Sammy is the funny one. If one of her girls doesn't like a guy in the room, she's the first to volunteer to spill a drink on him — though she'll tell you her real method is closer to "a little cyberbullying" and some not-so-subtle hints that it's time to go, buddy. She has a six-month-old miniature dachshund named Frank the Tank who has, allegedly, the personality of Frank Gallagher from Shameless. She has read the Harry Potter series twelve times and will out-trivia you on it. She would rather meet her man at a grocery store than on an app. She has one pump-the-brakes rule and it is aspiring EDM DJs — a rule she comes by honestly, since her last ex became one.

Kween Sammy is 28, from Lakeville and about to move to Minneapolis, an IT sales pro who makes her money, in her words, off of yapping. She's a Harry Potter trivia champion and a Marvel super fan. The one thing she wants someone to teach her this summer is pickleball — a detail that is going to matter more than anyone in the room expects. She's looking for someone kind, someone funny enough to keep up with her, and someone who actually knows how to make a plan.

Three blind dates. Ten minutes each. One second date on the line. And a Shoot Your Shot that changed the whole math.

Date 1: Gerry — 28, solar engineer by day, karaoke singer by night, from Anoka, the self-proclaimed Halloween Capital of the World. Two Maine Coon cats named Rocky and Apollo. Wants to see all twenty regions of Italy before he's old, which he thinks is 30. Walked out to the most explicit song Mac Miller ever made and somehow stayed wholesome the entire time.

Date 2: Andrew — 32, anesthesiologist from Duluth, Timberwolves diehard, converted Vikings fan. Told her that standing on this stage was more nerve-wracking than someone actively dying on his operating table. Then her dad walked up and hit him with the dishes trap. He answered by quoting The Office.

Date 3: David — 27, former history teacher turned benefits consultant, titanium rod in his leg, passport full of stamps. Reads Harry Potter, calls himself "a lot like a dachshund," and once backed into his own dad's car and denied it to his face. Self-preservation, he says.

Then the floor opened for Shoot Your Shot, and one man walked up who wasn't even supposed to be there. A pro pickleball player who teaches right here at Life Time, runs an IT firm, and watched the same Italy show Gerry did — and in about two minutes he offered her pickleball lessons, a job, and a trip to Italy. She'd said all she wanted this summer was to learn pickleball. Then she had to choose.

Hosted by Tobi Shamu. Live on the rooftop at Life Time Edina. DNP x Life Time, Episode 1.

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Colby Wadsworth left Season 12 a few episodes ago with his shirt off, single, and the only person in the room to describe his sexuality as "Bugs Bunny." When that episode wrapped, he kissed his roommate. He has a chubby cat named Fat Nancy who screams at him when he tries to cut back her meals. He's gullible ("you show me a little attention, you can do pretty much whatever"), avoidant, in therapy about it, and has been called a diva by multiple people. He prefers to drive. He is not looking for someone nice.King Colbey is 27, a part-time model and full-time homebody who works at a nonprofit, spends his days around kids and housing programs, and got brought back as our Season 12 finale King after a standout run as a contestant in Episode 2. He's a Taurus. He does backflips. He is aggressively anti-AI and will tell you so. He grew up unhoused, moving place to place, and getting people a roof over their heads is near and dear to him. He's looking for someone decisive — someone who can plan, lead, and pull him out of his own head — without making it her whole job.Three blind dates. Ten minutes each. A trip to the Minneapolis Rodeo on the line. And then the floor opens up.Date 1: Lexi — 26, national champion pom dancer, med-spa marketer, cat mom whose Korean mom signed her up without telling her. He'd just called a cat photo in the first ten minutes a borderline red flag. She pulled hers in sixty seconds. Connect the dots.Date 2: Haley — 23, legal assistant by day, Solidcore coach by night, competitive about literally everything, says she keeps getting cast on dating shows and can't commit to any of them. Six-four-and-a-half-inch height check turned her into "a victim of the system." Likes a man who's a little mean. He'd just said that was his thing.Date 3: Maggie — 28, nurse, dog mom, Taurus, has watched every WW2 documentary ever made. Accidentally dated a married man — met the kids, read them bedtime stories — so her standards are sky high. Showed up in cowboy boots before she'd won a single thing. She already knew.Then came Shoot Your Shot. No surprise date, no script — just whoever in the room had the nerve to walk up. Four did. One of them was a man, and he came with a meter, a fuck-marry-kill, and a follow-up question nobody on stage saw coming. Two made it into the final lineup.Hosted by Tobi Shamu. Live at Graze in Minneapolis's North Loop. Season 12, Episode 5 — the Finale.

Savanna Hatzenbuhler has been single for a few years now. She's been on a handful of dates. Her friends have nicknames for every single one of them: Top Dog, Road Rage, White Girl Wasted, Hardcore EDM. She describes her type as "douchebags" and her role in the friend group as "fun liability." She grabbed a stranger's bagpipe on St. Patty's Day. She is not here for small talk.Kween Savanna is 24, a Woodbury native, U of M grad, web designer at Allianz, and she's going to Paris this summer to play in her company's volleyball Olympics. She is a Gryffindor. She owns a wand. She is looking for someone mature enough to not need a mom, but fun enough to bring out the kid in her.Three blind dates. Ten minutes each. One second date on the line. And then a surprise.Date 1: Chas — 24, coaches his nephew's t-ball team, sings karaoke completely sober, and has a trivia team with a Harry Potter niche category. She's a Gryffindor. Connect the dots.Date 2: Sam — 25, pilot by trade, bartender by night, self-proclaimed D1 yapper. He brought pull tabs. She noticed.Date 3: Kole — 23, snowboard coach, former D2 baseball player, training for the 2027 Deaf Olympics in Austria. Born deaf in both ears, reads lips, and brought it up on his own terms. Asked "Am I doing okay?" The crowd told him.Then Tobi announced a surprise fourth date. No Shoot Your Shot. No crowd volunteer. Someone pre-planned. Someone who's been waiting. The room was not ready.Hosted by Tobi Shamu. Live at Graze in Minneapolis's North Loop. Season 12, Episode 4.

Savanna Hatzenbuhler has been single for a few years now. She's been on a handful of dates. Her friends have nicknames for every single one of them: Top Dog, Road Rage, White Girl Wasted, Hardcore EDM. She describes her type as "douchebags" and her role in the friend group as "fun liability." She grabbed a stranger's bagpipe on St. Patty's Day. She is not here for small talk.

Kween Savanna is 24, a Woodbury native, U of M grad, web designer at Allianz, and she's going to Paris this summer to play in her company's volleyball Olympics. She is a Gryffindor. She owns a wand. She is looking for someone mature enough to not need a mom, but fun enough to bring out the kid in her.

Three blind dates. Ten minutes each. One second date on the line. And then a surprise.

Date 1: Chas — 24, coaches his nephew's t-ball team, sings karaoke completely sober, and has a trivia team with a Harry Potter niche category. She's a Gryffindor. Connect the dots.

Date 2: Sam — 25, pilot by trade, bartender by night, self-proclaimed D1 yapper. He brought pull tabs. She noticed.

Date 3: Kole — 23, snowboard coach, former D2 baseball player, training for the 2027 Deaf Olympics in Austria. Born deaf in both ears, reads lips, and brought it up on his own terms. Asked "Am I doing okay?" The crowd told him.

Then Tobi announced a surprise fourth date. No Shoot Your Shot. No crowd volunteer. Someone pre-planned. Someone who's been waiting. The room was not ready.

Hosted by Tobi Shamu. Live at Graze in Minneapolis's North Loop. Season 12, Episode 4.

Dan Sandvig peaked in high school. His words, not ours.

King Dan was #1 overall on ESPN's All Hockey Hair Team in 2016. He did the interview. He did the photo shoot. That was ten years ago. Since then he's lost a tooth on the rink, picked up a med sales career, started coaching the next generation of hockey kids, and self-proclaimed golden retriever energy on his casting form without realizing Tobi would read it out loud.

He's 27, half Lebanese, plays in three hockey leagues during winter, and brought his entire friend section to Graze — including the guy who knocked the tooth out in the first place. The tooth is removable. He offered to take it out for any date who asked. Nobody asked.Three blind dates. Ten minutes each. One second date on the line.

Date 1: Leila — 26, owns a hair salon in northeast, has a cat she walks on a harness (the cat doesn't love it), and has never split a bill on a date. Not once.

Date 2: Grace — 25, dog mom, hockey player, knitter, and a self-admitted mini golf hustler who went on ten first dates in a row to mini golf and won every single time.

Date 3: Nicole — 24, CorePower instructor, digital consultant, and the woman who told her mom a chipped tooth happened at hockey so she'd pay the $8,000 bill. Her mom is watching live.

Then the Twitch chat asked who he voted for. And someone pump faked a walk-off.

Hosted by Tobi Shamu. Live at Graze in Minneapolis's North Loop. Season 12, Episode 3.

She's a private chef, a nutritionist, a digital marketing entrepreneur, and by her own admission — not here to fix anyone. She's looking for a man who's already done the work. Kween Kristina had a list of standards walking into Season 12 Episode 2. The dates had other plans.

Three blind dates. Ten minutes each. One second date on the line.

Date 1: Remy — 30, Miami-raised stained glass artist now living in northeast Minneapolis, fluent in French, and the first man to share his drink on a first date before the ten minutes were up.

Date 2: Philip — 28, attorney, rock climber, pianist, recently out of a relationship. How recently? They said a month. He said sixty days. Then it got more complicated from there.

Date 3: Colbey — 26, nonprofit professional, part-time model, can hit a backflip but not for attention. Described his sexuality as Bugs Bunny. Watch the episode.

Then there was Shoot Your Shot. And shirts came off before anyone made a decision.

Hosted by Tobi Shamu with special guest co-host Scott Sanderson — Season 10 King and Love Is Blind Minneapolis star — back at Graze for the first time on the other side of the table.

Live at Graze in Minneapolis's North Loop. Season 12, Episode 2.

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Minneapolis is back. And King Jack O'Brien just had the wildest first episode of the season.King Jack is 22 — a Carlson grad, financial analyst, part-time bartender at Blarney, 6'1", blue eyes, and absolutely no trust fund. He watched 12 episodes to prepare for tonight. He came in with notes. He still couldn't predict any of this.Three blind dates. Ten minutes each. One second date on the line.Date 1: Annika — 24, recruiter, Stillwater native, and the highest energy first date Graze has ever seen.Date 2: Jacinda — 22, future lawyer, self-described handful, and the woman who made a grown man do the Cotton-Eye Joe in front of 200 people.Date 3: Hailey — 22, graduating nursing student, lifelong anime fan, and somehow already a familiar face.Then Shoot Your Shot happened. And nothing went according to plan.Hosted by Tobi Shamu. Live at Graze in Minneapolis's North Loop. Season 12, Episode 1Powered by Avocadish - Mention DNP for 20% off your order at their location in Graze Provisions and Libations - https://www.avocadish.com/Powered by You Betcha Cannabis Co. - Use code YBDATE to recieve 30% off any edible purchase at www.youbetchacannabis.comSIGN UP FOR A FUTURE SHOW HERE: https://datenightpod.com/WATCH MORE DNP SHOWS HERE:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6CKkiSUXgdPDOZmwywmcOQApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kings-kweens-the-date-night-podcast/id1567122857Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0sw1np5n1761gTM41Cocf5?si=o44h4uw5Q8e-hNqk5k8IAQ&dl_branch=1FOLLOW THE BACKPOCKETInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_dnp/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedatenightpodcast?lang=enProduced by The Backpocket Productionshttps://www.instagram.com/thebackpocketproductions/

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#dating #funnymoments #podcastclips He’s been dating for nearly two years… and still hasn’t found the right match.In this episode of the Date Night Podcast, the conversation shifts from surface-level attraction to something deeper—energy, authenticity, and what people really look for in a partner. She opens up about wanting someone who can match her energy, while also revealing the hidden cost of always being “on” in social settings. What seems effortless from the outside actually takes a lot more than people realize.As the questions get sharper, so do the standards. From calling out fake personalities to emphasizing kindness over superficial traits, the conversation builds toward one central question: is there real “power couple” potential here—or just another mismatch?Powered by Avocadish - Mention DNP for 20% off your order at their location in Graze Provisions and Libations - https://www.avocadish.com/Powered by You Betcha Cannabis Co. - Use code YBDATE to recieve 30% off any edible purchase at www.youbetchacannabis.comSIGN UP FOR A FUTURE SHOW HERE: https://datenightpod.com/WATCH MORE DNP SHOWS HERE:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6CKkiSUXgdPDOZmwywmcOQApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kings-kweens-the-date-night-podcast/id1567122857Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0sw1np5n1761gTM41Cocf5?si=o44h4uw5Q8e-hNqk5k8IAQ&dl_branch=1FOLLOW THE BACKPOCKETInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_dnp/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedatenightpodcast?lang=enProduced by The Backpocket Productionshttps://www.instagram.com/thebackpocketproductions/

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