('80s SYNTH-POP PLAYS)
SCOTT CAM: OK.
Normally we would start the show with wake-ups, but not today.
Today is the 38th anniversary of an iconic Oz flick.
I'll give you ten seconds to name it.
Go for it, Ron Dog.
(DYNAMIC '80s MUSIC PLAYS)
For all you kids under 50, google it.
Meanwhile, onto the show.
Previously on The Block,
while the all-stars got on with guest bedrooms...
I found my bed.
Doing it the second time around, it feels very familiar.
You know where the stores are.
You know what to ask... what questions to ask.
..the new kids were busy making rookie mistakes.
There's no scaffold, there's nothing.
No-one's wearing harnesses...
We're building high-end homes. Yep.
This isn't a high-end finish.
It was enough to make anyone crack under the pressure.
Stop taking it personally. Protect your heart.
Seriously.
Tonight, with four days till room reveal, things are warming up.
You know, it's just ridiculous.
Ronnie already thinks he's onto a winner.
KEITH: I reckon I'd buy that for about ten bucks.
I bet you I can sell that for 500 bucks-plus.
Money, money, money, money... GEORGIA: Classic wog, mate.
The boys are willing to put everything on the line.
We've had to spend more than we wanted for this week.
We need a win. You know, we desperately need a win.
Everything is absolutely drenched.
Everything is soaked.
There's no adequate sleeping arrangements here.
And some misinformation rocks the block.
Oh, my god.
I heard a bit of builders' gossip
about two minutes before they rocked up...
Oh, my god.
OK. OK. We're taking our joyous Mardi Gras elsewhere.
Let's go. Let's go. I'm not happy.
I'm just not up for that sort of BS.
(THUNDER CRACKS)
Here. McCafe time.
Oh. Yes.
It's guest bedroom week...
Started about an hour ago.
..and with just four days to room reveal,
the differences between the all-stars and the new kids on the block...
You can have a sleep in, Joshy. Thank you.
..is becoming ever-apparent.
Just give it a bit of a stretch.
In your 40s, you've got to stretch, you know.
We'll do the wall panelling and the fancy stuff on the walls.
Must, must, must, must, must, must paint today.
And why is painting today so important?
Well, because I'm (BLEEP) at it, that's why,
so I need all the time I can get. (LAUGHS)
While the newbies are up bright and early
TALKING about what they need to do today,
the all-stars are up early DOING what they need to do today.
We did the first coat last night and just thought,
"Well, just let it dry and get up early and do a second coat."
Just sanding the ceiling. It's a lot of work.
No-one else is gonna do it for me.
This is pretty standard for us at home.
Ron always gets up at, like, 4:30 and I get up about 6:30.
Josh and Luke are up early for a different reason.
Tanya and Vito gave us our eviction notice...
Eviction notice...
..that we're due out of the room this morning.
After enjoying the hospitality of Tanya and Vito
since the room decider challenge,
their neighbours now need that room to deliver this week's guest bedroom.
They've been very kind to let us stay in that room.
It's been a comfortable stay
and we're happy to abide by what they want.
I'm moving out. I'm moving into my dungeon.
Yeah, I'm sad to see them go. Maybe they could sleep in our bed.
(LAUGHS)
# You can dream on Dream on, baby
# Dream on, baby
# Dream on...
# Dream on, babe. #
In house one, all-stars Ronnie and Georgia are forging ahead.
RONNIE: Alright. I'm gonna get started.
Ronnie and Georgia's guest bedroom
will feature a stunningly high raked ceiling with four Velux skylights.
A feature wall of soft pink Grafico wallpaper
helps the room's coastal feel.
Opposite will be a massive wall-to-wall Kinsman wardrobe
with an oak inset and Caesarstone benchtop.
And having a previous season under their belt
means they don't waste time waiting for plaster to dry.
We've got the heating on the plaster so that's drying,
so we can't really all get in there, so we're out the front demoing.
So it's sort of been
a little bit of thinking and planning ahead, right?
The reason why we're not keeping this amazing, beautiful salmon brick
which was laid probably in the '50s and '60s...
I mean, great product but it's not going with the sketch
that we were given yesterday from our architect Julian Brenchley.
Julian's sketch is of the outside of the house
but it's up to the teams to do what they want inside.
So it's got to go.
Out with the old, in with the new. In with the new. Oh, yeah.
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Just keeping a safe distance.
You know, very conscious about that
and I'll just be in my office, doing a few admin things.
Doing a good job, though.
Good job, Ron! Keep it up!
Adrian, the safety guy, he's really about the safety
and wants this all blocked off, so we thought,
"Why not just make a nice little sign?"
And we thought, "Yeah, that'll be alright.
"That'll keep everyone out, keep everyone safe
"and just let everyone know to have a good day."
I'm...I'm amazed
someone's actually taken the effort to do this, you know.
It's not common.
(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYS)
(RECORD PLAYER JUMPS AND SCRATCHES) (MUSIC WARPS)
(BLEEP) hell!
Almost been decapitated from the (BLEEP) safety line.
(WOMAN LAUGHS) Safety first!
We're having so much fun.
Busy day on the block when you're filming me come home.
I hope the judges, when they walk in,
knowing that it's Mitch and Mark doing that house,
are a bit shocked
and shocked by it's so different from what we did last time.
And different it is.
Mitch and Mark have dumped their bold colours
for a subdued palette of soft pink, skylights,
floor-to-ceiling sheers and pink wallpaper,
combined with a pink wardrobe...
and small business nook will complete the room.
The features for us,
this is the first time that that colour has been used by Kinsman.
It's new.
And I think that, together with the wood...
And it's a really soft look.
I do hope the judges appreciate the courage of the blush pink.
Which is unusual for us. We normally do bold colours.
We're gonna have full sheer drapes down here. So I think it...
And the Grafico, it's gonna be like sleeping in a cloud.
Whilst this is so different,
there's still that sense of fun that we have
and a bit of courage in the colour that's being used.
It's just the palette is very subtle.
And Mitch has chosen things that I would never have thought
and it just works.
Oh, wow.
That looks amazing.
Yeah, I think it actually tells them that we're not a one-trick pony.
We actually know about styling a house with purpose,
as opposed to just doing one style with it.
Perfect.
Very nice indeed.
Across the road in the biggest house on the block,
Kirsty and Jesse already have a cause for celebration.
WOMAN: It's Paulie's birthday! It was Paulie's birthday!
# We're gonna party like it's your birthday... #
Birthday cake on the run. # It's your birthday... #
Kirsty went down and got him a little cake and a party hat.
It was actually a big cake. A big cake. Yeah. (LAUGHS)
Don't go too fast. I can't walk fast with these.
You shouldn't have.
KIRSTY AND JESSE: # Happy birthday to you... #
(LAUGHS) Thanks, mate.
# Happy birthday, dear Paulie... #
Thank you very much. Thank you very much.
# Happy birthday to you. # (LAUGHS)
COVID... COVID-safe. COVID-safe. Hey!
Happy birthday! Thank you, guys.
Thank you so much. Thanks, mate. Thank you so much.
So we couldn't let his birthday go unnoticed.
Everyone loves a cake on their birthday.
So, hint, hint, 'cause it's mine very soon.
Oh, yes. Yes, I'll have to... "Oh, that's right.
"I've gotta do something for your birthday. Oh, right."
I'll set an alarm. (LAUGHS)
Never too early for cake.
Breakfast cake. Thanks.
(LAUGHS) Mm-mm.
You don't even eat cake. It doesn't matter.
It's the principle, mate. I want to blow out some candles.
I don't think I've ever worked with such nice people.
But don't tell Matt and Elise that. (LAUGHS)
Over in house three,
Tanya and Vito are dealing with a classic Block stress - missing tools.
Hey, Vit, do you know where the battery case was?
I've got nothing in my toolbox kit.
Yeah. Our batteries are missing. No sanders, no batteries.
You know, I need someone to say, "Hey, guys, here's a checklist."
Yeah. "Check it off."
That's what I'm saying. We're missing all of our batteries.
We're missing a lot of stuff. You know, it's just ridiculous.
I've got no batteries. I'm done.
I'm done. I've got no batteries. I sprayed all me tools purple.
I got told from day one that there was gonna be a checklist.
(HAMMERING)
I've got no check...checklist.
So, how do I know what's missing? How do I know what's what?
I'm just venting and expressing how I'm feeling.
Someone needs to come over and just give us a checklist.
I know. And get batteries. That's all I'm after.
I'm after a checklist.
That's all I'm after.
I work well on checklists and I haven't got a checklist
and I work well on plans and I don't have a plan,
so it's just getting really overwhelming at the moment.
No batteries? Yeah.
All I know is that from 12 we have zero.
Yeah, well, I'll keep a lookout for them.
Thank you. It'll be pretty easy.
They're all labelled like that, I take it?
Yeah, most of them. Yeah. Yep. That's all you can do...
Do you know what, Keith,
the whole case is missing and the case was sprayed.
But are we gonna spray every individual battery?
Well, I'll tell you now, the chances are...
The chances are you aren't gonna get them back.
Right. So, develop a good lock-up.
Yep.
The power tools is not an issue. It's just...
No. It's the batteries. Yeah.
I got... Like, that's our... That's our...
I got Stanley knives, I've got no blades.
I'm just, you know... It's the...
This is the Makita one that had the batteries on it charging.
You know, what about a sander? I haven't even got one sander.
But, you know, hello, we're on The Block.
We need power tools. We need batteries.
Anyway,
I'm gonna go check with Kirsty and Jesse and see,
even though I've asked them already.
It's Thursday and they've been missing since last week.
Coming up, things aren't getting any easier for Vito...
I'm just struggling with that confidence area.
..while Josh and Luke have their own struggles.
Pretty much spent close to the entire budget
to try and win ten grand.
So I'm starting to stress about money.
And as they say, more money, more problems.
I'll just bought it on Facebook. No. How much did this cost?
I would've spent that money on probably wages or labour this week.
(THUNDER CRASHES)
Welcome back to 'the sac'.
The cul-de-sac has five houses
pushing towards their very first room removal.
But with less than four days until guest bedroom delivery,
Ronnie in house one is more focused on the demo of his front facade.
So, during demo today,
we came across the window we had in our front yard.
Now, this was a steel window.
I mean, original, probably from the '40s, '50s.
And I'm thinking to myself... I looked at it and I was, like,
"I might be able to get a couple of bucks for this."
I'll just take some photos of it. Keep on doing it.
So, what we've decided to do to save some money
is to salvage the front window.
So, steel windows are worth a fortune.
If I was to get that made up from a steel manufacturer today,
he would charge anywhere between $5,000-$6,000 for that.
We're gonna take the window out in one piece,
store it and then sell it.
Sell it? Sell it.
What do you reckon? Facebook Marketplace.
I don't know, 400, 500 bucks. Oh...
Trust me, I'm a wog.
George, we're selling the window.
How are you gonna sell it, mate?
I'm gonna sell it, 500 or 600 bucks.
I reckon I'd buy that for about ten bucks.
I bet you I can sell that for 500 bucks-plus.
Mmm.
# Money, money, money, money... # Classic wog, mate.
I bet you a round of golf. Oh, Ronnie, here we go...
At your club. And dinner.
How about we get 200 and we just go out for dinner?
Hey, hey... Whoa, whoa, whoa... Whoa. George...
George, you're coming to the party late, mate. Step away.
This is a drone.
Get the bottom of that one... Hang on.
He just buys (BLEEP) and brings it home and I get angry.
Like, random stuff, like a drone.
'Cause I know how much steel windows cost.
In Perth, that window, to get manufactured today,
$4,000 or $5,000, all day long.
I had an epiphany. Oh.
I remember speaking with Dan yesterday.
Oh. Dan the foreman.
Yeah? He's building a house in Melbourne.
Oh. OK.
And I'm thinking, "He's gonna need windows
"and maybe, you know, steel windows is definitely what he might want,"
so, what I might do, I might actually speak with Danny.
Check this out, mate. I mean, look at this.
All original, made in Sydney.
Look at that. Oh, right.
Alright. That's intact.
So, this is, like, 70 years old. It's antique.
Back in Western Australia, we have nothing like this.
So, I tell you what, I started off at 999.
I offered 750. Let's do it for 725.
We'll call it a deal and then I'll help you load it on the truck.
Ronnie, if you gave it to me for free,
I probably still wouldn't take it, mate.
But good luck selling it. For free! For free!
(LAUGHS) Mate... This kid's been drinking.
For free?
I am gonna sell that window even if it kills me.
It'll be in the Bingo bin within two or three weeks.
While Ronnie is now practically selling door-to-door,
up the street in house three, Vito is busy with a door of his own.
Yeah, yeah. So far, it's coming...
The room is coming together as... as I imagined so far.
And so far, the plan is to continue the oak floorboards up the wall
to create a bedhead with a terrazzo stone shelf.
Artwork, bedside tables and a palette of mustard, green and mauve
will give the room a very distinct look.
Yeah, if you have an early win, it gives you a boost of confidence,
because to tell you the truth, there's been no...
There's been no confidence, you know.
I definitely haven't felt confident this week at all
due to all the logistics, you know.
It's week one, so I just don't...
Yeah, I'm just struggling with that confidence area.
Gee, I'm doing a (BLEEP) job here.
I'm doing such a (BLEEP) job here.
This is... This is really bad.
I'm gonna have to get a rag here.
I can't do that and speak at the same time.
Let's start that again.
Yeah, let's start that again.
You know what, I think I'll just talk to you guys
while I'm not painting.
I think it's better.
If I had have known I would've been on The Block,
maybe I would've taken a couple of lessons, huh?
While Vito comes to terms with the fact
that he's missing the one and only skill required for The Block,
across the road in house five,
Kirsty and Jesse are developing a few skills of their own.
Our guest bedroom is going to be
kind of like a second master, really.
That's because this bedroom is massive.
And it's the biggest bedroom this week,
featuring wainscoting on the walls and a giant walk-in robe.
And we've also got a really awesome...
What do you call it? A high bay... A highlight window?
Highlight bay... Highlight window...
Oh... Velux skylight. No, I'm talking about the window.
Stuffed that one up, didn't we? (LAUGHS)
We have an awesome highlight window.
A highlight window is a single window
that runs the length of the guest bedroom.
Finished windows are not cheap.
They usually take up a good portion of room budgets,
so a window this big is a budget killer.
And as Kirsty and Jesse are the Block's budget-savvy couple...
All our renovations have always been on a shoestring budget.
I know what we can do with bugger-all.
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)
So, with that in mind, they are building their own custom window.
We've got the wood-framed window that our builders made from scratch.
Yeah, we stayed up pretty late last night.
We had to get the window frame painted
'cause the glass was going in for that today.
Let's just take our time. Alright.
One of the main jobs this morning was getting that window in.
Beautiful. It's like a glove. Good job, guys.
Well done. Well done. Eh?
And that's how you budget build.
Budget build. Yeah. (LAUGHS)
Probably total material, everything, 300 bucks.
Plus...
It's probably worth 1,200...
Yeah. Yeah. Legends.
Good job, guys.
WOMAN: You two are thrifty, aren't you?
Oh, thrifty little buggers. (LAUGHS)
# I want you and you want me too... #
It's all going to plan. We're doing very good.
We've already got the bifolds in yesterday.
The boys from Kinsman are in today putting in our wardrobe
and we should have this painted tonight.
We're putting in quite a lot into this room.
We've got panelled walls, bifolds.
We're making alterations to the wardrobe.
So I'm starting to stress about money.
A luxe feel is expensive,
so are bifold doors and a custom velvet-panelled feature wall.
However, it's the unique clear glass-fronted wardrobe
that will make or break this room.
Either way, it all adds up to an expensive guest bedroom.
We could've either saved five grand
or pretty much spent close to the entire budget
to try and win ten grand,
so that's what we've gone and done.
This week, the Blockheads have $21,000
to spend on their guest bedrooms.
Yeah, look, we've had to spend more than we wanted this week,
so we are going for the win.
Money, to us, is very important
with what we're looking to do later down the track.
We definitely put quite a bit of cash in, especially for the bifolds.
The velvet panelling wall is not cheap either.
We need a win, you know. We desperately need a win.
(THUNDER CRACKS)
This season, the teams are navigating a Block first.
They have been given the gift of free rein,
because this year the teams have no floor plans.
They can design the exact house they want, as long as it has the basics -
three beds, living, dining and somewhere to wash your bits.
All they have is a house footprint. The rest is up to them.
So, despite being guest bedroom week,
everyone is busy trying to finalise the house floor plans.
That's a living area and that's a living area.
So they've just left me with no room for a fourth bedroom.
MAN: You took Nicole Jacobs on a tour.
Oh!
NICOLE: So good to see you! You look amazing.
You know, if anyone knows Hampton and Bronte Court better than Nicole,
I don't know who that is.
You know, she lived there, she brokered the deal,
she sold all the houses...
We walked her through our home, our floor plan, you know,
quizzed her on her thoughts and her ideas.
She knows the audience, she knows who wants to buy.
She thought it was really important to have a fourth bedroom.
I think you've got to make sure that that study connects to the house.
Yeah. It's internal. Yeah.
Because then it, you know, becomes a fourth bedroom.
Nicole really just emphasised the fact
that you needed a fourth bedroom.
Is it... This is... This is...
Take a breath.
And then, you know what I did?
I was, like, "Nic, let's go for a little walk down the street
"because I want people to see that I've got you here."
# Super blue... # Oooh.
Hello, house! Hello, house!
But I was, like, "Dammit..." Then everyone started talking to her.
Josh, this is Nicole Jacobs. How you going? Nice to meet you.
Lovely to meet you. Nice to meet you.
Nicole actually used to live in this house.
Oh, yes. This was Nicole's house. Yes. Yep.
Yeah. I followed it all.
Hi. This is Vito.
House three. Whoo!
Nicole Jacobs, looking sparkly and fresh and full of joy and light.
Ah! Hello. Hello.
How are you? So good to see you.
Lovely to see you. We're back.
You're back. Oh, my god. I can't believe it.
Very different to the Oslo. Yeah.
It's like a doll's house compared to the Oslo.
Yeah. Absolutely.
And she said to us, "Guys, so, four bedrooms?"
(LAUGHS) Yes.
And I think I answered with, "No, Nicole, we've considered the space
"and we're gonna get better, more generous bedrooms
"by going down to three."
And Nicole went, "Right. Right." "Right."
NICOLE: My only main concern is that you've only got three bedrooms.
I think there's no other way to do it.
The master is quite large.
Obviously, it's really key to have a good bedroom...
Yeah. ..for the parents.
But there is always too big as well.
Nicole has given us a lightbulb moment.
I wondered, if you put your robe down here...
Mmm. Mm-hm.
..there... Mm-hm.
..and then you made this a home office.
Ah-ha.
And then, if you do that as an office/bedroom,
you then don't have to take that... Yeah, you don't...
You can let that space back into there.
Yeah. Back into there.
It all came to me. Yeah.
Like, literally, there's a way of adding another bedroom
to give us four bedrooms without...
I think it's without compromise.
SCOTT: By decreasing the size of their master bedroom
and moving the ensuite across,
they've now made enough space to create a fourth bedroom.
NICOLE: I think that's fantastic.
So, your concerned face...
Is now smiling. (LAUGHS)
No, but it helped me. Yes.
Yeah. Love it.
How good is it that you... That's another hug.
Yay! I love it.
Why didn't we talk to you at the beginning?
No, it's all good. It's all good.
That's why I was supposed to come today.
(LAUGHS) Thank you so much.
Yay. I'm very excited for you.
SCOTT: While everything is falling into place for Mitch and Mark,
next door in house one, Ronnie's bright idea to sell his old window...
now, that has a lot more at stake than a potential profit.
RONNIE: I made a bet with Keith.
I said, "Keith, if I sell this window
"for more than $500 on Facebook Marketplace,
"you will take me for a round of golf at your club,
"18 holes and dinner."
And a couple of hours later, guess what.
You come here, we'll load it on the car, I'll take it to your house.
$501 and it's yours. (CASH REGISTER DINGS)
Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
Yes, yes, yes, my friends, I have sold the window.
Gonna hold it up... James.
How are we doing? How are you, mate?
Are you here for the window? Got a window for me? That's good.
Oh, mate, we do. Wanna come and check it out? For sure.
Alright. Let's go do it. Yay.
She saw him. All the girls saw him. Why was he wearing a Bisley T-shirt?
I was confused by that.
Well, actually, I found out some hot goss.
He actually used to work with Scott Cam many, many years ago.
There you go.
So it's not the first time he's been on TV, mate.
I mean, he was a natural.
What are you using it for?
Mate, this is going into my little girl's cubbyhouse.
So, she's been asking me and asking me, so... This is it.
Mate, you're gonna be father of the year. I know.
How big's the cubbyhouse?
It's a decent size but under council planning regulations.
# And I'll be taking care of business... #
Cheers, mate. Sweet, man. Well done. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Good on you.
Gloves on and let's... Awesome.
..get it on the truck.
# Taking care of business Whoo! #
Put it in the truck, got the cash...
Where is that cash? Done deal. Don't worry about that.
That goes into our Block budget, not your personal budget.
No, it doesn't.
Do you want to put it down?
KEITH: What's going on, Ronnie? How are you, Keith?
Perfect timing, mate.
Did you actually sell this? Yeah, I did.
Hang on, mate. (STRAINS)
So it looks like I've lost another bet.
Keith has been a good sport about it.
We are gonna go play golf.
I'm not gonna play 18 'cause that takes a full day.
I'll play nine. Thank you.
At his local course, which is a private course, by the way.
And maybe a bite to eat. Maybe lunch.
So it's a win-win situation.
I get to hang out with my mate Keith,
Keith gets to play golf... Georgia is Georgia.
We both win. We both win.
There you go, mate. How good's that!
Thanks, mate. Good on you. You're a (BLEEP) legend.
So, how am I winning from this situation? I'm confused.
And do you think you have time to take off from work?
I'll find time.
Keith.
Last night, the heavens opened but not everyone was prepared.
# These things I'm trying to say get drenched and swept away... #
Melbourne experienced a little... a little rain.
I mean, it was actually quite a lot of rain.
And for some reason, it was just focused on where our suburb...
Like, it was so strange.
Ronnie, be careful 'cause it's really wet down here.
It was horrible. It was, like, the worst night's sleep.
We had to, like, move all that stuff in the middle of the night
because that there doesn't leak.
MAN: A bit of a bad night's sleep last night because of all the rain.
Disaster. Terrible night's sleep last night.
Absolute disaster.
We woke up... At 3:30.
Everything is absolutely drenched.
I think we've had about three and a half, four hours sleep.
Soaked. Soaked.
The tent had that much water.
My head was being rained on because we had it open.
Feet were dangling in puddles.
In here. This is where the tent was.
This is where our heads basically were.
And it was just seeping through here.
Our luggage bags are open and that means all our clothes are soaked.
Oh, I think that was Lukey's.
If you want to hop in, be my guest.
And poor old Lukey's up there,
sweeping the water off the slab so it would stop dripping through.
Yeah. Because it just kept leaking inside.
I had to get up there in the rain.
Poor old Luke had to go up there brushing the water in his undies.
But doing it in your undies is a choice, though.
I couldn't...
My pants were wet, so why put on wet pants?
Soaked, soaked... Completely soaked.
That's just to show you how obviously wet this area was.
That's soaked.
Well, you could've found at least a pair. It was freezing.
You didn't have to go out in the undies.
It was a state of emergency. I needed to move quick.
(BOTH LAUGH)
There is no adequate sleeping arrangements here.
We're not happy about it.
Yeah. WOMAN: What will you do?
I don't know. Like, finish the room tonight and pay for a hotel.
# We feel nothing so jump into the fog
# In the hope that we hit the ground upright
# We feel nothing so jump into the fog... #
So, during the week, I had bumped into Vito a couple of times
and he was quite flat.
He wasn't the Vito I met the first day.
So I was, like, "Mate, what's going on?"
Now, this guy, he's emotional. He goes, "Painting."
I was, like, "Mate, I can help you with that painting."
Like, I finished my primer... Yeah?
..right, which... Alright.
It's looking quite shady, quite light.
OK. I'll come in about 20 minutes.
I took him under my wing.
I said, "Let's go. I'm gonna teach you how to paint."
Through here.
Up... Up on the ladder already, Vito.
Vito. Hey.
G'day, mate. Ronnie...
How are you? ..you're a man of your word.
I am.
I entered his room...
(BLEEP) Short version, mate.
Honestly.
What I'll do today, I'll just teach you some techniques,
how to paint this wall here.
Yep. This wall I'll help you paint.
Yep.
This will take us no longer than between seven to ten minutes.
Oh, wow. Right?
Wow.
Painting is all about long strokes, from the top to the bottom.
(CELESTIAL MUSIC PLAYS) Wow.
Am I the master of painting?
He takes it very, very seriously. Very seriously.
We've got to broker this deal. Yes.
There's always a deal to be made. Yes.
Right? Yes.
If you could cut my hair on Saturday at 3:00, right,
'cause I want to look sharp... It's done.
I want to look sharp...
You look fresh...
And then if you could just do Georgia's hair.
So... Done.
Done? Done.
Happy with that? Done.
Sweet. Done. OK.
Absolutely. Well, let's get stuck into it.
I can't wait.
So, what Accent do is that they've got paint specifically for...
(CELESTIAL MUSIC CONTINUES)
Is it tactical? Of course it is.
You know what, you're gonna save me hours... Yep.
..so for me to spend an hour with you...
Yep. My goodness.
On a Saturday afternoon.
So, 3:00, 3:30, that is the busiest...
That is peak time, period, on the block to finish your room.
So it's quite strategic.
But we look fresh for Sunday.
This roller that you've got, you're using the wrong roller.
This is 9mm nap. Right.
What works really well is 16.
DREAMY FEMALE VOICE: 16...
..to get all the fibres out,
'cause we don't want those fibres sticking on the wall.
Another tip would be don't get small tins.
Get large tins. Large tins.
Always, always you have to stir your paint.
Get your finger and you've got to do that.
Always keep the tub here.
The secret is a lot of paint.
There is nothing worse than a finished ceiling
and you hit it with this.
A painting masterclass, I gave him, in, like, 45 minutes.
Up, down. Up, down. That's it.
Now, what you're doing in painting,
you've got to be one with the roller.
One with the roller. One with the roller.
(VOICE WARPS) One with the roller. One with the roller.
That connection through the pole... Right.
..put it on the wall.
Now, to do that, it's your core strength. Right.
You've got to get your balance and your core strength ready. OK.
You do that, you can finish the rooms.
# Tonight it's very clear... # (BOTH EXHALE)
Eyes closed and breathe.
(EXHALES)
You ready? I'm ready.
I love it. Come on. Let's go.
Stroke it.
# I am a man who would fight for your honour... #
There you go.
# I'll be the hero you're dreaming of... #
Thank you so much.
Listen, by the end of the week, I'm gonna make a bandana.
Oooh!
Then you've graduated the school of Ron Dog.
(GONG CRASHES)
Get to it, mate.
In house two,
Mitch and Mark's decision to use Grafico on all the walls
instead of painting
means they are now in reach of breaking the Block record
for a room finish,
which is 7:00pm Friday,
currently held by last year's winners Jimmy and Tam.
Bring it on. Bring it on. Bring it on.
What do you think, Mitchy?
So, at this stage, you know, that Block record,
which I don't care at all,
not one little bit - I don't care about it at all.
I've just now thought, "Well, it's time to check up
"on where the bed's coming along"
'cause the bed is the only thing that we haven't got
to put the room together.
So I call my friends at Forty Winks 'cause everything else is on track.
It's Mitch here. How are you? MAN: (ON PHONE) Good, Mitch.
How are we going? Well, thanks, bud.
Mate, our room is finished. I'm just waiting on your bed.
I just wanted to...
Yeah, I've just got off the phone to one of the girls there.
So that's due out to us, Mitch, in the next hour or so,
so as soon as it hits my warehouse,
we'll throw it in the back of the van and bring it down, so...
OK, mate... Around lunchtime-ish.
I don't really care about the record but that's not good enough
and if we don't achieve this record, it's on your head.
So, mate, no, lunchtime-ish doesn't work.
I need it before lunch. OK.
Because if we get it before lunch, we beat the Block record.
We're going really well heading towards it.
Doesn't matter if we don't get it. Doesn't matter to me.
No pressure, buddy,
but the Block record is in your hands at this point.
Thank you. So it's up to you.
It's up to you, Simon. Yep. Not a problem, Mitch.
We'll... We'll go into bat for you. Don't worry.
Thanks, buddy. Thank you.
Bye, mate. See you, mate.
And it doesn't matter to me at all
but it's on your head if we don't get it.
Back at house one, Ronnie is still revelling in the sale of his window.
I have sold the window.
I made a bet with Keith that I could sell it for more than 500 bucks.
What did you do with that money, Ron?
('MONEY FOR NOTHING' BY DIRE STRAITS PLAYS)
G'day. Hi, Ronnie.
How are you, mate? Nice to meet you, mate.
Mate, thank you so much for coming out.
Man, that is a sick BMX, man. Beautiful bike.
It's certainly my dream bike. Too easy, mate.
Thank you very much. No worries at all, buddy.
You enjoy it. See you, mate.
See you later. # Play the guitar on the MTV... #
Hey, babe. Do you want to jump on the bar?
Wait, wait... What is this?
This is a BMX, so we can get tools from the cars,
there's no more ten-minute walk...
My trades, their car park is a ten-minute walk there
and a ten-minute walk back...
You didn't have to buy a fully restored vintage BMX bike.
Just a $50, like, bush-basher would've been fine.
How much did this cost? 700 bucks.
A bargain.
No, be serious. How much did it cost?
700 bucks. Where from?
I just bought it on Facebook. No. How much did this cost?
$700.
The window plus 200.
Bargain.
I would've spent that money on probably wages or labour this week.
# Yeah, it's kinda strange how you like me... #
Oooh, still got it!
It's done now. It's over. The Ron Dog show is over.
Let's work. I was gonna do some tricks.
It's about to start. (BLEEP)
Do you want to jump on the handlebars?
I'll give you a lift, mate.
Hey, Joe. Hey, Ronnie!
Do you like my bike? I love your bike.
Whoo!
You're a (BLEEP) idiot sometimes.
(THUNDER CRACKS)
Well, as you can see, the McCafe is getting near completion.
It's all tiled now. Weatherboards are on.
Screens are going in at the front so we can actually have a servery.
They're now starting to bring the furniture in from Schots.
And as Dan finishes the final touches,
it's time to heat up the machines
and get ready for a special guest coming just around the corner.
My mate real estate agent Shelley Craft.
('AWOO' BY SOFI TUKKER PLAYS)
And she's coming... Here she comes. Here she comes.
Here she comes.
Surprise!
(ALL CHEER AND APPLAUD)
(LAUGHS) Yes!
Why, thank you! Thank you! (LAUGHS)
We're having a fantastic time.
The houses are incredible. We've got a cul-de-sac.
But more importantly, Dan, and with a little bit of help from Keith...
Yeah. ..has built a McCafe in four days!
(ALL CHEER AND APPLAUD)
I reckon, mate, if you could do the honours and open her up,
it'd be fantastic, mate.
Who's ready for some coffees? Yeah!
Here we go.
Here we are. Oh! Thank you!
Our new baristas, Jordan and Tina. Hello.
So, with the McCafe officially open and Shelley Craft now on site,
it might be time for a couple of walk-arounds.
Well, hello, boys. Scotty, how are you?
Hey. How are you? Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness.
Hello. Hello.
First things first,
how could you boys possibly live without clean laundry?
Oh, yes. True.
Kinsman is gonna be doing your laundry
until they build you a laundry.
Oh, my goodness. Oh, wow.
So, all your soils in here, boys. (LAUGHS)
And they deliver it back for you. That's a bit scary, isn't it?
All your soils? OK.
I was wondering what on earth we were gonna get from you two
this time round.
The last place that you guys produced for us at the Oslo
was unashamedly mid-century...
Yeah. ..Palm Springs.
What are we gonna see from you this year?
I'm kind of going for a modern twist on country-coastal. Yeah.
But I wanted to give it an emotional cosiness, so when people...
I want people to walk in and feel... (EXHALES) "I'm home."
And to achieve this,
Mitch and Mark are going with a much more restrained palette,
making use of soft pinks and Grafico wallpaper
featuring a cloud-inspired pattern.
I'm assuming you want to break the record
for the quickest room finished in Block history?
That's what your real aim is this week.
That's what you've been fighting for. Is that correct?
(LAUGHS)
No, I think we're kind of doing it but it wasn't really ever a plan.
I had the audio of a phone call to Forty Winks.
"We need the bed here today because we want to break the record!"
That was... Quote-unquote.
(LAUGHS)
And by the way, boys, week 12,
you can win Shelley's Ford Puma instead of the 10,000 bucks...
Oooh, yeah.
The one she drove up in this morning. It's your car if you win week 12.
Yes! I've got it for the next few weeks.
Look after the car, darl. I will do my best.
Thank you. Good luck Sunday. See you, boys. Well done.
Thank you. See you. Fantastic.
Go for the record, guys. MITCH AND MARK: Thank you.
('ANIMAL' BY AURORA PLAYS)
Boys. Hi, Scotty.
Hello, hello. It's the fellas. How are you?
Good. Wow! Good to see you.
What are we doing here?
I'm getting quite a masculine feel in here, I have to say.
We're gonna soften it up a little bit with the artwork
and with the linen as well.
Where your hand is right now
is gonna be glass doors on the wardrobe.
So we're going very different... Frosted?
No, no. No?
See-through. See-through? See-through glass, yeah.
The boys reckon they're gonna finish today.
Tonight. Tonight.
And they're gonna have tomorrow off.
Are you taking people to lunch this season?
No. I'm not. No?
That's so last year, Shell. Beers on Scotty tomorrow?
Yeah, mate. Yes!
So, how does this compare to your last reality TV experience?
Even though this is a lot harder,
we're enjoying this a whole lot more. Yeah.
What, harder than hanging out with chicks by the pool?
(LAUGHS) Really? Really?
Is this harder than that? No Fiji sun.
Yep. No tanning, no cocktails...
(LAUGHS) So it's a little bit harder.
But we're loving the challenge and that's why we wanted to do this,
to show what we're made of and, you know,
that we're more than just two blokes that are able to sit in the sun.
There's a lot more to us.
So we're really enjoying ourselves
and obviously we've got a long way to go
but we're here for the long run... Just follow the rules.
That's it. That's what we're trying to do.
It's all you've gotta do. Yep. Yep. (LAUGHS)
See you, boys. See you.
Good on you. Have a good one.
('TWENTY' BY TAKA PERRY PLAYS)
(DRILL WHINES)
Now, this is probably the most important box
any contestant would ever want.
Hold the rail. Don't trip. I won't trip...
Well, hello. Hey, Scotty.
Scotty! What's going on?
Oh, I want to give you a big surprise.
Oh... Scotty.
Scotty was there. Scotty was in the basement again.
When we first got here, Scotty was in the basement, hiding out on us.
(LAUGHS) So, he hangs out in basements?
Yeah, he must. (LAUGHS)
I want to introduce you to your best friend on The Block.
Oooh. OK.
Is it the lever? Is it the Hipages...
(CHEERS) Oh...
The Hipages lever. Hipages lever.
How good is that! We're gonna need that.
I've been looking out for it, just thinking,
"Is it gonna happen this year? I hope so."
Very exciting.
Now, this is really important to you guys especially, I think.
Biggest house, biggest block of land. Yep.
It's gonna cost you a little bit more money to get your house finished.
Definitely.
This guy is 10,000 bucks worth of trades.
You can only use it once. BOTH: Yeah.
And if someone else pulls it, you can't use it that week. Yep.
And you've got to pull the lever on a Monday at 7:00am.
7:00am. Wow.
No point pulling it on Tuesday and losing a day.
Yeah, definitely. Yeah.
And it's a really good thing to have up your sleeve down the track.
We have been thinking about landscaping.
It's here for you. Thank you.
Sure. Thank you very much.
Everybody else is getting theirs as well.
You've got a bedroom to build. See you later.
I know. Go.
Don't pull it next week. No, we won't. No.
Hipages.
So, another week well done, Stephen...
It was back in 2019 at the Oslo
Mitch and Mark's builders decided to bring the Mardi Gras to Melbourne.
And this year is no different.
We've upped it a little bit from a couple of years ago.
A little bit more fancy. It should be good fun.
Right... Off we go, Stevie.
Next level, this is. Next level. Absolutely.
We're off, boys.
(LAUGHS)
What do you reckon, Mitchy? Good?
I'm terribly scared. (MEN LAUGH)
I could not... I lost... I lost it. Maybe Bisley will do a new range.
See what we do to impress you boys?
Every (BLEEPING) year.
(LAUGHS)
And those funny bellies in between the midriff and the tutu...
(MEN LAUGH)
I'm looking at the boys' bellies
and we go, "You boys need to do some exercise."
And who better to show you to do exercise than...
Those perfect specimens up the road there.
..two boys who like to get their shirts off
and that was Luke and Josh, so we decided to march them up there.
Come on, this way, guys. Let's go. Let's go.
Come on, guys. Gotta go to the boys.
And we spot Luke and then he sees us
and I'm ready for Luke to lose his...
Laugh and have fun. ..stuff and laugh his head off.
We thought we'd come and visit
because you guys go to the gym all the time
so you can tell them how to fix this...
Yeah.
You might be able to do a session for them.
I heard a bit of builders' gossip
about two minutes before they rocked up
that Mitch and Mark were gonna make their garage into a fourth bedroom
like what we're doing and, you know, I took a bit of offence to it.
I've heard a few bad rumours, actually. What about?
That you guys are gonna do a similar thing
to what we're doing with the garage.
Oh, my god. (MAN LAUGHS)
But this is weird.
We've just entered the twilight zone here
and something's gone really crazy wrong.
We've got this here... Yeah.
I'm more interested in the build.
You're more interested in the garage. Yeah, I am.
We've got this here... And he's talking garage.
So, at that point, we didn't understand
and particularly the comment that said,
"You're doing a garage like us."
It's, like, "No."
Yeah, I'm talking garage.
(MAN LAUGHS) OK. OK.
We're taking our joyous Mardi Gras elsewhere.
Let's go. Let's go. Thanks, boys. I'm not happy.
I just found out. I'll chat to you later.
Are we doing something with our garage I don't know about?
I know.
Luke's apparently got the (BLEEP)
because he thinks we're copying their idea.
I think both of us at that point were confused.
I'll tell you what it is, right? What?
I had a chat with Ron on the phone. Yeah?
And I said that we're doing the same thing.
Oh, my god. Now they think it's true.
(LAUGHS) What is the same thing?
What's the same thing...
Jason says, "I was stirring up their builder, Ryan,"
'cause they're good mates,
saying, "Ha-ha. Well, the boys are gonna do one as well. Ha-ha-ha."
They think we're making a single garage?
Yeah. We're not. No.
(LAUGHS) (BLEEP)
So I just marched straight over to Luke.
Guys? Yeah?
I don't know what (BLEEP) you've been told about our garage.
We're doing nothing. You're not?
No. We're not game-players.
You know, I've kind of got into a chat with Mitch, saying,
"Oh, look, I'll talk with you later but it's not a big deal.
"I'll get over it." You don't need to get over it.
You actually don't need to because I'm not doing this crap.
I'm not having somebody get over something that I haven't done.
Been there, done that. I don't want part of this.
And when Mitch says "Been there, done that"
he's referring to a disagreement they had with Tess and Luke in 2019.
Quite frankly, I've got no tears.
You broke me. You broke me. You both broke me.
TESS: Wow. I'm sorry.
Grow up and stop playing (BLEEP) victims.
Luke's reacted emotionally. Yeah.
Mitch is highly emotional, so now he's reacted emotionally.
Yeah, the two most emotional guys talking. It wasn't gonna end well.
And then there's just two blokes standing there left in tutus.
We're not making a single garage.
Mark, I'm so not interested. Why?
Because it's (BLEEP, BLEEP).
So I just thought, exit stage left.
I'm just not up for that sort of BS again.
That all fell flat, I think, a little bit, didn't it?
(THUNDER CRASHES)
SHELLEY: Vote for the couple
you think are creating
the best room this week
and you could win
an incredible $30,000,
all thanks to Simonds Homes.
Vote now at:
SCOTT: House two, still processing the wrongful accusation by Luke
that they had copied his idea of creating a master bedroom
they once designated a double garage.
We would never do that. It makes no sense at all.
I wouldn't do it, mainly because it's (BLEEP) dumb.
You know, I saw he walked off a bit upset
and I don't want to see him upset.
I wasn't meaning to.
I was just wanting to nip it in the butt...
just get it over with, not like I was angry.
I was angry but not at them.
I never attacked Mitch or anything like that.
I was just discussing with him.
He just got very emotional about it, you know.
He said it reminded him about some issues on The Block in 2019.
So I told Josh to go get some beers.
A little while after, Luke popped down with a six-pack...
He knows how to win me over.
You don't need to do that. That's for you.
Thank you, buddy. Alright? Thank you.
Are you alright? Yeah. All good.
All good. That's alright, mate. I appreciate you coming down.
No, of course. Of course.
It's important... Thanks, Luke.
..for me that we're OK. Me too. Yeah. Very much so.
I was really appreciative...
I actually then felt self-conscious
'cause I don't want people feeling they have to apologise
but that point, I thought, "I'm so pleased," because I don't want...
Yeah. I don't want drama.
We are good. Good.
Come over later tonight. Yeah, we will.
We'll have a drink. Alright? Thanks, mate.
Alright. And by the way, your room looks beautiful.
We're nearly done. I love it. Yeah. Thanks, mate.
And it was all put to the side.
And you're not gonna take the bait again.
No, I won't take the bait. Gullible as ever.
I'm so gullible.
He's a gentleman and he's actually been well raised.
Mmm.
Done. Moved on and we are all good. Good.
Thank goodness.
And all done they are.
It's 5:30pm on a Friday afternoon
and house two have finished their guest bedroom
almost 40 hours ahead of tools down.
That has to be a new Block record for room finish.
Ah. It's done.
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
We just won the fastest finished room ever
in the worldwide international galaxy history of The Block.
But it didn't matter a thing to me.
Let's go and get freshened up for dinner.
We're having a drink. A drink. A drink. A drink.
And it's not just the boys in house two,
because in house four, the other boys have installed their velvet wall,
finishing up with some painting touch-ups.
We've gotta get this nice and flat.
Do you fancy a boogie?
(LAUGHS)
We can go for a little boogie. Go for a little boogie?
We had pretty much finished the room,
so we thought to ourselves, "Why not go and have a few drinks?"
Yeah.
# It's Friday night... # But it's Saturday, 7:30...
(HUMS TUNE)
And it's not just the boys that have their Friday night dancing shoes on.
Over in house three,
everyone is celebrating an end to a very long week.
# If you ain't quick and nimble I go crazy when I hear my cymbal
# And a hi-hat with a souped-up tempo
# I'm on a roll, it's time to go solo
# Rollin' in my 5.0 with my rag-top down so my hair can blow
# The girlies on standby, waving just to say hi
# Did you stop? No, I just drove by... #
They were all dressed to the nines.
They all looked really nice and we were, like,
"Well, let's get involved as well and we'll go out ourselves."
Yeah.
Pretty much, yeah.
See you later, boys. What's going on here?
It was a Friday night, two nights before reveal.
I mean, if Chapel Street...
If 'the Chap' is calling, you've just gotta go, you know what I mean?
Like...
First-timers. You never leave the site.
Rule number one.
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(CAR SKID)
(DRAMATIC BOOM)
VOICEOVER: Television spectacular Sunday reveals...
Oh.
It feels so luxurious.
This is extraordinary.
..are back.
It's like it's own luxury retreat.
JULIAN: The rollercoaster has left the station.
Here we go.
VOICEOVER: The hottest new trends...
How. Absolutely soaring.
..freshest designs...
Oh my goodness.
..and styling magic...
NEALE: It's like a little universe for kids.
..on an entirely new level.
One of the most beautiful rooms I've seen on 11 years of The Block.
And...
JULIAN: For the very first time in Block history,
the judges wanted to come along.
..The Blockheads come face-to-face...
..with the judges.
I respectfully disagree.
I disrespectfully disagree.
Oh wow!
Wow is back on Sundays.
The first room reveals.
Sunday seven o'block on Nine.
Then Monday...
..must see bathroom week begins.