The Block

This show had it all going for while before it decided to stop including average regular individuals surely there are great carpenter's who deserve to be shown to there fullest degree of talent you want more views make the show better include regular normal every day carpenters who will work there best all to go for the final cash prize because let's be honest this show has turned into keeping up with the sooks .... Get back to work and fix something there is always potential to spin this show around and reinforce that this was an alternative show which was once appreciated go back to the roots 👀

The Block began as a renovation show. The premise was that everyday Australians were given the chance to win a large sum of money by winning the proceeds of their hard work (over a reserve) once the completed properties are auctioned. Teams are always made up of two - usually a couple.

The contestants are given a budget. They are not necessarily skilled in any area of construction or building, and the teams are required to assemble a team of labourers or that team is provided to the contestants by the program.

The time frame has always been unrealistic - less than three months to renovate a home, one week at a time. How exactly the contestants achieve this is dubious - contestants hardly sleep, and the camera follows them around during the project.

That's the format The Block began with, and that's the format the audience enjoyed.

The Block is not that show anymore.

Presently, there is a distinct lack of renovation on this renovation show.

Sadly, someone thought it was a stroke of genius to favour contestants who are able to create as much drama as possible. If it doesn't exist, it will be manufactured. That's their reality.

The Block favours cruel, nasty, and bitter behaviour. There have been several "cheating scandals," but no contestant is ever held accountable or responsible for said cheating. Episodes are dragged out by useless plot exaggeration, completely irrelevant to the purpose of the show.

What you see now are contestants being bullied. You see contestants being gaslit, psychologically manipulated, and treated poorly and unfairly by other contestants. It's not entertaining. Basically, contestants can be as cruel, nasty, and as inappropriate as they wish, for their own twisted amusement, with impunity. The show fails to offer help, support, or intervention on behalf of the contestant(s) on the receiving end.

Thr Block is no longer a show about renovating and design ideas. In fact, it really isn't a renovation show anymore. It has jumped the shark and has willingly become a highly exaggerated, implausible, and toxic program, which is incapable of calling out their own cast on their appalling, mean, vicious, nasty, and cruel behaviour. As far as they are concerned, nobody should be accountable.

If you're after a "reality" program that:

Doesn't meet their own brief

Cannot define the type of program they wish to be

Is in complete denial about what their audience wants to see and their own integrity

Is toxic

Doesn't enforce their own "rules" of the competition

Rejects any form of criticism, feedback, or accountability, then claims it's a "conspiracy theory" against their show

Gabbles on tediously and repetitively over unrelated topics until it puts its audience to sleep

Constantly cross promotes and has insufferable product placements

Is a cacophony of backstabbing, jealousy, infintile behaviour, school yard bullying, and nastiness

Fails to use its "prime time" status as a teachable, instructive tool of how people should not be treated

Refuses to identify and prevent their "employees" from abuse (both mental and emotional), bullying, and intimidation

Deliberately and willingingly risks the health and safety of their contestants

Fails to identify themselves as part of the problem, not the solution

Is void of any acumen and still has the hubris to call itself, "Australia's favourite TV show"

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Caught this on Prime. Only seasons 1-4 and 10-12. Its fun to watch, but after watching 3 seasons I think the judges get their design critiques straight out of there collective snobby backends. Especially Shannya. I detest the fact that something a designer says sets the standard for the world. I would never hire Shannya for anything connected to design. Perhaps she should concentrate on styling herself first.

I also think its an unrealistic timeframe and then to make them leave for 24 hours for a challenge, even tho those are fun to watch.

Scottie, Keith and Dan are quite likeable however.

The couples...some I don't see staying together for the long term.

Hi there my name is Paul ive worked for minos structral engineering and in my 8 months there ive never seen such poor quality welding especially when joining two pieces of rhs steel together welds grinded back to hide the fact of two bits of steel joined as a whole length of steel reinforcing simply because they didnt have a long enough piece of steel to begin with so they illegally join two pieces to make one hmmmm and they use unqualified boilermakers to cut cost to top it off minos the ceo abuses bullies staff and makes them wait for wages and sacks staff over phone. Ive never seen or worked in a place quite like this if the series the block is experiencing complications on there modules coved in runs from unexpirenced painters or imperfections doesn't suprise me but id be finding a much better business to make your modular.

The most unlikable lot of people and I watched every single one. The boys a genuine decent find.

Too many recaps , my fast forward is running hot.

Most of my friends don't watch the weekday but watch the reveal where it is al la laid out.

Can only hope that the husband wife squabbling will ease off and also wish Kylie would listen to Advice, quite like her but being stubborn won't get her the money at the end.

When explained re extra beds can't understand why she doesn't sgreee. Her style is good I think and she can make a smash g room with two beds with trundles.

Poor Jesse should get a medal , with Paige non so blind as those who will not see.