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That other guy who commented about TV being sad or some garbage is a moron. Elimidate rules! I wish It were still on TV so badly. That's all I have to say about that, but it is required that I provide ten lines of copy. So, I hope that Elimidate releases some sort of DVD comp, or every episode ever. And Next does suck. Sometimes Dating on Demand will fulfill a date show craving, but it's like synthetic Elimidate. Is this enough frigging lines yet? Well, I guess not. My friends are watching 24 right now, and I do not find this show to be nearly as entertaining. In fact, I think I hate it. Although I have heard that you really have to get into it for it to be good. And when you do, it is.

Every Monday to Friday night at 10:30pm, I watch this show. It's really good. 4 people go on a date together to have fun. Sometimes it's at the pool, nightclub or even hanging out and relaxing. I live in Canada but I can honestly say elimiDATE is the show that you need to watch.

I feel sorry for twentysomethings dating today, judging by the people that I see on this program. Once in awhile, the person who has their pick of four people at least has one person in the bunch who is halfway decent, but not often. The four who are scrambling to be "the one" say and do some of the silliest/outrageous/dumb stuff to win. It's even worse when there are four women competing for one man; there have been near catfights, and almost X-rated play. The stuff that takes place on this show is laughable, as well as a good primer about how NOT to act on a date.

This show is kind of the "Scare Tactics" of WB. Meaning it's the dumb reality show. Almost every network unfortunatly had one. It's about how a person goes on a date with 4 people at one time. (Is it legal?) By the end of the show, he/she picks one out they liked the best. They have every thing a typical reality show has...cursing, stupid dates, and dumb, gross uneccassary jokes. I sometimes feel sorry for the poor people who have to go on this stupid show. This is from the WB, a great network that has given me such good shows like "Smallville" "Jamie Kennedy Expriment" and "Pokemon". Another thing about the show is that it's just plain boring, unfunny and pointless. It goes right up there with bad reality shows like "Trigger Happy TV" and "Scare Tactics". This is still worse than the other WB dating show, the slightly better "The 5th Wheel".

If that weren't enough, they have this thing where the contestants guess who will be the next person to be rejected. They had one "Bikini Week" thing and I was kind of noticing it wasn't really any different than any other week. Please, please, WB, get this stupid show off the air! I wish they would bring back the episodes of "Perfect Strangers" which was a GREAT show they had going for awhile. Don't waste this time with this one, and even watch T5W over it. A 3/10.

Elimidate differs from other dating/singles shows like Blind Date, Shipmates, Classmates, etc. in that there is *always* drama on these dates, or at least after the producers edit the date. The contestants on Elimidate are usually in their mid-20s to early 30s, with the occasional middle-aged episode of Elimidate thrown in throughout the season.

The *picker* eliminates one suitor each round until after 3 rounds the picker has chosen one of the suitors with whom he or she feels romantically compatible. The suitors, especially the women, need not to know much personal information about the *picker* (ie the man) in order to get into arguments/catfights with their competitors, often over a shallow guy who doesn't add much to the conversation on his date edgewise.

The dates with one man and four women are formulaic. Typically one or two girls will throw themselves at the man, often making out with the guy minutes after meeting him! Next, the man eliminates one of the girls that did *not* kiss him and/or was passive and not dominating the conversation. Now, there is some variety to these situations. Occasionally, the man is a real stud, or the women are more sexually forward than the typical suitor, which results in the guy making out with all 4 girls, many times back-to-back-to-back. The women (and occasional man) who are adamant about their self-prescribed rule of *not kissing on the first date* usually do not win this competitive dating show, and for good reason--the picker generally wants to select the person with whom they share a physical attraction, which possibly leads to a one-night stand or a short-term relationship. Unlike Blind Date, Elimidate does not have follow-up shows or segments on how the winning couple is doing 3-6 months down the road.

Dates with a female picker and 4 bachelor suitors often boil down to the men bickering about their careers. The token unemployed guy or college student is often on the receiving end of the disparaging remarks and he does not often succeed in being chosen in the final round.

The guilty pleasure aspect of Elimidate is laughing at people's awkward behavior while dating, often as the result of drinking too much alcohol, which is paid for by the show's producers. Another high point is when the rejected suitors will flip out after being cut/elimiDated and have juicy insults for the remaining contestants. For the man or woman who travels and dates a lot in various cities, Elimidate can provide some inspiration for venues and bars/clubs to take dates, or where to find singles.

Elimidate is syndicated on a variety of stations, WB, UPN, Fox, WGN, so you can usually find it on 3 or 4 times during the day at various times.