Netflix has not yet confirmed Blown Away Season 5, but given the global popularity of the reality competition series, it’s likely that a renewal announcement will be coming sooner rather than later.
Blown Away has become a major success story throughout four seasons, and the show has captured the imagination of viewers with the skill and artistry of the glass-blowing discipline, which is probably more dangerous and gripping than you could imagine. With Season 4 done and the winner revealed, the matter of the show’s future is up for discussion.
Has Netflix Renewed Blown Away for Season 5?
Netflix has not renewed Blown Away for Season 5 — at least not yet. However, this is likely because the streaming giant will still be monitoring the response to Season 4 and weighing up whether the juice will be worth the squeeze when it comes to renewal. It will, as ever, come down to the numbers and the finances.
On the plus side, it is significantly cheaper to produce a show like Blown Away than a big-budget original narrative series. This changes the metrics of what the show has to achieve in terms of viewership — it can be considered a “success”, ie profitable, without having to do unrealistic numbers.
So, if the demand is there, which it almost certainly will be, you should expect to see more from the show. However, at the time of writing, there is no green light for Season 5.
Here is a quick look at how the previous seasons have dropped, so we might be able to get a clue about Season 5.
- Season 1 arrived quietly in July 2019, with ten episodes, setting out the premise for the show.
- Season 2 would not drop till January of 2021, meaning there was a gap of eighteen months between seasons.
- Season 3 would drop in July 2022, another eighteen-month gap.
- Season 4 landed on March 8, 2024, following a longer gap than before, so if the track record is anything to go by, it looks as if statistically, we would not see another series till at least August 2025.
Why is Blown Away so popular?
It is hard to ascertain why a particular show gains popularity, but it can be a mix of various factors. First of all, it has to be said that the premise of Blown Away is unique, and there are no other glass-blowing competition on TV — at least that we know of. This helps to position Blown Away in a less contested niche of the reality TV genre, which is something that other shows, particularly ones revolving around dating, don’t enjoy.
However, despite the specificity of glass blowing as a discipline, Blown Away speaks to a bigger demographic than you might imagine. The real focus is on creativity and art, so it is not just glass-blowing enthusiasts who tune in. Anyone who enjoys the creation of art in any form, from the conceptual phase to the designing, crafting, and manufacturing, will be satisfied by what they find here, and that’s to say nothing of the tension created by the competition format.
Speaking of which, the competition format mandates that a winner has to be found, which helps build investment in viewers who have a particular contestant they like and are rooting for. Previous winners have proven to be controversial, which only indicates that the casting of the participants has been successful, and many viewers have really bought into the more endearing and entertaining artists.
