(SEAGULLS SQUAWK)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
♪ It's the big payback
♪ New money don't fall, just stack
♪ All I wanna do is get rich real fast... ♪
SCOTT CAM: This is Hampton,
or as the locals call it, Prampton, because of all the prams.
♪ Lit up
♪ They hear my name and then they get up... ♪
It's a family-friendly bay side suburb of Melbourne
and home to this season of The Block.
So, what's new this year?
Well, first of all, we're making neighbours
in this cute cul-de-sac.
♪ Get up Ahh, ahh, ahhh
♪ Do my thing, huh... ♪
Welcome to Bronte Court.
♪ Know my name now Come on
♪ Nothing can replace this feeling... ♪
♪ Get ready for it
♪ Go... ♪
We've snapped up five very different houses in this quaint little street.
♪ Yeah, this is it... ♪
Our first house sits on the corner block -
a sturdy blond brick home.
♪ This is it... ♪
Next to that is a Federation cottage...
♪ Get ready for it... ♪
..with its Queen Anne style heritage features.
♪ Yeah, this is it... ♪
Jump over a house, and we find a mid-century stunner...
♪ Go... ♪
..with its fabulous '50s facade.
♪ Yeah, this is it... ♪
Right next door is this one.
♪ Go... ♪
Well, I don't know what you'd call this.
Let's go with a blank canvas.
♪ Yeah, this is it. ♪
And last, but certainly not least...
♪ Throw it away in the dirt
♪ Under me, yeah, yeah... ♪
..across the street, sitting on its own is this monster!
♪ I am a giant
♪ Oooh... ♪
It's the only two-storey house on the Block
and sits on more than 900 square metres of prime real estate.
(UPBEAT DANCE BEATS)
And another new thing this year
is we're going somewhere we've never been before -
underground.
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC)
In a first for The Block, and as a special gift to our teams...
..we have dug out these massive basements.
Vast underground caverns
just begging for a luxury fit-out that would suit any family home.
Wine cellar, home theatre - maybe even a COVID bunker.
♪ I'll never let you down... ♪
To take on this massive challenge...
♪ Let them say what they're gonna say... ♪
..are these five brave teams.
We've got three newbies... Yes!
This is when I gotta introduce myself, right?
BOTH: We're from Wangi Wangi.
Lake Macquarie. Lake Macquarie.
OK.
And we're the twins from Sydney. Come on!
..and two returning All Stars.
Boom!
Mitch and Mark from the Oslo series of The Block...
Hi. I'm Mitch. I'm... And...oh, sorry!
..and Ronnie and Georgia from the Elsternwick series.
Oh!
I mean, that was so enthusiastic. Are we good with that?
Are you happy with that?
Oh, and one last thing.
(DRIVING ROCK BEATS)
Something we've never done before.
This year, there are no house plans.
There are no plans.
There are no plans!
Our teams will get the opportunity of a lifetime -
designing and building their whole house...
Do you want me to call Scotty over? Scotty, we need to sort this out!
..creating the home of their dreams...
What kind of channel, like, Channel Nine,
would let these amateurs just rock up and...
That's right. ..build whatever they want?
You can build whatever you want.
If you get it wrong, you are (BLEEP).
And they won't always get it right. Something's wrong.
Jesus! (TIMBER THUDS)
We're building high-end homes. Yep.
This isn't a high-end finish.
They have the choice how big or small the rooms are.
Just a nightmare. You're miles behind.
It's really hard.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
Every little bit of underutilised space
comes at the expense of space elsewhere.
We're not happy at all. We don't know what we're doing.
I'm walking off The Block! I'm done!
You guys are killing me.
Just (BLEEP) rip up the plans and (BLEEP) off, then,
'cause it's just (BLEEP) ridiculous.
SHAYNNA: I hate it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
But sometimes they will get it very right.
♪ I swear the highs ain't high enough
♪ God knows the lows won't let me up
♪ This space in time between you and I
♪ I'll never leave you in the dust... ♪
We got this.
♪ Don't know... ♪
GEORGIA: Oh, my god! It's so good!
♪ Know when... ♪
DARREN: There's so much to love. (ALL CHEER)
SHAYNNA: That is to perfection. (CHEERING)
♪ Don't know... ♪
MAN: We've actually won!
Luxe. NEALE: Sexy!
Not bad for a couple of hillbillies.
We've got a competition here.
♪ You turn my sixes to nines... ♪
NEALE: This has honestly got to be
one of the most beautiful bedrooms I've seen on 11 years of The Block.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Well done!
Welcome to The Block 2021 - Fans Versus Faves.
♪ We're in love, you and I
♪ You turn my sixes to nines... ♪
Time now to meet the fans.
♪ Oh, what a day
♪ I'm on my way... ♪
(LAUGHS) Holy dooley.
(LAUGHS) We got it! Oh, my gosh!
♪ It's a good, good life
♪ Living it right
♪ It's a good, good life and we do what we... ♪
It's overwhelming, but, yeah, we're just so thrilled to be on The Block.
Can't believe it!
♪ What a day, what a day What a day
♪ What a day. ♪
♪ It's a deep cut Crazy rush
♪ To feel like us
♪ Mmm, mmm
♪ To feel like us... ♪
Hi. I'm Kirsty. I'm 32, and a singer-songwriter.
G'day. I'm Jesse. I'm 32 and a music video director.
BOTH: And we're from Wangi Wangi, Lake Macquarie.
(GENTLE GUITAR STRUMMING)
I come from a very musical family.
My mum, my nan, and all my aunties, they all sing,
and they all sing country music.
I'm in the middle of recording a new album right now.
♪ You're someone's best and favourite memory
♪ A song they won't stop playing in their head
♪ You're someone's... ♪
There was never a lot of money at all, growing up.
My parents were always telling me, you know,
if I want more out of life,
that I have to work hard to achieve it.
(BAND PLAYS)
I absolutely love Dolly Parton. She's my biggest inspiration.
♪ Working nine to five
♪ What a way to make a living... ♪
She worked really hard to get where she is now,
and I guess, yeah, that's why I look up to her so much.
I had been doing music videos for Kirst,
just because we couldn't afford to pay anyone else to do it.
So, I said, "You need to get on YouTube and learn how to do it."
So, I just, like, borrowed a mate's camera
and we started doing some pretty dodgy clips for Kirst.
I was the guinea pig, unfortunately. She was the guinea pig.
And it just developed from there.
♪ Cover me in sunshine
♪ Shower me... ♪
We met in primary school,
and then we started high school,
and we were in the same roll call together.
We've been together since we were 16.
We really are each other's best friend.
We're lucky, aren't we? Bloody oath.
Mmm.
This is crazy!
(DRIVING GUITAR RHYTHMS)
You ready? Wait, give me a kiss.
Give me a kiss.
Don't cry, 'cause you're gonna make me cry!
I'm not crying.
(LAUGHS)
(GUITAR RHYTHMS CONTINUE)
Wow! (LAUGHS)
This is amazing! Oh, my gosh.
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC)
MAN: Oh! MAN: We'll just go in.
Alright, game face. Alright, here we go.
I think... Oh, I'm nervous.
Is it left or right?
Hold on. Oh, here we go.
(DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES)
So nervous when we pulled into the street.
Can't believe this is happening. Yeah, so excited.
Feels surreal, you know?
(DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES)
Do you reckon Scotty is a 'Love Island' fan?
Oh, well, he could be a 'Love Island' fan. He could be.
His secret pleasure. Yeah.
Yeah, boys. It's my favourite show.
MAN: Our two new alpha monkeys are swinging right up to the front door.
(DRIVING ROCK RHYTHMS)
Let's hope they keep their bananas to themselves.
Oh, my god. Are they twins?
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC)
♪ I want you and you want me too
♪ I want you and you want me too...
We were on 'Love Island'.
The winners - Anna and Josh.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I, uh... Got a reputation to uphold.
..got a reputation to uphold.
♪ Get your body
♪ Shake it out... ♪
I'm Josh. I'm 27.
I'm kind of working part-time
and I'm doing a Certificate of Mental Health.
I'm Luke, I'm 27, and I'm a synthetic grass installer.
(ELECTRONIC DANCE BEATS)
What made us apply for The Block?
It's always been a family show,
which we've watched with Mum and Dad.
We've always said, "How would we fare doing something like this?"
Yeah, we've got no reno experience,
but we've been around houses our whole lives.
Our parents have been in real estate for 30 years.
$1,000. If not, you're gonna have to walk away from the deal.
Thank you. I would have done it for $2,000.
(LAUGHTER)
I would have done it for $2,000, 'cause we've just won the game now.
Oh, last of the big talkers!
Our dad recently was diagnosed with mesothelioma,
which is an asbestos cancer.
Um...
Yeah, that was, um, around August last year.
It obviously hit the family very hard.
♪ 'Cause you were always there for me when I needed you most... ♪
And he's still going through chemo at the moment,
and he's got a massive fight ahead,
and at the end of the day, he is a massive fan of the show,
and if we could go on and do him proud,
that would make us really happy, yeah.
(STIRRING GUITAR RHYTHMS)
It'll be lively, with those two, that's for sure.
You know, they're very highly competitive.
Always have been, but they've got a great heart,
and I'm sure they'll do a great job.
SPEAKER: They'll do you proud.
Yeah, they will. They'll do me proud.
If we can go on this show and do really well,
and prove that, you know, we can make it out on our own,
I think he would be really proud at the end of the day, yeah.
Two brothers from 'Love Island'.
BOTH: No reno experience.
About to do The Block, yeah.
Yeah. See how that goes. (LAUGHS)
♪ Hey, everybody's gonna have a really good time
♪ We got a crew ready to do whatever's popping tonight, yeah...
Whoo!
KIRSTY: Crikey! Here we go.
Is this another contestant? (LAUGHS)
What is going on around here? Wow!
So, we drive up. It's a cul-de-sac.
There's really nice, family-orientated feels to it.
Perfect Aussie cul-de-sac.
Get the cricket ball, get the bat out.
Have a little hit. Be a great place to live.
♪ Do it, like, what? ♪
Look! There's no house there!
♪ Let's get down Let's get down to business... ♪
Oh! Oh, alright! Oh!
Second storey. They're building a second storey.
♪ One more night to get this
♪ We've had a million... ♪
What's going on? Oh... (LAUGHS)
Oh, here we go. There's two people here already.
♪ Let's get down to business... ♪
How you going, guys? OK. Yay!
Nice to meet you. Welcome to the neighbourhood.
JESSE: How you going, mate? How are you?
Mate, how you going? Luke. Jesse.
JOSH: We go up and we say hello to these country bumpkins.
What were their names?
I can't remember, Lukey.
Am I dry? No, you're fine.
What were their names?
I don't know. We'll have to ask.
We're not good with names. No, I'm terrible with names.
(LAUGHTER)
Are you guys a couple? Brother and sister.
(OPENING TO 'DUELLING BANJOS' PLAYS)
Brother-sister? No, no. (LAUGHS)
Could have fooled us!
I love that they were so polite, they believed me.
Yeah, they believed it. (LAUGHS)
Should have kept it going. I know, yeah.
(DANCE MUSIC PLAYS ON SPEAKERS)
WOMAN: How do you turn it off? MAN: I don't know.
(MUSIC SILENCES) Off.
There you go. Great. That would help.
And the windows up, and off, and I got the jacket...
MAN: Yeah, it's like a little Italiano sauna in there, you know?
I smell like the gnoc - the gnocchi.
('HEART OF GLASS' BY BLONDIE PLAYS)
♪ Yeah, riding high on love's true bluish light
♪ Ooooh, ohhh... ♪
Hi. I'm Tanya.
I'm 39 years old and I'm a make-up artist.
I'm Vito and I'm 44 years of age, and I'm a man of many talents.
BOTH: And we're from Melbourne!
We've been together for 20 years.
And married now... Coming up to 18 years of marriage.
It was the best thing we ever did.
Honestly, getting married young - highly recommend it.
Yeah, you go through everything together.
Yes.
I am a make-up artist in Melbourne.
I often say I don't fit in, I fit out.
(ELECTRONIC DANCE BEATS)
For me, it's, like, you know, beige is a little boring,
and I just live in colour.
♪ He said there ain't no rest for the wicked... ♪
I specialise in window furnishings for the commercial market.
Introduce this into the colour palette,
and then we've got the blockouts for behind also.
He often says, "If you cut me open, I bleed hairdresser."
Mmm. He absolutely loves it.
I love seeing people's reactions when I cut their hair...
Cut their hair and make them feel good.
My friends are gonna be like, "Oh! You look fresh!"
♪ Gucci gang, Gucci gang Gucci gang, Gucci gang
♪ Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang Gucci gang
♪ Gucci gang, Gucci gang Gucci gang, Gucci gang
♪ Gucci gang, Gucci gang... ♪
So, the surname Guccione...
(ITALIAN ACCENT) ..Guccione in Italian -
it's spelled Gucci - G-U-C-C-I - one.
So, a lot of people who knows us calls us 'Gucci gang' -
the Gucci gang fam.
♪ Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang
♪ Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang... ♪
It stuck.
People used to call us that, and then suddenly we were like,
"Yeah, cool, OK."
Oh, you look fresh!
♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na...
Quick! Go, go!
Oh, my god! There it is, there it is!
The Block, The Block, The Block, The Block, The Block!
(SHRIEKS)
♪ Can't keep me down... ♪
(ELECTRONIC DANCE BEATS)
(SHRIEKS) There's other people! What other people?
Yep, pull in there. (LAUGHTER)
She's jumping out of her skin.
Oh, the other contestants? TANYA: Yes!
We're here! Darling, I'm home!
Uh, I saw, like, this purple-haired lady just jump out,
really excited, full of energy.
(SHRIEKS)
I didn't even notice the bloke to begin with
because she was just coming straight at us
a million miles an hour, so excited.
Hi! Hey, guys!
How you going? Hi. Nice to meet you.
I'm Tanya. Luke. Nice to meet you.
How you going. Josh. Hey, mate!
G'day, mate. How are you? Luke, is it?
Luke. Vito.
I saw two good-looking boys. Yeah.
Nice to meet you, Vito. Nice to meet you!
JESSE: Vito, how are you? Good, good.
Hi!
And then I saw, like, you know, cowboy.
Cowgirl.
Cowgirl and cowboy. (LAUGHTER)
They looked like Ken and Barbie version
of the cowgirl and cowboy gag.
Brothers - twins, clearly.
LUKE: Twins. Well guessed.
Got it in one. There you go.
Got it in one. Twins. That's it.
I clocked pretty quickly. I was like, "I know these two."
'Love Island'. Yeah.
You two! That's us, yep.
I knew it! I was like, "I've seen these blokes before.
"I've seen them before!"
You know, she was a big fan of the show and she knew who we were.
JESSE: You've already done a show and that?
Yeah, we were on 'Love Island'. Bang. Got 'em!
Don't hold it against us.
I felt bad we didn't recognise them from 'Love Island'.
(JAUNTY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
Never seen it. Never seen it. Don't hold it against us.
We only watch The Block, so...
The 'Love Island' boys.
There's only three couples.
Yeah, that was the other thing.
Where's the other two couples?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
LUKE: What's going on? Oh, I am...
I have no idea. Yeah.
Yeah, we were all just standing there, waiting.
When's the next people coming in?
Yeah. Like, I know, right? (TANYA LAUGHS)
We were all looking at each other, being, like,
"Where's the fourth couple?"
(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
What do you think? What's going on?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
Where are the other people? Where are the peoples?
Yeah, we wanna get stuck into it.
(ENGINE STARTS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
Oh, far out!
(LAUGHS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
('MAKE WAY FOR THE KING' BY OHANA BAM PLAYS)
♪ They say I run like a king Talk like a king
♪ You can ask around They'll say the same thing
♪ Keep chasing the fame
♪ They don't want the name
♪ But they ain't got what's running through these veins
♪ Make way for the king... ♪
MAN: Oh! Oh, that's Scotty!
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM) Is it really?
♪ We are not the same
♪ We run everything
♪ We are not the same... ♪
What an entrance. What an entrance.
♪ They ain't got what's running through these veins
♪ Make way for the king. ♪
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Scotty!
What is going on?
Well... MAN: Here he is!
..what are you guys doing here?
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM AND LAUGH)
You're early!
(LAUGHTER)
In rolls Scotty, which is awesome, but I was expecting more people.
I'm still expecting more people.
We were a bit starstruck, actually, of Scotty.
Yeah, yeah. He's a handsome-looking lad too.
He is, eh?
What are you doing?
(LAUGHTER)
Best part of The Block's done now. We can go home. Met Scotty.
(DRIVING ROCK MUSIC)
Is there just three of you?
Yeah, we're waiting for the next couple.
Is there anyone coming behind?
I hope so, not just three of us.
We're not competing against you, are we?
We didn't know what was going on. We were expecting someone else.
We still don't know what's going on.
No-one's got any idea.
That's unusual. Are we waiting on someone else?
MAN: There's five houses.
Is there anyone else coming? Are we waiting?
Something's going on. It's not normal.
This has not happened before. This is not usual Block procedure.
Something is cooking on The Block.
Not Scotty's barbecue, though. We haven't seen that yet.
(LAUGHS) No, not Scotty's barbecue. What's going on?
Well, this is very awkward. (LAUGHTER)
There's only three of you. (CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
We'll take two houses. (LAUGHTER)
We'll take two, Scotty.
You know what I always say?
(DRIVING BASS LINE)
You snooze, you lose.
Yes! Yeah.
We're not waiting any longer.
TANYA: I was like, "What do you mean?"
Is this it? Yeah.
That's when it became awkward -
after Scotty announced the fact that there's just us.
I reckon we get this show on the road.
MAN: Let's do it!
Well, there's people watching at home.
We've gotta do something, don't we? We do.
(DRIVING ROCK MUSIC)
So, let's kick it off right now, shall we, gang?
Let's do it! Let's do it! Right now!
Right now? Right now! Let's do it!
Let's kick it off...
..with a House Decider Challenge!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
So, I want you guys to deliver up a bedroom to the judges
for your chance to decide which house you're gonna renovate,
and you can choose any house you want.
One, two, three, four, or five across the road.
I will give you all of the next two days to complete your bedrooms...
Oh, (BLEEP)!
..with a budget of 5,000 bucks.
KIRSTY: $5,000?
Very simple, very generous, I think.
Yep. We can do it.
We've got two days to complete a bedroom with a budget of $5,000.
Yes!
Straight into it.
That's the House Decider. Yes.
Like, whoever wins that decides what house they get.
Yes.
But we haven't seen the houses yet, so...
That's why it's called the House Decider.
Yeah. (LAUGHTER)
As you can see, there's a fair bit going on around here at the moment.
(MACHINERY ROARS)
I wasn't expecting you for a couple of days!
So, there's only really one house that's up to this challenge.
So, you'll all be bunking down together
and building your bedrooms
in this beautifully presented home right here.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
There's probably one more thing I need to tell you...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
..and it's very important.
Here we go.
Your time starts now.
♪ Look at me I'm about to be rich... ♪
(CASH REGISTER CHIMES)
(FLY BUZZES)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
Have you seen this show before?
Because when I say that,
that's your cue to run into the house!
(DRIVING ROCK MUSIC)
Crazy kids!
Coming up...
Trying not to be stressed. I'm stressed.
She fits like a glove!
..training day kicks off.
(DRIVING ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES)
We never, ever imagined it would be this crazy.
And our first room reveals...
♪ Hair toss, check my nails... ♪
Wow!
NEALE: Look at that!
..will leave the judges flabbergasted.
Ohh!
Yeah.
♪ Feeling good as hell... ♪
♪ My heart beats boom, boom, boom
♪ Boom, boom, boom boom, boom, boom
♪ High speed goes zoom, zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom, zoom
♪ Zoom, zoom, zoom
♪ My feet go boom, boom, boom
♪ Walking away from you... ♪
TANYA: Go, go, go, go, go, go!
♪ For you... ♪
So, straight away, Scotty set us to work.
We had a challenge.
So, we had to build a bedroom from scratch, pretty much.
So, that really threw us in the deep end.
♪ I can't wait
♪ Ohh, for nobody... ♪
SCOTT CAM: Before our faves arrive,
training will begin for our three newbie teams.
They have 48 hours, with a budget of $5,000 to impress the judges.
Wow! OK. Go, go, go!
♪ Yeah, a big storm
♪ Is coming, coming, coming... ♪
They have today to find their feet,
with the clock starting on the House Decider Challenge tomorrow morning.
Oh, yeah, it's go time, you know?
We weren't expecting to see Scotty straight away
and then he's rocked up
and thrown that we have to do a room in two days for five grand.
It's a bit rough from Scotty.
I expected more from him, to be honest.
Yeah, a bit disappointed with what he gave us,
but we'll try and make it work.
Well, we'll get it done.
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC)
Here's where our three new teams
will build their House Decider Challenge bedrooms -
right next to each other out the back of House Three.
Oh, yeah.
TANYA: Aha! Purple.
And to do it, they'll need a heap of mighty helpful tools.
We turned the corner and there was a bunch of really cool stuff.
(BOLD DANCE BEATS)
Oh, my gosh! It's Christmas!
Holy (BLEEP)! JESSE: Wow. Wow.
Wow!
This is a very different wardrobe to what I'm used to. (LAUGHS)
I have no idea what these things are.
We're gonna be trading the glitter boots for some, uh...Blundstones!
No, I'm gonna put them on now. VITO: Are they your size?
Yeah, they're my size.
Looks a little bit different. (LAUGHS)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Catch have given us an iPad. Catch...iPad.
Wacky-doo!
Setting us up with a few iPhones.
(UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES)
MAN: So, did you have any ideas
where you were gonna sleep on the first night?
Well, we had no idea.
We...we thought it was gonna probably be rough.
I knew it was gonna be somewhere horrendous.
Vito, I don't know if you're allowed in...oh, my gosh.
Oh, my gosh!
What the heck is that? (LAUGHS)
There is a basement! Ohh, there's a basement!
Oh, wow! (WHISTLES)
Oh, my goodness.
That's something different. That's awesome.
There's never been basements at The Block.
So, that's a bit exciting.
We made our way down the ladder to suss out what is going on.
Is this a tent?
Are we sleeping in a tent?
Yes!
We very quickly realised that we were, um...
We need to sleep in the basement.
Oh, right.
Thought, "This ain't gonna be that bad," 'cause we like camping.
Sonnenberg. It must be a flip-out...
But we haven't ever camped on a concrete floor before.
Oi, guys. Wanna play a few games?
Can't say I've ever slept in a basement
with strangers before, no.
Not that you would remember.
Yeah, not that you'd wanna remember.
(JAUNTY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
(DRIVING GUITAR RHYTHMS)
Deep in the basement, our three newbie teams bunk down for the night
in their tents from Catch.
This is fun! We're going camping.
We are camping. The kids are gonna be jealous.
Have a good night's rest, because tomorrow morning...
It's on. ..it's on like 'Donkey Kong'.
Go, Purple Team. Go, Purple Team.
So, there's still one big underlying question here, and that is...
We don't know who the other two contestants are.
(DRAMATIC ROCK RHYTHMS)
I can't imagine there's all three lots of us doing five houses.
So, there's gotta be someone else coming.
(DRAMATIC ROCK RHYTHMS)
People are coming. There's gonna...there has to be...
People are coming, yeah, but who - that's the big one.
Who is it, now?
(DRAMATIC ROCK RHYTHMS)
Hopefully we find out soon, 'cause, um, the suspense is killing me!
(LAUGHS)
♪ Run for your life... ♪
♪ I've been working for the weekend... ♪
SCOTT CAM: It's House Decider Challenge day on The Block.
Our teams can create any style of bedroom they want,
and it kicks off right now.
You haven't seen a dustpan, by any chance, have you?
They've given us, like, every other tool imaginable but a dustpan.
So, we're the first ones up this morning.
We had the alarm set for 5:30.
But we were awake before that, so... Yeah.
♪ Na, na, na, na Yeah, I've gotta get there... ♪
SPEAKER: Good morning.
Uh, morn... well, the thing that's happening
is that I don't have a bra on.
Film those blokes.
(LAUGHTER)
It was a rough sleep, not gonna lie.
I have to be honest, I was googling "coffee".
(LAUGHTER)
There was lots of snoring and farting.
There was farting, snoring.
(BREAKING WIND)
Someone had a good sleep!
Yeah, someone had a good sleep. It wasn't us, but someone did.
(JAUNTY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
(BREAKING WIND)
I slept like an absolute baby.
We were listening to them snoring and farting.
It was warm down here. It was hot!
Like, really hot. (LAUGHS)
Well, I didn't hear any snoring or farting,
so it's all news to me.
As long as we're sleeping, it's fine.
(LAUGHTER)
(JAUNTY MUSIC CONTINUES)
♪ I feel I can fly
♪ I'm on six, seven, eight Cloud nine... ♪
Two, six.
I've measured out the room width.
We've got two days to complete a bedroom
with a budget of $5,000,
and the best room...
Gets to choose their house.
..gets to decide the home of their choice.
Yeah, we got some cool ideas.
So, we're just waiting for our trades to come,
because I think they can help us make them happen.
Last night, each team locked in trades
to start first thing in the morning.
Oh, hang on, here we go, here we go.
Hello. Luke speaking.
MAN: (PHONE) Mate, I just seen your ad on Hipages. How you going?
Yeah, really well, thanks, mate.
Thanks for getting back to me so soon, mate.
Now the trades have arrived.
Hi!
Craig. We spoke last night. Oh, hey!
I know it's you, 'cause you got the crazy purple hair.
That's me, yeah! I'm jealous, I'm jealous.
I just try to blend in with the crowd, you see.
In comes this, you know, loud, vivacious, boisterous man
charging before me, who was a chippie-slash-builder.
G'day. How are you? Vito. How are you?
Nice to meet you. It's...Jealous?
Uh...who is? Me? I'm jealous?
You got the crazy purple hair.
That's me, yeah. I'm jealous, I'm jealous.
(LAUGHS) I heard 'jealous'.
Well, just the hair, you know. Jealous of my hair.
Ohh, jealous! I heard 'jealous'.
Yeah, I'm excited. Very excited.
Yeah, it gives us a bit of a boost of energy,
now that we know that we...
Can get this ball rolling. Mmm.
Make it happen. Thank you! Thank you!
While Jealous fills Tanya and Vito with lots of energy...
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC)
MAN: Hey. Are you Luke?
..our other teams meet their trades as well.
Nice to meet you, mate. Nice to meet you, mate.
So, this is our space here. This is our space.
I think we've probably got the best room, in my opinion,
just 'cause we've got that external wall there.
We're hoping a window.
First question is, yeah, we want to put a window in here.
So, first day in, we already knew, kind of,
what we wanted to do, design-wise.
We want to do, like, VJ panelling on the roof, if possible.
We have a real sort of Hamptons sort of style,
which is kind of weird, considering we're in Hampton.
I know, yeah. (LAUGHS)
The layout of our bedroom is, when you walk in,
we got a nice window on your left-hand side.
The bed will be up against the back wall.
We're going to have VJ panelling on the roof
and then it comes down into a feature wall,
and then all around the side walls,
we're gonna have decorative, like...
What do you call it - the wall panelling?
Oh, I keep forgetting.
We kept... we just said fancy (BLEEP),
but I think... I think it's called wainscoting.
That sounds like someone I went to school with at Kurri High.
(LAUGHS)
Wayne Scotting, are you here?
Wayne Scotting? Are you here, Wayne Scotting?
"Present!" (LAUGHS)
Nice cornice, obviously.
Winning this challenge is the most important.
Out of all challenges, I think this is probably the most important,
'cause it sets us up for the rest of the game,
the rest of the 12 weeks.
The next thing is we've gotta order stuff ASAP.
This would be the one you'd really wanna win, yeah.
This is our bedroom here. So, this is it.
The twins will build their bedroom
sandwiched between the other two teams.
LUKE: I've got myself a builder, a gyprocker,
and an electrician all here today.
We went to bed confident with our design,
and then obviously, this morning,
we had to figure it all out with our builder.
With no obvious place for a window, Josh and Luke have a plan.
We're gonna get a massive window frame at the front.
Yeah, awesome.
Pretty much across the whole front. Good. Are you guys excited?
Yeah, we're really excited. We'll smash it, man.
Looking at the design of the room, it's north-facing.
So, we thought the best way to get the light in
would be a huge commercial glass panel right at the front,
and I think it'll look absolutely amazing.
I've got that at a really good price, coming in.
Then, behind the bed, for our feature wall,
we're gonna do some cladding, with a shadow up the top,
with an LED light, which will look really nice on the cladding.
Then we'll do, like, some kind of green
on either side of the cladding for the feature wall.
Yeah, good, good, good.
We're not mucking around. We are trying to win this challenge.
We've gone gung-ho.
Go big or go home.
We just hope it pays off.
It's a big risk, big reward.
That's what we're hoping to hit.
Now all three teams are knee-deep in the House Decider Challenge.
They've got a five-grand cash budget and only 46 hours left.
So, they'd best get going.
(ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC)
What's going on at the moment? It's hectic.
Everything's arrived at once - gyprock and timber.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Yeah, it's just hectic. There's (BLEEP) everywhere.
We're starting to build the stud wall between both teams.
When you come across and you set...
And we'll start plastering.
I need to get the plaster set as soon as possible, start drying,
so we can hopefully be painting a bit of it tonight.
So, everyone now has all the materials
to get these bedrooms built.
♪ Go beast mode... ♪
(ELECTRONIC DANCE BEATS)
What's in the truck?
Jason?
But as Luke checks off his invoice,
he notices there's a few more dollar signs on it than he'd planned for.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
I think we had a bit of an overorder with the timber
and a few other items.
When it's been ordered, it stays. No way.
Yeah, unfortunately.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
Yeah, my builder just... we just over...he overordered.
You bloody ordered 600 of them!
Yeah, I had to overorder, man.
Jason was very enthusiastic.
I think he missed the memo
that we have to pay for it out of our budget.
So, he was trying to be safe and order this and order that,
and 100,000 pieces of timber,
and then I get the invoice and my jaw practically dropped.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
As long as we can re-use it.
But for this one, I've got five grand, you know?
Like...I'm down to the dollars, like...
Look, we're getting pretty close to completing our budget.
We've got about $400, $500 left in the tank for tomorrow.
WOMAN: What DID you spend your money on?
I definitely blew out the budget with my window and the battens
and the shadow LEDs.
We didn't realise it would cost us as much as it did.
What a rookie error,
blowing most of your budget on the first day of training.
It's difficult.
(BLEEP), that's (BLEEP),
I don't know, an extra day for me and him in there.
I know.
Trying not to be stressed. I'm stressed. I'm very stressed.
I'm alright.
I'll have a chat with Mitre 10
and see if they'll let me send some stuff back.
We don't need this (BLEEP). A waste of money.
Feeling a little worried. We're in trouble right now.
It's gonna be tight.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
(BLEEP)!
♪ I got a good, good A good feeling
♪ Oooh
♪ Yeah, I'm up on a cloud Ain't coming back down... ♪
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
KIRSTY: As someone that watches The Block at home,
we obviously know that it is crazy,
but we never, ever imagined it would be this crazy.
♪ Yeah, up on a cloud Ain't coming back down... ♪
Like, you sit at home watching and you go,
"Oh, they've got all these tradies, you know, couldn't be that hard,"
but it's just go, go, go, go, go.
♪ Good, good feeling... ♪
SCOTT CAM: The training in full swing, it's time I check in,
meeting up with our window dresser slash jack-of-all-trades.
♪ Nobody
♪ No, no, nobody
♪ Nobody, nobody like you... ♪
Vito! Scott, good morning.
How are you, mate?
Now, mate...hey, can you take your sunnies off, mate, please?
I can't see you in the eyes. I don't know if you're lying to me.
(LAUGHTER)
Tell us about your design. What are you gonna do to win this?
So, just behind you, we're gonna build out the wall
and we're gonna clad the front of it.
Then we've got two ceiling pendants,
and then we've got some nice artwork going on this side of the wall here.
So, no window?
No. No window.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
You know, remember functionality with the judges, right?
Because a bedroom needs a window to let air in.
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
Windows, windows, windows!
It's a bedroom and we didn't even think about a window!
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
Alright, um...
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
MAN: Mate, you're a window guy!
And we've got the blockouts for behind also.
Yes, yes, yes, I am a window... Bit slow on the uptake.
Yeah. Oh, well, you know.
It's...it's day one and there's so much going on.
I reckon if the judges walked in here and didn't see a window,
you'd be marked down immediately.
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
I'm gonna take your advice. I think you should.
I'm gonna take your advice.
Now, I'm gonna give you a tip, mate. Yes, please.
And it's a good one. Yes, please.
I happen to own about 50 or 60 windows.
Right.
Yeah. Do you know where they are? No.
They're everywhere. (LAUGHS)
There's one just over there - look.
(FUNKY MUSIC)
Anything that's left over from an old house, go and get it, mate!
OK.
It's all about improvising on The Block.
Making quick decisions. Are you with me?
Love it. Step over people.
Push them out of the way!
I'm just so grateful that Scotty came about and said,
"Hey, it's a bedroom. Put a window in."
The Block is gonna ramp up tenfold after this is finished.
OK.
You beauty! Thank you for the advice, Scott.
Really appreciate that. Thank you.
OK, window, it is.
(UPBEAT POP RHYTHMS)
As Vito goes hunting for a window,
it's time for the shoppers to head out.
♪ Quit playing games with my heart... ♪
♪ Feel so untouched and I want you so much... ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
♪ I got you Moonlight... ♪
So, I headed off and tried to jam as much in as I could.
So, I headed out to Beacon Lighting and got our light for the room.
Got the display stock, but it's still perfect condition.
So, that's good.
Headed out and got some furniture, got our bedhead.
With key items now bought,
Kirsty and Jesse's Hamptons-style bedroom is coming together,
but she doesn't stop there.
I went to Mitre 10 and got all our paint,
so that we're gonna get stuck into tonight.
♪ I got you... ♪
You've been into it. Bloody hell. Been into it, mate, yeah.
After Luke does a deal with Mitre 10
to return some of their excess timber...
We got back about $300, which, literally, saved us.
Without that, we were done for.
..Josh can now start spending.
♪ Oops, I did it again... ♪
Like, kind of in between, like, a green and blue kind of colour.
Yeah, no, we've come to Mitre 10.
Got the paint.
Yep, beautiful! Thank you.
Josh and Luke hope to use a splash of colour
to accentuate the sleek features of their contemporary bedroom.
I'm happy with our design.
It's just gonna be if we can finish it within the budget,
and ultimately, the judges like it.
So, you never know with them.
♪ Not that innocent... ♪
(ALARM BLARES)
(BLEEP)!
(ALARM BLARES)
♪ Tell me lies Tell me sweet little lies... ♪
TANYA: I don't mind these guys.
They're a little bit more
of that mid-century feel as well, aren't they?
Definitely, yeah.
Our bedroom is a little bit of a mishmash
of old world meets new world.
I would say that that's probably more of a personification of myself.
(JAUNTY ITALIAN RHYTHMS)
My style, I would say, is very eclectic.
I love the '80s.
(JAUNTY MUSIC CONTINUES)
I love... '50s?
..the '50s, I love the '70s.
I love mid-century.
I love bringing some old world into the new world.
This is the bathroom,
where I spent a lot of time during lockdown.
I'm always sort of a little bit, like, on the hunt
to find something that you can't just get from somewhere else,
and mixing genres and mixing eras,
and that might be a disaster!
I'm sure Shaynna's gonna walk in and be like, "What the hell?"
'Cause it's...it's a mix.
Yeah, I am a bit of a... a minestrone.
Minestrone.
(JAUNTY GUITAR RHYTHMS)
Tanya and Vito's minestrone bedroom will have a wide mix of colour,
a dash of oregano,
and best enjoyed with some homemade bread.
Yum, yum!
(UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC)
So, I have got my lighting, I've got my bedding.
I'm excited about the room,
but there is a huge part of me
that is starting to feel a little...a little worried,
because it's not for everyone, is it?
I'm not for everyone.
Like, I often say, and I've said it before,
I don't fit in, I fit out, and that's part of the bedroom vibe.
♪ Got a real good feeling
♪ Right now, right... ♪
Back at the Block...
♪ When I look in your eyes I feel so alive... ♪
..Vito's window hunt is a success, as he's found one that he likes.
VITO: That's the one.
That's what we're gonna do. That's a great size.
When Scotty came along, one of the things he touched on
was, you know, not having a window in the room.
There was an old window on House Four.
♪ Got, got, got Got, got the love in my
♪ Got, got... ♪
I made sure that I didn't breach any rules.
I made sure that I asked around and got given the OK.
Yep! Give the bottom a tap!
We're not thieves. No, absol...
We got kids! We're not thieves. No, absolutely not.
(LAUGHS) Absolutely not.
We'll just bring it in through here.
That window, we've popped it in, upcycled it,
and now we're in the middle of buffing it back
and trying to give it new life.
There you go!
Yep. Right?
I think it's great. I think it looks amazing!
Little bit of old world meets new world, which is my jam.
(GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)
She fits like a glove.
♪ I do it for myself
♪ Ohhh, ahhh
♪ Ohhh, ahhh... ♪
JESSE: Oh, wow! That's awesome, yeah.
Kirsty and Jesse have nabbed themselves a window as well.
Follow me, mate.
We were very lucky to score an awesome window for free on Gumtree.
Beautiful white-framed... It's actually a really good window.
MAN: That's the window sorted.
Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. Nah, too easy. Too easy.
We were cheering... It's gonna go right there.
..because we were wondering,
"How are we gonna make this budget work?"
All our renovations have always been on a shoestring budget.
Always scouring Gumtree and Facebook Marketplace
and sides of the road,
and that's what usually has to go in,
just 'cause we don't have the funds.
You know, when you're growing up... when you grow up poor,
you can't just choose whatever subject you want at school.
You gotta choose the cheapest thing, because...
Look, I was much better off than Kirst,
'cause...like, we were always struggling and battlers,
but, like, Kirst...
Sorry.
It's alright.
I'm just proud of you. (LAUGHS)
You're gonna make me cry, so stop it!
I don't wanna wreck my make-up. (LAUGHS)
I know what we can do with bugger all, you know?
On so little.
So, we can't wait to see what we can achieve
with something like The Block.
You wait. You see us. (LAUGHS)
MAN: Well, have you noticed what other people
have been doing with their windows?
I haven't even taken notice, mate.
We've been just concentrating on our own thing
and I think we're gonna do that most of the time.
I think we've got a pretty clear game plan,
and we'll stick to our guns, and whatever happens, happens.
♪ What are you gonna do when you hit the ground?
♪ Get up, get up, get up, get up Just face it... ♪
Oh, great! Look at that traffic.
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC)
Josh has returned from the shops - not with his $1,500 window, though.
It's nice, but you gotta put it together.
It says you've gotta...ensemble it.
It's something much cheaper - a flat pack wardrobe.
LUKE: We were wanting to get about a big two-metre wardrobe,
but it was just too expensive.
In the end, we had to go for a much smaller wardrobe,
which we're making ourselves.
It can't be that hard, can it?
Yeah, no, I've done a couple of flat packs before.
So, I've got a bit of experience in it.
How many steps? 17.
What about you?
Yeah, no, I've done a flat pack before.
I've just done a desk.
That's probably about as far as my building experience goes, really.
It's not gonna be the most modern of designs, is it?
(LAUGHTER)
But that's what we have.
If I have to put it together and save $300 or so, I'll take that.
WOMAN: 27 minutes later...
Screw the top panel and base panel onto the internal joint
while using the... (BLEEP)!
(JAUNTY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
♪ You should know that I live for nights like this
♪ And I feel alive when I fell on your lip
♪ Got me paralysed with blurry lines... ♪
It's been a long tough day on The Block,
with everyone really getting stuck in.
♪ Nights like this
♪ Like this
♪ Nights like this... ♪
Wacky-doo, guys! Look what you got going on here.
Bloody hell!
Our tradies worked their butts off today,
and Jesse, he absolutely worked his butt off.
When I got back today, he looked like he'd run a marathon.
(INDISTINCT) Well done, boys. Yeah.
Alright, yep, yep, nearly there. Yep. That's it.
This afternoon, we just went like the clappers.
Our plasterer just went nuts.
He was just like an animal.
He was like a man possessed. He was like pow, pow, pow!
The thing just went up! Yeah, he smashed it out.
(UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC)
♪ You just walked on in and took me away... ♪
Last one. We'll get a few screws in. We got about four minutes left.
(ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
(WHISTLES) Tools down! Come on over!
Tools down, eh? Bloody hell.
I've called a pause to our new teams' hard work,
as their training will soon be over...
Howdy! Howdy.
G'day. Scotty.
..and after that, the real game kicks in.
It's so great to see you working really hard on this challenge.
I love it!
(WIND WHISTLES)
Well, let me tell you...
(DRAMATIC ROCK RHYTHMS)
..that this is just the beginning.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
I know you've all been wondering for the last 24 hours
why there are still just three teams here on The Block.
Yep.
Well, I can tell you that
that is not gonna be the case for very much longer.
♪ I think that I should warn you
♪ There's something about to change... ♪
I don't know what's gonna come with these other two couples.
There's obviously... I just don't know what to expect.
The people that are gonna be driving into this quiet little cul-de-sac
at the end of this challenge are going to eat you alive...
(DRAMATIC ROCK RHYTHMS)
♪ Crazy... ♪
..unless...
..you can bring this thing up to the next level
and play the rest of this game
harder than you ever thought you possibly could.
Why are they being held back?
They must be something pretty special.
They're probably experts in the field,
or perhaps even All Stars, who knows?
I'm just your friendly neighbourhood host
popping in with a weather forecast.
(DRAMATIC ROCK RHYTHMS)
There is a storm coming, people.
♪ It's about to get crazy
♪ It's about to go down... ♪
It sounds like this is the beginning of the...
..the beginning of the end kind of thing. (LAUGHS)
This series of The Block is gonna be nothing like you imagined.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
(TYRES SCREECH, ENGINE REVS)
(ELECTRONIC MUSIC BEATS)
(ENGINE REVS)
(ELECTRONIC MUSIC BEATS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
(ELECTRONIC MUSIC BEATS)
When the faves get here, it will get hot...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
..in Hampton.
Good morning. (HORN HONKS)
(MIMICS GUN COCKING) (GUNFIRE)
MITCH: Ronnie and Georgia!
(ELECTRONIC MUSIC BEATS)
You can smell the blood in the air, can't you?
(LAUGHTER)
It'll be love thy neighbour... (KISSES)
Doing a little party tonight.
How big is your deck? (LAUGHTER)
(CHORAL MUSIC SWELLS)
..until this happens.
You had a photo. Whether you looked at it or not, it incriminates you.
It was very condescending.
I want them off my site. I don't want to see them.
They can stay on their site. No, I'm done with them.
They can (BLEEP)!
When you're living it 24-7, it's personal, and it hurts.
The cul-de-sac...
Just about to walk out.
..will crack...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
..and spill out more drama...
A bit of a cheating scandal!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
..than a soap opera.
I just feel so confused.
MAN: I've heard a few bad rumours, actually.
MITCH: What about?
That you guys are gonna do a similar thing to what we're doing.
We're done.
(SIGHS) Hopefully that does not mean bad luck.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
That's the last time I help you boys!
(BLEEP)!
♪ Your cheating heart... ♪
(CHEERING AND WHOOPING)
♪ Will make you... ♪
Why the (BLEEP) are you shaking your head?
Yeah, that was fantastic, Kirsty.
Where did you get your inspiration from?
Gee, I wonder! I wonder!
(BLEEP), Scotty!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
Disgusting, ignorant young piece of filth.
Rude rich snob!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
Do you know what I say?
Don't fight with pigs, 'cause you get dirty and they love it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
How dare you!
Don't you (BLEEP) dare!
(BLEEP)!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
Just leave it as it is... You're not the boss, dude!
..and the judges will penalise you for that!
He's just... (BLEEP)! He's just a dickhead.
And Georgia's the same.
She just loves getting up there and being like...
(GARBLES IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE)
That's all... that's what I hear all day long.
(LAUGHS)
Well, I don't give a (BLEEP).
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
Stop (BLEEP) with us.
Out! See you.
(MURMURS)
Do you want...do you want a moment? Yep.
There you go.
(DOOR CLOSES)
He needs a moment.
(STIRRING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
(CRIES)
(STIRRING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
Crazy kids have got no idea what they're in for.
(BIRDSONG)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
It is definitely, yes, a glamorous life on The Block.
Yeah, so, it was a big night, early start.
So, keen to go again.
This is our masterpiece. This is our wardrobe.
It's looking fantastic, so... (LAUGHTER)
We can't sit here and, you know, feel sorry for ourselves.
We're still learning - this is our first time -
but we will...we will make it work.
The plan is to hit the road and go op-shopping.
Go to the cheap stores, go to Vinnie's.
Fit out a room with $500, $600. Let's do it.
It's still gonna be good, you know? Yeah.
And, like, from previous seasons, they've always said
op-shopping can look really good
if you have the right pieces and you do it smart.
So, we're gonna put that to the test today.
♪ We won't stop, baby
♪ Oh, my god, baby
♪ We won't stop, baby
♪ We won't stop
♪ Oh, my, my, baby... ♪
SCOTT CAM: It's all happening in the House Decider Challenge.
VITO: The pressure is on.
We gotta get these sheets up,
otherwise we're not gonna finish painting tonight.
So, we need to get them on, quick, bang.
Winning this challenge would give us the advantage.
TANYA: Yeah, look, and last year, Jimmy and Tam,
they won the Beach Box Challenge,
they got the house that they wanted, and they won The Block.
So, you know, it does set you up.
♪ I know what you're thinking when the bass starts ringing... ♪
We gotta do, uh... Architraves.
..the architraves, skirting, window in.
Door.
♪ Setting it on fire
♪ And we'll dance until we're dumb in the dark... ♪
Carpet Court's coming. Yay!
You gonna remember all that?
Yeah, she'll be right.
You're a big boy now! A big boy!
(DRIVING ROCK MUSIC)
With all three teams really putting in,
the twins' hero piece, their massive window, has arrived.
LUKE: How heavy is this thing? How heavy is this?
Oh, it's about 60 kilos. 60?
Yeah. Is that all?
Got it?
Big window, huh?
You want us to switch that way?
It's one of the biggest windows I've ever seen for a bedroom.
So, you know, I think the lighting that will come through
is gonna be amazing.
So, I'm really looking forward to getting it in place.
Yep!
I've spent big bucks on it -
close to one fifth of my budget, a bit over that.
Would have I liked it a little bit more cheaper?
Of course, but if you want something grand,
you're gonna have to pay the price for it.
Three, two, one.
Just get the bottom in.
As soon as that window went in, you know,
it goes from your imagination into reality
and then you're, like... (EXHALES) ..big sigh of relief.
It actually looks better than what I even imagined it would.
Great job, man. Thanks, boys.
Oh, it looks bad! Looks perfect, boys. Looks perfect.
Big and ballsy, just like me, I guess, yeah.
(BOLD ELECTRONIC BEATS)
There's no blind. No blind.
Don't need them. Don't need blinds.
I don't want blinds. Don't need them.
Not necessary.
♪ Me, I'm the best, I'm the best I'm better
♪ You spell my name in all capital letters... ♪
With work underway on site,
time for the shoppers to grab last-minute styling
before tomorrow's reveal.
♪ Best, best... ♪
Alright, these guys are taking good care of me. This is great!
Thank you, Freedom!
This is the fun part, the shopping part.
KIRSTY: I know. Seriously!
I feel bad going out shopping and...
(INDISTINCT)
I know. Same! I always feel guilty.
I know. Get to chill out in the car and sing a song.
Yeah! (LAUGHS) I know.
♪ All I see outside is problems
♪ I hope they're mostly gone by June... ♪
With his budget blown,
Josh is enjoying shopping a little less than Tanya and Kirsty.
Alright, just looking for some cheap artwork.
We're at Vinnie's. We're op-shopping today.
We've blown the budget.
So, we're gonna have to play it tight from now on.
We don't have the luxury of going to a nice store
and going to grab some nice stuff.
Is that queen? Queen.
Yep, money-saving tips -
go to nice suburbs when you're visiting op shops,
because you got nice houses, more expensive incomes,
therefore, you're gonna be able to get some leftover goodies
that those people don't want anymore, so, yeah.
We might actually use some of this.
Oh!
For a first challenge, I felt really bad,
Joshie being out there with such a low budget,
and we knew that we were gonna be struggling.
Did OK for what we had.
Josh's money-saving 101 tips.
No, Josh's money-saving tips.
Does it go '101' after tips, or does it go '101' before that?
You know how they go, like, Cooking 101?
Like...Saving Money 101.
Yeah, OK. There we go. (LAUGHS)
(FUNKY DANCE BEATS)
Back at the Block, deliveries keep coming in...
♪ Just watch me fake it, fake it
♪ Oooh, oooh, oooh
♪ Till I make it, make it... ♪
Whoo-hoo!
♪ Just watch me fake it, fake it...
..and the carpet and flooring is going down.
♪ Make it, make it
♪ Oooh, oooh... ♪
TANYA: The flooring, it's actually a Block first.
Went for that beautiful almost, like, looked like concrete,
terrazzo-y sort of style flooring.
VITO: I think everything's going to plan.
The window's looking great.
The cladding is looking amazing and it's all stained up already.
Yeah, so, we're looking pretty good right now.
♪ Ooooh
♪ I'm blinded by the lights
♪ No, I can't sleep until I feel your touch... ♪
Our shoppers have returned to see how their rooms have progressed.
Wow!
OK.
Looks like a bloody bedroom in here.
Yeah, it's all been happening, mate. We've bloody had a go.
Yeah, MATE. (LAUGHS)
Sorry. There's been too many blokes hanging around here.
(JAUNTY PIANO MUSIC)
Oh, boys! That's come up heaps good.
(BLEEP)! LUKE: We're on, man.
Oh, looking real good!
We've got shadow lighting, LED lights,
to give it that real modern, nice effect.
(BLEEP) yeah.
♪ Downtown
♪ You don't want no beef, boy
♪ Know I run... ♪
As the twins are furthest along,
their trades are keen to help out the other two teams,
and Josh and Luke's gyprocker, Blackie,
lends a hand to Kirsty and Jesse.
We had four and we only needed three.
The one we cut is in half.
So, we're gonna have to put a butt joint in, yeah?
Have to join it.
Blackie, he just offered to cut a few pieces of cornice for us,
'cause he could obviously see, you know,
we still had to put our cornice up.
So, he offered to come over and do it,
and of course, we took him up on it.
Still got one.
(FUNKY ROCK RHYTHMS)
Twins' builder Jason is also free,
but he stays and grabs a roller and helps Josh and Luke paint.
Hang on a minute!
(MUSIC SLOWS AND STOPS)
LUKE: By that point, you know, Josh was back,
and we'd all done really well by that stage, all of us.
You know, we absolutely smashed it out.
We worked really, really hard, and then had them...
..I'd already paid them for a couple of extra hours.
So, I was like, "We may as well just start painting,"
and they were more than happy to get on the paintbrushes with us.
Uh, gentlemen, the first rule
of the long-standing, highly held rulebook on The Block is...
..only contestants can paint.
(CHORAL SINGING)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
We've just gotta watch out, eh? 'Cause that's just gotta fall off.
So, you've just gotta push it - keep pushing, um...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
MAN: What's the rule number one on The Block?
OK, rule number one is only contestants can paint.
That's the one job that we have to do, unfortunately,
'cause painting sucks, and I hate painting. (LAUGHS)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
So, unfortunately, I've gotta be the bearer of bad news.
Yeah?
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
What's that?
You know the rules are that only contestants can paint?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
Who told you that?
Well, I mean, that's, like, the number one rule on the show.
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
WOMAN: Kirsty caught your builder painting.
How did that make you feel?
It's not something that Luke and I would usually go and do,
like, go and pull someone up if they're doing the wrong thing.
We don't like... Yeah, nah, we don't...
..really, we don't do the dibber-dobbing thing.
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
I don't wanna be the bad guy or anything,
but you know, everyone's gotta stick to the rules, I guess,
and make it a fair, even playing field, yeah.
It felt as if Kirsty was saying it not, uh, for our sake,
but in her best interest.
I guess Keith and Dan would come along and tell you that,
if they were here, but instead...
Well, if they're not here, maybe you should get your trades
to get you to help paint, while they're not here.
Just get it going. Luke, just leave it.
OK, well...
There's two people in the world -
there's dibber-dobbers or people who just look the other way.
Goody two-shoes (BLEEP)!
Haven't seen that from Kirsty before.
Yeah, we haven't seen that,
but obviously they're competitive, they wanna win.
If that's the way she wants to play it,
we'll remember it, and that's fine.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
You know, it became, you know, a little hypocritical,
because then, obviously,
I'd already pre-paid my plasterer to hang around,
and they've got him working in their room on my budget.
They're using Blackie.
Are they using our plasterer? Yeah, they're using Blackie.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
Go, "Sorry, um, that's our plasterer.'
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
You can't be using other people's tradies without asking.
That's against the...
..there's gotta be something in the rulebook for that.
♪ It's Friday again
♪ Then Saturday, Sunday, what?
♪ It's Friday again
♪ Then Saturday, Sunday, what... ♪
SCOTT CAM: In a tough training exercise,
our three new teams are pushing through the House Decider Challenge.
But battle lines are drawn when the twins are caught by Kirsty
having their builder help them paint.
Kirsty came to us, saying that we can't have our tradies painting.
So, then Kirsty's nicked our trades without asking
and got them plastering.
You wanna do it that way? Yes, please, mate.
That's not allowed!
That's not allowed. We can't have that!
Yeah, snitches don't get rewards, so...
What DO snitches get, then?
(JAUNTY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
Hey, uh, Black...Blackie?
Blackie? Are you helping them out?
Yeah?
Trying to. Yeah, trying to.
Nah.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
As soon as he saw us using his plasterer to cut his cornice,
he was straight over! (LAUGHS)
Kirsty. Sorry.
You gonna fight? (LAUGHS)
No, no, the painting thing's totally cool,
but we obviously paid for our plasterer.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
You can't use him.
Rightio. Can't use you, mate!
Sorry, Blackie. Sorry, Blackie.
Yeah. You're with us, mate. We paid for you, so...
You know, I thought that was pretty out of line, so I had to stop that.
We've already paid for you for the day, so...
I know. It sucks that he was gonna do it for us for free, eh?
But you had to pay him. I know, I know.
I know. That sucks.
It's on me, mate. Come and make yourself useful.
Um, yeah, it was 100% retaliation.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
I guess Luke got a little bit shirty
when I told him about not being able to have your tradies paint,
so I guess he was probably on the prowl,
looking out for things that he could pull us up on.
So, Blackie's not cutting the cornice now.
JESSE: Eh?!
I guess the difference with us was that we weren't breaking any rules.
He offered to come and help out,
whereas them having their tradies paint
is actually breaking the rules, so...
Where's our other... old mate from Hipages,
who come over and offered to help?
Yeah, yeah. Get him.
You know, it's a competition, at the end of the day.
So, um, yeah. Bring it on! (LAUGHS)
♪ No, I ain't scared of you
♪ No, I ain't scared of you... ♪
OK, bend down. Ready?
It's now time for the trades to head off for the day...
Tools down, eh? 6:00! You buggered?
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
..as our teams take on the rest of the work before the reveal tomorrow.
♪ No, I ain't scared of you no more... ♪
The main focus tonight is paint, paint...
Paint, paint, paint.
..paint, paint...
Paint, paint, paint.
..then paint, paint, and paint!
But before all that painting,
there's already a judge on site
to give an update on how each team's challenge room is going.
Yeah, I'd give Vito and Tanya, what - a seven so far?
They've done their back wall themselves.
That's probably where they lose a few marks.
Yeah, Jesse and Kirsty - probably, like, an eight.
You know, they got a decent feature wall.
You know, it's very (BLEEP) them, very country style.
So...to be honest, like, it's not something I would do.
Oh, wow! That is amazing!
Team Josh and Luke are edging it out
with an 8.5 score at the moment.
I know. It's coming together, eh?
It's heaps good. It's coming together.
♪ I only want good vibes around me tonight
♪ No negativity in my life
♪ Just good vibes That's what I like... ♪
I've always been quite creative.
I'm painting walls, she's painting canvasses.
So, today, when we were running a little low on budget,
pulled out some cheap canvasses and I'm gonna paint them up tonight.
It's a little bit of respite for me.
Almost, like, recharges the batteries a bit.
One more artwork.
Smash this out,
and then we'll go back in and start painting, painting - keep painting.
(FUNKY ELECTRIC GUITAR RHYTHMS)
♪ I only want good vibes around me tonight... ♪
(LAUGHTER)
♪ I just made two cups of coffee
♪ But you're not here to drink it now... ♪
MAN: How's it going?
Uh, very exhausted.
Buggered. Tired. Dead.
♪ Oh, I think about who you're thinking about... ♪
I mean, it's all a learning curve, the first challenge.
So, yeah, it's been a bit of fun.
♪ I just made two cups of coffee...
We got the painting done.
Not to what I call satisfactory.
(DRIVING ROCK RHYTHMS)
But we gave it our best.
I think everyone's in the same... same position
at this time of the morning.
It's our first challenge. 48 hours.
You know, it's not...not gonna be perfect.
Now a flat pack, yeah.
I think that's... it's kind of part of the deal,
'cause I got Josh inside, just doing the bed up and stuff.
(LAUGHS) I hope he's doing a good job.
I've never styled a bed in my life.
Now we really gotta focus on styling
and making it look, you know, uber cute.
30 minutes! 30 minutes left!
♪ Oh, whoa, oh, whoa
♪ Bang, bang Bang, bang... ♪
You'd have to be mentally disturbed to enjoy doing this.
(WHIMPERS)
Oi, can you set the books in a nice way?
I want everything I purchased in this room.
(SIGHS) Alright.
(DRIVING ROCK RHYTHMS)
It's been one heck of a ride.
(ROCK RHYTHMS CONTINUE)
Oh, yeah, that's it.
(ROCK RHYTHMS CONTINUE)
(WHISTLES) Tools down!
♪ And I had a dream that someday
♪ I would just fly Fly away... ♪
Far out!
♪ And I always knew I couldn't stay... ♪
Good work, Lukey.
♪ So, I had a dream that I'd just fly away... ♪
Good job.
(GRUNTS)
Oh, you right?
Yeah. Well done, darl. You like it? Good job, darling.
Love you. Love you.
Mmm!
PRODUCER: Are you guys tired?
I've never been this tired before in my life,
and it's only gonna get worse.
Are you excited for your first ever winner announce, coming up shortly?
Absolutely.
We are excited for our first winner announcement...happening soon.
All in the hands of the judges now, yeah.
Yeah, we're quite nervous.
Get out there.
Thanks. Let's go. Thanks, guys.
(LAUGHS)
♪ Oooh, oooh, oooh... ♪
Well, g'day! MAN: G'day, Scotty.
Hey, g'day.
The House Decider Challenge was...
It was a baptism of fire!
Baptism of fire! (LAUGHS)
Well, before I get into the judges' feedback,
I'd like to give you a little bit of feedback of my own.
(EXHALES)
You have all shown me that you deserve your place here on The Block.
Awesome. Well done, team.
And I'm seeing that the next couple of weeks
are gonna be extremely competitive,
especially when that storm rolls into the court...
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM) ..this afternoon.
(LAUGHTER) This afternoon?
Ooooh!
I reckon they're gonna stitch us up a little
and give us a run for our money,
but that's OK, 'cause it must mean we're pretty good, eh?
Eh?
Let's hear from your judges today, which was Shaynna Blaze,
Darren Palmer, and Neale Whitaker.
♪ I want more of that queso
♪ I want more, I want more Give me that... ♪
(FUNKY ELECTRONIC BEATS)
NEALE: It's our first Block cul-de-sac, isn't it?
SHAYNNA: Yep. (LAUGHS)
(POWER TOOLS ROAR)
A hive of activity! (LAUGHS) Wow!
♪ I want more of that queso... ♪
It is unbelievable! Wow!
It doesn't look very liveable right now, does it?
No, there's nothing there.
(FUNKY BEATS CONTINUE)
This is the great Australian dream - in a cul-de-sac.
This is it right here.
I can't wait!
Yeah.
♪ Give me that. ♪
Kirsty and Jesse up first.
First cab off the rank, eh?
Yes.
That challenge was tough.
Full stop. Full stop.
(LAUGHS)
♪ Let me take you to my hometown Show you who I was
♪ Everything it don't have Everything it does... ♪
So, you walk into our room.
The first thing you see is the VJ panelling on the roof.
And it waterfalls down onto the back wall.
Into a feature wall that the bed sits against, and then...
On either wall, there is a decorative, detailed...
Wainscoting. ..wainscoting.
It's really beautiful.
I'm really proud of it, to see what we've created in such a short time,
and hopefully the judges will too.
PRODUCER: So, which is your favourite house?
Which is the one that you're gunning for?
I think, yeah, our favourite house would be house five.
I'm just a little bit scared that, with it being so much bigger...
Yep.
..one, that's gonna be more work,
and, two, if we all have the same budgets...
Yeah, that's...
..we're gonna be renovating a much bigger house.
So, it's a big decision. Big decision.
I have to say, it's never a good start to a room reveal
when you present a room without a door handle.
(JAUNTY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
Didn't, uh, reach for the door handle there.
Oh, no, I didn't, actually! It was a push touch.
You were losing points before they even walked in!
Yes. Yep.
Once inside, however,
the judges thought they had entered a really pretty room.
♪ Thinking you could live without me
♪ Thinking you could... ♪
NEALE: So, this is Kirsty and Jesse.
SHAYNNA: Right!
Apparently Kirsty is a country singer.
Ahh.
I can see a little bit of a country vibe, can't you?
I can see a country B&B. MEN: Yeah!
That's what it feels like.
Shaynna was very impressed to see wainscoting on the walls
in a two-day challenge.
To put that up is incredible, and they're all mitred edges.
(UPBEAT POP RHYTHMS)
You know, there is a level of sophistication here
that I'm surprised to see on day one of the competition,
like the way they've used the sheers at the window over the blind.
I mean, that's very current.
I'm seeing that an awful lot at the moment.
Shaynna agrees that the room does have a very nice style about it.
Oh! Mmm. That's nice.
Their choices, I think, is what's calling out.
The selection of the bedhead, these colours are just gorgeous.
They've gone quite tonal, they've gone texture.
I love the sort of sense of the traditional in here,
but at the same time, it feels fresh and modern,
and I have to say I love this blue!
Yes. I love it! It's a beautiful colour!
Then Darren brought up what he called the elephant in the room.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
The painting's horrible.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
Like, dreadful. Oh, my god.
I mean, really bad.
Yep. Abominable!
Yep. (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS)
Of course, VJ panelling is very tough to paint.
Trying to paint it with a roller... Yeah.
..is literally like pushing something uphill.
I can see they tried to get into all 'V' joints,
but then you just end up with this patchy linework.
(SOMBRE PIANO MUSIC)
But...what we've got within this space
is actually a feeling of luxury.
(UPBEAT MUSIC SWELLS)
I like the scheme, I like the colours, I like the materials.
So, if this is where they naturally wanna be,
I wouldn't fight it too much.
Hamptons, beach - this is what sells off the charts!
Yeah, yeah.
(UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES)
How appropriate for you guys!
Yee-haw! (LAUGHTER)
You know, two of our faves together -
beachy, country style. (LAUGHS)
SHAYNNA: This is a really strong, strong start,
and it sets the bar, always,
of what we're going to see in the other two rooms.
The judges are all looking forward
to seeing what you deliver in the competition.
That's it for you guys.
TANYA: Awesome! That's pretty good!
Good job, guys! (APPLAUSE)
Very good. VITO: Awesome!
The judges just reinforced to us
that we're heading in the right direction, style-wise,
especially for this area.
So, it was amazing to hear that.
♪ Yeah, we are never, ever going home tonight... ♪
SCOTT CAM: Kirsty and Jesse's first-up efforts
impressed the judges.
Time to see how the twins fare
in the all-important House Decider Challenge.
Josh and Luke.
Oh! Oh, come on, Shaynna. Be nice.
(CHILLED ELECTRONIC MUSIC)
Whatever happens,
we're really proud of, you know, what we've got done.
As you walk in, straight away you see
this amazing black aluminium batten feature wall,
and then on the sides, finish off the feature wall,
we have moss green.
Then, on your left, you have just a functionable wardrobe.
When you turn the lights on, you have some amazing LED light,
and a mirror.
You always need a mirror.
I think, together, we came up with a design that worked well.
We really want House Four.
It's actually a pretty big block and it seems like a free build.
Like, it just could be a free-for-all,
which is right up our alley.
It felt like it would suit us for what we're looking to do the best.
Okey-doke, boys.
You got off to a much better start - a door handle.
(LAUGHTER)
Hey! NEALE: Oooh!
Routed hinges. Ohh! Routed? That's pretty amazing!
Wow!
A much higher doorway as well.
Yes. And it's painted.
Wow.
Wait.
Look at that! Look at that.
That is sensational.
Isn't that the whole budget in one hit?
That would be a very, very expensive window, yes.
(ELECTRONIC DANCE BEATS)
Look at all that beautiful northern light.
Mmm.
Clearly a substantial investment,
but a very good one, according to Darren.
Yeah, there we go. That's great news.
TANYA: Well done, boys.
We put a lot of money into the window,
so we're thrilled that the judges liked it.
It kind of puts the nerves at ease
when you hear some good, positive feedback from the judges
straight away, yeah.
But how do you sleep in?
(JAUNTY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
At night, it'd be quite beautiful. Yeah. Mmm.
You'd look out at the stars. It'd be lovely.
In the morning, you get belted right in the face with sunshine.
Absolutely belted, yeah.
Needs a blind, that's for sure.
(JAUNTY MUSIC CONTINUES)
It's great that you thought about bringing the light in,
but in a bedroom, you always have to think about how you keep it out too.
Yep. It's the budget.
Neale liked the room, saying...
This is feeling pretty accomplished in terms of styling to me.
I like this.
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC)
Darren thinks you may have been inspired by the 'Love Island' set!
(LAUGHTER)
All of this LED lighting around the perimeter -
can I just make a leap?
Um, you know, 'Love Island' connection...
Mmm. ..I really...
(GASPS) Ohh!
♪ Yeah, with the bass line... ♪ Yeah.
(BOLD ELECTRONIC BEATS)
I kind of feel like they've been inspired by the set,
because it's a little tacky,
as in, when I say "a little", I mean "a lot".
That's tacky as hell.
(LAUGHTER)
Fair enough.
He thought that was a terrible idea - tacky and gross!
Oh, rough! (LAUGHTER)
Oh, easy!
We're definitely not inspired from the 'Love Island' set.
I thought the LED lights were a great feature,
especially with the raked ceiling.
So, a little disappointed with that feedback.
What he did like is the feature behind the bed.
OK. Brilliant.
That battening, and the black,
and that linear element is really great.
I love how it elongates that wall height.
Yeah, yeah.
I think that's really, really clever.
Shaynna thinks the colour palette is good,
but the pillows are just squashed onto the bed.
I've got to say, maybe, like, you know,
when we get the pillows,
we're going to look how they need to be arranged,
and we're just gonna squash them down...
..and that's where they're gonna stay.
(LAUGHTER)
Got a lot to learn about cushions, boys.
Yeah, that's...
Yeah, we realise that we need to improve on that.
NEALE: But I think they've taken some risks in here.
To me, this room is saying, "We're pretty sophisticated.
"We're contemporary, and we're thinking outside the box."
That's what I'm reading into it.
Darren agrees, but for him, there was an elephant in your room too.
This time, it's the wardrobe.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
There's lots to like... Mmm.
..and then there's that.
You spend a couple of grand on that massive beautiful window
and then, what - 50 bucks on this cabinet?
Yep. Yep.
It's just a tight budget. Yes.
Budget issues, yep. Budget issues.
Darren likes your thinking...
I like the idea of using a piece of cabinetry
that you can buy in a flat pack and put together,
and then attach a desk to the side.
That's really good, Block-appropriate thinking.
It's a little less impactful
because it's kind of a crappy finish.
SHAYNNA: Yep.
And it looks dirty and smudgy and a bit gross.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
Yeah, look, the wardrobe got some harsh criticism.
We'll take that on the chin.
It was cheap, and that's all we could afford, so...
Can you hold that thought right there?
I just wanna see something. (FOOTSTEPS THUD)
Where are you going?
(JAUNTY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
What are you doing?
(JAUNTY MUSIC CONTINUES)
Yeah, we were the only people with a wardrobe.
At least we had a wardrobe!
Yeah, I mean... I knew it!
How can you have a finished bedroom without a wardrobe?
It doesn't make sense? Well, they...
You need a wardrobe.
Well, if they wanna do that for the remainder of the next three months,
that's on them.
It didn't really make sense to me.
I thought any wardrobe is better than no wardrobe.
That's...well, it doesn't matter. Yeah.
You do have a fan in Neale, however.
He thinks you're showing you do have what it takes to do The Block.
OK. That's good news, yeah.
You know, this is so early on,
and obviously they haven't found their stride,
but I feel like they're presenting me
with a little snapshot of things they like...
SHAYNNA: Yeah.
..plus things that they feel they ought to have in here,
but seriously, the bones of what they've given me, I really like.
That's good from Neale. We'll take that.
Yep.
They liked our ideas.
They could see potential in us. Yeah.
We'll take that on board.
We'll make the necessary adjustments going into next week.
♪ It goes around the world La, la, la, la, la
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la... ♪
SCOTT CAM: Our three newbie teams
have completed the House Decider Challenge.
The judges have seen two rooms.
We still have one more room to judge.
(LAUGHTER)
Tanya and Vito.
(LAUGHS) Oh, gosh. Hello.
♪ I'm a lonely heart
♪ Oooh, oooh, oooh Oooh, oooh... ♪
My aesthetic that I went for is colourful but classy.
♪ Oooh, oooh, ooooh... ♪
I hope that they can pick up that there's a story in that room
and a little bit of Tanya and Vito.
Before I had even looked at the other houses,
I was pretty sure that my mind was set still on House Three.
That frontage is gold. That's my jam.
Colourful door, colourful people, like the Gucci gang!
(LAUGHS)
Walking in through your door today,
the judges found more routed hinges, another door handle, and a tall door.
Good work, good start.
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC)
Shaynna initially thought there was a lot to love in this room.
I do like their colour palette.
As much as you liked the boys next door,
I love the colour palette here more.
So, you know, having the lavender and the plum
and the salmon and the peach.
I love that moulding all the way across.
I think that's actually beautiful.
I love a grand bedhead that goes the full width of a room.
NEALE: Mm-hm.
I'm glad that Shaynna thinks she felt something, and that's good.
We want...we want, you know... That's what we're about.
Yeah.
"Hope you love our upcycled little window."
Very clever move, pulling the window out of House Four,
and a good window too.
You're welcome! Thanks, Scotty!
Thank you, Scotty! (LAUGHS)
It was bloody worth it.
All that effort ripping that window out of House Four,
that was worth it.
But...Neale wasn't loving it.
I am struggling to see anything I like in here.
I hate that dressing table! It's horrible!
This is not grabbing me.
With the exception of the terrazzo floor, which I do like...
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
..to me, this is feeling like a real mishmash.
It's, like, where the hell do I look first?
OK. It's tough.
Yep.
Look, that was hard to hear,
but at the same time, we're not trying to be generic on The Block.
We want to have a house that stands out.
Shaynna thinks it has oodles of personality...
(LAUGHS)
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC)
You know, we have a vignette there, we have a colour, we have a splash.
We stay positive. We have our cushions this way.
We have this that way. We have the artwork.
Personality, personality, personality!
..but lacks cohesion.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
For Shaynna, it's over styled.
You clearly have your own individual style,
and she's fine with that,
but her tip is to remember you are in a real estate competition...
Right.
..to appeal to Hampton buyers.
So, you need to make sure your house does that.
Yep. Great advice.
I probably need to start thinking about what other people want.
None of the rooms today were perfect.
None of them were even challenge perfect.
All would be marked "room for improvement".
Yep.
Definitely. Yeah.
OK, so, who did best and who is the rest?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
Coming in third place...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
..is Tanya and Vito.
We'll take that. Thank you.
Take that. Thank you.
So, it's down to you two.
Mmm.
(WHISPERS) Come on.
The winners of the House Decider Challenge today are...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
..Kirsty and Jesse.
Yes! Well done, guys!
(APPLAUSE)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
KIRSTY AND JESSE: We won! Whoo-hoo!
Yeah! You like that, baby?
(LAUGHTER)
Idiot. (LAUGHS)
Wow! Kirsty and Jesse, congratulations!
Off to a flying start on The Block.
You now have a crucial decision to make.
(LAUGHS) I know.
It's a massive step, having won the first challenge,
getting to choose our dream house.
The couple that won this challenge last year
got the first choice of house and then went on to win The Block.
So, no pressure, really.
(LAUGHTER) Just a bit.
Eh? (LAUGHTER)
It's gonna be a big decision, isn't it?
Yeah. It's gonna be very important.
In fact, it's probably the most important decision you've ever made.
It is.
Because it's crucial that you get the winning house.
It's crucial that you get the house you want.
So, what is it going to be... (ENGINE REVS)
Oh, my goodness.
♪ I'm coming home To another level... ♪
(DRIVING ROCK RHYTHMS)
(ENGINE ROARS)
♪ To another level... ♪
Uh, this Mustang comes around the corner.
We were all looking, going, "Who is it? Who is it? Who is it?"
(ENGINE REVS)
Started to (BLEEP) our pants a bit.
We're really in big trouble now, aren't we? (LAUGHS)
JESSE: Who we got here?
What have we got here?
Far out!
Wow!
Business is picking up. Yeah. (LAUGHS)
♪ To another level.. ♪
This week... Are you ready?
(ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC)
..enter our most outrageous...
Good morning. Hi. (HORN HONKS)
..highly skilled...
RONNIE: Scotty, Scotty, Scotty. Drop the mic.
..All Star faves.
PRODUCER: Any trepidation about coming back?
What does 'trepidation' mean?
You can smell the blood in the air, can't you?
(LAUGHTER)
It might be a bit of them...
BOTH: And us.
And I know what camp I wanna be in.
The faves...
G'day, Ronnie. Good to see you cleaning up, as usual, mate.
..show the fans how it's done...
You guys are killing me.
We got this.
..except for the no floorplans part.
Can I, like, tap out now and just be like, "I'm out"?
I'm out! DAN: It's day two, mate!
For the first time, our contestants get to design their own houses
from the slab up.
Yeah. What's Channel Nine thinking?
There are no plans!
Not only is there no plans...
We've had some drama already. I'm sure you're up to date.
..there's also no love thy neighbour.
I'm off Kirsty and Jesse.
I want them off my site. I don't want to see them.
So, she's the mean girl.
Let the games begin.
(LAUGHTER)
Who goes missing before our first room reveal?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
Drama!
I'm actually getting a bit worried. This has never happened.
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Where are they?
I've made it to The Block 2021,
and I tell you what, my head's spinning.
(SOBS)