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behind the scenes …but they also almost blew up their kitchen!
During the kitchen challenge, Alexander knocked over a metal shovel that hit a live electrical outlet. “It started sparking, then our house’s power went out,” he says. “The whole show experience was crazy for us, but this took the cake,” adds Martha.
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February in Gulf Shores? It gets cold.
During the two months of filming, the temperature in the Alabama beach town hit a frigid low of 27 degrees. Flip-flops, meet winter coat.
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Even though it was small, the bathroom gave the winners major stress.
GLASSES, BOOTS, BOXERS: GETTY IMAGES; LUNCH BAG, SNOWMAN: ALAMY
Every night Martha and Alexander would write up a list of all the tasks they had to complete the next day. The space with the most to-dos? The bathroom! “We had about 25 things to accomplish,” says Alexander. That included installing a barn door and putting up cedar planks on one wall. “On that challenge, we didn’t leave the house until 3 a.m.,” says Martha.
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The creepy dolls from the first episode made more than one cameo.
One team’s house came with a collection of old dolls –– so naturally Alexander stole them and hid them in the other contestants’ rooms. “You’d grab for toilet paper under the vanity, and a doll would be holding it,” says Alexander.
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Alexander had a very revealing moment.
When Martha and Alexander were desperate for some plasterwork to dry, they cranked up their house’s heat to sauna-like levels. Alexander, who was painting at the time, “lost it,” he says. He stripped down to his boxers and boots so he could keep working.
