Australia will be divided right down the middle when a new supercharged series of Reno Rumble premieres on Monday, March 21, at 7.30pm on Channel Nine.
Six new couples will compete in the ultimate battle of East versus West, with two houses to be fully renovated every week. Each week, one couple from the team with the lowest score will be sent packing. The last couple standing at the end of the series will collect the $100,000 winners’ cheque.
Eight deserving homeowners have been nominated to receive the renovations of a lifetime. Among them are families who have endured heart-wrenching tragedy and those who have dedicated themselves to bettering the lives of others. Our teams will aim to give these battlers the beautiful houses they deserve.
Scott Cam returns as host, joined this year by Shelley Craft as they coach the contestants through their emotionally tough and physically challenging journey.
Two new judges are also joining Reno Rumble: Scottish duo Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan, internationally renowned interior design experts. They will bring their brutally honest opinions, while offering plenty of advice and mentoring, to the Reno Rumble camp. Never afraid to tell it exactly like it is, they are sure to ruffle feathers along the way.
I really can’t believe that Nine even renewed this show! Didn’t it rate quite average last year?
Ratings wise, it might start out OK but I think that viewers will quickly realise that it’s nothing more than a blatant Channel Nine rip-off of House Rules and quickly switch off after that.
Nine has reacted to the ratings disaster and made some changes to next week’s episode schedule.
Sunday
Reno Rumble will now be seen this Sunday at 8.00pm for a 90 minute episode that was origianlly scheduled for Monday. This puts it clear of MKR for one night, with the obvious hope it might build an audience.
Monday and Tuesday
Episodes brought forward by one day
Wednesday
The Wednesday episode is out - replaced by Big Bang.
These seem to be the main changes I can see at the moment. If there are any more I will update this topic. The full schedule adjustments are in the Nine Schedule area.
Exactly. Now without the ex-House Rules element, it’s just The Block with a touch of Renovation Rescue. It could easily just be a “special charity episode” of The Block itself, never mind it’s own series.
And still nobody important at Nine had the foresight to see that this would happen. You can’t keep serving up viewers the same old shit and expect people to keep watching.
I don’t watch this, or the block, or house rules, but notice that the promos for all three regularly trumpeted the reveals. Is that what people are watching for? May as well just do a show that consists of nothing but the reveals, without all that pesky renovation.
is it time we go back to those lifestyle renovation shows (like Backyard Blitz, Domestic Blitz, Room for Improvement etc)? These shows actually showed renovation and reveals of a house/garden in a one-hour episode and only aired once a week. They were successful a decade ago too.
Surely, with all the filler Reno Rumble has in its daily shows, can it be edited into a one-hour-ish weekly show?
