SCOTT CAM: Previously...
kids' bedroom week has been full of challenges.
The kids will love it. They'll love it.
The Ronald McDonald House and Weber barbecue challenge
paid off handsomely for some teams.
Gotta go with the guys.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
My winner tonight is house three.
Oh! Yay!
I'm never cooking against Brett again.
The challenging feud between Kristy and Leah had zero winners.
PRODUCER: How was dinner?
KRISTY: It was dinner and a show, really,
watching Leah change into her new personality she's got going on.
And now I don't have to talk to that (BLEEP) ever again, right?
Rude, rude.
But the ultimate challenge is designing the upstairs kids' bedrooms
when you have no kids.
STEPH: I don't have children. I can't personify a child.
We understand kids and we know them inside and out.
PRODUCER: So you guys have got this in the bag. ASH: No pressure.
SCOTT: Tonight, I've invited some pint-sized judges...
BOY: Whoa! WOMAN: Beautiful!
MARTY: Would you sit in there and read a book? Yeah.
The winner of the secret gnome is...
But what will the big kids think of the rooms?
DARREN: Whoa!
MARTY: This is one of those rooms that a lot of kids will love.
It is absolutely chic.
Oh, my god. It's made for you.
It is. Do you like it?
It's like I just got punched in the face.
(LAUGHS) Who will make the top of the class?
No surprises with those scores. Here we go.
(GULLS CRY)
With only 24 hours till room reveal,
our Blockheads are in a whirlwind of crayons and creativity,
with the daunting task of delivering not one
but two kids' bedrooms for judging
and I'm guessing they'll be spending 20 grand
out of the CommBank accounts for these.
Everyone kind of says it's like a bit of an easier week
but I actually don't think so
because two bedrooms and styling that is, yeah, a lot.
KYLE: There's a heap of stuff to furnish two kids' bedrooms,
so we've still got a lot of work.
We're feeling challenged, exactly what we anticipated.
GIAN: Whoever thinks that doing two kids' rooms would be easy
is out of their mind.
BRETT: Having two rooms on this week in Truecore
is somewhat like a little holiday.
What are all the others complaining about, honestly?
I was, like, "Oh, it's a couple of rooms.
"Can't be that hard."
Turns out, very hard.
SCOTT: House two's kids' bedrooms
presented Leah and Ash with a challenge this week,
not one but two curved walls in their kids' bedrooms,
mirroring the architectural curves on the outside of their first floor.
In one room, they've gone all out to create a rock climbing wall.
We've got another foothold down... Yep.
Up a bit. Yep.
It's as tough as nails, built with double sheets of ply
and screwed into the Truecore for extra safety.
Our focus this week is just fun.
We just want to pack as much, like, just crazy things
that kids would want.
Like, you know, we've designed these rooms on our daughter and our son.
Like, we know what their hopes and dreams for a bedroom are,
so that's what we've tried to deliver.
Leah and Ash's son Austin suggested they do a climbing wall...
Yeah, I think it looks great. ASH: I'm happy. I'm happy.
..so now, with it complete, they've invited the executive producer's son,
eight-year-old Charlie, also known as 'The Fun Expert', to try it out.
So... What do you reckon?
(LAUGHS) Is that cool?
Yeah.
Some parents might think rock climbing wall in their bedroom
is not great.
I'm more, like, "Go for it." "Have fun."
"Get your own boundaries. Let's, you know..."
Yeah. We're that kind of parent, though.
Yeah, there you go. Do you think the curve is...
Does it make it tricky? ..makes it a bit harder?
Yeah. The curve makes it... You're good at it, though.
Look at you go. Yeah, wow.
You're up the top. You could ring the bell already.
I think there should be kids judging this week. It only makes sense.
Do you reckon Shaynna will climb it? I don't know.
PRODUCER: Who would you sub out to replace for Charlie?
Marty Fox. Marty Fox would be on.
Permanently.
# Another day, another dollar... #
SCOTT: Outside of Block central,
Leslie and Liberty are about to do a big shop for the kids' rooms,
but the old Block cashflow is down to a trickle.
PRODUCER: How's your budget looking?
Yeah, it's all just amalgamating into one giant (BLEEP)show.
Well, it's essentially getting to the stage now where we need to...
(LAUGHS)
..we need to win some challenges or win some rooms. Oh...
With little cash in the coffers,
Leslie is hoping her Block Bucks will cover off most of her shopping.
We had a voucher from a sponsor, Bungalow,
so Lib and I dashed off to go and have a look at what they had there
to get some stuff for our kids' rooms.
LIBERTY: This is so comfy.
Imagine sitting on that and having a little reading afternoon.
Oh, that's nice. That's really nice.
That's a beautiful paper flower that I can put somewhere.
Leslie, can you just choose some things for me? Sure.
Leslie and I are great shopping together.
Oh, my god. Look at this. Cute.
We're besties on The Block,
so we're all about supporting each other and...
Sharing. ..helping each other make... Yeah. ..decisions.
Do you want me to bring my stuff down to you?
Yeah. (MOBILE PHONE RINGS)
What you doing? LESLIE: I'm just at Bungalow.
Yeah, no, I would've come.
Is there quite a bit of stuff there?
I just got stuff for my preteen bed.
Yeah, I'm trying to style my preteen girl too,
so I'm in a predicament now in my head.
Yeah. You know how you've got the bed and then...
What else do you have in the older girl's room?
Like, do you have boxes of storage items?
Like, do you have a storage area? Like, what have you got?
No. I've just got a rug, cushions and some homewares-ey stuff.
Does she know she's got a voucher? Yeah, she does.
I'll come there now. Alright. Bye. Ciao.
And there is another one of us coming.
WOMAN: Oh, really? Yes.
So say goodbye to your afternoon 'cause she will be here all day.
Oh, goodness, yeah, she'll be here for four hours. (LAUGHS)
All the very best to you.
(LAUGHS) "All the very best to you."
Steph really struggled this week and we all rode the wave with her
because we're all close with her
but, yeah, I don't know,
maybe I need to focus a bit of my energy back into house one.
SCOTT: Steph is low on confidence this week
because the judges weren't exactly fond of their kids' bedroom
in week one.
SHAYNNA: The fact you're not listening to the brief...
It's not even a kids' room.
NEALE: They obviously thought the brief was bad light shade.
(SHAYNNA LAUGHS) Fail.
STEPH: I have PTSD from that week.
It was trauma because we didn't...
We didn't, you know, hit the brief and that's not great.
GIAN: For us, and I know Steph in particular this week,
we were thinking "We need to get this right."
So, with week one still fresh in her mind,
Bungalow vouchers in hand
and flush with 50 grand cash from the Domain challenge this week,
Steph could create a bonza kids' room
but all the money in the world can't buy confidence.
I think I've just lost confidence in general, so...
The other ones I've got, they're maybe not so kiddie,
are the hydrangeas. Mmm.
But they're a bit more mature, I think.
Yeah, more mature. Yeah.
OK. Um...
'Cause I have got a very minimalist style,
trying to be a minimalist in a kids' room is also very interesting,
so I'm struggling with that too.
The Block is a rollercoaster of emotions.
One moment you're up, the next you're not.
Leslie is also struggling,
feeling her friendship with Steph has become very one-sided.
LIBERTY: So, what are you feeling like?
Just a lot of, like,
every conversation is just being, like, 360... Yeah, yeah.
I literally was in the middle of a sentence about the kids
and she interrupted... Yeah.
..and she just talked over me... Yeah.
..about herself and her room again. Yeah.
And I was kind of, like...
Yeah, everything sort of comes back to...
I just want to have a conversation... Yeah.
..with my friend. Yeah.
STEPH: OK. Um...
Yeah. I'll get even this.
Yeah. Would that work? Probably not.
What about...
She gets in her head too much and she just...
LESLIE: But I don't think that she can see outside...
Yes. ..of other people.
STEPH: See you. Thank you.
LESLIE: And, of course, you want to say "I'm struggling with this."
And then your friend says "I'm struggling with this."
Mmm. But it's a two-way thing.
Mmm. It just feels very, like...
It comes always back to her. This is... Yeah, this is...
I don't know how to sort of bring it up without...
Because you just know if you sort of say...
I know. .."This is an example..."
Because unfortunately she's the type of person that would take it...
Yeah. I know. ..to heart.
Yeah.
Unfortunately, even with nothing said,
Steph is feeling like the odd one out.
GIAN: Alright. I'll call you back.
I'm coming into an environment where I'm so overwhelmed in itself...
Yeah.
..and the thing is I'm a really confident person
but that's what everyone sees.
The most confident people
are the people that doubt themselves the most,
are the people that really fester on their emotions.
Yeah. We've learnt to be vulnerable.
We've learnt that you don't always have to have it together.
And I think it's something that a lot of our ethnicity
and, like, background has had on us,
where we've grown up, like, we've always had this thing
of you always need to present as being OK.
Yeah. And I think it's a very...
I don't mean to be crying now.
No, I think it's a very wrong way to live your life.
You don't always need to have it together.
It's OK to get things wrong.
(GULL CRIES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
SCOTT: There's 19 hours left
before tools down for this week's kids' bedrooms...
and in house four,
the executive producer's son, Charlie,
has brought his brother Max to give Gian a hand.
Why don't you go in between the planets?
Earlier in the week,
the boys gave Steph and Gian some advice on kids' rooms.
You know what we don't want in the bedroom?
No. Tell me.
Beige.
They said no beige.
And I said, "Fair enough. I will use earthy tones."
So, Steph incorporated those earthy tones
during her consultation with Grafico a few days ago.
First room.
We'll definitely have the hills and then the sun.
For this room, a rocket ship.
For the twin boys' bedroom,
they're shooting for the moon with their space-themed decal stickers.
As well as two single beds,
there's a desk, storage area for toys and plenty of cabinetry.
So, Max and Charlie came past
to just do a bit of a check-in with their clients.
So, what do you guys reckon?
Do you reckon we need to do anything different?
Hmm.
What do I not like in this room?
CHARLIE: Nothing. Nothing.
They couldn't come up with anything.
STEPH: Oh... Boom.
Max and Charlie are also giving advice
to the other two teams who don't have kids.
Charlie's impressed with Eliza's cheetah.
CHARLIE: Oh, my... Oh, my god. You do not want to break that.
No, I don't. It's got a bit of glue, though.
Look, so we thought
that it's sort of like coming alive out of the...
Oh, yeah. I really like those.
And in house three, Kristy and Brett need help from the boys too.
Their young kid's room is all about adventure,
with a green wall, a framed bed, jungle wallpaper
and a cheeky nook for colouring in.
BRETT: Get the tiger going.
Charlie and Max are quality-testing the colouring nook,
making sure it's functional and fun.
There is a big arched little drawing station,
so we've got all sorts of the animals.
We've got the judges, we've got Keith and Dan on there,
Scotty and Shelley are in amongst it.
It's very good colouring. That is. I'm impressed.
I think Keith suits the moustache.
MAX: Nose hairs.
Nice.
(BOY LAUGHS)
Kyle and Leslie are desperate for a win this week,
with their kids' bedrooms
and they've relied on their two boys, Luca and Archer, for inspiration.
So, one of the rooms is sort of heavily themed
around basketball, I guess.
Well, not heavily themed but...
Yeah, it's got a basketball ring. Yeah.
The not-so-heavily-themed basketball bedroom
will have Grafico wallpaper featuring basketball shoes,
with a basketball hoop over the door, plus some actual basketballs
and, of course, basketball posters.
I put posters because that's what kids do, right?
Yeah, well, that's what my childhood was.
I didn't have framed pictures everywhere.
I just, you know...get some Blu Tack and whack some posters up on a wall.
Kyle still had posters on his wall when I met him.
I did. (LAUGHS)
It's well past tools down for the day
and Liberty and Eliza have realised
they have a bit of a cabinetry crisis.
We've just realised that Kinsman have forgot to put in a shelf
in that desk.
So there were supposed to be two shelves there
because obviously it's a study.
We've got books and stuff to display there.
And then we've ordered the corkboard
to put at the back to display things,
so now we're just trying to figure out what the hell we do.
So, the original plan was to have a shelf here
and the light would go below that.
A lot of the direction we've had to give this week
has been over the phone
'cause we've had several challenges that have taken us offsite
and so, a directive I gave the sparkies
is put the light under the shelf
and so, yeah, the sparkies have gone,
"OK, let's pop it under the shelf"
but it was not under the right shelf because the shelf was not in.
Kinsman finished installing the cabinets yesterday
but the sparkies put in the sconce light
before the display area shelves went up,
which means the shelf no longer fits.
Kinsman have been in and out for the past three days,
so no-one's got any idea what schedule they're on,
who's doing what rooms.
They've been...
Yep, we came into this room at about 5:00pm,
when we discovered the shelves.
Right.
So, had Kinsman been informed earlier today,
it could've easily been rectified,
like at 1:15pm today or 3:47pm.
Or 4:00pm, even.
I wholeheartedly reject any blame for this.
That's what I suggested, but the hook's there.
It just can't hang over the edge.
All the books that they've got are, like, a wide...
A mix of deep... Like, depths. What if we just don't go there?
Why don't we only put the narrow books in?
Why don't we do that for now, then?
I reckon that's the best option for now, doing a shorter shelf.
We'll just use the books we have to align with it
and then they can come and fix it next week.
So, the idea is to make a more shallow shelf,
to sit behind the light so the light shines down onto their display area.
It'll look 'gar-BARGE' and I'm pissed but...
I've been busy!
I'm not allowed to be on site because I'm doing 500 challenges!
#grateful. Good causes. (LAUGHS)
(SHOUTS) How is this anyone else's fault but Kinsman's fault!
I've only taken 48 hours to notice it
because Kinsman only just finished it
and I've been doing 100 challenges!
I couldn't even see the ceiling!
Well, I know how to fix the problem.
And also, if I get a plumber...
(VOICE FADES) Ah. That's better.
(SPEAKS INAUDIBLY) Yep. Fixed.
The night before reveal
means everyone gets to do their favourite job of the week.
Tonight, we are going to paint, paint, more paint.
Still got a lot of work.
# Don't stop thinking about tomorrow... #
BRETT: We have one more wall to paint in the jungle room
and then pop Kristy into bed at 1:00, like I said.
PRODUCER: Do you reckon you'll have an all-nighter? ASH: Yeah, mate.
I need paint on the walls, paint on the ceiling, paint on the skirts.
I need paint everywhere!
Oh, I need to set up Google Home, I need to set up the smart lights,
I need to set up my Aussie Broadband.
For their girls' room, Leah and Ash are including a performance area
that will feature DIY Blinds' velour curtains,
disco ball and voice-activated lights via a Google Mini.
Hey, Google, change my light to blue.
OK. Pink.
Oh, my actual goodness gracious!
Hey, Google, can you make my wife help me paint?
(LAUGHS) FEMALE VOICE: I don't understand.
(LAUGHS) Me either. Neither does she.
We've got a lot to do.
Our builders have said that they're gonna stay all night with us
and they will not go home until 9:00am tomorrow, tools down,
so four hands make light work.
Eight hands make light work. (LAUGHS)
Coming up, the Blockheads complete their homework -
two kids' bedrooms each.
Good job!
They're hoping for high scores from the judges...
SHAYNNA: Whoa! MARTY: What a room.
Yep.
Who will end up in the naughty corner?
Marty said, "I'm sorry but this is unacceptable."
And who will get top marks?
Oh...
(GULLS CRY)
SCOTT: It's three hours until tools down before judging,
which usually means a mad panic.
But for one team today, it's more of a stroll in the park.
How's your life, Lulu?
How's your life?
We still got four and a half... oh, no, five hours sleep.
PRODUCER: So, what needs to be done?
So it's just a bit of a clean-up today.
Kristy cut the final styling touches
and I'm just gonna cart all the crap out of the way
to make it look pretty.
We are always prepared and it's just as simple as that.
When you only do two rooms and a challenge and a Weber challenge,
yeah, it's amazing what you can do when you've got all this free time.
Mmm.
GIAN: We got no sleep at night.
There's just so much to put in these rooms.
Just gonna change the colour of the quilt
to this coloured green.
Maybe we were overthinking a few of the details
but we would rather overthink it than underthink it.
I know Steph, particularly after the week we've had,
she just wanted to make sure that it was 11 out of ten.
You want to do another coat?
No.
No, no, no. It's fine.
While Gian loves nothing more than to slather on another coat,
Eliza is a little over it.
Painting, painting, always bloody painting.
It never ends.
PRODUCER: You're getting faster at painting, though, aren't you, Lize?
Oh...
The reason why we have all-nighters is 'cause Eliza is so slow.
I get that she wants to... You can go to bed if you want.
Like, she spent four hours painting an air conditioning grate.
Lib does a great job.
She hustles, she puts everything together, she styles
and then I come in and polish little turds.
PRODUCER: So, what have you still got left to do?
I'm just doing doors and then it's just styling.
SCOTT: In the Block bible, rule number 348
clearly states only a Blockhead shall paint thy house.
But that doesn't include painting by numbers,
so house one have outsourced that job to their builder.
Honestly, just a connoisseur with the brush.
He's been dying to pick up a brush. Oh, mate, honestly.
Ever since he got here. He found a loophole. It's been killing me.
PRODUCER: You guys are looking pretty good.
You must be kind of close to finishing.
No, almost. We've just got some styling to do.
Yeah, we're just dressing the rooms at the moment.
Our blinds are going in and...
PRODUCER: You're laughing.
Yeah. Nah.
(LAUGHS)
LEAH: We kept in high spirit in the morning.
Just there was... Yeah.
..a couple of little bickering moments.
How's the painting going, Leah? (DRILL WHINES)
Kids are far more flexible than adults.
Like...
You need to paint, babe.
She's actually dreaming if she doesn't pull her finger out
and start doing something, like painting...
We get short with each other. No, I don't get short.
You do. You get short.
Yeah. Yeah.
No, I just watch you paint. (LAUGHS)
That's why I'm short, 'cause, like...
No, I did paint.
Hey, Google, paint the skirts.
FEMALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: Sure. Playing The Skirts on Spotify.
(LAUGHS) That'll do.
Hey, Google, place Scotty Cam's hurry-up music.
(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS)
Hmm.
LEAH: Babe, ladder.
Just do the fringe on the other side of the rug.
(CLASSICAL MUSIC QUICKENS TO CRESCENDO)
(WHISTLES) Tools down!
Yeah. (LAUGHS) That's the best.
Good job!
Yay!
STEPH: I actually had fun doing it.
So did I.
I'm really proud of the kids' room turning out like this.
Hey! KRISTY: Two rooms.
Double room. And slept.
Let's go.
Good job. Good job.
(LAUGHS)
(VACUUM HUMS)
LIBERTY: Eliza, it's tools down.
Hey.
Good god.
What a bombsite.
LIBERTY: Hi, Scotty. Hello.
WOMEN: Hello. MAN: Hi, Scotty.
Hello. G'day. KYLE: G'day, Scotty.
Good evening, everybody. CONTESTANTS: Hey, Scotty.
What a fun week we've had. Two kids' rooms.
Lots of fun, isn't it? CONTESTANTS: Yes.
So, what's the secret to a great kids' room?
I think it's all about impact.
You've gotta get the kids of the buyers to say,
"Mum and Dad, I must have this room. It's a dealbreaker.
"If you don't buy this house, I'm leaving home.
"I want that room."
You've gotta get the parents to fork out the big bucks on auction day.
So, who created that impact for the judges today,
whom, I might point out, have all got kids.
Darren Palmer's young bloke, Hugo, 13 years old,
so Darren knows about the kids' rooms.
Shaynna Blaze, two kids, plus two grandkids.
She knows about kids' rooms.
And Marty Fox has three beautiful children,
six, four and 11 months old as well,
so he's gonna know about kids' rooms as well.
Oh, look who it is!
Oh!
MARTY: Hey, mate.
Hello, mate. Sorry we're late.
Charlotte.
We had kids' bath time, so you know the drill -
took us a while to get out of the house.
(LAUGHTER) No worries, mate.
Glad you can join us.
Please take a seat on the couch over there, enjoy the show.
We're just about to get the feedback.
ELIZA: Oh, how awkward is this! Yes, I know!
(LAUGHTER)
OK, let's get into feedback
and let's hope we all like what Marty had to say today.
# You're stuck on my mi-i-i-ind
# You're stuck on my mi-i-i-ind. #
OK. House one. Kyle and Leslie.
('I'M TOO SEXY' BY RIGHT SAID FRED PLAYS)
This week was mentally challenging.
Kyle and Leslie have very spacious kids' rooms
located on the first floor at the front of the house
and were inspired by their kids.
We've spoken to the boys, so we've got some ideas.
Kids' bedrooms are an opportunity to be a bit creative
and do something that differs from the rest of the styling of the home.
We've got kids' bedrooms. Beautiful.
So I'm sort of gonna do a 1200, 1350-high panel...
Yep. ..across the back.
So, just behind the kids' beds, we're gonna put some panelling.
One lick of paint and you're done. Oh. Amazing.
SHELLEY: You guys are in a bit of a box seat this week
because you do have kids. Yes.
Three tens. Hopefully I can use my gnome.
Oh, you've got the gnome. I know.
We're not meaning to save it. We're just...
No, I know. Not getting close.
Just hasn't quite been the opportunity to play it yet.
PRODUCER: How's your budget looking?
Um...
Yeah, it's all just amalgamating into one giant (BLEEP)show.
Well, it's essentially getting to the stage where we need to...
(LAUGHS)
..we need to make sure we win some challenges or win some rooms.
# I had a dream that some day
# I would just fly, fly away Oh-oh-oh
# Fly, fly away Oh-oh-oh... #
Kids grow quickly and you want a space that grows with them.
It was a case of let's put some things in there
that is relevant to what these two kids like at the moment.
But next week, they want something different,
the base is there for them to have something else.
Before judging today, Marty and Charlotte, who join us today,
took their very enthusiastic young children for a tour of all the rooms.
And yours didn't disappoint.
Oh...
CHARLOTTE: This is cool. It's so cool.
MARTY: (GASPS) Look how high that is.
Who can get that in? Me.
First one to get it in wins.
Oh... Come on, Olive. You can beat him.
What do you think of the room, Fred bear?
Good. I like it.
This is pretty cool.
Walking into your first kids' room,
our judges immediately noticed the theming of the room.
MARTY: Someone likes basketball.
SHAYNNA: Wow.
What makes you say that, Marty?
I've counted about 15 of them.
It's a very... It's a very themed bedroom, isn't it?
Oh, my son would've loved this.
In a positive, Marty believes the bedroom is easy to change
and adaptable, which would be a plus for any buyer.
However, such a stark difference from the other rooms of this house.
We've said that they've been so tonal.
I don't feel like I'm actually in house one.
There's no arches, there's no... Mmm.
..palette that we've seen, so we just walk into this room
and it does feel totally separate from everything that we've seen.
I don't mind it but it's definitely...
They've gone off-piste.
Shaynna did, however, believe the different style was fine.
I think it's OK to have a point of difference in the kids' room
because it's all about their personality.
But I feel like the teenager has just walked out the room
and in one way, that's absolutely fantastic
but we still need to sell it to the parents.
If you're going to do this theme, do it to that high-end finish.
I'd probably take the posters stuck on the wall off.
I would put them in a frame.
Did you Blu Tack the posters? No, we didn't Blu Tack it.
(KYLE LAUGHS) We double-sided sticky-taped but...
Did you? Yeah.
It's just like, you know... Classic.
That's what you do as kids, isn't it? Yeah.
Marty said, "I'm sorry, but this is unacceptable
"from a selling perspective..." ELIZA: This is so awkward.
(LAUGHTER)
Did you say that, Marty? MARTY: Absolutely.
Yes.
It's not that awkward at all. (SOME LAUGHTER)
Kyle and Leslie have spatially planned this well.
SHAYNNA: Mmm.
You know, we actually have a really beautifully proportioned room,
we have a great allocation for storage.
It doesn't detract from the rest of the space.
This is ample enough for you to be able to put
a king-sized fourposter bed in here if you wanted to.
But I don't know that it's gonna really make
that big a difference to the market that it's styled this way.
I agree.
These guys, they're marketing these homes to probably younger families
and you're really pigeonholing that, you know,
it might be a boy who's obsessed with basketball.
You need to appeal to the vast market.
There's nothing offensive in here but it is pigeonholed.
Moving onto your second room.
Oh! Light and bright!
(BRIGHT POP MUSIC PLAYS)
Love the arches. Yeah.
See, they brought it into this room. Yeah.
This feels like house one.
And this feels like this could be a girl's or a boy's bedroom...
Absolutely. ..if you want it to.
This is so marketable. Yeah.
From a real estate perspective,
Marty believes this room will definitely engage with buyers.
This one here, for me, has really, really ticked the box.
Yes. I like the style, I like the colour palette.
The neutral palette plus the green, it's non-gender specific
which is, I think, super smart in all respects.
The judges did feel the room is very well styled
and presents quite beautifully,
but their concerns go back to master bedroom week
and the effect of a floor plan up here on the second floor.
We know that space says luxury and all that's going through my mind
is how cramped the master bedroom feels when you walk in.
Mmm.
'Cause you're walk in straight into that bed
and then you've got the walk-in robe that feels cramped
and someone would walk in here going,
"Oh, the kids have more room than me."
You're right. Yeah.
'Cause these feel bigger.
You'll really need to get the connecting spaces working well
to convince them on the layout
and the amount of space you have attributed
to each room on this level.
That's it. (APPLAUSE)
PRODUCER: Are you OK?
Yeah, I don't know. It's just...
Yeah, I don't know, I'm not feeling great, to be honest.
Yeah, I think we've just gotta focus
on the fact that there's only three weeks left.
I don't think we're messing up this house.
I think it still flows fine and they might not see it
but I think plenty of other people do.
(GULLS CRY) (THUNDER CRACKS)
SHELLEY: How would you like to win $30,000?
Yep, 30 grand, things to Disney+.
Head to the Block website now
and vote for the couple you think has created this week's best room.
The results later in the show.
# I wish that I could be like the cool kids... #
SCOTT: OK. Leah and Ash.
# The cool kids... #
This week was...
Heartwarming.
Located upstairs, the kids' rooms are mirror images of each other,
with rounded corners
and DIY Blinds helped with the kids' performance area.
We're gonna create a little stage
and do a really fun curtain that could always be draped to the side.
WOMAN: Leave it with me.
I'll find some different colour options
that I think will work really well for that space.
We understand kids and we know them inside and out.
No pressure. Yeah, no pressure.
So, we had to start working out how the hell we're doing a rock wall.
On a curve. Yep.
KEITH: We don't want a kid to climb up here, right,
and get up there and then it fall down.
We don't want that.
ASH: We ended up double-sheeting it with 10mm ply.
Strong wall.
This kid better love the rock climbing wall.
No, it'll be sweet.
These rooms, any child can just immediately start living in them.
They are set up to play, imagine, sleep.
It's really, I think, how a child would live in that space
in any day-to-day.
Whoa!
# 'Cause I'm on top of the world, eh! I'm on top of the world, eh!
# Waiting on this for a while now Paying my dues to the dirt
# I'm on top of the world... #
Memphis, here we come!
Darren loved the 1980s Memphis design movement,
with its vivid graphics and geometrics.
He thinks it is really appropriate for this house.
And a really big, bold, graphic statement.
I really, really like this. Really, really like this.
Marty agreed,
saying the room was great fun and would appeal to any kid.
It certainly appealed to his kids when they saw it today...
Oh...
..especially the climbing wall.
I'm gonna go climb.
What a great idea.
Who's gonna get to the top first? Me.
I reckon Olive's got it. Oh... Fred's going too.
(CHARLOTTE LAUGHS) No way.
Who's gonna touch the ceiling?
Oh! (LAUGHS)
Marty thinks the wow factor with the climbing wall
is a big plus to any prospective buyer.
That curve is phenomenal. SHAYNNA: This is pretty cool.
The colours of this is that sense of joy and fun and energy.
And the thing is, it could be any gender.
She thinks this is Leah and Ash back to their best.
They haven't broken the bank either. Like...
No. ..great wallpaper, climbing wall.
It's a happy space. Yeah.
Darren thinks it's a room that has wonderful impact
and delivers a fresh, youthful feel for any kid up to 12 or 13.
It's really, really chic and really stylish.
The inclusions are lovely. The sheers look fantastic.
I love how they frame up this curve.
I think it's actually really elegant.
We talk about that all-important emotional connection with your rooms
all the time on The Block
and our judges all thought when kids enter this room
they would have exactly that.
This is one of those rooms that a lot of kids will love.
Big-time. And how well will this market?
Yeah. I mean, just a photo from here, it separates.
Yeah. It's different.
The judges realise you are going for a buyer that is not vanilla
and this room is spot-on for that buyer.
So, well done for sticking to your guns.
Moving onto your second room...
(UPBEAT DANCE POP PLAYS)
Oh! (EXCLAIMS)
# This is it # This is it
# Oh, this kind of love is the real thing... #
'90s disco ball. Oh, my god.
It's made for you. It is.
# I'm lost for words I'm in a daze
# Stunned and amazed By your open ways... #
Wow. # This is it... #
You know what, these are two kids' rooms on high energy,
that we might need a little meditation pod somewhere. (LAUGHS)
(BOTH LAUGH)
Shaynna couldn't wipe the smile off her face.
MARTY: It just has that energy. It does.
It's brilliant.
Again, it's another great use of a curve,
which is architecturally beautiful but awkward to engage with.
The fact that you can just have this little hideaway tent,
a little play area, pop on the disco ball, it's just good fun.
It's their personality
and I love how upstairs is tied in really with downstairs. Yeah.
There was, however, a lengthy discussion
about the choice of the bed in this room.
Darren thought it was an interesting decision to use a daybed
instead of a regular bed.
Look, I think it's great they've got this big open floor plan here
for the kids to be able to play in
but with little ones, though...
Not appropriate if this is the kids' room.
If this was to be long-term, this bed would be out straight away.
Marty believes the buyer needs to feel like
the rooms are completely liveable and you must feel at home.
The daybed doesn't do that.
To have this sort of quasi couch daybed thing in a kids' bedroom
seems like they've sort of missed the mark on that.
But what overrides that is the incredible emotional response
these two rooms will elicit in kids.
I love their sense of adventure,
I love their sense of fun and visually...
Visually, it's spectacular.
From a marketing perspective... Oh!
..this will jump out of the screen.
Darren and Shaynna agree
these rooms have a great sense of adventure and fun
but also feel like they belong in a high-end and high-priced home.
Great feedback. That's it.
LEAH: Wow. ASH: Thank you.
Great feedback.
Oh, stoked with our feedback.
Yeah, that was all we could've ever wanted
and it looks like the judges are digging the vibe this week.
(GULLS CRY)
SCOTT: We're halfway through the judging for the kids' bedrooms.
Next up...
OK. Kristy and Brett.
I feel like the week was just awkward.
Really? Yeah.
The ages of our kid was a three-year-old little boy or girl
that loves jungle
and then a teen girl.
The two bedrooms are situated towards the front of the house,
overlooking Charming Street.
We've picked out the wallpaper now and picked the perfect one.
So we've got the Grafico jungle wallpaper here.
What we're thinking in here is doing the colouring-in wallpaper.
Mm-hm.
We had Accent Paint come through and do a consult today.
So you hit the wall like this and you push and you should have, like,
a wave of paint behind you and then you feather off that bottom line.
We get away with murder with white. Our painting sucks.
And we're gonna be completely exposed with green.
This room will actually have this Grafico... SHELLEY: Oh, wow.
..on that wall and wrap around the ceiling.
This has got three tens written all over it.
If you don't get tens, it's your fault.
Mmm. Yes. Thanks, Scotty. That's all I'm saying.
Thanks, Scotty. It's there for the taking, Shell.
(LAUGHTER)
Well, I'm just gonna say I'm proud of my green paint.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
There was a lot better things in these rooms
but I'm just taking it as a win.
# And it gets you down But that's OK
# You've been pushed round... #
I'm proud of, you know, working with Kinsman and Grafico
on that collaboration of that wardrobe and nook.
I think it's really cool.
Walking in to your first room up the top of the stairs,
there were smiles all round.
SHAYNNA: Oh!
MARTY: How cute.
This is so sweet!
Love that.
That is cool!
But look at this. Oh.
Step back. Look what you can colour in.
DARREN: Oh, no!
(LAUGHTER)
That's crazy! Oh, that's hilarious!
Oh, my god. How cute.
That is so funny. Really cool.
And this is so lovely.
But it's also really clever
because the application of this is so removable.
Yes. Wallpaper is so versatile. You can take it off really easily.
Marty thought this room had spades of versatility and is very marketable.
It's got this sophisticated playfulness to it.
It's not overdone. Mmm.
And with the northern-facing windows it's just got a great energy.
Shaynna continued smiling.
We've just come from a house where we were questioning the beds.
Look at this. Look at how cute this is.
This is a really great choice
and this bed also got a big tick of approval from Marty's kids,
Freddie and Olive.
What's your favourite thing in this one?
This one. MARTY AND CHARLOTTE: The bed?
Mmm. CHARLOTTE: Chin-ups.
(EXCLAIMS) Whoa!
In fact, this bed was Freddie and Olive's favourite bed of the day.
BRETT: Oh, nice. KRISTY: Nice.
Execution-wise,
your builders have done a great job all throughout the build.
But what about your paintwork?
This is a little issue that... SHAYNNA: Yeah.
..somehow got damaged when this went in, I suppose.
I don't know, because you look over there
and it needs another coat of cutting in here,
so paintwork all around just needs extra... It's subpar.
But look, honestly, other than that slight paint execution,
there is nothing to fault in here.
Isn't it funny too... Zero.
..because this is the paint issue.
They've had to cut this in and it's perfect.
The cutting in, they've done a really beautiful job.
Yes! Yes! Needed that.
Marty thought this room really complements the rest of your house,
so it gets a big tick of approval from Marty for consistency.
He said today...
It's a perfect little kids' room. That's what it is.
Or, as Mary Poppins would say, practically perfect.
(LAUGHS)
Walking into your second room and it was a real shock to the senses.
SHAYNNA: Whoa!
This is completely different!
# Girl, I'm about to have a panic attack
# Oh-oh-oh Am I ready?
# Girl, there ain't a doubt # Am I ready?
# What you talking 'bout? # Am I ready?
# You're gonna figure it out # To be loved, to be loved... #
MARTY: For someone that doesn't like wallpaper, I really like this.
# 'Cause I want it # That's what I'm talking about... #
I think it's great! Wow.
Sorry. It's such a...
Do you like it?
It's like I just got punched in the face.
(OTHERS LAUGH)
Not quite the reaction I thought you would have.
It's a lot.
(LAUGHTER)
Darren's heart was literally racing.
He was struggling with it because the image is of soft flowers
but the totality of it on the wall and the ceiling
made it feel totally hectic.
See, I felt like that in the other two rooms in house two
but I don't feel that in here.
For me, it feels very soft, quite feminine
and having so much beautiful natural light coming through
in these treetop views,
for me, that then softens the perceived 'hectic-ness'
of the wallpaper.
As Darren's pulse returned to normal... (KRISTY LAUGHS)
..he pointed out that he hadn't actually communicated
whether he liked it or not
and now he was ready to pronounce judgement.
I like it. I think it's great.
(LAUGHS)
I just had to absorb the blow and think... Yeah.
.."OK, how do I actually feel about this?"
He thinks the Kinsman laminate
and the real leather handles are a thing of beauty.
He also loved the corduroy furniture and the boucle bedcover.
I think they've decorated it beautifully,
they've planned the space beautifully
and this is a really impactful and generous room.
But Shaynna did see one fault with the join
in the Grafico above the bed.
They'd be laying down there every night
looking at the mismatch of the join...
Mmm. ..right above my head.
And if they're gonna present an art TV,
please have some artwork there
because I don't want to see a black screen from the bed.
It's important to note the small things to sell a house
and Marty had a suggestion for you.
When it comes to the open-for-inspections,
you should add a floral scent to the room
to really bring that wallpaper to life.
Nice. It's a good idea.
SHAYNNA: I feel really good about both rooms we've seen here today.
Well, maybe they're on a winning streak now...
Mmm.
..because this ties in beautifully with the kitchen
and I think having two big bedrooms on one level of the floor plan
makes this really hard to beat.
That's it. WOMAN: Well done.
Thanks. That was good. That was good. Yeah.
We rolled the dice, backed ourselves and, yeah, good result.
Well done. That's pretty good.
(GULLS CRY)
No. KRISTY: It's gonna be OK.
Don't worry. Ready.
OK. House four. Steph and Gian.
This week was a lot.
We got thrown through the judging washing machine.
I've been on the Steph and Gian train for a long time.
I'm jumping off at this stop. I hate it.
The pressure was on to get the kids' bedrooms right
that are located on the first floor at the back of the house.
I spent hours with every single person on Monday trying to work out,
like, "What would your kid like?"
It's not just me not having a kid.
None of the people around me have kids.
I can't personify a child.
The racing cupboard.
Anyone walking around the street, I'm asking,
like, "Hey, would your kid like this?"
The Truecore engineer sent through the detail for our hanging chair.
You're happy with that, if he puts the extra brackets in?
Yeah. On either side. Yeah.
Oh!
(DRILL WHINES)
(LAUGHTER)
DAN: All this work for a swing.
It's not a swing, it's a hanging chair. (LAUGHS)
It looks like a swing to me. (LAUGHS)
It seems like only yesterday
that you built that hotel room for a dirty weekend.
I know. It's a kids' bedroom.
STEPH AND GIAN: I know.
We want people to walk in and say
"This is a kids' room, it's been loved," so, yeah, we're working...
That's the brief. You're right. Yep. Yep. Yep.
I love the rooms. We love the rooms.
We're happy how this fits into our big picture,
so we have confidence in that department
but you never know what the judges... Mmm. ..are gonna think.
# So I prayed
# I could break away... #
SHAYNNA: Whoa! MARTY: What a room.
# I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
# I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky
# Make a wish, take a chance, make a change
# And break away... #
You can just see the thought that's been put into this, can't you?
You know what, I just...
Is this Steph in week one?
Is this the person we saw in week one?
(STEPH AND GIAN LAUGH)
Darren was just thinking, expensive when it comes to this room.
In fact, he thinks this room could be the jewel in the crown of house four,
saying today...
Diamonds are made under pressure.
This is one shimmering diamond.
SHAYNNA: It is.
This is probably the most sophisticated kids' bedroom
we've seen thus far.
It is absolutely chic as...
And let me tell you, he nearly said something else.
He changed it at the last second.
..heck.
I love that wallpaper running through here
and how it ties in with the shape of the bedhead.
The fabric of the bedhead and the fabric of these lights
pair beautifully together.
Just the amount of decisions that it takes
to put something together with this much effort and detail...
Clearly, every single thing in this room
has been deliberated over hours and hours.
Is that right? Yes.
Literally hours. (LAUGHS)
Shaynna can sense the inner child from you both.
SHAYNNA: I'm just gonna get on this swinging chair.
It's like a little cocoon.
And you just sit here and you have a read.
I hope that beam's really strong. (LAUGHS)
For a child or a young teenager,
this has a little bit of sophistication
in that beautiful, fun, elegant, childish manner.
Yep.
It must've been tough to continue the Japandi style...
STEPH: Yeah. ..in a kids' room... GIAN: Yep.
..but Marty thought you did exactly that.
MARTY: It has the consistency, the architectural detailing,
the way that they've done their feature lighting in most rooms,
their colour palette.
They have nailed this room and I'm just so pleased
because I've always been a fan of Steph and Gian
and I jumped off their train last time I was in their house
and I'll tell you what, I'm back on.
STEPH: Oh! Thanks, Marty.
In fact, he brought one of those little hats
and he's shovelling the coal, he's driving the steam train.
(LAUGHS) Aren't you, Marty?
Give us the horn, brother.
MARTY: Toot-toot.
(STEPH LAUGHS)
MARTY: This appeals to the mass market,
so when a buyer looks at this and when an agent's selling this,
this doesn't polarise anyone.
Marty has sold a few houses in his time
and as an agent, this room is right up there,
beautifully designed and the execution is pretty much perfect.
So, going into the second room, Marty wondered,
surely, there is no way you can deliver another room
to this standard, could you?
GIAN: Hope so. STEPH: Hope so.
# But if you close your eyes
# Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
# And if you close your eyes... #
(LAUGHS) MARTY: They've done it again.
SHAYNNA: Oh, wow!
That's just blowing my mind, how they've had the time to do this.
Have they slept? I don't think so.
Darren had a closer look at the wall behind the bed.
That's one decal.
SHAYNNA AND MARTY: Oh!
That's one decal. That's one decal. What the hell, man!
It's a custom wall that she's done. Oh!
The amount of time and effort that's gone into designing this,
choosing every single thing, getting all the right pieces,
assembling them so beautifully and then having the time to do this?
Oh, man, I love this room so much.
It's beautiful.
They just adored your styling, Steph...
STEPH: Oh, thanks.
..saying it was totally next-level.
# I've been waiting for this... #
And I'm just looking at the bed.
Even the simple thought process
is that we've got the same doona cover in criss-cross.
One's black, one's grey.
And then swapping the pillow.
How they've just gone to the absolute nth degree
for every little thing in the styling...
I mean, styling's what makes the shoot pop...
Yeah.
..and this will just pop out of the screen.
Yeah.
They think buyers with young kids will lose their minds.
It certainly appealed to Marty's kids when they saw it today.
FRED: Whoa! CHARLOTTE: It's beautiful!
Would you sit in there and read a book?
KIDS: Yes. Yes?
You like this room too?
It's so cool.
STEPH: Aw.
To finish off, Marty couldn't decide
which of the two rooms he liked better today,
but as Shaynna pointed out...
You don't have to, because when you buy the house, you get both.
MARTY: You get both. Great problem to have.
It's a great problem to have. Yeah. Yeah.
What a way to finish.
Well done. That's it. News wasn't bad.
I'm proud of you.
(LAUGHS) I don't know where to start.
Thank you.
We just wanted, like, "You did, like, the brief."
Yeah.
I was honestly expecting just, like,
"You see what happens when you design to the brief?
"This is great."
Everything was so considered and probably to even more of a point
because of, you know, what happened first week,
so I guess it makes sense
as to why they saw the meticulous detail, because it was.
Makes it all worth it. It made it all worth it.
Yeah.
(GULLS CRY)
SCOTT: We're nearing the end of kids' bedroom judging
and after glowing feedback from the judges for house four,
there's just one house left.
Eliza and Liberty.
The only way is down after that. (LAUGHS)
Not necessarily, girls.
This week was fulfilling.
The girls planned to fulfil their dream kids' bedrooms,
located on the first floor at the back of the house.
So this is the other kid's bedroom.
So I think we're sorted for this in terms of obviously, like, cabinetry.
We've got our cute little nook.
We made the decision to do a toddler bedroom
and then a slightly older kid's bedroom so, like, say, eight to 12.
Everyone's doing really cool stuff this week.
We are quite boring.
We're thinking more endgame
and that's to provision for rooms that can change and adapt.
My little fella would be in there every day.
We're obsessed with DIY Blinds.
They're making for us sweet little sheers to go over our reading nook.
I've met Brickman through my work as a personal assistant.
I just hit him up, stalked him, messaged people that knew him
and said, "Please, sir, may I have a cheetah/leopard?"
That is amazing.
Eliza the cheetah. Here she is.
All yours. Oh, my god. This is a...
How long did she take? A couple of days worth of work.
During the week, we met a lovely young girl called Novalie,
who is suffering from leukaemia
and we found out that she's a magnificent drawer
and we just really connected with her,
so we thought, what better to do for our kids' room
than get her to draw us a picture that we can display in our room.
'Bee kind'.
So we feel, yeah, great about having that in our room.
That's our little... Yeah. ..special... Super cute.
LIBERTY: Main thing I hope the judges take away from our room
is that it's versatile and can be repurposed for the buyer.
# Daylight You got me cursing the daylight
# Oooh-oooh
# Daylight You got me calling at all times
# Oooh-oooh
# If I was a bluebird I would fly to you... #
Oh!
# Dip you honey so I could be sticking to you... #
This is nice.
It's just insanely nice.
This beautiful depth of colour in the wardrobe
and you've got another sensational mural.
And a great bed. Mm-hm.
Beautiful lamps.
Sorry.
What?
At about this time in the proceedings,
Darren saw the note from Novalie.
SHAYNNA: "Dear judges. My name is Novalie.
"I'm nine years old.
"I made some artwork for Eliza and Liberty's room.
"I've enjoyed doing art and watching The Block
"while I've been in hospital for my leukaemia."
Oh! That's pretty sweet.
Shaynna hopes that Novalie will be able to come and stay
when she's better.
Oh!
Ah, man. Little Novalie.
A room with heart. Yep.
Yeah.
Also, a room with something from Brickman.
Made by Brickman. How cute's that!
That was a good get, wasn't it? Nice to know some people.
(ELIZA LAUGHS)
Darren's a total Lego nerd, so he particularly loved it
but his favourite thing in the room wasn't the Lego.
I think probably one of the loveliest things in here
has got to be his metallic finish...
SHAYNNA: Mmm. ..with those walnut handles.
Like... It's gorgeous.
Marty agrees, but he wasn't a fan of the track lighting.
Just some simple downlights would work.
Especially over the top of the bed. Over the bed.
Yeah. Definitely not the right move.
Marty also didn't think the blackboard is needed in the room,
as the desk area is so well-presented as it is.
This is, you know, four and a bit metres worth of great cabinetry.
Yeah. Show it off.
Yeah.
Don't block it up by having this here.
But back to the positives,
the colour palette, the rest of the furniture selections are terrific.
ELIZA: There you go.
They've really created something
that feels elevated and sophisticated
and it was very mean of them to put that beautiful letter up there...
(LAUGHS) ..to make me almost cry.
LIBERTY: To be fair, we were brought to tears
when we opened that package from Novalie.
As soon as we met her, we knew that we wanted to get her
to do something for our room and something meaningful
and I think they saw that and, yeah, felt that emotion behind it too.
Yeah. What a special girl she is.
Moving onto your second room...
SHAYNNA: Whoa! This is a big room!
# Somewhere over the rainbow
# Bluebirds fly
# And... #
I love that so much. How sweet is that!
How cute is this! Oh, this is gorgeous!
With kids' rooms, it's all about impact
and Marty thinks the nook you created with the bear mural,
very cute, something buyers and their kids will remember.
His certainly did.
FRED: Whoa!
CHARLOTTE: Oh, how pretty.
Oh, my goodness, Olive!
OLIVE: A bear and a honey.
And look. Piglet.
Oh, this is gorgeous. FRED: I want a nook.
You want a nook?
Marty's also a fan of the Grafico wallpaper on the large wall.
Just elongates that ceiling height. SHAYNNA: Yeah.
They did say both of the rooms felt girl-specific
but both were easily changed depending on the buyer.
You know what else I'm seeing in here again, is cost saving.
And we have a flatpack bed
because it's been put together, you know, with the...
Allen key. Yeah.
I just think it's really clever that they have been able to save money
and still deliver something that feels expensive.
This really feels like an anchored, cosy kid's bedroom.
Yeah.
What they've left me with is a feeling of joy and warmth
and something that's gonna feel really fantastic for a family.
And it's a really fantastic family home
and it's going to be very, very hard to go past house five
on auction day.
Lots of love, girls, for these two rooms.
Well done. That's it.
STEPH: Well done!
I'm very shocked and happy with our feedback.
And it's good that they didn't think it looked too budget.
Mmm. Because we went... It was on a budget.
(GULLS CRY)
SCOTT: The judges have given their remarks on all five houses.
Now it's time to chalk up the points.
OK. Scores. Here we go.
Darren Palmer. Kyle and Leslie.
DARREN: The neutral palette is non-gender specific,
which is super smart in all respects.
Leah and Ash.
It's really, really chic and really stylish.
Wowee. Wowee.
Kristy and Brett.
This is a really impactful and generous room.
Again, with these nine and a halves,
which are awesome but they're killing me.
Imagine they were ten grand every time.
Steph and Gian.
This is probably the most sophisticated kids' bedroom
we've seen thus far.
This is a house-seller.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Cannot believe that. I am so incredibly shocked.
Eliza and Liberty.
They have been able to save money
and still deliver something that feels expensive.
Really high scores. High scores.
Here we go. Whoa... Jeez.
OK. Marty Fox. Kyle and Leslie.
MARTY: There's nothing offensive in here but it is pigeonholed.
LESLIE: Ouch, Marty. That hurt my feelings.
Leah and Ash.
MARTY: From a marketing perspective, this will jump out of the screen.
LEAH: Mmm.
Kristy and Brett.
It's got this sophisticated playfulness to it.
It's not overdone. It's just got a great energy.
Steph and Gian.
This appeals to the mass market.
They have nailed this room.
(KRISTY LAUGHS) ELIZA: Holy moly.
STEPH: Oh, my god.
(LAUGHS) Now he's back on the train.
Yeah, he is.
And Eliza and Liberty.
MARTY: This really feels like an anchored, cosy,
inviting kids' bedroom.
Oh, what a dog.
Wow. (LAUGHTER)
Fives next week.
Just kidding. I am just kidding.
See you in a bit.
Shaynna Blaze. Kyle and Leslie.
SHAYNNA: If you're going to do this theme,
do it to that high-end finish.
Leah and Ash.
I love their sense of adventure, I love their sense of fun.
Kristy and Brett.
It's calming, it's imaginative.
Look at how cute this is.
Steph and Gian.
This has a little bit of sophistication
in that beautiful fun, elegant, childish manner.
Eliza and Liberty.
It's just insanely nice. A room with heart.
Totals.
BRETT: Hey, can we take out a loan?
(LAUGHTER) Please?
A loan? I need a loan off these guys.
Come on. I know.
Kyle and Leslie? Gnome? No? LESLIE: Taking it home.
Are you sure? OK. KYLE: Thanks for offering, Scotty.
Thought I better. LIBERTY: Brutal.
OK. Here we go.
Winner of week nine on The Block, double kids' room,
taking home 10,000 bucks from Ford, no surprises with those scores...
Here we go. (APPLAUSE)
It's Steph and Gian.
# I've got the eye of the tiger A fighter
# Dancing through the fire
# 'Cause I am a champion
# And you're gonna hear me roar... #
Wasn't expecting a perfect score. I honestly wasn't.
Like, my mind is blown. I'm just overwhelmed. I'm shocked.
I have no words. I'm grateful. I can't...
Yeah. That's where I'm at. It's a lot.
By the way, it's a 40-grand night.
That's insane.
That is big bickies. It's crazy, Scotty.
It's crazy. It's crazy.
I don't have words. (CRIES) I don't...
I think from where we came from obviously the house decider, yeah,
I think it speaks true to Steph's growth as an architect
and as a person as well, so I'm proud.
Steph and Gian certainly wowed the judges,
scoring the perfect 30 out of 30.
The climbing wall was a hit for Leah and Ash,
placing them in second on 28 points.
Coming in third was Kristy and Brett on 27.5 points.
Fourth was Eliza and Liberty with 26.5
and last on the ladder with 24 points, Kyle and Leslie.
You'll also be going on a magical mystery tour...
OK. ..tomorrow night.
And there's also gonna be some special guests coming along
to give you a hand to sort out your bathroom.
Beauty. Your final bathroom.
I don't even know where we're going. OK.
It's a Ford getaway with a twist.
And speaking of twists, we have another twist tonight.
Oh, good.
It's a very good twist.
I'll just get it out of the car.
It's in the Mustang.
(BOTH LAUGH)
Look, I'm not very good with balloons but this is a secret gnome.
Oooh.
And as you might be aware, we had two special guest judges today
going through the Block and that is Olive and Freddie Fox.
And they went through your rooms by themselves, with Dad, of course,
and they chose their winner.
Oh, wow.
The secret gnome.
Are you ready to come over, kids?
Not very secret, is it?
(LAUGHTER)
The winner of the secret gnome is...
And this is a really important thing to have
coming into the last three weeks.
God, yeah.
Freddie, you just tell us what you loved about that room the most.
Climbing wall.
The climbing wall! (LAUGHS)
So, do you want to go and give it to them?
Thank you! Thanks, mate.
Oh, thank you!
Say hello to our little friend. Gnomey McGnomeface.
Very excited. Handy.
That was a nice little surprise. Yeah. Yeah.
OK. Let's talk about next week.
It's your final bathrooms, of course, but also your redo rooms as well.
There's gonna be a lot of work involved in this two-room week.
But our very good mates at CommBank are gonna provide you
with a very healthy 10,000 bucks each...
Yeah!
..so you can do those rooms in style, ready for auction day.
A lot of work, as I said, gang, so get back there and get into it.
See you. WOMAN: Cheers, Scotty.
(LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION)
(LAUGHTER)
ELIZA: Yeah.
LIBERTY: Aw.
PRODUCER: Um... Mates...
KYLE: It's annoying, frustrating.
Yeah, I don't know how to describe it.
Yeah, as great as it is for Steph and Gian, you kind of go,
"Well, you just won 90K over the last couple of weeks."
Do you know what I mean?
It's not a very even playing field now.
VOICEOVER: Blockheads get ready...
Hold on to your panties.
..it's the super sized week completing the inside of the Block...
Wozza, please do some work.
..and a chance to fix up their shockers.
MAN: A little bit bland... WOMAN: This just feels tiny.
If it had of been empty, I would of been happier.
That whole space, it was god awful.
And...
There's a Mustang up for grabs.
..the sneaky...
..becoming very manipulative, kind of dirty, want a Mustang.
..devious proposals...
I want to propose this
with as little time as possible for everyone to think.
I know, you're not being malicious about it... or are you?
No, no.
Yes.
(DEVILISH LAUGH EFFECT)
..it all leads...
LEAH: Straight away I knew what they were trying to do.
..to one almighty clash.
Grow up.
KRISTY: Are you joking? Who cares?
WOMAN: Wowee, this is some good TV.
An unmissable week.