Ronnie and Georgia (season 13). Joining The Block will be Tanya and Vito, Josh and Luke & Kirsty and Jesse. The seventeenth season of The Block premiered on Sunday, 8 August at 7pm. Mitch Edwards & Mark McKie won the season with $644,444.44 + $100,000 prize money, Each team of contestants won $296,000 or more. The auction profits had a combined result of $. Season 18 Applications for the eighteenth season of the series opened in September 2021 until 18 October 2021, looking for couples aged between 18 and 65 years old being sought by casting agents. Filming is expected to be a 10–12 week shoot period from late February 2022. In September 2021, the eighteenth season of The Block was officially confirmed at Nine’s 2022 upfronts, and for the first time the series will be heading to a regional location, the Macedon Ranges, where the contestants will be transforming country houses. In early April 2022, the day filming was scheduled to commence it was confirmed by sources that a contestant had tested positive to COVID-19. Filming was delayed by a week with filming commencing mid-April. Omar & Oz won the season with $1,586,666.66 + $100,000 prize money, leaving both of them with $843,333 each and being the biggest profit to date for one team. Despite the huge win the other teams didn’t fair so well. Ryan & Rachel passed in at auction but immediately sold to the highest bidder for $169,000.50 and Tom & Sarah-Jane sold for $20,000.99 the lowest profit since season 9. Ankur & Sharon and Dylan & Jenny’s homes were both passed in with no result on auction day. On 11 November 2022, it was confirmed Ankur & Sharon‘s house had sold for $4.25 million giving them a profit of $170,000. On 13 February 2023, Dylan and Jenny’s house was sold for an undisclosed amount more than 3 months after auction. Viewership The two first seasons were successful with audience viewership, with the first season averaging 2.2 million viewers. Season 1 Finale was watched by 3.115 million viewers and Season 2 was watched by 2.273 million viewers. The third season debuted with 1,134,000, a daily rank of 9. It lost to all its main time slot competition consisting of Glee on Network Ten and Border Security on the Seven Network. However, it remained successful with key demographics and enjoyed steady ratings throughout the season. Season 3