SCOTT: Previously, the Blockheads were reunited with their family.
It was exciting to just see them in person and squish them.
Got me in the feels.
Big time.
Oh, so good to see you.
SCOTT: Some of them have stuck around.
Have these guys been inducted? Yes, they have.
They have? And they are getting paid.
SCOTT: Also, after ripping the tiles off their redo room
and damaging the waterproofing...
It's an absolute disaster.
..Kristy and Brett failed to present it for reveal...
Such a shame that we didn't finish this room.
It is what it is.
..and the judges were not impressed.
Nope.
SHAYNNA: I don't want excuses.
SCOTT: But they were impressed with house five.
Boom.
SCOTT: The sisters' final bathrooms scored them another win.
It's Eliza and Liberty! (APPLAUSE)
What the hell?
I cannot believe that.
Oh, my god. I'm so happy. I genuinely cannot believe that.
SCOTT: Tonight, backyard and pool week kicks off...
It's going to be one of them hectic weeks.
..and all our contestants need to dig deep.
(SQUEALS) Lib, I don't want to go blind!
SCOTT: But not all landscaping teams are created equal...
LESLIE: I think 90% of all the people on-site on Monday
had 'Love It Landscaping' written on their back.
We've got about 17 to 20 guys here this morning.
..and with the fences down,
nosy neighbours are out in full force.
How are you affording this?
How on earth, even at minimum wage,
are you managing to have that many people on?
They've got about 20 people here, 22 people out the back here.
This is dodgy.
That would have been a $10-$12,000 day.
Hey, we started with the body corp.
We're ending with the body corp. We've got to call it out.
Kyle and Leslie, I think they're playing a game,
and evidently, they're playing it dirty.
(SEAGULL SQUAWKS) (THUNDER)
(LIVELY MUSIC)
(MUSIC STOPS)
(SHOWER RUNNING)
SCOTT: It's day 75 of the competition
and this morning marks the beginning
of the second last week on The Block.
MAN: Finish line's in sight.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think it'll be a bittersweet moment next week.
At the moment, I feel like we're crawling to the finish line,
but reality will hit.
This is finishing. It's coming to an end.
# You ain't nothing but a hound dog...
SCOTT: Just 11 weeks ago,
our Blockheads arrived on beautiful Charming Street,
and stepped back in time to reno five glorious 1950s homes.
Since then, our teams have transformed them
into luxurious modern marvels...
..and with only two weeks to go, nostalgia is already setting in.
I am looking forward to finishing this week
and having nothing massive left to do at The Block
but still being at The Block.
But I'm also looking forward to getting home.
How crazy that this is going to be a house next week.
So much to do, but almost bittersweet.
We're excited that we're going to close it out with our team,
but it's scary.
It's going to be done.
I'm very, very upset because I don't want it to end
but I also want to go home and sleep.
I just want to sleep.
I just want to sleep in the house.
Maybe I buy the house and then I can stay here forever.
(MAGPIES WARBLE)
MAN: Good morning, winners.
How did you sleep?
I'm tired.
Still a nice feeling being a winner?
Do you know what's nicer? Sleep.
Do you know what? We, a few days ago, were saying,
"Oh, we can't possibly have this journey come to an end."
"This is the best experience in the world."
"I could do this for the rest of my life."
It's still some of those things
but we're at the point where our bodies
have nothing more to give
and I want to sleep so badly.
I want to bathe, I want to eat.
I want to not set an alarm,
I want to sit on the couch and be a slob kebob.
I want to read the news, I want to catch up on television series.
(EXHALES)
The things you dream of.
SCOTT: Eliza and Liberty scored their third win of the season
last night, impressing the judges with their final bathroom.
Boom.
SHAYNNA: How good is that floor?
DARREN: It's fabulous.
The overall aim coming into this
was not to come last every week and...
SCOTT: It's the girls!
..we're just gobsmacked by how things have gone...
It's a tie!
..and we couldn't be happier with the journey.
It's Eliza and Liberty! (APPLAUSE)
We're hopefully going to bring it home strong.
We've learned a lot and we're feeling good about ourselves.
PRODUCER: It's a career.
Oh, it's certainly not a career.
My eye make-up look good still?
MAN: You look incredible.
Thanks.
What time are you going to get up?
Now. Now time, I'm going to get up.
SCOTT: While Eliza struggles to open her eyes,
Monday morning means the block is open for inspection,
so our teams can take a look at each other's completed rooms.
Seeing as we're already at house five,
let's start with the girls' winning bathroom,
which scored a massive 27 and a half points.
SHAYNNA: It feels really welcoming and joyful.
I think it's really sweet
that we have this sort of mint green here in the styling,
which ties in with the mint green here in the basins.
I like it. Whether it's kiddie or not, I like it.
Oh, that's a fun tile.
You wouldn't think that the combination of tiles would go,
but they've really made it work. These tiles are beautiful.
I'm not 100% on the floor tiles, but I do really like the wall tiles.
Yeah.
Oh, the colours are incredible here.
It's so light and bright.
STEPH: Yep, this is a good win.
Proud of them. So am I.
Proud of them.
SCOTT: Coming in second place by just half a point
was Leah and Ash,
and while their one point gnome could've gotten them over the line,
they're keeping it in their back pocket.
Yeah, we decided not to play the gnome last night
because I've always wanted to save it for week 12
because there's a Mustang Mach-E up for grabs,
so yeah, we sort of chatted about that and we were like,
we'll save it till then.
DARREN: It functions beautifully but also looks gorgeous
and it fits the rest of the house.
SHAYNNA: Leah and Ash know how to make a statement.
Oh, this is stunning.
Yeah, it's beautiful.
Holy bath. Nice big wet area.
These nude basins are nice.
I hate that.
That feels like you're at Nonna's house.
Oh, my god.
The potpourri.
Man, that got me triggered.
Put a doily there and call it a day, babe.
Geez, Louise.
I didn't know that the swingers
that were from that house were actually also 90 years old.
(CHUCKLES) So, that was a little bit confusing.
SCOTT: Next up is house four.
Steph and Gian's Jack and Jill bathroom scored 26 points.
DARREN: This is glorious, isn't it?
It is really, really impressive.
It's tomb-like but warm.
Oh, this is fancy.
Oh, wow.
Very, very nice. Ties in well.
I love these double vanities.
This is stunning. Yeah, it's beautiful.
I just feel like for a kid's bathroom, it's...
Very mature.
Very much a little kid's bathroom.
Don't be sarcastic.
(LAUGHS) Jerk.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
What...
How is that Japandi?
Like, I'm not into it.
This is killing me, the more I look at it.
It's killing it for me.
SCOTT: Fourth place last night went to Kyle and Leslie
with the judges again having an issue with their layout.
When you first walk in, it's all about the toilet
and then also the way the bath has been placed,
your head goes at that end,
so every night, you have a bath, you're looking at the toilet.
DARREN: This isn't the most impactful layout for this room.
Oh! Wow.
STEPH: How good's the wall? I love this terrazzo wall.
That is just blood is stunning. Oh, my gosh.
What a beautiful tile. I know.
I really love it. What was the feedback?
OK, so the layout.
The toilet in the bath.
They got crucified
for seeing the toilet when you're sitting in the bath.
Like, you're in a bathroom.
How bizarre. Very bizarre feedback.
You can face that way, face the wall.
Bizarre. Really bizarre.
That's like saying,
"Oh, in your bedroom, you can see the side table."
Well, yeah, it's a bedroom,
so you're going to have a bedside table
that you're probably going to see from some angle.
So, like, it's very odd.
Where else are you going to put that toilet?
That's the thing. They say a lot of comments
and you're like, "Well, where do you go with it?"
This is a great, like, kid's bathroom.
Good on them though. They deserve better feedback.
SCOTT: Final stop today is house three
with Kristy and Brett's unfinished bathroom
scoring them the lowest points of the season so far.
It's very, very unfinished.
Disappointingly unfinished.
It hasn't been cleaned.
It's so rushed. It's chaos.
SHAYNNA: It is chaos. You can feel it.
No, she didn't clean it anyway.
GIAN: This has all the bones of a great bathroom.
This could have been, like, a winning bathroom.
That's what's crazy.
It genuinely could have been.
This is actually really delightful.
I'm quite confused, but it's obviously not been cleaned and...
I like this a lot. Oh, it's beautiful.
The timber.
I don't, I don't...
I don't like it. I've never liked timber as a tile.
Me neither.
Like, it's... Yeah.
That looks like a vinyl plank. Yeah.
It just looks...
It's just uninspiring. It...
I don't know. It just doesn't have that magic feeling.
You know?
Why didn't they caulk the toilet?
Kristy had six hours sleep.
How hard would it have been just to give it a clean?
We know they went out on Friday night
and that Kristy had six hours sleep on Saturday night,
so, I mean, an extra hour
and you could have polished that bad boy
and it would have been beautiful and it was beautiful,
but you could have just taken it to the next level.
Like, nothing's caulked.
It is a bit like it just looks unfinished a bit, doesn't it?
Are they not bothered anymore? The tapware.
Like this tapware here. Awesome.
Or they're tired?
No, they're probably fatigued. I get that.
Yeah, we're all fatigued.
It's probably just coming down to laziness.
I think they're well over it.
But it's just going to show in their work.
It's just not quality.
OK, cool. I'm done.
It's, you know...
Where did they come?
Did they come before P no, they came last. Oh, good. Yeah.
Rightio.
(PLUG SQUEAKS)
I really do like our wet room that we put forward
and I think we would have had a decent crack
if we had delivered both, which really sucks.
SCOTT: The blockheads also had to present their redo rooms last night
and while most were praised for their epic transformations...
Alright. Solved.
SHAYNNA: It's stunning.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
..Kristy and Brett failed to get there's anywhere near complete.
Nope.
I kind of feel like Brett and Kristy
are losing a bit of their care factor
because if you P like, we would do anything to finish a room.
Like, we stay up all night.
Multiple nights in a row.
If we know that there's something to be done
as little as cleaning a shower screen or vacuuming a floor,
we would stay up all night to do that.
The fact that you're not doing that,
yeah, it just says to us they don't care.
But as long as it's not impacting us,
I don't care that they don't care.
I know, I know everyone's tired and we're at the end of this,
but you've got to dig deep.
Like, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
and you have to just keep going.
You don't go to bed unless you've finished your space.
They're really prioritise sleeping and showering...
..and we don't do any of those.
(LAUGHS)
We do it sometimes. Sometimes.
It's like when you are finishing a job
and you've got two weeks notice,
are you going to finish that two weeks notice of your job?
It feels like that a lot.
(CHUCKLES)
(SEAGULL SQUAWKS)
SCOTT: It's day one of backyard and pool week,
so after ten long weeks working on the interior of their homes,
the blockheads now have to shift their focus to outside.
LEAH: Wow! We have a really big backyard.
SCOTT: All our contestants
have already been working hard with their teams
to get their plans approved
so they can hit the landscape running today.
How are you? Good.
Big week. Huge!
Landscaping for me was always top of mind.
Like, I started having my landscaping conversations week one
because I know that the architecture has to complement the landscaping.
It's so important
and it's the way that you appreciate architecture
is through the outside and then the in, so...
Yeah, top of mind and we wanted to allocate, always,
a huge budget to it.
SCOTT: At 230 square metres,
Steph and Gian have the biggest backyard to complete this week...
..and thanks to their many wins across the season,
they still have $138,000 left for the last two weeks.
They're planning to spend the majority of it
here in the backyard
to ensure they blow the rest of the competition out of the water.
So, the design will have three different main zones.
Very different zones. Yeah.
We have a pizza oven zone,
which sort of spills out from the living area
and then on the main deck, we've got a living space
and that connects with the barbecue area,
and then you've got, in the back corner,
you've got the sauna zone with the pool.
SCOTT: As well as these different zones,
they'll also include a fire pit, plenty of lawn and heaps of plants.
So, we're keen to start this week but also very overwhelmed.
It is huge.
It is huge. It is huge.
So, what's the gameplan? What's the...
Getting sauna slab done
and then digging foundations for the concrete bench seat.
That's our first and foremost. OK, great.
GIAN: There's a lot of concrete being poured today,
so we need to really work out and put into practice
all the engineering drawings that Doug provided us with.
We also need to make a really big headstart on the deck.
The deck is huge.
We've got decking coming in about an hour.
OK.
Love it.
Yeah, I feel like day one is a very big push.
This whole week is going to be P like, it's an uphill slog.
Where's my shovel?
SCOTT: In order to complete their backyards in just seven days,
each team will need a mammoth effort from their trades.
So, there's already a huge number of people on site this morning.
With no fences up yet, each backyard is on display to their neighbours.
I think 90% of all the people on site on Monday
had "Love It Landscaping" written on their back.
Including us. Including us.
MAN: Is this chaos?
Organised chaos.
This is fun! This is fun!
It's exciting!
I love it!
(BELL RINGS)
Yeah, we've got Troy from Love It Landscaping.
Troy did last season's The Block.
He was the landscaper for Tom and Sarah-Jane,
and yeah,
he has a very energetic personality.
MAN: What's going on, mate?
Well, we have a massive day.
We've got about 17 to 20 guys here this morning.
Sun's out. Like, I've got about 40 holes that we've got to dig.
Every guy knows what they've got to do for the day.
They know what they've got to do for the first three hours,
they know what they've got to do for the next three hours,
they know they've got to do for the next three hours after that,
so we're rocking and rolling. Let's bring it on.
Come on. (LAUGHS)
SCOTT: After winning last year's landscaping week,
Troy is out to retain his title,
so he has big plans for house one's backyard.
Coming off the house, they'll have a large deck
with lots of space for dining.
The hero of the space will be their aboveground pool,
which will feature bespoke coping tiles,
a huge shower-like water feature,
and floating concrete steps leading up to the pool.
It's an extremely ambitious plan,
especially for a team who's running low on money.
Going outside has been a big focus, but we didn't go into it
with as much as we wanted to financially
because we haven't won rooms.
Like, we've won one challenge and one in week one.
We're in week 11.
So, for ten weeks, we haven't won anything.
How are you affording this?
We're just going on a quote basis.
We decided with Troy, discussed with him doing a fixed quote price,
which was 40,000, and that's how we, yeah, did our landscaping.
(HEAVENLY CHOIR SINGS)
SCOTT: According to Block rules...
House one are the only team who have taken this option
and with Troy out to bag another win,
he's hoping some custom-made tiles from Turkey could do the trick.
DAN: This is impressive. Isn't it?
I'd like to know the cost.
From Turkey.
Just the freight alone. Here you go, Dan.
You've done a bit of tiling in your time, surely.
Did you order a few more? Don't break it.
One. No, no!
You only got one extra? One. One extra.
Wow.
SCOTT: Over in house three
and Kristy and Brett's outdoor space
sits at the front of their house.
Last week, they tried to convince the other teams
to let them reveal this huge space in front yard week.
But two heated body corporates shut down that idea.
That courtyard area that's technically our backyard
has a wraparound as well that is the studio space.
OK, do your pool area then.
We don't know what our front and back is.
The plan says this and that's why wanted to talk about it.
If you have dual entrances, just choose the pool one.
Just the pool one.
SCOTT: So, it was decided
that this is the area they will present on Sunday.
This front yard, backyard situation ruffled a few feathers.
It was going to be the backyard all along.
SCOTT: Kristy and Brett's backyard
will feature a paved travertine patio
with a barbecue and pizza oven.
The hero of the space is their inground pool,
which is the largest on the block
and will be surrounded by pavers and sun lounges.
They'll also plant heaps of lush trees around the fence.
It's a much simpler design
compared with their neighbours in house one,
even though both houses
have similar amounts left in their CommBank accounts.
I just don't know how everyone's (BLEEP) doing it.
Everyone... I don't know how house one
and doing (BLEEP) what they're doing.
They've got every man and their dog there.
I don't know.
Their budget's the same as our budget this week.
We're both spending 40,000.
My calculations, trade alone would come in at about 20 K,
and that's not including tilers.
That's not including materials and that's not including plants,
and they haven't won that we know of since week one.
PRODUCER: So, do you think that's fair?
No, it's not fair at all.
Gian!
At least I know you can afford it.
But I'm just looking over here.
A lot of numbers.
How on earth, even at minimum wage,
are you managing to have that many people on?
SCOTT: Kristy and Brett aren't the only ones
to notice Kyle and Leslie's army of trades this morning.
SCOTT: Next door, house two have also taken an interest.
(BLEEP) They've got about 20 people here.
22 people out the back here. Yeah, I know.
So, in my head, I'm thinking,
we have, like, seven people in our yard
and I'm barely affording it with 60,000 or 70,
and yeah, over next door, there's just an ant army
and I'm thinking, how is she affording that?
I don't get it 'cause that would've been a $10-$12,000 day.
I just want fences to go up
so I don't have to see everyone's hundred people...
(LAUGHS)
..and I just want to look at my own ten people
and I'll be happy. Yeah.
We just want the next couple of weeks to be fair.
But we know next week, there's a Mustang up for grabs
and we've been, like, we've been planning for this
'cause I want to win it.
Hard.
We know how much money you have to do the landscaping and...
Oh, (BLEEP).
You go down and have a look.
Hey, we started with the body corp, we're ending with the body corp.
We've got to call it out, we've got to call it out.
If there's that many people there again tomorrow,
like, you know, it's...
..maybe we'll bring something up.
(THUNDER)
(SEAGULL SQUAWKS)
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SCOTT: It's the first day of backyard and pool week.
Things are really starting to shape up here.
Cheers, mate. Cheers, bro.
There's a bit happening
but it's going to be one of them hectic weeks.
SCOTT: House two's backyard comes in at 180 square metres
and they've got some hectic plans in mind for it.
So, with this design, we wanted it to really reflect
what we've got going on inside and also the exterior of our house,
so there's lots of curves.
We have a really big deck that comes out from the living room.
Then over onto the studio,
there's like a permeable concrete curvy path.
There's some deep planting around that pine tree
and there's a fire pit, and a curvy brick bench,
and then there's a spiral staircase to the pool.
Having that seamless indoor-outdoor living.
I mean, that the Aussie dream,
so that's exactly what we want to do for our home.
SCOTT: As Ash digs in,
Leah heads out shopping
to pick up some styling items for their outdoor space.
(SERENE CLASSICAL MUSIC)
So, I am home.
I'm in Camerich, my favourite store.
I've come here because Steph has been generous enough
to sling me some of her Block Bucks.
SCOTT: As we near the end of the competition,
Leah's Camerich Block Bucks are running low,
but last week, her cashed up mate, Steph, came to the rescue.
So, I'm happy to give you my Camerich money.
Oh!
Thank you.
So, I think I've got, like, between five to ten grand there.
Amazing! So...
Camerich is my store.
Like, that is... Yeah.
(HEAVENLY CHOIR SINGS) I've loved it from day one
and P yeah, so I was very excited
to have a little bit more budget to spend there.
Steph didn't know how much she had left
so I'm just going to chat to the guys here
and see what I can do.
This is so comfortable.
This is the other version. Yeah, it's beautiful, isn't it?
Like, the most comfortable thing I've ever sat on.
Doug and I were just looking at pieces
and I made a bit of my wish list,
so he could go away and get all the prices for me.
One of those... Yeah.
That big sunbed.
Blue one and then the table.
And then the table. That would be great. Thank you.
Alright, let me organise that. Thanks.
(SERENE CLASSICAL MUSIC)
Anyway, so he came back
and he said all of that is about 17 and a half thousand.
(MUSIC GRINDS TO A HALT)
(CASH REGISTER RINGS)
And I was like, "Oh! I can't afford that."
"What can I afford?" And he's like, "Well, actually..."
What you probably don't realise
and Steph obviously didn't realise as well,
she had about 16 K left.
Oh, really? Yeah.
So, I can get stuff?
You can get stuff.
Yay!
You can get...
Blue... Yes, yes.
And everything's...
Yes, the outdoor vision is going to come to life.
So, I was just over the moon.
I was like, "Oh, my god. This is really happening."
But I thought, I'm going to give Steph a quick ring
because she thought she only had five to ten grand left.
I don't want, like, sneak something behind her back,
so I gave her a call.
STEPH (ON PHONE): Hey, girl. Hey, how are you?
Just to let you know,
your total that you've got left at Camerich is around $16,000.
Yeah.
How much do you want of Camerich?
I mean, I'm happy to take it all off your hands.
(CHUCKLES)
So, how much would you...
Yeah, do you know...
I'm not ready to make that decision, Leah. I'm sorry.
I didn't realise it was so much. I think I was like...
I was like willing to give, like, you know,
five grand, I think, I said.
Can we just P you've selected what you've selected,
but I'll let you know how much I'm willing to give. Is that OK?
Yeah, that's totally fine.
Alright. Thanks, Steph. I'll talk soon. Bye.
Um...
Yeah.
You can't necessarily give someone 16 grand worth of Camerich, can you?
I feel a little bit now really confused
because she sort of said, "Have all my... Have my Camerich."
"I've got five to ten left."
I was like, "That sounds great."
Um...
But now, yeah. OK.
Yeah.
So, I didn't have any Camerich from Steph in the end.
Could've stayed at the block and dug holes
and stopped wasting time going to the shop.
Yeah.
I wasn't expecting that. No.
I thought you were taking it all.
Me too. That's what I thought.
My heart was just broken.
I just sat on this couch after the phone call,
I was like, "Well, I guess that's it."
Go back, have a chat... Hmm.
..and hopefully, we can make something work.
Yes. Absolutely.
I'm glad I came and had a look at things...
Yeah, exactly. ..that I can't have.
Yeah. (LAUGHS)
SCOTT: Back on site, and house one's massive workforce is paying off.
They're the first to start concreting.
Barrows out, boys. We're pumping.
The concrete truck has just rocked up.
We've got a pump ready to get everything poured.
We've got tilers working hard,
incredible coping on our plungey pool,
so yeah, it's pretty nuts where we're at.
SCOTT: While the landscaping army forge ahead in house one
with military-like precision,
over in house five, it's a very different story.
The girls have the smallest team this week.
Just their builders and two extra landscapers.
Our new landscaper, Ryan, from East End Landscapes
is a 21-year-old who's got his own business.
He's such a go-getter and he's got an apprentice, Ruby, who is 18.
So, today, we've got the team of two and we are so keen to get into it.
We feel overwhelmed with the smallness of our team
but at the same time,
it's all we need at this point,
so we look over to Love It in house one.
It's confronting but too many hands and I think it would be a disaster.
We'll strip all the plants here.
Is that the first thing you were thinking of?
Yeah, so we'll demo everything around here.
We'll start digging all our post holes.
Yeah, yeah. Concrete them in.
Landscaping's really important to a home
because it's where you do your entertaining.
If you've got kids, that's where they love to hang out.
We know nothing about landscaping.
Just like we knew nothing about building a house
when we came into this,
so we are very much relying on our landscaper
and our builder, Robbie.
SCOTT: At 160 square metres,
house five will present the smallest backyard this week.
They'll be concreting their outdoor dining area
and the area outside the studio.
The hero of the backyard is their inground pool
which will be surrounded by lounge chairs.
There's also a fire pit, lots of lawn and heaps of trees.
Off the side of the house,
they'll have an additional dining area.
It'll feature a large table
and an inbuilt outdoor kitchen with a barbecue.
It's big and it's lovely,
and it's expansive, and it's awesome for entertaining,
awesome for kids, awesome for families.
SCOTT: But with such a small team,
house five certainly have their work cut out for them this week.
Today, it's just all about clearing the area,
starting to level things out
because we've got concreting happening soon.
Obviously, there, the big thing of getting the concrete in.
So, once the concrete in is when all our work will really start.
PRODUCER: Can we expect to see you guys on the tools today?
We will absolutely be getting on the tools today.
We will be on the tools today...
..and I will be project-managing but also on the tools today.
(CHUCKLES)
Oh!
(SQUEALS) Lib, I don't want to go blind!
(CHUCKLES)
(SEAGULL SQUAWKS)
SCOTT: As day one of landscaping continues...
..the deliveries are rolling in...
Pop a wheelie, Baz!
..and while the teams are going hard in their houses,
I've just sent out a very important text.
(PHONES CHIME)
Oh!
Oh, my god.
The claw's back!
SCOTT: Throughout the past ten weeks,
the Blockheads have been able to try their luck
with the Mitre 10 Claw,
a skill tester
filled with some awesome and not so awesome prizes.
I was going to Aldi
'cause I was like, I need to feed these troops,
and then I get the text message that the Mitre 10 Claw is open,
so I'm like, there.
BRETT: I need to get down there ASAP.
Eliza, I've got to go to Mitre 10 to do the claw
'cause there's apparently, like, ten grand up for grabs.
Oh, my god, Lib. You've got to bring it home.
OK, I'm here.
I'm here, I'm here, I'm here.
We're playing the claw again at Mitre 10.
This is extremely triggering for me
'cause I haven't done very well on this.
So, fingers crossed I change that today and redeem myself.
Oh!
My god, this machine. We get to circle through.
I need a massive amount of money.
Even to get us in the green,
I probably need to win five grand minimum,
so look, I'll be stoked to win anything, but let's go.
I'm aiming for over 5K.
My god. OK, what we think the prizes are?
I reckon ten K is the top prize.
BRETT: Going first, we had Leslie go through.
You might have it. Oh, you've got it!
No, no, no, no! You've got it.
What is it? Oh, my god!
What is it?
(CASH REGISTER RINGS) Oh, no!
That's good! No, that's good!
She's picked up two K. I'm like, not bad.
I'm thinking ten.
Lib went next.
Oh, yeah. That's on, that's on.
Oh, that's good.
(CASH REGISTER RINGS) Oh, no! OK. Good, good.
Two K. I'm like, alright, cool.
I get mine.
Do I go the big dog?
Has anyone got that big thing before?
No.
Get his butt, get his butt!
Oh, yeah! Let's get it.
Oh, yes!
Yeah, come on. What have you got?
(DRUMROLL)
Oh, no. What's this?
Oh, tea break? What does that man?
What on earth is a tea break?
I need a massive amount of money.
Even to get us in the green,
I probably need to win five grand minimum.
Alrighty, I don't know what I've won here, mate.
But I've got a dog that says tea break.
Tea break. OK, I got something special for you.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Congratulations. That's what you got.
One pack of Arnott's Cream biscuits.
Which we have seven at home.
Supported by a box of English tea.
It wasn't even Lipton's.
That is shattering.
That is actually shattering. No, that's pretty good.
I've won nothing before at that claw
and I would have preferred it
rather than this slap in the face I got.
Bit of a tea break. Yeah, that's gutting.
Sorry, bro. Damn.
What can you do?
SCOTT: To make himself feel better,
Brett heads straight to his favourite place.
(HEAVENLY CHOIR SINGS)
We are here.
Weber is my happy place.
SCOTT: Brett's dropped by to pick up a barbecue
for his outdoor dining area.
This is the one I want.
It's the Rolls-Royce, it's the top of the range.
The owners will be very happy.
Awesome. Love it. Just the pick.
SCOTT: Back at the block and at house five,
Eliza and Liberty are gearing up for their Ford getaway.
It's amazing winning and going on these things,
but, like, leaving the block when it's absolutely chaotic,
also is a bit anxiety inducing.
But we've got to just enjoy it.
I feel fine about leaving everyone here in the lurch.
Yahoo!
(BIG BAND JAZZ MUSIC)
We're heading off to The Langham
which is a beautiful hotel in the city.
# I know I'd go from rags to riches...
Hi, ladies.
How are you? Good. How are you?
Very, very, very, very, very excited.
I'm so sorry. You're OK.
Have a look at us. We don't belong here.
We brought our dirty manky boots into The Langham.
We left a trail of dirt
like bloody Hansel and Gretel with breadcrumbs.
It was embarrassing.
It does feel like everywhere you go, you're infecting that space,
but like, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
What do you girls think?
Oh, my god. This is insane.
We have literally slept in the same sheets
for the past 11 weeks.
So, clean, fresh, crisp bed
with beautiful lovely smelling sheets
was just what the doctor ordered.
Cool. Cheers.
Thank you so much.
And Scotty surprised us,
telling us he was taking us on a little shopping spree.
Are you excited about the shopping experience?
Yes. What are we doing? (SQUEALS) Yes!
So, we went to Harrold's at the Paris end of Collins Street.
I'd never even heard of it before, to be honest,
because it's so far outside of what we could spend on clothes.
And here it is.
Look how flash this joint is.
Oh, my god. (SQUEALS)
Come on. Let's go. We don't belong here.
I know. (LAUGHS)
Don't touch anything.
We walked in and we were like...
"Oh, my god."
# I've got my mind set on you
# I've got my mind set on you...
Girls, can I tell you, you can buy whatever you want.
(CASH REGISTER RINGING)
Maggie, could you show them to anything that they want?
Yeah, of course. Go and have a look around.
Did you want to start off with some champagne?
Yes. Yes, I do, Maggie.
Absolutely, Maggie. (LAUGHS) I would.
Oh, my days, it was nice.
It was nice.
('SEX AND THE CITY' THEME PLAYS)
SCOTT: Everyone always looks a million bucks on Sundays at HQ,
and this week, the sisters will get to rock up
in something extra special.
Ooh, look at that.
Yeah, that's stunning.
Actually, my stuff might hang out there.
Might be like a stuffed ham.
(LAUGHS)
It's a bit big.
But I really like the shape of it, Scotty.
You look like you're going rock fishing.
(LAUGHS)
Next.
What do we think, Scotty?
Oh, my goodness me.
We might need to pick out a shirt though to go underneath the jacket.
No, but that's the look, Scotty. Is it?
Yeah.
Right.
Do I look like a bird?
Yeah.
(LAUGHS)
You've got wings.
(SQUAWKING LIKE BIRD)
Oh! I think this is it, Scotty.
Wow! I love this.
But this looks spectacular...
This is cool, isn't it? ..and you've got the shoes on.
That's a vibe, isn't it?
You look like a fire fighter from Mount Buller.
(LAUGHS)
SCOTT: With the sisters finally choosing their glam outfits,
I've got one more surprise for them.
You ready? Yeah.
(MAGICAL GLISSANDO) Oh!
(LAUGHTER)
Any time spent with Scotty is delightful.
We love Scotty. (CASH REGISTER RINGS)
Oh, my god. Thank you, Scotty.
10,000 nicker thanks to Ford.
By the time we left, we still looked like crap,
but at least we had some pretty things in a bag.
(SINGING) # Ah! #
Girls, you're not going to believe this.
What? This is unbelievable.
You have been vindicated.
Because The Langham, a flash restaurant in Melbourne...
Yeah. ..has got that on the wall.
(LAUGHTER)
# Somebody once told me the world...
That is literally... That's incredible.
..the exact moss. I almost passed out.
Look how stylish it is.
Look how ahead of its time it is. Wowie.
Ahead of its time.
This area of absolute sheer disaster.
I mean, what is it?
I feel like taking a little bit off
and spreading it on my soup this evening.
(SHAYNNA LAUGHS)
Cheers to you winning and cheers to that bloody moss wall.
(LAUGHS) Cheers to that. Cheers, moss wall.
It's going to sell our house, Scotty.
No, it's not.
(LAUGHTER)
It's just nice to get away from the block
and actually have a bit of, like, normalcy back in your life.
So, it was good fun. With Scotty Cam as our stylist.
Best day of our lives. Well, there's the kicker.
Was it the best day of your life too?
Absolutely, it was.
(LAUGHTER) No.
(SEAGULL SQUAWKS)
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
SCOTT: As the Blockheads woke to a new day,
there's a sombre mood in house four
as Steph prepares to leave the block this morning
to attend her grandfather's funeral.
So, Steph is heading up to Sydney today for her grandfather's funeral,
who passed away last week.
STEPH: I was very overwhelmed.
I was just really overwhelmed that I was leaving.
It was such a big day,
but obviously, such a big day at home, too,
but I knew Gian had everything under control
and I knew where I needed to be.
Love you. Love you.
SCOTT: While Steph leaves to spend the day with her family,
the block is already buzzing with trades
as we gear up for another busy day of backyards and pools.
('JOHNNY B GOODE' BY CHUCK BERRY PLAYS)
SCOTT: The day may have just begun,
but in house two, Leah is already stressing.
Has anyone asked if our landscaping is on track?
MAN: Is your landscaping on track?
Absolutely not. It's not on track.
SCOTT: And with the fences not up yet,
everyone can still see straight into each other's backyards
and to the huge team at it again in house one.
Here's my thing.
I will not be mentioning anything about house one's quote
or their amount of people.
Because I know someone else is vocal
and they can do the undoing themselves.
Not happy, Jan.
On Tuesday morning, I saw a whole heap of the Love It guys
still back at it and I'm just, like, this is dodgy.
I've got so much to organise.
And then I look over there
and they just have their pool basically tiled.
There's marble pavers going down,
there's a travertine crazy pave going in,
there's steel, custom steel structures,
and for me, I'm just trying to add this up
and going, I don't think this is a fair game here.
Something is off.
Because there's not a chance
that you're doing a backyard like this for 40 grand.
Custom stone, coping curved tiles from Turkey.
How much was that, Troy?
You've got your plan of what you're doing in your yard
and you know what you're Block Bucksing
and then there's obviously bit components
that you're going to buy,
so we were sort of looking over there
and I was like, pretty sure that's not Block Bucks.
Pretty sure that's not Block Bucks.
You've got some expensive (BLEEP) in their, mate, hey?
Me? Yeah.
Only the arbours.
Yeah? The arbours and the...
Where did you get your P what's that coping? That's pretty...
It was only three and a half grand. Was it? Yeah.
Yep, house one have got $40,000 for the backyard and the front yard
and I am scraping by with 60 grand.
A fixed quote on The Block, it needs to be reasonable.
I mean, I would daresay that backyard is costing $80,000.
If something dodgy's going on,
if Troy is putting a bit more money into this,
then we need to sort of discuss that.
I feel like just saying to Troy, "Open your books."
"How are you running this job? I'm just quite interested to know."
SCOTT: Funny you should mention that, Leah,
because as we speak, Kyle and Leslie are sitting down to have a chat
with landscaper, Troy, about their budget.
So, yeah, we decided with Troy,
discussed with him doing a fixed quote price,
which was 40,000.
So, we sat down with him and made it pretty clear
that this is where we're at and this is what we're doing.
Obviously, I spoke to you that we had 40...
Yeah. ..which wasn't ideal.
Yeah. Obviously, I think people,
just visually are seeing a lot happening, so...
Yeah.
I'd heard whispers yesterday,
you know, people sort of just like go, "Whoa!"
You know, obviously, visually, it looked like a lot,
and because there's no fences in anywhere,
everyone's just in each other's spaces,
so everyone can just see everything.
You know, I guess it does look like we've got a lot of guys here,
but I'm probably 25% down on the labour I had here yesterday.
Tomorrow, we'll be another 25% down on that.
Ideally, I don't want to be here at all on Saturday,
so there's no labour.
We are absolutely stretched dollar-wise.
We are just giving it everything and it's like a...
Next week is a next week issue, in all honesty.
I would say, 80% if not more of the budget
is coming into the backyard compared to the front yard.
My suppliers have really helped me out
with some of, like, that steelwork and the pavers,
but, you know, we've used all the tiles from Beaumont's,
we've used the concrete allowance, what we have.
Schots for our outdoor stuff.
Schots, you know, we spent... A (BLEEP). Yeah.
..a (BLEEP) amount of money. Yeah, we've done P
that's our fire pit, that's all the stuff that I think, like...
That's all your styling. Yeah.
All your garden works that are happening,
that's all sponsored, plus there's the grass.
Pizza oven's covered.
It's literally - the only thing that I've had to pay for
is the labour, the pavers, and the steel.
If you give a figure and it's agreed on,
then whatever is done after that isn't really on you.
If someone wants to go beyond in terms of maybe themselves,
take on more of a loss,
then that's not really on us
because you say, "Well, this is what we've got."
And they're essentially going, "OK."
For me, that's all within...
Yeah. ..any rule.
Hopefully, you have like a win on the weekend,
you know, and then, you know, that money can then, you know,
go into the front. I know we can't bank on that,
but, you know, we're working hard to win, so...
Yeah, and we have the gnome still, so...
Yeah, that's exactly right,
so let's just keep doing what we gotta do, I reckon.
I just wanted to gauge
how many people they have today and tomorrow
and start doing some calculations.
Playing fair is very important to us.
I mean, The Block is a competition.
But you can't have a competition without rules.
That's the way it works.
It's worked like that for 19 seasons and needs to be a fair game.
Otherwise, what's the point?
Yeah, I'll suss it out.
Kyle and Leslie, we started off thinking they were playing the game,
then we retracted that statement, but no...
I think they're playing the game.
They're the biggest players in the game.
And evidently, they're playing it dirty.
(SEAGULL SQUAWKS)
(THUNDER)
# Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth
# Ooh, heaven...
SCOTT: As day two of backyard week continues...
# They say heaven...
..there's still a lot of work to be done.
(SONG GRINDS TO A HALT) I miss shopping.
SCOTT: Over at house three,
Kristy and Brett's team are pushing hard.
So, today, we're expecting concrete.
It's a lot of preparation, a lot of levelling,
and getting ready for the big pour.
# Shake, shake, shake...
SCOTT: House three need to pour a slab for their outdoor dining area
which will later be covered in travertine pavers.
Oh, yeah. It's good. Just let me clean this trench up a smidge, mate.
So, a lot of digging, a lot of levelling out.
We've also got our guys working inside as well
just 'cause there's a few things we need to final off inside.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
SCOTT: Yep, like last week's redo room, hey, Brett?
I've just got to chip away at the glue...
How good's that? ..old hands and knees a workout.
Love your work.
SCOTT: In house five,
Eliza and Liberty are back from their winner's getaway.
How are you, Ryan?
Good. How are you? Good, thank you.
How was your night out? It was great.
We were very lucky. We got treated like queens.
That's good. Now, back to reality.
SCOTT: As the sisters settle back into Block life,
I've decided to drop by and check on their backyard progress.
Hi, Scotty! How are you?
Good. How are you? I'm going back
to the Paris end of Collins Street. We'll come with you.
No. OK.
Scotty dropped by today and we were out in our backyard
and we were just having a chat about all things backyard.
It's looking great. Yeah, yeah.
Is that formwork for the outside this side?
What's on the inside?
That's grass. Oh, that's grass?
Yeah. Well, that's going to look terrific.
OK, good.
We just thought it was, you know, a little visit
to check in on the progress of our backyard, but then...
# Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth
# Ooh, heaven is a place on earth...
G'day, mate. Oh, hello!
Hello! What are you doing here?
I'm just going for a stroll. Are you?
Is that the BOB bag?
Oh, it is the BOB bag.
SCOTT: On Mondays after judging,
plumber Tom does his own walk-arounds
of the completed rooms
to determine which he thinks deserves Best on Block.
Week ten, still can't use a paintbrush.
After doing all my walk-arounds for this week,
I feel like it's going to me.
The plumbing is just perfect. (LAUGHS)
He's worked here one series, he's changing the rules.
Settle down, mate.
Who does the BOB Award go to this week?
Well, I think...
..house five.
(SQUEALS)
Yeah, your bathroom's, like, bang-on again.
(SQUEALS) We won!
We won the BOB Award again this week,
so we've won three out of five BOB Awards
that have been presented on The Block this season,
and for us, that's just incredible
because it acknowledges the hard work
of everyone that puts in effort to our rooms.
(SQUEALS)
Well done, Rob. Thank you.
Another cracker.
Well done. Well done, brother.
Here's your Hipages trophy.
Thanks to Hipages. Another one, Robbie!
Thank you very much, Hipages.
There you go. Thank you very much.
Another ten Gs. Perfect timing.
Whoo-hoo!
This Block stuff's fun sometimes.
Sometimes. (LAUGHTER)
These last couple of days,
our room win, the prize that went with it, and the BOB Award
have honestly been some of the most joyous moments of our life.
I know that sounds dramatic,
but like, we're just like starting to get all the feels
about this journey kind of coming to an end
and the things that we're getting to do
and the experiences that we're having
and we feel very grateful.
Post Block, what's going to happen with the dating scenes?
Well, we need to try and date between now and when it airs
because once it airs and people see how filthy we are,
no one's going to want to touch us.
So, you've got like a three-month gap to try to find love.
Do you have any friends?
Yeah. Single good friends?
They're not worthy of you girls.
SCOTT: Back at house three, Kristy and Brett's landscaper, Dan,
is ready to start concreting, but there's a big issue.
They're preparing for the concrete
and the truck has arrived
and the pump that we were told our landscapers had organised
was not available.
Just go gently on me, darl.
That's the concrete truck ready to go.
What's happening?
No, we can't pump it, darl. Why?
We've got to barrow it.
SCOTT: The concrete pump attaches to a concrete truck,
making it super quick and easy to transport concrete
from the truck to the pour site.
You might remember seeing one earlier in house one.
Without it, Kristy and Brett
will now have to move a full truck's worth of concrete
with just wheelbarrows, which is a much slower process.
I don't have a wheelbarrow.
I don't have nothing.
We are also now without the pump, completely undermanned.
We were under the understanding that we had a pump ready to go,
so obviously, we just had their crew of four.
Now, we've had to pull our boys out
doing other parts of the work...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
..and throw everyone at this
to be able to do it all by barrow, which is ridiculous.
Far too much to do by barrow and it's just frustrating.
SCOTT: Yep, it's a huge setback as a full concrete truck
holds roughly 120 wheelbarrows worth of concrete.
From 3:00...
Yah! Whoo!
..it got pear-shaped.
Mental.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
SCOTT: With only a few hours until tools down,
house three needs all hands on deck...
..if they are going to complete the slab.
# I'm a psycho, so leave me alone...
Somehow, thanks to Melbourne Carpentry Co,
the concrete is in.
But I was very annoyed with how that day went.
Mate, I'm - takes a bit for me to get to boiling point,
but that - I... (BLEEP)
Yeah.
I don't like to rubbish people out,
but that was some of the worst planning I've ever seen.
It's forced us to drag
all of our workers out there to help.
Yeah, I've lost pure confidence in their landscapers, to be honest.
SCOTT: As the sun sets on day two of backyard week,
over in house four, Gian's been flying solo all day,
and while Steph makes her way back from her grandfather's funeral,
he's about to receive some devastating news from home.
(PHONE RINGING) Try not to drop it.
And if you do... Hey.
We probably need to pump it in first.
Hey.
(OMINOUS SOUNDTRACK)
When?
Jesus.
Did it literally just happen just now?
Um...
It was late Tuesday afternoon
and I get a call from my mum
letting me know that my grandfather had passed away.
Yeah.
My grandfather last week had a stroke...
..and yeah,
he was kind of just in Emergency since then.
Just doing the landscaping.
PRODUCER: But the time P do you know what I mean? Like it's just...
Like, the timing is just crazy. Oh, timing's crazy. Timing's crazy.
Like, I literally left my grandfather's funeral,
about to get back to Gian
and then find out that his grandfather's passed.
Welcome back, darling.
Yeah, obviously, super hard news to take
and it was quite overwhelming as it was on site.
Hello, darling.
Darlings. Plural.
How are you, G?
I don't know, I don't think
you really have time to digest it properly.
I think you just kind of go numb
because you have so much going on out here.
But yeah, it'll take time, it'll take time to sink in
as to what has really happened.
Yeah, like, we're just feeling a lot of emotions
on top of already feeling so fatigued.
VOICEOVER: The greatest backyards and pools ever...
WOMAN: Fabulous.
..are dirty work.
(WOMAN SQUEALS)
This sucks!
Awful, awful.
These broke Blockheads...
We are absolutely stretched.
..are spending big.
There's custom tiles from Turkey, marble pavers,
custom steel structures,
it's an $80,000 landscape for 35 grand.
And the neighbours...
How are you doing it?
..want...
Tell me.
..answers.
Is everyone happy for an audit?
Are you joking?