The Block (Australian TV series)
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 13 |
| No. of episodes | 552 (as of 13 November 2016) |
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| Running time | 30–90 mins (including ads) |
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| Original network | Nine Network |
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| Audio format | Stereo |
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The Block is an Australian reality television series broadcast on the Nine Network. The series follows four or five couples as they compete against each other to renovate and style houses/apartments and sell them at auction for the highest price.
The series first ran for two consecutive seasons in 2003 and 2004, and was originally hosted by Australian gardening guru Jamie Durie. The first season was filmed at Bondi and the second at Manly.
The Nine Network revived The Block after a six-year absence, with a third season commenced airing on 22 September 2010, this time hosted by television personality and builder Scott Cam. The third season again took place in Sydney, in the suburb of Vaucluse.
Moving to Victoria, Australia, the fourth season was filmed in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Victoria on Cameron Street. Breaking with tradition, season four was filmed in four side-by-side houses as opposed to an apartment block of four. Season four saw television personality Shelley Craft join Scott Cam in hosting the show.
Season five began airing in April 2012. As with season four, season five has retained the four separate houses format, as opposed to four apartments in a single apartment block as in earlier seasons. Season five is again set in Melbourne, on Dorcas Street, and is set in four adjacent multi-storey town houses. Season six returned to Sydney, in Bondi, for the tenth year anniversary, this was the last season that involved renovating houses, as from its seventh season, the contestants have renovated rundown apartment blocks, rundown buildings and former hotel buildings.
The first three seasons of The Block aired once weekly for 13, 26 and 9 weeks respectively. For seasons four, five and six The Block was aired every weeknight, taking on the tagline "7'OBlock Weeknights," and every Sunday night for 8 weeks. Since season 7, the 7'OBlock tagline only occurs on Sunday nights and airs at 7:30 on weeknights.
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