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{{Infobox television
| alt_name             = Mann-o-Mann
| genre                = [[Game show]]
| presenter            = [[Peer Augustinski]]
| country              = Germany
| language             = German
| network              = [[Sat. 1]]
| company              = [[Reg Grundy Productions]]
| runtime              = 180 minutes approx including commercials
| first_aired          = {{Start date|df=y|1992|01|11}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|df=y|1995|07|08}}
}}

'''''Man O Man''''' (spelled as '''''Mann-o-Mann''''') was a [[game show]] created in Germany, originally airing on [[Sat.1]] from 1992 until 1995 produced by [[Reg Grundy]] and hosted by [[Peer Augustinski]]. The show was loosely in the format of a [[beauty pageant]] but with male contestants. An all-female audience voted for the winner via a series of elimination rounds. Losing contestants would be pushed into a [[swimming pool]].

==Format==
The male contestants would compete in a number of rounds where characteristics a woman may seek in a romantic partner - such as general knowledge, [[romantic love|romantic aptitude]], [[conversation]] skills and [[sense of humour]] - would be tested.

At the end of each round, members of the entirely female audience each voted for their favourite man using a [[remote control]] device and the least popular male would be eliminated from the competition by being pushed into the swimming pool that formed part of the show's set by one of the show's hostesses.

At the beginning of each episode, the ten male contestants would come out on the stage and introduce themselves to the audience, and from these first impressions the audience would eliminate the 3 least popular guys.

The 7 that were left then progressed to the next round, which is a true or false game and saw the guys to see how much they know about women.

The next 2 rounds would have the final 5 doing a fairground hammer bell and then performing various songs for [[karaoke]].

The final 3 surviving guys go through to the final 2 round, which were to answer the girls questions and how much can they cope under pressure.

After this, the audience voted for the winner, with the two runner-up contestants being pushed into the pool simultaneously.

==Merchandise==
A board game<ref>{{cite web|title=Mann O Mann (1994)|url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11363/mann-o-mann|publisher=Board Game Geek|access-date=March 14, 2022}}</ref> based on the show was released by [[Schmidt Spiele]] in 1994.

==International versions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country !! Title !! Broadcaster !! Presenter(s) !! Premiere !! Finale
|-
| {{ARG}} || Man O Man || [[Channel 13 (Argentina)|Canal 13]] || Horacio Cabak || colspan="2" | 1997 
|-
| {{AUS}} || [[Man O Man (Australian game show)|Man O Man]] || [[Seven Network]] || [[Rob Guest]] || 5 February 1994 || 25 November 1994
|-
| {{DEN}} || Mand O Mand || [[TV3 (Denmark)|TV3]] || Michael Carøe || colspan="2" | 1994 
|-
| {{FRA}} || [[:fr:Chéri Chéries|Le Chéri de ces dames]] (1995)<br>[[:fr:Chéri Chéries|Chéri Chéries]] (1998-1999) || [[TF1]] || [[:fr:Jean Philippe Lustyk|Jean Philippe Lustyk]]<br>[[:fr:Pascal Brunner|Pascal Brunner]] || 25 August 1995 || 15 January 1999
|-
| {{GRE}} || Άνδρες έтoіμoі γіα όλα<br><small>Andres etoimoi gia ola</small> || [[ANT1]] || Andreas Mikroutsikos || 1998 || 2000
|-
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kapanlagi.com/showbiz/televisi/indosiar-mencari-pria-sejati-lewat-sang-lelaki-cetbxwa.html|title=Indosiar Mencari Pria Sejati Lewat 'SANG LELAKI' - KapanLagi.com|website=www.kapanlagi.com|date=8 July 2004 |language=en|access-date=2018-09-18}}</ref>
|Sang Lelaki
|[[Indosiar]]
| ?
| colspan="2" |2004
|-
| {{ITA}} || [[:it:Beato tra le donne|Beato tra le donne]] || [[Rai 1]] (1994-1995; 2003) <br> [[Canale 5]] (1996-2000) || [[Paolo Bonolis]] (1994-1997)<br>[[:it:Enrico Papi|Enrico Papi]] (1999)<br>[[Natalia Estrada]] (2000)<br>[[Massimo Giletti]] (2003) || 7 July 1994 || 2003
|-
| {{NED}} || Man O Man || [[Veronica TV|Veronica]] || [[Hans Kraay Jr.]] || colspan="2" | 1995 
|-
| {{NOR}} || Mann Oh! mann || [[TV3 (Norway)|TV3]] || Ragnar Otnes<br>Lars Eikanger || 29 March 1994 || 24 March 1996
|-
| {{POL}} || Trafiony, Zatopiony || [[TVN (Poland)|TVN]] || [[Andrzej Supron]] || 28 August 2000 || 25 December 2000
|-
| {{POR}} || Ai os Homens || [[SIC (Portugal)|SIC]] || José Figueiras || 1996 || 1998
|-
| {{ESP}} || [[:es:Uno para todas (programa de televisión)|Uno para todas]] || [[Telecinco]] || [[:es:Goyo González|Goyo González]] ||19 April 1995 ||12 September 1996
|-
| {{SWE}} || [[:sv:Man O Man|Man O Man]] || [[TV3 (Sweden)|TV3]] || Peter Ahlm || colspan="2" | 1996 
|-
| {{UK}} || [[Man O Man (UK game show)|Man O Man]] || [[ITV Network|ITV]] || [[Chris Tarrant]] || 4 May 1996 || 7 August 1999
|-
| {{US}} || Man O Man || [[UPN]] || [[Michael Burger]] || colspan="2" | 12 August 1995 
|-
| {{TUR}} || Ah Kızlar Vah Erkekler (1995-1996)<br>Erkek Dediğin (1997) || [[Kanal D]] || Özlem Savaş (1995-1996)<br>Halit Ergenç (1997) || 1995 || 1997
|-
| {{VIE}} || Quý Ông Đại Chiến || [[VTV3]] ||[[Lai Van Sam|Lại Văn Sâm]] (2018) <br> Thành Trung (2019-2020)|| 5 May 2018 || 25 July 2020
|}

==Notes==
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[[Category:Man O Man| ]]
[[Category:1990s game shows]]
[[Category:1992 German television series debuts]]
[[Category:1995 German television series endings]]
[[Category:German-language television shows]]
[[Category:German game shows]]
[[Category:Sat.1 original programming]]
[[Category:Beauty pageant parodies]]
[[Category:Television series by Reg Grundy Productions]]
[[Category:Television series by Fremantle (company)]]