Roland Trettl
This is how love lasts a lifetime
Roland Trettl plays Cupid again.
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“First Dates Hotel” is back. Roland Trettl becomes a TV matchmaker again and talks about his own blind date experiences.
“There are so many things that I love about this format,” enthuses Trettl in an interview with the broadcaster. “I just love getting to know people, showing interest in them, learning things and getting to know new attitudes. I love being able to work with a mega team, be it in front of the camera but also behind it. I just love people “To bring those who no longer want to be alone in life together with another person as best as possible.”
The spin-off “has a lot more options”
The spin-off offers much more scope than the parent format. You spend one to three hours in a restaurant and ideally much longer in a hotel. “In addition, you have many more opportunities to get to know people outside of the restaurant, even in a large hotel setting, and you may fall in love before you even have the first date in the restaurant.”
Trettl has been asking people to go on TV blind dates for six years now. He himself had his last blind date 15 years ago – “and it was even successful for a few nights,” says the 52-year-old mysteriously. He is currently considered single. In January 2023, he and his wife Daniela announced their separation after twelve years of marriage.
When can love work?
“I don’t know a recipe for perfect love,” admits Trettl. Love always works when two people are ready for each other and when both are happy with their own lives. “And so that this love lasts a lifetime, we should take the forks that life has to offer together and not alone.”
And what is his most important tip that he can give singles along the way? “I always say: ‘Be who you are: ideally confident, respectful, somewhat gentleman/gentlewoman and ideally you think about your own life and make sure you are happy and satisfied with your life before you date.'”