Home Free (2015 TV series)

Home Free
Genre	Reality
Created by	Tom Forman
Directed by	Gary Schaffer
Presented by	Mike Holmes Mike Holmes Jr. (co-host, season 1) Tim Tebow (co-host, season 2)
Composer(s)	Didier Lean Rachou Jingle Punks
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer(s)	George Verschoor Brad Bishop Jon Beyer Andrew Marcus Trice Bartow Mike Holmes Will Spjut
Producer(s)	Ryan Donahue
Production location(s)	Atlanta, Georgia
Cinematography	Luke Grossaint
Editor(s)	Travis Greene Nick Ferrell Teri Maloney Annie Tighe Daniel Vendt Kevin Prouxl
Running time	44 minutes
Production company(s)	Relativity Television
Release
Original network	Fox
Original release	July 22, 2015 (2015-07-22) – present
External links
Website

For the 1993 sitcom, see Home Free (1993 TV series).

Home Free is an American television reality competition series that premiered on the Fox network on July 22, 2015. It features couples competing to win their dream home. The series is hosted by Mike Holmes. The first season has 8 episodes. On March 21, 2016 it was announced that the series would return for a second season on Thursday, June 16 with a new twist and new co-host Tim Tebow.

Premise

Opening Introduction: (narrated by Mike Holmes)

I'm Mike Holmes. I've been building a construction and home renovating empire for 30 years. I'm in Atlanta, where a red-hot real estate market has made it impossible for many families to buy a home. But I have a master plan to totally renovate eight homes in just eight weeks, and give them to eight deserving families and change their lives forever. But I can't do it alone. I've picked nine amazing couples. Who will be competing to win a dream home of their own. They'll work along side me and my crew. Living on the job site 24/7. Every week I will get the help of two experts to inspect their work. And eliminate one couple. But just when they think they've lost it all, comes the surprise of a lifetime. They were the deserving families they were actually building for. And on the show, every one of them is going to win a house. Last couple remaining wins the ultimate grand prize. A brand new dream home. Get ready for a giant competition where everyone is already a winner. But the best part is, they don't know it yet.

Judging

Each episode, home improvement and real estate experts will judge the final renovations of the homes. The couples will break down into two teams (Green Team and Gold Team). At the end of each build, the two teams will be judged on three of Mike's criteria: Quality, Creativity and Teamwork.

Experts:

• John Gidding, Architect and Interior Designer, host of Curb Appeal
• Danisha Danielle Hoston, Real Estate Broker and Investor

Competitors

• Kathy / Brian – Housekeeper / Landscaper – dating for 6 years
• Heather / Ricky – Furniture Restorer / Firefighter – married with 2 children
• Jamaal / Sheena – Brooklyn Teachers – newlyweds
• Josh / Lauren – Design School Grads – engaged
• Tiffany / Oreonna – Mothers / Athlete – married with 1 child
• Kate / Andi – Fashion Designers – twin sisters competing for parents
• Susie / Victor – Designer-Stylist / Material Science Engineer – dating for 2 years
• Aidah / Siddiq – Jewelry Designer / Film Maker and Motion Graphic Artist – married with 2 children
• Ben / Kasey – Carpenter / Mother – married 13 years with 4 children

Results

Episode #:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Couple	Result
Ben / Kasey	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Champions
Tiffany / Oreonna	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-up
Kate / Andi	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Out
Josh / Lauren	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Out
Kathy / Brian	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Out
Susie / Victor	Safe	Safe	Safe	Out
Aidah / Siddiq	Safe	Safe	Out
Heather / Ricky	Safe	Out
Jamaal / Sheena	Out

A bold lettering indicates the couple who was on the winning team, either Green Team      or Gold Team     
"Out" = out of competition and "Safe" = couples remain in competition and are safe from elimination

Note: Episode 7 and 8, since there wasn't enough competitors per team, each couple designated their own team color.

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers (million)
1	1	"Home Free (Pilot)"	July 22, 2015 (2015-07-22)	2.93
In the series premiere, host Mike Holmes brings the nine competing couples to renovate their first home in Kennesaw, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta that was voted one of the best towns for families in the country. In order to pick teams, the couples compete in a "Drill Down Challenge", this week, called "Box of Water", where they must build a 3x3x4 box to hold dirty water from the backyard pool. Mike brings in his son Mike Jr. (aka "M.J.") as a project manager to oversee the builds and keep a watchful eye on the competitors' safety. Later, the house is judged by a real estate and home improvement experts, and one couple literally goes home.
2	2	"No Place Like Holmes"	July 29, 2015 (2015-07-29)	2.98
Mike moves the renovation to Henry County, the fourth fastest growing county in the entire country, and an ideal neighborhood for a family. This week, the competing couples' goal is to turn the run-down house into a classic cottage-style home. In order to break up into teams, again they must compete in the Drill Down Challenge, called "Listen While You Work", a memory relay race to place tools in the correct order as M.J. calls out the tools' names in a noisy construction site. Later, the experts, John and Danisha are back to judge the finished builds and another couple goes home.
3	3	"Holmes Rules"	August 5, 2015 (2015-08-05)	2.79
The house gets bigger and the renovation gets harder as Mike trucks the teams to Stockbridge, a neighborhood just outside Atlanta, which is the perfect mix of city and country. The goal is to turn an unfinished build on 2-acres of land into an urban farmhouse with a backyard barn. The Drill Down Challenge, called the "Holmes 500", has the couples loading three types of items onto an UTV and racing it through a three-lap course to an unloading area. Mike calls a "work order", a timed construction job that he surprises the teams with to see if they can handle pressure. Later, the experts inspect their work project by project with interior design, special projects and art installation.
4	4	"Hammer it Holmes"	August 12, 2015 (2015-08-12)	2.93
Mike trucks the couples even further into the country of Henry County and shows them a huge hoarders house on a large lot that they have to turn into a Victorian-style dream home. Teams compete in another Drill Down Challenge, this week, called "Dash For Trash", where couples run inside the house to grab as much trash as they can and fill the bin to 750 pounds. They also have to claim six different items to re-purpose as one of their projects that they must transform for the build. Mike picks the team's project leaders and calls two work orders to check the chemistry and pressure of each team. Later, pros John and Danisha are back to evaluate their progress and reclaimed items.
5	5	"Holmes Sweet Home"	August 19, 2015 (2015-08-19)	3.17
The build gets harder when Mike takes the couples to Powder Springs, an up and coming neighborhood outside Atlanta, where they have to renovate a large pink painted house into a Craftsman-style home. This week, the teams compete in the Drill Down Challenge called "Trust Your Partner", each couple will paint a fence while blindfolded. One partner will paint while the other will guide with their voice only through an obstacle course of hay bales, under/over bars, and through tires. One team must construct a backyard studio and a multi-functional piece of furniture, while the other team builds a bar lounge in the garage. Later, experts John and Danisha are back to judge their work.
6	6	"Go Big or Go Holmes"	August 26, 2015 (2015-08-26)	3.08
The teams must turn a Georgian-style brick house into a Southern Revival home. Even though the exterior is in nice condition, the interior has been vandalized by party-goers and badly burned from fire damage. Along with their regular projects, they'll also be helping Mike and his crew to renovate a room dubbed the "Holmes Dome". The Drill Down Challenge consists of them completing three tasks inside the house: first, search a drawer full of keys until they find the one that unlocks a bedroom door; second, memorize a carpet tile pattern on the floor and recreate it in another bedroom; third, haul out a set of twin mattresses into a trash bin outside; all while handcuffed to each other.
7	7	"Long Journey Holmes"	September 2, 2015 (2015-09-02)	N/A
Mike and the three remaining couples travel to Marietta, Georgia, just north of the city to renovate the highest home value of any house they've done to date by turning a Modern-wannabe with out-dated architecture into a proper Modern-style home. The Drill Down Challenge, a tarp slip n' slide, competitors start downhill on a large tarp for fumigating bugs inside the house, grab three pieces of tarp, come back up the slippery hill drenched with vegetable oil and place it in three buckets. There aren't any Green or Gold teams, so the winner will choose the living room, loft or outside deck for their project. The experts will judge the couples' work area with an extreme attention to detail.
8	8	"Dream Holmes"	September 9, 2015 (2015-09-09)	N/A
For the grand finale, Mike takes the last two couples back to Marietta for their final renovation; a new build they have to make their own. The Drill Down Challenge, called "Motor Bowling" consists of driving a pair of skid steers. One starts off by picking up a bowling ball using a special attachment, take it through the obstacle course and dunk it in a basketball net. Then pick up a second bowling ball, bring it all the way back, pass it on to their partner and bowl a strike. The fastest time wins, but if they get a strike, 5 minutes are deducted off the overall time. Later, the experts judge the couples' creative work and the winner gets the house, while the "loser" actually wins the grand prize; a 3,500 square foot, 5-bedroom, 4 1/2-bathroom, full basement, 3-car garage dream home. Also, there's a contestant reunion of the past couples' (the deserving families) who all won a home their own.

Season 2

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers (million)
9	1	TBA	June 16, 2016 (2016-06-16)	N/A
10	2	TBA	June 23, 2016 (2016-06-23)	N/A
11	3	TBA	June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30)	N/A
12	4	TBA	July 7, 2016 (2016-07-07)	N/A
13	5	TBA	July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)	N/A

External links

• Official Site on Fox
• Home Free at TV Guide