Mina Starsiak Hawk Teases ‘So Much Shenanigans’ on “Rock the Block ”Season 7 (Exclusive)

Erin ClementsTue, March 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM UTC

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Mina Starsiak Hawk teams up with Vernon Davis on season 7 of Rock the Block, premiering April 13 in which four design duos transform identical Las Vegas homes

“Although all of us that were on it were incredibly competitive, we all got along,” she says

Following the end of her long-running HGTV series Good Bones, Starsiak Hawk appeared on the previous season of Rock the Block as a judge

Mina Starsiak Hawk says filming the new Rock the Block season was as fun as the competition was fierce.

“Although all of us that were on it were incredibly competitive, we all got along,” says the Good Bones alum. “We went to dinner outside of filming and hung out and did fun things and everyone getting along was lovely. It was refreshing.”

Starsiak Hawk partners with retired NFL player turned actor Vernon Davis as one of four duos competing on the series’ seventh season, which pairs HGTV stars with celebrities “who share a passion for design" and premieres April 13.

The three other teams include Renovation Resort Showdown’s Scott McGillivray and singer and reality star Brooke Hogan (daughter of the late Hulk Hogan); Battle on the Beach’s Taniya Nayak and 98 Degrees singer Drew Lachey; and Why the Heck Did I Buy This House? host Kim Wolfe and fellow Survivor alum and former Southern Charm star Chelsea Meissner.

Mina Starsiak, Vernon Davis, Kim Wolfe, Chelsea MeissnerCredit: HGTV; Frazer Harrison/Getty; HGTV; Tommy Garcia/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty

“There was so much shenanigans because we all had so much fun with each other,” Starsiak Hawk says, noting that the antics occurred both between partners and “the teams just messing with each other.”

“And there's several instances where Vernon [Davis], my partner, who's a giant ex NFL player, would just physically move someone that he didn't want where they were,” she adds. Just always messing with each other and playing around. And I'm pretty sure Brooke [Hogan] got a couple solid tackles of Vernon because she's a tall lady as well.”

While the previous season of Rock the Block pitted two seasoned veteran teams against two rookie teams, this one shakes things up by letting stars outside the design world get in on the competition.

Scott McGillivray, Brooke Hogan, Taniya Nayak, Drew LacheyCredit: HGTV; John Shearer/WireImage; ABC/Brett Roedel; Amy Sussman/Getty

“It was interesting because all the different celebrities have different levels of experience and interest and involvement,” Starsiak Hawk says. “It's like a new relationship. You have a new boyfriend and you're like, ‘Okay, well, how do you like to do things? And how do we talk through disagreements and make decisions? And what do you care about and what do you not care about?’”

“And I think you'll see in the season that some people's partners were more agreeable than others, but in a fun way. Not in an angry, mean way,” she adds.

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The HGTV star, who spent eight seasons renovating Indianapolis homes on Good Bones, says her first reaction to seeing the Rock the Block cast was that it’s “such an eclectic group.”

When she learned Davis would be her partner, she was confident about working with the athlete, who played 15 seasons in the NFL as a tight end.

Mina Starsiak HawkCredit: Mina Starsiak Hawk/Instagram

“Knowing that he was a football player, knowing his position and when he played in the league, I was like, no matter what, he's going to be a good teammate,” she recalls. “You just aren't the kind of person that thinks you can do it all by yourself if you're successful in the NFL for that long the way he was. So I knew that was going to be great.”

Having appeared on season 6 of Rock the Block as a judge, the renovation expert reflected on how that experience shaped her time competing on the show.

She says the biggest challenge was her tendency for “getting in my head.”

“Every decision I make, I also reflect on if I was a judge, this is what I would say about this,” she explains. “Or the thing that goes wrong that I don't have the budget or time to fix — if I was a judge, this is what I would say and this is why I would dock you and you wouldn't win.”

She adds, “So while it's definitely, I think, a bit of an edge to have both perspectives, it also was just mental gymnastics all the time.”

Rock the Block season 7 premieres April 13 on HGTV.

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