Three episodes into Season 22 and The Block has already found its two great renewable resources: AI-generated jingles and blind faith in the phrase “quiet luxury.” Fans spent last night losing their minds over the former, while off-set the mastheads were chronicling a good deed gone badly wrong in the insulation aisle. Here’s what Blockheads and the papers were saying today.
What Blockheads Are Saying
“Is there a union we can complain to about this AI slop?”
u/limark, r/TheBlock
Reddit had one obsession this episode: the show’s newfound love of artificial intelligence. Over on r/TheBlock’s episode 3 live discussion thread, fans filled up the comments venting about the AI-generated jingles now soundtracking every reveal and montage. The top-voted line, from u/limark, asked whether there’s a union anyone can complain to about this AI slop, and the replies agreed enthusiastically. Several commenters also pointed out that half the AI tracks are just “covers” of real songs bent to fit the scene, which rather undercuts production’s usual excuse about dodging royalties.
What the Mastheads Ran Today
WHO led the day’s actual news with an exclusive on Rick, the 63-year-old builder who lent his insulation batts to fellow contestants Lisa and Rosco, only to be left waiting when his own delivery ran late. Rick told WHO that being the nice guy has “bit him in the ass,” and that he’s done playing along: “I’m just going to start playing the game now, because everybody else is playing the game.” The generosity clearly paid off in eyeballs if nothing else, with TV Tonight reporting The Block topped Tuesday’s entertainment ratings with 984,000 viewers nationally, edging out The Voice on 898,000 and confirming Nine’s Mount Eliza gamble is paying off, at least for now.
That’s the buzz for today, Blockheads. Same time tomorrow, presumably with more AI show tunes.
