House Rules (Australian TV series)
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| Presented by | Johanna Griggs |
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| Theme music composer | Ryan Tedder and Brent Kutzle (Season 1) |
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 139 (as of 3 July 2016) |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Distributor | Red Arrow International |
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| Original network | Seven Network |
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| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 14 May 2013 – present |
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| Related shows | My Kitchen Rules |
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House Rules is an Australian reality television series broadcast on the Seven Network. The series follows six state-based couples who renovate each other's homes to receive the highest scores with the winner having their mortgage paid off.
The series is produced by the team who created the Seven reality show My Kitchen Rules and is hosted by Johanna Griggs.
Teams (mostly couples) from different states must complete rounds of renovations in homes and gardens in a competition to win the prize of a full mortgage payment. All homes that belong to the contestants are transformed through the show.
The six teams travel around the country to completely renovate each other's home. Every week, one team hands over their house to their opponents for a complete interior transformation. A set of rules from the owners are given to the teams known as the 'House rules' which need to be followed to gain high scores from the judges and the homeowner team. At the end of the interior renovations, one team is eliminated.
After the first six full house interior renovations, all teams head back to their own homes and must fix and redo one of the zones in 24 hours. Teams need to recreate the space/s to reflect their own style and also to impress the judges. All teams receive the same set of five rules for the challenge. Scores are added to the current totals, where the lowest scoring team overall is eliminated.
The top 4 teams are challenged to transform the exteriors and gardens of each other's homes. Two teams are allocated to a home (that do not belong to them) and must renovate either the front or back yards, as well as improving the house exterior. They are held over two rounds, covering all houses of the current teams. After both rounds are complete, the lowest scoring team is eliminated.
Starting season 2, the top 3 renovate an old charity house. Rules for this challenge are very similar to the first interior renovations, where each team must renovate an allocated zone. This was selected through a random card draw. The two highest scoring teams advance to the Grand Final as one team is eliminated.
The final 2 teams complete one final challenge at their opponent's home, to renovate an extra room. The Australian public vote for their favourite team to win and the winner is decided by a combination of the judges score, for the final project and overall viewer votes. The team with the best result win a complete mortgage payment and is announced live.
At the end of each renovation, the judges review every zone in the house and score each team out of 10 for their efforts. From season 2, judges verdicts were delivered face to face in front of the contestants.
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