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Ty talks... choosing the families

Ty Pennington - presenter and team leader of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Lovable jock, handy carpenter and owner of a killer set of pecs, he's also possessed with an inexhaustible supply of energy and is always the one to boost the team's flagging morale at 3am. We met up with him to talk about all things Ty.

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Ty talks... choosing the families

When he's filming EMHE Ty meets a different family with a different story every week. Ty finds selecting the families is the hardest job of all. Receiving over 3,000 tapes per week, means that they have to hire specific people whose responsibility it is to go through all the tapes and pass on their recommendations. Many variables go into choosing the families, including background checks and location consideration. The good news is that they've got many more episodes and series planned so they will still get to many more families in need.