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''Yasmin's Getting Married'' was a short-lived Australian reality television program that aired
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Overview


The Bride

Yasmin Dale, a 29-year-old recruitment manager, was the star contestant in the show. Her goal during the series was to find a groom during the nine-week run of the show and marry him in a wedding broadcast live on Channel Ten at the end of the series. Dale was not the original subject of the show. The original bride was a woman named Rene, and the show was subsequently originally titled and advertised as ''Rene's Getting Married''. However, the original contestant pulled out of the show and pursued a relationship independent of the program two weeks before the premiere of the series, thus facilitating the need for a title and contestant change.


The potential grooms

On the first episode, viewers were introduced to the first six candidates to be Yasmin's husband: Vincent, Adam, Athan, Max, Peter and Deryn. At the end of the first episode the panel of "experts" had whittled the number down to three: Vincent, Peter and Deryn. Viewers were then given around 24 hours to vote to decide which of these three would receive the honour of a date with Yasmin. In the second episode, Vincent was the first of the three to be eliminated. Later, Peter was chosen as the lucky man.


Cancellation

The program was axed by Network Ten on Sunday, 6 August 2006, just four episodes into its projected nine-week run.
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''—to name just three hits we've launched this year. While we all had very high hopes for ''Yasmin's Getting Married'', it is clear at this early stage that our audience has not embraced this bold new initiative. We have therefore elected to cease production on the Screentime-produced reality program and move on." A statement from the network cites disappointing ratings as the primary reason for the cancellation. Network Ten and Screentime have indicated that Yasmin will have to find the love of her life by more conventional means, although they will assist her with the costs of the wedding. As of now, Yasmin is still waiting for her chance to finally walk down the aisle.''Yasmin's Wedding called off''
''eBroadcast Australia'', 6 August 2006 The show was replaced with episodes of ''
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'' in the same 7 p.m. timeslot.


Legacy

The show was sometimes a target in the first series of ''
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'', when they created a bogus reality TV show called '' Chasmin's Getting Married''. They also purported that the 2006 Census showed that "100% of people don't want to marry Yasmin." Also they did a parody in the popular segment "In Other News", which included
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in a wedding dress running through Sydney trying to find a man, in all the wrong places.


References


External links

* {{IMDb title, 0872067, Yasmin's Getting Married 2000s Australian reality television series Interactive television Network 10 original programming 2006 Australian television series debuts 2006 Australian television series endings Wedding television shows Television series by Screentime