Man O Man

Host
Michael Burger
Broadcast
UPN: August 15, 1995
Packager
Reg Grundy Productions

Man O Man was a primetime hour-long special based on the German format of the same name (but spelled as "M-a-n-n-O-M-a-n-n").

Gameplay[]

The show was loosely based 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. Notably the losing contestants would be pushed in a swimming pool.

The male contestants would compete in a number of rounds where characteristics of a woman may seek in a romancing partner, such as general knowledge, romantic aptitude, conversation skills and sense of humor. At the end of each round, members of the entirely female audience each voted for their favorite "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 beautiful hostesses. At the beginning of the episode, the ten male contestants would come out on stage and introduce themselves to the audience and form these first impressions. The audience would eliminate the least three popular guys. The seven 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 two rounds would have the five finalists doing a fairground hammer bell and then performing various songs for karaoke. Next, the surviving three guys go through to the final two rounds, which were to answer the girls and how much they can cope under pressure. After this, the audience voted for the winner with the two runner-up contestants being pushed to the pool simultaneously.

Gallery[]

International Versions[]

The following countries that have previously aired their versions of Man O Man includes:

Country	Title	Broadcaster	Presenter(s)	Premiere	Finale
Australia	Man O Man	Seven Network	Rob Guest	5 February 1994	25 November 1994
Denmark	Mand O Mand	TV3	Michael Caroe	1994	????
France	Le Cheri de ces dames/The Darling of the Ladies (1995) Cheri Cheries/Dear-Darling (1998-99)	TF1	Jean Philippe Lustyk (1995) Pascal Brunner (1998-1999)	25 August 1995	15 January 1999
Germany	Mann-O-Mann	Sat.1	Peer Augustinski	1992	1995
Greece	Andres Etoimoi Gia Ola Men Ready for All	ANT1	Andreas Mikroutsikos	1998	2000
Italy	Beato tra le donne Blessed among Women	Rai 1 Canale 5	Paolo Bonolis & Martufello (1994-1997) Enrico Papi & Anna Mazzamauro (1999) Natalia Estrada & Enrico Brigano (2000) Massimo Giletti (2003)	1994	2003
Spain	Uno Para Todas One for All	Telecinco	Goyo Gonzales	19 April 1995	12 September 1996
Sweden	Man O Man	TV3	Peter Alhm	1996	????
United Kingdom	Man O Man	ITV	Chris Tarrant	4 May 1996	7 August 1999
Vietnam	Quý ông đại chiến Gentlemen of the Great War	VTV3	Lại Văn Sâm (2018) Thành Trung (2019-2020)	5 May 2018	25 Jul 2020

Additional Notes[]

In Australia, the special was reran for a brief period on January 26, 1997 as part of the network's Coca-Cola Interactive Summer Night promotion. However, the special has not been repeated since then.
The French version went through two short-lived incarnations that both aired on the same network (TF1). The original version called Le Cheri de ces dames (The Darling of the Ladies) hosted by Jean-Philippe Lustyk aired for a brief period in 1995. Three years later, the show was revived under the name Cheri-Cheries (Dear-Darling) hosted by Pascal Brunner aired from 1998 until 1999.
Most if not all international versions (excluding Spain, Greece & Italy) share the same show's title as the German version, except theirs is spelled as "M-a-n-n-o-M-a-n-n" instead of "M-a-n-o-M-a-n".
the Italian version has a share of seven multiple hosts.
Both the German and UK versions of the show respectively had a three year run.
Across all of the UK series, contestants wearing the number '10' won most frequently.
A UK winner of the show in August 1998, Kieron Elliott, went on to establish a career as an actor and voiceover.

UK show winners (1998-99)[]

Kieron Elliott
Sam Butler
Thom Hughes
Luke Taylor
Martin Preece
Joe Drahota
Tom Judd