Now that we have the privilege of having both Room To Improve and Home Of The Year on our screens at the same time, you might think there’s some competition between the two TV architects, well Dermot Bannon has set the record straight.
Speaking to RSVP Live he said, “I love the houses on Home of the Year but I never thought of Hugh being competition. That is either very arrogant or very naïve, it is one or the other.
“I know Hugh and he is great craic. I have been around the dinner table with him and I have been on stage with him and he is really cheeky.
“When you know somebody like that, it is very hard to look at them with evil eyes. I also thought that Amanda and Suzie did great and it was hard for them to slot into an existing format.”
Last year filming for Room To Improve was forced to come to a halt amid the pandemic and fans of the show have been waiting patiently for news of it’s return.
Now that we have it back on our screens, Dermot may have his eyes set on another television show…
The famous architect has hinted that we may see him on the dance competition show in the future, although he is on the fence about his answer.
Speaking to DWTS host Jennifer Zamparelli on RTÉ 2fm earlier this month, Dermot said, “Would I ever do it [DWTS]? I have two answers, one is from the heart and one is from the head.
“Well you see it’s 12 weeks isn’t it? Of course I’m assuming I’d get to the final…”
Jennifer told Dermot she has faith that he’d go far because he’d get a “huge public vote…”
Although Dermot had hoped she was going to say it was because of his dancing skills, “You’re supposed to say because I’m a good dancer!” he responded.
As for whether he can actually dance, the Room To Improve star said, ““I think I can! But that’s at like weddings and a nightclub, so there’s alcohol involved isn’t there…”
We’d love to see him in next years’ line up… let’s watch this space.