- Adele Vellacott and Dave Cobain married in Monmouthshire, South Wales
- Couple met on ITV show in 2012 - but ended up on dates with other people
- Adele, 34, and Dave, 30, also have a one-year-old son, Freddie
Tie the knot: Adele Vellacott and Dave Cobain became the first Take Me Out couple to get married on Saturday
Adele Vellacott and Dave Cobain have become the first Take Me Out couple to get married.
The couple, who live in London, met on the hit dating show but ended up going on dates to the show's fictional date destination - the Isle of Fernando's - with other people.
Two years later they have a one year old baby, and on Saturday tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at Cwrt Bleddyn Hotel in Monmouthshire, South Wales.
Adele, 34, and Dave, 30, appeared on the second series of the ITV show in 2012.
Each episode sees single men trying to impress 30 single girls, eventually selecting their favourites from those who still have their lights left on.
But it wasn't love at first sight as Dave picked Lucy Evans - and Adele ended up going out with someone else.
When they were in Fernando's, however, they didn't end up hitting it off with their respective dates, and love slowly blossomed.
Adele confesses to MailOnline that pined after Dave for months, but he kept spurning her advances.
'It was between me and another girl at the end, we were both from Wales, and he ended up on the date with the other girl. We all got flown over to Fernando's but our dates didn't work out, and Dave and I ended up building up a great friendship.
'He's lovely. Something about him pulled me towards him.
'In the months that followed we ended up meeting at parties and reunions... he made me chase him for quite a while, playing hard to get. I really liked him, he's a cheeky chappy.
'I liked him from the start but didn't realise they were these strong relationship feelings. I thought I wasn't his cup of tea because he kept blowing me out when I'd ask him out on a date.
'I hadn't been in a serious relationship for five years before I got with Dave. I lost my confidence a lot... so for me to start chasing somebody. I couldn't carry on.
Match made on TV: Adele, 34, and Dave, 30, appeared on the second series of the ITV show in 2012
Love at second sight? The couple, who live in London, met on the hit dating show but ended up going on dates to the Isle of Fernando's with other people
'Eventually I thought, I cant keep asking him out. I just told him outright that I had feelings for him...
'He had no idea. He actually said he thought I was out of his league.'
Soon after, the couple got together, and by June 2013 they had their beautiful boy, Freddie, Take Me Out's first baby.
He was even page boy at the big day yesterday and 'stole the show'.
Just 100 close family, friends and fellow contestants were in attendance, including Take Me Out's Natalie Booth, a red-haired burlesque performer, and blonde, tattooed Kate McGann.
Parents: Two years after their appearance on the show, the couple have a one-year-old son Freddie
Special role: Little Freddie was a page boy at his parents' wedding
But the show's presenter Paddy McGuinness, 40, was absent.
'I met Paddy again a while back when I did a pilot for another show. He joked about being invited to the wedding but we didn't think he'd want to come all the way to Wales.
'We keep in touch with some of the production team and they tell us he often asks how we are,' Adele tells the Star.
'We love telling people how we met. It's such a lovely story. People say to Dave "I bet you never live it down that you turned her light off".
Sealed with a kiss: The couple are setting sail on a cruise around the Canary Islands, including Tenerife - the real home to the fictional Isle of Fernando's where Take Me Out couples have their first dates
Hit show: Presenter Paddy McGuinness had joked about being invited to the wedding, but the couple did not think he would want to go to Wales
In a week's time the newlyweds are off on honeymoon to - where else - the Isle of Fernando's.
They will take a cruise around the Canary Islands, including Tenerife - the real home to the fictional Isle of Fernando's where Take Me Out couples have their first dates.
The Welsh presenter for Psychic TV, who has lived in London for ten years, has now relocated back to Wales with her new family.
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