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" 'Blind Date' was based on an Australian show called 'Perfect Match', which I first saw when I was on tour there. And I couldn't understand why it wasn't on British T.V. "

Cilla Black

Blind

Understand

Why

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Night

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Long

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Know

Equality

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Blessed

Live

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Unknown

People

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Life