\u201cWe\u2019ve been trying to work with \u2018Lego Masters\u2019 for years,\u201d said Julie Estrada, a spokesperson for Legoland California. \u201cIt just seemed like a natural fit. We wouldn\u2019t be Legoland without Lego.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Middle, Christopher Rogers and Justin Quan build Lego figures during the “Lego Masters” competition at Legoland California on Sunday. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\n
\u201cLego Masters\u201d executive producer Michael Heyerman said they have always wanted to show viewers the Lego brick-building auditions. The plan is to air two episodes of auditions filmed at the park on the show\u2019s next season, which is set to premiere next year, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe get a lot of amazing tapes and submissions of people wanting to be on the show, \u201c he said. \u201cAnd for whatever reason, they don\u2019t make the final cast, but there\u2019s a great passion for Lego, and they are great characters, and we really just wanted to kind of peel back the curtain on\u2026 <\/strong>what that casting process is.\u201d<\/p>\n During the so-called \u201cBrick-Off,\u201d park visitors could see what it was like to compete for a spot on the show. The two-person teams were split into two groups.<\/p>\n The first group started with a prebuilt model of a cat and had to take it apart and turn it into a new creature.<\/p>\n Contestants let their imaginations shine as they searched through large bins of colorful blocks for the right pieces to add new elements to the cat, such as wings and other things.\u00a0<\/p>\n The second group started out with a model of a \u201cMona Lisa.\u201d <\/p>\n The top six teams of each group will compete on the show, organizers said.<\/p>\n Among those watching Sunday\u2019s auditions was the new host of the show, Nick Cannon, an American actor, comedian, rapper and presenter who grew up in San Diego.<\/p>\n Throughout the day, hundreds of Lego fans viewed the audition, which took place outdoors in the Lego Movie World section of the park.<\/p>\n Daniela de la Puente, a 46-year-old annual pass holder from Tijuana, brought her 10-year-old son to watch the auditions because they are both big fans of the Fox network show. They found out about the filming through an email from the park.<\/p>\n De la Puente said what caught her attention most was the contestants\u2019 creativity. She said she would like her son to learn to create his own Lego designs, too.<\/p>\n She shared that she used to play with Lego bricks\u00a0as a child and now plays with them with her son. \u201cThese are interests that are passed through generations, \u201d she said.<\/p>\n Some of the Brick-Off contestants shared that their love for Lego bricks began with their families.<\/p>\n Cindy Zhan, 45, of Walnut, said that she started playing with Lego blocks about a decade ago when her oldest son was 3. Zhan, a stay-at-home mom, said she didn\u2019t have the opportunity to play with the building toys growing up.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s so much fun. You can build different things, and it opens up a whole new world for me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SUT-L-LEGO-COMPETITION-_010.jpg\")
A contestant picks out Lego bricks during the “Lego Masters” competition at Legoland California on Sunday, June 22, 2025 in Carlsbad. The popular TV show features teams of two building Lego projects from a vast array of bricks and parts to meet both creative and practical goals set by the challenge for a particular episode. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"Hosts](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SUT-L-LEGO-COMPETITION-_004.jpg\")
Host Nick Cannon, returning judge Amy Corbett and new judge and former contestant, Boone Langston on stage during the “Lego Masters” competition at Legoland California on Sunday in Carlsbad. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"Mike](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SUT-L-LEGO-COMPETITION-_011.jpg\")
Mike Sanborne cheers during the “Lego Masters” competition at Legoland California on Sunday. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\n