May The Best House Win is a Lifestyle Gameshow created by ITV Studios

ITV Studios

ITV Studios is a television production company owned by the British television network ITV. It not only makes programmes primarily for its parent company, but also for other networks...

's Shiver Productions. The first series ran from the 23 to the 27 of February 2010. Since May 2011 repeat episodes air on ITV Breakfast

ITV Breakfast

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 each Sunday at 08:25.

Show Overview

The show consists of four homeowners each preparing their houses in their own unique style to impress the other 3 contestants, who rate the interior design, homeliness, comfort, and hospitality all in a bid to win £1,000 in the style of Come Dine With Me

Come Dine With Me

Come Dine With Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, produced by Granada Television and first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants...

. May The Best House Win was filmed in Wolverhampton, Brighton, Sheffield, London and Leeds. There is also some resemblance to House Gift

House Gift

- Show Overview :Three interior designers set out to find the perfect gift for a house. The gift they choose must complement the home, and also appeal to the homeowner's tastes. Each designers must buy an item in four hours with different amounts of money: one getting £200, one getting £500 and one...

.

Criticism

The show has been criticized for being too much like Channel 4's

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 Come Dine With Me

Come Dine With Me

Come Dine With Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, produced by Granada Television and first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants...

mainly in Harry Hill's TV Burp

Harry Hill's TV Burp

Harry Hill's TV Burp is a British television comedy programme produced by Avalon Television for ITV and hosted by comedian Harry Hill. The show presents a satirical look at the week's television, including extracts from TV shows with added sketches, observational voice-overs, and guest appearances...

. Sian Brewis on Leicester Mercury

Leicester Mercury

The Leicester Mercury is a British regional newspaper, owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust, for the city of Leicester and the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland...

described May The Best House Win was like Come Dine With Me, for houses. Lorraine Gibson of the Bournemouth Echo

Bournemouth Daily Echo

The Bournemouth Daily Echo, commonly known as the Daily Echo, is a local newspaper that covers the area of south-east Dorset, England, including the towns of Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch...

also noted the similarity predicting that the show would, like Come Dine With Me, eventually be transferred to the evening schedules. UKGameshows.com

UKGameshows.com

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said "It's not such a bad programme really, but the likeness to Come Dine with Me is hard to ignore, and makes the programme feel quite derivative".

Transmission Guide

• Series 1: 5 editions from 22 February 2010 - 26 February 2010
• Series 2: 30 editions from 10 January 2011 - 18 February 2011
• Series 3: 30 editions from 14 November 2011 - December 2011

• Special: May The Best Christmas House Win: 21 December 2010