The Block fans have threatened to switch off en masse as they slam the 20th anniversary season for focusing too much on drama and not enough on renovating.

Viewers flocked to Reddit this week to call out scenes which have left them feeling ‘anxious and angry’, with concerns raised for newcomers Maddy and Charlotte.

Supporters of the Sydney sisters fumed the pair were ‘being set up to fail’ after they were thrown into the deep end in week five and faced off against their fiery builder. 

‘Last few episodes have made me feel anxious and angry. Which is not really what you want from a bit of fluff building show,’ one person wrote in a lengthy post.

‘There is a certain kind of man who, when dealing with young women, especially pretty young women, immediately try and get one over on them, try and exert dominance, no matter how low the stakes.

‘They just try and thwart you at every turn, for what? To punish you for being a young woman? 

‘Ever since Maddy and Charlotte have arrived I’ve felt this rising tension in my shoulders watching this show in recognition of the way they’re being treated.’

The Redditor went on to say it felt like Maddy, 24, and Charlotte, 22, have received little support from the show, with the sisters recently left in tears when their builder Zak brutally turned on them and quit the series. 

The Block fans have threatened to switch off en masse as they slam the 20th anniversary season for focusing too much on drama and not enough on renovating. Pictured: Scott Cam

‘Anyway, I hope things start to change because it’s not fun to watch two young women being set up to fail through no fault of their own,’ they added.

Many viewers agreed with the Reddit post, with some saying they have since stopped watching the show entirely or only tune in for room reveals every Sunday. 

‘I stopped watching. I did consider just watching Sundays, but The Amazing Race started. Life’s too short to watch this bulls**t,’ one person wrote.

Viewers flocked to Reddit this week to call out scenes which have left them feeling ‘anxious and angry’, with concerns raised for newcomers Maddy and Charlotte (both pictured)

Another added: ‘How is this behaviour not only NOT called out on screen, but actually used as a dramatic storyline with no consequences for the appalling behaviour?’ 

‘I used to watch every episode, now I record Sunday’s episode so I can fast forward through the crap and just watch the judging,’ a third commented.

It comes after The Block fans celebrated Tuesday night when builder Zak quit the show and walked off site after a heated row with newcomers Maddy and Charlotte.

The carpenter left the women in tears and accused them of ‘s**t-canning’ him on national TV when they confessed they found him too ‘intimidating’ to talk to.

Supporters of the Sydney sisters fumed the pair were ‘being set up to fail’ after they were thrown into the deep end in week five and faced off against their fiery builder (left)

When they failed to see eye to eye, Zak told his builders to ‘pack it up’ and stormed off, prompting a slew of viewers on X to slam the tradesman for his reaction.   

‘Is this guy seriously mansplaining intimidation to two young women, whilst being completely intimidating?’ one person wrote.

‘This is how women get treated VERY OFTEN by men. Only difference is that there’s cameras here,’ another said.

Someone else said Zak was ‘single handedly ruining his own reputation on this show’.