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Published 12:21 17 May 2017 BST

"Al is perfect for hosting Blind Date. He can pull in viewers and go off script and be entertaining. Al’s a vaudeville performer."Bill Malone, the former RTÉ2 boss, has recently joined TV3 as the Director of Programming and it's believed that he is the reason for the new interest in the show and also in Al. The insider added:
“First Dates has been doing well on RTE2 so TV3 need their own dating show, and Al Porter fronting Blind Date would make car-crash TV.”
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