Boy Meets Girl

The boys | The girls | The judges

Steve/Sandra

Steve, a 21-year-old shop assistant who lives with two friends in Manchester, is outgoing. Like many urban young men, he enjoys going to the pub and chatting up girls. This is part of the reason behind his desire to participate in Channel 4's experiment. How would he feel if the tables were turned? Steve is interested in how it would feel to walk into a club and feel the eyes of the men in the room turn to him. He's hoping he might get a few free drinks out of it.

Stan/Stacey

Stan is an actor who lives with his girlfriend and three children. He is a fitness fanatic - and it shows. Tall, muscular and handsome, it is difficult to see how he is going to transform himself into a convincing woman. Stan sees the Boy Meets Girl experiment as a professional challenge. He believes that playing a woman will be the ultimate test of his acting abilities. He is not confident he will succeed.

Blaine/Jessica

Blaine is an aspiring writer who hails from America but is currently living in Wales. He is interested in the experiment on a personal level: although he has female friends, he has always felt confused by women, by the nature of femaleness. He wants to see if he can move beyond the artifice of cross-dressing — the wig and the nails — to discover what else changes when he assumes a female persona.

Pablo/Agetha/Joelle

A keen Sunday League footballer who works in a language school, Pablo looks as though he may make a convincing woman. The 21-year-old has long, braided hair, delicate features and an infectious laugh. His reasons for participating in the programme are purely frivolous. He thinks it will be a laugh and is looking forward to fooling people. He wants to walk into a pharmacy, buy some tampons and see if anyone gives him a second glance.

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