A Tinge of Minge was the brainchild of Stefan Kuntz, (a German choreographer responsible for the short-lived 1960s dance outfit Totale Kuntz). The dancers were selected by the usual BBC open audition process, or pleasuring the Chairman of the BBC, as it was known in industry circles. A television series following the girls who won passage to the final 10 (before being whittled down to the winning five) called Sniffing Out The Minges was broadcast in the run up to the unveiling of the dancers on June 15th 1970.