A massive 7-kilo weight loss during the filming of The Block: Glasshouse left Simon Voss hospitalised once filming had finished.
Along with his brother, Shannon, 35, the pair both lost seven kilos due to the relentless hours and manual labour put into the competition.
“The day I finished I fell sick for two weeks. I had to go to hospital,” Simon told Daily Mail on Friday.
“Me and my brother, we’re both lean blokes, we didn’t have much to lose. I think if I lost anything else there would be nothing left of me.”
A bad sinus infection left the 28-year-old in hospital soon after filming ceased.
“I couldn’t eat because [the infection] affected all of my teeth. It went into the bones [of my mouth] and then I was having massive migraines.”
The busy schedule meant the brothers were only eating two meals a day, and weren’t eating breakfast until 2pm.
“We were going so hard [on The Block], you’re running on adrenaline nearly the whole time, your body’s pushing, pushing, pushing and as soon as you stop that’s when your immune system just goes and you get sick.”
Since filming finished, the plumber by trade and his brother have regained good health with Simon gaining four kilos and Shannon regaining all seven.
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I really think the Block producers should provide a food service to their contestants to ensure they are well nourished for the entire series.
The whole phone fiasco looked very phoney to me. What I want to know is how do the producers allow the contestants to drive and operate machinery when they are so fatigued? I'm amazed no one has had a serious accident.
I also want to know how it's legal for them to go drink beer than go back and work drunk OH&S Im pretty sure it's called