Origins
The show was conceived as a modernized variant of The Dating Game, but with the opposite perspective.
The Dating Game focused entirely on the choice of a dating partner; the date itself was a complete afterthought. A "bachelor or bachelorette" guest would question three potential dates who were present on the show's set, unseen, behind a barrier, and choose one of them. The guest would then meet his or her choice (after meeting the two losers), the venue for their date would be announced, and no further follow-up was offered; the audience never learned when (or if) the date actually took place, or whether it was a success or failure.
Love Connection addressed the other end of the encounter: By the time the couple appeared on the show, they had already met and gone on their date. The guest had been offered his or her choice of three candidates selected by the show's producers. The choice was made solely on the basis of videotaped profiles. The couple then went on what was essentially a blind date, their first (and often only) face-to-face encounter. After the date, an appearance on the show would be scheduled for the purpose of discussing the details of the date.
Other distinctions between the two dating shows included the contestants' minimum age (18 for Dating Game; 23, later reduced to 21 for Love Connection); and supervision of the date itself: A chaperone accompanied all Dating Game couples, while Love Connection dates were unchaperoned.
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