Meet the contestants of My Mum, Your Dad

My Mum, Your Dad begins on ITV on September 11 and will follow a group of single parents who’ve been nominated by their grown-up kids to find a partner.

Across two weeks, and 10 hour-long episodes, the parents will live in a country house retreat as they hope for a second chance of love.

As the parents go on dates, their children will watch on as witness to their journey to find love.

The kids will get the opportunity to play matchmakers and decide the fate of each date.

Express.co.uk has everything you need to know about the line-up for My Mum, Your Dad.

Monique

Age: 50

Location: Winchmore Hill

Occupation: Therapist/Student

Ahead of the series, Monique described her dating history as “disappointing and disheartening with poor judgement”.

She explained: “I find it hard to read somebody properly, I like to give everyone a chance even when I know deep inside it’s not quite right. I’m the eternal optimist when it comes to meeting somebody.”

Sharon

Age: 53

Location: Sunderland

Occupation: Safeguarding and Welfare Officer in Education

Sharon is looking to meet “somebody who has the same morals, the same qualities, the same aspirations and goals”. She said her celebrity crush is Hugh Jackman, explaining: “He comes across as such a genuine, great guy. He’s been married for nearly 30 years, he seems very devoted to his wife. He’s obviously very handsome too – I love stubble on a man!”

Caroline

Age: 51

Location: South Lanarkshire

Occupation: Tech Assistant at private baby clinic

Caroline said she was nominated for the show because “I’ve been single for such a long time, it’s probably the longest I’ve ever been single!”

She added: “I’ve always been quite happy being single but I think she thought, ‘Mum, you need to get out there!’”

Natalie

Age: 44

Location: Bournemouth

Occupation: Self-esteem and Relationship Recovery Coach

Natalie said someone can impress her with “good character, that’s paramount and being able to make me laugh”

She said her celebrity crushes are “Channing Tatum because of how he can dance. Tom Hardy because of his ruggedness, and Idris Elba because of his smoothness and he’s a great actor. Oh, and Paul Brunson – because that man has character; he is all about personal development, he’s a family man, and has a lot of wisdom and that’s very attractive!”

Paul

Age: 47

Location: London

Occupation: Owner of Decorating Company

Describing his dating history, Paul said: “Reasonably alright. My issue has been not opening up. I’ve never managed to open up and really find that ‘one’.”

He is hoping to meet “someone that’s interesting and a strong character. I like someone to question me and challenge me”.

Clayton

Age: 57

Location: Nottingham

Occupation: Pastoral Support Officer

Clayton said someone can impress him by “being yourself”. He explained: “Nothing is worse than someone being false and I pick up on that quite easily.

“Also by showing self- confidence and telling me a little bit about your ambitions and goals and some of the things you’ve done. And if someone is really creative, that gets my attention straight away.”

Roger

Age: 58

Location: Derbyshire

Occupation: Postman

Roger revealed his daughter told him: “‘Just enjoy yourself, you’ve come this far, you know you’ll make friends.’ It’s total role reversal!” He said someone can impress him by having “a sense of humour is massively important and finding common ground. Kindness and just generally being a nice person.”

Elliott

Age: 53

Location: Essex

Occupation: PE Teacher/Football Coach

Elliott describes himself as a “dating disaster”, explaining: ” I’ve been doing renovation on the house and one time this woman was coming over and there was a bathroom shop around the corner that was having a really good sale and I needed to get to it.

“So I took her to that… there was one point I was walking past a sink and I said, ‘I really like this sink’ and I saw myself in the mirror and I saw her face. I just thought, ‘This is probably the worst date she’s ever had, what am I doing?’”

Janey

Age: 47

Location: West Sussex

Occupation: Singer/Recruitment Manager

Janey said she is “silly” and “quite engaging” when she’s on a date and is hoping to find someone “like myself”. She elaborated: “Funny, kind, loyal and is looking for their forever person.”

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