A concoction of luck and tequila could be the de Alba household’s recipe for actuality tv success.
That’s how Jesus de Alba, a longtime Vallejo resident, ended up on final week’s airing of Household Feud, which featured him and his 4 siblings — the primary time, Jesus mentioned, Vallejo has been represented on the present.
The de Alba siblings competed as a crew below the route of their mom. Jesus says mother wished all of her youngsters to be on a tv present episode she might rewatch and are available again to. Her youngsters, in return, mentioned they might give any earned cash towards shopping for her a brand new residence.
To that finish, the de Albas gained $20,000.
“It couldn’t have gone higher contemplating how little we ready,” mentioned Jesus.
Jesus mentioned his household utilized for the present on a whim — his sister drunkenly came across the appliance final 12 months and utilized on-line with out giving it additional thought. She didn’t inform her siblings and mom till a month later, when she obtained a response inviting the household for preliminary audition interviews by way of Zoom.
Producers for the present cherished the de Albas, Jesus mentioned. When given a mock recreation present query asking the household what they might get from a comfort retailer, Jesus mentioned his oldest brother gave a response that made producers giggle: He mentioned he would purchase a pickle.
Household Feud producers invited the de Alba household to Atlanta a month later in July to tape the present. Jesus mentioned he’d by no means earlier than been exterior of California — Atlanta was sizzling, however the studio was “freezing chilly” and stuffed with vibrant lights, he mentioned.
Jesus was nervous, however he mentioned he calmed his nerves with backstage tequila and pink bull. The previous drink additionally occurs to be what the de Albas used to follow for the present the evening earlier than, paired with a mock Household Feud recreation of their lodge room. “We like tequila — it makes issues spicy,” mentioned Jesus, laughing.
The largest shock, Jesus mentioned, was the 12-hour days of filming. He mentioned that Steve Harvey, the present’s host, stored the set vigorous. De Alba described Harvey as having cherished the Vallejo household, telling the siblings that the opposite households had been boring.
“We actually introduced our Vallejo delight to Atlanta, Georgia,” Jesus mentioned.