What Really Goes on Behind the Set of Extreme Makeover Home Edition?

Extreme Makeover Home Edition is one of the Top rated Sunday Night TV programs and a great show for the whole family to watch. It was a wonderful treat when the TV show came to visit my state of Michigan and surprise a family in need.

My husband's best friend Jake is the lead contractor for a large construction company on the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan. Last year his firm was granted permission to build a brand new home Extreme Makeover Home Edition in Armada, Michigan.

Recently him and his wife came over for dinner and after talking with him a bit about the show, I soon realized that there is much more that goes on behind the scenes of this show than what meets the TV viewer's eye.

I listened to what Jake had to say and asked a few questions of my own. I was totally shocked when I heard the dirt about what goes on behind the scenes of the show. I picked Jakes' brain a bit with some off the wall questions I have always had about the show and he threw in some things I never would have had a clue took place on the set. I thought I would make this fun and share some true or false questions that lie behind all the media hype of ABC's number one family show.

The cast really does ride all the way from their set in California to where the family lives in a motor coach. FALSE. They do actually spend a lot of time on the bus, but only for photography, photo op purposes and rest. The short clip that is shown at the beginning of each show is actually filmed just before they get to the families home. The cast generally flies in via plane nearby to the current location. They stay at hotels in the area or on the bus once they are on location.

The Family does not know when and if Extreme Makeover is coming to their home. FALSE. In the Armada episode, the family did know they were coming, Jake could not't confirm for this every episode. The reason for it in this case was to assure the family was present at the time of the taping. A set up crew arrived sixty minutes prior to the TV and Design Team arriving.