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Match.com said the winning candidate will be outgoing and media-savvy
The lucky singleton will stop in Rio de Janeiro, Paris and New York
The trip will last for six weeks with all hotel and travel costs covered

By Ruth Halkon For Mailonline

Published: 07:36 EST, 4 April 2015 | Updated: 00:01 EST, 5 April 2015

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Fancy bonding with a Brazilian, romancing a Roman, puckering up to a Parisian or seducing a Swede?

A dating website is offering one lucky person the chance to scour the world for love, all without paying a penny.

Match.com is seeking an outgoing, media-savvy person with a passion for travelling and meeting new people to hop around the globe and go on dates with locals.

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The chosen candidate will be able to discover all that the dating scene in each city has to offer

To coincide with the dating site's 20th anniversary, applications seeking a 'date explorer' to help it revolutionise the British dating scene.

The lucky singleton will be given a round-the-world ticket with stops at five different destinations: New York, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Stockholm and Paris.

In each city they will sample the local dating scene and unearth the pearls of wisdom that could help turn Britons into better daters.

The lucky singleton will be given a round-the-world ticket with stops in New York and four other cities

The chosen candidate will be able to discover all that the dating scene in each city has to offer - from samba dancing in Brazil and Swedish saunas to coffee near Rome's Trevi Fountain and strolling hand in hand along the Champs-Elysees in Paris.

The trip will last for six weeks and take place during June and July, with all hotel and travel costs covered.

It will also include a generous expenses budget to ensure they can go on as many dates as possible without breaking the bank.

The lucky winner could be romancing a Roman near the sparkling waters of the Trevi Fountain

A spokesperson for Match.com said the website is hoping ‘the chosen date explorer and their followers will be inspired by the savvy, no-nonsense approach of New Yorkers, the passion of Romans, and the Parisians’ ability to confidently charm their date'.

As part of the application process candidates are asked to describe their best and worst dates and why they should be chosen for this adventure.

The deadline to enter the competition is April 30.

Watch footage from actual Match.com first dates (related)