:22Really?
26:23It was that bad?
26:24It was really bad, yeah.
26:25Honestly, it was really weird.
26:26It was like something just changed.
26:28I don't really know what it was, but I was just like, I'm actually sick of like,
26:31living like this all the time and caring about what everybody thinks.
26:34Because, actually, the only person that I've got to live with is me.
26:38And, yeah.
26:39What?
26:40Just, yeah, I like it.
26:42It's true, though, isn't it?
26:42You're on my way, let me put it that way.
26:45It is true.
26:45And I think, yeah, sometimes you've got to just take a risk, start again.
26:49Yeah.
26:49Get yourself out there.
26:52So, I've been pretty backwards and forwards in my head about what I'm going to do about
26:55my hand and showing it to him and that sort of thing.
26:58Part of me really wants to just go all out and not hide it and just be myself.
27:02But, typically, on a date, I would hide it.
27:06I don't want to make him feel uncomfortable and put him under pressure or anything like that.
27:11Are you nervous to live with me?
27:14I'm excited to live with you.
27:16Are you?
27:17Yeah.
27:17Really?
27:18I feel like you're really, really easy to get on with.
27:20Cooler.
27:21And, yeah, I love that you're really confident, that you're bubbly.
27:25Thanks.
27:26So, I think it'll be fun.
27:28So, do you have something I need to tell you before we actually live together?
27:32Okay.
27:35You've probably noticed.
27:37No.
27:38Basically, my hand looks like that.
27:40Okay.
27:40Yeah.
27:41So, growing up, when I was obviously born, my hand was wrapped around the umbilical cord,
27:45so it didn't form properly.
27:46Really?
27:47Yeah.
27:48You're going to have to open the tins and tie my shoelaces.
27:52Other than that, we're good?
27:53Other than that, I can't play the piano.
27:55Maybe we could play the piano between us.
27:57We could sort of, you could be my right-hand man.
27:59Yeah, fine.
28:00I think the way that she is with her hand and the way she speaks about it
28:05and the way she's so confident in herself has actually made me like her more
28:11and have even more respect.
28:13Well done, you said that like a trooper.
28:15No, honestly, like, yeah.
28:16Yeah.
28:17You didn't need to tell me, but I appreciate that, yeah.
28:19No, I just did.
28:19I did, because, yeah, I did.
28:21We all call it the chicken.
28:23So, I get that you quite like to have fun around it.
28:26Yeah, it's funny.
28:27Uh-huh.
28:28For you, I guess it's part of your identity.
28:30Yeah.
28:30It's like...
28:30It's a part of me, but it's not the whole of me.
28:32It doesn't define me.
28:34But...
28:34Yeah.
28:35...it still is part of me.
28:36Part of you.
28:37And if somebody was like, do you want two hands, I've burnt that.
28:39See, it'd be like changing a fundamental bit of you.
28:41Mm-hmm.
28:42I was really surprised about his reaction to my hand.
28:44I think he took it really well, really well, bless him,
28:47and he made me feel really good about it as well, so that was nice.
28:51I'm actually really happy.
28:52He seems really nice, and I think he's going to look after me.
28:55But well done.
28:57Well done, me?
28:57Why?
28:58No, I didn't want to scare you.
28:59I'm not scared.
29:00OK.
29:01Well, thank you.
29:02Apart from being loud and noisy and...
29:03Are you really loud?
29:04I am loud, yeah.
29:05Loud, loud.
29:06I am loud.
29:06All the time?
29:07Mm-hmm.
29:10Shall we go?
29:11Yeah, my place or yours?
29:13Ours.
29:15Now, I guess.
29:16Oh, that's so scary.
29:17Shall we do it?
29:18Yeah, come on, then.
29:19I'm excited to move in with him.
29:21He's not my usual type.
29:22I have gone different, but different is good.
29:25We like different.
29:26Do you want to hold hands?
29:28Go on, then.
29:29We're going to live together.
29:29Which hand?
29:30We might as well.
29:31And I think he'd be a nice person.
29:33I think he'd be a good person to fall in love with.
29:36Could I have a glass of red wine?
29:50I'm at a place now in my life where I am mentally, physically, and financially ready to find myself the perfect woman.
29:59I hope she's as wonderful as I picture her in my head.
30:05The type I would usually go for is tall, slim, maybe athletic, big fake boobs.
30:21I am not sure if I believe in love.
30:23I am actually here today to find out if love truly exists.
30:41Hola.
30:42Hello, lovely.
30:43How are you?
30:43You all right?
30:44I'm all right.
30:44Oh, my God, you're so tall.
30:46You're like a giraffe.
30:47I look like what?
30:48A giraffe.
30:49You're so tall.
30:49A giraffe?
30:50Yeah, you're like so tall.
30:51I look like a giraffe.
30:51Yeah.
30:52Wait, where's your accent from?
30:54That's Raj.
30:55I've got a London accent.
30:56London.
30:57Oh, my God.
30:57Right, wait.
30:58I'm going to sit on this.
30:58I'm going to try and set it cute.
31:01Where's your accent from?
31:03I'm from Scotland.
31:04You're Scottish, eh?
31:05Yes, Scotland.
31:06Hey, OK.
31:07Do you like what I'm wearing?
31:08Yeah.
31:09Do you like my outfit?
31:10Looking fit.
31:10Is it good?
31:11Yeah.
31:12Do you want a drink?
31:12Yeah, please.
31:13Can I do a point star martini if that's all right?
31:16Honest first impressions, I am actually disappointed.
31:25Thank you so much.
31:27All right.
31:27So what were you choosing to?
31:29If I saw Brodie on a dating app, to be honest,
31:32I would not match with her.
31:35We're choosing to me being amazing.
31:38What about me?
31:39You have to join my amazingness.
31:41I mean, if you're worth it.
31:43I think he definitely obviously fancies me, for sure.
31:46I feel like I'm most people's type, to be honest.
31:49Yeah, I don't know if he's maybe just nervous,
31:50like, cos I know I'm quite a confident, loud,
31:52like, in-your-face person.
31:54So he might be taken aback by that.
31:56It's whether or not he can handle that or not.
32:00So am I your type, then?
32:01Would you say, like, I'm your typical,
32:02like, what you would normally go for?
32:04So normally I like taller girls, cos I'm pretty tall.
32:06Oh, taller girls!
32:07Right, OK.
32:09So, no, I have got heels on, you know that, right?
32:11I am short, my ass is short.
32:14You ask me the girls that I usually...
32:17Tall girls, OK, but I'm really short.
32:20Yeah, no worries.
32:21I think Brodie likes me,
32:25and I think she's a little bit into me.
32:28For the rest of this day, I'm just trying to get to know her,
32:30try and bring out that banter that I saw in her texts.
32:33Maybe she's a bit nervous.
32:34By my image, what does it look like, my profession is?
32:39I feel like I'm getting very, like, sales pitch vibes from you.
32:42I think you're quite serious.
32:43OK.
32:44Maybe, like, something along those lines.
32:46Like, maybe you sell, like, computer software
32:48or something internationally.
32:51Yeah?
32:52Computer software?
32:52I don't know.
32:54What is it you do?
32:58Uh, full-time DJ.
32:59DJ, stop it, you are missing.
33:02That is the last thing I would have put you as.
33:04DJ?
33:05I would never...
33:06You don't look like a DJ?
33:07No!
33:07But never pass.
33:09No way.
33:10Do you not think, though, all the DJs are a bit of fuckboys?
33:14Is that your image of DJs?
33:15100%.
33:16I hear that.
33:17Like, they get about, do you know what I mean?
33:19Like, they're DJing on their sets, they're raving,
33:21and then they've got all their fangirls
33:22that just want to, like, have sex.
33:24Have you hooked up with a DJ before?
33:25I've never hooked up with a DJ before.
33:27Because I'm not on that level, you know?
33:29I'm, like, more queen vibes, you know what I mean?
33:30Oh, OK.
33:31I'm not a peasant cutting about the...
33:33Peasant?
33:33Yeah, exactly.
33:35I'm not that me, I'm VIP.
33:37OK.
33:39So, wait, have you got loads of people, then,
33:41when you've been away?
33:43Uh, do you want me to buy this?
33:44Yeah, 100%.
33:45I'll only stay here, that's all I want.
33:47Yeah?
33:47So, yes, I have hooked up with a lot of girls.
33:50I have a number, but, um...
33:52What's your number?
33:55I'll tell you the number.
33:56No, tell me the number.
33:57Wait, I'm stressing.
33:58I'll tell you the number, but you're not allowed to judge me on it.
34:00OK.
34:01I've already judged you.
34:04What is it?
34:07So, approximately 300.
34:08Fucking hell.
34:11Oh, my God!
34:14Obviously, I've been working as a DJ.
34:15So, you confirm what I said, then, DJs, like, have fuck-boy vibes?
34:19No.
34:21Yes.
34:22That does give me, like, massive, massive red flags.
34:25Sex isn't just something for me that I would just, like, dish out.
34:28Because, like, I don't just dish it out.
34:30Who's got time?
34:31Like, where are you doing your washing in this, you know?
34:34I'm originally from Toronto, Canada.
34:46Tongue fires up from long range.
34:48Mike Tuck hits the three.
34:49I'm an ex-professional basketball player.
34:52He's got the golden basketball.
34:55The third person to enter the love triangle experience is 40-year-old Mike.
35:01I'm six foot seven.
35:02I've got size 15 shoes.
35:04And I've been told that everything's in proportion.
35:12I retired from basketball in May.
35:14It's just, like, a year where I try to reinvent myself.
35:19Who am I? Who do I want to become?
35:21I'm still known as Mike Tuck the basketball player, but there's that gap in my life relationship-wise.
35:27And I want to be known as, you know, Mike Tuck the husband and hopefully Mike Tuck the father.
35:35In the past, I've definitely been attracted to adventurous girls.
35:37But I think now I'm looking for someone who's also ready to settle.
35:41You know, I've done the dating app thing.
35:43I think I just would want something more consistent in my life and start building something special.
35:51I think my mom would have had an influence on the partner I picked.
35:55More so that I would have wanted my mother's approval.
35:59My mom passed away in 2019 when she was on a trip visiting me.
36:08And she had passed away in the middle of the night.
36:13So it was, like, the toughest moment.
36:18Sorry.
36:23Just because it was just, like, out of the blue, out of nowhere.
36:27But she was such an important person in my life.
36:31So that's really important to me is that the person that I end up with
36:35is someone that I think that my mother would have been proud of.
36:38I am ready for some romance.
36:46I want someone who's confident, independent, you know, someone that I have chemistry with.
36:55Mike's matches are gym instructor Kelly and mindset coach Danielle.
37:00Both are a good fit.
37:02But while one is ready to set a steadier course focused on family that Mike says he needs,
37:08the other better embodies the adventurous, carefree spirit Mike often wants.
37:13Oh, man.
37:14And we're in.
37:16Oh, here we go.
37:17Oh, here we go.
37:18Diving in to the deep ends.
37:25Kelly's answered.
37:26Because I have been single for so long, I know what I want.
37:35I also know what I don't want.
37:37I've got time to waste, you know?
37:39Bish, bash, brush, get it done.
37:40Mm, interesting.
37:42Interesting.
37:43Interesting.
37:43My dating life so far is an epic fail.
37:48I've been cheated on in every single relationship.
37:51I'm not sure what that says about me.
37:54Best case scenario from this is I meet my match, my best friend, my soulmate,
38:01and then we just disappear into the sunset, have babies, live happily ever after.
38:13Kelly's come back.
38:14And now she knows she's in a place where she wants to be with someone.
38:24I completely relate to that.
38:25But here we go, Danielle.
38:28We're in the game.
38:40I'm not the biggest motorsport guy, but the rest of them I can get down with.
38:44A little sunshine, red wine, and a cuddle.
38:52I absolutely love motorsport.
38:53The sound, the speed, the smells, just my dream place.
38:58I love it.
39:00I dig that.
39:01I'm done with that, the adventurous side.
39:03I suppose if there's a risk element to it, then I get excited.
39:06The more extreme, the better.
39:07And like growing up in Canada and learning how to snowball, I absolutely love that.
39:11The same with ice hockey.
39:12You know, you might lose your teeth during a game, which is great.
39:16I've been single for four years now.
39:18I want independence, but I also want somebody to be with me,
39:21cheering me on in what I'm doing.
39:23But at the same time, I do the same for them.
39:32It's a great question.
39:33My dad inspires me big time.
39:36Definitely.
39:37I think you have to have drive.
39:39And I think also as a partner, you need to be that person's biggest cheerleader.
39:42You need to be helping them achieve those goals.
39:45This is not going to be an easy decision.
39:48I don't know.
39:49I don't know.
39:49I'm torn.
39:50This has been the toughest decision ever.
40:02But the whole goal of this process is to find a companion, to find a partner.
40:08Do you go for what you want?
40:10Maybe what you've always been going for?
40:12Or do you go for that something else that maybe you need in your life?
40:15Uh, Dani, I like that she's got this growth mindset that she wants to get better at things.
40:20But she's not in that, like, that space to have kids yet.
40:22Whereas Kelly, on the other hand, definitely is.
40:25You know, they both seem like absolute sweethearts.
40:28For me, I've just got to kind of, like, trust my gut on this one.
40:34Let's make this call.
40:37Hello?
40:38Kelly, this is Mike.
40:40Are you excited, uh, to move into the house?
40:42Oh, my goodness.
40:44And Mike has an American accent.
40:46Ooh, maybe not American.
40:50Okay, Canadian.
40:51Hey, there we go.
40:52There we go.
40:53It's so weird, because I have no idea what you look like.
40:57It's the biggest blind date of life.
40:59Yeah.
41:00Like, you made my day.
41:01How does that feel?
41:02Yeah, you made my month.
41:03Well, hopefully, you made my month.
41:05I really feel like I've made the right decision.
41:10I mean, Kelly sounds hot.
41:11I'm not going to lie.
41:14Now it's just on to that next stage.
41:16I'm looking forward to that.
41:17Or I'm also terrified.
41:23I'm very open about it.
41:24Oh, are you?
41:25Yeah.
41:25Okay, for now.
41:26I have no secrets, like, whatsoever.
41:27Yeah, yeah.
41:28Let me tell you something.
41:29Throughout lockdown, I didn't hook up anyone.
41:32Mm-hmm.
41:34So that was over a year.
41:35Yeah.
41:35No hookups whatsoever.
41:36Yeah, yeah.
41:38And throughout that period, I matured.
41:40I got time to work on myself.
41:41I got, I figured out, like, what do I really want in life?
41:44Yeah.
41:44And that's also, like, one of the reasons why I'm here.
41:46Okay.
41:47Um, and I got to experience, like, loneliness, proper loneliness.
41:51Mm-hmm.
41:52Um, and that's when I realized, okay, I want to give it a go.
41:55Yeah.
41:56Try if I can have, like, see if I can have a serious relationship.
41:59Do you have been through, like, hard times then?
42:02Yeah, throughout lockdown.
42:04Yeah.
42:05So, tell me about your exes.
42:06Do you have, like, a type?
42:08Are your exes similar to me?
42:10Um, probably, like, shape-wise, yeah.
42:15They're normally all, like, kind of, like, big guys, do you know what I mean?
42:18Anyway, do you play rugby?
42:20No, I don't play rugby.
42:21Okay.
42:24I know I'm...
42:24Okay.
42:25No, no, no, no, no, I played rugby, but you just look like you played rugby.
42:30Yeah, I'm a big guy, yeah.
42:32But you like big guys?
42:33Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I think so.
42:35Like, just, like, someone that just, like, goes to the gym, you know?
42:37So, you go gym a lot?
42:38Yeah, yeah, yeah.
42:39I probably have to go, like, every single day.
42:40Like, unless I'm, like, really, really sore, yeah.
42:42Okay.
42:43I did, like, a bodybuilding competition.
42:45You've done a bodybuilding competition?
42:46Yeah, yeah, yeah.
42:47That's interesting.
42:48Bikini fitness?
42:49Yeah, yeah, yeah, bikini fitness.
42:51Oh, I want to see pictures.
42:53Definitely more of a connection at the end of the date compared to the start of the date.
42:58What a spell on you.
43:01She maybe felt a little bit more comfortable.
43:04It was very easy to talk to her throughout.
43:06Okay, we'll have our last drinks.
43:08Cheers to a good night.
43:09Cheers to a good night.
43:12Right now, my head is all up against the wall, okay?
43:15Like, I felt no, and then I felt yes.
43:17Like, I genuinely don't know how I feel.
43:20Have you had fun tonight, then?
43:21Yeah?
43:23I think my energies match.
43:24Yeah, yeah, yeah.
43:25You know, 100%.
43:26Yeah.
43:27I do feel like I need to explore it more to see, kind of, what happens, you know?
43:31Oh, stop it!
43:32There you go.
43:33Oh, my God, what a little gem.
43:34I don't want to wait to freeze out there.
43:35No, I don't want to freeze.
43:36Mm-hmm.
43:37Should I burn out for you as well?
43:38No, no!
43:40I'm positive about living together with Brodie.
43:42She seems like a nice girl.
43:43She's got a lot of energy, a lot of bantor.
43:45Yeah, I think we're in for a positive ride here.
43:48See you next time.
43:49Ciao.
43:50Bye.
43:51Hold on, don't run away from me.
43:53Hey!
43:53You know, I'm not going to lie, I was a little bit nervous last night, didn't sleep much.
44:01Who is this person?
44:02Who is this stranger, right?
44:04Am I going to click with this person?
44:08You know, I've got a little bit of insight on Kelly, but I don't really know who Kelly is.
44:12First impressions are extremely important, right?
44:14You want to set the tone early.
44:16Here we go, here we go, game time, baby, game time.
44:24She'll be here, she'll be here.
44:27No, we're ready, let's go.
44:32Kelly, no, no.
44:35I think I'm just going to go in there and wing it.
44:37Hi, I'm Mike.
44:38Not Kelly.
44:46I am terrified.
44:51You know, I'm moving in with a girl in a house, you know, a complete stranger that I've never met.
44:55You're just walking into a situation completely blind.
44:59Talk about suspense.
45:00The day is here, the time has come.
45:09Let's go.
45:16Hey.
45:17Hey.
45:19You must be Mike.
45:20We're matching, matching right here.
45:23Oh, well, hey, how are you?
45:25Nice to meet you.
45:26Good to meet you.
45:26Yeah, you look amazing.
45:27So do you, so you.
45:29I'm glad that we're matching.
45:30Yeah, yeah.
45:30I've got the accent.
45:32It's a good one.
45:33I love your accent.
45:34I mean, she's absolutely gorgeous, like a stunner.
45:37Just got these big, beautiful eyes and just like right away eye contact.
45:43I just thought, oh my God, he looks amazing.
45:46As I got close to him and he just like looked me in the eye and I thought, oh my goodness.
45:51Yes, thank you.
45:54All this build up to this moment.
45:56We're going to have fun.
45:57We are going to have fun.
45:58This is mad, isn't it?
46:00I know.
46:00We got this.
46:01Yeah.
46:01Absolutely.
46:02Go get some food?
46:03Let's, yeah.
46:08Oh, thank you so much.
46:11Thank you very much.
46:12Cheers.
46:13Cheers.
46:14Cheers.
46:14Good to meet you.
46:15You too.
46:17Nice.
46:19There we go.
46:20So you live in Sheffield, right?
46:22I live in Sheffield, originally from Toronto, Canada.
46:26What made you come over here?
46:27So, uh, I play basketball.
46:29Do you?
46:30Well, I did play basketball.
46:31Okay.
46:32Yeah.
46:32Okay.
46:32So I played professionally for the Sheffield Sharks for 13 seasons.
46:37That is so cool.
46:38And I just retired in May.
46:39Wow.
46:40I think you need to try some of this calamari.
46:46Yeah.
46:46Do it.
46:47Are you ready?
46:47Okay, go for it.
46:48Uh-oh.
46:48Watch out.
46:49Ready?
46:49Here we go.
46:49Ready?
46:50There we go.
46:51That is so sexy.
46:54There you go.
46:54Mmm.
46:55Oh, my God.
46:57Good?
46:58Mm-hmm.
46:58Yeah.
46:58All right.
46:59You did well.
47:00You're welcome.
47:01This is really good, but it's so big.
47:05That's what she said.
47:07I've been trying.
47:08We're moving tomorrow, right?
47:11I mean, Kelly's super attractive.
47:17There's definitely a spark on that end as well.
47:19But it's, you know, it's early doors.
47:21I don't want to get ahead of myself.
47:23What size are you?
47:25Size 15.
47:2615?
47:27Mm-hmm.
47:31You've got big hands.
47:33Mm-hmm.
47:34Can I see?
47:35Mm-hmm.
47:36Look at that.
47:40That's hilarious.
47:43I like it, though.
47:44He is very sexy.
47:47You can only hope that he's all in proportion.
47:56What's your thoughts on children?
47:58Definitely want children.
48:00Mm-hmm.
48:00I just turned 40.
48:02No spring chicken.
48:03I want to, you know, want to lay down some roots.
48:06I would love to start a family within five years,
48:12because part of me still feels like I'm 18 years old.
48:15How old are you?
48:16I'm 38.
48:17Okay.
48:18Yeah.
48:18That's good.
48:19We're on the same page.
48:20I know.
48:20I like the page.
48:24Kelly, she kind of knows what she wants.
48:26Eventually wants to settle down and have a family with the right person.
48:29All, like, good things in my book so far.
48:32That was so good.
48:36It was delicious.
48:37It was really lovely.
48:39Yeah.
48:39Great choice.
48:40Well done.
48:41You're welcome.
48:41I'll see you tomorrow.
48:42Yeah, it was great to meet you.
48:47See you tomorrow.
48:47Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow.
48:48Sleep well.
48:50Moving in tomorrow.
48:51Big day.
48:52I'm excited about it.
48:54Yeah.
48:54I'm happy.
48:56I don't think the first date could have gone any better.
48:59There was not a single part of that date that I didn't enjoy.
49:02It's too good to be true.
49:04He's literally ticking every box.
49:09Next time.
49:10Dating now is really difficult.
49:12It's a mind build out there.
49:13Three more hopefuls.
49:14I'm ready to commit to someone.
49:16We'll face the same dilemma.
49:18They both seem very different, but this is all through text.
49:21Choosing one of two expertly chosen matches.
49:24I'm excited for the first moment to see her.
49:26Hello.
49:26Give me a card.
49:27Before all six take the bold step of moving in with their new love interest.
49:33But what neither of the singles nor their new matches are expecting
49:37is the explosive love triangle twist.
49:44The other girl just texted me.
49:46Oh my God!
49:48The other girl just texted me.
49:56It's is what the sound of people are working in the future.
50:03Because it helped me Von輅 so that I game the right thing.
50:16If you've actually enjoyed the good so that that line takesICKS to my own time,