(OLDER BLOCK THEME PLAYS) # Here comes another one... #
Welcome to The Block.
(OLDER BLOCK THEME CONTINUES) Bondi.
We're in Manly.
Hi, I'm Scott Cam.
Welcome back to the great city of Melbourne.
(GLASS SMASHES) (TOOLS WHINE)
Get a load of this.
# Here comes another one... #
DAN: Oh, dear.
SCOTT: Australia's favourite renovating show.
(LAUGHS) Now, that's awkward.
This is going to be the biggest Block ever.
PRESENTERS: Welcome to The Block.
Welcome to The Block. (MEN LAUGH)
(LAUGHS)
WOMAN: The Block is one of the greatest things
that ever happened to us.
(MAN EXCLAIMS) WOMAN: The Block family is real.
MAN: Like, they're your friends for life.
(WOMAN SCREAMS) (WOMAN LAUGHS)
WOMAN: It truly has changed our lives.
(RESOUNDING MUSIC)
DARREN PALMER: Oooh-la-la.
NEALE WHITAKER: My goodness.
SHAYNNA BLAZE: This is beautiful!
Diamonds are made under pressure.
This is one shimmering diamond.
NEALE: Absolutely blown away.
(RESOUNDING MUSIC CONTINUES)
Sold! (CHEERING)
(SCREAMS) Hey!
Yes!
(SQUEALS)
(SQUEALS) Oh, my god!
(SCOTT LAUGHS)
Welcome to The Block, season 20, episode 901.
Buckle up, everyone, because this year, we're going island life.
# Can you feel the sunshine?
# Make it brighter # Make it brighter for me... #
The Block 2024
is situated on the idyllic family holiday location of Phillip Island,
just a short drive from Melbourne.
# Make it brighter for me when the sun comes shining on... #
To keep with the idyllic family-holiday vibe...
(PENGUINS BRAY)
..we bought a rundown resort...
with eight two-bedroom holiday villas.
# Make it brighter for me... #
It also comes with a tennis court, a pool and a clubhouse.
(BIRDS CALL)
The plan is to take two existing holiday villas and join them together
to make houses one, two, three and four.
These will become four-bedroom, five-bathroom
mega family holiday homes with plunge pools,
while house five, an existing two-storey home,
will create yet another mega holiday home.
But it's fair to say that today,
as our eager contestants prepare to see it for the first time...
Whoo! (LAUGHS)
(SCREAMS) (LAUGHS)
(EXCLAIMS NERVOUSLY)
..this idyllic family-holiday location is more like...
a zombie apocalypse.
(WIND BLOWS)
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs,
which is what we've done here,
as the original houses have been ripped apart
and the pieces used to create new structures
for the contestants' arrival.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(WOMAN SCREAMS)
Now, that's a little over the top.
Location sorted - tick.
Now for this season's Blockheads.
Meet Jesse and Paige.
I'm so happy. We're down near the coast.
I know. Super relaxed.
A bit more like home. Phillip Island.
The hustle and bustle of Melbourne is just not us WA people.
In the past. No. Is it?
Here are some fun facts about this photogenic duo.
They are from Perth, WA.
Jesse is 29 years old and a carpenter,
a very handy skill on this show.
Do a wheelie.
(LAUGHS) That was shocking. That was my best one yet, I reckon.
He carries an unshakeable confidence,
a calm and strategic mind honed by years of working on luxury homes.
We're coming up to a house I recently finished end of last year
and obviously the carpentry work is epic.
PAIGE: It was elite, right? Done by me.
Who was it done by? Tell us. Done by me.
Paige is 27 and a claims specialist.
I can very much assure you
that we're taking yours very seriously, Brian.
She is also very confident...
# Do it again now
# You and me, baby, ain't nothing but mammals
# So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel... #
# Getting horny now... #
..especially when it comes to her reno style.
I love this house.
Like, an elevated, like, coastal grandma sort of vibe, you know.
OK, then. More on that later.
These two fell in love at first sight.
JESSE: We met in 2017.
I saw Paige walk out of the toilet
and I think I spoke to her about two hours
and I was busting for the toilet.
They got engaged just under a year ago
and up until this very moment have lived a fairytale life.
And they're setting out on this journey
with an impressive dose of confidence.
I think when I cross that bridge over onto Phillip Island,
it's, like, game on.
We're gonna be under control here.
I want to be the first one finished each week
and walk around to people's houses
and be, like, "Do you guys want a hand?
"We've finished over there. Done."
You don't actually understand how much of a rollercoaster it is.
And I hate it. I just feel like I'm failing.
You're not failing. It's OK.
It doesn't feel OK for me.
You're obviously adamant about it, but I couldn't disagree more.
No stress. Good luck with it.
OK. Thank you.
Cheers. Ta.
Obviously he's a great, accomplished architect
but I actually don't give a (BLEEP) about his opinion.
(GAGS)
Paige, come on. Stop saying "Come on"!
I'm just not happy here.
JESSE: Then walk out, man!
Where is it? Look at that. Island Cove Villa.
(GASPS) We're here.
(SQUEALS) Look at... Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
This is happening. It's actually game on.
This is The Block. OK.
Oh, no way!
Where do I park? Here?
First impressions. First impressions...
Nothing in your teeth.
OK, let's go. Let's go.
I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming. Oh, my goodness.
Look at it all. Oh, my goodness. OK.
JESSE: There was just, like, tables rolled over everywhere
and there was just, like... There was a little kid's bicycle.
..a tricycle and, yeah, it was creepy.
Creepy.
This is mental.
We're on The Block.
(EXCLAIMS) (LAUGHS)
(KISSES)
This where our journey starts.
Day one. Are you ready?
We're gonna do well. Fighting fit.
We're gonna be the best. We're gonna win.
WOMAN: Slow! Slow! MAN: # Oh, my god. #
Slow. # Oh, my golly, golly... #
It's here! # It is right here. #
(SQUEALS) (LAUGHS)
Meet Kristian and Mimi.
They are from South Australia, recently engaged...
(CHEERING)
..and recently married.
# Baby, I got you on my mind Honey, you won't ever know... #
Kristian is an electrician
and the calming presence in this marriage.
Mimi, on the other hand, is a fiery force of nature,
an aspiring actress...
# Oops! You think I'm in love... #
..who works in her parents' Vietnamese restaurant
for her tiger mum.
She's tiger mum. (LAUGHS)
My mum thinks that I am a disappointment.
(LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) Oh, my god.
Her words, not mine.
(GROWLING)
She put me through a private school, all the extracurricular things
like piano, tennis, like, violin, all that,
dancing, acting, singing, tap
and she's, like,
"Look at everything I've put you in and you're not good at anything!"
(BOTH EXCLAIM)
# Oooh, my god... #
Oh, my god! (LAUGHS)
Why are you crying? Give me a kiss.
Why are you crying? Shh. Come on.
PAIGE: Jesse, Jesse, Jesse.
JESSE: Wait for me. Come on!
Well, I can't run.
(WOMEN SCREAM)
(GULL CRIES)
(GEESE HONK) (PENGUINS BRAY)
Run! (EXCLAIMS)
How you going? Jesse. Kristian.
Kristian, nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, mate.
Oh, how you going? I'm Paige.
Hi, I'm Mimi. Nice to meet you.
How are you feeling? Dude, he's crying!
It's just excitement. It's just excitement.
Yeah. It's pretty overwhelming. Yeah.
It is so overwhelming. It's surreal.
It's cool, right, looking at it. It's finally happened.
We're all doing it together. Together.
MAN: Righto, brother. MAN: Whew.
Locked and loaded. Whew!
It doesn't feel real, you know.
It's not real yet.
When we're shaking hands... Yeah.
..with the man... Yep.
..Scotty Cam... Scotty Cam. The man.
..you know you're on The Block and you know you've made it in life.
Mm-hm. (LAUGHS)
SCOTT: The next arrivals are Victorian locals.
They just had to drive across the bridge to get here.
We're on the island. It's actually feeling real now.
Best of mates of 23 years,
Ricky and Haydn are not the quiet, reserved type.
# Oooh, baby, baby Baby, baby... #
We experimented with a little bit of colour, the odd party shirt...
Yeah. Really enjoyed the odd party shirt.
And then the wardrobe started picking up
with lots of party shirts.
The hats, the socks, the sunnies, the shorts.
And your shoes, whatever it is.
You feel good, right? Yeah.
Being bright, being loud.
And being different and not being afraid to be different.
Mmm.
# Push it Push-push-push it, push it... #
We are completely different people. Yeah.
I'm a tradie. I'm a plumber.
125...
I am an IT guy.
Yeah, different type of operators. Those, like...
Like, the greatest partnerships,
like, and the greatest superheroes of all time...
Batman and Robin didn't have same skill set, do you know what I mean?
They both had their own strengths. Robin was a nerd.
(LAUGHS) Batman was...
was powerful superhero who got most of the credit for the pair's work.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
But, like, Batman would be nothing without Robin.
To be clear, I'm Batman. He thinks he's Batman.
We'll let him believe he's Batman. That's how we roll. Yeah.
Hey, if this goes to air,
make sure that no-one else finds out that I'm actually a Batman.
SCOTT: Ricky is not Batman and so Haydn is not Robin.
He's Dad-man, or soon-to-be Dad-man,
because in less than a month,
he and his wife Chelsea are having their first baby
after nine long years of IVF.
CHELSEA: Oh! Yeah.
Last year, we decided to give it one more round.
We put the last embryo that we had in and it failed.
We'd given up
and then I think it was probably six weeks later - bang, pregnant.
Alright, we can't embarrass anyone while we're here.
You've gotta keep going. Through the boom gate?
No, no, you've gotta keep going. There's a boom gate there.
Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. (LAUGHS)
Yeah, yeah, go through. Yeah. Cheers, brother.
(BOTH LAUGH)
Oh, they missed it.
Oh, no.
WOMAN: They've got a boat.
RICKY: I'm not gonna lie, I wasn't listening too well to instructions.
(HAYDN LAUGHS)
(EXCLAIMS) Wow.
We're here, mate!
Looks like someone knew we were coming.
PAIGE: Wait, they have a canoe.
JESSE: Are you going kayaking?
RICKY: Just go over on your right.
Park there. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Why not?
(MEN LAUGH)
Oh, Jesus!
Pretty much everyone of these people look like they're looking at us.
Like, "Yep." "Yep."
"There's a pair of dickheads over here."
(BOTH LAUGH) That's definitely...
"That's them."
Does this door open the same as every other door?
Same as my door.
WOMAN: Hello! MAN: Hey!
Have you got any luggage or just barbecue and a...
How you going? Jesse. Amazing. Give us a hug.
What's your name? Ricky.
Yeah.
When I saw Jesse and Paige,
I thought maybe this was, like, 'Love Island' or something
and we were, like, the invaders.
Everyone was really good-looking. HAYDN: Intimidating.
Yeah.
And they were coming over to us and I was, like,
"Hey, you know, what's the actual show that we're on?"
Because I still thought it was a stitch-up.
Jesse. Nice to meet you.
Jesse. Hey, guys.
Nice to meet you, man. Ricky. Good to meet you, man.
I think the first thing that comes out in conversation
is what you do.
Plumber? Yeah, man.
We're enemies. I'm a sparky. Oh, no.
I'm a chippy. I'm a chippy. Are you a chippy as well?
No. I'm in IT. IT?
Yeah. I just deal with computers and stuff.
Yeah. I know nothing.
Exactly.
You're a plumber? I'm a plumber.
PAIGE: OK. We've got trades.
We can all work on each other's houses, like, help each other out.
Yeah, I reckon. Until it's, like, (BLEEP).
Yeah. (LAUGHS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) PAIGE: Yeah.
WOMAN: Do you know where you're going?
MAN: I do know where I'm going.
Watch out, watch out, watch out, watch out!
You've already started.
We are not gonna die before we (BLEEP)...
I saw the car!
Jesus Christ!
SCOTT: Meet Courtney,
an event account manager/furniture designer/influencer-type person.
Also have a side business called The Lazy Stylist,
where I design and sell furniture.
I love cows. Cows are my spirit animal.
(MOOING)
She is married to Grant...
I love eating cows. (MOOING)
..a landscape business development manager
and a fiercely Maltese man.
Can I show them this mirror? Don't. Shut up.
It's like a sheep took a (BLEEP) on our wall.
(BLEATING)
Someone wanted to collaborate
and I gave them a Lazy Stylist piece...
Well, you shouldn't have. This was right at the beginning.
Shut up. It's offensive to people... I don't care. It's ugly.
They are married and come to us from western Sydney.
We're in. No vacancy.
Are you turning in? Yeah.
Are they the other couples? I think they might be.
(SQUEALS) Whoo-hoo!
Beep-beep!
PAIGE: How many do we have? We've got three couples.
So we need two more.
OK. Are you ready?
I'm ready. Ready? Give me a kiss. Mwah.
Hello! JESSE: Hello! Welcome!
PAIGE: Hello. I'm Jesse.
I'm Grant. Grant. Nice to meet you, mate.
How are you? Hey, mate. How are you?
Ricky. (ALL TALK AT ONCE)
Hi. So, how many of us are here?
Four. Wait. We need one more couple.
OK. One more.
Phillip Island won't know what's hit them.
(BOTH LAUGH)
(CRIES)
BRAD: Enough.
Someone can take over and be Brad's partner.
Is that what you want?
All I said was you make it hard.
Close the door.
SCOTT: Hailing from the tropics are Cairns couple Kylie and Brad.
Oddly, people always ask us, like, "Are you guys from Melbourne?"
And I'm, like, "No. Why?"
And everyone's, like, "It's 'cause you wear black all the time."
# In demonology... #
KYLIE: Everyone wears black, has black homes.
That's definitely not a Cairns thing.
Everyone up here is coastal.
It's all white because everything's hot.
Yep.
These guys have a troop of four to keep them busy.
Brush your teeth, please.
Steele, you too.
But apart from that, Brad is a tradie double threat,
being both a plumber and electrician,
while Kylie runs her own hair and beauty business.
I'll get it delivered out. Thank you.
MAN: Here we go. MAN: Oh, they're here.
WOMAN: They're here?
Is this them all walking up to us? Yeah, man.
They're, like, coming to greet us? This is it.
Is this what's happening? This is what's happening.
When we first drove in,
we could see the other couples sort of just waiting, excited.
They kind of just kept coming towards us.
MAN: Oh. MAN: G'day.
(CONTESTANTS CHEER)
PAIGE: Welcome home. HAYDN: Welcome to The Block.
Yew! We're here.
This is it. Like, we're actually doing this.
Hi. I'm Paige. Brad.
Brad. Nice to meet you, Brad. Nice to meet you, Brad.
Hello, I'm Kylie.
Kylie, you look stunning. Thank you. So do you.
Kylie and Brad rocked up
and I knew from that very moment
I was drawn to Kylie and I was, like, "We're gonna be best friends."
She just doesn't know it yet.
# I only have eyes... #
MAN: From Queensland? Yeah, Queensland.
KYLIE: So, what does everyone do?
I'm a plumber and a sparky.
CONTESTANTS: Oooh! WOMAN: Yeah!
WOMAN: Oh! WOMAN: Oh, my god!
SCOTT: OK. That's everyone.
How about a quick roll call?
INTERVIEWER: Run me through the contestants who are here.
Just trying to remember everyone's names.
Ricky, Haydn... WA team, Queensland team...
So, who are the contestants from WA?
Oooh.
Paige. And...
And her partner. (LAUGHS)
GRANT: I'm not gonna try and remember their names
but there was definitely WA, SA...
There's WA, SA and the boys from Vic.
So, Paige and Jesse. Then we had Ricky and Haydn.
Then we had Courtney, Grant.
And then, last one was Kylie and Brad.
I can tell you their colours, I can tell you their states,
I can tell you everything - what their jobs are...
SCOTT: Location - tick. Blockheads - tick.
We're all set for season 20.
But after 20 years, if there's one thing we've learnt,
it's that The Block is the hardest game in town.
Welcome to The Block.
(SQUEALS)
# Back with another one of those block-rockin' beats... #
Let it begin. (CLICK!)
MAN: Jeez, mate. You're far from the beach.
(DOG BARKS) ONLOOKERS: Aw!
Oh, (BLEEP) hell!
GRANT: I'm not having you on site. You're a snake.
They shouldn't be here.
DAN: Both our signatures have been forged.
We might have to shut the site down. Ugh!
We're having a baby! Yew!
Life's crazy on The Block.
# Express yourself
# I'm expressing with my full capabilities
# And now I'm living in correctional facilities... #
What's the overall plan for this island home?
Just wing it.
(EXCLAIMS)
WOMAN: Yeah, Jesse!
I don't know how you do this.
MAN: I can't believe I signed up for The Block voluntarily.
WOMAN: Thank you.
(CHEERING)
What have you created? (LAUGHS)
The new Blockheads will face 12 weeks of relentless renovation...
Today is a disaster. Full proper.
DAN: This is a disaster.
Like, they just need to stop and get things done properly.
You look at authority like it's nothing.
You're going against the rules.
GRANT: Well, that's a joke.
You either laugh your way through a disaster...
(BOTH LAUGH) ..or you cry.
(MIMI CRIES)
He's not here? Are you fair dinkum?
Who's running this show? Grumpy or me?
Alright. Let's wrap it up.
What's that? Um, I'm not gonna wrap it up.
This is part of the deal, unfortunately.
And before too long, this fun family resort
will push these relationships to breaking point.
We all have our husbands by the balls.
Not true.
Don't talk over me! Don't tell me not to waste any time!
Don't take out on me your anger!
This is really heavy, honey.
I can't make decisions when you're complaining!
Get out. Babe!
You talk (BLEEP) at me, you get cut.
You're like an angry little gremlin.
An emotional connection's really important for us.
That's so childish, man.
I'm done.
I'm joking.
SCOTT: And after just a few weeks, one team will pack it all in.
Can you leave us, please, just for a sec?
I don't want to do this anymore.
RICKY: This has just been a nightmare.
I don't know how we recover from here, man.
You never want to listen to me!
I'm not happy. I'm not happy either.
I'll just go home. Is that what you want?
Can we have a break?
I'm done. That's it.
So, if you guys are listening to this,
I think you should actually start looking for replacements.
When it comes to room delivery, it's a mixed bag of lollies.
SHAYNNA: Oh, my goodness.
Some sweet...
That's hot!
..some sour. What the...
MARTY FOX: This is going to be the biggest disaster
we've seen in 20 seasons.
You want to be safe? I don't want to be safe.
DARREN PALMER: Hell hath no fury like Shaynna Blaze.
But in the end,
these five houses will undergo incredible transformations.
(EXCLAIMS)
DARREN: It is sexy, it is classy.
MARTY: This is the most emotional I've felt judging.
I've got to ask whether or not I can be a bidder or not.
All for that one big day where lives will be changed forever...
It's sold.
Gone. Sold.
(BOTH SQUEAL)
..as our five new teams join the Block family.
I'm so proud of us.
RICKY: I'm super grateful for being here every day.
You guys are gonna be my new family.
CONTESTANTS: Cheers!
(CHEERING) # Praise you like I should... #
MAN: Cheers to The Block.
(PENGUINS BRAY)
('ISLAND IN THE SUN' BY WEEZER PLAYS)
SCOTT: Day one. (FRANKIE WHINES)
(LAUGHS) I know. I'm nervous too.
# When you're on a holiday
# You can't find the words... #
Oh, my god, is that Scotty?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
MAN: Scotty, I love you.
Well... I love you.
Hello. Hello.
Oh, he's got a dog. Hey-hey-hey.
Scotty Cam. The legend. (LAUGHS) Yeah.
Scotty!
MAN: Yeah, Scotty! (CHEERING)
Hey! Come on.
Scotty!
I saw Scotty Cam. I met him. I'm happy. My journey's over.
# Look into my eyes... #
Scotty rocked up. Yep.
Daddy of The Block.
Meeting Scotty Cam was like meeting...
Ariana Grande.
No. For Mimi.
(LAUGHS) The Block Ariana Grande.
(LAUGHS)
She's my best friend.
I love Ariana Grande more than I love Kristian.
(LAUGHS) Oh, gee. Thanks.
(FILM WHIRRS)
Welcome, Blockheads! (CHEERING)
That's Frankie. (DOG BARKS)
Go on. Push up.
Hi, bubba.
KYLIE: Oh, Frankie!
Hello, darling. MAN: Gorgeous thing.
Welcome to Phillip Island!
Now, I'm guessing that you guys grew up watching this show.
CONTESTANTS: Yeah.
Because you were kids when we started.
PAIGE: I am so ready for the house decider challenge.
I've been mentally prepping myself for this very moment.
KYLIE: You know you're sprinting, right?
Where are we going, but?
(WHISPERS) The double-storey.
I already kind of logistically was scanning
and was, like, "OK, they'll be one, two, three, four, five,"
which is a double-storey.
Looked different to all the others,
so I was, like, "We need to get this one."
I bet you you are busting to get stuck in and build a house.
CONTESTANTS: Yes!
Well, guess what. That is exactly what we're gonna do.
No mucking around. Right now?
We're starting straight away.
Right now? Yeah.
MAN: Excellent.
Now, you guys are about to play one of the great games on telly.
Are you up for it? CONTESTANTS: Yes!
MIMI: Maybe. You can handle it?
PAIGE: Yes. JESSE: Yep.
OK.
Jesse and Paige.
OK.
You were first through the gate today, weren't you?
BOTH: We were.
Well, that means you get to choose a penguin first.
Oh...
And on the other side of that penguin is a Colorbond colour
and that colour matches the roof colour
of the house that you are gonna renovate for the next 12 weeks.
So, basically, you pick a penguin, you pick a house.
Wow.
(PEOPLE CALL OUT)
So... Oh, wow.
..pick a penguin. OK.
What do you reckon? This is it.
I think number two. Alright.
Number two, please. Number two, please, Scotty.
This one right here? Yeah.
Yeah, that one. Number two.
OK. Here we go. What is it? What is it?
White. Oh, that is Dover White.
Dover White. Colorbond colour.
Dover White.
And that colour matches house number one...
What? WOMAN: Whoo!
..which is right up there as you drive in the gates.
PAIGE: OK. JESSE: Number one.
Next through the gate was Kristian and Mimi.
Pick a penguin.
The middle one, please. KRISTIAN: Number three.
This one? Yes, please.
Yes.
Surfmist Matt.
That colour matches house number five.
(BLEEP).
PAIGE: The double-storey at the front.
Whoo!
# I feel good... #
KRISTIAN: We noticed that house five was the only double-storey...
# I knew that I would, now... #
But we saw it was big, we saw it was grand.
MIMI: And point of difference.
Oooh! No way.
Boys, you were next. Pick a penguin.
Number four.
Number four, Scotty. This one here?
Yep.
OK. You've got us.
Shale Grey... Whoo!
..goes with house number three.
This one right here.
House number three.
Courtney and Grant, you are next.
You go, you go. Which one do you want?
No, you can pick. You're luckier than me.
Alright. This one. This one?
Yep.
Surf Mist. That is house number two right there.
That means, Brad and Kylie,
you get Southerly, which is house number four.
We were lucky last. BRAD: So we got whatever was left.
Yeah.
OK, gang, we have our houses.
It's time for you to move in,
because tomorrow morning you're gonna start renovating
and you need to present a room to the judges by next Sunday.
(LAUGHS) It's full-on, this joint.
(LAUGHTER) RICKY: We're ready, Scotty.
OK. We can do it. (LAUGHS) We got this.
Also, each team will have a budget of $250,000 cash...
MAN: Whoo! MAN: Yeah!
..thanks to CommBank. (CHEERING)
OK, gang, you will find the details
of the room that you are doing this week and the rooms you do every week
on the Domain website
and that's the only place that you will find that.
You're on The Block, people.
(LAUGHTER) It's very tough.
PAIGE: Wow.
Get into your houses. Get going. Good luck.
CONTESTANTS: Thank you. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
That's your cue to run.
Whoo!
JESSE: Let's go. PAIGE: Come on. Come on, guys!
Good luck!
('RUN TO PARADISE' BY THE CHOIRBOYS PLAYS)
# Run to paradise
# Run to... # (SONG WARPS)
Are we going through here? Yep.
I'm scared. Ready? Ready?
Uh... Oh, wow.
(LAUGHS) Whoa.
What... I didn't expect that.
MIMI: Oh, my goodness.
This is our home for the next three months.
Three months. Wow, wow, wow.
KYLIE: Alright, alright.
BRAD: Yeah, right. Alright.
GRANT: Like, what do you think? COURTNEY: Well...
It looked a bit haunted.
I don't know.
RICKY: OK.
Everything's busted.
This thing's a bomb site.
It was toast. Yeah.
Absolute chaos.
Looking around I'm, like, "Man, this joint is a dump."
PAIGE: I need a shower.
We found this fancy-looking screen
and it turned out to be the CommBank...
BOTH: Smart board.
RICKY: House three. There it is.
What?
Alright, that is just made for you. Alright.
I was mind-blown.
Yeah, this thing is smarter than me.
(LAUGHS)
Do you want to see your plans? Yeah.
There it is, dude. Wow.
JESSE: What do you think?
I see the vision.
I see it.
PAIGE: I'm loving house one.
If you said right now "Take your pick," I would...
I'd keep it house one. Yep. Same.
GRANT: This is our house. There. COURTNEY: That is stunning.
We're not really utilising any of the old house.
Just the slabs.
And then the steel framing is basically going on top of,
so it's kind of like we're building a brand-new house.
KYLIE: Oh, it looks beautiful...
except I would definitely change the colour of the facade.
Maybe flip that to this and do that even more black
and you do, like, a black door.
Not black enough for her liking. Not black enough for me.
I'd make everything black.
RICKY: What have you done?
HAYDN: Come on. Control, alt, delete.
Turn it off and turn it back on.
Oh, my god, mate. You had one job.
Oh, you've deleted the budget.
JESSE: I'm just trying to figure out where's where.
PAIGE: Yeah, where are we? SCOTT: Hello.
Hi! Oh!
Scotty! How's your house?
Hi. It needs a bit of work.
A little bit of work. I know.
But yeah. I've got some prezzies for you.
It's from JB Hi-Fi. Oh, amazing!
Google Pixel. Phones...
Amazing. Oh!
..each.
A tablet each. Google Pixel!
Oh, perfect. There's a tablet as well.
And there's also... This is a good one.
Watches. You spoil us!
And then you can do all your ordering...
Now, have you worked this out? Not yet.
Like, this is incredible, this thing. I love it.
That's the house. That's your house. I love it.
Wow. Wow is right.
Wow. Yeah.
And then you do this.
(GASPS) Yes!
OK. So this is our... Have you got it?
Oh, awesome. CommBank's total budget.
Yeah. You reckon that's awesome? Yeah.
You'll want more money than that. (LAUGHS)
COURTNEY: Look at the budgets. 12 grand on the kitchen?
MIMI: 12 grand for the kitchen?
And we've got to win challenges.
I'm not sure about this.
HAYDN: Well, it was good to see the breakdown
but certainly concerned.
The thing is, this is not enough to build that beautiful house.
No way. You know that.
We've got to win.
You've got to win. Yeah.
You've got to win money. OK.
Challenges. Yep.
Room wins. All that sort of jazz.
So, have you thought about where you're sleeping tonight, boys?
We've thought about it. Haven't found it yet.
Wherever you're staying? Yeah.
No, no, no. I've got a magnificent house on the island here.
(LAUGHS) You're going nowhere near it.
OK. Fair enough. That's wise.
You go down to Mitre 10
and they'll give you a whole bunch of camping gear.
You get a tent, some blow-up mattresses...
(LAUGHS) ..and everything like this.
It's gonna be terrific.
COURTNEY: Are you gonna camp with us?
No. I've got a magnificent house. Oh.
PAIGE: I'm not a camper, sorry. That stresses me out.
Oh, you're not a camper? OK.
(HAPLESS MUSIC)
Can I take the three grand we're not gonna spend on that
and put it towards a hotel?
(JESSE LAUGHS)
(PENGUINS BRAY)
# Standing at the limit of an endless ocean... #
SCOTT: There's something in the air on Phillip Island today.
# Great southern land... #
Mitre 10. OK. Let's rock'n'roll.
I think it's those 'day one on The Block' feels,
as our fresh batch of Blockheads embark on their first mission.
Oh, baby! Our first trip out!
To Mitre 10, to get a tent. (LAUGHS) Yeah!
Buy a tent to sleep in tonight and for the foreseeable future
until I decide to upgrade them to a bedroom.
How are you feeling, Meems?
(SCREAMS)
GRANT: First visit. COURTNEY: Whoo!
First visit! Don't be weird.
First visit!
MAN: Welcome, guys. Hi.
How are you? Good. Craig.
Grant. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Courtney.
Courtney, lovely to meet you. Welcome to Cowes Mitre 10.
BOTH: Thank you. First time here.
And welcome to Phillip Island. Yeah.
Weather's always like this.
Oh, I loved Craig. Craig was awesome.
Yeah. Craig was awesome.
So you can see here Team Red. Yep. We're Team Red.
JESSE: Oh, my goodness. PAIGE: There's so much stuff.
I know. How do you go through all this?
RICKY: Just load our toolbox up, mate. Yep.
We loaded up at Mitre 10, so first thing we got was all our tools.
I'll rep Makita. It's the best brand you can ever get.
KYLIE: How cute! PAIGE: How cute!
Best pair of workboots.
COURTNEY: Oh, they're actually really fashionable.
They're quite nice.
(SNIFFS) And they smell really nice and fresh.
Cool.
Who sniffs their boots? I know. That's so weird.
Who smells their boots? (LAUGHS)
PAIGE: Homewares, outdoor living... I feel like we're in the right spot.
Oh, here we go.
We had to pick out all our camping gear.
What tent do you want? The biggest.
(LAUGHS) This one looks big.
I want the six-person, please. Is this the six-person?
CRAIG: That is the six-person. Oh, look. There's only one.
Sorry, guys.
MEN: Oh, are you right?
Yeah, I'm fine. Can I carry that for you?
Oh, thank you kindly. Oh, that's all good.
Nothing that can't be repaired. Hardware store.
Ah, there we go.
We got the six-person tent,
where everyone else was, like, fighting for a two-person tent.
A few contestants have been in already
because we're starting to get low on these stocks.
KRISTIAN: Oooh.
It was, like, a three-man tent or a two-man tent.
Do you want a two or three?
And I quickly got the three-man tent.
(LAUGHS)
BRAD: Two tents left on the shelf. KYLIE: Yeah.
So, Kristian just went boom, boom, thanks very much, see you later.
Yeah, he was quick off the mark. Yeah.
KRISTIAN: I felt bad after but I was just, like...
thinking of me and Mimi on our first night...
JESSE: So we need two sleeping bags.
Sleeping bags?
Yes, obviously.
I thought we'd get sheets. (LAUGHS)
I was 100% a camping catastrophiser.
I catastrophised camping without even knowing about it.
And it wasn't that bad.
I mean, we had a queen mattress.
I think we need a pizza oven.
Can I grab one of these?
Hey, do you actually need that?
COURTNEY: Alright. I think that might need to go up.
You hold it. I think you're right, Courtney.
Go.
KYLIE: Locked and loaded!
Do you want me to drive and get lost?
BRAD: No. (LAUGHS)
PAIGE: That was fun. Seeing that tent...
You grabbed the biggest one. Of course I would. Why wouldn't I?
I really wanted a torch. Why didn't you back me on that?
I know.
# I want something... #
Back into the wasteland.
# To get me through this... #
COURTNEY: Alright. Home sweet home.
GRANT: Home sweet home for the next three months.
# I want something... #
Honey, we're home. Honey, we're home.
RICKY: Camping time. HAYDN: Camping time, brother. Yeah!
We haven't been camping for ages. Yes, I know!
Camping on a slab.
Alright. To the slab.
Let me take the barrow, mate, please.
This is where all the best camping stories come from,
camping on a concrete slab in a wasteland.
(WIND BLOWS)
Yep. So, we were pumped.
Sleeping on the conc.
Jesus. Wow. Oh, right.
Big rocks. This is gonna be rough.
We really couldn't wait to peg our tent down
in 150mm-thick concrete with reinforced steel.
Alright. Make this easy.
Come on. (LAUGHS)
GRANT: Are you ready? COURTNEY: Yep.
Let's see how quickly you can do it.
We can do it. We do it all the time.
That's what I mean.
# Be happy... #
KRISTIAN: Alright, so this is the room that I had in mind before.
# Don't worry, be happy... # What do you think?
I think it's perfect.
It's like we have our own bloody ensuite.
Like, all four walls up... That's good. How comfy is that!
(LAUGHS) The insulation.
# Be happy... #
This makes me question how many airbeds are gonna fit in there.
Just quietly.
We might have grabbed two airbeds for no reason.
We're the smallest on here, like, height-wise, anyway.
Like, you know... But...
So it probably made the most sense that we got the smallest tent.
COURTNEY: This is tiny. GRANT: No (BLEEP).
You're longer than this tent. I know.
JESSE: Let's just check it out. PAIGE: Three...
Two, one. Hey!
Should we go to bed? We'll go to bed. Big day?
I'm really tired and I need a bit of beauty sleep.
Shoes off, please, before you go in. Yes, boss.
JESSE: We can stand in our tent with a little torch
and they're, like, crawling in, like, commando-rolling, like...
COURTNEY: Watch the pump, please.
PAIGE: You've gotta stay humble, though,
because everyone else can't even stand up in their tent
and here I am just wanting more... We're even hanging our towels...
We're even hanging out towels in our tent.
It's not even touching anything of ours.
We have a light. (LAUGHS)
Goodnight, Block.
(ELECTRICS FIZZ)
How are you feeling? I'm actually really comfortable.
It's cosy. I'm really comfy.
That's what I love about tents.
Like, you always feel super cosy in them.
I know. It's all good.
I'm so tired. Oh, I know.
So tired and it's only day one!
KRISTIAN: Do you want a cuddle tonight?
MIMI: No. (LAUGHS)
(PENGUINS BRAY)
# I'm high and I'm low No control
# But everything's looking peach now
# So I don't need it all when it feels like old... #
A little sesh. Getting after it. Day one.
INTERVIEWER: Paige, is the camp ready?
Don't film me right now.
COURTNEY: Morning, guys. GRANT: Morning, guys.
We're in a tent.
And we just woke up on our first morning.
How are you feeling, Courtney?
It's... It's really...tough.
I need a coffee. Yeah.
I think what you've gotta do is I think you've gotta be honest
and our current living situation is a (BLEEP)hole.
How was your three hours sleep, Courtney?
Camping was fine. Fine?
It was just a bit cold.
I can't even sit up, my head hits the roof.
Are you right? This is tiny. No. (BLEEP). Home sweet home.
(LAUGHS) It's really testing our relationship.
(SNIFFS)
We've got the mid-size. We got the middle ground.
Yeah. We got the middle ground.
And then Brad and Kylie's would be a one-person tent.
Yeah, no. I felt sorry for Brad.
INTERVIEWER: Good morning. BRAD: Good morning.
How did you sleep?
Oh, I dozed back off.
And the boys...
The boys, I think it was Haydn that was on the floor.
We've got one li-lo. This bloke's on it.
(LAUGHTER)
I actually woke up feeling pretty good, considering I slept on a slab.
COURTNEY: You could fit, like, a whole family in Paige and Jesse's.
GRANT: Yeah. (LAUGHS)
(OPERA MUSIC PLAYS)
I've heard a couple of stories about the other teams already
and I'm, like, "Oh, I won't tell them how my place was."
Yeah, do you know what, it wasn't that bad.
MIMI: Morning. INTERVIEWER: Morning.
How did you sleep?
KRISTIAN: Surprisingly well. I thought we would...
I was actually anxious
'cause we still don't know what room we're doing, so...
(MOBILE PHONE BLEEPS) JESSE: I just got a text.
Our first room? Do you reckon?
What is it? BRAD: What have you got?
KYLIE: What have I got?
This morning, we woke up, jumped on the Domain In the Know hub.
It's bathroom week!
(BOTH LAUGH)
More tent life.
(LAUGHS) They're trying to kill us.
(LAUGHS)
RICKY: What have we got? Bathroom week, mate.
I'm a plumber, so, like... (LAUGHS)
..I don't mind starting off with a bathroom, right?
Mmm. Like, it's...
I've done a few of them, so I wasn't too upset about it.
GRANT: It's bathroom week, Courtney.
Where are we gonna sleep for next week?
And we knew then and there that it's gonna be another week of camping.
Yep. Because there's no bedroom.
It was hard.
MIMI: No!
It's bathroom week!
I'm gonna throw up.
COURTNEY: I'm gonna sleep in the Ford.
We saw it was bathroom and we were actually really excited for that
because we felt we had more ideas for the bathroom over bedroom,
didn't we?
Do you know what, that is correct.
I'm actually so stoked it's a bathroom.
Another week... Yes!
..for the bedroom. OK. OK.
SCOTT: With The Block now officially underway, the site needs its foreman.
But with Phillip Island being a fair distance from Melbourne,
only one half of the Keith and Dan duo
was able to make the move here for three months...
meaning Keith has handed the baton to Foreman Dan
to rule over the island block.
Solo.
The position is a far cry from his humble beginnings
as a Blockhead in 2012...
Third and final call...
I can't believe it.
Selling... Selling... Sold.
Oh!
..before graduating...
Ready, foreboy?
..to foreboy, then...
You are now gonna be called... Foredan.
..Foredan. KEITH: Foredan.
And now just foreman.
Mate, head foreman. The top job. DAN: Yeah, wow.
Running the site. Are you pumped? Mate, I'm pumped. I'm excited.
And remember back in 2012, you know, when I used to train you to go "No!"
Remember that? I do remember those days, Scotty.
No! Alright.
Focus. Oh, no.
Stare. Alright.
"No." Go.
Go. No!
Again. Come on. No!
Well, now it's "Yes!" Oh, it's yes, is it? Yes!
Yes! Yes!
Yes! I'm ready. Let's go.
Let's go, Scotty. I'm ready. I'm pumped.
Yes. Here we go.
And now, your first job, opening McCafe.
Oh, my favourite part. McCafe. Yeah.
Oh, Tina. Hello. Hey, how are you?
Nice to see you, mate. How are you? You're looking good.
Our favourite place on The Block.
# We love the all The all of you... #
Coffee time, mate.
Oh, boys! Morning, gentlemen.
We have Ricky and Haydn. This is Dan.
Dan, boys. How are you? Nice to meet you.
Of course. The foreman.
Meeting Foreman Dan was amazing.
Meet Dan, the foreman. Hello.
He was your favourite...
Dan and Dani were my favourite when I was a kid
and he has such a handsome face in real life.
Wow. Wow. He actually really does.
He does, right? Yeah, he's a beautiful man.
Now he's the foreman, running the whole show.
Dan the man. Brilliant.
Dan always has a soft spot.
Hello. COURTNEY: Hey, Dan.
Hello. Grant.
Dan. Good to meet you. Courtney.
Nice to meet you, guys. Nice to meet you.
Foreman Dan. Dan the man.
Any questions, he's your man. Alright.
There'll be questions. Yeah. There'll be questions.
Me and him are gonna get along well, I think.
I believe. I hope he thinks the same.
Alright, nice to meet you.
Enjoy them, guys.
Good luck today. Thank you.
Tina and Jade. Nice to meet you.
We're gonna get to know you very well.
Well, coffee first. Starts with a small cap...
Cappuccino? Yes, please.
Another small cap. Another? Yeah.
Full cream milk, please.
And then, by about 10:00 we're ready for a nice latte.
Thank you.
And if that one doesn't run straight through me,
we're ready for another two before 9:30.
(LAUGHS) Yuck.
And they're all full cream milk,
because that's how a coffee's meant to be made.
My other wingman on site is another old favourite, Tom,
who's arriving with the Reece plumbing team.
Hey, Tom. I'm Kylie. Nice to meet you. How are you?
Nice to meet you too. Yeah, good. What's happening?
Oh, they always ask, who do you guys resonate with the most?
We're, like, "Tom and Sarah-Jane, for sure."
What do you do for work? I'm a sparky and a plumber.
Jesus.
House four's Brad is the ultimate tradie double threat,
so he'll be all over the technical side of the main bathroom...
Alright. Alright.
So we're doing this one.
..leaving Kylie to focus on the style.
So we're keeping the bath. Yep.
Vanity. Yep.
Toilet. Yep.
Shower. I'm fine how that layout is. Yep.
Yep.
(CHILLING ORGAN RIFF)
Doing a property on Phillip Island, like, most people are just gonna get
a coastal brief and kind of go with it
and I thought, "Well, why not look for a market
"that's chasing something a little bit different?"
Shouldn't you be going somewhere, Kylie?
Oh, Tommy, I'm running so late! I need to go to Reece.
I need tapware so I can plumb it.
No, I know what I want.
The theme that I'm going for... Yep.
..is dark, textual, modern, predominantly black.
And let's just pray that they have what I'm after.
Mmm.
KYLIE: Black everything.
Black toilet, black bath, black tapware, black sink, black vanity,
maybe, like, black glass for a shower.
I know they don't do that, but, like, that could be a vibe.
(LAUGHS) Alright, get to Reece.
Thanks, Tom. See you.
Not many people do it
and, like, I'm a bit quirky and a bit weird,
so I feel like there's definitely a demographic for it.
I literally cannot be the only person that is like this.
It's got to stand out.
(PENGUINS BRAY)
# Blue skies smiling at me
# Nothing but blue skies... #
Watch your feet.
We woke up out of our tent
and we were, like, excited
and then we realised how much planning had to be done within,
like, the first few hours.
Bathroom week. I think it's... Are you nervous?
A little bit.
It's all new, like... Really?
Like, different experience, isn't it?
It feels so good. Yeah, no, it's pretty good.
I'm, like... I'm so excited to see you work,
because I always hear about you working but I never get to see it.
I just want to get my hands dirty, get in the demo.
You're all over it. Yeah.
But I also want to learn and that's why I'm...
100%. ..here asking.
I definitely thrive under pressure
and I feel like I'm a very methodical and logical person
who can tackle challenges.
SCOTT: And Paige's first self-assigned challenge
is to ignore this week's room
and completely redesign the house instead.
You need linen storage. Yeah.
I'm a big storage person.
That is nowhere near enough.
Even start with the garage and extend a bit
because you need storage.
Like, what can you put in here?
What if you have SUP boards? Yeah.
Laundry. Like, what is this stuff?
That could be... So, this is laundry sink.
Yep.
Where do you wash a dog?
What if you have canoes?
Um...
We all felt very overwhelmed with everything, so...
I didn't really feel overwhelmed.
Sorry. OK.
I. Me. (LAUGHS)
I said I always wanted a house
where we could have an iron out all the time
because no-one wants to put away...
Do we get one of those folding iron boards?
It's something to talk about. Let's, like...
I think... Let's just... How about we focus on...
I think we need to focus, I think, about bathroom.
Good call, Jesse.
The main bathrooms will eventually be surrounded by three bedrooms
but the starting point is just a shell.
We met our builders on day one.
Local. Wonthaggi boys.
How youse going?
Hey! Hello!
Hello. Jack. Nice to meet you.
We felt we had a really good head start
by having some local guys who did all their work on the island.
We were lucky enough for them to jump on board.
So... What have we got?
..this is currently the bathroom.
I think this is where the door's meant to be.
Yeah. We have the toilet, shower...
Toilet's there, so, yeah. The vanity...
OK.
I want you to walk into the bathroom
and feel it's just a timeless design, that it's not going to date,
it's not something that's overly trendy.
It's something that we'll see through lots of decades
and still be just as beautiful as it was today.
Jesse and Paige plan on using a green feature tile
across two walls, enclosing the shower and the bath.
And Paige will deploy her coastal-grandma aesthetic
through traditional trimmings like the tapware and basin.
Hello. Hey. Hi, I'm Doug.
How are you? Nice to meet you.
Hello, hello. How are you, Doug?
Our builders are DS Built, Doug and Chris,
who appeared for a very brief time in Steph and Gian's house last year,
actually.
Sold. (CHEERING)
(STEPH LAUGHS)
He was the interim support.
Yeah. Interim help...
before their long-term builder came on.
Wow. Look at this place.
Yeah. Yeah, wow.
It's all happening. Yeah. And it's bathroom.
We're on. Yeah, let's do it. Easy.
Got the right vibe straight away.
This is the entry? Essentially entry, yep.
Entry here, yep. Living and dining and kitchen.
Yep.
Essentially, this is roughly where we're working this week.
Yep.
Yeah, there's a bath, shower and then a vanity.
Yep.
But, I mean, it's a pretty decent-sized bathroom.
It's pretty big. It's not too bad, yeah.
It's pretty big. We need a point of difference.
The first room on The Block is a big deal.
It's the chance to imprint your style
and the best way to do that is with a buzzword.
I definitely think we've got a really clear vision.
You do this. Modern Mediterranean.
Moderterranean. Yeah.
You know, some curves, organic shapes...
Natural materials. Natural materials.
Really cool. I like it. I've come around on it.
You didn't like it at first? No, I didn't love it at first.
Why? Well, it's not my...
It's not my... I didn't think it was...
I couldn't picture it. What's your style?
I don't know. I don't have a style. I wear a white T-shirt.
Trestle tables and, like, plastic garage chairs. (LAUGHS)
Living beyond your means. (MOCK-LAUGHS)
(LAUGHS) Oh, don't!
Courtney and Grant aim to inspire Malta holiday vibes
in their main bathroom.
The tiles will be natural stone
and one corner will be curved to create a rustic island resort style.
There's a lot of differences on this year's Block.
Firstly, we're on an island.
Secondly, there was no house decider challenge, just a penguin to pick.
Thirdly, the houses are not all the same.
Houses one to four have long, narrow floor plans
and above each garage will be a mezzanine with a fourth bedroom.
House five is an existing two-storey home,
where upstairs is the kitchen, living, dining and a fourth bedroom.
But the room they're focusing on this week is the downstairs bathroom.
KRISTIAN: How are you feeling?
I'm feeling very...
Overwhelmed?
Positive?
Excited?
Like throwing up.
Sounds like the perfect time to call in the cavalry,
because I've got some great news for all the teams.
Hello, hello, hello. Scotty!
Hello. DAN: Here they are.
Have you met Tom? No, we haven't. Tommy.
Not properly. How you going? Tom.
Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
Good. How are you? Hi, I'm Mimi.
Hi, Mimi. How you going? Nice to meet you.
Great news is that I am paying for all your plumbing...
(GASPS) ..and electrical.
Thank you!
What a champion! DAN: Generous.
So, when you're doing a wet area, Tommy and Marty and the team...
Yeah.
..will be here to do all your plumbing.
Now, have you looked at your plans? Yeah.
Yes, we have. Right.
Have you worked out the biggest problem you've got?
What's above you, do you reckon?
There's a roof. A ceiling... Another storey.
Above that? Another storey.
What room's above it? Another bathroom.
In your plans. SCOTT AND DAN: Yes.
SCOTT: There's another bathroom.
Oooh...
So, what does that mean for you guys?
This is what you've got to learn on the job, right?
You've got to plan ahead. Mmm.
So, before you put your ceiling in here...
We need to get upstairs ready. ..you need to plumb that up.
So you've got to plan two rooms today.
You've got to lay out this bathroom,
then you've got to lay out that bathroom.
MIMI: One of the first major obstacles that we had to face
and we were stressed.
It's just the fact that Mimi has to leave me by myself,
go for a two-hour drive,
go for an 11:00 appointment, a 2:00 appointment
and then a two-hour drive back.
It's almost like... I'll be solo all day.
So I went off to Reece in Heidelberg.
INTERVIEWER: What's going on, Kristian?
Oh, just a bit of a tough day one.
Very tough.
A curveball got thrown at us.
I'm quite positive. Mimi would be, like, "Argh!"
(SCREAMS)
(PENGUINS BRAY)
# Carry on, my wayward son... #
SCOTT: I know I said Phillip Island is a short drive from Melbourne...
To Melbourne. Let's do this.
# There'll be peace when you are done... #
Well, I may have talked that up a bit.
PAIGE: 77km.
OK.
# Don't you cry no more... #
Sun's out. Full day of road-tripping.
Positive thoughts. Positive thoughts.
PAIGE: I'm very capable.
I'm very capable of doing this.
OK?
KRISTIAN: Maybe we do... MIMI: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Sorry, I'm trying to...
I literally went the wrong way because I'm on the phone.
Oh, well... Well, can we...
Just let me get out of Phillip Island
because I've just added so much time to my thing.
Yeah, go. Go, go. Oh, my god! I missed it again!
Just call me when you can. Don't stress out.
Oh, my god! Chill. Chill, chill, chill.
Call me when you can. I'll just listen to Ariana.
She'll make me feel better.
# Baby, I got love for thee So deep inside of me... #
FEMALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: Turn right onto Heidelberg Road.
MIMI: Whoo!
Reece Heidelberg, coming right at you.
# Words don't ever come out right... #
I was very overwhelmed.
One, long drive.
Two, don't know what the hell I'm doing.
WOMAN: Good morning. Welcome. Good morning.
It's still morning. It feels like it's been a week already.
You must've been busy already. Hi, I'm Mimi.
But the staff at Reece were incredible.
OK, this is the plan that I have for you guys.
Where did you want the bath at? There?
OK. This is magic.
Kristian and Mimi have the biggest bathroom to work with this week.
They're using the space to create a luxurious bath and shower zone,
with a bespoke timber ceiling featuring in-built lights
over the vanity.
I've had a lot of self-doubt in how I am as a person
and how people perceive me
but I feel like I'm really sure of myself on The Block.
Yeah!
Something like that? Now we're talking.
We're definitely loving art. Yeah.
So we like the idea of the two separates...
Yes. ..above each basin.
Yeah. OK.
MAN: That's the other option. That's a lot bolder.
I'm a bold girl, so that is definitely something I don't mind.
I said, "Can I have this? This, this, this?"
Lock it in. Lock it in? Perfect. Done.
And they packed it up.
Thanks, guys.
I think that I'm evolving and it's happening on The Block.
MAN: The arch theme that you're going for...
Also taking in his first Reece experience is IT guy Haydn.
So, the key item, obviously, in the bathroom is a bath.
A banging bath.
So, with the bath... Yep.
..I was chatting to Ricky... Definitely wants a flute-type bath.
Yep. Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
I wanted a flute bath. Flute.
Boy, did they have a flute bath there.
Oh! This style.
Yes. The fluted.
That is exactly it.
And all around as well.
How much are we looking at here?
Well, it's looking good and you're looking good in it.
(LAUGHS) Thanks, mate.
It's one of the most expensive ones we do have around the $12,000 mark.
(LAUGHS) So...
How much?
Rick and you have some expensive taste.
12 G's? But look at it.
It's looks like it's worth it. Yeah. You're not wrong.
Um... Righto.
Let's do it. Do it? Lock it in?
Lock it in, mate. Let's get it on. Let's do it.
Rock'n'roll. Beautiful. Cool.
The 12-grand bath will be the star of Haydn and Ricky's main bathroom,
who are creating a Scandi beach house
with a light timber vanity and sage-green feature tiles.
It's a damn good bath. It'd want to be...
You'd want to come out clean.
KYLIE: Oh, I'm seeing Reece.
Yep. I see the blue and the red.
Oh, my god. I actually made it.
Holy hell.
(CHILLING ORGAN RIFF)
KYLIE: So, when I got to Reece, I knew I had a plan.
Black. Give me black.
WOMAN: Do you have any inspiration
or anything that you'd like to run through with me to begin with or...?
Black, black, black, black, black, black, black.
All black? Yep.
Easy. OK... Is it?
The only thing Brad said to me is our bath needs to have an overflow.
I don't know what that means.
I've got a setting that has the bath and the vanity all together. Yeah.
She showed me a really luxe black matt bath with a white inside.
So, what do you think about that one there?
Yeah, I like.
It was the most perfect bath for me.
Matty basin...
So that kind of sort of shape?
I then had my whole vision planned out.
Black and then black.
Black, black, black, black, black. Black, black, black, black, black...
(BLOWS KISS) Amazing.
With that bath thing... Mm-hm.
..your waste can be black or white. Black.
Black. Done.
I was, like, "Cool. So it comes with an overflow?"
Oh, OK, sure. So your bath has to have an overflow?
Yeah. OK.
So this is where it becomes a little bit different.
She was, like, "No."
I was, like, "Oh, OK. So we'll just buy it separately?"
Apparently that's not a thing.
You can't just buy a separate overflow for a bath.
So, this little space here
is for if you left your water running and it overflowed...
Yeah.
..it can drain back out through the waste.
Hold on. Yeah.
Let me make a phone call. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.
That's something just to double-check.
So, she rings me and says...
Husband.
Wifey.
Why do we need an overflow on the bath?
Because there's no floor waste. OK.
So we're having a floor waste
because my bath doesn't come with an overflow.
Babe, the underslab's not done to take one.
Bradley...
I'm telling you... (BLEEP).
..the bath that I want doesn't come with an overflow.
And I'm not having a white bath.
(BLEEP)'s sake.
I'm now mad.
So now it's my job to try and make what she picks...
Work. If it's possible.
So I'm running around like a headless chook now
trying to get the plumbers in to see if it can be done.
TOM: Do you need me? Yeah.
What do you need? Missus is being a pain.
The only bath she wants doesn't have an overflow.
Right.
Can we get a floor waste?
If we cut the slab up.
Anything's possible.
I know.
It's just time.
Time's not your friend here. I know.
Just gotta cut the slab up, cut a junction into your drain,
put it all back, screw it all back together...
You've got to think of your time too.
(RINGING TONE)
FEMALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: The person you have called...
She won't talk to me now.
She wants what she wants and then it doesn't work
but she knows that it's something
that I would normally be able to fix,
so then she knows it's possible, which then lets her try.
DAN: And where's the bath gonna be? Over there?
I've got Tommy and Dan in here. KYLIE: (ON PHONE) Mm-hm.
Tell me you found another bath.
No, I haven't found a different bath.
No. Not possible.
Babe, well, the difference is not finishing or a bath.
Not... It's a bit dramatic.
(PENGUINS BRAY)
SCOTT: While having a trade on The Block is a big advantage,
being a stylist is just as valuable.
# I got my mind set on you I've got my mind... #
An owner of her own interiors business,
house two's Courtney is a force to be reckoned with.
# I've got my mind set on you... #
We know our roles. Yeah.
We know our roles. I couldn't style to save my life...
Yeah.
..and Courtney's really good at styling,
so why not stick to what we're good at, right?
And we did with Beaumont Tiles.
That was our first appointment,
which I guess, like, set the aesthetic.
Yeah, it did. Yeah.
A very expensive aesthetic.
# But it's gonna take money
# A whole lot of... #
Thinking a bit more of, like, a modern Mediterranean look.
Alright.
Moderterranean. Moderterranean.
So, like, earthy tones, natural materials...
We got travertine tiles for the walls.
Alright, so we're locking in the mineral travertine.
Perfect.
And they're real travertine tiles. (LAUGHS)
Like, you know sometimes you get the cheap tiles and you see...
(LAUGHS) What?
Courtney doesn't look at a price tag.
You don't.
Four walls is 15,200.
GRANT: (ON PHONE) In tiles alone?
That is real pricey.
Have they got the right dimensions? COURTNEY: (ON PHONE) Yep.
I'm happy to spend the money. Do three walls?
Price us up three walls, see what they come back with.
And then what I didn't get here but I will incorporate
is a nice marble on top of the vanity,
so that will give, like, a bit of a contrast.
INTERVIEWER: And is the marble included in that price?
No. Marble is not included in that price. (LAUGHS)
(CASH REGISTER DINGS) Don't give me those eyes.
(LAUGHS)
We're not gonna be complaining when everyone's, like,
"Wow, that's a really beautiful premium bathroom."
(CHILLING ORGAN RIFF)
Chantelle? Yes?
Next question. Black toilet.
We don't have a black toilet.
And Chantelle's, like, "No black toilets.
"It's not a thing."
(MOBILE PHONE RINGS)
Bradley. (BRAD SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ON PHONE)
I can't get a black toilet.
So the whole thing's out the window anyways?
And I was, like, "I don't want to do the bathroom anymore."
I don't even want to do a bathroom because I can't get a black toilet.
(HISSES)
I'm done.
My whole vision has just been annihilated.
(BANG!)
However, I'm just gonna have to keep looking and searching
for what I might be able to find.
I'm not gonna give up.
(GOTHIC ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
PAIGE: Surely, I'm close.
I was stuck in the car forever, so I was not only late to Reece...
MAN: Reece have a really good 3-D planner. Yes.
So we're gonna mock up the room
and have a finished bathroom in approximately half an hour.
Amazing. That actually is such a relief. (LAUGHS)
..I was also late to Beaumont.
I got there about 15 minutes before closing.
What do you do with that?
Hi. Hi. Hello.
I'm Michelle.
What I did with that is I told the lovely Michelle at Beaumont...
"I would really like a feature tile, something maybe green."
I'm also not opposed to kind of like fishtail...
Yes. OK. ..sort of pattern.
She showed me what she had in stock.
So, something like that is a beautiful mottled marble.
This is really spot-on, to be honest.
Oh, that's good. I really love this.
And then I look at the beautiful floor tiles
and the tiles that we were going to do on the rest of the three walls
and I go, "Great. That one."
This tile with this feature wall.
What goes wrong? Not in stock.
"We don't have that tile." Really?
I was, like, "OK."
Can I not come back tomorrow morning?
No, we have to put the orders in tonight, sorry.
It's 'cause they pick tomorrow for delivery...
Yeah, OK. ..Wednesday. Yeah.
Can I take this over there 'cause... Yeah. Of course.
And my mood plummeted.
And they don't have anything that I want in stock
and they're being, like, super rude as well.
JESSE: (ON PHONE) Sorry? They're just being super rude.
Really? Yeah.
So I picked a tile.
I wasn't sure if I was 100% sold on it,
but I was, like, "This is the tile I'm getting." It's good.
"No matter what we do, we make it work."
I knew it was going to be beautiful.
# It's going down I'm yelling 'timber'
# You better move You better dance... #
SCOTT: As the block is now officially a construction site,
it's sadly no longer safe to camp on the concrete,
so I've come up with a plan B.
I heard that you had a bit of a rough night on the slab.
It was a little bit rough.
Yeah, Scotty came around and informed us
that we would no longer be sleeping on our concrete slab.
Come with me and I'll show you the site.
Alright. And you can relocate.
OK. (LAUGHS) Come on.
Let's go.
It sounded like a pretty prime location, actually,
and to be fair, I just was happy to be off the concrete slab, so...
The new campsite is right next door, through the trees, beside the dam.
Have a look at this campsite. Wow.
OK. Oh, this is a bit better.
There's a walk... Look, there's wildlife!
Oh, there is. Paradise.
Yes, it is. I'm liking it.
I had to pack up tent we'd just set up the night before
and move it over to the billabong.
To the lagoon.
Oh...
We had to move our tent from our construction site
to out on the pond...
Which was so nice. Yeah.
Kristian and Mimi helped us move our tent.
It was all at once. Everything inside.
We were, like... We couldn't be bothered.
.."We are not taking this down.
"Everyone grab a corner, pick it up, on the lake..."
Now we've got water views. Yeah, we've got lake views now.
Mmm.
# Whatever turns you on... #
So, as the sun begins to set on the first day of The Block,
our Blockheads settle into their new home - tent city.
And it wouldn't be a proper start to The Block
without yours truly throwing a barbie.
MAN: Oi! WOMAN: Oh, it's Scotty!
Does this happen every night, Scotty?
Not every night. You're very privileged.
Scotty did put on a barbecue in our new digs.
That was nice. It was a delicious barbecue.
RICKY: And the man can tong. Like, he can turn a snag.
HAYDN: He's a Tongan.
So he got his tong on and cooked us up some snags.
Thanks, mate. Appreciate it.
Snag? Yeah, that'd be great.
Thank you. Thank you.
WOMAN: This is so yummy. Thanks, Scotty.
That first night, it's, like, "OK, yep, we're on The Block now.
"We're not... We're not just coasting."
It's, like, game on straight away.
But having that barbecue was a nice wind-down for us.
PAIGE: Yeah.
Having Scotty come
and just having a barbecue with all the other contestants,
just sitting around, getting to know each other a bit better,
it was a great way to end our day.
You've really hit The Block now, haven't you?
Like, you're eating a steak like Fred Flintstone...
(LAUGHTER) MAN: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
RICKY: Got to have a nice family dinner.
Family Block dinner was good.
We have known each other for... I was counting back the other day,
I thought it was 20 years but it's actually...I think it's probably 23.
I think some personalities, like,
bring the best out of another personality
and that's sort of how our friendship...
We bounce off each other, big-time. And he's my family.
I don't really have a family and I haven't for probably about 16 years.
My early years was a bit rough.
There were some issues going on at home.
Alcohol and domestic violence was pretty rife
and I got some advice from Victorian Police
that I should probably find somewhere else better to live.
People sort of say, you know, "It must've been hard."
It's never hard...
It's never hard leaving a really tough environment
that you don't enjoy being in.
So it wasn't like I was leaving my family,
'cause, for mine, you don't treat your family like that.
So I really heavily invest in my mates.
I love them, care them, I'm loyal to them
and I give them everything that...
the same you would do for your family.
I know it's a bit cliched.
I would love to be half responsible for helping him be able to provide
a really life-changing life for his newborn baby and his wife,
to be fair,
and then that would definitely guarantee me a spot
at the Christmas table for years to come, for sure.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind.
(PENGUINS BRAY)
SCOTT: What better way to start day two on The Block
than an exclusive waterfront campsite next to a construction site?
# Home Let me go home... #
Day two begins.
Another day in paradise.
Morning. Morning.
How was day one? Stressful.
What's the plans for today, then?
I'm re-shopping and re-buying
everything that I purchased yesterday.
I was just, like, "I'm not gonna stop."
Like, I'm gonna keep trying to get what I actually want
because I want to present a room that doesn't represent me
and I say me because Brad doesn't get a choice, so...
But, yeah, so now I'm hoping that things are in stock
and I can make some phone calls and make some changes
or I don't know what I'll do if I can't.
The linchpin of Kylie's vision is the elusive black toilet
and she thinks she's sourced one online,
as long as plumber Tom can make it work.
So, have you bought this? Not yet, because I needed...
Yeah. ..to know.
So that's it... Yeah, we can make it work.
You need this for your rough-in. Yeah, I know.
You need that before you waterproof. Yeah.
Yesterday, everywhere I went, it was, like, "No. No black.
"Can't have that, can't have this."
Tuesday is gonna be my day.
I've ended up stumbling across a perfect tile with Cosentino.
They actually fortunately have in stock
the large black tile in a marble look
that has, like, this really cool grey fleck through it.
And finally, a black bath was an overflow.
Freestanding... Look, it says 'in stock'.
Yes, so I've got your contact
because I'm chasing a bath that I'm hoping you have.
Look, it's the matt black with the white...
MAN: (ON PHONE) The Marietta. Marietta.
Yes, with the... With the overflow.
Yeah, we've got 12. I'll take all 12.
(LAUGHS) No, I just need one for now.
Got it from Schots.
Great. Gonna be delivered Friday. Amazing.
JESSE: Where's my insulation order?
Nothing was going our way on Tuesday.
I've noticed everyone has their insulation but me.
It was, like, "OK."
Bathrooms are hard.
Hopefully it's not halfway back to CSR on the truck because no-one...
Didn't even see the truck come by.
Yeah, that was the iceberg under the water.
Timber should've been here... He told me 8:00.
We've just lost three hours not having the timber here.
I know.
Unfortunately, after chasing up a few times,
our timber order didn't come till about midday.
Timber's coming now.
I spoke to the truckie from yesterday.
He answered his phone. He's, like, "It's on its way now, mate."
Perfect.
So that set us back a long way.
I put blame on myself,
maybe getting my timber order in too late on the Monday.
Jesse is a very experienced carpenter who's worked on many high-end homes,
so he should know that if you don't get your order in on time,
your timber won't arrive in time.
INTERVIEWER: What's happened? Your timber delivery is finally here.
Finally here.
So it's rocked up, which is good for the boys.
Yeah, that Tuesday was hectic
and I think I just let it get to me a bit too much, for sure.
Paige, on the other hand, is experiencing a very different day.
FEMALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: You're all set. Drive safely.
I will. Thank you.
# It's been fun but now I've got to go... #
She's heading to Melbourne for lights and styling supplies from Freedom.
PAIGE: I have been very confident this week.
Just doing my thing.
I'm looking for the bathroom area.
You've had the confidence just to make choices all week.
Oh, that smells so good. (LAUGHS)
I was having a really confident week
and I was so happy that that was my first week on The Block.
I am at Beacon to sort out all of our lights
for our very first bathroom today.
So it's a smart downlight... Yeah.
..so it runs through the Google programming.
I mean, I think I was an absolute sucker
for the Google automated lighting.
Say, "Hey, Google..." Yeah.
.."Turn on the bathroom light."
You can have all different colours if you want to.
"Hey, Google. Turn the lights to cool white."
That's kind of really cool. Yeah.
I felt amazing. And I'm not usually a positive person.
INTERVIEWER: Really? No.
(RINGING TONE)
My wonderful fiance.
JESSE: (ON PHONE) Hi, Paige. Hello, you.
Where are you?
I am 35 minutes away from the site.
Cool. I was going...
I'm dying to see you. Huh?
I'm dying to see you. I'm dying to see you too.
It's so hard being away from you.
We were supposed to have, like... We were putting our sheets up today
and we're not even getting the (BLEEP) walls up today, you know.
We finished Tuesday with subfloor still incomplete.
Walls weren't up, so that was a bit of a shock to the system.
I can't... I don't know what we're gonna do this week.
I don't know if we're gonna finish it.
Finish the room? Yep.
It was the start of it all. The start of it all, really. Yeah.
(MOBILE PHONE RINGS)
Baby.
BRAD: (ON PHONE) Babe, where are you?
What do you mean where am I?
Are you far away?
Far away from the block? Yes.
Oh, we're just getting unstuck everywhere.
Anyway, I'll talk about it when I get there.
Yeah. Love you. Bye.
SCOTT: While Kylie has had laser focus on obtaining her black items,
she hasn't paid much attention
to how they would all fit into the floor plan
and the selections of a large vanity and a big bath
have thrown a spanner in the works.
So, while Kylie has been out,
Brad has swapped the toilet and the bath in the floor plan
in order to fit everything in.
I guess when I have a vision, I have a vision and that's all I want.
I don't like it.
Your 1800 vanity will hit the bath.
It doesn't fit.
She had been trying to build a bathroom from a picture at Reece
that had a far larger dimension...
The scale was wrong.
..than what I was working with.
Whatever.
Anyways...
All I was trying to do was make your bath fit in a room...
With my 1.8m vanity.
Yeah, so this monster vanity...
It was little.
..big bath.
But it's just not working.
I've been trying to make this work every step of the way
and then something changes and then the whole thing shifts.
It's just not working.
I don't think you understand at all
how many times they've come down here and said "You are way behind.
"Tomorrow, you need to just be flat stick."
No matter how much I tried to explain it to you,
you were too hot-headed to listen.
I'm not having the toilet there.
And then I eventually compromised
if we could move the toilet behind the door
and we were deleting the bath.
Delete the bath?
That doesn't make sense.
OK.
So, bath's out. The bath's out. Get rid of that.
And then I was fine with the rest of it.
Do you know what, just do it.
I'm bowing out.
Like, I've picked everything,
so then you can just deal with getting crucified for the layout.
(PHONE RINGS) Ohhhh! The wife.
Hey bubs. (INDISTINCT) In early labour.
Righto.
SCOTTY: I'm going to be an Uncle. (LAUGHS)
I was water proofing Wednesday and now it's water breaking Wednesday.
VOICEOVER: Bathrooms are more they're delivering. Page has grand plans.
We've come up with a really good floor plan.
VOICEOVER: But not everyone..
They're ah, probably not on the right track.
..is on the same Page.
(INDISTINCT) Don't want to be near their kids.
(INDISTINCT) Ok.
He's a great architect but I actually don't think (BLEEP)
about his opinion.
(SIGHS)