Barbie-mania is within the air, due to the hotly anticipated summer time blockbuster “Barbie” starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.
HGTV is onboard too, with its new actuality competitors present “Barbie Dreamhouse Problem,” which counts HGTV star Tiffany Brooks amongst its judges.
“My rapid response [to being asked on the show] was ‘After all.’ I didn’t care what else I had deliberate. I wanted to be there,” Brooks instructed The Put up.
“Having been on a few of their competitors reveals earlier than, I do know that all the community stars eat, breathe and dwell to be aggressive,” she mentioned. “I’ve not but met a non-competitive particular person on the community. So I knew they had been able to win.”
Hosted by mannequin Ashley Graham, “Barbie Dreamhouse Problem” airs Sundays at eight p.m. and follows eight groups of HGTV stars as they rework a Southern California home into an actual life “Barbie Dreamhouse.”
Every workforce is given an area, such because the kitchen or front room, and assigned a decade (the ’60s, the ’90s, and so on.)
Then, they rework their designated area with life-size options that seem like they’re straight out of a Barbie Dreamhouse toy set — together with a pink staircase, a purple pet elevator or a light-up dance ground. The panel of judges decides which workforce will get to advance to the following spherical, and the successful workforce will get a donation made of their title to Save The Kids.
Brooks, 44, a Chicago-based inside designer, is an HGTV staple. She received “HGTV Star” in 2013 and she or he was additionally the host/designer for “HGTV Sensible House” in 2020 (and a competitor on Season 2 of “Rock the Block.”)
She’s additionally a Barbie fan from approach again.
“I’ve a complete of 9 Dreamhouses and Barbie constructions. I mainly have a Barbie city. A few them, I made myself, and a few them, I refurbished,” she mentioned. “And a pair I purchased outright. So, I’m form of a fanatic. It’s a enjoyable pastime.
“I had my very own Barbie city after I was 10,” she mentioned. “I ended enjoying with them after I hit the age of 12 or 13. I picked it again up as an grownup after I misplaced my father, as a result of that was one of many issues my dad would do — each week, he’d receives a commission and purchase me a brand new Barbie doll or play set along with his pay verify.
“He’d come dwelling and shock me with it. I picked it again up after I misplaced him, and it grew till I had a Barbie village, with a grocery retailer, movie show, restaurant … I’ve a nod to Barbie in my very own home –my library is scorching pink. The bookshelves, the ceilings, the partitions, the whole lot.”
The rivals on the primary episode of “Barbie Dreamhouse Problem” embody couple Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson (“Married to Actual Property”) who compete towards builder Jasmine Roth (“Assist! I Wrecked My Home”) and Meals Community’s Antonia Lofaso (“Beachside Brawl”).
Kitty Black Perkins, who’s credited with designing the primary Black Barbie, makes an look and Maureen McCormick (“A Very Brady Renovation”) additionally seems as a celeb visitor decide, becoming a member of Brooks.
“The groups should echo a decade of their dwelling,” mentioned Brooks.
“In addition they needed to have a ‘toyetic’ function, which is like within the Barbie dreamhouse, you press a button and one thing occurs. So that they had been judged on that, and general fashion, and the way nicely they carried out the entire look.
“One factor that I used to be in search of was an precise reference to the Barbie Dreamhouses, or a play set of the many years that they got,” she mentioned. “Iconic options just like the trellis work, or a number of the patterns that Barbie used.
“One other factor I used to be in search of is to ensure a human of our dimension may use the toy options within the area itself.”