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The Block: Phillip Island: promo

First look at The Block's next season, with a bunch of island movie references.

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Channelling a little bit of Six Days, Seven Nights, Baywatch, Castaway and possibly Kong Island, Nine has released its promo for The Block‘s upcoming season on Phillip Island.

The promo sees Scott Cam and Shelley Craft landing a sea plane on the beach, Harrison Ford & Anne Heche style.

Darren Palmer is seen doing his best David Hasselhoff (and why not?) with Dan Reilly borrowing from Tom Hanks. Marty Fox and Shaynna Blaze peer through the palm trees (via a studio perhaps) with new contestants emerging from the waves.

No Gilligan’s Island gags?

Bizarrely, the promo also refers to going “tropical.” That’s a big no.

The series is due after the Olympics.

 

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  2. I am not sure loyal voters will like this. It looks to have strayed from the format and I don’t often see networks proudly promoting the fact a show is old (20). Is there a reason for that?

      1. Absolutely but I don’t see Seven saying Home and Away has been on air for 37 years or ACA on air for decades etc. The island isn’t the suburban street is it? Looks like lame attempt to piggyback on survivor or million dollar island etc. Block never seemed try hard, does now maybe?

        1. Home & Away was criticised for not doing much more than a cake for recent milestones. I see Mastermind mark 500 eps, Neighbours preparing for 40th, Hot Seat 2500 eps, Survivor will mark 50 seasons… these are pretty standard responses. 20 years is particularly long in local Reality genre. I think you’re reading too much into the promo, it’s still renovating tired buildings into lux. I mean was a 1950s Rockers promo abandoning the format?

  3. Wow. Had thought I’d heard Phillip Island mentioned previously in relation to The Block and was confused when I happened to see this ad the other day. Tropical, pfft. My weather app says it’s currently 10 degrees with a forecast high of 13 today. At least it’s sunny though. And yes you can drive there so what’s with the plane and rafts? Very pumped up and misleading, but that’s par for the course I guess these days. Glad I don’t bother watching this rubbish.

  4. Phillip Island (Rhyll) got down to 4.8 degrees on Tuesday night, after a high of 12 during the day.
    David, you are right – this is not tropical!
    But I do like the creativity with the clip.

  5. Complete cringe ….. it is still does not make me want to watch the show. It is better than I’m a celebrity get me outta here ……. why a plane? it would have worked better is some sort of car as you can drive there

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