There Goes the Neighborhood (TV series)

There Goes the Neighborhood
Presented byMatt Rogers
Opening themeThere Goes the Neighborhood, performed by Eric Martin
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producersJay Bienstock
Mike Fleiss
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesNext Entertainment
Jay Bienstock Productions
Warner Horizon Television
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseAugust 9 (2009-08-09) –
September 13, 2009 (2009-09-13)

There Goes the Neighborhood (originally to be titled Block Party) is an American prime-time reality television program on CBS. The show premiered on August 9, 2009, and features eight suburban families shut out from the outside world with no television, internet, phones, or contact with anybody outside of their neighborhood.[1] The families will compete in challenges against each other. Each week, one family will be banished from the neighborhood, thereby eliminating the family from contention for the show's $250,000 prize fund.[1] The show's executive producers are Jay Bienstock and Mike Fleiss.[2][3] The show's presenter is Matt Rogers, a finalist on American Idol 3.[3][4]

Production

The show was recorded in Kennesaw, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, specifically on the 2500 block of Fairlawn Downs NW in the Legacy Park community's Annandale Main.[1][4] For the program, producers built a 20-foot (6 m) tall wall around the competitors' neighborhood to enforce their isolation from the outside world.[1] Electricity and gas utilities for most household luxuries were cut off from each family's home.[3]

Production for the show began in early June 2009. The families being placed into lockdown within the constructed barriers beginning on June 15.[4]

Contestants

Family Name Family Members Status
DeGirolamo
  • Jeff, 46, Father
  • Lisa, 44, Mother
  • Greg, 16, Son
  • Chris, 12, Son
 Eliminated 1st
on August 9, 2009
Southey
  • Laurie, 38, Mother
  • Haley, 15, Daughter
 Eliminated 2nd
on August 16, 2009
Bussiere
  • Tom, 45, Father
  • Susan, 42, Mother
  • Elise, 7, Daughter
  • Jake, 5, Son
  • Marcia, 74, Grandmother
 Eliminated 3rd
on August 23, 2009
Nelson
  • Chris, 47, Father
  • Mickey, 47, Mother
  • Christian, 19, Son
  • Branson, 15, Son
  • Jackson, 7, Son
 Eliminated 4th
on August 30, 2009
Mullennix
  • Clarissa "Chris", 41, Mother
  • Renee, 42, Mother
  • Nathanael, 18, Son
  • Keith, 17, Son
 Eliminated 5th
on September 6, 2009
Upshaw
  • Ricardo, 42, Father
  • Therese, 42, Mother
  • Christopher, 21, Son
  • Alexus, 18, Daughter
 Eliminated 6th
on September 13, 2009
Schindler
  • David, 40, Father
  • Christina, 39, Mother
  • Noah, 12, Son
  • Emmett, 10, Son
  • Olivia, 6, Daughter
 Runner-Up
Johnston
  • Cameron, 51, Father
  • Regina, 44, Mother
  • Carliegh, 11, Daughter
  • Theresa, 25, Niece
 Winners

Gameplay

The program's gameplay is extremely similar to that of the American version of Big Brother (specifically Big Brother 2).[1][3] In each episode, families will compete in a challenge in order to win rewards and safety from elimination.[3] The winner will name two families to face the neighbourhood vote. The families will then vote to force one family to leave the neighborhood for the remainder of the series.[3] In the finale, it is presumed that the six eliminated families will return to the neighborhood to vote for the show's winner.[3]

Voting table

The voting table below records whom each family voted to stay during its time in the neighborhood. The nominated families are not allowed to vote.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Finale
Kings of the Neighborhood Nelson Mullennix Upshaw Upshaw Upshaw Johnston
Nominated Mullennix
DeGirolamo		 Schindler
Southey		 Schindler
Bussiere		 Johnston
Nelson		 Schindler
Mullenix		 Schindler
Upshaw
Johnston Mullennix Schindler Schindler Nominated Schindler Schindler Winners
$250,000
Schindler Mullennix Nominated Nominated Johnston Nominated Nominated Runners-Up
(Week 8)
Upshaw Mullennix Schindler Schindler Johnston Schindler Nominated Eliminated
(Week 6)
Mullennix Nominated Schindler Schindler Nelson Nominated Eliminated
(Week 5)
Nelson Mullennix Schindler Schindler Nominated Eliminated
(Week 4)
Bussiere Mullennix Schindler Nominated Eliminated
(Week 3)
Southey DeGirolamo Nominated Eliminated
(Week 2)
DeGirolamo Nominated Eliminated
(Week 1)
Eliminated DeGirolamo
1 of 6 votes
to stay 		Southey
0 of 5 votes
to stay 		Bussiere
0 of 4 votes
to stay 		Nelson
1 of 3 votes
to stay 		Mullennix
0 of 2 votes
to stay 		Upshaws
chosen by Johnstons
Schindler

3 of 24 votes
(13%) to win

Johnston

21 of 24 votes
(87%) to win

Source [5] [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Andy Dehnart (30 June 2009). "CBS' There Goes the Neighborhood encloses families behind 20-foot wall; hosted by Idol's Matt Rogers". "Reality Blurred". Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  2. ^ ""There goes the neighborhood," A new reality-competition series, premieres Sunday, Aug. 9 on the CBS Television Network". "The Futon Critic". 29 June 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Ho, Rodney (29 June 2009). "CBS Kennesaw Wall reality show to debut Aug. 9". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  4. ^ a b c Rochhio, Christopher (30 June 2009). "CBS to debut walled-off 'There Goes the Neighborhood' on August 9". "Reality TV World". Retrieved 1 August 2009.
  5. ^ "There Goes the Neighborhood, episode 1". CBS official site. 10 August 2009. Archived from the original on 16 August 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  6. ^ "There Goes the Neighborhood, episode 2". Archived from the original on August 25, 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  7. ^ "There Goes the Neighborhood, episode 3". Archived from the original on September 22, 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  8. ^ "There Goes the Neighborhood, episode 4". Archived from the original on September 12, 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.