Knock First
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Knock First is a reality television
series in which an adolescent is chosen for a total room makeover
by the Knock First crew. The first series aired starting in the fall of 2003 on ABC Family
.
The premise of the show was to shape the room in which the teenager lives into a space that represents them better. Teenagers who had been living in the same room since they were toddlers are able to redesign the room according to their desires.
The series included four designers:
Taniya Nayak, John Gidding
, Kathy Kuo, Shane Booth, and two carpenters: Carrie Roy, Andy Hampton.
The first season of Knock First centered mainly around teenagers in and around the Northeast, whereas the second season expanded to homes in California, to a slightly older audience.
The show theme for the first two seasons was titled "(This Is The Way) I Am", and was written and produced by Widelife
, also creators of the theme for Bravo's Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, and performed by Faith Trent.
The show was redesigned for its third season and now places more responsibility for the completion of the project on the recipient.
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
series in which an adolescent is chosen for a total room makeover
Makeover
A makeover is a term applied to changing one's appearance, sometimes through cosmetics. Makeovers can range from something as simple as a new haircut, to the use of cosmetic surgery, to the extreme of the implantation of dental veneers, eye-color-changing contact lenses, and the use of...
by the Knock First crew. The first series aired starting in the fall of 2003 on ABC Family
ABC Family
ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...
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The premise of the show was to shape the room in which the teenager lives into a space that represents them better. Teenagers who had been living in the same room since they were toddlers are able to redesign the room according to their desires.
The series included four designers:
Taniya Nayak, John Gidding
John Gidding
John Gidding is an American architect, television actor and former fashion model.-Biography:Gidding was born in Istanbul, Turkey to an American father and a Turkish mother. He lived in Turkey until moving to the United States for college after attending Leysin American School in Leysin, Switzerland...
, Kathy Kuo, Shane Booth, and two carpenters: Carrie Roy, Andy Hampton.
The first season of Knock First centered mainly around teenagers in and around the Northeast, whereas the second season expanded to homes in California, to a slightly older audience.
The show theme for the first two seasons was titled "(This Is The Way) I Am", and was written and produced by Widelife
Widelife
Widelife is a Canadian dance music songwriting and production team consisting of Ian J. Nieman and Rachid Wehbi.-Success:Widelife first came to prominence when their debut single "I Don't Want You" reached the top of Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in October 2002...
, also creators of the theme for Bravo's Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, and performed by Faith Trent.
The show was redesigned for its third season and now places more responsibility for the completion of the project on the recipient.