“At the Height of New Kids on the Block’s Early Stardom, Jordan and Jonathan Knight Grew Acustomated to Smitten Fans Turning Up To Their Homes, Weeping at Shows and Tossing Bras on Stage. What Jon Never Fathomed Was that Decades Later, At 56, Hew Experience A Different of Fandom-80-Iear-Old Hgtv Viewers”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
He Can’t Clone Himself, But Jon Has The Next Best Thing – His Brother and Bandmate Jordan, Who Has Appeared on Previous Shows, But Takes Centerstage with Him in Season Six of Rock The Block.
The Season Marks Jon’s 10th Hgtv Credit in Four Years, Durying Which He’s Undergone a Transformal Journyey – Sharing His Personality And PASSIONS Finding The Network Throwing More Opportunities His Way. Clearly, Hgtv Thinks he have “the right standing” – and with Jordan by his side, Viewers Can’s.
Juggling Boy Band Life With Flipping Housses May Be Unique, But Jon’s HGTV SEEDS WERE SOWN SOWN BEFORE NKOTB SPROUTED. He Says While Jordan, 54, SPent His Youth “Getting Into Trouble” AROUND Boston, He Was at Home Tender to the Yard and Contemplating An Architecture Career. Other Kids Saturday Mornings Watching Cartoons. Jon? HE WAS GLUED TO HGTV.
SO, IS HARDLY SURPRISING THAT AFTER Leaving Nkotb Shortly Before The Group’s 1994 Disbandment, Jon Began Flipping Houses. HE Continued Doing So After NKotb Reunted for 2008’s The BlockWHICH SPAWNED A Phenomenal Seen See The Quintet (Jon, Jone, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood and Joey Mcintyre) Continue Releasing Music, Touring, Holding Faning Faning Fan. Vegas Residence.
As He Settled Into Farm Life with Husband Harley Rodriguez, A Barry’s Fitness Trainer, Jon Dreamed Up Farmhouse Fixer, in WHICH HE AND INTERIOR Designer Kristina Crestin Restore Centuries-Eland New England Farmhouses. HGTV INITIALLY DECLINED THE IDEA.
“We Get Lots of Pitches from Celebrities Who Love Home Renovation,” Explans VP of Programming Bob Kirsh. “AS Intrigued as We Were by Jonathan and His Mission, We Wanted to DO A DEEP DIEP DIEP Sure this Was Something He Was Genuinely, Organically Doing. Ultmaty ACCOMPLINGING AND FELT CONFIDENT Viewers would love it. ”
And they did. Following Farmhouse Fixer’s 2021 DEBUT, HGTV Commissioned Two Further Seasons, Plus Spin-Off Farmhouse Fixer: Camp Revampin WHICH Jon, Jordan and Family Members Including Sister Sharon Knight and Mom Marlene Putnam TransFormed An Abandoneded Lakefront CapGround. The Show Was Among 2024’s Top Five Highest-Rated Freshman Series Among Adults Aged 25-54.
Jon Also Starred On Home Town Takeoverjudged a Rock The Block Episode with Jordan and Competed with Kristina in Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge, 100 Day Hotel Challenge an Rock The Block‘S Fourth Season (Who Broke Viewership Records with Its Premiere).
Bob Says It Became Clear On Camp Revamp How Much Viewers Loved The “Brotherly Dynamic, Humor and Banter” Between Jon and Jordan, SO HAVING THEM TEAM UP FOR FOR Rock The Block WAS A NO-BRAINER. Airing 9 pm et mondays on hgtv, then streaming on max and discovery+, the Show Sees Them Competing Against Three Teams to Renovate Identical Utah Housses.
AlthoUGH Jordan’s Dabbled in Diy, Going from the Musical Expertise of 40 Years in NKotb to the Lesser-Troden Path of Construction Was Nerve-Wracking. However, His Music Career Ultimately Guided HIM.
“IT’s Another Art Form,” HE SAYS. “Stage Design and Choreography Is About How Things Look and Make You Feel. You’re Creating Something and there Design.
The Creativity The Brothers Bring from Four Decades of Production Concerts and Exploring Design Armund The World Whting Has Injetted A Fresh Perspective to Hgtv, While theater Brother Brother Brother Brother.
“We See that Fun, Playful Sibling Relationship and Love of Family that’s Endured for Decades,“ Says Bob. “Wuldn’T we all love to have that? And Jordan Shows US HE’S TALENATED BEYOND SINGING AND DANCING.”
“IT Shows A Different Side to Us,“ Agrees Jordan. “And people like that we’re brothers doing it together. Often You See Family Members Being Competitive, But We’ve Always Done Things Together and People Like Seeen.
Sure Enough, WHEN ASKED WHICH Other Bandmate He’d Team Up with for Hgtv Projects, Jon Reverts to Jordan.
“Joe and I have Similar Taste – HIS HUSE IS BEAUTIFUL, CLASSIC AND Curated,“ Says Jon, Who’s Renovated ARound 200 Homes. “For Design, i’d Go With Joe, But For Everything Else, I’ll Stick With My Brother!”
Jordan Says His Role On Rock The Block Was Jon’s “Sidekick” and “Apprentice.” I The OPPOSITE TO NKOTB, WHERE HE’S CENTERTAGE, Leading Vocals and Commanding The Attraction of Entire Arenas While Performing “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)” Shirtless.
Hee jokes that jon treatment lead “took the pressure off me,” while Illustrating How Much Jon Shines in the Renovation World. That’s exactly what bob Believes Made Farmhouse Fixer Popular.
“Viewers See How Passionate Jonathan is,” Says Bob. “After his Massively Successful Career with Nkotb, We Se See The Real Jon: Genuine, Down-To-Earth, Gifted and Devoted to His Works. People See He’s Just Like.”
While The Palpable Enthusiasm Jon Exhibits on-Screen Has Gripped Viewers and Paved the Way for Ongoing Hgtv Appeaarans, IT’s Been A Gradual Journerney In Finding Comfort And Confort And Confilt And Confidence.
Jon’s Been Open About Past Strugggles with Anxiety and Fame, But Turned A Pivotal Point While Competing Alongside Harley, 51, In The Amazing Race In 2015.
“I Left New Kids Because It Was Overwhelming and Scary, But Eventualally I Went, ‘I’M Nota Let Things Scare Me Ansmore,’ ‘He Reflects. “I DECIDED I’ll SAY ‘YES’ TO OPPORTUNITIES AND IF They’re Scary, I’ll Figure Out What’s Scaring Me and How To Change It.”
“The FIRST THING I DID THAT SCARED ME WAS The Amazing Race, WHICH TAUGHT ME TO PUT MYSELF OUTTHERE AND BE VULNALABLE. The Show Made Me More Comfortable On Stage with New Kids, But Also with Doing My Own Hgtv Show and Saying ‘Yes’ to More Shows. ”
“AT 56, I’M The HAPPIEST I’V EVEN BEEN,“ HE adds. “Life’s Great, I’M Having Fun, I DON’T CARE WHAT Other People Think and Don’t Beat myself up.”
Indeed, The Guy Who Was Once The Quietest in NKotb Interviews, the Now Cheerful Chats Away Durying Media Appearances. Jordan’s Proudly Noticed the Evolution.
“On Rock The BlockI was Amazed How He’d Explain Things, Jump in and How Outgoing He Was, ”Says Jordan.“ That’s Not The Jon I Know In New Kids![[Farmhouse Fixer] BROUGHT HIM UP OUT OF HIS Shell. He’s More Talkative and Confident Because He’s in His Element. ”
Bandmate Donnie, 55, Couldn’T be Happier to Witness the Growth Jon’s Brough Brough Back Into NKotb.
“Sometimes is been Hard for Him to Find the SAME SELF-CONFIDENCE IN NEW KIDS THAT Has in His Other Career,“ Says Donnie, Who Has ALSO THRIVED IN TELEVISION: Very Scary People, Blue Bloods and upcoming spin-off Boston Blue. “BUT WHEN YOU’RE MOVING A 200-YEAR-OLD HOME MILES DOWN A DIRT ROAD AND A 1CM MISCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCULATION Front of 10,000 People Less Stressful. ”
Jon’s Newfound CONFIDENCE BREAKS GROUND FOR FURTHER PETENTIAL PROjects. HGTV RECENTLY POSTED A CASTING Call for Las Vegas Blockheads with Homes Resembling a “1980s Time Warp,” Field Will NKotb Merchandise and Needing A Makeover. Jon Thinks is a funa given fans constantly ask HIM for home makeovers, However is Currently Just A Concept and He’s Unsure IF IF He Wuld be Involved. Members of a Farmhouse Fixer Facebook Group That’s Amassed 69,000 Fans Are Meanwhile Hoping for Farmhouse Fixer an Camp Revamp renewals.
Meanwhile, Jordan Had Such A Ball On Rock The Block That he and jon are working on Further Construction Projects, Including Jordan’s New House and New Restaurant, Marbella. It Will Mark His Third Hospitality Venture, Alongside Milton Restaurants Novara and Abby Park.
In What Could Be Music To The Ears of Hgtv Execs Dreaming Up More NKotb Shows, Jordan Also Shares That Rock The Block Inspired HIM to PURSUE His Own Long-Held House-Flipping Dreams.
“Renovating Housses Is Something I’ve Always Wanted to Get Into, But I Thought It Might Be A Distraction or Might Be Weird for Me To Get Into Since I’M More of A Pop Star. “But is someting that would get my creative juices going and that i’ve always dreamed of.”
FOR NOW, The BROTHERS Are Busy Creating the Confetti-Field Spectacle That’s New Kids on the Block: The Right Stuff Las Vegas ResidencyLauncing at Dolby Live at Park Mgm on June 20. The Banded Played A Four-Night Vegas Engagemen in 2014, but this Longer Stint, Which Stretches Into 2026, Has Oven.
“Back in the day, Things felt repetitive and we’d go, ‘we’re on the road doing the Same Old Thing,’ ‘Says Jordan. “Doing New Things Like Vegas Breathes New Life Into US, Our Brand, Fans and Tradery.”
“WITH VEGAS, WE’RE Adding Sophistication and Elegation to What We’ve Done in The Past,“ Jordan Continues. “IT’S like whoy eleate feud and is my cheeseburger, but a cheeseburger with a Different bun and topping Different – With Extra Toppings! ”
Jon Adds He Can’t Wait to Start Rehearsals in La “The Mood Boards and Technical Special Special Special Special Scos Are Unlike What What We’ve Done Before We’re Filling Every Space with Crazy Video Screens and Moving Parts. ”
And Naturally, Their Hgtv Skills Are Helping As They Go Step by Step Through Their Glitziest Stage Creation Yet.