| Genre: | Reality competition |
| Creator: | Aaron Matthew Lee |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Company: | Super Delicious Productions |
| Network: | MTV |
| Num Episodes: | 10 |
MTV's The 70s House is an American reality television show created by Aaron Matthew Lee. The show premiered on MTV on July 5 and ended on September 6, 2005. The show featured twelve contestants participating in a 24/7 simulation of the 1970s.[1] They were required to part with all modern technology including cell phones, laptops, and MP3 players, as well as all modern clothing and lingo, only to adopt their cultural equivalents of the 1970s.[2] [3]
On each episode contestants were assigned tasks by Oscar, the house's unseen owner who communicated over speakerphone in a parody of Charlie's Angels. Dawn, the show's host, acted as a liaison between the contestants and Oscar and instructed them on how to complete the tasks. After finishing the task Oscar awarded a prize to the contestant (or team) which best completed the task. Two contestants were then chosen, based on that day's performance and how well they otherwise kept their 70s facade. These contestants competed in an elimination challenge at the end of the show and the loser would be eliminated from the show. In the ninth episode, however, three contestants competed in the elimination round and two were eliminated.[4]
Stand-up comedian Natasha Leggero played Dawn, while Bil Dwyer played the elimination challenge host, Bert Van Styles.[4] Guest judges included Erik Estrada, Jimmie Walker and Leif Garrett.[5]
| Contestant | Episode | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Andrew | RISK | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN |
| Joey | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | RISK | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | RISK | OUT |
| Corey | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | RISK | RISK | OUT | |
| Sarah | WIN | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | OUT | |
| Lynda | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | RISK | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | OUT | ||
| Ashley | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | IMM | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||
| Jami | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | OUT | ||||
| Ruben | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | OUT | |||||
| Hailley | WIN | RISK | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| Peter | WIN | WIN | OUT | |||||||
| Lee | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
| Geo | OUT | |||||||||
The contestant won the 70s House
The contestant won the challenge
The contestant was awarded immunity and did not compete in the main challenge
The contestant did not win the challenge, but was awarded safety
The contestant faced an elimination challenge and won
The contestant was eliminated from the competition
A similar show centered around 1990s culture called 90's House premiered on MTV in 2017.[6] [7]