'Rock the Block' Fans CAN'T BELIEVE This Team Won: 'This Show Was Rigged'

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28-05-2025

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The result is in! Alison Victoria and Michel Smith Boyd are the winners of Rock the Block season six. The veteran team's win makes Boyd the first-ever two-time champion of the HGTV series, and it's Victoria's first win after competing in three seasons. Naturally, fans are having extremely passionate reactions to this outcome.
During the season finale, the teams worked on the remaining spaces of their homes: the front façade and yard (to get that curb appeal!) and a second-floor bedroom with a balcony. After wrapping up those projects, Property Brothers star Jonathan Scott hit the block to judge the entire homes. While previous guest stars blindly judged the spaces, Scott was briefed by the design teams on their work, then walked through every home with host Ty Pennington. The four homes were then appraised by three local appraisers off-screen, which determined the winner once and for all.
The base value of the six-bedroom homes was $1.05 million, including the starting value of $750,000, home budget of $250,000, and backyard bonus of $50,000. Team Victoria-Boyd had the highest appraisal of $1.4 million. That's $35,000 more than the runner-up...which was not revealed.
Before the winning team was revealed via drones in the night sky, Scott gave everyone feedback. For Victoria and Boyd, he praised their winning kitchen's bold, green color choice that was cohesive throughout. 'I don't want to cause any drama on the block, but I think your main suite might've been the best,' he said of the challenge, which Jonathan and Jordan Knight won. 'It was really, really well done.'
Scott was also impressed by their decision to add a tiny home in the backyard. 'Today's family is really looking for flex spaces,' he said. 'They're looking for somewhere where they can work from home, have family stay. I thought that was a really clever idea, and you tucked it back so nicely that it framed the back of the yard.'
After being named the winning team, Boyd expressed his appreciation. He said: 'This is such a proud moment. I'm really filled with gratitude because it was hard the first time around. This time around, I thought it was going to kill me because the competition was so amazing. So being able to call myself the first-ever, two-time Rock the Block champion… I'm a lucky guy.'
Victoria got emotional, shedding a few tears. 'Third time's the charm, I guess,' she said. 'This one was the most difficult thing I've ever been through, and it is the highest honor to win Rock the Block.'
Boyd added, 'Design is so vulnerable, and to hear good feedback, and from our peers who are so talented, and from you guys, from those appraisers, from everyone in Utah that's been so good to us, we're overwhelmed.'
Many fans were overwhelmingly shocked by the 5,500-square-foot house that took home the gold. Across various Instagram posts, they didn't hold back:
'The DeBoers and Kalamas had the best homes, either one should have won. The Rookies did amazing!!'
'I definitely thought [the Kalamas' house] was the best house with the Deboers a close second! Sorry to say but the winning house was my least favorite.'
'I can't believe [the Kalamas] didn't win. I've always loved Alison's designs, but I don't know how they won with no grass in the backyard, that hideous green kitchen, and the unusable Pickleball court.'
'[The Kalamas] should have won! Last night's winners proved that this show was rigged. There is no possible way that house was appraised that much over you guys. They just wanted Alison to win one.'
'So confused by the Alison & Michel win - love Michel but that was by far my least favorite house. Kalamas should of won!!'
'[The Kalamas] should have won, especially using the solar like Lyndsay and Leslie did.'
'We really thought [Jonathan] and Jordan were going to be the winners. [Their] house was so beautiful!'
"The newbies crushed it!! No way Alison's house was the best with most value. The newbies added things like a fence, extra bathrooms, solar panels, an extra kitchen, a wine room and movie room. How is none of that extra value. The Kamalas should have won hands down. Very disappointed in the final choice."
'No matter the winner, you all designed an amazing home. (The casita may have increased the value for the win, but there's still no way I'd want to look at that in my yard everyday.)'
'This was 100% my favorite season!!! Everyone did absolutely amazing. The competition was tough, compared to other seasons, everyone brought their A-game.'
While many were not pleased, plenty of fans were happy to see the veteran team win. To Boyd via Instagram, one fan wrote, 'SO PROUD that you are THEE ONLY 2X WINNER!! 💪🏽🏅🏆I thought the Kalama's had you beat with those solar panels, but that container casita added so much value!!'
Another added, 'I am so happy for you and @thealisonvictoria! Your home was beautiful and I knew that tiny house was going to make y'all WINNERS!'
Some of their fellow HGTV pals chimed in, too. 'So damn proud of you and @thealisonvictoria ❤️ - you guys are unstoppable and an insanely talented duo,' Sarah Baeumler wrote. 'Love you both so much 🙌 and beyond grateful to call you my friends xxsb.'
The most recent winner aside, fans also shared suggestions for future seasons of the series. 'I say next time, let the American people vote,' one person wrote. Another agreed that the viewers should be the judges. Perhaps HGTV will consider bringing a fan voting component into the mix, as this may have been the most controversial season yet.
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