Love is in the air as six new celebrities are getting ready to embark on their search for a partner on the new series of E4’s Celebs Go Dating, which begins at 9pm on Sunday, August 20. The series, which first hit screens in 2016, sees famous faces go on dates with members of the public with the aid of the Celebrity Dating Agency.
From Love Islanders to This Morning regulars, the latest series has a whole host of new – but familiar – faces that are sure to heat up your Sunday nights. With the help of client co-ordinator Tom Read Wilson, Love Doctor Paul C Brunson, dating expert Anna Williamson and new sex and relationship expert Dr Tara, these unlucky in love celebs will be paired up with regular folk, from gardeners to data anaysts, to see if they find a connection.
Opening up about their past relationships and experiences, the celebrities – who get to pick who they’d like to date – must wear their hearts on their sleeves and be open to receiving honest feedback from the experts to get them a second date in the bag.
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But how can you watch it and who’s taking part this year? Here’s everything you need to know for the latest series. For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.
How to watch Celebs Go Dating
The first episode of the newest series of Celebs Go Dating (season 12) will air on E4 at 9pm on Sunday, August 20. The programme will last for an hour and five minutes, finishing at 10:05pm.
New episodes will drop every Sunday to Thursday at 9pm on the channel
Who’s in the line up?
Adam Collard
He didn’t manage to find love either of the times he appeared on reality show Love Island (in 2018 – when he coupled up with Zara McDermott – and then again in 2022, where he coupled up with Swansea’s Paige Thorne), but now, personal trainer and renowned bad boy Adam Collard is turning to the experts to help him find his one true love – hopefully.
Speaking about why he joined the show, the 27-year-old said: “I’m here to find love but also have a good time. Why pick one when you can have both? I’ve done a lot of dating shows, I’m hoping that people can see beyond me being half naked. I’m going to try and date with clothes on and see if I have a little bit more luck in love.”
Looking for someone who is ‘a little bit chilled’ but also is up for a good time, Adam said he needs someone to keep him on his toes because he “seems to love the chase” – but will he find his “future wife”?
Chloe Burrows
Fellow former Love Islander Chloe Burrows took part in the reality show in 2021 and found love with Toby Aromolaran. However, after a year or so of dating, their romance cooled off and so now, the social media influencer is hoping the experts at the Celebrity Dating Agency will help her find a man (or as she said “big sexy boy”) who is funny, has nice teeth, smells nice, has “nice muscles”, is not too short or tall, is fashionable and doesn’t have any (or many) of her red flags – which include “rudeness, not texting back straight away, following girls on Instagram, liking their pictures, out every day…” among others. Should be a piece of cake.
Lottie Moss
Lottie Moss is the younger half sister of British supermodel Kate Moss. She is also a model and first appeared in the pages of Dazed and Teen Vogue at the age of 16. The 25-year-old now makes a living by posting on website OnlyFans after stepping back from modelling in 2021 – something that empowers her, she previously told Glamour.
In 2020, Lottie revealed she was pansexual – meaning she is attracted emotionally, sexually and romanticaly towards people regardless of their gender – reported Grazia. Having been on a dates with the likes of Machine Gun Kelly, Made in Chelsea’s Alex Mytton, Brooklyn Beckham, The Vamps’ Tristan Evan and Milkavelli, it’ll be interesting to whether she finds success in regular members of the public.
Mark-Francis Vandelli
Having found fame on E4’s Made in Chelsea, Mark-Francis is a TV personality who has appeared on several different game and reality shows – he is the longest serving male cast member of MIC. He also runs an antiques business in Paris in his spare time. However, before finding fame himself, it seems he was already quite high in society being the son of Marzio Vandello, an Italian business man, and Russian socialite Diane Casserly Vandelli who modelled for Yves Saint Laurent in the 1980s.
Spuddz
Comedian, vlogger, writer and influencer Spuddz is known for his comedic videos interviewing strangers in pubic and pranking members of the public. He is also part of the Stellify Media show Get In The Van, which sees two teams find three strangers with a range of shapes, sizes, personalities and behaviours to join them for an “epic adventure”.
Speaking about joining Celebs Go Dating, Spuddz revealed he’s looking for someone who “can balance me. Hopefully they’ll find me someone that’s down to earth, loyal and realistic”. He’s also after the love of his life – who needs a “big voluptuous mindset” and “big personality”.
Vanessa Feltz
Much loved journalist, presenter, media personality and agony aunt for This Morning Vanessa Feltz is hoping to find love again after her split from Ben Ofoedu in February this year after 16 years together. Speaking about why she went on the show, the 61-year-old said she was being a “rotten picker” of partners and explained: “I think it’s on public record, I’m a rotten picker. I haven’t been good at picking. I really haven’t. And I just thought the agents, Paul [Carrick Brunson], Anna [Williams], must be able to do better than I’ve done. I mean, they couldn’t do worse, let’s face it. So I was just hoping that if I put my faith in their hands, my romantic destiny, they would help me. They would.”
Celebs Go Dating begins on Sunday, August 20 at 9pm on E4.