Which ‘Rock the Block’ Season 7 Stars Have Competed on the Show Before?

The Season 7 solid of Rock the Block might characteristic a number of HGTV specialists, however most of them have by no means appeared on the sequence earlier than.

Rock the Block returned for an additional season of heated competitors on April 13. Hosted by Ty Pennington, the brand new episodes mark the primary time HGTV stars are competing alongside celeb companions, all of whom have renovation and design expertise. Simply because the celebrities are making their Rock the Block debut in Season 7, so are three of the season’s HGTV professionals.

Among the many Rock the Block newcomers is Renovation Resort Showdown‘s Scott McGillivray. “I’ve achieved over 1,000 renovation and design initiatives,” he stated through the season premiere’s intro. “We’re positively gonna get the win.”

McGillivray has appeared on a number of dwelling renovation exhibits over time, together with House to Win, Household House Overhaul, Scott’s Personal Trip Home, and Scott’s Trip Home Guidelines. His Rock the Block associate is actuality star Brooke Hogan, who has run her personal design enterprise, BB Designs by Brooke, for round eight years.

“If we are able to take the power and the eagerness that you’ve got with the expertise and steerage that I’m hoping to carry to the desk, I feel that we’re gonna rack up a bunch of wins alongside the way in which,” he advised Hogan through the premiere.

Taniya Nayak, in the meantime, is a well-known face to TV followers, having showcased her design experience on exhibits corresponding to Restaurant: Unimaginable, Battle on the Seashore, and The Nice Christmas Gentle Combat. She’s hoping to take dwelling a win on her first season of Rock the Block alongside her celeb associate, Drew Lachey, who additionally has years of renovation and design expertise.

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“What are you pondering, Taniya, being on the Block for the primary time?” Pennington requested Nayak through the premiere. She replied, “I’m tremendous pumped. I’m not a stranger to competitors. I do eating places. I do high-end residential. I’m gonna merge the 2 with my boy right here, Drew, and we’re gonna create some Vegas magic.”

Like McGillivray and Nayak, Kim Wolfe doesn’t have Rock the Block expertise. Nonetheless, she and her associate, Chelsea Meissner, have the eagerness to win after competing collectively on Survivor.

“I feel I all the time form of really feel like I’ve one thing to show. I’m all the time trying to do one thing that’s just a bit bit cooler, that pushes the envelope just a bit bit extra,” Wolfe states within the premiere. “And I really like partnering with Chelsea on this as a result of I really feel like after I work with Chelsea, I do my finest work.”

Out of all of the Season 7 stars, Mina Starsiak Hawk is the one one with Rock the Block expertise. In actual fact, she competed on the present’s first season again in 2019, however finally misplaced to Jasmine Roth.

“I’m good at design. I don’t need a participation trophy. I very a lot wish to win, so I’m again for redemption,” she said within the premiere episode’s intro. When later requested by Pennington what it was prefer to be again on the present, Starsiak Hawk shared, “A bit confused, as a result of I gained completely nothing Season 1, so there’s a bit of stress.”

Starsiak Hawk is paired with former NFL star Vernon Davis. “She was superb. She’s a tough employee, and she or he bought up each, each day with nice enthusiasm,” he solely advised TV Insider forward of the present’s premiere. “She’d all the time be the primary one on set, final one to depart. She actually needed to win, and I might see it in her.”

He added, “Not solely did she wish to win, however I discovered quite a lot of stuff from her, from chopping wooden to installations with cupboards, and simply creating our personal cushions and issues of that nature. She was actually a deal with to be round.”

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