The first episode of season 8 will profile a build in Baltimore, MD. On a special 2-hour season premiere of ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition, celebrity volunteers including the kids from ABC’s Modern Family, Katy Perry, Raven-Symoné and Shaquille O'Neal will pitch in and make dreams come true for deserving students in Baltimore, Maryland.

This build was equal parts challenge and reward. Mother nature didn’t necessarily cooperate when an epic rainstorm threatened to knock the 11,000 sq. ft. build off our strict seven-day schedule but thanks to the quick-installation benefits of ZIP System® products, the hard work of our design team and the amazing volunteers, we successfully pulled off one of our biggest builds ever!

Ty Pennington and the rest of the team, including new designers Xzibit and Jillian Harris, traveled to Baltimore, Maryland, to surprise the students of Boys Hope/Girls Hope in a unique way and reveal to them that their lives were about to change. For the first time in the history of the show, the recipients were surprised on live television when … Click here for the full description.

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