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Heart-to-heart dating show

Enough with the blind dates. Out with the who-asks-who-out-first dilemma. The best way to end the first-date jitters is to handle it game-show style.

The University Student Union Program Council did just that by putting on a college dating show, “12 Major Hearts,” on November 9, inside the balloon-adorned USU Ballrooms at Cal State Long Beach.

The innovative show started at 7 p.m. with the sound of trumpets, traditional game show music and a “Welcome!” from the night’s host, Alex Silva.

The dating game show for declared majors, and one undeclared bachelorette, sparked up a night of romance with just a hint of hotness. It gave the typical speed dating show a whole new meaning.

The show featured 12 female students from 12 different majors such as fashion merchandising (Jacqlene Corbin), nursing (Lauren Parker), creative writing (Katie Elder), marketing (SaRice Freeman), psychology (Stephanie Orozco) and chemical engineering (Kimberly Helm).

The game also featured five bachelors. As the first bachelor took stage, co-host Deirdre Montgomery warned the audience: “Break out the suntan lotion because [the show is] going to get hot.”

The contestants couldn’t be any more different, yet for one night they contended for a similar objective: finding ever-lasting love, a.k.a. chemistry.

The show consisted of six rounds, each one more personal and funnier than the last.
Round one dealt with appearances and meeting the contestants. The bachelorettes took the heat in this round answering questions such as, “How often do you shower? How long does it take you to get ready for a night out? And, if you could eliminate one of these girls, who would it be?”

The bachelors took the heat answering personal questions such as, “What celebrity would you hook up with? If you won the lottery would you get plastic surgery? And, do you use moisturizer on your feet?”

In round two, the 12 single ladies came up with pick-up lines for the bachelors. The guru, Professor Amor, handed out objects (crystal bowl, hat, sunscreen, iron, shades) to the women and one-by-one they improvised.

The start of round three meant the elimination of a bachelorette. The men huddled up and decided who got the boot.

The men voted, and Autumn Williams, liberal studies major, stepped down from the stage. The Einstein-like doctor mixed powders and invisible elixirs, and provided Williams with a one-of-a-kind love potion.

“My equation,” Professor Amor said while hovering his hands over a board chalked with mathematical scribbles, “my love equation is never wrong.”

Round three continued and this time the men on the show had some answering to do. The 12 bachelorettes had written questions before the show. The questions were mixed up in a bowl and drawn at random by the host.

Round four brought out the hidden dance moves from the five bachelors. They strutted their stuff to music accompanied by a single prop. One of them pranced from stage-right to stage-left with a globe, another put on a jean skirt and got low, and the last of the bachelors took a ride in his tricycle while waving his arms up in the air to Chamillionaire’s, “Ridin’.”

Once again, the second elimination of the night had arrived. This time the bachelorettes decided who went bye-bye.

Patrick McKenna, business major, got eliminated and he stepped off the stage.

The show continued with round five. This time, the audience got the opportunity to ask any of the contestants a question.

Round six marked the finale of the dating show. In this round, the bachelor would determine whether or not he had mutual feelings towards the bachelorette who wanted to go on a date with him.

The four remaining bachelors, Andrew Newman (biochemistry), Ryan-James Velasco (bio-physiology), Rudy Cazarez (business finance) and Frances Ray (economics) landed dates.

The show intended to not only help the contestants find a “love connection,” but was designed to help students develop communication skills and essential listening techniques.

“This show does more than hope for a love connection,” said Program Council Assistant Irving Barcenas. “We believe this is a fun and easy way to meet new people, who although might not be right for dating, have the potential to meet a great friend.”

 

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