{"id":16439,"date":"2022-06-04T12:03:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T10:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1655877"},"modified":"2022-06-04T12:42:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T10:42:19","slug":"love-island-vs-blind-date-which-is-the-best-dating-show-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/love-island-vs-blind-date-which-is-the-best-dating-show-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island vs Blind Date: which is the best dating show of all time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Minnie Wright\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 04 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Dating show enthusiasts have spoken: the title of the Ultimate Dating Show is between <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-start-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island<\/a> and Blind Date.<\/p>\n<p>Voting in <strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong>\u2018s exclusive tournament, fans have narrowed it down from a not-so-shortlist of 32 programmes to the final two, but which will emerge victorious?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">???? The time has come to name the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UltimateDatingShow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#UltimateDatingShow<\/a> once and for all! The grand final of our tournament sees the top two programmes go head-to-head to battle it out for dating show supremacy. SO&#8230; which will it be? Pick your winner below. ????<\/p>\u2014 Radio Times (@RadioTimes) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioTimes\/status\/1533010262684467200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">June 4, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Love Island is preparing to launch into its eighth season on ITV2 on Monday, bringing with it the obligatory <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestants-confirmed\/&quot;\">cast of sexy singletons<\/a> and a new-look <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-where-is-it-filmed-location\/&quot;\">Love Island villa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The series, which is a revival of a celebrity format which aired two seasons back in the mid-\u201900s, began in 2015, hosted by Caroline Flack and featuring its now signature voiceover from comedian Iain Stirling.<\/p>\n<p>Following Flack\u2019s death in 2020, Laura Whitmore took over as presenter.<\/p>\n<p>The much-loved show has produced some reality TV moments for the history books, from Curtis Pritchard wanting to be the person that gets up and makes everyone a coffee so everyone\u2019s ready for the morning, to Ovie Soko\u2019s distinctive \u201cMessage!\u201d alert.<\/p> <p>Blind Date, hosted by the legendary Cilla Black, ran from 1985 to 2003 and is one of the most beloved dating shows of all time.<\/p>\n<p>It saw Black introduce three singletons to the audience before they were asked a question by their potential suitor, who could hear their answers but couldn\u2019t see them.<\/p>\n<p>The suitor then picked which contestant they would like to go out with, and the new couple would go on to choose an envelope revealing the destination of their date.<\/p>\n<p>From Our Graham, to the inimitable Cilla, the format was an ITV Saturday night staple and was revived by Channel 5, with Paul O\u2019Grady at the helm, in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>So which of these two dating show titans will you pick to be named the GOAT?<\/p>\n<p>Cast your vote in our poll and find out the results on <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Love Island 2022 starts Monday at 9pm on ITV2. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>. Visit our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\">Entertainment<\/a> hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Minnie Wright Published: Saturday, 04 June 2022 at 12:00 am Dating show enthusiasts have spoken: the title of the Ultimate Dating Show is between Love Island and Blind Date. Voting in RadioTimes.com\u2018s exclusive tournament, fans have narrowed it down from a not-so-shortlist of 32 programmes to the final two, but which will emerge victorious? 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