The Block auction locked in
Auction date is set for late April for Triple Threat. (Spoiler alert: exterior photo).
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Spoiler: (exterior photo)
The Block auction for Charlotte and Josh’s apartment will take place on Tuesday April 28.
The property is being advertised at Hocking and Stuart’s website and includes a photo of The Block exterior.
With all 4 auctions are set for the same date, the grand final would likely be Wednesday April 29.
With the Logie Awards on Sunday May 3 it would suggest Reno Rumble could launch on Monday May 4 (pending possible competition from an MKR finale, House Rules and / or MasterChef of course).
Meanwhile Nine has confirmed it plans to go ‘back to basics’ for the next season of The Block, to be filmed at the former Hotel Saville site in South Yarra.
“We are planning to make some changes to the next series of The Block,” Andrew Backwell, Nine’s director of programming and production tells News Corp.
“We are going to give it a ‘back to basics’ treatment as we believe there is still a lot of value in the format going forward.
“We have not yet worked out exactly how many weeks it will run but it will be a far tighter series than the current one.”
Earlier this year Backwell also told TV Tonight, there were always inherent risks in screening two seasons a year.
“Will it burn up The Block quicker than if we had one series a year? Yes, I believe it will,” he said.
So here’s a radical thought: when does The Block go back to basics, a move that arguably rescued MasterChef from oblivion? I would be keen to see the show zero in on what it does best: renovate (no silly challenges) as a twice-weekly show, with more compact judging and elimination, and less horrendous recaps. –The Block: Triple Threat review, January 2015.
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8 Responses
This is the first season of The Block I haven’t watched, and yes, it was viewer fatigue in my case.
I may yet watch the next one, and I’d be even more inclined if they fix the format.
TBH Scott Cam does my head in.
I agree!
I want to see more actual renovations, They’re too focused on doing the big reveal that they don’t show anything anymore. Even some of the buying decisions of paint colours or cushions dont get shown much now so it doesn’t spoil the reveal. Dumb
Have found over the past few years that 9 always try and keep viewers interested by having several of the same shows on twice a year to try and keep the ratings up but quite honestly the Australian audience will only take so much before they stop watching the same thing, apart from TBBT, but I think that will dwindle this year as it does not seem as popular as previous years, think any show once a year is more than sufficient, look at Dancing with the Stars, know that it is not as popular as it once was but it has certainly been going for a number of years now and still entertaining, if that had have been televised twice a year would never have made it this far. Think channel 9 should re-think their programmes.
I agree with everyone, let’s get 4 regular houses, 2 or 3 one hour shows a week for 8 weeks and keep the episodes tight. Also suggest they get a builder and decorator to compliment one interior designer for judging. A well built room with the wrong cussions should beat a poorly finished room with a great bedspread and designer rug.
So they are worried about viewer fatigue for The Block yet they are going to launch another similar renovation show straight after it finishes and have the same guy host it also and they think the answer is going back to basics. How about they stop with the lazy programming and think outside the square.
Unfortunately the way TV works is things are in motion before they realise the audience response. I suspect they are madly planning 2016 without 2 Blocks and hoping that Reno Rumble can restore some faith. Time will tell.
Hopefully a back-to-basics review will simplify the series concentrating more on the renovations and less on all of the other fluff. As it currently stands, there is little continuity as to how the renovations take place; one minute it is a bare room and the next it is finished. Likewise, earlier series gave breakdowns as to how the budgets were consumed. Now, we’re just told they’re running out and the only budget discussion is around rubbish about cost of wine etc.
I understand the challenges are all about product placement but, for me, challenges are just a reason to change the channel.
There is also a risk that the series now does apartments that are so upmarket, that they are irrelevant to most viewers except from a voyeuristic point of view. It is interesting to see that 7 has consciously avoided falling into this trap with House Rules which remains firmly grounded in…
Back to basics is encouraging as this series has not been to the usual standard. Poor casting choices; an ever increasing emphasis on challenges and styling over renovation; and confected conflicts all detract from what was appealing in the earlier series – seeing couples working under tough circumstances, forming friendships and building great homes (not showrooms). It’s very paint-by-numbers now with little differentiation between apartments and the conflicts have become a worrying distraction – takes away from the family-based entertainment that it once was.