The Block builds as X Factor and Survivor slip

Nine’s reality renovation show The Block has continued to build its audience pulling in 1.279m viewers at 7:00pm last night, easily beating its reality rivals on Seven and Ten.

The X Factor continued its toils, managing just 815,000 viewers between 7:00pm – 8:15pm, down on last week’s 914,000, while Survivor on Ten between 7:30pm to 8:30pm pulled just 660,000, down on the 708,000 last week.

Survivor was also beaten in the time slot by ABC showing the Grand Designs: House of the Year which had 689,000 viewers, while the return of Poldark at 8:30pm had 468,000 viewers.