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Four Weddings is a programme shown on the UK channel, Sky Living. The first series was aired in 2009 with a second series in 2010 and a third in 2011.

It follows a similar style as Come Dine With Me
Come Dine With Me
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and involves four brides/grooms attending each other's weddings and rating them on:
  • Dress (out of 25)
  • Venue (out of 25)
  • Food (out of 25)
  • Experience (out of 25)


At the end of the show they discover which of the couples has won a luxury honeymoon. Viewers can also play online in the "Online wedding rater" and rate the weddings as they are shown for comparison with the rest of the public.

Other versions

  • An American version of the show, which debuted in early 2010, is broadcast on TLC
    TLC (TV channel)
    TLC is an American cable TV specialty channel which initially focused on educational content. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks...

    . The format is identical to the British version, except that it involves brides only (with the groom of the winning bride presenting the prize), and the maximum number of points in each category is 30, with a special "originality" category used for a tiebreaker if two or more brides tie in all categories. There are usually two seasons a year; the current season, season three, debuted on 7 January 2011.

  • An Australian version of the show began airing on the Seven Network
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    The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...

     on 8 September 2010. The first season used the American format; this season ran for only five episodes. The upcoming second season, which will feature eight, uses a new scoring system for brides, rating their opponents with only one overall score out of ten.

  • A Finnish version known as Neljät häät (Four Weddings) debuted in early spring 2011. It airs on Nelonen
    Nelonen
    Nelonen is a Finnish commercial TV channel. It started out as Helsinki's local television channel PTV in 1989 on the HTV cable network, which name was changed first to PTV4 and then to Nelonen. It started on June 1, 1997. Nelonen, in Finnish, means the glyph of the number four. The channel is...

    and follows the same format as the British version.
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