David hits a Home Run
Meet the host and mentor of Nine's forthcoming designer reality series.
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Meet Sydney interior designer David Heimann, who is joining Nine’s new reality series Home Run.
Heimann, of lifestyle store Orson & Blake, will play host and mentor to a group of young up-and-coming interior designers for the show which will be stripped across 7pm weeknights later this year. Each week, the designers will be pitted against each other as they work with real clients – families in the suburbs looking for a professional interior makeover.
“This is a higher echelon show, the designers are tastemakers where other home shows are basically DIY programs,” Heimann told the Daily Telegraph.
“This is going to be much more fabulous.”
The series is developed by Julian Cress and David Barbour, who famously created The Block and more recently, The Chopping Block. They also followed David Gyngell to the US several years ago, as favourites of the Nine CEO.
“There are myths that interior design is superficial but people don’t realise it has substance and there is a lot of hard work that goes into it,” said Heimann.
He promised not to fit into the traditional nasty or nice mould.
“I’m very much going to be myself.”
Meanwhile a revamped version of The Chopping Block is to air in the US from early March on NBC, replacing Knight Rider. NBC is expected to announce more details of the show today.
Source / photo: Daily Telegraph
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16 Responses
I will be watching sounds like Channel nine is hearing the people that we want professionals on these lifestyle shows. Not like Battlefronts. Lets not make judgement on David until it has aired then people can make their minds up. I think this will be a huge hit.
Well, there you go then. Thanks David.
Guys, this is easily solved. Wikipedia reference is taken from this site via an article on July 24 (before News Limited article). Nine Publicity advised me on that date quote “The Block will be back in 2009” unquote. They didn’t specify a “Block-type” show or any variation, which is how it has resolved. In the fullness of time a clearer picture emerged, end of puzzle…
Actually “Gerrard”, anyone can write anything they want on Wikipedia and that doesn’t mean it’s the truth. I could edit that to say Nine will air The Block 24 hours a day if I wanted.
Perhaps you should read this from News Limited article : “Describing the new format as “The Block on steroids”, it was a confident Gyngell who spruiked the series at a party on McGuire’s turf of Melbourne.” … “The new Block-type show will film in Sydney and Melbourne.”
Let’s recap: “new format” “Block-type” show.
Sheesh.
Actually “Timmy”, according to Wikipedia, The Block was supposed to be coming back in 2009, not some new show based on the format. So that’s why I asked if The block has been dropped from the 2009 line up.
Gerrard and Balletbabe – Nine never said The Block was coming back, they promised us a new show that would be “The Block on steroids”, from the same producers, and this is it.
Anyway, I love this stuff, I’ll be watching.
@richo, sorry i wasn’t that clear. i’m not saying that ten the best in reality. i’m just saying if it was a 10vs9 in reality i think 10 will always win. 9 has never really had much success with reality and reality is the only thing floating 10’s boat. they are just better at capturing the right audience.
@Jerome: There’s some successes and some flops. The Hot House, The Resort and Taken Out come to mind
Bakketbabe, yeah the Block was supposed to up for a new season this year. However, I don’t know if they’re still going to go through with it, if this is being done by the same producers.
is there a round-about start date for this, at the moment it looks like it will be a battle with masterchef, no one does reality like TEN, i’m sure they can win.
can’t see this holding up a good fight.
Was the block meant to be coming back?
Does this mean that The Block won’t be produced?
lol he does look a tad creepy
That dude also looks like a serial killer. Where do they find these ppl??
Good point James. A show that was on the cards before the meltdown hit. That’s untimely….
Just what we need in the current economic climate – ‘higher echelon designers or tastemakers redesigning peoples homes (probably in the upper end of the market) and the producers and designers making a small fortune ou of it – most of us are just lucky we still have a home. I’m not sure whether this will sit well with some at the moment – we need shows and or advice on what we can do to save our friggin homes not redesign them!