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Foreman Dan Reilly shares a sneak peak at the set of The Block 2025 and hints new season is coming VERY soon as filming wraps after 'delays'
The Block star Dan Reilly teased that the new season of the blockbuster renovation show will soon be heading to Channel Nine.
Dan took to his social media on Sunday to share a gallery of snaps featuring cast and crew from the Daylesford construction site in rural Victoria.
In one photo, Dan, who works as a foreman on the ratings winner, can be seen taking a celebratory drink with his partner Dani Wales.
Other photos show the happy couple grinning and posing with judges Shaynna Blaze and Marty Fox.
While Dan was careful not to show off any of the homes featured in the upcoming season, a glimpse of what appears to be completed structures can be glimpsed in the background of one photo.
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Aerial photos released in April revealed that the 2025 season will feature some massive homes.
The sprawling construction site located in the tiny rural getaway, 112km from Melbourne, features five blocks.
All of the two-storey dwellings are built as a 'H' design layout with courtyard spaces in front and back of the home.
It comes after claims that the upcoming season allegedly hit a serious snag which has caused production to be delayed.
An industry insider exclusively told Daily Mail Australia in January that filming was set to commence in Daylesford that month but was pushed back.
Production on the popular Channel Nine reality renovation series was slated to begin in February after being delayed for a month.
And the reason for the hold up? Our source revealed that producers are less-than-enamoured with the crop of contestants who applied for the show's 21st season.
They claimed casting producers have been in crisis meetings with Nine executives this week because they are so far unhappy with the presented line-up for 2025.
'There are desperate measures being made to get the show right for the next series,' the source said.
'There has been a noticeable absence of what Channel Nine were interested in showcasing later this year.'
The source said Nine was interested in attracting 'older and wiser' contestants for 2025, in a bid to move away from on screen drama that has become a fixture on the show in recent seasons.
Much of the 2024 season was dominated by the controversial 'flirtgate scandal' involving married couple Brad and Kylie Baker, and their co-star Mimi Belperio.
'The Nine network wants to shift gears from what we have seen in the last few years but the problem has been the 2025 series hasn't attracted the right kind of applicants,' the source said.
'The show has had a toxic culture and what happens when a trend like that forms is that similar people apply.
'There are people wanting to be the next Kylie and Brad and there are people wanting to be the next Kristy and Brett [the 2023 'villains'].
'That is the nature of these reality shows. The people applying seem to look back at what we have just seen and try to emulate that.'
The source claimed that the network is now more interested in attracting contestants who are environmentally minded.
The source also took time to praise the network for listening to what Block fans really want after the latest drama-packed season divided fans, with some claiming the show was trying to become like Married At First Sight.
