The match-making reality show My Mum Your Dad is returning for a second season this week and host Kate Langbroek has promised the new season will be filled with laughs, tears and heartwarming love.
The new season premieres at 7:30 pm on Nine and 9Now.
Langbroek returns to the show ready to help a new group of single parents find love. While the parents will take up residence in a new retreat, their adult children will be watching their every move in the Bunker, where they will act as a Big Brother of their parents’ dating life.
Throughout the program, Langbroek will feed intel to the kids to help them in making informed decisions for their parents.
While last season the kids watching over was unknown to the parents, this time the parents have given their blessing to their kids to play matchmaker as they put their trust in their kids to find the best partner for them.
The single parents will get to enjoy dates and parties in order to find a connection, but the kids hold power over how everything will go down.
This week, Mediaweek sat down with Langbroek to discuss all things My Mum Your Dad’s second season and why she thinks the show appeals to such a broad audience.
“I think a lot of reality TV is a bit cynical, entertaining, definitely, but a bit cynical in its genesis. By that I mean people are going on there because they want to lift a profile or they want to boost their business,” she said.
“How this show differs is that we are dealing with a different demographic. I feel like audiences genuinely understand the intentions of the people on the show, and the parents that are featured are quite sincere.
“I think people respond to the idea that everyone knows how it is to have loved and lost. It hurts but people also know how it is to feel that thrill of falling in love again, even when you think it’s not going to happen. In these times, it’s like an antidote where people can tune in and see people experiencing what you’ve experienced.”
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The new season premieres at 7:30 pm on Nine and 9Now.