The retro, romance-minded show aims to help contestants meet their future soulmates by asking their three potential matches a series of revealing questions… or at least, it aims to deliver a few laughs while entertaining you with the ups and down of other people’s dating foibles. But what’s not revealed? What they look like, as they famously get to know one another while separated by a partition onstage. If this sounds like your kind of reality show, keep reading to find out everything you need to know about Celebrity Dating Game.
What is Celebrity Dating Game?
In ABC’s DatingGame franchise, which dates all the way back to 1965, contestants choose a lucky suitor from a hidden panel of singles; after the show, the newly matched couple purportedly goes out on a date with all expenses paid for by the show. This new version, of course, ups the ante by lining up famous stars as contestants. Zooey Deschanel, who will host Celebrity Dating Game alongside Michael Bolton, recently told Parade.com that the new version “functions like the old Dating Game in that someone is picking a person to go on a date with, but contestants are also trying to guess who the celebrity is. Michael sings clues about who the celebrity is… You have one celebrity per episode, so the clues make it a little bit more obvious than The Masked Singer. Sometimes the people have a really hard time guessing who it is. No matter how famous they are, it doesn’t really matter, sometimes the clues just don’t tap into what they know about the person. But it’s really fun to see whether people are able to guess who it is or not.”
When is Celebrity Dating Game on?
ABC will air a new, hour-long episode of Celebrity Dating Game every Monday night at 10 p.m. ET after The Bachelorette. According to TV Guide, episodes will also repeat on ABC the following Saturday night at 9 p.m. ET.
Who are the hosts of Celebrity Dating Game?
Deschanel (best known for the FOX sitcom NewGirl) and singer Bolton (best known for “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You” and Lonely Island’s “Jack Sparrow”) have teamed up to co-host the retro reboot.
Who is on Celebrity Dating Game?
Besides Deschanel and Bolton as celebrity co-hosts, Celebrity Dating Game also features celebrity contestants (of course!). Each episode will include two celebs looking for love. Former Bachelorette star Hannah Brown and Nailed It! host Nicole Byer are on tap for the series premiere, with original Queer Eye for the Straight Guy fashion guru Carson Kressley lined up for the second episode along with singer/rapper Iggy Azalea. Other stars who will appear on future episodes include actors Taye Diggs, Nolan Gould, Marcus Scribner and Joey Lawrence, comedians Gabriel Iglesias and Margaret Cho, models Tyson Beckford andCarmen Electra, SNL alumni Chris Kattan and David Koechner, Bachelorette star Demi Burnett and former NFL star Rashad Jennings.
How to watch Celebrity Dating Game
Catch a new episode of Celebrity Dating Game every Monday at 10 p.m. ET on ABC, or check out that episode’s rerun on the following Saturday at 9 p.m. ET, also on ABC. Hulu should also make episodes available for streaming the day after they premiere on ABC.
How many episodes will be in Celebrity Dating Game Season 1?
According to Deadline, the first season of Celebrity Dating Game was greenlighted for eight episodes.
Will there be a Celebrity Dating Game Season 2?
There’s been no official word so far about a renewal. Perhaps tellingly, though, Deschanel mentioned to Parade.com that she expects to sing on the show “probably next season,” adding, “Maybe next season I’ll do a duet or two with Michael [Bolton].” So stay tuned! Next, Jonathan Scott Reveals How Zooey Deschanel ‘Brings Out the Best’ in Him
