HGTV’s Rock the Block is heading to Las Vegas for Season 7, and Ty Pennington says the competition will bring the most “insane” action yet. The new season premieres April 13 and stretches over seven weeks, with Brooke Hogan, Drew Lachey, Vernon Davis and Chelsea Meissner all stepping into the build-off.
Each celebrity will be paired with an HGTV mentor, including Scott McGillivray, Taniya Nayak, Mina Starsiak Hawk and Kim Wolfe, as the show turns its focus to design under pressure. Pennington said viewers should “prepare for some never-before-seen antics,” adding that the appeal this time is watching people work with a stranger they have never met before.
That setup makes Brooke Hogan’s return especially notable. For the last eight years, Hogan quietly ran a design firm in Nashville, Tennessee, before being pulled back into the spotlight in July 2025 after the death of her father, late wrestler Hulk Hogan. Pennington said Hogan’s run on the show was striking not just for the competition, but because she opened up about the loss she has gone through and shared her life with her partner, Scott, during the design process.
The cast also brings together a wide mix of backgrounds: Lachey comes from music and reality television, Davis from the NFL, and Meissner from Southern Charm. Pennington said this season shows “what it’s like for someone to show their authentic self,” pointing to the contrast between what viewers may think they know and what contestants actually do for a living. Before filming, Wolfe and Meissner were the only pair with genuine ties to each other.
That is what gives this season its edge. Rock the Block has always been about design, but this round adds unfamiliar partnerships, a compressed seven-week race and a cast built from different corners of celebrity culture. Hogan’s story adds a personal layer to a format that depends on speed, trust and nerve — and by the time the season opens on April 13, the question is not whether the homes will change, but how much the people inside them will.
