“You just don’t see homes like that,” said Palek. Palek and Gervais said this happened with Remington Porter, the Season 1 hero who had been living in his grandmother’s 1970s-decorated home. Occasionally, they will happen upon a candidate who is so ideal that he or she is fast-tracked. ’ And then we’ll share it with our field team, and the interior-design team that is helping Bobby, and they don’t flinch. “We’re casting.”Īsked whether they’ve encountered potential heroes who need more work than the Fab Five can offer during a four-day transformation, Gervais said, “I have to tell you, there have been times where we may have thought, ‘Oh my gosh, I just don’t know. “We have, but we don’t judge,” said Palek diplomatically. Have they seen some truly nightmarish homes and refrigerators?