Student lands dream date with boy band star

A Blind Date contestant has gone on a romantic cruise with Duncan James from her favourite band, Blue.

Sally Bradbury was unaware the entire group were behind the famous screen.

Cilla Black told her a change in the format meant there were four instead of three boys to choose from.

When the screen went back to reveal her choice, Sally hugged and kissed Duncan.

Blue were appearing in a special celebrity version of Blind Date.

Viewers will be able to see how their date went in the first of the new series on ITV1 in the autumn.

Sally, who is studying law and Italian at Plymouth University, had told Cilla she was on the programme because she had never been in love or had a relationship.

Now she is on a catamaran cruise in Spain with 23-year-old Duncan, though a Blind Date spokesman says the exact location is a secret.

Sally's father Peter, who lives in Plymouth, said: "Sally is out of the country at the moment and is obviously enjoying herself."

He admitted he had never heard of Blue, adding: "I am a Rolling Stones man myself."