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Man O Man
GenreGame show
Presented byRob Guest
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time42 minutes
Original release
NetworkSeven Network
Release5 February –
25 November 1994
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Man O Man was an Australian television game show that was broadcast of the Seven Network in 1994. Hosted by stage actor Rob Guest and Jason Body, the program was based on the original German version of the same name.

Program synopsis

The program was presented loosely in the format of a male beauty pageant whereby an all-female audience voted for the winner via a series of elimination rounds. Notably, losing contestants would be pushed into a swimming pool.

The final episode of Man O Man, which aired on 25 November 1994, was a Footballers Challenge special that featured players from Australian rules football, rugby league and Soccer.

The episode was more risqué than usual, with some footballers performing a striptease for the talent act round.

Man O Man returned briefly to the Seven Network on 26 January 1997 when the first episode was repeated as part of the network's Coca-Cola Interactive Summer Night promotion...however, the show has not been repeated since.

Man O Man was filmed at the Seven Network Melbourne studios located in South Melbourne. The studio which was used for the show is currently utilised as the Dancing with the Stars dance floor set.

The series established itself as prime competition for the long-running program Hey Hey It's Saturday. In a 1994 article in TV Week, Rob Guest responded to criticism made by Daryl Somers (host of the rival show), saying, "when you’ve been doing a show for 23 years and a show that is not expected to do well comes up and knocks you for six, then you’re not going to take it very well. So I can understand why Daryl would say things like that.”[1]

International versions

Country Title Network Host Premiere Finale
 Germany Mann-o-Mann Sat.1 Peer Augustinski 1992 1995
 Spain Uno para todas Telecinco Goyo González 1995 1996
 United Kingdom Man O Man ITV Chris Tarrant 1996 1999
 United States Man O Man UPN Michael Burger 1995 1995

See also

References

  1. ^ https://televisionau.com/2014/09/1994-september-3-9.html "Rob's game for a challenge" TV Week, 3 September 1994


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