SCOTT CAM: Tonight...
Maybe it's our business minds, but, like, how do we create a house
that we can get as many people interested as possible?
It's, like, I don't like black.
..the new kids on the block have big ideas...
I hear you might have some changes in mind.
Potentially. ..and fresh energy...
I need to take photos of everything. (LAUGHS)
..which is sure to ruffle a few feathers,
with the original teams stuck in hump week.
What was it? The hump day of The Block.
COURTNEY: Yeah, I'm done. I actually don't want to do this anymore.
And some of them are close to breaking point.
KYLIE: Get the (BLEEP) out. BRAD: No!
Get out. Stop!
Honestly, get out. Why? Why?
No.
You're going or I'm going.
And at the challenge,
everyone will battle it out for a game-changing prize.
The prize is huge. You get 50K off your reserve.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(WHISTLES)
Tools down?
(PENGUINS BRAY)
('TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR' PLAYS)
SCOTT: While four houses are seven weeks into The Block,
the sisters in house one are still fresh off the boat from the mainland.
And they're channelling some of that extra energy
into an early-morning meeting with their landscapers.
Hello. Can you hear us? MEN: (ON LAPTOP) Yes.
OK.
I suppose we just have a look at it and go,
"OK, what are the number one priorities we want?"
We've got obviously the deck area, barbecue, table and a pizza oven.
Oh, yep. Amazing.
We were chatting to Ryan and Corey from our landscaping team,
who we were just, like, going over their designs and plans
for the backyard and the front yard.
We will make something beautiful.
'Cause we came in five weeks behind, like, I'm sure other contestants
have already got their landscaping designs all figured out,
so we have to use every bit of time to catch up.
# Wake up! Wake up! #
SCOTT: It's waterproof Wednesday of guest ensuite week
and for the OG teams, it's also the halfway point of The Block...
Oh, jeez.
(MAN LAUGHS)
..aka, hump week.
(YAWNING)
(BLOWS)
While houses one to four are working in the mezzanine...
house five's guest ensuite is downstairs.
But house five's Mimi is experiencing some hump-week fatigue.
To be honest, I'm feeling really uninspired.
I'm feeling like I've got designer block.
I'm tapping out now.
COURTNEY: That's not good.
Mimi just said she's tapping out now, Kristian.
KRISTIAN: What?
Mimi just said she's tapping out now.
Tapping out of what? (LAUGHS) The Block.
With Mimi suffering from designer's block,
her move is to make this week's guest ensuite
a smaller version of their winning main bathroom from week one.
It will include the same feature tile and vanity, this time in sage-green
and the same tapware, lights, mirror and timber ceiling feature.
I don't know! It just doesn't...
I don't know.
I don't love it.
I feel really drained.
Over at house three,
the boys are ready for their waterproof inspection...
not for this week's bathroom but for their main ensuite from a month ago.
(GRIM MUSIC)
DAN: The never-ending saga, this room.
RICKY: Fortunately, it's coming to an end, mate.
(LAUGHS) Thank goodness.
I'm sick of coming in this room. No, mate, you've got to...
Mate, start enjoying it. This is the last we get to see this.
"Start enjoying it." Yeah.
(LAUGHS)
There hasn't been much joy in this bathroom for the last month,
after a series of waterproofing mishaps that have cost them dearly...
starting with their builder leaving during waterproof Wednesday.
RICKY: He said that he had something personally to take care of.
MAN: See you.
This is topcoat.
It was definitely non-compliant.
It's so wet, G.
MAN: Yeah, I wasn't...
There was no way they're tiling that. No.
DAN: We think they may have used the wrong primer.
It's not even sticking to the poly.
The tilers have ripped the waterproofing up the wall,
which has now damaged the actual plasterboard.
The water-proofer, he's laid it on very thick.
It's still, as you can see, very wet.
Mm-hm.
And it hasn't stuck up to the angle either.
No finish? No.
No. Pull it out.
Yeah. Start again.
So, today, they need to get waterproofing ticked off
to avoid strike eight.
MAN: Yeah, well, I think you've waterproofed high enough.
That's good. Yep.
Alright. No worries. Thanks, G-Mac.
Appreciate it, mate. Let's see it...
Let's see it all done. Yeah.
Let's go. Yeah.
Beautiful. Happy days. Get the boys in.
Mate, we might even get you to approve two waterproofing's today.
(LAUGHS) Eh?
OK. Fair enough. (LAUGHS)
(BELL RINGS)
(CHEERING) Victory!
Come on!
Yes! Yes!
We just made waterproofing Wednesday.
Four weeks late, but we made it.
We're there.
The ensuite has been approved... of waterproofing
and the boys can start tiling.
I'm excited.
We're actually on track to maybe delivering two bathrooms this week.
With their main ensuite finally nearing completion,
the boys can focus on this week's guest ensuite on the mezzanine level.
Redemption week. Yeah, definitely redemption.
INTERVIEWER: Is that what it is, based on your history of bathrooms?
Our history of bathrooms? We've finished...
We had one disaster bathroom.
It doesn't give you a history of it. (LAUGHS)
Alright, so our last one didn't go to plan
but, yeah, we definitely want to get some redemption for it
and finish this one and finish it to a high quality.
(DANCE POP PLAYS)
The boys aim to wow the judges with mustard subway tiles in the shower.
They'll have a matching custard basin on a timber vanity
under a bold circular mirror.
Yeah, we're excited to get a bathroom
and hopefully compete for a win.
Next door, Courtney and Grant are also aiming high this week.
They've taken space from the office
to create a grand ensuite for the second main bedroom on the mezzanine.
Really, I think, you know, the way you create a grand ensuite
is with space, so that's, you know...
We felt like we've taken it
from what would've been just a general bathroom to...
yeah, to something that people can relax in.
COURTNEY: Yeah.
So I'm trying to keep it a little bit consistent
with what we did in the last one.
Still gonna do the mirror that's recessed,
which is gonna be, I think, 1.8 long.
Courtney and Grant will continue their timber vanity and marble top,
paired with sand-coloured basins.
In the double shower, they're taking a risk
with terracotta striped tiles and travertine tiles on the floor.
They're gonna be... They're either gonna be hit or miss, I don't know.
Up in the mezzanine in house four,
the guest ensuite lighting plan is being mapped out by sparky Brad.
MAN: Go three. KYLIE: Yeah.
MAN: Straight down the guts. BRAD AND KYLIE: Yeah.
BRAD: 'Cause they're gimbal, aren't they?
Yep. Yeah.
Just your signature, mate, for confirmation.
(LAUGHS)
Oh, I'm gonna sell that.
I guess what we were sort of looking at trying to achieve
with the guest bathroom
was just somewhere that is, like, a little bit more of a getaway.
Like, a little bit more of, like, maybe, like, a sauna
or, like, a little bit more of a day spa.
Kylie is running with a black theme upstairs,
using her signature Dekton stone paired with cladding.
Timber tiles in the shower will bring the sauna look
and then there's a surprising big splash of colour
with a pink vanity on a cylindrical pedestal.
It's a lot.
So I've got a great piece of art coming from the Block Shop
and it's, you know, this, like, moody woman
that I actually think is a bit like me and she's 100% me.
She's got this, like, electric black smoky eye, like...
And she's stroking a fish.
And she's stroking a fish
while she's, like, in this really sexy, like, pinstriped bikini.
OK, then.
# I'm gonna hit the ground running Hit the ground running
# Only waited for the marching drums
# I'll be ready when the moment comes... #
The new residents of house one haven't hit hump week just yet.
They've got big energy and lots of experience,
having flipped seven houses so far.
Guys, we just sold! Whoo-hoo!
And while Maddy hits the shops to secure items for future rooms...
I need to take photos of everything. (WOMAN LAUGHS)
She's beautiful. This is, like, my dream.
I want this in my house.
..back at the block,
Charlotte ensures this week's ensuite is on track.
DAN: Alright. This is good.
Great. CHARLOTTE: Fabulous.
The plumbers have finished, sparkies have finished.
MAN: Yep.
I think we're sheeting. Whoo-hoo!
It's our first bathroom on The Block...
And first full week on our own too. Yeah.
But this ensuite is a chance for them to show everyone what they can do
without any crossover from previous contestants Jesse and Paige.
In terms of design,
we're wanting to keep it nice and light and bright and coastal.
Bring a bit more of our style into this part of the house.
Yeah.
# Oooh, baby... #
Maddy and Charlotte are going with a matte white square feature tile,
wooden vanity and champagne-gold tapware,
with mood lighting from wall sconces
and they'll add some colour with an olive-green basin and styling.
So, yeah, just want to make it
just a really pretty coastal feelgood room.
That's not gonna polarise buyers. Yeah.
We want to attract the market that's around us, which Phillip Island is,
like, the holiday coastal market
and so that's where we're, like,
let's stick to that and not do anything too crazy,
where you have a buyer walk in and go,
"It's, like, a nice house but..." "I don't like black."
(TENSE MUSIC)
INTERVIEWER: When you say, you know,
"Buyers walk in and say 'I don't like black,'"
are you thinking of Kylie's house?
(TENSE MUSIC)
Well, yeah. (CHARLOTTE AND MADDY LAUGH)
(ELECTRICS FIZZ, LIGHTNING CRACKS) (PENGUINS BRAY)
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
SCOTT: It's week seven on The Block,
which means it's also week seven of baby Tilly's life.
She's two hours away in Melbourne
and being a dad myself, I know what it's like to be away from your kids,
so I've made some plans.
Hey, bub. I've got some news.
CHELSEA: (ON PHONE) What?
We're gonna get you a house
and you're gonna stay down here for a couple of weeks.
What?! Yep.
It's been a while.
Oh, it's been too long. Yep.
Too long. Tills need her dad. Yep.
I need some Tills cuddles. Yeah.
(CRIES) Oh, that's great news.
They arrive later today,
so Haydn is setting up the house that we've rented for his family.
Sweet. Ready to go.
Last time I saw them would've been three weeks ago, maybe.
Feels like forever ago.
# That's the power of love... #
Beautiful. Good to go.
Back on the block, house four are starting to get a little worried.
BRAD: I just tried to ring him again.
Our tiler, who is also our water-proofer,
is not answering any of his phone calls or text messages.
# Operator... #
Let's just give old mate the benefit of the doubt.
It's not 1:00. He hasn't called me and saying no yet.
He just hasn't called me to confirm.
(RINGING TONE) (POP MUSIC PLAYS)
Yeah, look, we're sort of feeling, like, a bit ghosted.
Like, everyone's reaching out -
Benny's reaching out, Brad's reaching out.
Did you even have Adam reaching out? Adam's reaching out.
Yeah, so our previous tiler reaching out -
that's where we got the recommendation.
I just need this guy to show up and that's the part I'm worried about.
MAN: (ON PHONE) Yeah, cool.
So we start getting a little concerned.
# Baby doesn't call me... #
DAN: Hey, Brad. How are you, mate? BRAD: Not bad, Dan. You?
Mate, just giving everyone an update.
Tomorrow, all landscaping plans are due.
Are you gonna get them in? I'll be pretty close.
OK. Good. Just reminding everyone.
Gotta be in by tomorrow, close of business.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
Landscaping for the houses is a big job.
Not only do plans need to be locked in
to ensure council approval is granted in time,
landscaping teams must be secured weeks in advance
so they can hit the ground running when it's time.
And Ricky is showing his landscapers around the site
to discuss their initial plans.
RICKY: Outdoor shower, we're thinking about putting it here.
MAN: Yeah. So it's near your services already.
Yep. Deck here.
Nice big kind of bluestone stepper.
I had a meeting with the landscapers today. In the first...
Well, probably in the first five minutes,
they started talking about these payment contracts and things,
which I hadn't heard in the four weeks prior of our discussions.
(CASH REGISTER DINGS)
(TOOLS WHINE)
And then in terms of, like, contracts...
Yep.
So, in terms of contract, like, that's just we pay you guys...
Yeah. ..and we work on their site.
So, when people have said they've had issues, they've had...
Issues with contestants.
Sean, he said that The Block's getting a reputation...
or the word is going around the island
that The Block isn't paying their trades.
There are no outstanding bills in our corner.
SCOTT: The overdue invoices which have made island news
belong to house two
from local business Bettsy's Glass...
One for work in their week-one main bathroom,
the other for a shower screen for their week-three main ensuite.
And Ricky got wind of the issue yesterday.
Haven't you been paid yet?
Oh, wow.
Anyways, that's all good. We pay our bills on time.
Oh, you already knew about that?
We know that there's outstanding invoices.
No (BLEEP).
Mate, that's why...
Mate, we live here.
We know all the trade services and everything.
So, the minute that we hear that someone's not getting paid,
we get told... Wow!
RICKY: Obviously, you know, being a local on a small island,
you've got to trust that local intel.
You know, obviously we're still strangers
and, you know, we've only known each guys...
or they've only known us for a short amount of time.
So, yeah, that sort of sucks. Like, I hate...
I hate that, because you can't demand trust from anyone.
Trust is something that you earn via your actions.
Mate, the contract is just, like, (BLEEP).
Like, as soon as your invoice, you get paid for us...
Yeah. ..from us.
Yeah. But, like, we're (BLEEP)...
Yeah, yeah, 100%. Yeah.
I think there's a few different characters on The Block.
Yeah. At least you guys got the good ones.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
RICKY: So, they haven't paid.
Those guys haven't paid Bettsy's.
And then those guys...
Those guys know that there's people on The Block not paying bills.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
INTERVIEWER: Word gets around. Yeah.
Small island, bro. Everyone knows.
If we can group together and come to an agreement
that the right thing to do is to try and, you know, adjust or change,
you know, what we're doing
and make sure we're doing the right thing and paying the trades,
then perhaps we can help change that name.
So I started doing the walk-arounds
to ask people if they could attend the body corp.
You're calling a body corp? I'm calling a body corp.
It's about our trades... Yeah.
..and the payment of trades. OK.
Body corp meeting. Yeah, sure.
Yeah? About?
It's about payment of trades. Trades and...
COURTNEY: Who's the trade, Ricky? Who's the trade?
Who are they? Who is it?
Oh, it's just everyone in general.
But I've just had some feedback that we've just got to talk about...
From who? ..as a family.
As a family? OK. Yep.
But we can talk about it later.
And then I run into Grumps and Court in the driveway.
INTERVIEWER: Happy to attend? Weren't so happy to attend.
GRANT: What's it about?
I'm not gonna come unless I know what it's about.
What trades are they? Well, alright.
It's about...
My landscapers have rolled up today...
Yeah.
..and they're, like, "The word around the island..."
Yeah.
.."is that trades aren't getting paid here."
Really? That's the word on the street.
Who's not getting paid, though? Who's not getting paid?
Well, I believe it might have started at Bettsy's Glass.
Oh, the ones that didn't call us back?
Yeah, we've been trying to get a hold of.
Wait, is this what it's about, though? Is it about Bettsy's?
That's where it starts. That's where it started.
Oh, well, you can tell us now.
We don't need to be at the body corp.
Alright. That's an issue that...
That's obviously our issue. Yeah.
And it's a bigger story. It's not just about that.
The landscapers have just come to me, my landscapers
and they're, like...
Because now they're asking for contracts
and, like, pre-payment
because the word on...
That's what I've said to me, that the word on...
Let's not make this a big deal,
because there's no word on the street.
We pay all of our builders.
Well, it's a big deal if... It's a big deal...
They obviously didn't deliver their shower screen,
so we're waiting for them to fix it and then we'll pay for it.
That's not...
It doesn't need to be a big deal, though, with a body corp.
I'm just saying that. That's final. So we'll continue this conversation.
Ricky, I'm sorry, I'm done with that. (CLEARS THROAT)
(BLEEP) trying to make it everyone else's business.
Um...
Well, look, it sort of escalated pretty quickly.
Relax. I'm not relaxing.
I'm pissed off now.
My issue was that this is a conversation that Ricky could've had
directly with us
instead of making a big song and dance about it
and to be honest, it just made him look like
he was trying to be the hero.
(GROANS)
GRANT: Can you just relax?
Yeah.
Don't stress.
Bit of a snitch move.
He's a dog.
A bit of a snitch move.
COURTNEY: There's definitely two sides to every story.
We have paid two of the invoices because the job was completed...
Two of three. Two of three.
Yep.
The shower screen glass wasn't cut correctly as to what we supplied.
GRANT: See this bull(BLEEP)?
Yeah, too narrow.
We just told them 1870 from wall to wall.
But the problem that's happened is,
Grant's just given the overall dimension of the room,
sent it to Bettsy's and just hoped for the best,
with no design or anything,
so that's his fault.
Normally you'd draw up what you want
with the opening sizes and the end panel sizes
and then you get it signed off.
He's missed that step, so this is on him now.
It was actually really narrow and it turned out to be non-compliant,
so we then called Bettsy's Glass to see what the issue is.
No-one answered.
Our call was completely ignored.
Emails ignored.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Do you want me to just pay them so everyone shuts up?
They need to fix the issue.
Do you want me to pay them? Just pay them. Whatever.
Are they gonna come and fix the glass? They won't. But it's fine.
(CLICK!)
We won't be attending any body corporate and that's the end of it.
(ELECTRICS FIZZ, LIGHTNING CRACKS) (PENGUINS BRAY)
# Hey, ladies You the queen, queen, queen... #
SCOTT: Young guns Maddy and Charlotte,
having flipped seven properties so far,
have the experience to know what's needed for a successful sale,
like researching the local market.
Hello. Hello.
I'm Charlotte. Jodie.
Nice to meet you. I'm Maddy.
Thank you for coming to have a look at our house.
Yeah.
So this is actually the front of our house is meant to look like.
Julian Brenchley has designed, like, all of them... Yep.
..so you can see, like, they're all, like, slightly different designs.
We're not really sure about the whole brown situation,
so we're kind of gonna need to see
if maybe we need to change it to more of, like, a coastal vibe...
Yep. That's kind of what we're going for.
I agree with what you say. It's a little bit dark.
I think it's people that have the holiday homes
that go for the more coastal... Yeah.
..coastal look.
Time to take that research and deliver a home fit for the market.
So, I wanted to have a chat about
what we're doing for the cladding on this house.
Yeah. We're using James Hardie products.
Yep.
What we're looking at is a board-and-batten style...
Yep.
..so if you can imagine that and that together...
Yep. ..vertical...
Love it. Very nice. OK?
And we've done it a few times... Yeah.
..on The Block before.
You mentioned you might have some changes in terms of colour?
Potentially. So, what are you thinking?
We were thinking a lighter colour. Yeah.
Look, there aren't any real restrictions,
but, look, a lighter colour, yeah, of course.
It has that beachy look too. Yeah. That's what more of our...
In the inside will be lighter and brighter.
Yeah. OK. And that's a really solid way to go...
Yeah. Yeah. ..which has equal credibility.
(DING!)
Over in house four, Brad's in a bit of trouble.
He's been ghosted by his water-proofer on waterproof Wednesday.
My water-proofer and my tiler are the same guy,
so we've got an induction at... in 15 minutes...
and we haven't been able to contact him today.
He seems to be MIA,
so unfortunately it leaves us in a bit of a predicament.
Hey, mate.
I'm a bit stuck for tilers this week
and I was wondering if you might be able to help me out
in tiling a bathroom, by any chance, in Cowes.
MAN: (ON PHONE) Really busy at the moment.
Begin the relentless calling of anyone and anyone
who we could get a phone number for, a tiler from
or knows a guy or local guys.
Trying every avenue we possibly can.
We need a... It's a room reveal this week,
so it needs to be done, yeah, this week, so...
So, yeah, we're very quickly running out of time.
No tiler.
MAN: Can't help you out there? No. No, unfortunately.
Well, I know Grant has the Imperial boys and they do a good job.
Can you go see Grant, please, and Courtney
and ask if we can get the Imperial boys to waterproof for us?
I don't like asking much from house two
'cause on reverse occasions,
I know Grant and I haven't always seen eye to eye, I guess, so...
So I went and asked Grant
if we could borrow the Imperial boys for our waterproofing.
Plus, more likely to say yes to her than to me.
GRANT: Oh, Kylie! I never see you here!
I know. I need to ask a favour.
Would you like to come upstairs or no?
Sure. Let's do it.
How are you? Oh, yours is a cool shape.
Thank you. I'll be glad to do you a favour.
If it was Brad asking, it would be a completely different story.
I know. That's why I'm here. Yeah.
He already knew this. No, that's not true.
We need to borrow the Imperial boys for our waterproofing.
Tonight.
They're doing ours tonight. Are they?
Yeah. They genuinely are, yeah.
But after they're done here,
if they want to do yours, more than happy to.
Yeah, is that alright? Yeah.
Yeah, cool.
We borrowed Grant's waterproofers to get our waterproofing done.
SCOTT: A few streets away in Cowes,
Haydn is awaiting the arrival of Chelsea and Tilly
and Ford has generously loaned them a car for the trip.
HAYDN: I like the sound of that car.
So, this means so much to me.
Chels and I have been trying for a baby for many years
and it's gonna mean the world for me to have them here,
so to be with them, it's gonna be special.
Hey.
Aw! (LAUGHS)
I knew what I was getting myself into when I applied for The Block
but I didn't realise how much it was gonna be...
or how much it was gonna hurt not being with them.
Whoa! Oh, there's a little...
HAYDN: You don't really feel it until it happens.
You don't know what... you know, what to expect.
You've gotten big!
(LAUGHS) You're with your daddy.
Hey. Aw!
Sweet angel. Hey.
I've missed you. Hey?
Look at your face, eh?
But there's one reason why I'm here and that's to look after my family,
you know, set up hopefully a life for Tills
and give Chels everything she deserves.
(CRIES) Oh, bubba.
I've been missing you.
Yeah, I know. Daddy's got his girls.
Yeah. Daddy got his girls.
Hey?
Hey, Dan. How are you?
I'm just reminding everyone that landscaping plans are due tomorrow.
Yep. OK. Too easy.
I'm working on it,
so, yeah, hopefully I'll be able to get them through.
Yeah, I'm just going around getting everyone...
Yep.
..because if things need to go to council,
we've gotta get them through now. OK. Alright.
Yep. I'll do my best.
Thanks, mate. Thanks, mate.
We were working with a landscape designer in Melbourne.
To put it simply, it's one of those situations
where somebody's fallen off the face of the earth.
He just won't respond.
I went up to the site office,
to chat about, obviously, landscaping plans.
If she can just (BLEEP) let us go till Friday...
SCOTT: The Nine In Six site office is off-limits to contestants
because inside are details of the upcoming build and competition,
something the teams should not be privy to.
I had my foot up on the doorstep.
It wasn't like I was sitting there
making myself at home and having a cup of tea.
MAN: How can we help you?
We've got the... COURTNEY: Landscaping plans.
..request to ask...
MAN: Why are you in here? MAN: No contestants or their trades.
Yeah, I'm a different (BLEEP)... No, you're not.
You're the same sort of one.
As a joke, 'cause I've been here for seven weeks, as a contestant...
I said, "I'm not a contestant."
And it was taken out of context a little bit.
That information was shared back to Dan.
DAN: Mate, do you think you're better
than everyone else on this site?
What do you mean?
Do you think you're above every other contestant on this site?
You and Courtney? No, why?
Do you think you have special privileges above everyone else? No.
So why do you keep going up past there,
past the sign that says no contestants allowed
and into the office?
I'm just asking if I... No, the rules are the rules.
OK. That's pissed me off, mate.
I've been speaking about the landscaping plans...
It just doesn't matter, mate. I went there... I told you...
You knew the rules. Yeah, yeah.
It's gotta come in tonight, by tomorrow close of business.
I spoke to them yesterday about it...
Don't go past there. Do you think you're better than everyone here?
How does that make me think I'm better than everyone?
Because you're going against the rules.
No-one else goes up there, past there, into the office
when a sign says 'Contestants and contestant trades, do not enter'.
OK. And you're just there, past it...
"Oh, I'm better than this." I was doing the...
You actually said, "No, I'm better than that."
Those words never came out of my mouth.
Well, what did you say?
I pointed at the sign as a joke and I said, "I'm not a contestant."
(BLEEP). That's not saying...
You specifically said that I said I'm better...
OK. Some of the words were not said. OK. There you go.
But the way you... Your actions speak louder than words, mate.
OK. Great.
You think you're better than everyone on site.
No, I do not. Well, you do.
I don't. You disrespected that.
I do not think I'm better than anybody.
I do not think I'm better than anybody, Dan.
And it's not the first time. OK.
And it's starting to get annoying. OK.
It's getting frustrating. OK.
So is people putting words in my mouth.
That's getting frustrating also. OK.
Well, don't do silly things. Don't break the rules, mate.
Stop cheating and we won't have this.
I won't have a conversation with people.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
I can assure you that I don't.
I don't like anybody that thinks they're superior to other people.
I think we're all equal.
I grew up in an area of Sydney
which definitely doesn't allow me to think that I'm better than anybody.
What's wrong?
I was gonna take my mic off. Are you ready?
Do you want to leave? Yeah.
Are you serious? Yeah.
I don't actually want them spinning that stuff, you know what I mean?
It's a bit silly. It's very silly.
You can't control how Australia sees you.
You can't control how, you know, you argue with everyone...
Like, I'm getting upset about it. (CRIES)
But it's just frustrating
and I think that's what really pissed me off,
is that, like, Dan's putting words in your mouth.
You can't control what people say
and you can't control the picture that they paint you.
It's just continuous, man. Mmm?
It's continuous. It's just continuous lying.
Jiggy, can you leave us, please? Just for a sec.
MAN: I'm doing my job. Huh?
My job's to be here. Sorry, mate.
What? I said "Can you just leave?"
Like, just for a sec. Oh.
I just need a... a bit of time out.
They're just creating these lies, that's all.
Yeah.
And that's not fair.
I was with you. You never said that.
I'm gonna grab my keys and go.
WOMAN: Where are you headed? Oh, just out.
I just need to get off site for a sec.
House two Ranger...
Why do you need to get off-site?
I just need a bit of a break.
Where do you think you'll head?
I'm not sure.
Oh, come on, guys.
Please. I just need the car. That's it.
So, like, I just felt suffocated
and I was, like, "(BLEEP) this. I'm going."
So I just left.
MAN: Where are you going now? Yeah, I'm done.
I actually don't want to do this anymore.
I'm done.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
WOMAN: Do you know where Courtney is?
She's not here?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (EXHALES)
(ELECTRICS FIZZ, LIGHTNING CRACKS) (PENGUINS BRAY)
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
I cracked.
I actually don't want to do this anymore.
And I just needed to get off the block.
So I left, forgot my phone and then I went to the beach
'cause that's the place that really can calm me down
and then I was so sleep-deprived, so I fell asleep at the beach.
GRANT: Can I get the Everest, please?
MIMI: Grant... Thanks, bro.
Sorry? What's going on?
I don't know. Is Courtney safe?
I don't know. I'm gonna go look for her.
You sent me on a wild goose chase around Phillip Island
'cause you didn't take your phone with you.
I just felt really suffocated.
Anyway, I came back, what, two, three hours later?
But it was just a (BLEEP) day.
But it was halfway...
What was it, the hump day of The Block, the middle of the season.
Kylie was feeling it, Mimi was feeling it.
Like, there was something in the air.
# Hey, don't write yourself off yet
# It's only in your head you feel like that... #
INTERVIEWER: OK. Thursday.
What better way to start the day... with the body corp!
Hey! That was a good way to start the day, because we didn't attend.
I slept in.
SCOTT: This is the first body corp meeting for The Block, Phillip Island
and history has shown these can go sideways.
You disgusting, ignorant, young piece of filth.
You're a two-faced bitchy grandpa and a rude, rich snob.
Oh, my god!
Who cares! I don't have to (BLEEP) talk to you!
You take our water-proofer
and then you only want to talk to us when you want (BLEEP).
What do you want from you? I want nothing from you!
You want a vote from me, mate. (DRAMATIC MUSIC)
So, let's see how this one goes.
MIMI: Is there, like, an inside place we can do this?
It's pretty cold. RICKY: It is freezing.
HAYDN: It was looking grim to start with for the body corp.
There was no-one around.
But slowly, dribs and drabs, contestants started rolling in,
so ended up having everyone there except for Courtney and Grumps.
Yeah, I feel like a goose for even calling a body corp, to be honest,
but...
And it's freezing cold and I know everyone's super busy,
so thanks for coming.
I just wanted to bring to everyone's attention some feedback I got
yesterday from my landscaper.
They were a little bit funny
and probably about five minutes in, they started talking about contracts
and, like, a guarantee of getting paid
and it was because that we're getting a name
for not paying our trades.
He specifically said that the word's going around on the island
that The Block don't pay their trades.
At the meeting, Ricky didn't exactly share a specific issue.
He just kind of gave a bit of a speech.
Like, you know, Brad's struggling to get a tiler now.
Now, I'm sure that most of us do pay our trades
but I think it's just important that we all are aware of it.
This isn't like an agenda that we have to vote on or anything.
It was more of, like, a team chat.
I don't want to specifically go into, you know, who it could be.
Yeah.
INTERVIEWER: Was he pointing the finger at anyone in particular?
(LAUGHS) He was alluding to, like, house two.
But this is where we are.
I was, like, "A text message would've been great." (LAUGHS)
So there's no vote.
(LAUGHS) It was just... I just wanted everyone to know.
OK. Alright?
Does anyone to have anything that they want to vote ON?
Is anyone opposed to us putting a gate into the tennis court?
Ah, yes. There's something else body corporates can be good for.
Sneaking through a big move when everyone's distracted,
like winners Jimmy and Tam did in 2020.
If you want the situation to go right,
don't tell them all the facts.
A gate from your property into the tennis court?
Yeah.
It's right there.
While a gate in the tennis court may seem minor,
once everything's finished,
it will make the communal area feel like
it's house four's private tennis court,
which will look amazing on a sales brochure.
I think a lot of people were a bit shocked that I even suggested it.
I hadn't even run it by Kylie yet. (LAUGHS)
It was the first I heard of it at the body corp.
I have no problem with it. Anyone else?
Cool. Cool.
Awesome, guys. WOMEN: Cool.
Alright, well, enjoy your Monday. WOMAN: Thanks, Rick.
Thanks for coming. Monday?
What day is it? OTHERS: Thursday.
Oh, god. (WOMAN LAUGHS)
It's the longest week ever!
(LAUGHS)
Oh! Groundhog Day.
However...
Almighty challenge.
9:00am?
(LAUGHS) Oh...
I love challenges.
We've got to go to a challenge. That's what I mean.
Now we have to go to a challenge and we don't have a tiler to start.
INTERVIEWER: OK. And what time do you need to be there?
We need to be there at 9:00am this morning.
So we need to find a tiler between now and then.
A challenge. The Block art exhibition.
Yes. And look who it's showcasing.
All of us.
CHARLOTTE: Oh, are we doing an artwork?
Oh, dear.
It's every Blockhead's dream, really, to be in your own art show.
It's just unfortunate that me and Haydn suck at art.
SCOTT: Kylie and Brad's tiler Adam is off having a baby
and the replacement they had lined up ghosted them yesterday,
but with some help from Grant's trades,
they were still able to waterproof last night.
DAN: It wraps over, which is good.
Guess what. Approved.
Without a tiler.
But you don't have a tiler? No.
So you've just gotta get on the hunt.
It's time to leave for the challenge,
so Brad sends his original tiler Adam a message
to check whether he's had any luck finding a replacement.
Getting ready to go, grabbing the phones...
You know, Brad and I, we share phones.
And then a little ding pops up.
And a message from our tiler popped up...
just having a bit of a dig at how grumpy I am.
And they're having a laugh about it.
BRAD: All I said was...
when you're angry, it's hard.
So, guess what happened.
HAYDN: Kylie and Brad...
I don't think I saw Brad getting into the car,
so I don't think Brad's coming.
(LAUGHS) Brad got... He stuffed up.
(TENSE MUSIC)
KYLIE: Get the (BLEEP) out. BRAD: No!
Get out. Stop!
Honestly, get out. Why? Why?
No.
Well, either you're going or I'm going.
Well, give me my phone so I can call the tilers.
No!
Babe, I just got two more tilers' numbers.
Not my problem.
Give me the phone. No.
How am I gonna do this? I don't care.
You talk (BLEEP) about me, you get (BLEEP) cut.
Close the (BLEEP) door.
Babe, all I said was you make it hard.
Close the door.
Babe, this needs to get done.
I don't care. You need to care!
No.
Babe!
No.
Get out. We've got to go to the challenge.
We don't! We do!
I do. I don't give a (BLEEP) what Scotty says about you.
Get out of the car. Babe!
Get out. I need the phone to get this going.
No.
You don't get... No! Babe, give it...
No. I can't...
You will get over this.
No, I won't. You will!
(BLEEP). Get out. Stop!
Get out. Babe!
Get out. Oh, my god!
You (BLEEP) deserve it all.
(ELECTRICS FIZZ, LIGHTNING CRACKS) (PENGUINS BRAY)
(ELECTRO-POP PLAYS)
SCOTT: Phillip Island is a national surfing reserve
and it's home to some of the best waves in the country,
luring surfers from far and wide.
It's also home to The Block's family holiday beach houses,
so we're combining all these things in today's challenge
right here at Island Surfboards.
We arrive at the surf shop in Cowes.
Hi. Morning.
And Scotty and Shelley are there.
SHELLEY: Well, good morning, everyone.
Welcome to Island Surfboards. Wow. Uh, and Brad is not here.
He's in the doghouse, is that it? He is 100% in the doghouse.
I apologise, but it's either me or him.
And I think I'm much nicer to deal with than Bradley.
SCOTT: OK, then.
While Brad searches for a way to get to the challenge, we'll move on.
What are we doing in a world-famous surf shop, Shell?
Yeah, look, it may seem a little bit confusing
but your task today
is to design your very own surf artwork
using a blank fibreglass surfboard as your canvas,
keeping in mind, of course, the aesthetic of your home
because they will eventually be on display in the room of your choosing
back at the block.
INTERVIEWER: Does that horrify you,
knowing that you have to put another piece of your own art in your house?
Oh, it's horrifying. It's terrifying.
Absolutely horrifying. Yep.
SCOTT: The prize for the winner of today's challenge
will get to choose which space they would like to do
in the Disney+ Clubhouse.
The clubhouse will be the social hub of the holiday house community.
It will feature a day spa, a games room, a cinema with kitchenette
an alfresco living space
and an indoor/outdoor barbecue area.
It's going to add a huge amount of value come auction day.
Is important to get the space you want for the Disney+ Clubhouse
because whoever wins that challenge, which is in week 13,
gets $50,000 off their reserve price.
Which is massive. Massive.
Huge. Huge.
Oh, my gosh!
SHELLEY: You are gonna want to create a masterpiece.
Thankfully, we are giving you the help
of pro surfer and surfboard artist Glyndn 'Ringer' Ringrose,
so you're gonna want to think outside the barrel
for this challenge.
Yeah, we all know how challenges like this
have gone for Courtney in the past.
Your art pieces are gonna be on display
at the Berninneit Art Gallery, ready for judging.
And who better to judge than our very own style guru
who knows a thing or two about art, I might add, Mr Darren Palmer?
WOMAN: Oooh! He's gonna be judging tonight.
And, Shell, we've got a very special guest as well coming.
It is...Phil.
(CHEERING)
Oh, that's right.
Phil is back, thanks to Brad and Kylie.
He is back in the game. Yeah.
Alright, kids, surf is up. Let's head to the workshop.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
With Brad still on the way,
Kylie gets started on a masterpiece to match her mood.
Art's always moody.
Nightclub moody, surfboard moody.
Kylie's board will be painted black
and then overlaid with shades of green to represent the sea.
INTERVIEWER: Black like your soul.
100% my soul.
(BLEEP) my soul every day,
married to the husband I'm married to.
(BLEEP) hell.
I was trying to represent the water, the ocean, seaweed...
HAYDN: Do you want to sketch our thing out first?
RICKY: Absolutely.
I haven't used one of these in a while.
GLYNDN: I'm just making sure you guys are all locked in.
I'm glad you didn't ask if we were alright.
(LAUGHS)
Because that's quite clear, the answer to that.
Ricky and Haydn's board will have an orange base
paired with colourful circles and dots.
Something similar to that sort of Indigenous style of artwork...
Yeah. ..over the top.
It sort of ties into some of our...
like, our other artworks and stuff like that.
Yeah.
Hopefully not offensive to the culture if it's that bad.
But hopefully they'll appreciate the inspiration
that we've drawn from it.
What are you guys thinking? MADDY: I don't know.
We're thinking maybe, like, do we do something like that?
Yeah, that's probably not too bad. Is that hard?
Charlotte actually came up with the design idea.
The sisters are going with shades of pink on their board
in a bold, curvy pattern.
SHELLEY: Oooh. CHARLOTTE: Hello, hello.
This is cool.
(WHISPERS) We don't know what we're doing.
(WHISPERS) I thought it looks like you do.
Well, fake it till you make it.
Act confident and no-one will question you.
So, are you painting inside there? That's our inspiration.
Oh, my god! That's amazing!
Ours won't look anything like that.
Why not? Why not? It could look exactly like that.
I really love that.
COURTNEY: Where do we start?
So, the judge today is Darren Palmer
and I think keeping that in mind
as we're thinking of, like, what we're gonna do
and knowing that it's not gonna be a functional surfboard
and it's an art piece,
we were, like, "OK, how can we tie it into our home?"
Mmm. 'Cause we have to display it.
Unlike the lamp thing...
(GASPS) SHELLEY: Oooh.
..this is gonna look good.
I actually think I've nailed this.
Are you happy with that? You look like you hate it.
I just don't know if this is surf culture.
(SIGHS) They said they wanted to do...
You're asking my opinion and you're getting angry with me.
Well, your opinion's (BLEEP).
You wanted to paint a bowl of lemons on the surfboard.
Who wants to roll around the surf beach...
OK. ..with a bowl of lemons?
MIMI: Where's the surfboard?
KRISTIAN: We're on it. Oh.
Oh, my god! Can I have a new partner, please?
So, I came in with a very clear plan of what I wanted on this surfboard.
Can you rip me... Can you rip me a page out?
And I want to show you my idea.
I had this plan. I was, like, "This is gonna be epic."
And then Kristian was, like, "I have a plan."
SCOTT: So, Kristian and Mimi have compromised.
Kristian's plans is wide blue stripes.
Mimi's is fine red stripes, with a drawing of seaweed in the centre.
Do you know what I hate? What?
Working in a team.
Do you know what I hate?
When my partner doesn't shut the (BLEEP) up.
That's you.
90 minutes to go, gang.
# But you didn't have to cut me off
# Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
# And I don't even need your love
# But you treat me like a stranger and that feels... #
Hold this here.
COURTNEY: So, initially, we were thinking stripes
and then, in the centre, it was gonna be a drawing of something.
Initially we were thinking lemons. We ended up going with a shell.
So, Courtney and Grant's revised board
will be green stripes with a red shell.
So bit more of your, yeah, Phillip Island, opposed to a bowl of lemons.
You were right. Maybe it's a bit too...
"Why is it on a surfboard?"
Grant had an idea of putting masking tape down to create the stripes,
which made it a lot faster.
Make sure you don't get it over there.
(BLEEP). That's a nice colour! Yes!
(ELECTRO-POP PLAYS)
KRISTIAN: Just keep rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling.
SCOTT: Ten minutes to go!
We're gonna have to be quick,
so we have to take this tape off soon.
(ELECTRO-POP CONTINUES)
OK, that is it. Bang on.
(WHISTLES)
SHELLEY: Tools down?
Yes. Thank you. Shell did that. Tools down.
INTERVIEWER: Why the tears?
We've not got anything. What? (LAUGHS)
Hey, Mim, what's really getting you down, mate?
Kristian.
(ALL LAUGH)
(PENGUINS BRAY)
# I've got a little bit of love to give
# I give it up all the time
# I got a little bit of love... #
SCOTT: At Berninneit Art Gallery, judge Darren Palmer has flown in solo
to pick the winner of our surf art competition
and the boards are all lined up on ghost racks, ready to be judged.
Alright, Daz, thanks so much for coming.
It's a long way to the island.
Well, let's take a look at one to five artworks over here.
We're not gonna tell you whose is whose
but you just have to choose the one that you like the best.
OK. I'm really looking for art. I'm actually looking for art.
I know they have to go on the spaces somewhere.
They need to go in the houses somewhere.
Yes.
So, is this particular board uplifting you and inspiring you?
It does have very feminine energy to it. Line work's OK.
It's got the flow of the ocean.
I mean, you're a Byron Bay local.
I'd surf on that any day of the week
and I'd probably hang it in one of my girls' bedrooms.
So it works for me.
OK.
I really like the composition.
I really like the colour palette here.
I think it is a really beautiful graphic.
That's very cool.
This is very orange.
It's also got some tones of sort of Indigenous art to it,
so that's interesting.
I...
Yeah, I...
Yeah, it's a lot. It's a lot.
If I were to pick a home that this is going to go in
and our contestants who have made it,
it's fairly evident.
Mm-hm. Mmm.
I really like it. I really like the energy in it.
It's very rock'n'roll. Yeah.
Isn't it? Yeah. Also, it's double-sided.
If they put it up so you can walk around it,
that'll be really effective.
Mmm. Good call.
And the last board for today is...
That is some beautiful line work
and I really like the shapes in here
and then they really didn't stop when they should have.
(LAUGHS) Oh, really?
I don't mind that in the middle.
This is representing the island,
that's a river running through the island
and then surrounding the island is all the ocean.
Alright, first to fifth. It's up to you, boss.
Yeah, that's not fair, is it?
(LAUGHS) Come on, Shell.
Don't have Shaynna and Marty here now, do you?
No. You gonna have to do this all on your own.
Who needs them! (LAUGHS)
SCOTT: There's a lot at stake here
because the winner gets their pick of the spaces in the clubhouse,
which increases their chance of winning 50 grand off their reserve.
INTERVIEWER: You guys go to the art opening together?
Yes.
Well, Brad basically just said,
"Can I please come and see what you've done?"
and because, of course, I'm so proud of what I've done,
I was, like, "Sure, but don't talk to me."
Oh, you've got your champers. Are you right?
SHELLEY: Hi. MADDY: Hi.
Hello, hello. DARREN: Hi.
MADDY: Hey! Hi.
RICKY: How are we? Boys.
Hello. KYLIE: Hello.
SHELLEY: Hi. Hi.
And, Brad, welcome.
(LAUGHTER)
I tell you what, I reckon you've all done an absolutely outstanding job
in the time frame that you had.
I love them.
They're all really different and congratulations. Well done.
Yes. GRANT: Thank you.
I absolutely agree.
This was a fun challenge
and perfectly fitting for the surf haven that is Phillip Island.
Daz, this is extremely important because the winner of this challenge
gets first pick of the spaces in the Disney+ Clubhouse,
plus me old mate Phil over here...
Oh, Phil!
..is up for grabs.
Can I touch him? You can touch him.
(LAUGHTER) He's not as heavy as I thought.
Not too much. No. Right.
So, what do you think? (MIMI LAUGHS)
Alright, I'm just gonna jump straight in there.
(TENSE MUSIC)
First prize goes to...
the green and white stripe.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Thank you.
We won. Yes!
I can't believe we won!
How good!
Well, I think...
This is our first challenge that we won.
And you can choose your space right now.
Or you can tell us tomorrow at walk-arounds.
We're happy to wait. Maybe tomorrow morning?
Yeah.
Well, you've got first choice, so that's it.
Yeah. OK.
So, Darren, who gets second place,
therefore second choice of the spaces?
OK. Second choice of the spaces goes to...
that one.
KYLIE: Thank you. House four.
The black and green one. Nice work.
MAN: Well done on all the hard work, Brad.
OK. Brad. (LAUGHS)
Third place, third choice.
Third place, I've gotta give to the pink one.
(WOMEN LAUGH) That's the girls, house one.
Ah. Congratulations.
Now, fourth for me is the orange.
The boys. Thanks, mate.
HAYDN: Cheers, mate. Alright.
Congrats, fellas.
SCOTT: And therefore Mimi and Kristian fifth.
I don't know why you did those squiggles in the middle.
MIMI: Because I have no skills.
SCOTT: So, tomorrow, in walk-arounds,
in that order, we'll decide our spaces for the Disney+ Clubhouse.
Fantastic. Well, congratulations, everybody.
Well done. Bonus point for you as well.
Hey! That will come in handy in a couple of weeks.
That'll come in handy. (COURTNEY LAUGHS)
Outstanding.
In a couple of weeks. We needed that.
Congratulations. Back to the block. See you later.
Thanks, guys. Thank you.
Congratulations. See you.
That was good. I can't believe we won!
That's made me feel so much better. (LAUGHS)
All you needed was a little win.
Tomorrow night, no tiler could spell no ensuite reveal for house four.
I'm in desperate need of a tiler.
A whole day and a half we're behind.
So, right now, you don't have any tiler at all?
At all.
And Charlotte and builder Jack sneak a look at the competition.
No... They're not here.
"We're just going around to all the houses
"and we're just doing a little sneak peek."
"Just having a little sneak peak." Is that not creepy?
Video of Maddy and Charlotte surfaces...
The girls are not gonna swallow that.
..and has everyone up in arms.
They've lied about who they are, what background they've got
and the experience they've got.
Don't lie to my face!
It's 'schneaky'.
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