HGTV angers “Home Town” fans with announcement of today’s special episode

Erin and Ben Napier — Erin Napier reunites with high school bandmateNBC

This season of Hometown was full of unexpected twists and turns, from controversial design choices to stars Ben and Erin Napier facing the “true test” of their marriage (spoiler alert—it involved hanging curtains). But the latest episode offers a surprise of a different kind: Erin shows off her not-so-hidden talent!

Longtime fans of the show know that Erin is not only an accomplished designer, TV star, artist and author, but she can also sing. The Laurel, Mississippi native has showcased her talents on both her Instagram account and in a 2020 episode hometown.

Now she is sharing her gift again, but this time she is meeting up with a friend from high school. In a teaser from the new episode of Hometown, Ben and Erin team up with homeowner Brad Smith to modernize his house.

Erin says she and Brad have known each other “for a long time.” She explains, “We were music kids. That’s what we loved.” The two performed in their high school show choir and formed a band called Sunday’s Maria when they were 15. Erin explains that she sang and played rhythm guitar while Brad played drums. The video from HGTV shows clips of their old performances.

Ben and Brad teamed up to convince Erin to reunite with Maria from Sunday for the episode. Erin said, “Ben asks me every week, ‘What if we get your guitar out and I clean it up for you and you could play us a song?'” Ben said, “I’ve been wanting that to happen for a long time.”

We must tune in to Hometown to see the performance! Judging by Ben’s reaction, it will definitely be worth seeing.