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Watch the Winner!
Want to take one more look at our winner ambush? Learn more about Cheryl Smith, the winner of the HGTV Dream Home 2009, plus watch exclusive online interviews (we asked Cheryl questions you posted on this blog!).
Congratulations to the winners!!! I have a few things I would like to say to the bloggers here. First, this is “suppose to be” a blind and objective drawing—so stop your ever-lasting whinning about ‘oh, why not an African-American, Hispanic, etc. or who is in financial dire-striats. It is not about who has the best sob story for we all have our “crosses to bear”. Some of us simply do not wish to tell all. HGTV should not be confused with Extreme Home Makeover nor should they ever put themselves in the same catagory. Personally, I would wash my hands of HGTV if I found out that the drawing was rigged. With that said, I do find it rather odd that the name blocked out on the video of the drawing seems a lot longer than Cheryl Smith. Was she the inital winner or did they eliminate the first winner and why?
Congrats to the Smith Family! Have fun in wine country!
To RaSha,
Think of what you said here. It is a random drawing . That’s what MAKES it fair. If they specifically chose an African American or any other nationality for that matter, or only those who are renting or of a lower economic status, then that wouldn’t be FAIR anymore would it? What you suggest is selecting SPECIFIC people and criteria for the drawing. I’m sorry but that would not be fair at all.
Congratulations to the Smith Family! Sure, I’m sorry I didn’t win, but I didn’t, so I’ll try again next year. That is, if HGTV wants to put up with all the complaining and bad comments from people who didn’t win. It is a CONTEST, A RANDOM DRAWING. If you think HGTV would “fix” it, you have lost your marbles! Thanks for all your hard work HGTV and I’ll try again next year.
Congratulations Smith family. I have been reading this blog for the past few days and there seems to be a lot of great people out there. It seems that good friendships have been formed. It is unfortunate that some are bitter with life and can’t be happy for the winner because they are not down trodden. Even if the winner lived in a million dollar house they would deserve to win as much as I or you. It is a contest so good luck next year everyone. God bless you! I guess I will have to paint after all this spring.
Amen to this! This blog needs more viewers like you.
Hi everyone,
Her name is also Cheryl, close! 
But not me, boooo hooo! 
Really, really very happy for Cheryl Smith and her family. Yes, the whole family can benefit from her entering. Grandma’s always share what they have and eight beautiful grandchildren, loving and devoted husband, sons that are and inheiratance (SP) of the belly, what else could be better!! Well, maybe be able to pay all the taxes. 
Keep the Faith still.
I was so excited at watching the Ambush! It was in another Sunny State but close!
Does it really matter if the ambush is live or not. The winner is still chosen randomly and we still get to see them at their home and it’s all fair. Even if we new that it had already been filmed we would watch it anyway. They would still get our loyalty. A Gream Home is what EVERYONE dreams off, wants, needs and would love the opportunity. That’s what we had, the oppotunity, and we will again if we so choose. Like was said. Don’t be ugly and wish ill on the Smith’s they went through the same channels we did (online entry) and it truly was random,
HGTV racist? Hardly–look at Chico, David Bromstad, Lui, Myles, can’t recall all the names but I can see there faces and there skin and they are of color. That’s what we are, so please don’t judge adversely.
As for me, I’m going to enter as often as I can for the GreenHome09 starting in April and have that possable chance of winning a Florida home! Doesn’t that sound good?
CONGRATULATIONS CHERYL SMITH!!
Congratulations, Smith family! We’ll be back to enter again in 2010! My boys still loved every minute
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Sorry about all the misspelling! ;(
There is no criteria for the random selection process. Maybe minorities aren’t entering as often… Notice how the winner turned out to be from online entries, since there were only 900,000 mailed in entries compared to the 39 million total. Odds were an online entry would win.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith seem to be a lovely couple! Congratulations to them! I hope they have a fabulous trip to Sonoma in April – it will be fun to watch. What a businessman of integrity Steve Ledson is – offering to buy back the property (assuming they decide to sell) so the Smiths can continue on with their life in FL and not have to deal with real estate issues in CA. I’ve loved following the videos of this home on TV and online! The Super Fan did a fantastic job! This has been a fun way to get through a cold winter. I entered everyday, but I can honestly say that I am glad we didn’t win… it would have been difficult for all of us to actually own the home for a short time and then have to give it up (no way we’d be able to pay the $500K-700K winning taxes). I could see family conflict written all over that one for us. But I am truly happy for the Smiths and their family – a great story!!
Loved hearing Marie Millers question answered by Cheryl and my favorite HGTV shows are with Candace Olsen and David Bromstad also!!
i dont think hgtv is racist maybe that is just the demographic that makes up the majority of hgtv viewers
Where does it say that a winner up was selected? How did they disqualify the original winner?
Oops I meant the runner up. I wish the Smith much happiness in their new home. May God bless them.
Courtney? Boo Hoo for the low income people in new orleans? are you serious with that comment? Boo Hoo? I pray that a hurricane comes and takes your home and kills every single member in your family leaving just you to survive. I hope you can watch your mother be swept away by the current and all you can think about is how your mother died right in front of you. I hope you have a child that gets trapped in the house and you are not able to save your child in time. I hope your child dies and you beat yourself up over it. After all that happens, please come back to me and say Boo Hoo. And just so you understand, I am not a “low income” family, I pull in enough money to buy my own house twice over, but a hurricane doesn’t discriminate against your income. Think about that next time you group an entire city together and downplay the horrific events we went through.
Wow, shame on you for wishing that on anybody. This mad over a blog comment? Geez people.
Congrats to Cheryl Smith and her husband! They seem like a lovely couple. While we all would have loved to win the DH, the Smith’s won fair and square. Nowhere on the application did it ask for ethnic/race or salary information, so those claiming it was not a blind, random drawing are making ridiculous accusations. It’s disheartening to see how many sore losers there are out there, and what an ugly turn this blog is starting to take.
Congrats to the winner. There is some things I don’t understand. I thought that when they do the giveaway they are coming to your house live when the show airs. I’m thinking, well, I’m in California, retired and just about ready for bed at 8. Ms.Smith is in Florida and it’s now 11PM and she’s retired. Just want to know how she could look that good at 11 at night with such a pristene t-shirt on. She was only missing her shoes. They didn’t even look tired. hmmmm If I was her, you would of been dragin me out in my flannels:)Soooooooooo, HGTV, are you telling us a story or what. If you are, well, I don’t need to be looking for lights out the window the next time you do a giveaway. I never could understand why these people are never watching the giveaway show when you show up. I’m just glued to the set. Would love to see the Smith’s real reaction to this. I would be one crazy lady for sure. Good Luck to everyone next time.
INTERESTING THAT THE FEW NEGATIVE COMMENTS ARE COMING FROM A SMALL NUMBER OF ‘NEW BLOGGERS’ THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN BLOGGING ALL ALONG HAVE BEEN HOPEFUL AND POSITIVE……AND THE QUESTIONS WE POSE….AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY…ARE JUST THAT…QUESTIONS….WE’RE A CURIOUS BUNCH….BUT THEY ARE NOT ACCUSATIONS OR SEVERE CRITIQUES…IF YOU DON’T HAVE CONSTRUCTIVE “SUGGESTIONS’ WHY EVEN BOTHER….I KNOW A BLOG IS A BLOG…BUT IF YOU DON’T LIKE HGTV…THEIR METHODS…THE SHOW…THE HOME….THE SWEEPSTAKES IN GENERAL….GO FIND ANOTHER BLOG YOU CAN COMPLAIN ON! THE WHINERS ON HERE HAVE NOW TAKEN THIS TO A NEW LOW….THE RACE CARD THING IS RIDICULOUS….THE REGULAR BLOGGERS ARE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS AND COME FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS….DO YOU WATCH THE HGTV SHOWS…IF YOU DO YOU WILL SEE A RAINBOW OF PEOPLE GIVING AND TAKING…. ONE MORE THING…JUST BECAUSE A COUPLE IS RETIRED….WORKED ALL THEIR LIFE AND PROBABLY WERE WISE WITH THEIR FINANCIAL PLANNING DOES NOT MAKE THEM A BAD CHOICE….THEY HAVE A LOT OF LIVING TO DO….HAVE A LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY TO SHARE IT WITH….THAT’S CRAZY…AFTER 55 WE DON’T CURL UP AND DIE ON THE COUCH IN FRONT OF THE TV. AGAIN THE LITTLE GREEN MONSTER HAS RAISED ITS UGLY HEAD. I WISH THEM ALL THE JOY AND HAPPINESS THEY CAN GET …..SURE I WISH IT WAS ME…BUT IT WASN’T…IT WAS A RANDOM DRAWING…SO MOVE ON….SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE ARE POSITIVE PEOPLE….THE MORE NEGATIVE ONE IS THE MORE THINGS WON’T HAPPEN FOR YOU. TIS TRUE.
Hey, I think that is the best ambush I have seen! Cheryl and her husband were so genuinely surprised! And it probably was pre-recorded, but it didn’t seem staged like most the past winners that just happened to have a big gathering waiting for the ambush.
So much more fun to watch a great reaction like Cheryls!
I am happy for whoever won this but i feel very dissapointed by what i have read in this blog..that HGTV has the right to pick more or less who they want out of a group of “possible winners”?
Did I get that right?
If i knew because I own a doublewide on a few acres in Gods country rather than a $250,000 brick house in some very nice section of town i would be disguarded as a possible winner to win the home,….possibly unsuitable as I may not be able to come up withwinners Federal tx and sales tax for the 2 mil package?…. I wouldnt have signed in every day of the contest as i did if I knew that were true.
That really makes me sad if that part is true .
And if true, unfair as they dont seem to mind us watchingtheir station to add to the ratings.
Maybe its not true. Gosh I hope not.
Lily-Beth and others: I agree! Stop the comments about HGTV’s supposed racial bias. It demeans and degrades the real racism that exists in society – this was a random drawing. Shame on you!
To the Smith family: congratulations! I wish you much happiness with your prize – whether you sell or keep it – much love and luck.
This has been a wonderful positive experience for me here on the blogs – with the positive bloggers at least – and I am so glad I participated (my first blog).
On to the Green Home! The DH was my winter dream – how fortunate that now I will have a spring dream with the GH. Care to join me?
Congratulations to the winners. As I have said all along I hope the winner is financially more stable after winning than they were the day before. That would be the best part of this dream.
I also hope that if they are not going to live in the house, they are able to sell it quickly or this will surely be a nightmare house for them.
I do hope HGTV builds more realistic homes ($175-225,000) in the future and possibly instead of one expensive home 7 or 8 smaller ones.
This is a great way for people to dream but a house this big and lavish is not what most people are dreaming about.
Just a thought.
YOu know the house was nice but I have seen better Dream Homes..but as a gardener i would LOVE LOVE to have owned some of that property!!!WOW!!
Wonder if there is enough land for Cheryl to just keep a part of it, build your own afforadable home with with you get out of a sale of this house?
No I think its a subdivision of some kind with rules probably.Too bad.!!..it sure is a DREAM SPOT!!!
Right on Barb!…..Everyone should be THRILLED for the Smiths…after all, it could have been any one of us! and as far as all of the "more deserving" people out there…go write to Vern and get on his show!
All I can say is WOW! It is so sad to come on here and read all these rude and dishearting posts. After all the POSITIVE posts before the winner was selected I just cant believe this. But I did notice that most of the negitive posts are coming from “new” bloggers.
If you dont like the way HGTV does their thing then dont enter and dont come on here and complain about it cause most of us DONT want to hear it.
This was my first year entering and blogging. And I have to say that I am sooo HAPPY
I did!! It has been and will be a fun and happy thing for me to do for years to come! On to the GREEN HOME 09. 
CONGRATS TO THE SMITH FAMILY! AND I SAY FAMILY BECAUSE THEY ARE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS. JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE A “COUPLE” DOESNT MEAN THEY WONT BE SHARRING WITH THEIR FAMILY.
Oh and I am so excited to read that Mr. Ledson would be willing to buy back the home!! How awesome is that! What a true gent. He “sees” what HGTV is really trying to do. Even though all the homes have been sold or are being sold it is still making DREAMS come true for those families. I know that I would not have been able to move into and live in the home but I know that my family could really use $200K or more!
As far as the low income family thing goes…you know what I am from IN and was one of the 1000s of RV workers that were layed off. My hubby works for them too but by the grace of GOD he is still working! He was demoted and we are making a $30K less than we had been!! You dont here me boohooing about not winning. Man it is the luck of the draw! It just makes me want the next DH and GH homes even more! I WILL be entering everyday to try and win.
I was excited to watch the bloggers questions asked! It was so cool to hear names that I have been reading on here for the last several months.
OK I am done~LOL!
GOD BLESS~Renee from IN
I was totally disgusted to read a local Florida newspaper comment directly from the winner herself that her and her husband have not made up their mind if they even plan on moving to California to live in the home she won. WHY EVEN BOTHER registering if you don’t even know if you are willing to move! What a total waste for the millions of families who would move in 2 seconds flat – it should have been someone who genuinely wanted and needed the home!
The Smiths looked really happy – I’m glad for them. Regarding the comment about President Bush – give it a break – he kept us safe since 9/11. Regarding ‘comfortable retired’ – you have to work to get to the ‘retired’ point. To the RV’r who lost her job – keep on striving – use even this blogging as an opportunity to improve your communication or computer skills – invest in yourself – you are your own franchise. To all – good luck in the next sweepstakes and if I see you while I’m driving I’ll try to not cut-you-off. Take care
i think hgtv should have picked a realistic winner,instead of some old lady with a comfortable life and a touching story just to make everyone happy.the realistic majority of people that submitted and truly needed this house”to sell” would have been renters,people in california,poor people (like me),really young people,crackheads,meth heads,felons,satanics,sex offenders,and a few hobos with internet access.it wouldnt have made everyone happy to see them win,but it would have been realistic in todays world.i think whoever entered should have had a fair chance at winning no matter who they are,and only one winner should have been picked and no runner ups
Congratulations! What an exciting moment for them. Best of luck to the Smiths
Wow this is so amazing I wish the couple and their families the best. I do beleive that they do screen many applicants. It’s stated in the rules I also know that they have to pay taxes on that so of course who ever win would have to be someone that can afford the taxes. We have the St. Jude Dream home giveaway here and for the past 3 years only one family kept the property due to not be able to afford the taxes.
Its still fun entertainment and I’m glad we all followed along and enjoyed the ride! Just think how awesome it would have been for one of us to be the runner up or even contacted for the giveaway!!! I would have liked to see the home given away seperately from the Truck I need a car! LOL Everyone continue to be blessed and have an awesome week!!!
I wish I could attend winner’s weekend in Sonoma in April, it would be great to see the MBer’s and bloggers there…I glad for the Smiths as I would be for anyone who won…this was a random drawing…only “luck of the draw” not needs,or wants…we all have those, and then everyone would be entitled….for those who would have moved in…I doubt you make 2mil a year…but to Uncle Sam that will be your income for 2009 got a extra 800,000.00 to pay your tax? So selling is a wise choice, I do hope they at least spend a month in the home and around Sonoma and the Bay area before they sell…they may decide to buy a smaller home and move there.
I am so exciited for the couple that won the 2009 dream house. Although, I’ve entered the DREAM home since the day they’ve began the sweepstake. My question is have you guys ever wondered how they pick the winner? Do they look for specific people like older people? Matter of fact, I’ve never seen an African American win ever! However, I love entering the contest everyday and believe me, I ENTERED everyday. One last question guys, did any of you order the magazine that Dream home was promoting, Redbook. I did thinking it will help me win. But, I’m not giving up. I’m going to keep dreaming!
Congratulations Cheryl and Joe Smith! My best wishes to you as you enjoy your beautiful home and begin to make decisions about how to deal with the windfall that has landed in your lap! And thank you to HGTV for all the fun and the chance to dream….it has been a great ride!!
I think it was Lovelykitty who warned us that the blog entries would turn ugly after the winner was announced, but I had no idea it would be as ugly as some of the entries above have been!! I feel that HGTV was very open and transparent with showing how the selection process is accomplished, and I am totally satisfied that it is completely fair and random. EVERYONE had an equal chance to win, be they white, black, hispanic, rich, poor, single, retired, no matter what state they live in….people, it was totally “the luck of the draw”!! You wouldn’t go to Las Vegas and when you lose at the gaming table, claim that you didn’t win because you were black, or poor or whatever, would you? This was a contest (with no entry fee!), and no one had any better chance of winning than anyone else. At a time when we should be happy for the winners, instead we get the “poor me” and “sour grape” stories. These people need to recite the serenity prayer:
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference”
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On a happier note, now that the winner has been revealed, it is time to celebrate! Once the winners have a chance to wrap their heads around what has just happened, then maybe they will be able to let us know if they want to be involved in the SISBP planning or if we will be on our own in doing so. I hope we get a chance to meet them at the party and congratulate them in person. I look forward to helping put the party together. Maybe we can get together for a planning session??
As a side note in regards to the winners. I think the Smiths are adorable and they don’t really seem like they have money oozing from all sides so I think it will certainly be an improvement in their lifestyle. Eight grandchildren require a lot of money for college so the Smith’s can certainly use the money I’m sure. Congrats Mr. and Mrs Smith. I could care less about the race of the winners (again being multi-cultured myself I can’t be biased of once race over winning over another)BUT I hope that HGTV in their “screening” process didn’t eliminate those people that may be of lower income, non homeowners or people in need, maybe just lost a job or home.
Being an African American, I am baffled by some of the responses from people wishing a “person of color” or “someone who needed it” would have won. I mean Im sure there is some kind of demographic/statistic HGTV keeps in order to monitor viewership of their show. Im sure the largest demographic watching HGTV are the older, white crowd. I think, by chance, thats just how it is. In fact, from my perspective, I have many friends of all colors, not one of them watches HGTV. The fact that the winners are white means nothing to me. It shouldnt mean anything to anyone. Congratulations to them.
Look at the lottery, most people who win the lottery aint the most wealthy of folk. Thats just the demographic of Lotto players. And for crying out loud its a contest, a free contest at that. Id like to see more of a reality show next time, this whole “ambush them in 5 minutes” was really weak.
Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Smith!
Keep your home in Sonoma, sell your home in Sonoma, it is yours to do what you feel is best for you, so… honestly, it’s nobody’s business but your own what your final decision will be.
HGTV, please make the 2010 Dream Home bigger and better. You don’t call it “Dream Home” for nothing. It’s not called “Affordable Home” or “Mediocre Home”. It’s “Dream Home” for goodness sake! I am looking forward to 2010 to see the next season on HGTV “Dream Home”
A sweepstakes is great fun. A chance to win, or not. If you enter and then lose sight of the fact that you may not win, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.
No “sour grapes” from non-winners, please! Be happy for the winners.
HGTV had specific posted rules for entering.
If one chooses to enter sweepstakes, read every word carefully.
I have a question for someone who is knowledgeable. How much is earthquake insurance on a home such as this one? Is it on an earthquake fault line? Any geologists out there?
What a huge letdown. This was the first year I actually entered and couldn’t wait to the “actual” night. The winners were definitely acting surprised. I know if it were me or my friends we would’ve been screaming and crying with excitment. That’s the response I wanted to see.
Hello fellow ‘happy’ comadres and compadres!
I for one am growing weary of all the complainers, and so I’m hoping that they will just go away. I will move onto the Green Home Blog and hope it stays a happy bunch as negative begets negative and most of us truly enjoy the process and are willing to actually be happy for the winner, regardless of their race or financial circumstance.
Very few people would have been able to afford the taxes on the home, but so what? It would still be a windfall to sell it and keep the balance – that’s what makes dreams come true!
This is all free to those who enter and we should all be grateful that HGTV doesn’t decide to spend their and their sponsor’s hard earned money elsewhere! It’s a wonderful ride, but only one person will win and we all knew that coming into it, so stop trying to read between the lines and look for something that isn’t there. It’s over, now get over it!
Whatever the Smith’s decide to do with THEIR winning is THEIR business and nobody else’s and I am wonderfully happy for them and wish them all the best, to them and their extended family!
See all you ‘happy’ bloggers next month!
Ciao and keep the dream alive!
I AM SO SICK OF ALL THE WHINING, RACITST, MOANERS AND GROANERS, that I have read from on this site. GROW UP ALL OF YOU PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW HOW TO BE HAPPY FOR SOMEONE, SOMEONE WHO DESERVES TO BE HAPPY JUST LIKE EVERY ONE ELSE. They entered the contest just like every one else, and as someone else mentioned, I don’t believe the computer can see color or economic status. SO JUST BE HAPPY FOR THE WINNERS, DO NOT BE WHINERS.
CONGRATULATIONS CHERYL SMITH, YOU DESERVE IT. ENJOY IT.
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Hi All…This HGTV site has been my first time ever blogging also,and it’s been fun. Lovelykitty told us a long time ago that things turn ugly after the winner is announced. I must confess, I’m so sorry to see that she was correct. This Sonoma home has been a positive gift from HGTV…please STOP with all the negativity. As I stated several months ago; Sonoma does not allow whiners,complainers,or nay-sayers to live here.So all you people that are complaining about EVERYTHING…please stay away. We welcome the Smith Family with open arms and hearts. I know that THEY will not have any complaints about HGTV or beautiful Sonoma.
Ingrid from Sonoma
And if it wasn’t (and I don’t believe that for a minute) then his “job” at HGTV is toast!
Congratulations to the winners of the beautiful Dream Home. They did seem surprised! To those of you who have ranted and complained about the selection process, perhaps you could contact the judging agency and re-read the rules of the contest to answer the questions and concerns that you have. It is unfortunate that one might expect to reap rewards over others who entered a contest with millions of entries, to the extent that person would slander HGTV and exhibit such hostility toward the selected winner. Perhaps those persons should reconsider entering such promotions in the future, sparing the rest of the world from the negativity that lies within the darkness of their thoughts.
I think it was great! HGTV does not have to do this. Why can’t we accept that something nice happened and be happy for them? Thanks HGTV for making a wish come true and making someone’s life a little better.
Congratulations Cheryl Smith and family. My only disappointment was that you were In Florida. Seems like so many winners, Green Homes were from your state. But then I connected with Lakeland, where the Tigers have spring training (or whatever it is called) and you have a son in Michigan. Then I thought of your sons and eight grandchildren. and how happy they would be to visit you in your Dream Home. Then I thought of how lucky you will be to meet the HGTV crew, the neighbors, and I hope those planning the SIS party. lovelykitty has been so great with her information, as have many others. I’m guessing that you bought your t-shirt at a sidewalk sale for $1.00 and I loved that you were barefoot.
Hated the negative comments. LOVED the positive ones.
I don’t care when the ambush took placed. What does it matter?
The winner was chosen by a FAIR process. If you don’t believe this, please don’t enter the contest again, and get off this blog.
Sorry, that doesn’t sound like me. I believe in dreams.
So have happy ones tonight. .
They were not even watching the giveaway on television when they were ambushed!!! LOL How funny is that???
Delise,
I am so sorry you were bothered by such ignorance. Look past them. The world is full of those people and you should not let them hold you from your dreams. There are just as many white felons out there or more than blacks or other races. In Sonoma there were 7 rapes, 90+ robberies, 250+ burglaries all in one year. Let me remind you…there are no blacks in Sonoma and about 1% is black in the entire Sonoma County population ratio. Sonoma is an all white town with a 0% African-American population in it. FYI
Sorry…Where’s my manners. Congratulations to the winners. My heart was beating fast for you. What a surprise!! Enjoy. I found that you can apply for an extension on your taxes owed with all government entities. Use those if you have to. Meanwhile enjoy it with all of your might. Maybe you can start a business out there and be able to stay. If your family does not stay with you, perhaps try the group home business. I’m sure your head is spinning right now. Mine would be. I personally would sell it. The market is slow out there. Good Luck..not that you need it…Play the lottery…couldn’t hurt. Stay safe.
Congratulations, to the Smith family. They seems like a nice family. Wish them all the the best. I hope that the next time around it will be a middle class family.At a time like this it is tough especially with children, struggling to make ends meet. Let’s hope for the best.
folks, folks!!! come on, this was a “RANDOM” drawing for the winner! I do not work for, nor am I affiliated in any way with HGTV – but come on – random means random. I do not for one minute believe that race or creed or colour or whether the person has skin or no skin – played any part of this “random drawing”. Who knows: next year’s “random drawing” may see someone with, let’s see: purple skin; single with septuplets; married w/1 or 2 or 3, etc., children; already a multi-millionaire; a businessman or businesswoman; OR someone with no income whatsoever; what else? hmm, I’m trying to remember all the other negative comments there have been. I mean, remember, please, that this is a DREAM HOME contest. DREAM being the key word here. Whether or not the winner keeps or sells the Dream Home – is THEIR business and it is still a dream which has been won! (my opinion)
I just want to add: thanks HGTV from the bottom of my heart! I truly have enjoyed this journey of dreams from the beginning and I can’t wait for next year’s “journey” to begin!! Hip, Hip Hooray for HGTV!!!