Some north Alabamians may be surprised to see familiar faces in today’s episode of Family Feud.

The Bridgewater family, from Cullman, first applied to be on the show in 2022, and were surprised to get the call in early 2024.

“The reason that we applied was because many of my friends apparently saw the Family Feud application, I think it was going around on Facebook,” said Kimberly Bridgewater, a teacher at Homewood High School.

“And they were like, you guys need to apply for this show because you need to get out there. And so, I thought, well, what the heck?”

After a phone call and a Zoom interview, Kimberly said her family didn’t hear back for several months and assumed they had not been chosen.

“After the Zoom call, we just kind of put it on the back burner,” she said. “Just didn’t think anything about it.”

“Well, February of 2024, they called us and said, your family’s up. And we were like, what? We were just completely taken off guard. And they were like, yeah, we’d like to film you.”

During what Kimberly called a “whirlwind” 24 hours in Atlanta at Tyler Perry Studios, the family passed their onstage audition and advanced to the taping.

“So, we auditioned, and the producers were like, ‘Oh, my goodness, we just love y’all’s energy, and we can’t wait to have y’all on,’” she said.

Although Kimberly was unable to share too many details on the family’s performance, she hinted at an exciting run, saying they did “extremely well.”

But she added that the experience they had on set was more important to her than how they did in the game.

“We had a phenomenal time,” she said.

“And we’re not told to say this or not, but Steve Harvey was amazing. He would put on a comedy show in between, like, taping breaks. And he was just so personable and fun.”

She continued that “the entire staff, down to the makeup artists, were all just so hospitable and just made our family feel so welcome.”

She said the family also went home with plenty of new friends.

“I think the one thing that we gained from all that are all the new friends that we have that were on the show, because they taped like six shows that day,” she said.

“Each 30-minute show takes a little over two hours to take…So, we met so many families that we are friends on Facebook with now and we’re cheering them on, even though we know the outcome of their thing.”

Kimberly encouraged other Alabamians who want to know what the “survey says,” to take their shot.

“I would tell anybody to apply at least, but the big thing is just to bring your energy, just be personable,” she said.

“I would just recommend anybody going for it and then being your true, authentic self, because the way we are on the show is the way our family is the whole time. This is not something that we put on for the show.”

She gave her thanks to Homewood High School and Cullman’s Daystar Church, where her husband Monty serves as pastor.

The episode aired on Birmingham stations between 3-4 p.m. on Monday.

Check your local station to catch it again this week.