Yasmin's Getting Married

infobox television
show_name = Yasmin's Getting Married


caption =
format = Reality
runtime = 30 minutes per episode (inc. commercials)
creator =
starring = Host
Jo Stanley
Contestant
Yasmin Dale
country = Australia
network = Network Ten
first_aired = 1 August 2006
num_episodes = 4
last_aired = 4 August 2006
imdb_id = 0872067

"Yasmin's Getting Married" was a short-lived Australian reality television program that aired live on Network Ten in early August 2006. It was based on the successful Scandinavian show "Kerry's Getting Married", which revolves around a single woman's quest to find a partner and get married. It was produced by "Screentime", which purchased the format from "Strix Television".

The show debuted on Tuesday, 1 August 2006 and was hosted by Jo Stanley from FOX FM Melbourne. She was also joined by Ryan Phelan, anchor of "Sports Tonight" and "Christine Chinchen", a relationship counsellor. Guests included comedian Matt Hardy, wedding planner "Kathy Apostolidis", and Bree Amer.

The show's theme song was a cover of Dusty Springfields "Wishin' and Hopin'", sung by "Neighbours" star Stephanie McIntosh. The track appears on her album "Tightrope".

The show was sometimes a target in the first series of The Chaser's War On Everything, when they created a bogus reality TV show called Chasmin's Getting Married. They also purported that the 2006 Census showed that "100% of people don't want to marry Yasmin."

Overview

The Bride

Yasmin Dale was the star contestant in this show. Her goal during the series was to find a groom during the nine week run of the show and marry him in a wedding live on Channel Ten at the end of the series.

The show was originally titled (and was subsequently advertised as) "Rene's Getting Married". However the original contestant pulled out of the show and pursued a relationship independent of the program two weeks before the premiere of the series, thus facilitating the need for a title and contestant change. [ [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/07/26/1153816235626.html "Bride to wannabe"] , "The Age", 27 July 2006]

The potential grooms

On 1 August 2006 Australia was introduced to the first six candidates to be Yasmin's husband: Vincent, Adam, Athan, Max, Peter and Deryn. At the end of the first episode the panel of "experts" had whittled the number down to three: Vincent, Peter and Deryn. Australia was then given around 24 hours to vote to decide which of these three would receive the honour of a date with Yasmin.

On 2 August Vincent was the first of the three to be eliminated. Later Peter was chosen as the lucky man.

Cancellation

The program was axed by Network Ten on Sunday, 6 August 2006, just four episodes into its projected nine week run.

Network Ten's chief programming officer, David Mott, said that "Ten has a reputation for taking risks with new formats, as evidenced by our success with The Biggest Loser, Thank God You're Here and The Wedge - to name just three hits we've launched this year. While we all had very high hopes for Yasmin's Getting Married, it is clear at this early stage that our audience has not embraced this bold new initiative. We have therefore elected to cease production on the Screentime-produced reality program and move on."

A statement from the network cites disappointing ratings as the primary reason for the cancellation. Network Ten and Screentime have indicated that Yasmin will have to find the love of her life by more conventional means, although they will assist her with the costs of the wedding. [ [http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/Yasmins_Wedding_called_off_060806.html "Yasmin's Wedding called off"] , "eBroadcast Australia", 6 August 2006]

The show was replaced with episodes of "Futurama" in the same 7pm timeslot.

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