Elimidate
| elimiDATE | |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndication |
| Original release | 17 September 2001 – 24 May 2006 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Blind Date |
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elimiDATE is a reality television dating show in which one contestant chooses between four contestants of the opposite sex by eliminating them one by one in three total rounds. On 11 August 2006, it was announced that the show would not be renewed for the 2006–2007 season due to low ratings, and the show went out of syndication after 5 September 2006.
The syndicated program premiered on 17 September 2001 and was produced by Dawn Syndicated Productions in association with Telepictures Productions, and distributed by Telepictures Distribution (2001-2003), and Warner Bros. Television Distribution (2003-2006). The show was produced by Alex Duda. The narrator was Dale Inghram.
Nationwide, it was broadcast on cable late nights on Superstation WGN. elimiDATE was also available on AOL's free video-streaming channel, In2TV until it was shut down.
The show was popular due to it being designed to be aired around or past midnight, when their target audience was just coming home from being out or ending their studies for the evening. It developed a cult following of sorts among college students nationwide.
On 11 August 2006, it was announced that the show would not be renewed for the 2006–2007 season due to low ratings, and the show went out of syndication after 5 September 2006.
The reality television dating show features one contestant who chooses between four contestants of the opposite sex by eliminating them one by one in three total rounds. The contestant (sometimes female, but usually male) meet their four dates one by one, and then give their first impression in a confessional-style cut scene. The other four contestants then size each other up along with the contestant within their own confessional scenes.
The group of five is cut one-by-one each round and in each round the group usually goes to a different place. The show starts out in the late afternoon at a public place (e.g. a city park or restaurant). Then, when there are only two suitors left, the setting moves to a hot tub or VIP area of a club where different sexual actions are apt to happen.
Typically, the contestants are very competitive and direct insulting comments towards one another many times during an episode. There are rare cases of fighting, but "catty" bickering is the major draw of the show. The extremity of some of the cattiness suggests handling and line-feeding from producers, and contestants respond in to these situations in interview sequences filmed after the fact. Most eliminations are preceded by some variation of the phrase I liked everybody but unfortunately the name of the game is 'elimiDATE', so I have to make a cut. So I decided to cut.... Contestants who are cut have the opportunity to react to their dismissal. Many eliminated contestants, who are often visibly intoxicated, insult the contestant who eliminated them, claiming He/she wasn't my type, anyway. Although the four suitors usually compete intensely for the main contestant, there was at least one instance in which two females suitors left with each other because they were so disgusted with the male contestant.
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