New details of Adrian Portelli’s new renovation show has been revealed.
Adrian Portelli has made his biggest purchase yet by ditching The Block for Channel 7’s new competitor My Reno Rules.
Instead of Portelli appearing on the show with a paddle in hand, this time he has bought himself a whole new TV show.
As well as starring on the new series, Portelli’s rewards club company LMCT+ will be the My Reno Rules major sponsor and he has donated the two Bulleen homes that will be flipped on air by the contestants.
Just this week, TV host Alex Cullen announced he would also be joining Channel 7, the same network Portelli’s new show will be airing on.
Portelli and Cullen made headlines last year when Cullen was axed from the Today show after being the first to refer to Portelli as “McLaren Man” on air, in return for a $50,000 payment.
Alex Cullen has announced he’ll be joining Channel 7 the same week as Portelli announces his new show on the same network.
Although Portelli will not be joined by Cullen on My Reno Rules, they will be on the same network, all within a year of the controversy.
Portelli’s appearances on The Block over the seasons saw him spend over $27 million across eight different houses and earnt himself the name ‘The Lambo Guy’ for rocking up to auctions in a Lamborghini.
Despite his platform growing substantially from his time on The Block, since announcing the new show, Portelli has taken a few different swings at the Channel 9 show.
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“You may have seen on previous reno shows they might do auctions, but unfortunately only maybe 1 per cent of the viewing audience have the capacity to buy these homes,” he said on Sunrise.
Portelli also took to his Instagram to announce the show, as well as taking the opportunity to have a dig at the other show.
“The Reno games looked a little dusty,” he said. “Time for a fresh coat. The gloves are off.”
“Bet my high school teachers never thought … I’d have my own show on Channel 7!,” he said in the social media post.
Portelli went on to call The Block homes “hyped-up and over valued,” on his Instagram stories – despite paying the high prices for the properties on more than one occasion.
Adrian Portelli’s new show is set to rival The Block. Picture: Rohan Kelly.
He also said The Block’s host Scott Cam was “telling porkies” when Scott Cam said the show would welcome Portelli back.
“I told you guys I was leaving. There was never a conversation of being told to sit out of this season.”
He also revealed to his followers that this was the reason he had been searching to buy two properties next to each other over the last year.
Popular reality TV vet and host Dr Chris Brown will be hosting the new show, what either of them know about renovating homes is yet to be seen.
The new renovation competition series is a spin off of MKR (My Kitchen Rules) and is sure to be an attempt at gaining the same sort of audience The Block has received.
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