The host of Grand Designs Australia has declared he “hates” The Block, calling for the Channel 9 constructing competitors to be “banned from television”.
Architect and TV character Peter Maddison ripped into the favored present in a candid interview for The Binge Guide, calling it “absolute bloody nonsense”, The Herald Sun reported.
“It should be banned from television because it leaves people with the false aspirations that they can become – in inverted commas – a project manager or a builder or a designer,” he defined.
“It’s a joke. It’s a very bad example of the reality of building, the responsibilities around that and the difficulty of it all. They make it look very easy.”
Comparing the fact present to Grand Designs, which is filmed over a number of months and is offered to stream on Binge, he stated: “I have welded myself to a show that has integrity, where we show the real trials and tribulations [of building].”
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Maddison’s feedback come after a very tumultuous yr for The Block, which tried its largest problem but in 2022, heading to Gisborne, Victoria, for a “tree change” format.
The a lot anticipated public sale day proved to be a catastrophe throughout the board, with favourites Tom and Sarah-Jane making a revenue of simply $20,000, as winners Omar and Oz took house a document revenue of $1.6 million.
Eccentric multi-millionaire and serial Block purchaser Danny Wallis purchased all three houses that bought on public sale day, with the 2 homes he didn’t purchase, constructed by Dylan and Jenny and Sharon and Ankur, being handed in.
In a shock twist, Sharon and Ankur’s home was later purchased abruptly bidder Adrian Portelli, who had tried to purchase Omar and Oz’s construct, however was outbid by Wallis on public sale day.
Originally revealed as Grand Designs Australia host Peter Maddison blasts The Block
