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HGTV Announces the Fifth Season for ‘Ugliest House in America’
Good news for the HGTV reality show Ugliest House in America’s fans! The show is coming with its fifth season.The show is set to premiere on April…
Good news for the HGTV reality show Ugliest House in America’s fans! The show is coming with its fifth season.
The show is set to premiere on April 22, 2024, with many more horrendous houses and surprising transformations.
Ugliest House in America gained popularity due to its extremely unique concept of transforming unconventional and unattractive homes into beautiful spaces. Furthermore, the host adds humor to the mix, making it an engaging and enjoyable program.
The HGTV network announced the release of the newest season on March 20 through its official channels. As per the announcement, the current season will be hosted by designer and comedian Retta.
The fifth season will have six episodes, during which Retta travels across the country to find 15 homes that are deemed horrendous. HGTV star Alison Victoria will put her magic hand to use.
HGTV is planning to release the new episodes back-to-back over three consecutive weeks, each episode estimated to be around half an hour. The season will also have a one-hour finale at the end just like other seasons.
Each episode will feature three horrendous homes that Retta talks about and gives her interesting and hilarious comments. Among the three, the one with the worst rating will receive a $150,000 renovation money.
The renovation, however, will be managed by Victoria, and the homeowners are left with nothing but awe at the amazing transformations. Victoria is also behind some other famous HGTV shows like Windy City Rehab and Battle on the Beach.
The first four seasons of ‘Ugliest House in America’
The first season of the series started on January 3, 2022, and they started their home-hunting journey from the Midwest. The first episode of this season featured an underwater sea palace, a former funeral home, and a 1960s throwback, all sounding extremely horrendous.
The first season ended on January 6, 2022, with Poseidon’s Fortress, Pyramid House, Jungle House, and The House of No Secrets being the finalists. Ultimately, The House of No Secrets was crowned as the Ugliest House in America Season 1 winner.
Ugliest House in America season 2 started on July 24, 2022, and had a good viewership rating. This time, Retta and Victoria visited popular vacation destinations to find the ugliest house for the season.
The finalists for the second season were the Jailhouse Rock located in Larkspur, Colorado, House with No Privacy located in Palm City, Florida, The Linoleum Showroom located in Los Angeles, The Inconvenient Dollhouse located in Willmar and the Unwelcome to the Terrordome in High Rolls.
Ultimately, The House with No Privacy took the crown for season 2 and took the $150,000 renovation prize. The second season ended on August 14, 2022.
After 5 months of break, season 3 premiered on January 6, 2023. There were a total of six episodes with five finalists (The Patchwork Opossum Pad, The House on Gollum’s Hill, The Crystal Death Trap, House of the Gilded Angel, and The Rocky Woody Moose Lodge.
The winner for the third season of Ugliest House in America was the Gilded Angel. The show ended on January 6, 2023.
In just seven months, the fourth season premiered again (August 7, 2023). This time, Retta and Victoria visited 15 homes from the West Coast, Midwest, Southwest, Northeast, and Southeast and had 5 finalists set.
Retta and Alison Victoria: The hosts of ‘Ugliest House in America’ (Source: )
Out of them, Retta chose the Penny for Your Thoughts/Disco Dome Home as the winner of the season. This house was a white dome-shaped one with an interior consisting of cobblestones, disco balls, and a carpeted spiral staircase.
The fourth season of the show ended on September 4, 2023. Throughout the seasons, the show has shown some peculiar and interesting houses and gathered fans. Therefore, fans are anticipating the fifth season to be equally interesting.
Fans reactions to ‘Ugliest House in America’
The Ugliest House in America has been getting a lot of attention from its viewers. While many are intrigued by the houses shown in the show, some are also criticizing the show for various reasons.
Fans have created several threads on Reddit talking about how Retta and Victoria do not choose the most peculiar houses but rather choose houses that are easy to renovate.
One fan wrote, “I don’t get it!! These houses aren’t that bad they’re just weird AF. They should not make them compete to renovate, they renovate way better houses like any other show and these people have to compete to get recognition and renovations? Fixer Upper has renovated houses full of garbage and dog, cat, and rat feces but ya’ll can’t help these families whose blueprints are just a bit outdated ?”
The comment section below this post was filled with messages like “I just watched the Southwest episode. The one in Vegas they called a museum…. the guy said he embraced it and has been adding to it. So obviously he isn’t looking for actual renovation. Why not just do a show called “weirdo houses of the Us” and stop with the fakery”
Although the show has a very unique concept that attracts viewers, there have still been negative reviews talking about the process of the show. We hope the producers have taken note of the feedback and will release much fun content in the fifth season.