American Dream Builders

American Dream Builders is an American home improvement reality competition that premiered on NBC on March 23, 2014.^[1][2] The 10-episode series is hosted by Nate Berkus, while Eddie George and Monica Pedersen judge the competition.

American Dream Builders
Genre	Reality competition Home improvement
Presented by	Nate Berkus
Judges	Eddie George Monica Pedersen
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Nate Berkus Tom Shelly Jason Ehrlich
Running time	42 minutes
Production companies	Universal Television Steele Mill Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	March 23 (2014-03-23) – May 25, 2014 (2014-05-25)

Premise

The series follows twelve contestants as they perform major renovations on two homes each week.

Contestants

The competitors are all home designers and/or home builders from across the United States.^[1]

Competitors

• Lukas Machnik – Chicago, Illinois - Winner
• Jay Riordan – Chicago, Illinois - Eliminated Week 10 (runner-up)
• Elaine Griffin – New York City, New York - Eliminated Week 9
• Nina Magon – Houston, Texas - Eliminated Week 9
• Darren Moore – Los Angeles, California - Eliminated Week 8
• Dann Foley – Palm Springs, California - Eliminated Week 7
• Erinn Valencich – Los Angeles, California - Eliminated Week 6
• Vanessa Deleon – Edgewater, New Jersey - Eliminated Week 5
• Andrew Flesher – New York City, New York - Eliminated Week 4
• Christina Salway – Brooklyn, New York - Eliminated Week 3
• Nancy Hadley – Huntington Beach, California - Eliminated Week 2
• Tarrick Love – Nashville, Tennessee - Eliminated Week 1

Episodes

No.	Title	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"The Tudors"	March 23, 2014 (2014-03-23)	3.60[3]
2	"Mid Century Modern"	March 30, 2014 (2014-03-30)	3.10[4]
3	"Spanish Style"	April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06)	2.92[5]
4	"Cabins in the Woods"	April 7, 2014 (2014-04-07)	5.08[6]
5	"Modern Modulars"	April 13, 2014 (2014-04-13)	3.09[7]
6	"California Craftsman"	April 20, 2014 (2014-04-20)	2.31[8]
7	"Colonial Duplex"	April 27, 2014 (2014-04-27)	2.57[9]
8	"Downtown Lofts"	May 4, 2014 (2014-05-04)	2.17[10]
9	"Victorian"	May 18, 2014 (2014-05-18)	1.77[11]
10	"Beach Home"	May 25, 2014 (2014-05-25)	1.70[12]

Broadcast

In Australia, the series premiered on September 9, 2015, on LifeStyle Home.^[13]