Man O Man (spelled as Mann-o-Mann) is a German game show, which was aired on Sat.1 from 1992 until 1995. It was produced by Reg Grundy and hosted by Peer Augustinski. The show was loosely in the format of a beauty pageant, but with male contestants. An all-female audience voted for the winner via a series of elimination rounds, in which losing contestants would be pushed into a swimming pool.
Format The male contestants would compete in a number of rounds where characteristics a woman may seek in a romantic partner - such as general knowledge, romantic aptitude, conversation skills and sense of humour - would be tested.
At the end of each round, members of the entirely female audience each voted for their favourite man using a remote control device and the least popular male would be eliminated from the competition by being pushed into the swimming pool that formed part of the show's set by one of the show's hostesses.
At the beginning of each episode, the ten male contestants would come out on the stage and introduce themselves to the audience, and from these first impressions the audience would eliminate the 3 least popular guys.
The 7 that were left then progressed to the next round, which is a true or false game and saw the guys to see how much they know about women.
The next 2 rounds would have the final 5 doing a fairground hammer bell and then performing various songs for karaoke.
The final 3 surviving guys go through to the final 2 round, which were to answer the girls questions and how much can they cope under pressure.
After this, the audience voted for the winner, with the two runner-up contestants being pushed into the pool simultaneously.
Merchandise A board game based on the show was released by Schmidt Spiele in 1994.
International versions Country Title Broadcaster Presenter(s) Premiere Finale Man O Man Canal 13 Horacio Cabak 1997 Man O Man Seven Network Rob Guest 5 February 1994 25 November 1994 Mand O Mand TV3 Michael Carøe 1994 Le Chéri de ces dames (1995)Chéri Chéries (1998-1999) TF1 Jean Philippe LustykPascal Brunner 25 August 1995 15 January 1999 Άνδρες έтoіμoі γіα όλαAndres etoimoi gia ola ANT1 Andreas Mikroutsikos 1998 2000Sang LelakiIndosiar ?2004 Beato tra le donne Rai 1 (1994-1995; 2003) Canale 5 (1996-2000) Paolo Bonolis (1994-1997)Enrico Papi (1999)Natalia Estrada (2000)Massimo Giletti (2003) 7 July 1994 2003 Man O Man Veronica Hans Kraay Jr. 1995 Mann Oh! mann TV3 Ragnar OtnesLars Eikanger 29 March 1994 24 March 1996 Trafiony, Zatopiony TVN Andrzej Supron 28 August 2000 25 December 2000 Ai os Homens SIC José Figueiras 1996 1998 Uno para todas Telecinco Goyo González 19 April 1995 12 September 1996 Man O Man TV3 Peter Ahlm 1996 Man O Man ITV Chris Tarrant 4 May 1996 7 August 1999 Man O Man UPN Michael Burger 12 August 1995 Ah Kızlar Vah Erkekler (1995-1996)Erkek Dediğin (1997) Kanal D Özlem Savaş (1995-1996)Halit Ergenç (1997) 1995 1997 Quý Ông Đại Chiến VTV3 Lại Văn Sâm (2018) Thành Trung (2019-2020) 5 May 2018 25 July 2020
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