Extreme Makeover: Home Editionspawned during the reality TV boom of the early 2000s.
Seven years later, HGTV announced plans to revive the show.
Read on to discover the untold truth of HGTV’sExtreme Makeover: Home Editionrevival.Note: Potential spoilers ahead.
Ferguson also shared the news with his social media followers in a video he posted toTwitter.
Admitting that he “loved the original,” Ferguson toldParadehow he came to be involved.
“It’s a tricky balance because you’re partOprah Winfrey, part Bob the Builder.”
Let’s move that bus, y’all!"
However, that shouldn’t be an issue with the HGTV reboot.
So we’re not creating McMansions or larger homes."
Instead, “they’re done in a more scaled way,” according to the exec.
Fans wondering why Pennington isn’t involved in HGTV’sExtreme Makeover:Home Editionrevival can stop wondering because he is!
“I went to the folks producing it and said, ‘Hey, man.
I know you are not sure who the host will be.
I’m totally okay with that.'”
According to the publication, at least one special guest will be featured in each and every episode.
“It’s going to be really, really cool,” he exclaimed.
“Exciting things going on.
We are going to be giving back to an amazing family.”
One such family is the Barobis, refugees from thewar-torn Democratic Republic of Congo.
“They are a family who’s always given back,” a family friend told the paper.
“They will take you in at any time and give you the shirt off their backs.”
Lisa Fifita’s reaction to her enlarged new home pretty much said it all.
This is, as one might imagine, a tall order, and led to a nationwide casting call.
“It’s definitely not a lot of time,” DeYoung admitted.
“We have 13-hour shifts, it’s AM and a PM shift.
We are straight all the way through until the very end.”
Despite the tight timing, corners cannot be cut.
“Fast forward, here we are,” said Reeder.
“Best decision we ever made.”
She and her kids then moved into a small three-bedroom home owned by her mother.
“It was absolute chaos,” she revealed to the publication.
I think that that’s more life changing to me than anything else."
In HGTV’s reboot, that’s only expanded.
“I think it’s a great reflection [of] what Ogden’s all about.”
