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First Dates contestants lift the lid on the show's secrets including 'background daters'
First Dates have revealed some of the show's secrets, and explaining how it's not as easy to find love on the series as it seems.Joseph Kent, who was due to appear in series three, was put on the show's backburner after two of his dates dropped out. He ended up featuring on First Dates in 2015 as a "background dater", to make the restaurant appear like it was busy and to "fill the space".