In their new competition series Battle of the Bling, social media celebrity Todrick Hall and HGTV designer Kim Myles are looking for America’s “blingiest mansion.” The program will launch on HGTV on Friday, December 9 at 10 p.m. ET, with two 30-minute episodes showing back-to-back, headlined Blingiest Place for a Party and Bling with a View. Each episode of the program will include homes being assessed and one house emerging winner, beating the other two. Fans may follow the Battle of the Bling series on the HGTV Go app, where episodes will be posted one day after they air on television.
Battle of the Bling will have five finalists chosen from a total of 15 homes with a lot of blingy elements. Furry walls, mirrored fireplaces, breathtaking vistas, and even a pirate’s cave will be among the features. Only one of the finalists will take home the “Blingiest of them all” award, bragging rights, and a feature in HGTV magazine. Throughout the series, popular HGTV personalities such as Jackie Siegel, Keith Bynum, and Alison Victoria will assist Hall and Myles in making choices and making judgments.
About the Battle of the Bling hosts and judges
Kim Myles
Kim Myles, 48, of Bakersfield, California, began arranging items at her house at a young age out of curiosity, even creating her own art prints for objects. Myles attended the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts after graduating from West High School and obtained her associate of arts degree in the mid-1990s.
Kim entered the field of cosmetology after struggling to make a living as an actor. She did hair for several theater artists. She and her husband, Scott Myles, founded their own ice cream business in 2003. Her firm was a big success, but she struggled to manage it. Only then did Myles become a participant in the HGTV program Design Star. She won the competition, getting the ability to produce her own HGTV program. Kim co-hosted her own remodeling program, Myles of Style, with expert carpenter Anthony Gilardi in 2008. She has since been on other home improvement series, including Homemade Simple, and will soon be seen judging Battle of the Bling.
Todrick Hall
Todrick Hall, 37, is a well-known American musician renowned for his parodies, songs, and YouTube videos. Hall was reared by a single mother in Texas and came out to his family when he was 15 years old. At the age of 16, he began his career by singing and dancing aboard cruise ships. At the age of 20, Todrick was cast as the understudy for Barrino in The Color Purple, and he eventually appeared in a number of touring productions. In 2008, he had over 2 million members on his YouTube channel, which he launched in 2006. Todrick competed on American Idol season 9 and made it to the top 16 in 2010.
Following the program, he began to produce his own online series, such as Pop Star High, which often included spoof characters of renowned stars. At the time, MTV also recruited him for his own docuseries, Todrick. He often appears as a guest star on RuPaul’s Drag Race and has also recorded songs and albums of his own. In 2019, Hall was featured in Taylor Swift’s song You Need to Calm Down.
He appeared on The Masked Singer in 2021 and Celebrity Big Brother in 2022, finishing second in both programs. He will now be seen judging Battle of the Bling on the HGTV channel. He is now involved with model Davis Borum. Battle of the Bling premieres on HGTV on Friday, December 9, at 10 p.m. ET.