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Can you believe Perfect Match's double entendres?
Perfect Match was a TV dating show that used to air at 5.30pm during the 1980s. In 1987 the show brought in fresh-faced Cameron Daddo as host to spice things up - and, boy, did they make things spicy for a 5.30pm family viewing timeslot! Share your thoughts in the comments below.
Perfect Match was a classic Australian dating game show that was a cross between formats of The Dating Game and Love Connection from America and Blind Date from Britain. Perfect Match aired on Network Ten from 1984 to 1989. In 1987, they 'revamped' the show with younger host Cameron Daddo - who was only a baby-faced 21 at the time he got the gig.
The show also had a famous robot called Dexter, who would announce which of the 3 contestants was the main contestant's "perfect match" with a compatibility score out of 100. If the date chosen was the "perfect match", the couple would be awarded extra prizes.
It was the raunchy questions, answers and scripts that seem so out of place for the family time slot when we watch it back today. The couple in the video below won a trip to the "hot throbbing centre of Alice Springs" and the questions about dynamite and fuses and explosives seem positively boundary-pushing for early evening TV when the kids were watching ...
Today, Cameron Daddo is a father of 3 and he just made a video about Citro - oh how times change. Cameron and Alison are still married today, so maybe hosting Perfect Match helped him find his perfect match ...