All fake? Dream Woman Wanted: real or staged?

What's the truth behind the riddle of whether Dream Woman Wanted is real or staged?

 

Some TV formats are highly addictive. Searching for the perfect dream woman is one such format. I'm always torn between fits of laughter and genuine sympathy, because I don't know whether Dream Woman Wanted is real or staged. Who are these men? What's their story? The way the male species presents itself there seems almost too quirky. Let's not kid ourselves, visually almost all of the men are in desperate need of help. Usually Mom is the go-to person for styling. Boundless overestimation of themselves and standards as high as their receding hairlines follow. The desired lady is supposed to be young, pretty, nice and accommodating. Please homely and devoted.

 

Dream Woman Wanted: real or staged

Is Dream Woman Wanted real or staged? Can guys like this really exist?

 

 

After the visual shock, it goes on. Have there ever been women in the gentlemen's lives? How long did their previous relationships last and why did they fail? Most of them had none, and if they did, they were only very short relationships. That's why they're on TV now. Would inexperienced men really do this voluntarily? Is Dream Woman Wanted real or staged? The shyness is quickly thrown overboard and off they go. At this point I'm often truly impressed by so much courage. They are even happy to sit in the hot tub with a glass of sparkling wine and flirt through fogged-up glasses. Whether Dream Woman Wanted is real or staged, you have to have the nerve for it first.

The big getting-to-know-you begins

The dates start out awkward but proud. Of course we viewers find it funny. First things in common are asked about, and the hobbies mentioned are in part so amusing that you doubt their truthfulness here, too. Is Dream Woman Wanted real or staged? Is his biggest hobby really collecting stuffed animals he won at town fairs? Is he now going to prove himself by shooting one for her too?

Does it even matter whether Dream Woman Wanted is real or staged?

By the end of the season, I've almost forgotten the question of whether Dream Woman Wanted is real or staged. The need for a happy ending outweighs it. We will probably never learn the whole truth. But we were well entertained, and that's worth something too.