Celebs go Dating! Back for a new series on 28 Nov

[TitsInAbsentia]

Looking for love (and probably not doing so great!) this time are:

Bethan from Geordie Shore (barely recognised her!)
Laura Anderson from Love Island (again, looks pretty different!)
Pete Wicks...again...he looks the same...
Sinitta!
Gary Lucy....crikey, used to fancy him like mad in Hollyoaks many moons ago.
Cecile from the Tinder Swindler (never seen it..should I?)
Navid Sole from the apprentice, oh dear lord....

It's a bit erm...lacking in celebrity? I guess Reality show contestants go dating doesn't have the same ring to it 😂 And yes, of course I'll still be watching it!

Ooooh

I don't know who any of those people are 😂 but I do love this programme

And yes watch the tinder swindler!

Is Pete Wicks a permanent feature on this now?

Is he the one with long hair who apparently everyone fancies? I seem to recall him on a boat having a date with someone last time

My favourite was Lee Ryan from Blue - he was hysterical

Holy kippers, this is crazy! So glad I'm watching it!

Catching up this morning, it's not really a live watch for me.
Poor Sinitta having to sit with that first guy Andy, bleurgh...let me tell you about meeeeeee 😴 wasn't keen on the nhs/fireman guy either...I mean sometimes you're just better off alone surely?

Not sure why Naviid was chatting to women, I know you shouldn't judge a book by their cover but nothing about him says straight. He was so much more comfortable talking to the guy.

Bit surprised by Laura saying she had been trying for a baby with her ex (Dane). Must have been serious. And it seems timing between the split and this show wasn't huge, so just some rebound flirting here I think.

Gary Lucy is giving me the boak. The girl in the pink dress has mullet extensions - whyyyyyyyy! The Italian woman has something odd going on with her face. are we really meant to believe him and Pirate Pete are both going after the same woman? I mean things felt even more set up than usual (the pink dress mullet girl at the end saying can I get down from here now was a bit of a giveaway!).

I think Bethan is the only one who is having 'normal ish' conversations.

I can't see this become a must watch this time round :(

I've just started watching this series as I've nothing else to watch at the moment! I can see this chat didn't really get off the ground so I presume notany are watching. I just wanted to find a thread and see if anyone else is as irritated by Tom as I am. When the programme first started I really liked him but I find him really un-watchable now and have to fast forward any scene with him in. His ridiculous faux-innocent sexual innuendos are completely cringey.

The programme itself isn't great (as usual!) and (as usual!) I find myself feeling very sorry for anyone slightly older and female. Just as with Ulrika last year, they're giving Sinitta a really bad selection of men.

Hi! I've not watched this week as I wasn't finding it very entertaining! Got to agree Sinitta is getting duffers, however she does seem to be lapping it all up unlike Ulrika who was pretty discerning about who she'd bother with. I may go back and watch the rest if I've nothing else going on this week!

Only if you've nothing better to do! I've had an unexpected weekend to myself and noticed this in my recordings so put it on for easy, but not compelling, watching. It was background noise while I got my presents wrapped!

I must admit, I don't understand it either! There are so many men in their 50s/60s dating, I cannot believe for a second that these are the only ones they can find for Sinita who seems so lovely. I forget their names but the guy with the hat was downright rude. The Spanish guy just made a huge thing about only having an hour every time they met as he as to hop on his jet again and last bloke was just...odd. What the f are they doing?!

I’ve watched it on and off for years and have always wondered why they pick the same type of woman for Pete Wicks. It’s clearly not working. They are all (his dates) pretty much interchangeable and don’t seem to have any spark or charisma but are obviously traditionally ‘attractive’ in the TOWIE style. Why don’t they try a different tack? And yes, poor Sinita. Terrible choices for her.

It was also really sad to hear about Sinita's experience as a black woman navigating the very white world of pop music, and ending up feeling like she didn't belong anywhere. She seems like such a lovely woman and she deserves a good man. Their selection is awful.

I know what you mean about Pete. There doesn't seem to be any kind of diversity in the types of women selected for him. And conversations rarely go beyond "sexy bants".

Yes I actually find the Tinder Swindler woman quite refreshing as at least she seems more 'normal' than the rest in her age group!

Pete and the Tindler Swindler lady should be matched!

We've just finished this and thought I'd come on mn to see if any chats.
Yes poor Sinita, she seems like sick a lovely woman.
Also what was Liam doing. Has he been set up by the programme to look like a tool or was taking two woman really his own thing?
Previously they have told celebs off for leading people on but they were giving him permission?
What were those two girls thinking going along with it?!