I knew the twist to the show already, my wife told me not long after a researcher had said it would be in the best interests of the show if she didn’t.

They weren’t going to ‘streamline’ my life as was advertised, they were going to clear it up into boxes and take it away. I was going to come home for the big reveal to find I had nothing, not even the shelves that had held my thousands of books, cd’s and DVD’s.

It was only by knowing about my clutter and answering related questions that I stood a chance of getting it back. Anything I didn’t show a knowledge for would go to the auctions.

During the time before filming the news was reporting the fires in Australia and people were stood devastated outside charcoal templates of what used to be their lives. As I watched the horror and loss on their faces I came to a conclusion, I didn’t want to miss anything.

Were my house to burn down I wanted to save everything I needed, and that was my family. After that i was easy, I didn’t get any question right.