The Block 2025: Fans slam new trailer over ‘irresponsible' detail
The hit renovation show is expected to air in August on Channel 9, with this year's contestants building homes from scratch in the regional Victoria town of Daylesford.
In the teaser, hosts Scott Cam and Shelley Craft are 'back on the road' each driving a big red truck on route to the new countryside location.
The trailer also featured a sneak peek of the teams competing – which include Emma and Ben, Cam and Han, Robby and Mat, Alicia and Sonny and Britt and Taz.
But, fans of the series lashed out over the detail that Scott was not wearing a seatbelt while driving the truck.
'Probably should have put ya seatbelts on,' one viewer wrote.
'Why aren't they wearing their seatbelts, Nine?', another person questioned.
'How irresponsible of Channel 9 to advertise in prime time, showing celebrities driving on country roads and not wearing seatbelts,' a third person commented.
Some viewers were convinced the scene was generated using CGI.
'They're not actually driving … watch the windows on the driver's side same scenery,' one fan wrote.
'It's obviously CGI,' another person added.
The news comes as Adrian Portelli is selling off his entire Block compound at Phillip Island months after snapping up all five homes on the hit renovation show.
The billionaire businessman posted on Instagram, begging fans to take all the properties off his hands.
He put out a call for expressions of interest in making the multimillion-dollar purchase.
'For Sale. EOI. The Phillip Island Block Resort. Selling complex complete. Everything included. Will not sell houses separately,' Portelli posted.
During last year's The Block grand final, the Aussie entrepreneur made history when he bought every single house for a whopping $15.03 million.
It turned out the regular Block bidder used a buyer's agent for some to cover his tracks.
Portelli announced he was done with The Block and would not be in the market for Block properties in 2025.
'That was a message that was my last appearance on the Block and I thought I'd go out with a bang,' he says.
While he may have gone out with a bang, fans of the show weren't thrilled with the finale, with many getting on to call the show 'rigged', and lament that Portelli just chose who he wanted to win.
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