Country of origin Russia No. of seasons 9 First episode date 28 July 2008 Genre Talk show | Original language(s) Russian Running time 52 minutes Number of seasons 9 | |
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Awards TEFI Award for Best Talk Show Host, TEFI Award for Best Lifestyle Entertainment Program Nominations TEFI Award for Best Prime Time Talk Show Similar Let Them Talk, Modnyy prigovor, Wait for Me, Man and Law, Zhit' zdorovo! | ||
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Let's Get Married (Давай поженимся, Davaj Poženimsâ: literally "Let's Marry") is a Russian dating program that premiered on Channel One Russia on July 28, 2008. It airs Monday to Thursday at 6:45 pm.
Contents
A man or a woman chooses between three potential partners, with the assistance from family and friends present in the studio.
Format
Each episode shows one "hero" or "heroine" who is offered a choice of three potential "love candidates" who all meet the requirements of the "hero" or "heroine". He or she can alternatively meet with any of the three candidates. At the end of the program the hero or heroine decides with which candidate he or she would like to have a relationship.
Two friends and relatives can come on the show and play the role of the "matchmakers" and advisers. They actively help the hero to make a choice – studying them meticulously and asking candidates tricky questions.
Criticism
A reporter at Komsomolskaya Pravda ("KP") argued that this talk show created an atmosphere of bargaining:
"The founders of this project had a good purpose in mind – to connect lonely people. But now there are many devious tricks. There now is an atmosphere of bargaining. The "bride" and "groom" advisers – friends and family have with their advice destroyed more than one strong family. As a result those unfortunate individuals who are trying to find a mate go home empty handed. In an attempt to find happiness, they become just a commodity.Darya Volga who started the program stated:
"I led three months of the program, and then the management decided to drastically change the format to make it more outrageous. Several times I refused to articulate those things that I was asked to do by the editors. For example, a woman of 55 came onto the program, who wanted to meet the man. In her youth she had had two abortions, after which could not become a mother, in earphone editor says: "Ask her how you feel after killed two of his children?" I did not repeat it. How can I, a young, healthy, successful, married woman, give a backhand to a woman who already has had a hard life? Larisa Guzeeva can. She is more mature, experienced, tough. I can not watch "Let's Get Married!" in its current version..."