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. The families wcompeted in challenges against each other. Each week, one family was banished from the neighborhood, thereby eliminating the family from contention for the show's $250,000 prize fund. The show's executive producers were Jay Bienstock and Mike Fleiss. The show's presenter was Matt Rogers, a finalist on American Idol 3.
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. For the program, producers built a tall wall around the competitors' neighborhood to enforce their isolation from the outside world. Electricity and gas utilities for most household luxuries were cut off from each family's home.
Production for the show began in early June 2009. The families being placed into lockdown within the constructed barriers beginning on June 15.
Contestants Family name Family members StatusDeGirolamoJeff, 46, Father Lisa, 44, Mother Greg, 16, Son Chris, 12, SonEliminated 1ston August 9, 2009SoutheyLaurie, 38, Mother Haley, 15, DaughterEliminated 2ndon August 16, 2009BussiereTom, 45, Father Susan, 42, Mother Elise, 7, Daughter Jake, 5, Son Marcia, 74, GrandmotherEliminated 3rdon August 23, 2009NelsonChris, 47, Father Mickey, 47, Mother Christian, 19, Son Branson, 15, Son Jackson, 7, SonEliminated 4thon August 30, 2009MullennixClarissa "Chris", 41, Mother Renee, 42, Mother Nathanael, 18, Son Keith, 17, SonEliminated 5thon September 6, 2009UpshawRicardo, 42, Father Therese, 42, Mother Christopher, 21, Son Alexus, 18, DaughterEliminated 6thon September 13, 2009SchindlerDavid, 40, Father Christina, 39, Mother Noah, 12, Son Emmett, 10, Son Olivia, 6, DaughterRunner-UpJohnstonCameron, 51, Father Regina, 44, Mother Carliegh, 11, Daughter Theresa, 25, NieceWinners
Gameplay The program's gameplay is extremely similar to that of the American version of Big Brother (specifically Big Brother 2). In each episode, families will compete in a challenge in order to win rewards and safety from elimination. 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. In the finale, it is presumed that the six eliminated families will return to the neighborhood to vote for the show's winner.
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 NelsonMullennixUpshawUpshawUpshawJohnston rowspan="2" Nominated MullennixDeGirolamo SchindlerSouthey SchindlerBussiere JohnstonNelson SchindlerMullenix SchindlerUpshaw Johnston Mullennix Schindler Schindler Nominated Schindler Schindler Winners$250,000 Schindler MullennixNominated Nominated Johnston Nominated Nominated Runners-Up(Week 8) Upshaw Mullennix Schindler Schindler Johnston Schindler Nominated Eliminated(Week 6) MullennixNominated Schindler Schindler Nelson Nominated Eliminated(Week 5) NelsonMullennix Schindler Schindler Nominated Eliminated(Week 4) Bussiere Mullennix Schindler Nominated Eliminated(Week 3) Southey DeGirolamoNominated Eliminated(Week 2) DeGirolamoNominatedEliminated(Week 1)Eliminated DeGirolamo1 of 6 votesto stay Southey0 of 5 votesto stay Bussiere0 of 4 votes to stay Nelson 1 of 3 votes to stay Mullennix 0 of 2 votes to stay Upshawschosen by Johnstons Schindler 3 of 24 votes (13%) to win Johnston 21 of 24 votes (87%) to win Source
See also The Neighbourhood, a 2026 British reality game show, featuring households competing against each other while living in a purpose-built neighbourhood, hosted by Graham Norton.
References
External links
Official Site (via Internet Archive)