'' is an ABC Reality Television series that began broadcasting on December 3 , 2003 as a special and as a regular television series since February 15 , 2004 , in which a family's house, including all rooms, exterior and landscaping, is made over by a team of builders and designers in seven days while the family is sent on vacation. It is a Spinoff of '' Extreme Makeover ''.
The show is one of ABC 's top-rated series and has become more popular than the original ''Extreme Makeover''.
The show is hosted by carpenter Ty Pennington , formerly from the show '' Trading Spaces ''. It is sponsored by Sears (and their properties, Craftsman and Kenmore ), for which Pennington serves as a spokesman and which are prominently featured in the episodes. The series is devoted to rebuilding families' homes when the family is in need of new hope.
The band that sings the theme song on the show's opening credits is Of A Revolution .
The show also had a series of specials that later became a regular series during the 2004-2005 television season entitled ''Extreme Makeover Home Edition: How’d They Do That?''
The majority of episodes are one hour; however, in some instances (mainly if complications are involved) the episode will be a two-parter and will start at 7PM Eastern Time (one hour ahead of its normal 8PM Eastern Time slot).
After a family is chosen, Ty and the design team visit the family's home and proceed to give the family a "wake-up call" (courtesy of Ty's bullhorn) by shouting "Good Morning {family's name}!" The team will then go throughout the house, finding out about the family's interests as design inspiration.
The family will then be sent off on a one-week vacation (where applicable, airfare is provided by Southwest Airlines , whose involvement is noted at the end of the show) while the house is renovated or demolished, depending on its condition and the family's needs. (For an exception to both of these rules, see the Kubena Family episode in Season 3.) Beginning with Season 3 the demolitions have become quite creative; the team has used falling trees, tanks, and even monster trucks to accomplish the task where needed.
A local home builder and community volunteers begin basic work (electrical, plumbing, roofing, and if the house is demolished framing a new one) while the design team begins designing the creative aspects of the house. Once the basic work is completed, the design team will then add the finishing touches. Shows often feature design team members making a trip to a local Sears store as well as special guest appearances.
At the end of the week, the family returns to their home, to see cheering crowds and the view of their home blocked by a bus (for larger projects, two buses are blocking the house). When Ty and the family give the order "bus driver, move that bus!" (or "those buses"), the family sees the end result of the team's efforts. Ty's "secret room" is usually the last item featured on the show (a room that gets Ty's special attention, often a child's bedroom). Some episodes feature special gifts given to the family by outside parties.
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- – The family was in the process of renovating their home when Olivia, the youngest daughter, was diagnosed with leukemia. Everything was put on hold while she received treatment.
- --- Ty's secret room – Olivia's Bedroom
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, and Tracy
- – Trent Woslum was serving in Iraq when he received an email from his wife that they had been contacted by the show to receive an ''Extreme Makeover''. Trent’s wife, Dawna, and their three sons were sent to Disneyland for the week while the house was renovated. They were surprised on their return to find that Trent was home.
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, and Tracy
- – John Cox is a youth pastor whose wife, Wendy, is a stay-at-home mom raising three girls. The design team remodeled the house for the family.
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, and Tracy
- --- Special guest – LeAnn Rimes
- – Contessa Mendoza is a social worker and a single mother, who also chose to take in two foster kids. The team also customized the car of the older foster child.
- --- Ty's secret room - Analicia's undersea-themed room
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, and Tracy
- --- Special guest - NASA Astronaut Commander Robert Green
- – The McCrory family was a family of four that was pregnant with triplets. Grandma, who had come to help take care of the family, was sleeping out in the garage. The team expanded the house to make room for grandma and all the new babies.
- --- Ty's secret room – Tom's "sports bar" garage
- --- Design team – Ty, Alle, Michael, Preston, and Tracy
- – "Sweet" Alice Harris is a woman in South Central Los Angeles who has worked for 35 years to help her neighborhood. Her block, and her home, was flooded in a storm. Her husband, daughter, and two grandchildren also live in the house with her. The team also worked on several projects around the neighborhood.
- --- Ty's secret room - A dorm room for where visitors can sleep in
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Dawson, Paul, and Tracy
- --- "Sweet" Alice Harris has appeared in multiple episodes since her home was remodeled:
--During Season 2, Ty was in the hospital due to appendicitis during the Harper family episode, and "Sweet" Alice showed up to check on him.
--"Sweet" Alice also appeared in Season 3's 2005 "Holiday Wishes" episode (aka "Pay It Forward"), where the Extreme Makeover team remodeled the Los Angeles Free Clinic.
--Still later in Season 3, she appeared during the Kirkwood family's makeover.
- – Robert Gil was in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down. His mom quit her job to give him full-time care. The design team renovated the house to make his life easier.
- --- Ty's secret room - Andrew's car-themed room
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Dawson, Michael, and Paul
- – After tracking down his father, Freeman Hardin, Jr. brought him to live with his family. They had no place for him to stay in the house, so he was living in a trailer.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Ty converted the trailer into a state-of-the-art movie theater.
- --- Design team – Ty, Alle, Paige, Preston, Tracy
- – An SUV crashed into the house of the Tugwell family. No one was injured but a large part of the house was destroyed. The Extreme Makeover team also helped arrange for the engagement of the Tugwell’s daughter to her boyfriend.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Ty created a secret storage room off of the den.
- --- Design team – Ty, Alle, Paul, Preston, Tracy
- – Martha Walsick lost her husband to cancer, leaving her to raise 9 children alone. The nine children and mom were crammed into a very small home, which the team expanded to give all the kids bigger bedrooms and more common space.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Ty worked on Philip and Gregory's bedroom.
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Dawson, Michael, Paige
- --- J.J. Carrell, the man who nominated the Walsick family for the makeover, had also lost his wife to cancer, and started a relationship with Constance while they were building the house. They were later engaged.
- – Keenan Powell is a 16-year-old boy with major mold and dust allergies. His mom, Carrie, has had a hard time keeping up with all of his health challenges and trying to keep the house as hypo-allergenic as possible. The team redid the house, including installing a state-of-the-art air filtration system.
- --- Ty's secret room - Keenan's basketball-themed room
- --- Design team – Ty, Alle, Dawson, Michael, Paige
- --- Special guests – The Harlem Globetrotters
- – Diane and Mark Cadigan both died within three weeks of each other, leaving their 8 children to fend for themselves. The older siblings moved back to the house in Livermore, California to keep the family together, but the house is way too small – including that they all have to share one bathroom.
- --- Ty's secret room - Danny's rock-and-roll themed room
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, Tracy
- – Brook Imbriani gave blood to a local blood drive, and then was told that a baby girl with a leukemia was a match with her bone marrow. Nancy Ramirez, the baby’s mother, nominated the family for a home makeover. At the time, Brook was living in a house with her two kids, her mother, her sister, her brother-in-law, and her nephew.
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Preston, Tracy
- – As part of May sweeps, ABC aired a live episode of ''EM: HE'' where the team renovated the apartment of two firefighters from New York City . The renovations were completed in a day, instead of the normal week, and the show also included updates from families in previous episodes and clips of renovations that hadn’t been shown before.
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paige, Paul, Preston, Tracy
- --- Special guests - Regis Philbin , several members of the New York Rangers
- – Brian Wofford is a single father of 8, whose wife had died 4 years earlier. The kids were all crammed into a few bedrooms with 4 boys out in the garage. The makeover team completely demolished the old house and built a brand new house, including a large personal workout room for the family.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Luke’s do-it-yourself bedroom
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, Tracy
- – Veronica and Johnny Garay have 4 children, including a son with autism. Three years before the makeover, Johnny’s mother was killed by a stray bullet while visiting her son. He and Veronica chose to take care of the five younger brothers and sisters. They lived in a 100-year-old house, which was falling down and had only one working bathroom.
- --- Ty’s secret room – The third floor music and study area
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, Tracy
- – Shelby Pope suffers from Polymorphous Light Eruption (PMLE), more commonly known as being "allergic to the sun"—direct exposure can cause severe sun poisoning. She is practically a prisoner in her room because the house has so many large windows. The design team builds a new house with UV protected windows and a large backyard covered by large tents, so Shelby can enjoy the outdoors. The design team used the large farm to install huge solar panels to practically eliminate the family’s energy costs.
- --- Ty’s secret room – An old bar, which Ty turns into an entertainment room / wine cooler
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Paige, Paul, Preston, Tracy
- --- The Pope Family also appeared on the 2005 "Holiday Wishes" episode where they and the Extreme Makeover producers arranged a special night-time opening of Walt Disney World for children suffering from Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP), a more severe disease closely related to Shelby's condition.
- – Hannah Grinnan was born with a heart defect and needed a heart transplant. When Hannah started to reject the heart, the family moved from Arizona to California to be able to provide her with the best medical care. As part of the makeover, the family installed an air purification system to try to eliminate the risk of mold and germs affecting Hannah’s health. For the oldest son and his fiancee, the show built a mini apartment as part of the house, and they also gave a new truck to the father and a new car for the oldest daughter.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Hannah’s bedroom
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, Tracy
- --- Special guest – Lee Ann Womack
- – Consuella Mackey runs Operation Confidence , a foundation to help people with disabilities get the help that they need and improve their own view of themselves. Consuella’s sister and daughter live with her, in addition to a niece and another teenage male relative. Consuella often gives up her own bed for someone that may need a place to stay. The design team completely remodeled the house, including making it more handicap accessible, built a small beauty parlor, and fixed Consuella’s old pickup truck.
- --- Ty’s secret room – The new Operation Confidence office
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paige, Paul, Tracy
- – Lucy Ali and her two adopted sons, Paul and Koran, were forced out of their house after a contractor took their money and destroyed their house. Lucy is paying rent on an apartment in addition to paying her mortgage. The design team completely remodeled their house.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Lucy’s master bedroom suite.
- --- “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paige, Paul, Preston
- – Judy and Larry Vardon are childhood sweethearts, who have been married 20 years. They have two sons, Lance, who is 12 years old, blind and autistic, and Stefan. Judy and Larry are deaf. The design team remodeled the house and put in a bunch of safety features to help take care of Lance.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Lance’s play room
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael, Paul, Preston, Tracy
- --- Special guest – Marlee Matlin
- – Jennifer Elcano lost her husband, Glen, in an auto accident. It left her to raise their two young children and run their family farm. The design team ripped down the old house, built a new house shaped like a barn, built a new barn, and helped plant the fields. The design team also gave the family a new Ford F250 pickup truck and a Ford Freestyle.
- --- Ty’s secret room – GlenJen Farm Office
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Paul, Preston, Tracy
- --- Special guest – Randy Travis
- – Benjamin Burns was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta , also known as “brittle bone disease”. The design team worked on building a home that was easier and safer for him, including more padding on the floors and the walls, non-slip flooring and grab rails throughout the house.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Pamela’s sewing themed bedroom
- --- “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
- --- Design team – Ty, Michael Paul, Preston, Tracy
- – Patricia Broadbent is a former social worker who has adopted three girls with HIV. Recently diagnosed with lung cancer, she’s worried about having a secure place for the girls to live if anything were to happen to her.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Patricia’s master bedroom
- --- “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Michael Paul, Preston
- --- Special guest – Elton John
- --- The Broadbent Family also appeared on the 2005 "Holiday Wishes" episode where they helped Wayne Newton deliver meals to people who were alone for the holidays. Additionally, they decorated the apartment of a man who had recently lost both his elderly partners and his partner.
- – Roseanne Dore is a single mother in Kingston, Washington raising three daughters. In March 2004, their house burned down and the insurance policy that Roseanne thought she had didn’t exist. The family moved into a shed, with no plumbing or electricity.
- --- Ty’s secret room – A new bed and breakfast
- --- Design team – Ty, Ed, Michael, Paige, Preston
- --- "How’d They Do That" episode aired on Monday
- – Rodney Anderson was visiting his family when he was shot by gang members, who had mistaken him for someone else. The bullet caused him to be a paraplegic and spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. His sister, and her three children, moved into the family home to help take care of him. His family had received a grant to make his home wheelchair accessible, but it was stolen by a contractor. Sadly, a year after Rodney was shot, his father Joe, was injured in a car crash, causing several of his toes to be removed. In addition to renovating the house, the design team also planned a wedding for Rodney and his fiancée after the reveal.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Parents’ master bedroom
- --- Design team – Ty, Ed, Paige, Preston, Tracy
- --- "How’d They Do That" episode aired on Monday
- --- To date this is the only house that took longer than seven days to complete (eight days were needed).
- – Jhryve Sears has Krabbe Disease . She’s been living in a hospital since doctors have deemed her home in Martinez, California , unsuitable due to a mold infestation. The team came in built the family a new home with a hospital-grade filtration system.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Gym and Endless Pool
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Eduardo, Michael, Paul
- --- “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
- --- This episode of “How’d They Do That” included ABC's apology to Martinez, CA for calling the city "Oakland" the previous night (the producers claim this was intentional to misdirect attention from the family).
- – The Extreme Makeover teams works with HomeAid America and Colorado Homeless Families for the Correa and Medeiros families. The Correa family had been living in a homeless shelter and the Medeiros family had been living with friends. They also arrange a job for Dusty Correa and another man from the homeless shelter.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Community center
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Eduardo, Paul, Tracy
- – While living in the projects in Brooklyn, New York, Patricia and Milton Haper lost their 2-year-old son to a choking accident. Wanting a better life, they moved their family to a home in Atlanta. Unfortunately, their home is a mess. The basement fills up with raw sewage any time it rains and forces the family to spend many nights sleeping in their minivan.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Music Room
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Ed, Eduardo, Michael, Paul
- --- Special guest – Jeff Foxworthy
- --- “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
- --- During this episode, Ty suffered a perforated appendix, and his segment of the show was taped from a local hospital. "Sweet" Alice Harris came to visit him during his stay.
- – The Harris family consists of Chris, Diamond, nine-year-old son DeWayne, and America’s first surviving set of African-American sextuplets. In addition to raising seven children under 10, the Harris home was also damaged by Hurricane Ivan . The ''Extreme Makeover'' team built the Harris Family a better house, including a giant playroom for the sextuplets.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Master Bedroom Suite
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Eduardo, Michael, Paul
- --- Special guests – Florence Henderson and the Muppets
- --- “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
- – Kassandra Okvath is an eight-year-old cancer survivor who asks the ''Extreme Makeover'' team to help renovate the children’s cancer wing of the local hospital to make it a happier place for those receiving treatment. While the Okvath family was sent to work on the hospital, the ''Extreme Makeover'' team surprised the family with a home makeover of their own.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Kassandra’s Garden Bedroom
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Ed, Paige, Preston
- --- “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
- – After the parents of the five Higgins’ children died, the Leomiti family invited them to live in their small 3-bedroom house. The Extreme Makeover team tore down the old house and built a brand new house for 11 people.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Leomiti Master Bedroom
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Ed, Michael, Paul
- --- Special guest – California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
- --- “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
- --- In August 2005, the Higgins siblings who appeared on the show sued ABC, the Leomiti family, and Pardee Homes, the contractor who built the new house, accusing the parties of Fraud and Breach Of Contract . The Higgins' said the family that took them in after their parents died later drove them out of the nine-bedroom Mansion that was built for them. The Leomitis claim that the Higgins' voluntarily moved out of the house.
- – Robin Leslie recently lost her husband and oldest son in a car crash and was left to raise her three young sons alone in a fixer-upper farm house in Louisiana. The ''Extreme Makeover'' team gutted the inside of the house instead of demolishing the entire house to help keep the historic nature of the house. As an added gift, Robin was given a scholarship to finish her master’s degree.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Master Bedroom Suite
- --- Special guest – BMX champion Mat “The Condor” Hoffman
- --- Design team – Ty, Eduardo, Paige, Paul, Preston
- --- “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
- --- Robin Leslie appeared in the 2005 “Holiday Wishes” episode and worked with Preston to help those in shelters after Hurricane Katrina . Preston and Robin revisited the house after Hurricane Katrina , and saw that the house only suffered minimal damage.
- – Willie Harvey was a mechanic and heavy equipment operator, who was also repairing his family’s 1930 Army barracks home, when he was diagnosed with epilepsy. He’s been unable to get a job, and his wife is working two jobs and going to school to get her nursing degree. Because Willie hasn’t been able to keep up with the repairs needed on their home, it’s in need of an ''Extreme Makeover''.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Game Room
- --- Design team – Ty, Ed, Michael, Paige, Preston
- --- “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
- - James Dolan (aka, "Jamie") was a worker at a local electronic store in St. Petersburg, Florida. In November 2004, an unknown man walked into the store where James worked and shot him in the head at point-blank range. James completely lost his eyesight but he miraculously survived. The gunman killed two other innocent people before turning the gun on himself. James and his wife, Chrissy, bought his childhood home to raise their own children. James was a pretty good handman, and he enjoyed fixing up the house. But then, it became difficult for him to do some everyday tasks since he already lost his eyesight. The design team replaced the Dolans' 1960s-era ranch house with a brand new navigation-friendly home for Jamie. An electronic voice-activated machine was installed on the first floor and Jamie can tell the machine to perform a command (e.g. "turn on the lights"). The machine can also give him news on the stock market, and other everyday info. The team also included distinct walls for Jamie to feel so that Jamie knows what room he is in.
- --- Ty's secret room - Master bedroom for Chrissy's brother and sister-in-law
- --- Design team - Ty, Eduardo, Paul, Preston, Constance
- --- “How’d They Do That” episode aired on Monday
- - Kansas City, Missouri - Stephen Johnson is the proud father of five kids, three from birth, and two he adopted when youngest son Duane cried that they would be separated from him after their adoptive mother died. One day, paramedic Mary Seymour was shot, so Stephen had to save her. As a result for saving her life, he was nominated by Mary for the makeover. Not only is he a firefighter, but he has two other jobs to work with as well. The children describe him as "a hero, excellence, awesome, inspiring, and loving." Because Stephen, Jr. is into cars, Paige decided to give him and his dad a new Ford Mustang convertible on the driveway. Ty, meanwhile, made a special glass sculpture for Stephen with the words about how the kids feel about him inscribed on the statue.
- ---Ty's Secret Room - He actually took on two projects-- G'na's room, and a special section of the backyard for where the sculpture now resides.
- ---Design team - Ty, Michael, Constance, Paige, Ed
- - St James, New York - John Vitale, 32, works as a policeman with the Suffolk County Police Department. He and Anne-Marie were a young, happily married couple with three little children: Jack (4), Adrian (2½), and Luke (18 months). Their family was growing quickly so they moved out of their small, two-bedroom adobe home to Anne-Marie’s parents’ house. But soon after they moved out, tragedy struck in August 2004. Anne-Marie died of an aggressive form of leukemia and was buried on what would have been her 29th birthday. John couldn’t renovate his home as the family’s savings accounts were drained after paying hospital bills and for Anne-Marie's burial. He and his children need their house back so the design team came to the rescue to build a new home in memory of a young wife and mother.
- ---Ty’s Secret Room – need information
- ---Design Team – Ty, Paige, Constance, Paul, and Michael
- ---Special Guest – Tenor Daniel Rodriguez
- - In March 2003 , Lori Piestewa was the first American woman to be killed in action in the Iraq War , and is also believed to be the first Native American woman to die in a foreign war. She died when the Humvee she was driving was hit by an RPG . She had previously told her roommate and best friend Jessica Lynch , who would become a POW in the same incident, that her dream was to return to her home in the Navajo Nation in Tuba City, Arizona and build her parents a home. A divorced mother, she left behind two young children who were being cared for by her parents, Percy and Terry Piestewa, in a rented mobile home. Lynch applied for a makeover for Lori's family. In a two-parter, the team built the family a new home in Flagstaff, Arizona , where they had expressed a desire to move. The team not only built the new home, but also built a Veterans Affairs building dedicated as a meeting place for Native American veterans in the area. The homebuilders gave $50,000 to the family, and Sears gave $300,000 worth of clothing to families on the Navajo reservation.
- ---Ty's secret room - A memorial room to honor Lori
- ---Design team - Ty, Paul, Michael, Constance, Preston, Paige, Ed, Eduardo
- ---Special guest - Jessica Lynch
- – In program. However, her home was all but destroyed by a water heater explosion. In a two-part episode, the team demolished the old house and rebuilt on the site.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Morgan's room
- --- Special guest - John Walsh . His show, '' America's Most Wanted '', has profiled the Morgan Nick case many times.
- --- Design team – Ty, Paul, Preston, Paige, Michael, Constance
- – In December 2003 , a U.S. Army Combat Medic , Master Sergeant Luis Rodriguez, lost his right leg in Iraq. After 16 surgeries and months of rehabilitation, he returned to his wife and their two daughters in Clarksville, Tennessee , and continued to serve in the Army as an instructor in combat medicine at Fort Campbell . However, since he had to use crutches to walk, his home was ill-suited for his new needs. In another two-parter, the team came to build him a home more suited for an amputee. While they worked, the family was sent to a rehabilitation facility in Ohio where Luis was fitted for a new prosthetic leg.
- --- Ty’s secret room – The backyard
- --- Design team – Ty, Paul, Ed, Preston, Paige
- --- Rodriguez would appear in the 2005 "Holiday Wishes" episode, where he assisted Bobby Isaacs, a fellow Iraq veteran who lost both his legs in country.
- – Billy Jack and Anne Barrett, real-life " Horse Whisperer s" from Colorado , are the parents of six—two biological and four adopted. Anne left her job to Homeschool their adopted children, all now teenagers who had come from abusive pasts and are still catching up with their peers. The Barretts wanted to adopt more children, but their four-bedroom house was too small for their current family, and Colorado law prohibits a family from adopting more children if it has more than two children per bedroom. The team built a new house large enough to allow the Barretts to take in more children.
- --- Ty’s secret room – A new schoolhouse
- --- Special guest - Brad Paisley
- --- Design team – Ty, Eduardo, Ed, Constance, Michael
- – Shortly after Gordon Harrison, a married father of three in the Salt Lake City suburb of Bountiful , started a cabinetry business, he was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer . While in chemotherapy, he spent almost a year in a project to remake a neighbor's home. However, his health struggles and his commitment to his neighbors meant that he could not repair his house, and it was rapidly falling apart. People in his neighborhood nominated him for a makeover.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Gordon's workshop
- --- Design team – Ty, Paige, Ed, Eduardo, Michael
- – In 1995 , Paul and Cyndy Teas bought a run-down camp in Purdy, Missouri , converting it into Camp Barnabas , which is designed for disabled and critically ill children. Because Paul and Cyndy felt that the camp was more important than their house, they were left with a house so small that their college-age children could not sleep in it when they came home. The camp also lacked housing for volunteer workers. The team came to the camp and not only built a new house for the Teas family, but also added two new buildings to the camp, one for volunteer housing and the other as a recreation room for campers and staff.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Ty built a building complete with TV Guides
- --- Special guests - Trisha Yearwood , Lance Bass
- --- Design team – Ty, Ed, Tanya, Preston, Paul
- – Veronica Ginyard, a mother of eight, left her abusive husband and moved her family into the only house she could afford, a cramped home in Capitol Heights, Maryland . She hired a contractor to do some work on the house, but he abandoned the project early and left her out thousands of dollars and in a house with numerous building code violations. The team came and built the Ginyards a new 6-bedroom home. As added gifts, Veronica received a check for $100,000 to cover college expenses for her children, a second check to pay off her mortgage, and a new Ford Explorer .
- --- Ty’s secret room – Veronica's master bedroom suite
- --- Special guest - Patti LaBelle appeared, and performed at the unveiling
- --- Design team – Ty, Eduardo, Daniel, Paige, Michael
- --- On August 14 , 2005 , the Extended StayAmerica hotel in which the crew was staying (in Largo ) was robbed and the wife of a crew member was injured; the crew was moved to a Marriott in Greenbelt with added security.
- – Susan Tom is a single mother who lives in Fairfield, California with her seven surviving adopted children, all daughters (an eighth, a son, died of a congenital skin disorder in late 2004; she also has two grown biological children from her previous marriage). All of the adopted children have disabilities of some kind. Their current two-story home was completely unsuitable for the girls' special needs. The team built the family a new three-story home, complete with an elevator for the three girls who need wheelchairs.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Susan's master bedroom
- --- Special guests - The Backstreet Boys sent a video message to the Toms; country singer Mark Wills performed for them during their vacation; Kyle Maynard , a champion disabled wrestler and weightlifter, checked out the house for its suitability
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Tanya, Preston, Paul
- - Doug Goodale, a lobsterman from Wells, Maine , lost his right arm in a lobstering accident in 1997 . He was eventually able to return to the water, but could not work as effectively as before. Lost wages and massive medical bills made it impossible for him to repair his house, and the windows, chimney, and furnace were falling apart. While Doug, his wife, and their two daughters were sent to Disney Land , California , the team built a new log home for the family (the first such home made on ''EM: HE'').
- --- Ty’s secret room – A room where Doug's daughters, Tabitha (or "Tabby" for short) and Amanda can practice their dancing
- --- Special guest - "Weird Al" Yankovic visited the family while they were on vacation
- --- Design team – Ty, Tracy, Eduardo, Tanya, Paige, Paul
- --- Two weeks after the episode aired, a story about Goodale's criminal past appeared in the local newspapers, and the story went national days later. According to the reports Goodale had been convicted of robbery in 1982 and was also convicted of misdemeanor assault in 1997, the same year that he lost his arm.
- - When Tripp and Heidi Johnson's youngest son Will was born in 1999 , they were told that he would not live past age 2, as he was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy . Against all odds, he lived, and gets around in a motorized scooter. The Johnsons attempted to renovate their home in Medfield, Massachusetts to make it more accessible to Will, but during the process, some of the outside wall fell on Heidi's father. (He suffered minor injuries.) While Tripp, Heidi, Will, and his two siblings were sent to Phoenix , the team built the Johnsons a completely accessible home, also designed to be sun-friendly for Heidi, who has had two bouts with Melanoma . They also built the die-hard members of Red Sox Nation a backyard baseball diamond.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Will's Red Sox-themed room
- --- Special guests - Mia Hamm , Kevin Millar , Curt Schilling , Jason Varitek
- --- Design team – Ty, Constance, Ed, Michael, Daniel
- - Bruce Lewis, a police officer in El Segundo, California , and his wife Paulita took out a home-improvement loan in 2004, and hired a contractor to expand their home. After slow and shoddy progress, the roof collapsed after weeks of rain. The contractor soon skipped town with $40,000 of the family's money, forcing Bruce, Paulita, and their two children to live in one bedroom at his mother's apartment. The community tried to help the Lewises, and made slow progress when Paulita was diagnosed with cancer. The team picked up where the community left off.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Paulita's spa retreat room
- --- Design team – Ty, Paul, Constance, Michael, Daniel
- --- Special Guests - Sergei Federov , Jean-Sebastien Giguere , plus one other Mighty Duck
- – Less than an hour after Jeff and Jackie Novak, both schoolteachers from 2005 , Jackie died of a Pulmonary Embolism . Jeff suddenly became a widower with three young daughters in a deteriorating house. The team sent the Novaks to Daytona Beach, Florida while they built a new house better suited to a growing family.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Jeff's master bedroom
- --- Special guests – Celebrity Chef Bobby Flay taught Jeff to cook in Daytona Beach; Uncle Kracker performed at the unveiling
- --- Design team – Ty, Paul, Paige, Constance, Daniel
- --- During filming of the episode, host Ty Pennington celebrated his 40th birthday.
- - In a two-hour holiday special, each member of the design team went back to a past family and helped them "pay forward" their good fortune to someone else.
- --- "Sweet" Alice Harris from Season 1 asked the team to give the L.A. Free Clinic a makeover. Ed led a crew on this project. Ty then went to visit other families before returning to help with the clinic.
-- Special guest - James Denton , who plays "plumber" Mike Delfino on '' Desperate Housewives ''
- --- Preston visited Robin Leslie from Season 2, and found her a refugee from Hurricane Katrina , living in a trailer in Mississippi. They found that her house survived the storm, and then delivered clothes to other Katrina refugees who lost even more.
-- Special guest - Laura Bush helped hand out clothes
- --- Paul and Tracy visited Shelby Pope and her family from Season 2. The Popes and the team arranged for a special night for children with XP , a disease related to Shelby's condition of PMLE (Polymorphous Light Eruption), but more severe. A dedicated nighttime Southwest Airlines flight carried Paul, Tracy, the Popes, and 20 XP children to Orlando and Walt Disney World , which opened from midnight to 4 am just for the group.
-- Special guest - Brian Wilson performed "Deck the Halls"
- --- Paige visited Luis Rodriguez from earlier in Season 3, who wanted to help Bobby Isaacs, a fellow Iraq amputee (in Bobby's case, both legs) whom Luis had met during his initial rehabilitation. Paige's team sent Luis and Bobby on vacation while they made over Bobby's house, adding a new boat dock. Bobby was also given a new fishing boat.
-- Special guest - Bass fishing champion Mike Iaconelli
- --- Michael visited the Broadbent family from Season 2 in Las Vegas. They wanted to deliver holiday meals to sick people, and did so after Michael arranged for a major hotel to prepare over 100 meals. The Broadbents also decorated the apartment of a man who had recently lost both his partner and his parents.
-- Special guest - Wayne Newton , who helped the Broadbents deliver the meals.
- --- The entire team reunited for the unveiling of the L.A. Free Clinic. O.A.R. played the theme song live.
- – While on vacation the Nutsch family (consisting of 5 daughters and their parents) learned that their Douglas, Kansas home exploded due to a propane leak, leaving them with nothing. They also lost their main source of income, since the father had run an auto repair business in a garage that was also heavily damaged (the father was living in a school bus to protect what little he had left while the family lived with neighbors). The family, however, gave a portion of what was given to the Barger family, evacuees of Hurricane Katrina that had relocated to Kansas. The ''Extreme Makeover'' team built the family a new house. As an added gift, Wichita State University provided full, four-year scholarships for all the girls. The Nutsches also received a new Ford F150 Pickup , delivered to their backyard via helicopter.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Complete new shop for the father
- --- Special guests – Kansas native Martina McBride (held a Benefit Concert for the Barger family), Gabrielle Reece
- --- Design team – Ty, Ed, Eduardo, Preston, Tanya
- --- Pieces of shattered glass and china taken from the ruins of the old home were used to make a special mosaic with the Nutsch family name, which was placed on the inside of the new home.
- – A small undetected water leak in the Kirkwood home in Port Orchard, Washington led to an uncontrollable mold infestation, sickening the family of seven (parents and five children). Eleven-year-old daughter Jael applied for a makeover but the family was not initially selected. Jael persisted, enlisting the help of "Sweet" Alice Harris and the mayor of Port Orchard; one year later, Jael's persistence paid off, and the family was selected (by this time the family was forced to relocate to a single motel room). The team demolished the mold-infested home and built a completely new one in its place. This episode was also a two-parter, mainly due to complications involved during the build (see below).
- --- Ty’s secret room – Jael's dolphin-themed bedroom
- --- Special guest – "Sweet" Alice Harris, crew members of the Navy Carrier '' John C. Stennis ''
- --- Design team – Ty, Paul, Preston, Tanya, Tracy
- --- Due to excessive rain and bitter cold, the Kirkwood home almost became the second home not to be completed within the seven-day period. The builder was given the option of an additional 24 hours to complete construction, but chose not to use it, and was able to complete the home literally at the last minute. The design team was making last minute touch-ups upstairs while the family was viewing the house downstairs.
- - Eric Hebert (pronounced HEE-bert) was a bachelor who had a steady construction job in Missoula, Montana until receiving a call that his sister had died, leaving her twins Keeley and Kyler orphaned. He left behind his job and moved to Sandpoint, Idaho to take care of his niece and nephew, moving the family into an unfinished house that was essentially a basement with a roof. The team demolished the old house in a unique manner, cutting down a large tree so that it fell directly on the house, cutting the trunk into smaller pieces, and then having building contractors use heavy equipment to drop the trunk pieces on the house. Then, a new and much larger house was built on the site. As an added gift, Eric received a $50,000 check from Tyson Foods .
- --- Ty’s secret room – Keeley's bedroom
- --- Design team – Ty, Ed, Eduardo, Paige, Michael
- - Dale and Melanie De'Aeth (pronounced dee-AYTH) operate True Blue Animal Rescue (T-BAR), a large "no-kill" Animal Shelter , out of their home near Brenham, Texas (per the website T-BAR has occasionally euthanized an animal due to terminal illness, but does not kill animals solely due to their not being wanted). The parents of one daughter and two sons, they work full-time jobs in addition to running T-BAR. They had no time to work on their house, which developed cracks in the foundation and walls, and also was invaded by termites. While the De'Aeths were sent on vacation to Palm Springs, California , the team brought in a 75-ton bulldozer to demolish their old house in a matter of minutes. They then proceeded to not only build the De'Aeths a new house, but also a new barn, kennel, and stables. As added gifts, the De'Aeths received a Recreational Vehicle from the producers of the movie '' RV '' and a 10-year supply of dog food and a $50,000 check from the Purina division of Nestlé , all earmarked for T-BAR.
- --- Ty’s secret room – Dale and Melanie's T-BAR office
- --- Special guest - Robin Williams appeared via a live video link, encouraged the family's oldest son Cory, a budding comedian, and revealed that they would receive the RV used in the movie
- --- Design team – Ty, Ed, Eduardo, Tanya, Michael
- --- The front of the De'Aeth's new house features T-BAR's slogan, "For Hooves Paws and Claws".
- - Carol Crawford-Smith, a former principal dancer with the Dance Theatre Of Harlem , has operated The Center of Dance, a dance studio in Blacksburg, Virginia , since 1994 . In 2000 , she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis , which eventually left her all but unable to walk the 21 steps to her studio or the numerous steps within her current house, even with canes. The team sent her and her two sons to La Jolla, California while they demolished her old house and built her a new step-free home. As an added gift, Montel Williams , himself an MS sufferer, donated $60,000 to cover the rent on her studio for the next five years. Also, the Mayo Clinic donated a microscope for her older son Hunter, who wants to become a research scientist and find a cure for MS. This was a two-part episode, partly because of complications during the build and also because of Ty's secret room (see below).
- --- Ty's secret room - A complete renovation of The Center of Dance, including a chair lift to free Carol from having to climb stairs to the dance floor, and a surveillance camera to enable her to watch the floor from the upstairs foyer
- --- Special guests - Montel Williams; Moses Rodriguez, a leading MS researcher at the Mayo Clinic; members of the Virginia Tech Football team, who moved in the new furniture; two current dancers from the Dance Theatre of Harlem, who performed for Carol at the unveiling of her renovated studio
- --- Design team - Ty, Paul, Preston, Daniel, Paige
- --- The team faced perhaps the worst weather of any build to date, as two separate winter storms hit Blacksburg during construction. They were, however, able to meet their deadline. This was also one of the few instances where an otherwise structurally-sound house was demolished; the split-level nature of the prior house could not be renovated to accomodate Carol's current and expected deteriorating physical condition.
- --- This episode featured a "reunion" of sorts, as Paul previously worked with Carol at the Dance Theatre of Harlem but had no subsequent contact with her until the build.
- - John and Monica Kubena, parents of one son and three daughters, lived in a single-wide trailer in East Bernard, Texas . When the two youngest children, twin daughters Sara and Tara, were two years old, both were diagnosed with Leukemia . After two years of Chemotherapy , both girls went into remission. However, Tara's leukemia later returned. She underwent a successful Bone Marrow Transplant , but her Immune System remained weak, forcing her and her mother to live in a recovery center in Houston while the rest of her family stayed in their trailer. Since Tara's condition prevented the entire family from going on vacation, the team put the rest of the family up at a hotel near the recovery center where Tara and Monica were staying. The team built a new two-story home complete with a hospital-grade filtration system so Tara could return home. The Kubenas received a certificate entitling them to a week at Walt Disney World later, and were also given a new Ford Escape Hybrid ; in addition, the community raised over $125,000 to assist with medical expenses.
- --- Ty's secret room - Tara's butterfly-themed bedroom
- --- Design team - Ty, Tracy, Ed, Eduardo, Preston
- --- Instead of demolishing the existing trailer, which was structurally sound but incompatible for the family's needs, the team had it trucked from the property.
- - On April 11 , 2005, his 19th wedding anniversary, John White, the pastor of Bluestem Baptist Church in Ochelata, Oklahoma , died of a heart attack. He left behind his wife Danna and their five children (four girls and one boy, all 12 and older), who had to move from the parsonage where they had been living. The community had raised funds for the surviving Whites, who were able to buy a large piece of property and two run-down trailers. However, one of the two trailers that were joined into a double-wide was a modular office that had yet to be converted to a home. The trailers had no heat, shower, hot water, insulation, kitchen, door locks, or electricity, and were on a different property from the one Danna had purchased. Three of the four girls had to sleep in a triple bunk, and the other girl slept in Danna's room. During some winter nights, the children had to sleep at friends' homes to stay warm. While the family was sent to Longboat Key, Florida , the team built them a new house on their new property. As extra gifts, Oklahoma Wesleyan University offered full scholarships to all five children, and the homebuilders supplemented the community's fundraising efforts for the Whites with an additional $50,000. The builders also gave the family (more specifically, one of the daughters) a horse, and another daughter, an aviation buff, was given free skydiving lessons once she turned 16. The most unique room was a chapel, the first such room created on ''EM: HE''.
:This was also a two-part episode, largely because of Ty's secret room. As the Whites went on vacation, Ty asked Danna what to do with the trailers. She expressed a wish to help Susie Jackson, a close friend in her church. Susie had left her abusive husband, taking her three children with her, and rented a run-down trailer. The Jacksons cleaned a nearby Christian school in exchange for the children being allowed to attend there. This episode would indicate for the first time ''EM: HE'' would help 2 families instead of one, and featured the first "double reveal" (the Jackson family's reveal was on day 5).
- --- Ty's secret room - The old trailers were moved to the White family's property, which was much larger than needed for their new home. They were then renovated to be the Jackson family's new home.
- --- Design team - Ty, Paige, Tanya, Michael, Daniel
- --- The pulpit in the chapel was made from a large table that had special meaning to the Whites, especially to John.
- - Dunstin Rainford, a shoemaker from Jamaica , emigrated to South Florida in the mid-1990s with his son, daughter, and niece. He was able to buy a small fixer-upper house in Riviera Beach, Florida , and was working on making it livable when Hurricane Wilma hit, destroying the roof and damaging some of the walls. Shortly after the hurricane, he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma , making it physically and financially impossible for him to work on his home. At that time, he arranged for his sister, with two children of her own, to move in so that she could take care of his family should he die. In another two-parter, the team sent the family to a nearby resort, allowing the ailing Dunstin to be close to his hospital, while they built a new home. Ty and the team made the demolition into a rap video (Dunstin's nephew, Prince, is a rap fan), and used the Monster Truck '' Gun Slinger '' to start the process. The home was built with walls that could withstand a Category 5 storm, and windows capable of withstanding Category 3 winds. The homebuilders (Majestic Homes) who worked with the team tore up the mortgage during the unveiling, giving Dunstin free and clear title to his new home.
- ---Ty's secret room - Dunstin's master bedroom, featuring models of the entire family's feet
- ---Special guest - Damian Marley performed at a special gathering before the unveiling, performing a song he had written in memory of His Father
- ---Design team - Ty, Michael, Eduardo, Paige, Daniel
- ---During the rebuild, Dunstin went in for routine tests, and was admitted to the hospital when it became clear he took a serious turn for the worse. It was unclear whether he would live to see the unveiling, much less move in to the new home. The team started a blood drive with the intention of bringing new people into the National Marrow Donor Program donor registry, as well as seeing whether there was a possible tissue match for Dunstin.
- ---Dunstin was able to see the unveiling in his hospital bed through a live video link, and eventually improved enough to be able to move into his new home.
- - Sadie Holmes, a single mother of five children in Season Ticket s. Sadie's ministry was also stocked with a year's supply of food from Tyson and a large amount of clothing from Sears. Staples provided items for the office.
- ---Ty's secret room - Sadie's master bedroom
- ---Special guests - NBA star Dwight Howard ; while the family was in Los Angeles, Ellen DeGeneres recognized them when they were in the studio audience for Her Talk Show , and let them see the unveiling of a Turtle habitat live on the show (complete with a spoof "move that bus").
- ---Design team - Ty, Tanya, Ed, Preston, Paul
- ---Unlike the other episodes, where the builders simply appear as part of the program, Mercedes Homes aired three commercials during the broadcast.
- - Todd Craft is a coach at D'Hanis High School in Hondo, Texas , coaching football, baseball, and basketball, as well as a teacher of health and speech, and he's been an inspiration to his students, but he never has time (and money) to take care of his wife Elizabeth, and his four children, Samantha, Sarah, Isabella (who was born with a rare cranial abnormality, Alobar Holoprosencephaly ), and their only son (and "miracle baby"), Todd Joseph. Todd doesn't even have enough money to fix his house, so in another two-parter the Design Team, along with substitute team leader Kermit The Frog , come to help him and his family. In addition to the house, the Crafts received a new Ford Escape Hybrid, as well as a $100,000 contribution raised by the homebuilders.
- ---Kermit's secret room - Todd and Elizabeth's master bedroom
- ---Special guest - Davy Jones of The Monkees
- ---Design team - Kermit, Tanya, Ed, Eduardo, Paige, Paul
- - In , they have two adopted children, an African American girl and a special-needs boy from China . Brian, who must work the night shift because of his sensitivity to sunlight, slept days in their moldy basement. This state was dangerous for Michelle's compromised immune system, meaning that the couple could not sleep in the same room. They were left heavily in debt from their medical and physical issues and in need of a makeover. Ty and his team sent the family to Disney World while building them a new two-story home, featuring UV -shielded windows for Brian.
- ---Ty's secret room - Brian and Michelle's master bedroom
- ---Design team - Ty, Preston, Daniel, Paige, Ed
- ---The large homebuilders who did most of the work teamed with a small local firm whose owners had personally known the Hassalls for several years.
- ---Several of Brian's fellow Cynthiana police officers "directed traffic" as the team moved furniture in the new house, and Michelle's choir performed a song written by Preston in her honor during the unveiling.
- - William and Carole Py of Northeast Philadelphia raised four children to adulthood. In 1998 , they took in the three children of their daughter Sandra, who had just died after a recurrence of Breast Cancer , and her late husband Jose Rosario, who died of a brain aneurysm the previous year. The family was living in an older home riddled with Asbestos and Lead Paint . In what may be the single most generous week by one company, the homebuilder (Dewey Homes) 1) built the house, 2) gave $10,000 to breast cancer research, 3) obtained full scholarships for all three children from Drexel University (two of the Dewey ancestors served as deans), and 4) raised $150,000 to help with the mortgage.
- --- Ty's secret room - Grandparents' master bedroom
- --- Special guests - Jeremiah Trotter ; Chris Webber , who gave the oldest son Philadelphia 76ers memorabilia and the family Sixers season tickets; Vanessa Carlton performed at a breast cancer fundraising concert.
- --- Design team - Ty, Paul, Preston, Paige, Daniel
- --- Paul's parents appeared during the rebuild (Paul is a Philadelphia native), and spoke with the Pys through a live video link.
- - Jamaica, Queens
- - This family of nine (parents and seven children) in Westchester County, New York was changed forever when five-year-old Jimmy ("Jimboy"), their only son, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in 2004. His spirit inspired their community, which held many fundraisers and even a parade when he came home from the hospital. However, Jimboy would die shortly after his sixth birthday in September 2005. The family had saved money to add on to their small (1400 square feet) house, but their savings were quickly eaten up by Jimboy's medical expenses.
- - Betty Turner of Irvington, New Jersey has spent the last 20 years raising 18 special-needs foster children. Nine of them were still living with her in September 2005 when their house was destroyed in a fire. The family was selected largely through the efforts of the priest at Beverly's Greek Orthodox church, who started a charitable foundation for the family.
A four-week special series aired beginning March 23, 2006, featuring the Extreme Makeover Home Edition team's efforts in rebuilding Gulf Coast communities devastated by the hurricanes of the 2005 season.
- ''', while sending the clinic's staff on a spa retreat. Preston creates a memorial for the local residents who died in the storm, while Ed and Tracy deliver washers to 29 families living in FEMA trailers.
- – The team rebuilds a local soup kitchen and the Little League field (home of the 2003 World Champions), and provides a local couple a surprise wedding after their prior two attempts were ruined by Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma. Dontrelle Willis appears as a guest to throw out the first pitch of the rebuilt Little League field.
- – The team rebuilds the 118-year-old First Emmanuel Baptist Church. Local musicians received all new instruments courtesy of Gibson . They also restored damaged photos and built a playground in nearby St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana .
- – The team rebuilds Firehouse No. 4, which was damaged during Hurricane Rita while the heroic firefighters were working a grueling 36-hour shift during the storm and presented the town with a brand new, state-of-the-art fire truck worth $400,000. The team also rebuilt the local theatre while the kids are sent on an once-in-a-lifetime trip to New York City to learn about the acting business and see the lights on Broadway, and provided local residents living in FEMA trailers with a shopping spree to the local Sears so they can purchase basic necessities such as clothes, space heaters, blankets, etc. The town is treated to a free concert by surprise musical guests Goo Goo Dolls .
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