Some time ago there was rumors that NBC was planning to do the girl version of Average Joe and were going to call it Average Jane. The concept would have been a bunch of “average girls” competing with “sexy kittens” to gain the attention of a rather handsome fella. Well, casting began for Average Jane but it never made it to production.
I believe this concept was spun into the “Age of Love” where a group of 40 something women compete with a group of 20 year olds to capture the heart of a handsome 30 year old man. In this case a semi-famous tennis player. Who did he choose? Well, I guessed right! I never had a doubt. Mark chose a 20 year old (and the person who was right for him).
I came across an interview with Amanda Salinas, the girl chosen by 30-year-old professional tennis player Mark Philippoussis on NBC’s Age of Love. It’s interesting to hear Amanda state this:
Q: So I take it you don’t feel that you were accurately portrayed on the show?
A: Oh no, things were definitely exaggerated, and some things were made up completely.
Q: What’s an example of something that was made up completely?
A: The camping trip. They had me looking pretty insecure, and chasing him down in the woods and looking for him, but I was actually approached. I was handed the lantern by people from the show, and told to go look for him. They told me to go find him, and I said OK. I did what they asked me to do.
When he came back to the tent and I was there, I was there with Megan. She and I were both waiting in the tent to talk with him, but they only showed me, and then he asked me to stay.
- I can relate. Reality TV isn’t all it seems… Often, they are “guided” by the producers. As of this post, it seems they are still together but going at it long-distance.
Link to the interview.
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I started watching this show after my wife got into it. I thought that Amanda was completely psycho because of how she acted during the camping trip. It never occurred to me that they show’s producers would’ve manipulated the sequence of events. I guess I know better now.
It’s also nice to know that she might not be as crazy as they put on.
Oh, yeah, and I was thinking throughout watching this show that it is basically a take on the Average Joe concept. Since he is 30, it would have made a lot more sense to have women in their 20s and women in their 30s. Especially since he wants kids.
That is really interesting. I watched ?Age of Love.” I love reality dating shows. I would have never known that they told Amanda to look for Mark that night on the camping trip or that Megan was waiting in the tent too. That was really interesting to read. I had looked at some of the message boards during the show and people were writing that Amanda was desperate and stuff like that. I actually Amanda throughout the show and didn’t think she came off as desperate. But reading that, I can really see how the show was spinning it that way. Thanks for posting.