Hoping her fame won’t get in the way of romance, Mary meets musician, plumber and ‘Man in Black’ Gerry (66) from Raheny. Which is good because – even when talk turns to karaoke and she admits to ‘doing a bit of singing’ – he has no idea who she is.
Smiley siblings Harry (24) and Ava (21) from Waterford swap the rough and tumble of family life for a double date. It’s big grins all round when brother Harry discovers that his date Michelle (24) from Cork is a big fan of his own brand of ‘dad dancing’. But trouble brews as the pair take opposing sides in the controversial Lyons v Barry’s debate. Meanwhile, Trinity student John (20) from Meath is utterly smitten with sister Ava, despite the fact that he’s not expecting to be ‘grilled’ by her older brother or have his date suggest that he’s a bit of a ‘yup bro’.
Joseph (39) from Dublin arrives armed with his own acronym – SPARK, which is to say he’s looking for someone Smart, Positive, Aligned, Reliable and Kind. Failing that, he admits that he’ll settle for someone ‘hot’. Joesph meets returning dater James (41) from Roscommon who didn’t feel the ‘spark’ last time round and reports that, since then, he’s been on ‘more first dates than Mateo’.
