What To Know
- Ty Pennington solely informed TV Insider that Season 7 of Rock the Block options the present’s tightest competitors but.
- Pennington famous how shocked he was by the talents of this season’s superstar contestants.
- He additionally teased whether or not future seasons will proceed to have celebrities compete alongside HGTV stars.
In keeping with Ty Pennington, Season 7 of Rock the Block would be the tightest competitors within the present’s historical past.
The sequence returned for its seventh outing final month. The brand new episodes have adopted groups of HGTV stars and celebrities with house renovation and design expertise as they remodel equivalent properties in Las Vegas.
Heading into the season finale on Monday, Might 25, pairs Brooke Hogan and Scott McGillivray and Kim Wolfe and Chelsea Meissner are tied with two design problem wins every, whereas Taniya Nayak and Drew Lachey and Mina Starsiak Hawk and Vernon Davis have one every. Nonetheless, the season’s winner is finally decided by which home earns the very best appraisal worth.
“So far as this cul-de-sac, every of those homes could have an equivalent structure, however they’re all so completely different. However they’re all so good. So, I can truthfully say this could possibly be essentially the most troublesome season to guage who gained,” Pennington informed TV Insider whereas chatting about elevating respiratory well being consciousness by means of Insmed‘s Suspect BE marketing campaign. “We’re speaking about worth. Sure, does that imply bogs? Does that imply additional bedrooms? However doesn’t it additionally imply design and creativity?”
Pennington famous that it’s finally as much as a staff of knowledgeable appraisers to find out which staff added essentially the most worth to their home. “Thank god, as a result of I don’t know who I’d say. They’re all so good,” he quipped. “Each competitors, it’s type of exhausting to say. We’ve all checked out it, and I’ve been like, ‘I’m undecided if I’d have gone with that one, or if I’d have gone with this one.’ So, I feel it’s going to be a very good finale. That’s all I can say, is it’s gonna be large.”

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He continued, “I feel whoever finally ends up with these homes in that neighborhood has acquired a strong win. These are all improbable homes.”
Season 7 marked the primary time within the present’s historical past that celebrities competed with HGTV professionals. As for whether or not the casting change will stick for future seasons? “I don’t know,” Pennington stated. “I do know that having that wildcard component is type of spicy. It’s type of superior since you don’t know what you’re going to get. It’s like a spread pack of cereal. You’re like, ‘Ooh. What’s on this season?’ So, that’s a very good query. I just like the unexpectedness of it. Look, I’m a TV man, so anytime even I will be shocked, that’s a very good factor to me.”
Pennington additionally didn’t count on this season’s superstar rivals to be so expert in house renovation and design. “Who knew that Drew Lachey may work heavy equipment like that? And to not point out, he’s such an important tile man,” he said. “Who knew Brooke Hogan was going to be so humorous, and likewise, simply an emotional curler coaster day by day?”
He added, “The truth that Mina was capable of come again and get a win on the block with Vernon — the man is a improbable soccer participant, and likewise an important artist. After which, you’ve acquired Kim and Chelsea, who survived on water and rice for 30 days on an island. So, they positively know learn how to compete, too.”
Pennington informed TV Insider that he beloved the “selection” of this season’s forged and the design decisions they made. “I feel that’s why the present is so widespread, is that I feel we will all discover a room in every home that might be like, ‘Yeah, that’s my model,’” he defined. “But in addition folks’s opinions on who they didn’t like and who they favored can also be nice. I imply, the feedback are at all times very robust.”
Rock the Block, Season 7 Finale, Monday, Might 25, 9/8c, HGTV
