This was a normal Trading Spaces episode, taking place in Henderson, sort of a suburb of Las Vegas, but the twist was dubbed the Las Vegas Live Reveal. This how was heavily hyped for the Live Reveal, prompting commercials featuring dance numbers and appearances from each of the cast members. The homeowners fortunately live across the street from each other, making the Day Zero setup for the crew a little easier. Now, remember, only the Reveal would be live. Usually, shooting a typical episode produces about 20 hours of footage that is edited usually six weeks later. Day Zero was Wednesday, shooting was Thursday and Friday, leaving Friday night and Saturday for editing the show before it was broadcast at 7pm locally. The neighbors spent Friday night in Vegas somewhere, isolated from the other neighbors, cast, and crew so the reveal tonight would be a surprise. Stephen and Caysi, the Green Team with Hildi did their neighbor's family room, while Jeff and Kim, the Red Team with Doug did their neighbor's bedroom. (Tonight's carpenter: Amy Wynn Pastor.) Well, a few Las Vegas celebrities stopped by (including an Elvis impersonator) and the live reveals went off on time without a technical hitch. The rooms, I thought, were just OK, and when the reveals were done, it just seemed like any other Trading Spaces show, not really worthy of the effort to produce a live reveal.

(Now, if any of you saw the episode before the "live one" (from Austin, TX), Hildi struck again by putting-up over 4,000 wine labels (from a Texas winery) on the walls of a kitchen of an associate pastor at Morning Star Christian Church, doesn't drink or want alcohol in his home, so within hours of the big "reveal," the labels were steamed off the walls. The next day, the damaged wallpaper had to be torn down and the kitchen painted. This story is here in the Austin American-Statesman)