Calling would-be Blockheads: The Block now taking applications

Calling would-be Blockheads: The Block now taking applications
Jessie RichardsonDecember 7, 2020

Are you energetic, with a sense of humor?

In a long-term couple, family duo or have an "enduring friendship" with someone who knows their way around a construction site?

Most importantly: are you willing to take home nothing but a "nominal weekly fee" if it all goes pear shaped?

If so, you might qualify for the next series of The Block.

Potential Blockheads have until 6 February to apply for the series, and successful applicants will begin manically shopping for pendant lights and colour-matched art in April. The first episode will see some contestants eliminated before the competition proper begins.

In your application, you'll need to provide details of your citizenship status, your criminal record, your height (in centimetres, please) and your home. You'll also have to describe your would-be team mate in one word (and in many).

Who's the first to make up when you fight? What would be your 'theme song'?

Lest you think it's all about the human drama, the producers are not just interested in your relationship.

What's your design style? What influences and inspires your design? (websites, magazines, designers, periods)? It's unclear whether hopefuls should name drop Neale Whitaker's former employer, Belle Magazine, or his latest, Vogue Living. However, if past seasons are anything to go by, contestants should answer the former question with something vague but boring like "classic with an edge", "minimalist with a twist" or "clean with a splash of colour".

Applicants are asked to provide photos of themselves and their home or homes, and a five minute video.

Meanwhile, filming is well and truly underway for The Block Triple Threat, and marketing is ramping up. This week, the imaginative and current Channel 9 released ads comparing bearded contestant Ayden to "that guy from The Hangover".  Just think – after an online application, this could be you.

Click here to apply.

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