This weekend I found myself at the Guangxi TV studios in the audience of a 'Blind Date' show. Some of my friends were in the show and we were along for support. One was a girl who was in the panel of contestants. The ladies all bring their mother and my (American) friend brought her Chinese sister in law. It was funny to see all these chinese girls (and mothers) and then one white American! She proved to be quite popular and was picked by some of the guys (http://vod.gxtv.cn/VodInfo.aspx?Pid=572&Id=39544).
The next day, an Australian friend of ours was one of the 'selectors' (http://vod.gxtv.cn/VodInfo.aspx?Pid=572&Id=39756). This was fun to watch as he was on stage for a long time and had to talk in his limited Chinese (a lot better than mine of course!). He had an interpreter on stage with him to help him out where necessary. The contestants get to ask each other questions and the mothers get to put their two cents in too. Not surprisingly, he had questions along the lines of 'how will we communicate' and 'where will you want to live?'
He ended up picking a girl, who after audience pressure (and against her mother's wishes) accepted him.
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