SCOTT: Previously, living and dining week was a case of the haves...
It's come up a treat, mate.
We found a couple that had enough money.
..and the have-nots.
Oh. Lucky duck. Sorry, girls.
Yeah. This is salt to that wound, isn't it?
Rick was forced off site due to an injury...
Knee's... Knee's terrible.
TAYLA: Dad, go home! She's not happy.
Get out of here, please!
..leaving Tayla to handle the feedback solo.
(GAGS)
This rug, which way should it go?
Should it go this way or should it go that way?
That's his rug! (LAUGHTER)
Move it, Darren!
And it was house one's time to shine.
It's Adam and Jolene! (APPLAUSE)
ADAM: Winners are grinners tonight. We finally got there.
That room's gonna sell the house hopefully on auction day.
(CASH REGISTER DINGS) So that's the plan.
Tonight...
This week we are doing the guest suite.
Guest suite. A main bedroom with its own ensuite.
..most teams have one clear focus.
The budget is paramount.
Block Bucks. No more money.
If we lose the budget, I'll be more upset than losing the room.
No-one buys a house for the guest room downstairs.
But the girls have a secret weapon.
What we're going to do is reverse this wall
so the opening will actually go to the far right.
The idea is that we're trying to actually build
a self-contained space.
We'll call it a bubba game-changer. It's not...
Just a little baby one, yeah. A little baby one.
And in house five,
Tayla makes the tough decision to break up with her agent.
Mark, I'm going to have to break up with you.
I'm not good with confrontation!
Onwards and upwards.
You are going to go and you are going to be amazing at...
MARK: (ON PHONE) No, all good.
Anyways, I did it.
That was actually the scariest break-up I've ever done.
Even like divorce. (LAUGHS)
That was scarier than divorcing my husband.
(GULL CRIES)
# It's a new day but it all feels old
# It's a good life That's what I'm told... #
We've got to go. We've got to make pre-start.
INTERVIEWER: Alright. Week six. How do you feel? You're halfway.
Humpy. (LAUGHS)
Feel like two camels with two humps.
Oh, no. Where are my boots? Oh, why is it so wet?
# I don't know where my boots are. #
It's the halfway mark and that is...
Oh, gosh. It's crazy.
(YAWNS, EXCLAIMS)
The experience has just been something
you can never prepare for.
Yeah. It is just... It's gruelling.
Oh, my god, Sev.
We got a big week, baby.
Mmm.
Hey, Chery, take me to 109 Old Mornington Road.
(LAID-BACK POP MUSIC PLAYS)
We are feeling good.
It is the halfway mark, which is a little bit bittersweet
and we're feeling good.
It's 6:37. How do we always end up so late?
I'm excited that it's halfway,
but, like, also realising that we have three more weeks inside
and then the whole interior of the house is over
is just crazy to me.
So the last six weeks is going to go way faster than the first.
FEMALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: Your windows are about to fog up.
Shush. It's too early.
Fogging has been turned on. Shush.
Week six and me and Dad are loving it.
(LAUGHS) INTERVIEWER: What happened to Rick?
You need to put your leg up. Doctor's orders.
Physically put it up. Hey, you can go and sit over there.
That's fine. No, man. Go home, please.
Infected knee. Took him to the doctor.
Then he went to the hospital
and needed to be on full-on antibiotics, like, ASAP.
Dad's gone to hospital.
He's off for, like, a couple of days.
Yeah, he needs to rest. So, what, he got infected knee?
Yeah. So I'm flying solo.
I'm flying solo.
# I'm riding solo I'm riding solo
# I'm riding solo I'm riding solo, solo... #
I'm, like, "What do I even do? What do I even do?"
Go to site and just look pretty, I think.
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
# I'm riding solo, solo... #
Morning, everyone. Happy Monday. Scotty.
Thank you. G-Mac.
As we're all aware,
Dan and Dani have welcomed baby Fletcher to the world,
which is absolutely fantastic news.
So Dan's going to be having a couple of weeks off
but I'd like to introduce you to his replacement, Leonie Akhidenor.
Please be kind to her. Please introduce yourself.
COURTNEY: We're really excited to have some female energy...
Energy. ..in that type of position on site.
It'll just be, yeah, hopefully...
I'm sure we'll miss Dan, but we're very excited for Leonie.
Yeah. Very excited.
Uh... Tayla. TAYLA: Yep.
Rick is obviously still in hospital, so I have organised Block All Star
and champion chippy... Yeah, man of all trades!
..Spence to be your surrogate father.
Thanks, Spence.
Hello. Captain's here. (LAUGHS)
(LAUGHS) I'm here to steer the ship.
Captain Spence!
INTERVIEWER: So, Spence, how are you feeling about being back?
Well, it's a bit of a shock for me. Since 1981?
No, no. 2018, it was.
You know what it was. Oh, I got the numbers mixed up.
Builder Spence and his wife Kerrie took on The Block back in 2018.
(EXCLAIMS)
Spence is a master craftsman...
Oh!
DARREN: I haven't even looked down yet.
That ceiling is amazing!
..with 30 years of building experience under his tool belt.
All your work is incredible. Thank you.
He's a big part of the Block family.
For the past few seasons, he's worked behind the scenes
with the Block builders.
I think that Tayla has definitely got an extra advantage this week
having Spence on the team.
See what we can do. Yeah, for sure. Love that.
In saying that, Spence has got his hands full with Miss Tayla.
INTERVIEWER: Any advice you'd give to Spence
at the beginning of the week?
Run.
My advice for Spence would be just, like, ride the wave, bro.
I'd probably tell Spencer... Good luck.
..yeah, good luck and be prepared to do everything.
(BOTH LAUGH)
I think there'll be some good stories
from Spence and his friends by the end of this week.
I give it five minutes before he has some strong commentary.
It's Tayla's world... It's Tayla's world.
..and we're all just in that world.
Look after Spence, Tay. I will.
God, he's going to go on the biggest roller-coaster of his life.
(CACKLING) # Wipe-out! #
INTERVIEWER: You're prepared for this?
Well, a lot of people were saying good luck.
(BOTH LAUGH)
Legitimately. A lot of people.
But yeah... I'm a... I'm a... I'm a...
You're what? ..psycho.
That's alright. Not in a bad way.
I just don't know what I'm doing. So can you help me?
Yeah. That's what I'm here for.
I'm here to make your time here fun and to help.
Steer the ship, Captain. Yep.
Thank you. Yes!
SCOTT: And this morning,
that ship is heading straight towards the Domain open for inspections.
Last night, the Blockheads presented
their living and dining and alfresco areas.
House one scored their first room win,
meaning house two are the only team yet to win a room.
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
It was good to get the win and... It was a good boost of confidence.
Yeah.
I think it was a very good space to win.
MARTY: The palette, the view,
how much outdoor area there is,
the natural fire, the ten-seater...
It's ticking a lot of boxes. SHAYNNA: Mmm.
The sense of space here is phenomenal
because we have that massive mirror,
because I can see the trees and the beach straight through there.
I think they've done a spectacular job.
Oh... (BLEEP).
So, walking into house one,
I just thought, "Wow, that is beautiful."
And then I realised it was just my reflection
in that massive mirror.
(CLEARS THROAT) (LAUGHS)
Hey. G'day, Courts. How are ya?
That mirror is huge!
The mirror's actually not... I don't hate it, actually.
Yeah.
Oooh, they even recessed it. Mmm.
Damn!
Jesus, they had some cash this week.
They were the winners. They beat us by a point.
And I think their room is beautiful.
It's a lot to take in. This is incredible.
This is stunning.
Far out! This is so nice!
It's so nice. SPENCE: It's a good space.
I would never use these colours, but they work amazingly.
And I don't know how she can do that.
Because if I seen this couch in the shop, I'd be like...
Nasty. Yeah. No.
Who's made this? Christian Cole.
Oh, of course it is.
SEV: It sucks that we couldn't get that table.
Adam and Jolene are straight up our biggest threat at this point.
Like, I think Jolene's really finding her design groove.
And I'm starting to convince myself, conspiracy, that she is a designer.
PEOPLE: Oooh!
And then there's obviously Adam, who's a chippy.
So, as a duo, they're dynamite. We're scared.
(BOOM!)
LISA: Next. Where do we go next?
We're feeling really good about the result
from living, dining, alfresco.
We came second.
MARTY: I love this room.
I love the colour.
Buyers will walk in here.
Depending on how they do this kitchen,
I think they're gonna love it.
I love this rug. Stunning.
Yeah, that is a beautiful rug. I like the chairs. Big couch.
Again, we saw a lot of cash that was splashed.
This is so huge. Oh, my god.
I think we need more... We need more couches.
Oh, can you spin me, Spence? There you go.
Yay!
So then... Spence, you're fun.
ADAM: Does that feel luxe?
That feels to me like that belongs in a country cabin.
And again, the Venetian plaster.
Venetian plaster's nice.
But it's been done and done and done
and it's been done a little bit more.
Hmm.
We feel like we're in limbo with the feedback that we got.
It wasn't great. It wasn't bad.
DARREN: Everything I see, it is really successful.
It's just the layout is wrong.
MARTY: Half of the living space is two chairs
and half the living space is scrunched up into this area.
SHAYNNA: Yeah.
It doesn't make the most of the view and the view is the selling point.
Just the flow and to get out to the alfresco area,
I think the way that Sev had it was perfect.
So I think we just need to stick to our guns on that one.
Similar flooring to ours, eh? Yeah. Very similar.
We've got a little bit of a limewash throughout.
I don't know about that, though.
SPENCE: What are these two doing here?
They're just chilling.
This feels like a void area that, like, you would never go in.
Yeah, but that's why... Literally a void.
Yeah, that's why we put our TV on this side.
We usually love their design and style.
I feel like they just missed it this week.
You can tell that they've had to pull back.
It's not their normal level of detail and interest.
It's unfortunate they had a small budget in such an important room.
And they didn't have a Christian Cole table.
No. Who had that? (LAUGHS) I don't know.
(CACKLES)
None of the judges' comments really stuck in my mind
because I didn't really remember what they said,
except the pizza oven.
INTERVIEWER: Do you agree with the pizza oven comment?
I sort of do, yes. It hasn't been finished yet.
MARTY: Look at this fireplace.
It looks like a pizza oven.
I was about to say I really like it. Now you've spoilt it for me.
All I can see is a pizza oven. It looks like an outdoor pizza oven.
So how are they going to architecturally fix that,
because it's...it's not right.
This does look like a pizza oven,
that belongs in, like, a commercial restaurant.
I mean, this is massive. I don't know.
I don't like it. It doesn't work. It looks rough.
That... How are you going to make that look any good?
It's huge.
Like, people are putting their couches super far away.
There's this big, awkward space for the lounge area
and if you sort of don't do what we do,
you end up with a dance floor.
Can we have some background music?
This is better than our wedding dance,
because Lisa got so wasted she could barely walk
and I held her up during our wedding dance.
Living and dining could have been maybe a little bit better.
Alfresco, loved it.
I don't understand why it did not get us
at least, like, a 12 out of ten.
Oh, my gosh!
How did they get that done? That's insane.
I love this. Yeah, this is pretty cool.
This is wild.
This is a lot of cash.
This is... This is $20,000.
This is too big for the space.
Do you know what they're going for? Because, look...
They're going for intimate gatherings of high quality.
They don't have a lot of friends. They just...
They've got quality, not quantity. Really good quality friends.
Yeah.
It doesn't bother me too much if we don't win a room.
I do expect that every week, that we come last.
Definitely not the end of the world.
It will be the end of the world if we don't win the show, though.
That's right.
But we still believe that these rooms we're presenting,
even though they might not be coming first every week,
it's going to tie in and the whole is going to be first
and we're going to win the entire show.
SHAYNNA: I thought I was bored in the ensuite last week.
Here, I need a defibrillator because this is dead.
Oh, same couch as mine, but mine's green.
Ours. Ours is green.
Sticking to her guns with her white on white.
It was pretty boring. You know, you're on The Block.
You've got Block Bucks. Do something fun.
It is plain and vanilla. And a bit of beige.
Yeah.
ADAM: It's extremely boring.
There's minimalism and then there's not finishing a room.
There needs to be more.
I don't think it was their best work.
I think they dropped the ball on the layout.
ADAM: They got the whole orientation wrong.
So they changed the rotation,
which meant that their backs were to the view.
And let's just say that Adam didn't hold back.
Have a look where you're sitting. Your TV's there.
You're looking across the street into houses.
JOLENE: Yeah.
They have totally wrecked this upstairs room.
I just... I couldn't believe that. And I'm still a bit gobsmacked.
I just can't believe they've screwed up their entire...
For me, it's the entire house. The view...
The heart of the home. Mount Eliza sells that.
Without the crane in the view.
And you're looking at your neighbour's house.
It just wasn't the week to be vanilla.
They must have been smoking some good (BLEEP).
Oh, Adam!
Well, I'm being serious.
They must... They were off their chops.
OK.
Anyway, you know what, good luck.
They could pull it off and win The Block.
But I don't know about that.
(DOG WHINES)
(THUNDER CRACKS) (DOG YELPS)
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
# Darling, you got to let me know... #
INTERVIEWER: What room are you doing this week, then?
This week I'm doing...
# You've got to let me know... #
..a guest suite.
# Should I stay or should I go? #
SCOTT: This is the first week the Blockheads need to present
both a bedroom and a bathroom.
(YAWNS) The pressure is on to...
Sorry. Go. The pressure is on.
Yeah.
Twice the rooms means twice the stress
and I've suggested a budget of 30 grand in total for the week.
It's going to be a big week. We've got two rooms to do.
It's crazy. It's getting bigger and bigger.
Yeah.
# Welcome to my family. #
Thank you. It's great to be here.
New day, new week, new team, new theories.
Definitely not cancelling out my old team, which is my dad, obviously
but for this week, let's just try some new things
and listen to what Spence has to say and the way he plans things
'cause I don't know how to plan things.
Dad did know how to plan things, but, like, 40 years old way
and you're not that far behind him...
But... (LAUGHS) I'm just kidding.
(BOTH LAUGH)
I'm so grateful for you. And Dad will be too.
It's going to be a good week. We're going to have a ball.
What are we gonna do? Can we just do something?
We're just gonna build stuff.
Yes! Yeah.
I got told to grab these. What are we doing?
Insulating. Serious?
You are, yes.
I am directing, you're insulating.
Is that... Are you on the tools at all?
Absolutely, I am. Not... Right.
Not insulation 'cause I'm allergic to it
and I get a severe reaction.
I'm allergic. I'm allergic. Is that true?
So... Trust me. Or are you tricking me?
Look, I'm fully just recovering now. Yeah, right.
So thank you for... You're welcome.
Literally saying thank you... You're welcome.
That's what I'm here for. ..for doing that.
Just little things like that really save me.
Have you got all your... No.
Bunnings order? Yep.
No.
You've got a plan, though, of what you want to do?
Oh, of course. Yeah. OK.
Yep. Yep.
Right. No, I do. I do, I do.
Mmm.
I think I'm just gonna keep it simple.
Keep it simple, sister. Keep it simple, Spenny.
(LAUGHS) I like it.
SCOTT: House four and five's guest suites
are located on the ground floor.
Tayla plans to keep it Spenny in the ensuite
with a neutral travertine tile
and a vanity with a green marble benchtop.
In the guest bedroom, she's going to style the cabinetry
with a tea and coffee nook
and her secret weapon this week is a bold green wallpaper.
TAYLA: My Grafico wallpaper.
I want to really make that the hero piece.
Where'd you get the design from? It's on Grafico.
I just swiped - I searched green, I searched olive
and then I searched sage
and this popped up and it was a meadow.
And you're probably going to absolutely (BLEEP) bricks.
Why?
Because it's a lot. But, like, I want to take a risk.
Even Damian from Grafico is, like, "You know what,
"this hasn't been done on The Block before."
Let's try it.
I was going to say, next time you get on your phone,
have a look at the the Grafico Kerrie and I did
in our challenge apartment.
I feel like I'm falling down a rabbit hole.
NEALE: It's totally overwhelming, Darren.
It's giving me vertigo.
Did you win? No. No, no.
(LAUGHS) We got really canned.
And, yeah, it's actually in as one of The Block's worst.
Well, that makes me feel really good.
It's not on the walls yet, so I could just not...
I could just push it... push the box to the side
and we can just paint it.
You're not allowed to paint. You want to help me paint?
The design sounds great. I think... You'll be fine.
NEALE: Argh! (SHAYNNA LAUGHS)
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
WYATT: Monday morning. We have a lot to do.
But we have been planning this week ahead
like we have started to do every week now
and we know exactly what to do to hit the ground running.
Lighting plan for our bathroom.
What do you want to do?
Where's your vanity going? On that back wall?
Middle back wall. Yeah.
SCOTT: The uptown guest suites are also located on the ground floor
and their spaces are slightly smaller than downtown's this week.
WYATT: So, once you step into the ensuite,
we'll have our vanity with our cupboard mirrors.
The toilet will be on the right-hand side
and the shower will be on the left-hand side.
CHANTEL: In the guest bedroom,
I want it to feel like a second main.
Same lighting, same wardrobe, same wall colour.
I just love a neutral tone.
Even though the judges want me to include colours,
I'm never going to.
Unfortunately, I may not win rooms 'cause the judges like more colour.
I personally don't like a lot of colour,
so I'm just gonna stay true to what I like.
We are trying to save as much money as possible
to save for backyard,
so everything is going to be Block Bucks.
Again, we're not going to spend a dime.
We're gonna win the budget this week, 100%.
We're gonna win the budget every week
because no-one's really focusing on that.
Everyone's focusing on winning the room.
The winner of the CommBank Better Budgeting award...
It's Chantel and Wyatt.
(CASH REGISTER DINGS) Yay!
It's Chantel and Wyatt.
(CASH REGISTER DINGS) Yes!
Chantel and Wyatt. Yes!
(CASH REGISTER DINGS) (LAUGHS)
WYATT: If we win the budget every single week...
Mmm.
..that's more than most people just focusing on winning rooms.
Yeah.
We know we've got big plans for backyard coming up,
so we need to save money for those bigger spaces.
If we lose the budget, I'll be more upset than losing the room...
Mmm. ..on this week.
Yeah.
ADAM: Alright.
Let's go.
Down into the bedroom and ensuite we go.
(JOLLY MUSIC PLAYS) It's going to be a good week.
We are very thankful that we are downstairs and off the scaff.
LEONIE: Hi, everyone. How are we? How you going?
Great to meet you. Yeah. Same, Leonie. How are you?
How are you going, more importantly? We're getting there.
Yeah? We're getting there.
Yeah. Busy week.
But how are you going, more to the point.
Mate, I'm just living the dream. (LAUGHS)
Lucky you haven't got very big shoes to fill.
I know, right? No, it's been great.
And I have to say, I'm incredibly impressed
by all of the activity that's been happening.
These houses are amazing, so you should be very proud.
Honestly, it's no easy feat.
Leonie is lovely. She's so much nicer than Dan.
(LAUGHS)
Do you have a plan for this week? What's the story?
Yeah, we're just locking in all of our trades now
and finding out exactly what this week's going to cost us.
We've got a tiler locked in this week, thank god.
INTERVIEWER: Got all your trades locked in?
All trades locked in.
It's extremely rare for us to have a tiler locked in
at the start of the week.
Still nervous, though. You never know.
They could pull out the last minute. It has happened before.
We spent a fair bit of money last week on our room,
so we've got to... (WHISTLES) LEONIE: Yeah.
..chill it out a little bit. Scaling it back.
I think realisation today is, like, the budget is paramount.
And everyone thinks that just because you get a win,
oh, like, it just miraculously fixes everything.
But when you go 20K over budget and you only win ten,
well, you're still chasing your tail.
So I am going through my Block Bucks where I can
and we're not doing anything drastic.
We're not putting in skylights.
We're not changing structural walls or anything like that.
SCOTT: House one's secret weapon this week is colour.
The guest ensuite includes both burgundy and blush-pink tiles,
with a matching pink basin.
Into the bedroom and their wallpaper, artwork and bedding
will all be pink.
So, going with the blush-pink is a little bit out-there,
but I think it's about making sure that, you know,
there is plenty of colour
but it's not too in your face.
Yeah.
INTERVIEWER: Would you have made these choices in week one?
(LAUGHS) Nope.
Would definitely not have made these choices in week one.
I mean, our original brief from Darren was light and bright
and I think we all went light and bright that first week.
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
# I'm blinded by the light... #
And some stayed there, definitely.
Yeah. I'm always gonna strive for my beige.
Well, but we've gone colour.
Let's go and throw a bit of colour in there.
INTERVIEWER: You guys have changed.
For the better.
Goddamit, we've changed.
Well, we might not say that after judging.
Yeah, I know. Wait and see judging.
# We like other colours
# But pink just looks so good and all... #
# I got bills I gotta pay
# So I'm gonna work, work, work every day
# I got mouths I gotta... #
Last week's finished.
Now we gotta move downstairs and crack on with that, guest suite.
This week we're doing the guest bedroom and ensuite.
Our whole plan is to use nothing but Block Bucks
for everything apart from labour.
Hey, boys.
Yeah, our budget's not looking fantastic.
Despite winning a fair bit,
I think...I think we spend a lot of money on stuff,
so we really wanted to not overcapitalise on this room.
We are going for a simple, doable approach.
We're being smart with our allocation of funds,
that we're not allocating wild amounts of money
to a guest bedroom.
No-one buys a house for the guest room downstairs.
ROSCO: So, in the bedroom,
we've got our beautiful robe from Freedom Wardrobe.
We got a little study nook
and then we have Grafico on the walls, two walls
and then moving into the bathroom,
we've got a nice solid timber vanity,
solid timber shaving cabinet
and we'll have a shower screen
and we've got 200 by 600 travertine look tiles.
How good the vanity we're using this week?
I know. It's a good start.
INTERVIEWER: How badly do you want a finished bathroom this week?
Oh, it's just... There's no other option but to finish.
I don't think you can go a whole season
without finishing a bathroom.
I think that would be, like, a first.
# It's a bathroom trilogy... #
We've needed to rip all the tiles up.
SHAYNNA: And no bathroom. MARTY: Oh!
Whoa! This is devastating!
SCOTT: Once again, they found themselves in a room
that wasn't finished.
MARTY: But it's close.
It's really close.
If we don't finish this bathroom this week,
like, Channel Nine...The Block should put us on a plane.
We should go home. We'll book ourselves on.
Someone else deserves the... We'll see ourselves out.
Yeah. Don't let the gate hit you on the way out.
We're not not finishing this bathroom this week.
# I'm fine 'cause I let you go... #
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
# I'm fine 'cause I let you go... #
This morning I'm feeling pretty good.
I'm looking forward to a new week.
I always look forward to a new week, until the week really kicks off
and then I hate my life.
(LAUGHS)
But, you know, good vibes at the moment.
I'm feeling excited about this week.
Sev has an amazing idea.
I think we've come up with a bit of a, you know,
call it a bubba game-changer.
It's not... It's just a little baby one, yeah.
Little baby one.
So we saw an opportunity with this week's room
where the entry point to the room could actually be reversed
and that would then enable us to reverse the wardrobe location,
also to tap into a plumbing services point in the corner of that room,
which then could allow that wardrobe suite
to have an integrated kitchenette.
PEOPLE: Oooh!
And so the idea is that we're trying to actually build
a self-contained space
that can then either be rentable or fully locked up,
maybe for the au pair.
Or it could just be a teenager that wants a little retreat
and doesn't want to interact with the family.
It's just a good option to have.
As you walk in, you will be approaching
a beautiful king-sized bed
that's going to then have a custom bedhead behind it
that will allow Grafico to do a textural wallpaper
within the actual framing
and that's going to then pick up the tones of the timber
and also the micro-cement that we want to put on the walls.
With Freedom, we requested for what was supposed to be a desk
to actually then be a kitchenette.
And, yeah, we're integrating a little minibar
that will have a fridge underneath the bench and then a sink.
And then we move into the beautiful ensuite.
It will be an extension of our winning main bathroom
from, like, the tiles to the micro-cement.
Same fixtures.
Courtney has allowed me to spend some cash this week.
We're still trying to be smart
and not obviously go, like, 20 grand over,
but, yeah, hopefully create something special
'cause we were a bit frugal last week.
So, over here, what we're going to do is reverse this wall
so the opening will actually go to the far right.
Obviously, have you had sign-off on all of it,
as in, you put the plans in? Yeah.
Yeah, so we've put the plans in to Nine in Six
and they've approved it - they're happy with the idea.
I'm fairly confident that we're the only one
integrating a serviceable kitchenette.
Hopefully it'll pay off for us come Sunday.
This week we want to try and go for the win and the CommBank.
Yeah, yeah. We need the double whammy.
Might try and win...
A ten. ..a challenge as well.
And a ten. That'd be good.
Oh, imagine if you pulled in 40 grand in one week.
Yeah, I'll give it... I'll give it a whirl.
Next... End of the week. Zero.
I've spent 40 grand and made nothing.
That'll be more like it.
(LAUGHS)
INTERVIEWER: How do you feel without your dad on site?
I feel so good without Dad on site, to be quite honest with you.
I feel great, because he's resting, number one.
Number two, he's not "Tayla! Tayla!"
And number three, I love him, that's all.
I feel good because Dad is finally sitting there
with his leg at 45 degrees.
Is that 45?
Yep. That's 45. BOTH: Yeah.
INTERVIEWER: Can you do it without him?
I can do this without him. For a day.
For a day or two.
Unless I've got Spenny. Then I can do it for a couple more days.
Spenny's got it covered.
I feel great.
INTERVIEWER: Alright, Scotty comes in and has a bit of a chat with you
about your budget from last week, Tayla.
SCOTT: Hello. Hi.
How are you, Spence? I'm good, mate.
Alright. Dad doesn't know about it. You shouldn't know about it either.
I was standing next to you.
$49,500 last week in cash. In cash.
What's wrong with you?
The budget was $20,000 for living, dining and terrace.
And I spent 49,950 or something.
$30,000 over.
Pillows and two pots, $349. Cash.
You could have got them from Freedom.
Wow.
There's a wok in here. Where's the wok?
Yeah, I'm taking it back.
I had a wok burner, but they didn't put it in
'cause there wasn't enough room. Freedom have got woks.
I've run out of my Freedom dollars.
I've used every... I'm using cash for Freedom now too.
Bowls, plates and coaster and napkins, $563.
Have you seen the bowls? They're from Japan.
(CASH REGISTER DINGS) There's an oil bottle, a spatula.
It's beautiful. And did that...
That won you the room? Well, no, I thought...
$184. How does this not win?
How did I not win?
Was it worth it, though, Spence?
Seeing my terrace that I created. Literally me.
I didn't build it, but I created it.
And it looks great.
It looks great compared to everyone else's selling point of view.
Whose is going to sell?
You're spending cash when you shouldn't be spending cash.
You've got to really bring it in. I will.
I'm not going to spend it anymore. I don't think you've got much more.
INTERVIEWER: Scotty didn't seem happy, though, did he?
He wasn't mad either. He was just like...
He was making a point. .."Don't do it again."
But secretly, he's like, "I love what you did here."
(BOTH LAUGH)
Spence, your job is also to, as the uncle, to...
Yep. ...obviously help with the build...
Yep. ..but help with the budget.
Stop her spending. Yeah. Stop her spending.
No.
I'm definitely reining in my spending this week.
It's simply just Block Bucks. That's all I'm using.
Plus, I may need to purchase some stone,
but that is worth it.
I'm OK with it. I'm really not worried.
Mmm. Sorry...
INTERVIEWER: Are you worried, Spence?
# Don't worry... # I guess not.
(LAUGHS) # Be happy... #
Why would I be worried? Clearly we're fine.
# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
# Don't worry Be happy now... #
('DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY' PLAYS) (GULL CRIES)
('BABY' BY JUSTIN BIEBER PLAYS)
So, Lando is coming by in the next four minutes or so.
He's on the way to the airport,
so I'm going to give him one last cuddle
and that will be it for Mummy for a little while.
SCOTT: Lisa and Rosco's son Lando has been visiting for the weekend
along with Rosco's parents,
but today they're all flying home to Perth.
INTERVIEWER: How do you feel about saying goodbye?
Um... Yeah, it's hard. It's a little bit hard.
Like, seeing him has been amazing.
It's been heaven on earth.
So I'm really, really grateful.
I feel like it's given me just a bit of a pep-up and a push.
And, you know, we're doing it all for him.
He's my whole world.
So it's obviously hard to say goodbye,
but he's in really good care and really good hands,
so that's all I could ask.
I think he is doing better than we are.
He's, like, with his cousins living his absolute best life.
I don't think he's actually probably thinking about us that much.
Hi!
Hi, my baby!
Oh! Mwah!
The hardest part about saying goodbye
is that, like, we know that...
and, like, he's gonna have, like, growth
and we're missing that.
Knowing we're gonna miss, like, his little smile and his words
and everything...
yeah, that's hard.
He's my little prince.
I can rationalise it in my head and be like, "I'm doing it for him,
"we're doing it for him."
Like, it's such a short part of his life.
He's not going to remember it.
Bye.
But it is hard.
(POWER BALLAD PLAYS)
Is this Lando? Yeah, this is Lando.
Oh, my god! Lando, it's Chantel.
Hi, sweetheart!
Seeing Lisa and Rosco's son Lando definitely makes me a bit sad.
It's Chantel.
He's around the same age as my son is.
Look at you! Oh, my god, I miss my kids, like, so bad.
Far out. Yeah.
Oooh.
it just makes me want to, like, squish my kids.
I wanted to give him a big hug,
but I didn't want to be, like, a little weirdo,
so I, you know... it was just like, "How are you?
"Nice to meet you."
And then went off into the car and cried.
(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS) (CRIES)
And I'm, like, crying in the car.
And then one of the audio chicks came out
and she comes in and she's like,
"Can I please change your bats?"
I mean... Yeah, you can.
WOMAN: Sorry. No worries.
And I get out and she's like, "Do you need a hug?"
(LAUGHS) I'm like, "Yeah, I do. I need a hug." (LAUGHS)
I give really good hugs.
(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS)
(CRIES)
Thank you. Thank you.
It's really hard to see other people's kids, you know.
(CRIES)
You have those moments.
But I always just kind of come back to why I'm here
and it's for them
and I've gone through a lot of hard things in my life
and I always managed to make it through,
so this is just another one of those hard things
that I know I'll make it through.
But, yeah, it's hard sometimes.
(EXHALES)
('MATERIAL GIRL' BY MADONNA PLAYS)
So I'm heading over to Reece.
I've got a consult with them for the ensuite this week.
So we're going to only do one shower this week
and the same shower head and arm ensemble.
We have to bang out the fixtures and fittings that we need.
'Cause we are living in a material world... #
What's the plan?
Well, I want to do all of the same tapware.
Mm-hm.
Definitely keep all of that the same.
I went with the same vanity, bowl, tapware.
I mean, I really like the one we did last week.
Yep. Maybe if we can just do that again.
We knew that we needed to save some money this week.
The goal is presenting rooms to a high standard
and staying under budget.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
Hello, Jolene. Hey.
Fancy seeing you here. How you going?
(LAUGHS) Come... Come here and have a chat with Uncle Scotty. (LAUGHS)
Your budget at Reece is very bad.
You've been spending way too much money.
$8,000 is all you've got left.
Some people have got double that. OK.
Something that is cost-effective, is a fantastic brand...
In fact, it's the number-one-selling brand in Australia from Reece
is the Mizu.
This stuff. OK.
This one, this one, this one. Yep.
There's your different colours. Yep.
It's cost-effective. It's beautiful.
From now on, Mizu is your go. Yeah.
# I want more
# Yeah, yeah, yeah, I want more... #
I went to Beaumont.
Is this the one I used last time? This is Basilica Linen.
It does have a high variation.
I know. That's what gets me. Yeah.
Every week, I'm, like, "I know what tile I want to choose.
"I just want to choose the same tile. Can't I just call them?"
But I changed the tile.
I've done different tiles.
I think I want this.
The Tundra? The Tundra's good.
Because look how it goes with green. Yeah. It's stunning.
You already set? I'm sold.
What about that and that? Yeah.
A lot of energy goes into your consult at Beaumont
and you sit down and you have a whole vision.
I think they pick up nice tones in each other.
Yeah, so do I. I wouldn't have picked that myself.
But, like, you've nailed it.
There's a lot of pressure on how you pick a tile out of a shop
to how that translates to a wall, to then get judged on national TV.
I just don't care that much. (LAUGHS)
# That's just our style. #
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
So we had Travis from Truecore come over today
to design our nib wall for our shower
and Truecore delivers on a Tuesday.
But if I can pick it up myself, we can fix it to the wall today.
Then we're a day ahead of everyone else.
Everyone else is waiting for their Truecore. Ours is done.
We can actually sheet,
whereas they've still got to work on their frame.
SCOTT: But to achieve this,
Wyatt needs the help of his trusty tilers, the Cursio brothers
and their trusty truck.
(HORN BEEPS)
They take a photo just in case you get any speeding fines.
What time he leaves, what time he comes back.
Are you nervous?
Slightly nervous.
Anyway, do a quick... quick sign of the cross.
Far out. Does the seat move back?
That truck is made for Smurfs.
(LAUGHS) It's like the Smurf truck.
Please. Have these crossed at all times.
(LAUGHS) Our little Smurfs.
He's bigger than the truck. I know.
I think he's going to be over the load limit already
without putting anything in the back.
A bit tight. It's made for little people, I think.
Little short people drive this truck, maybe.
Oh, sorry. What?
I beg your pardon!
# Smurfy for this song... #
I feel like every single team wastes at least three-quarters of a Monday.
If you pre-plan, like, Monday's not wasted.
And that's how we're able to always be so far ahead of everyone else.
We could be waterproofing easy tomorrow at this stage.
Waterproofing Tuesday. Coming in hot.
(GULL CRIES)
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
COURTNEY: So, in the guest bedroom and ensuite,
by Monday afternoon, we want to rough in all of the services,
get some plywood flooring nailed down
and just get as much insulation in as we can.
I've got to put three bags of insulation in.
Actually, I've got to put 3.5 bags of insulation in.
MAN: How much have you put in? I've put zero bags in.
Courtney is so striking when she puts on her sperm suit.
Like, I just think every guy around the site
is definitely going to have a look-see at Courtney.
Do I look cute? MAN: You look so cute.
I think I look good.
You do, mate. Yeah.
Alright. Shall we insulate?
(DANCE POP PLAYS)
Man, this... Every week. Every week.
MAN: What do you need? I need some PVC angle.
SCOTT: PVC angle is a building material
that the Blockheads use to cover their Truecore steel frames.
So PVC angle is a hot topic
and I order PVC angle and I order it...
I order enough to do the rooms and it goes into my garage
and then it just grows legs.
So, what I like to do when I run out of things
is go for a look around site and see what's around.
(PLAYFUL MUSIC)
Who's that?
Is that my stuff?
And then Adam calls out...
Hey! (BLEEP).
What are you doing with that? Mine.
No, it's mine.
Is this yours? Yeah.
(BLEEP). Oh.
Why wouldn't you put it in your garage?
We're just... We're just going to get it.
I'm, like, "Where are you going with that?"
"Oh... Oh... Is that yours?"
I said, "That's mine. Give it back here."
Alright, I'll bring it over.
'Cause he reckons it's his.
And he's like, "No, I'm serious, mate."
So I gave it to him. I gave it back to him.
I'll put it in here. Thanks, mate.
(LAUGHS) Jog on.
Alright. We'll keep looking.
(LAUGHS) So close, but yet so far.
Anyway, it wasn't even mine. (LAUGHS)
I knew you were full of (BLEEP).
I needed that. Now you've got it.
You're a (BLEEP). You...
Oh, yeah. Let's all have a good laugh.
Starts pissing himself.
I said, "Mate, you knew it wasn't (BLEEP) yours."
I'll go and get it. Stay out there. I'll bring it out to you.
Oh, I'm not allowed in the house now that you've won?
No. For them. Yeah. Yeah. It's changed.
(LAUGHS) You've changed.
It's not mine. I don't need it.
Do you want some angle, mate? Yeah. Thanks.
Want some plastic angle? Yeah, I'd love some.
There you go, mate. Thanks.
You go hard. Yeah, thanks.
Yeah. Yeah.
(HORN HONKS)
MAN: He's back! He's back!
No scratches? No.
Oh, make sure.
Take care of this baby. No scratches.
I mean, it feels like the wet area weeks are definitely getting easier.
I have a present for you. MAN: Thank you, sir.
I feel like we're so used to the process
that we just kind of roll out of things super easy now.
Chantel, what have you got? I got some lunch.
Lunch? MAN: Oh, lunch!
Lunch! Oh, yes!
But if we were behind, then there's always some McDonald's bribery
and it works like a charm.
SCOTT: In house five, Tayla's new teammate Spence
is keeping things under control.
House five's been a dream today.
It's been really quiet in there, apart from all the tools going off.
But I haven't seen much of Tayla. She's obviously had a busy day.
What did you do today? I was insulating.
You know how you don't insulate? Oh. Mmm, mmm.
So while Spence was insulating today, 'cause I don't insulate,
I have met with Ash Marton.
He's a real estate agent.
He's Ash Marton from Ash Marton Real Estate,
who has contacted me multiple times over the last week.
So you get to finally see my house, actually.
I'm so excited. That's the exciting part.
So when Ash and I first conversated,
he would send me text messages
and every text message would end with a clover.
A four-leaf clover.
Looks exactly like this.
I've got a four-leaf clover tattooed on myself
that I tattooed on myself one week before I got on this show
and it just fits perfectly.
SCOTT: OK, let's just pause for a moment.
Tayla already has a real estate agent.
Back in week three, she locked in Mark from Buxton,
who represented last year's winning team, Britt and Taz.
(APPLAUSE)
Mark Nunn from Buxton...
he wanted me to change my herringbone floorboards.
Look, herringbone's nice.
It's just I think you can get something better
and more luxurious that you'll get a better end product.
It's not going to win you the show.
You've got to change that, I reckon.
Not going to happen. And also he lives in Ballarat.
It just wouldn't work, you know. I don't do long distance.
Fair enough.
I just brought the plan so I could get...
Visualise.
I've got to let Mark Nunn know, but...
Do you know what, I'm not even embarrassed about it
because I didn't vibe with him, so I'm just gonna...
INTERVIEWER: Give him a call? ..just send him a text.
Nah... (LAUGHS) I've got to call.
I know, I'm not good with confrontation.
So, locked in Ash Marton. Like, fully ticked off.
We are in partnership
and will be forever until this house sells for $5 million.
INTERVIEWER: So you broke up from Mark?
Mmm.
(RINGING TONE)
MARK: (ON PHONE) Hello, Tayla. Hi, Mark. How are you?
Yeah, I'm good. How are you? I'm so not good, Mark.
What's wrong?
No, I'm alright. No, but my dad's in hospital.
But he's OK as well.
Long story short...
Mark, I'm gonna have to break up with you.
Are you? (LAUGHS) I have to.
Well, I was getting the vibes that that was the case.
No... You weren't coming back to me.
No, I haven't been coming back to you
because that's how I am and I'm very unorganised,
and I'm just not really good at this job at the moment.
But I will get better.
But, no, I've had someone approach me
and he lives right around the corner
and we both have a four-leaf clover tattooed on ourselves...
(LAUGHS) ..and it's just meant to be.
That was so scary to do that, but I did it.
I'm proud of myself. I'm a grown woman now.
Alright. No, that's cool. There's no issue. But, um...
Yeah, if we're out, we're out.
We've got to stop doing everything we were doing
'cause we're just...we were planning a lot of things for you.
I know you were. I know you were.
We won't invest more time into it if you don't want us to.
Oh, that sounds so sad. I'm really... I'm so sorry.
(LAUGHS) But, yeah, no, please, um...
Onwards and upwards.
You are going to go and you are going to be amazing at...
No, all good.
I literally dumped Mark Nunn,
who was a real estate agent who won The Block last year.
Yeah, right.
And I'm not even worried about it.
Thank you. MARK: (ON PHONE) OK.
Sorry. Bye. Bye.
That's (BLEEP) up.
He's gonna be, like, dagger in the heart.
I'm just thinking of myself as a business...
as a...as a real estate agent,
having one of the biggest TV shows on telly cancel on me...
That's got to suck.
That was actually the scariest break-up I've ever done.
Even, like, divorce.
That was scarier than divorcing my husband.
INTERVIEWER: Have you spoken to your dad about this?
Yeah, totally I've spoke to Dad about this.
What did he think?
"You do you, Tayla," he said.
No, he didn't.
I didn't speak to Dad about it. I just did it.
He doesn't need to be stressed out any more. He needs to rest.
(GULL CRIES)
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
JOLENE: See you.
SCOTT: It's Monday afternoon
and last night's winners, Adam and Jolene,
are leaving site for their Chery getaway.
ADAM: Not quite sure where we're going,
but expecting a nice fancy place.
# I've got two tickets to paradise
# Won't you pack your bags? We'll leave tonight... #
Oh. Oh, wow.
Have a crack at this. This is beautiful.
Driving in to Jackalope, the outside just looked amazing.
That structural piece. That's the jackalope.
Half antelope, half... Hare?
..hare. Yeah.
(RESOUNDING MUSIC PLAYS) Wow.
Oh, it's a bit 'smancy'.
I have never stayed in a place so fancy in my life.
(RESOUNDING MUSIC PLAYS)
Welcome to your Lair suite.
Oh, my... (LAUGHS)
Looked like a house...wasn't it?
And it was moody, but it was really cosy at the same time.
Here is your stunning bathroom.
We have our Japanese deep-soaker tub
and we do have some bath salts there for you as well.
INTERVIEWER: Did you test it?
Yes, we definitely tested it.
Both of you? Yes.
We also have the beautiful balcony behind you here.
Just stunning.
I loved the view.
To look over the vineyards and then down to the dam...
From your bed.
Wow, I could get used to this.
I am really looking forward to dinner tonight.
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
ADAM: Scotty is hanging out at the bar with the robot chick.
She's a bit of a barfly, the old robot chick.
Oh, g'day. Come in.
G'day, mate. Shh. Don't disturb me.
I'm playing for your $10,000. Oh.
Better get it in, Scotty. It's my last ball. Here we go.
Oh!
Oh! Bad luck, Mornine. Well played, Scotty.
There you go. "Well played, Scotty." (LAUGHS)
Oh, we need that 10K more than anything.
Congratulations, Adam and Jolene.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
So we went to have a meal. A doot-doot-doot.
Doot-doot-doot.
You see how flash this is and how much you guys stand out...
(BOTH LAUGH) ..with your high-vis on.
Literally like dog balls on a canary. (LAUGHTER)
Um... I would be lying if I was not petrified about the food.
It looks a little, um... 'FAH-ncy'.
Yeah, I do like my food like my men.
Not much taste. Like, very... Very basic.
(LAUGHS) Very basic.
Stew, you know, curried sausages, things like that.
Bangers and mash, love. Yep.
So, firstly, here we have the cashew nut cream tart.
On top, we've got Pedro Ximenez jelly.
And then on here we have the smoked eel panipuri.
A bit exotic for me.
And I was like, "I bet you there's going to be fish eggs."
Was there? And there was fish eggs.
(MOCK-DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
This is a little black caviar. OK.
So do you put the whole thing in your mouth? OK.
I'm really scared. (LAUGHS)
It crumbles. OK.
(FOOD CRUMBLES) (LAUGHS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
Fish eggs definitely pushed me over the edge.
It's a smoked eel, by the way.
With the caviar on the top.
Mm-hm.
I mean, I'm glad I tried them, but I really had to chew.
(GULP)
How's the share house going? Mmm...
Not everybody cleans up. Oh.
You know when the bin's full, you take it out?
You don't just keep... Stacking on top of it.
..putting stuff on top of the bin lid?
The Youfoodz container just gets stacked on top of one another.
And who are we thinking that is?
Mmm... You can say it.
No-one's here. This is not the share house.
It might be the Youfoodz king himself.
Two. Four. Six. Eight. Ten.
Oh. Old mate. Yep.
Well, someone's got to say something to him.
Do you want me to say something? No, I'll pick it up.
I'll get him. You get him.
I'll get him. (LAUGHS)
TAYLA: Dad, how are you? RICK: A bit sore.
It's going down.
So they didn't drain it? No.
No, I just got stronger dose of antibiotics.
I got to keep it elevated and iced and then...
yeah, hopefully it comes down.
So, poor old Rick comes down to dinner
because he's been in bed all day.
Yeah, we missed him.
Alright. Everyone, get over here.
And Wyatt presented all the houses and we looked through them all
and we gave running commentary on each other's houses.
This is house one, Adam and Jolene. They won.
That's why they're not here with us today.
Chandelier blocks. I hate the chandelier.
They have a big Christian Cole table made of...
They're having no kitchen. They're having no kitchen at all.
SEV: Our Monday night dinners, they're so much fun.
We've grown into, you know, knowing how to live with each other
and being friends
and that's a really nice part of it
that I didn't actually think was going to be a reality.
TAYLA: Guys, I don't understand the sticks on the tables.
I love it. MAN: I love it.
It blocks the TV.
Unfortunately, it's our turn to cook family dinner.
But we cooked nachos.
So we have our infamous nachos that we have every Saturday night.
We got all the ingredients from Aldi, which is awesome.
Everyone's gonna love it.
COURTNEY: Cheers.
Cheers to having Rick back as well.
Well, guys, here's the thing.
Dad... RICK: I've got some news.
Oh, what's the news? I'm going.
You're what? I'm going.
Going where? Home.
How long? Oh, until it gets better.
Oh, Rick!
How long actually is that, Dad? Not sure.
COURTNEY: Poor old Rick.
At first I was like, "Are you ever coming back?"
SEV: Mmm.
But he said he just needs to go home, rest,
get back to good health and then he'll be back with us.
Cheers to Rick.
No, on a serious note, get better, mate.
CONTESTANTS: We love you.
Hopefully he makes a speedy recovery and gets back on site soon.
RICK: Yeah. I got it.
I'm so glad that he's going home. He needs to rest.
Like, just leave work alone.
Give me a hug. See you, babe.
Mwah. Love you. You'll be fine.
Yeah. I've got this, I've got this.
Well... We've got this.
BOTH: We got this.
Bye. Love you. See you.
Call me. Yep.
Or do I call you? I'll call you.
We got this, Dad. Get better. Say it.
Exactly. "Get better, Ricky boy."
Get better, Ricky. Hey, should we swap legs?
Yeah. Let's go.
(BOTH LAUGH)
SCOTT: Tomorrow night... ADAM: My legs hurt so bad.
..the guest suites are taking shape.
Whoo!
I can't even deal right now. What do you mean?
We're gonna win. Some have lofty goals.
We want to hit Waterproof Tuesday.
Waterproof Tuesday! Whoo!
Others are taking charge.
We gotta inso the bathroom,
otherwise we're not getting done today.
Extend that wall too, Lachie.
Everyone starts calling him Bosco.
And... It's cheating.
Like, illegal activities. ..serious allegations...
House two has been cheating this whole fricken thing.
..rock The Block.
What the hell? (WOMAN GASPS)
No, I'm just joking.
Wild.
What a scandal! If that's true, like, fists are gonna fly.
So you won't mind if I do that?