SCOTTY: Previously, Jesse and Paige bid farewell to The Block.
We're not gonna keep going.
I just haven't been myself.
It's been such an experience. Yeah, so...
But it's the right decision. Right decision.
Thank you. Alright.
Then, we thought we'd have some fun.
Guys, thank you so much for coming back for the whole show.
No worries, Scotty.
MIMI: I'm spiralling finding out that they're the new contestants.
I'm not happy. Not happy about what?
You guys.
But it was all a joke.
They're only here for a day.
Ronnie and Georgia helped the new contestants,
who were about to arrive.
Bedside table's really lovely.
Tonight, in a Block first,
new contestants join the competition five weeks late.
The youngest team ever in the history of The Block.
Hi! BOTH: Hi!
You see the new contestants?
But it's not all happy families.
Am I gonna be nice to them? No.
I want Paige and Jesse back.
(THUNDER PEALS, PENGUINS CHIRP)
(GROANS)
In case you missed it, Kylie isn't happy with me...
Kylie, are you there? Scott.
You're gonna get on a plane and leave us, are you?
Ronnie is a bit of a prankster and so am I.
Ronnie and Georgia, and this is the honest truth,
are here for one day only,
so I'm running around trying to get new contestants
that are not ex-contestants to take their place.
Do you get it?
Are you alright?
Are you happy with me now?
Alright.
I'll see you later.
I'll see you back here.
Alright.
She's not happy with me.
(DRAMATIC ROCK GUITAR INSTRUMENTAL)
So, Ronnie and Georgia being the new contestants
was, supposedly, a prank from Scotty and Ronnie to wind everyone up.
He's like, "Well, it's a joke that didn't go down real well."
And I was like, "Mm-hm."
New contestants when they come are not gonna be well received by me.
(BLEEP), jeez.
Don't come down to House 4.
They will not be welcome.
(GENTLE MUSIC)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
Yeah, look, waking up knowing that Jesse and Paige weren't there
wasn't the nicest of mornings, unfortunately.
Are Ronnie and Georgia back today?
They will be.
They've still gotta organise it all.
PRODUCER: Do you want them to be back?
No, I don't.
I was very rude to them yesterday because they were playing a prank.
It wasn't even April Fool's.
My friends had just left and then they did that. Like, that's not OK.
That's fair.
Right?
Like, I'd just lost friends that had to...
You know, they went back to Perth,
and then, all of a sudden, you know,
it's like, these All Stars are stepping in and taking over
and I was just like, "I'm already doing poorly,"
like, and imagine having that sort of competition.
Today is not gonna be fun.
The Block is hard.
The Block is hard, for sure. Yeah.
Probably gonna be one of the most tough situations we've been in.
Yeah, I didn't think it was gonna be like this.
It's very hard.
There's definitely been times when I'm like,
"Mate, this could break a man."
The Block is super difficult.
No, it's very, very hard emotionally and physically,
and it's still really fresh that Jesse and Paige just left.
Well, then, let's see if we can turn those frowns upside-down
as a brand-new team for House 1 is finally on their way.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
And, being the middle of Week 5,
it's the latest team ever to arrive on The Block.
You know when Scotty is onsite and you see Frankie running around
that something big's about to happen.
And then Scotty delivers two Hard Yakka bags.
New contestants are coming.
Everyone's like, "Ooh, what is happening here?"
(MUSIC ENDS WITH A FLOURISH)
Oh, my goodness.
OK, straight, OK, we're on the road, we're on the road.
(SQUEALS)
Meet Charlotte, 22, and her sister, Maddy, 24, from Sydney.
('CONFIDENT' BY DEMI LOVATO PLAYS)
BOTH: We're sisters.
I'm 22.
I'm 24 and we're from Sydney.
# What's wrong with being confident? #
Our personalities are very different.
She wears the pants of the relationship, definitely.
Anything that Madelyn says just goes.
Which is interesting. She's more savage and, like, sassy.
I'll centre things.
But I'm kind of, like, what you see is what you get kind of thing.
Are you saying what you see is not what you get?
No, I'm saying that I'll be more savage, you'll be nicer.
Yeah.
We literally grew up watching The Block.
Like, we loved it and we got so invested.
Yeah, I feel like it definitely did inspire us to do what we're doing.
Oh, 100%.
We live in Sydney but we work in Newcastle.
She's studying uni and I'm, like, working,
doing, like, finance and accounting.
# Something 'bout you. #
We both studied business degrees
but we just decided that sitting at a desk was not what we wanted to do,
and so, in 2020, we just were like,
"Why not give this whole house-flipping thing a go?"
And so we bought our first property
with zero idea what we doing, like, zero.
# 'Cause I'm just a girl... #
We ripped it to shreds, pretty much.
Dove straight in, headfirst.
# Out of your sight. #
And the rest is history.
# I love me gonna love myself No I don't need anybody... #
Guys, we just sold! We just sold!
PRODUCER: Did you do well? Very well.
So, you know, that helped us a lot
to help with our failure of a project over there, which is Wendy.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
We bought on mining tunnels and had to...
So, put a lot of money into concreting.
..fill the mining tunnels with grout, which cost us $200,000.
You don't even want to know, so there's all that profit.
So, we don't even talk about Wendy 'cause she's just a lost cause.
But, yeah, she's quite a disaster.
PRODUCER: How did you save to do this?
Well, we basically were those crazy kids
that we were, like, five
and people would be like, "What are you saving for?"
And we'd be like, "A house."
Like, our dad's in finance,
so, ever since we were little, he would be like, "Save for something."
# Hey! #
We would be putting our birthday money away, we worked at Macca's,
we ran a babysitting business and, I'm not joking,
like, we were earning hundreds of dollars a week from babysitting.
Literally, babysitting was our biggest income source.
Like, we had a whole business, a whole Facebook page,
other people, like, working under us.
It was a whole empire we made.
When people say, "Oh, it's Daddy's money.
"Oh, your parents helped you out..."
I work my damn butt off and I still work my damn butt off.
Honestly, we've got six days...
What's the worst that can happen? ..to do a room.
Easy. Easy.
Walk in the park.
We could do it with our eyes closed.
Oh, gosh, I missed it.
That's a bit silly, isn't it?
Oh, sorry, people. Oh, dear.
It's OK, it's OK. Sorry, we're new here.
(CRICKETS CHIRP, MACHNIERY WHIRRS FAINTLY)
Gosh, we're about to meet Scotty Cam.
He's like a celebrity. It's a bit weird.
It's a bit crazy.
(UPBEAT, STILTED ACOUSTIC CHORDS)
What are we doing?
Fresh blood.
Oh, my goodness!
Crazy. This is wild.
# Nobody speak
# Nobody sleep. #
Whoa. They're, like...
Oh, my God.
Hello, ladies. BOTH: Hello!
Scotty Cam. The Scotty Cam. Yeah.
Is standing there to meet us.
The Scotty Cam that we've seen since we were a child, like, on the TV.
How are you, ladies? Hi.
So nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
This is crazy. Charlotte. You're Charlotte?
And you're Maddy. Hi. Yes.
Are you nervous? Yes.
Yeah, we're all the feelings. Well, don't be nervous.
It's just The Block.
BOTH: Just the Block.
PRODUCER: So, you applied for this season of The Block.
Yeah, and they didn't like us.
We were sloppy seconds.
Then they came grovelling back.
Thank you, girls, for coming on 24 hours' notice.
I rang you yesterday. It was wild.
You packed? Well, yeah.
Is this all you've got? Definitely.
Yeah, obviously.
We had no more time to do anything else.
I was actually putting a hot cross bun into the toaster,
and Charlotte screams,
and that's when you told us, "Hey, a team's had to leave.
"Can you get on a flight tomorrow?"
Now, can you girls vote?
How old are you?
Twenty-two. And 24.
I knew that, anyway, but for...
For the folks at home, the youngest team ever...
Really? ..in the history of The Block.
Ooh! (SLAPS IN RHYTHM)
I feel like I should be like...
Mum and Dad should be coming and, like, signing papers or something.
Our guardians.
I'll be your surrogate dad for the next eight weeks.
We'll need that. We need it.
Come on, let's grab your gear. I'll help ya.
I still feel very young.
Like, are you sure that you're trusting me to do this?
Like... Oh.
PRODUCER: But wait, wait, wait.
You're the one that convinced us that you could do it.
Yeah, I know, but, like, obviously in an interview,
you're gonna put your best foot forward, right?
Now we're here, sike. No. No, no, no.
Now, we are in Week 5.
Oh, my gosh. Wow.
We're halfway through Week 5. Oh, my gosh.
You've arrived on a Wednesday. Yeah.
This week, we're doing master bedroom, it's a big room,
and walk-in robe.
Oh, my gosh. Wow.
It's crazy.
Wait till you see it. There's no floor down yet.
Oh, my gosh. Oh, dear.
Do you want to meet your builders? We do.
Let's go. Zac.
Scotty.
Meet your new team.
Hello. Here they are.
How we goin'? Good. How are you?
This is Maddy and Charlotte. I'm Charlotte.
Nice to meet you. Maddy. Nice to meet you guys.
# I buy my own things. #
We've got renovating, like, down pat.
Like, we could do it with our eyes closed.
Project managing and everything.
Like, I take the planning, I take the budgeting.
Whereas the practical side of, like, if someone was gonna help
our carpenter build a deck, you'd pick her before you pick me.
(UPBEAT SONG PLAYS)
(WOMAN VOCALISING)
I think people will underestimate us and I like that.
I like that challenge. Like, it...
I like proving people wrong.
Like, we thrive off that.
We have tradies who have, like, come in and they're like, "Oh!
"Like, how old are you?"
It's like, "Oh, where's your partner? Where's your husband?"
I'm like, "No, it's me. I'm the one paying the bills.
"You can talk to me." Yeah.
# Yeah. # Yeah.
This, by Sunday morning, has to be a master bedroom
fully painted, decorated, furnished and this...and a walk-in robe.
That's insane. Where's the walk-in robe, here?
Right here, where we're standing. Wow.
Oh, my gosh.
Sydneysiders Maddy and Charlotte
have inherited plans for their main bedroom from Ronnie and Georgia,
which include a striped Grafico wallpaper,
curvy bedhead and earthy tones.
The girls will also
have to work with Jesse and Paige's original wardrobe design
with neutral colours and open glass shelves.
Get some hi-vis on and get bloody into it.
Yep. We're already behind.
There's a Stanley knife, ready to go.
Put that in my back pocket.
Righto, get your boots on, girls. Let's go.
Hey, welcome. Thank you.
Whoo!
PRODUCER: Do you know what happened to Jesse and Paige?
Um, vaguely.
They've just given up a dream.
You know, like, I can imagine that that would be painful.
And you would have to get to a pretty serious point
to, like, to make that decision,
and so, I think, I do have so much compassion for them
and, yeah, a bit of sadness, really.
Like, as much as it's such a beautiful opportunity for us,
I would've loved you to have that opportunity, too.
We want to honour, you know, the hard work,
the four weeks of time, effort, emotions.
You started this.
Like, this is your house, too, you know?
Yeah.
It's almost like we can share it.
(SOFT PIANO MUSIC)
(PALM TREES CREAK, PENGUINS CHIRP)
Contestants have to reveal a crucial room in the house this week,
main bedroom and walk-in robe, and House 2 have big plans for theirs.
Courtney and Grant are packing their space with luxe features
including herringbone flooring, a Porta timber feature wall,
a fireplace surrounded by wallpaper and a super king velvet bed frame.
Then, down their arched hallway is the walk-in robe
with a custom stone make-up station and neutral-toned cupboards,
which Kinsman have just arrived to install.
Kinsman came in and thought
they wanted to install on Wednesday morning.
"OK, are you guys ready?"
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
We don't even have any walls.
We don't even have green tongue flooring down.
Where are you gonna put it, in the insulation?
We will prioritise this for you guys, and then we've got...
We'll do everything outside of here 'cause we won't be in your way
and you guys won't be in our way, so it'll be nice and smooth, so...
Alright. So...
We've got so much to do before those wardrobes go in.
Next door, in House 3, Ricky and Haydn also have a massive day ahead.
Never-ending room for insulation, this joint.
I know!
It's like 170 square metres of insulation.
(LAUGHTER)
It's Week 5,
and the boys are yet to get off the bottom of the scoreboard.
They are hoping to wow the judges
with their 36-square-metre main bedroom,
and they're embracing the holiday resort vibe with tropical wallpaper,
a layered Porta timber bedhead, floor-to-ceiling curtains
and a fancy lit-up ceiling detail resembling a halo.
We're doing a bit of a special feature in the ceiling.
So, it's sorta like a coffer ceiling
with just a different shape just over the king-size bed.
Just going for that real grand sorta look
when you walk into the master bed.
(ETHEREAL MUSIC)
It's gonna look fantastic.
There's a new team in House 1 and with that comes a new team colour.
# Watermelon sugar high. #
And with Maddy and Charlotte having only just arrived onsite,
the sisters are trying to get their head around this week's room.
# High. #
So excited. Oh, my gosh.
Ronnie and Georgia came the day before
and they did some prep work for us which was such a blessing.
I really think we just need to call Georgia and ask her what she's...
what she's done.
Also a surreal moment.
Like, I'm talking to Georgia. On FaceTime.
I have her number.
Hi! Hello!
Oh, look at you two.
Oh, my gosh, thank you for all you help so far. Like...
We've just been going through it all.
She's so beautiful and so lovely and giving me all this advice.
I think...I don't know how they're finding The Block this year,
but don't forget about styling your wardrobe.
I...yeah, 100%.
The bedside tables have been ordered
and they're from GlobeWest and they're, like, super gorgeous.
Yeah, that looks so nice.
(KNOCKING) Hello, sorry.
Flat ceiling?
No, let's not do flat ceiling.
Just go with what you... We're not gonna achieve that.
Oh, you're not going to? Nuh.
Can we do something more than just a flat ceiling,
like, a little bit more, like, interesting?
Come with us.
It's a lot. A lot of people coming in and out.
They're like, "Hi, this is my name." I'm like, "Who are you?"
Are you just our electrician or are you everyone's?
Everyone's.
So, we don't have a lot of time.
Been here all of five seconds.
And it's overwhelming.
So, we need to know if the ceiling's getting nogged or the wall.
BUILDER: Do you know if their robes are open or closed?
Like, it's like, people coming in, asking questions.
Did you want any lights on your skylight?
Do you know if you're doing curtains?
Do you know how long your room is that way?
Oh, dear. What's he talking about?
I don't know. Oh, crap.
There is a lot going on and it's like we have no time to even think.
What was your name again?
Hey, girls.
I'm Cam from Plungie.
I'm here to talk about your pool.
I'll talk to you, leave her with...
Plungie Pools wanted to ask what orientation I wanted my pool.
Do I even have a pool?
I didn't even know I had a pool and where is my pool?
Key decision points for you is which way do you want the stairs facing?
He was like, "Do you want your stairs this way or this way?"
And I was like, "Well, I don't even know what my backyard looks like,
"let alone where's my back door or anything in-between."
Colours. What colour do you need it to be?
(EPIC OPERA MUSIC)
Yeah, it was chaos.
Yeah, chaos.
(MUSIC ENDS WITH A FLOURISH)
Now that the girls have settled into the way of life on The Block,
around site, word has spread about their arrival
and, like I've always said, The Block is one big family,
so let's hope the original Blockheads are ready
to give them a warm welcome.
PRODUCER: Have you noticed any other contestants around?
No, I haven't.
I can't wait to meet them.
I think they're go... I hope they like us.
Is that one there? No.
I don't know.
MIMI: Alright, I'm gonna go introduce myself.
Do I look OK? Awesome.
Day one, we all entered together.
It was like, "OK, we're all in this together.
"We can share the same, you know, feelings and experience."
Whereas this is like, "I have no idea who's gonna walk through."
Knock, knock!
(HUMOROUS MUSIC)
I'm scared. (WHISPERS)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
I can't.
I can't, I can't!
Kristian!
So, I was very reluctant to meeting them.
Not reluctant, I wanted to meet them, but my...internally, said no.
I can't, I'm too scared.
What, to meet 'em? Yeah.
Kristian! Yes!
Can you please come with me to meet the new girls?
Now? Yeah.
Then, Kristian went inside with me.
Come on.
Hey, hello!
But then I ran out again.
I can't do it. I can't.
(STRAINED EXCLAMATION)
How you going?
Hi. I'm Maddy. I'm Kristian.
What was your name, sorry? Kristian.
I just don't know why I'm panicking.
We're from House 5. I... Come out. I don't know where my wife went.
And then, when I met them, it was fine.
Hi! BOTH: Hi!
How are you? BOTH: Good.
I... Oh, my God. Are you sisters?
Sorry, that was so... That was so in sync.
Sisters? Yeah, we're sisters.
Hi, nice meeting you.
What was your name, sorry? Mimi.
Hi. What's your name? Maddy.
Hi, Maddy. Charlotte and Maddy.
Yeah. You guys excited?
Yeah, we're super excited
but I think right now I'm like, "Oh, my goodness."
It's a lot. What do you guys do for work?
I would just prefer to be humble and then, like, surprise people.
We can just tell them what else we do, we work in finance.
Yeah.
We do.
We just also happen to have a new hobby on the side.
We both have business degrees
and so we've just done, like, a whole different ra...
mortgage broking, accounting, all that kind of random stuff.
BOTH: Oh, OK.
But, yeah, if you need any... any tips or hints.
Thank you.
We need all the tips and hints.
Anything you think that we will not know, tell us.
Don't worry. We're a big family here which is really nice.
So nice.
I was nervous, like, coming in. I'm sure you guys were, too.
We were like, "Oh, my gosh, what are we walking into?
"People are gonna hate us." No, not like that.
We're all... We all love each other.
I don't think this is like other shows that they come in
and, like, everyone will turn on them 'cause they're the new people.
I think...like, our group...
We're very welcoming.
We're very welcoming, we'll welcome 'em with open arms.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC, GRINCH SNARLS)
You seen the new contestants?
Have you seen 'em?
They're here.
(SINISTER MUSIC)
It's two girls.
I haven't "seen" seen 'em, I've seen 'em walk past.
I thought you'd be enthused.
Yeah.
Will I be nice to them? No.
Clearly, Brad's gonna be super welcoming because I'm not,
so he's gonna make up for how...
Well, what I worked out I am yesterday, I'm a Grinch.
Where did Grinch come from? Who called you a Grinch?
I don't know, I'm the Block Grinch, I just am,
and I have green hair so it's kind of fitting.
Hello. Hello!
I'm Courtney. Oh, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too. Welcome.
I'm your neighbour.
I was like, "I'm assuming you're a contestant."
I try and be.
We've met so many people today and we're like, "Who are you?"
It was nice to meet the girls.
They seem really keen.
They've got lots of energy.
What? Young, very young.
Have you met Kylie and Brad? BOTH: Hi!
Have you met Kylie and Brad? No, we haven't met...
No, these are the girls.
Hello. Hello.
Sorry, are we distracting...? Yeah, yeah. TikTok.
Oh, sorry. Oh, you're doing a TikTok?
Yeah, we're doing a TikTok. Oh, sorry.
At your house, say how much we hate you.
Fight me! That's what they wanted us to say.
I'm Charlotte, by the way. I'm Maddy.
I'm Kylie. I'm Brad.
Nice to meet you guys.
Number one, if you haven't put two and two together.
Oh, two and two.
I'm giving a tour. Are you?
The grand tour.
Yeah, we'll get this TikTok done and we'll be at our house.
Alright. See ya.
Bye.
(SINISTER MUSIC)
Um...
I don't think she was thrilled to see us.
Yeah, I...
I'm sure she's lovely but, yeah, she didn't...
Maybe she was just surprised.
And she was distracted making a TikTok so I don't know.
Important things.
I don't think she was thrilled to see us.
Was it nice to meet them? No.
Am I gonna be nice to them? No.
That's not Jesse and Paige.
I just called 'em Jesse and Paige. Oh.
Jess and Paige.
Can you just play nice? No.
Just give 'em a day, at least. I'm not a nice person.
(THUNDER PEALS, PENGUINS CHIRP)
Happy anniversary.
To celebrate 20 fabulous seasons of The Block,
head online to catch up with your favourite Block All Stars.
And check out The Block Shop
for great deals on this season's winning design ideas.
It's all at The Block website.
('MUSIC FOR A SUSHI RESTAURANT' BY HARRY STYLES PLAYS)
This morning, we had some fresh new faces join The Block,
but there's one contestant who's not happy about it.
(SONG ENDS ABRUPTLY)
(PHONE RINGS)
Oh, the new contestants are here.
(DARK OPERA MUSIC)
Two girls and they've changed their house colour
and given them all this new clothing and I'm not happy about it.
(BLEEP) knows, some young girls.
Yeah, newbies. No idea where they're from.
I spoke to them for two seconds and just ignored them.
I can just hear him walking around.
Brad's annoyed me.
Like he always does.
So now I'm not talking to him.
PRODUCER: How has Brad annoyed you?
What's it about?
This is about House 1.
Being pink.
And Kylie refusing to show any kind of contestant in House 1
any kind of warmth, sympathy or understanding
in any way, shape or form.
When she's actually a nice person and actually cares about people.
I don't quite understand why she's making these people's life harder.
How did I make their life harder by saying hi?
No, you...
I just said hi.
Yeah, but what's the colour pink got...
Why does it matter?
Why do they get a different colour?
They're a different team.
I want to change our colour to black. I don't want to be green.
I actually don't like green. I know that's surprising to everyone.
I don't think they picked their colour, but.
You want to bet?
And they got new Hard Yakka stuff. Where's our Hard Yakka stuff?
They get special treatment already. I'm not down for it.
They did come into it... I don't care.
I want Paige and Jesse back.
Meanwhile in House 5...
(AIRY MUSIC)
..Mimi's concentrating on their main bedroom...
(MUSIC ENDS, MATERIALS CRASH)
Well, sort of.
I feel like I might implode.
All the ideas and the design and everything.
Is that weird?
She and Kristian are the only ones working upstairs this week,
and have one of the biggest bedrooms on The Block.
But it's their walk-in robe they plan to impress the judges with.
It will include a tan leather bench seat, full-length cabinets,
glass shelving and some extra-special features
with the amazing upgrade.
So, today, I'm going to Hafele
to collect and claim my prize, $10,000...
Our prize. Sorry.
To collect our prize.
The winner, taking home a $10,000 wardrobe upgrade from Hafele,
is Kristian and Mimi.
Oh! (APPLAUSE)
('A MILLI' BY LIL WAYNE PLAYS)
(GASPS)
Love.
Stunning leather detail
on these beautiful timber hangers from Salice.
(GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)
We have our beautiful top-lift wardrobe.
Oh, my gosh.
So, if you're a little bit on the short side
and you need accessibility to this top shelf...
When the judges see our wardrobe,
when they open up the doors, they're gonna be like, "Winner." Again.
Thank you so much. Bye!
Congratulations. See you, babe. Thank you.
# In your head in your head?
# Zombie Zombie Zombie-e-e. #
(SONG CONTINUES)
Hi. Hello.
Welcome to Art Lovers. I'm Taya.
I'm Kylie. Nice to meet you, Taya. Nice to meet you, too.
They're such cool colours. Yeah.
This is a really good shop for me.
I'm such a colour person but only in art and hair.
But it's all visual and I know what I want, I just have to see it,
'cause then people will go, "Well, what's your inspo?"
I was like, "I don't have inspo,
"I just know what I want when I see it."
('CA PLANE POUR MOI' BY PLASTIC BERTRAND PLAYS)
(PUNK ROCK SONG CONTINUES)
This is it.
I need to base my room around this.
Now that Kylie has some inspiration,
she's come up with a plan for her main bedroom.
She plans to bring the art into the room with burgundy chairs,
pink linen, a shou sugi ban feature wall and a gold ceiling.
Today's a better day.
Imagine the down when I have to drive home now - err...pew!
(GENTLE MUSIC)
We've just got our frame inspected and it's ticked off,
so we've got a full night of insulation
on top of the full day of insulation that I've just had.
So, why don't you have a break, I'll start?
Done.
So, our plans tonight
are sort out some dinner and insulate the ceiling.
Their Brad's plans.
I'm going to bed.
You don't want dinner? No. We have no food.
I'm gonna go and get it.
The boys have eaten it all because they have a Lite n' Easy fridge.
So, I'm also mad at them.
And House 1.
Would you like...? And you.
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC)
Yeah, it was a big day today.
We were hoping to be able to get most of our plastering done.
Probably didn't get as far as what we wanted to,
but we got a few sheets on, so another big day tomorrow.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
We're not exactly where we wanted to be.
Um...
We didn't have sign-off for our frame.
Yeah.
Which then pushes us behind a little bit for plastering.
Yeah.
(CHARLOTTE SIGHS). What a day.
We made it to the end of the first day.
Well, no, we haven't.
We've got a long night to go and I'm already tired.
PRODUCER: Is it what you expected?
We're gonna be itchy.
(UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC)
We knew that it would be a lot, be full on.
I'm still terrified.
I still don't feel equipped to do it.
PRODUCER: Have you guys met the newbies over in House 1?
Nup. Is there new contestants?
(MUSIC ENDS)
Coming up, a challenge brings tears.
Where's Grumpy? He's working.
Who's running this show? Grumpy or me?
(SIGHS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
And our new team are blindsided by their neighbours.
We were sharing the plasterers but we had one guy left
'cause the other three were at Kristian's house.
We said we'd love if Brendan could work with us.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(THUNDER PEALS, PENGUINS CHIRP)
It's Main Bedroom Week on The Block and it's the biggest rooms
our Blockheads have had to attempt so far.
We are so behind.
We are very behind.
'Cause we are still sharing plasterers.
Hopefully, they can balance Houses 1 and 5 together.
Ah, yes, that delicate balance.
You see, at the start of The Block,
previous House 1 contestants Jesse and Paige
and House 5's Kristian and Mimi were sharing plasterers,
but, with Jesse and Paige leaving The Block
and Maddy and Charlotte arriving,
Kristian may have forgotten the definition of the word 'share'.
(PHONE RINGS)
Morning, brother. Hey, mate.
Hey, I'm just touching base about House 1.
As far as I'm concerned, I would say make...we'll do us as a priority.
Yep. Alright, mate.
Thanks for that.
Done. OK, bye-bye. Bye. Bye.
(ELEVATOR MUSIC PLAYS)
(MUSIC ENDS)
Hopefully, today, we have the plastering team coming
to do all the plastering in here
so that Kinsman can get in and put the wardrobes in.
So, that's what we're pushing for,
otherwise we could be a bit screwed, but we'll see.
Today is huge.
Probably the biggest day on The Block so far, I reckon.
Felt like there's so much going on this week with a short week.
Still have to fix off our frames, get a framing inspection.
It's gonna be a race to the finish. This is...
I feel like it's doable, though.
I'm glad somebody has unrealistic faith in this team.
(EPIC MUSIC PLAYS)
PRODUCER: Is Grumpy sticking? Why, but?
I'm grumpy for the first 20 minutes when I wake up,
and I think everybody can attest to that - producers, cameramen.
Just let me get my coffee in.
Let me get...go and take care of business in the morning
where I need to take care of it, and then...then I'm fine.
You're not grumpy all of your day.
(PHONE CHIMES)
But, if something goes wrong, then...
Grant! Yo!
We got a challenge. Oh, (BLEEP). I can't.
I can't. I'm not (BLEEP) doing it.
(PHONE CHIMES)
Here it is, challenge.
We're heading out.
# We want to go. #
(BLEEP) sakes! What?
We got a challenge. I told you!
Yippee! Challenge! Mimi, we've got work here!
Roll up your sleeves, get your hands dirty and have some fun.
Beautiful.
Change the mood and bring a pop of colour to your day.
Join Shelley and I for a crafty session at Clay & Co Studio.
(SONG ENDS, MACHINERY WHIRRS FAINTLY)
PRODUCER: Did that text brighten your day or did it bring you down?
It brought us down.
When you're already a day late and then a challenge's thrown at ya...
Well, imagine being five weeks and three days late.
We haven't even had a full day on site yet and we're already...
Leaving to go for a challenge.
So, that's really not great.
We're gonna come back and the whole place is gonna be plastered, right?
Yep.
Yeah. Please.
Yeah, no, we'll give it a good crack.
If things go our way, for sure.
Yeah, yeah, make them go your way.
Court and I made the decision for her to go to the challenge,
for me to stay here.
We've got multiple trades, we've got eight people here today,
so there just needs to be somebody onsite.
Yeah, a lot of moving parts.
We probably obviously won't win the challenge, considering it's just me.
But there's just so much... I'd rather finish a room.
See ya, Grant. See ya.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Hello. Good morning.
Good morning. Hello! Welcome.
Well, hi! Good morning.
BOTH: Hi! I'm Shelley. We'll chat later.
Um, hello, everyone.
Welcome to Clay & Co.
This is a fabulous co-working space for artists here on Phillip Island,
and it's currently featuring our very own Block Shop.
And, guys, meet Kaz.
She runs and owns this studio here,
and we thought it'd be the perfect opportunity for you guys
to make something magnificent to go in your main bedrooms, you beauty.
(LAUGHTER)
(JOVIAL MUSIC)
So, Kaz, what have you got planned for us?
Today, guys, we're gonna be making papier-mache lampshades.
Oh. I can hear the excitement.
So, papier-mache lamps and shades
which we have a selection of over here.
So, we've made some masters here.
You're gonna be mixing up papier-mache,
making a bit of a mess.
You're gonna be putting some texture on it
and, later on, we're going to paint them.
It's going to be a fun day.
Yeah.
Your magnificent lamps and shades will be judged by Kaz,
and there is a fabulous $5,000 cash up for grabs.
Before we go on, uh...
..where's Grumpy? He's working.
What?
Yeah, we're not gonna finish our room this week
so he's part of the build team.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
You serious?
So, he's not turning up to our challenge?
He's not here, no.
Who's running this show, Grumpy or me?
You are. Well, now I'm grumpy.
Yeah.
Shell, I want to up the ante now that Grumpy's not here.
I want to make it more important.
Um, I love this.
Can we toss that in? Well, good for you.
No, that's 20 grand's worth.
Can you pick something else? Good, even better, even better.
Is it 20 grand? Yes, it is.
Fantastic.
It's called 'Wet Season' by Cungelella.
That piece of art was on our shortlist. We wanted that.
KYLIE: Which would go so perfectly in my dining room so I want it.
Great, $5,000 cash and the $20,000 painting is up for grabs today.
Alright.
You've got no chance 'cause you're on your own. Now...
(SYMPATHETIC LAUGHTER)
Oh...
Let's go.
(SIGHS)
You gonna go to her? Yeah.
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
I'm just tired.
I'm (BLEEP) tired.
(THUNDER PEALS, PENGUINS CHIRP)
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
I'm just tired.
I'm (BLEEP) tired.
What would you prefer?
Would you prefer him here or prefer him to finish the room?
I'd prefer him to finish the room.
You were back working, went to the challenge.
Scotty wasn't impressed.
He was not impressed.
He said now he's grumpy
and that he said it'd be a very slim chance of me even winning.
I was emotional and tired so I had a little cry.
You're by yourself, you'll be great.
Grant wouldn't bring anything to the table,
but I would love him here in spirit.
He'd be there for support. Thanks.
We'll find the grumpiest-looking thing in here
and we'll put it next to ya.
# I love your body... #
Today, we're at Clay & Co,
and the contestants have two hours to decorate lamps
with papier-mache for texture and then paint them
for a chance to win five grand and a $20,000 painting.
Let's not forget, they have to be displayed in their main bedroom.
Give it some personality.
Look at the art studio.
You're surrounded by so much inspiration on the walls.
# Do it like do it like. #
First, they have to choose a shade and a base.
Go. (SQUEALING)
No!
And get their aprons on.
Which way? How did you do that?
(TIMER BEEPS)
I'm Shelley. It's so nice to have you here.
It's so nice to meet you. I'm Maddy, by the way.
Maddy, Charlotte from...?
BOTH: Sydney.
Sydney, great.
This is like some sort of riddle in itself, mate.
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC)
How's this thing, like...?
We met the boys 'cause we hadn't seen them yet.
Quite entertaining.
They were struggling with their aprons so I helped them out.
How did you get your apron on?
Oh, no, you need some help there.
Yeah, how did you work that out?
You need to take that all the way off.
Oh, God. Start again.
Oh, gee!
There you go, that's better.
OK, that still feels the same but I'm glad it's on right.
Cheers. Thank you.
Do you reckon it's our rival now
because it's like two same-sex couples, the sisters?
Like, we're almost brothers. Yeah, it could be.
They could be like our direct rival or enemy.
OK.
(TIMER BEEPS)
How you goin'?
Hello, Scotty.
I went a bit hard on you, didn't I? I'm sorry.
It's OK. I was cranky.
I wasn't crying at you, I was just...
I'm just emotional and tired.
I feel a bit sad about me saying you had no chance.
Oh, Scotty, you don't have to feel bad.
I was cranky, right, because Grumpy didn't turn up to my challenge.
I know. And that upsets me a lot.
I know.
I said to him he should be here.
We should play a prank on him later.
No, no, no.
He's going to live to regret this.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
I definitely think I can do this but more timeframe.
Like, I'm a bit more of a slower worker and Grant is...
He does things really fast, so just having extra hands there
to make the lamp and then paint would've been really beneficial.
I ran and picked a beautiful curvy base,
and then I've got a shade which has, like, a scalloped edge.
# Every time we get stronger
# I want you to stay longer. #
I'm gonna do a beige in here and then brown kind of filtered through.
We can do that after. We need to get texture now.
No, but that's what I'm saying, texture.
Why don't you listen to me?
I want to win this badly because the painting really suits our house.
It suits our theme.
For our lamp, we're kinda doing, like, a gradient,
like, light to dark brown and some, like, metallic flecks on it.
Beige and then brown and then beige so it kind of goes like the picture.
KYLIE: Today is my day.
I love this sort of thing.
I always want to win,
but that painting would go awfully well in my dining room.
My inspiration is an art piece that I picked out yesterday.
# Ooh-ooh-ooh
# Ca plane pour... #
Very textural.
Quite dark.
Quite moody.
It's gonna be a textural masterpiece is what it's going to be.
That's the look I'm going for.
This is, like, a shambles.
We think we may have put a little bit too much on.
He's a bit much.
We don't really know how much is...
It looks a bit funny but we'll get there.
I heard people being like, "Yeah, I'm gonna do browns and mustards
"because that's what my room is."
And I'm like, "Hm, I don't know what I'm gonna do
"because I haven't gone to the shops yet."
PRODUCER: Do you actually have any direction, guys?
No. Yeah, we kinda do.
We're thinking we're gonna do stripes
because our room, our wallpaper.
We have wallpaper that has stripes in it so maybe we could tie that in.
That's what we're vibing. But we're not sure yet.
How thick are we goin'? Mate, we're not gonna have enough.
I'm goin' pretty thin.
Are ya? Yeah.
I'm goin' thick. (LAUGHS)
I'm thick down there.
(SENSUAL MUSIC)
Two dudes, one lamp. Sounds like a story of love.
Seen this movie before. Yeah, we have.
Um, we decided to go with a lamp design
covered with a papier-mache substance and painted finish.
(SNICKERING)
(LAUGHTER)
We don't do arts and crafts.
That's just...
We're stuffed. We know we're cooked on this one.
We'll give everyone a good laugh. Yeah.
Really unique there, guys.
I think you're gonna nail it.
(TIMER BEEPS)
Mimi, you're a bloody comedian, you are.
(MIMI LAUGHS)
You kinda got to see a little glimpse
of, like, Mimi and Kristian's relationship
without them bickering at each other.
'Cause, remember, like, the bedroom is...
Yeah.
Why are you taking the piss? I'm not taking the piss.
I'm saying, "Yes, yes, yes."
What the (BLEEP)?
Ugh, you're so annoying!
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
OK, what's it gonna be? Alright.
Let me take a round.
Alright, I'm gonna get some white paint.
(LAUGHTER) Black.
Come on, did anyone think anything else?
I'm hoping to get, like, caramel
or potentially, like, a chocolate brown.
Yep, I'd be going for a little bit of this.
A little bit of the red over there. Yep.
Jeez, I like these pinks.
The pinks are cool.
We created our lamp based off the artwork behind us.
# I feel fab... #
A few pops of pinks, peaches and beige and a little bit of blue.
Ooh, that's...yeah. This is a beautiful colour.
You like that?
Very on point with kind of what's going on behind you, as well.
Beautiful palette.
We try and listen as best we can, Kaz.
(TIMER BEEPS)
I started painting and it was this curvy little base without the shade,
and I was painting it brown and I was like, "Hold up."
(CURIOUS MUSIC)
How you going over there, Court?
I know what you think it looks like.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
Have I picked the wrong colour?
Erm...
It looks like a (BLEEP), doesn't it? Oh, my God...
You have your own vision, you go with your own vision.
(MUSIC ENDS)
Just honestly, do better.
Maybe if you were there.
Usually, something wavy, long and cylindrical...
I was just so focused.
..in the colour brown is associated with (BLEEP).
Er!
Uh, what do you think, Shell?
I think it is. 15 minutes!
(DRAMATIC GASPS)
# I want to get into my hideaway. #
Gotta be on show for judging.
I'm talking to you two, as well.
I like it. I do, too.
It's gotta go on show.
Thanks, Scotty, wow.
I actually quite like what we've made.
Coral.
It's the Barrier Reef at night.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
We're almost there.
If we can pull this off, it'd be like Bradbury winning that gold.
Only due to everyone else's failure.
OK, gang, five minutes to go.
So, you're just gonna have to go for a colour.
What colour do I do, what colour do I do?
(CHUCKLES)
You guys are loving this, aren't you?
It actually looks like something
that we just dug up out in the backyard.
Good, are you happy with that? Yeah, yeah.
Just keep going over the lines till they look really good.
So much paint on there that it's collapsing
so right now the lamp is like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
It's collapsing.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC, TIMER BEEPS)
(KLAXON BLARES)
Stop, everybody, please!
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC)
Please, stop!
(LAUGHTER)
Stop adding to it. Just...
Just put the brushes down.
(LAUGHTER) Walk away. Time's up. Thank you.
Oh!
(PALM TREES CREAK, PENGUINS CHIRP)
Our teams have just completed a papier-mache lamp challenge
for a chance to win 25 grand worth of prizes.
Time's up, thank you.
Time for judging. (GASPS).
Ooh, jeez, good catch.
You guys have nailed it!
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC)
Wow!
They were all very, very average.
Like, ours didn't resemble much of a lamp.
No.
Everyone's lamp was hideous.
Courtney's... (DRY CHUCKLE).
(MUSIC ENDS)
It's now time for Kaz to critique the teams' lamps.
# They told me to... #
New girls Maddy and Charlotte's striped lamp up first.
Look, I think they did a great job, and for a first challenge, as well.
I would've liked to have maybe seen
a little bit more colour in the lampshade.
Next up and flying solo, Courtney's scalloped-edge lamp.
Looks like...
I feel like I'm on an angle, I'm on a lean.
I think that what's going on here is really lovely.
But it's let down, obviously, by the base.
Ricky and Haydn have named their lamp Pink Flower.
I really like this piece.
If you were to put this in front of me
and tell me two fellas had done this, I wouldn't believe you.
Overall, guys, great job.
Up next, Kylie and Brad's moody coral reef-inspired lamp.
I love that shape choice that they made.
I think that the drum goes really well with the curvature of the base.
Mm-hm.
What I feel it may have fallen back a little bit
is with the colour choice.
Black is quite a heavy colour to be using.
And, last up, Kristian and Mimi with their gradient-painted lamp.
They executed the colour really well.
I like the little bits of...
the little pops of gold added in at the end.
Kaz, you have got a big job to do.
It's 25,000 bucks' worth. Yep.
Big prize. Are you right?
Let's do it.
Can I say how good they look now,
all lit up, all nice and clean and getting a little bit drier.
Congratulations.
I think it is a fantastic effort,
and I was having a giggle before 'cause I know I wouldn't have been
able to make even anything close to that in the timeframe we had.
There can be only one winner and those winners today are...
..Ricky and Haydn.
(EXCLAMATIONS OF DELIGHT)
# Got a real good feeling Got a real good feeling... #
What? Boys!
(LAUGHTER)
# Got a real good feeling Got a real good feeling. #
So, $5,000 in cash from The Block Shop...
That looks amazing.
..and this incredible artwork here, $20,000 from The Block Shop
and Artist Lane, a gorgeous painting called 'Wet Season' by Cungelella.
Boys won again.
Boys got it done.
And no-one is more shocked than me.
(LAUGHTER)
# It's now or never... #
After being offsite all day at the challenge,
contestants are arriving back happy
and can't wait to see the build teams' progress.
Yeah, that looks sick in there. Wow.
# I imagine we're together. #
(ROCK SONG CONTINUES)
Nailed it.
Hey.
Yeah, that looks really...
That looks amazing.
We're in a better position than we were this morning, much better.
Scotty was not happy.
Oh, really? Yeah.
I think it's more of a disadvantage.
Like, we didn't participate in the challenge properly.
We're the ones that are missing out on something.
Oh, (BLEEP) yes.
# I'm breaking the... # Look at this.
# Foot on the gas... #
Oh, this is good. # Nothing's gonna stop me. #
So, after Kristian told the plasterers they share with House 1
to prioritise his bedroom, it seems all has gone well for them.
Unreal.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(BUILDERS CHATTERING)
OK, so, what's the... What's the go at the moment with everything?
I have no idea.
So, are you House 5 or are you here? I was both.
Wait, I'm so confused.
Yeah, so am I. Wait, so...
My understanding was that we were sharing the plasterers,
but we had one guy left
'cause the other three were at Kristian's house.
PRODUCER: So, the plasterers originally belonged to House 1.
They were House... No, they were...
No, no, no, no, no, they were Jesse and Paige's, the contestants.
They don't belong to the house.
They belong to the contestants.
OK, so they were Jesse and Paige's.
Jesse and Paige are no longer here.
So, for this week, obviously, we'll just keep sharing 'em.
We're a bit behind, you guys are a little bit behind.
(SINISTER MUSIC)
We're a lot behind. Yeah, yeah, I know.
We haven't even got sheets on.
It's a...it's a tough, tough situation.
Let's just get both rooms done this week
and we can talk about it next week.
Perfect, thanks for that. Nuh, all good.
Thanks. Thank you.
So, you're taking the plasterers back at the end of this week?
Yes, but then they're gonna have a full week to find a plasterer,
not one day.
Right.
Yeah, OK, thank you.
(UNNERVING VIOLIN MUSIC)
Coming in on the first day
and then having your trades taken was not ideal,
especially when it's something like plastering
and it's like, I can't actually do that.
(MUSIC SWELLS)
(CHEERFULLY SCREAMS)
VOICEOVER: The youngest blockheads ever...
What you see is what you get.
I'll be more savage, you'll be nicer.
..have been thrown into the deep end!
Oh crap.
That room's going to be an actual shamble.
I need plasterers.
I rang every man and his dog.
MAN 1: You can't. I'm sorry. MAN 2: Sorry!
(DING) We're literally screwed.
But they have a secret...
Wait for it Shell.
Ahh! ..no one sees coming.
That's amazing!
What is going on?
A blockbuster night...
It's unfair to the other team.
It's cheeky.
I like to win. It's a competition.
Oh-my-lordy.
Tomorrow, 7:30pm on Nine.