(TENSE MUSIC)
SCOTTY: Previously...
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC)
..we pitched our tents on Phillip Island,
where our brand-new Blockheads will be renovating an old holiday retreat
into five luxury homes.
This is mental. Look where we are.
(OVERLAPPING GREETINGS)
I'm Jesse. I'm Paige.
Nice to meet you, I'm Courtney.
Amongst these talented teams, there's five trades.
Plumber? Yeah, man.
I'm a sparky.
There's the West Aussies, Jesse and Paige.
He's a chippy, she's a claims specialist.
Our Sydney-siders Courtney and Grant.
She's into furniture design and he's into landscaping.
(PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC)
Victorian best mates Ricky and Haydn.
Ricky's a plumber, Haydn's in IT.
North Queenslanders Kylie and Brad.
Kylie's a hairdresser and Brad's a double threat -
he's a sparky and a plumber.
And for our South Aussies, Kristian's a sparky
and his wife Mimi is an aspiring performer slash restaurant manager.
We spent no time mucking around,
pushing our team straight into the deep end...
Oh my goodness.
Let's do it. House 3, baby. Yee-oo!
..and gave them the hardest room first up - the main bathroom.
Let's sheet it. Come on. Let's go.
I can't get out of my head,
we're gonna present like a room with nothing in it.
But, there was not just bathroom building...
I'm gonna be an uncle!
Give me a hug, mate.
We also had the birth of a Block baby.
The best feeling in my life ever.
Saturday was a scorcher.
..the first reveal of the year.
Today is the day that we need to get everything done.
What a disaster of a start this is.
But it's a hot finish...
It's hot in here.
..that gets a little fiery.
Pretty common practice. It's not. It's not.
I had a breakdown this morning.
DAN: It'll work out.
It's alright.
And the judges add to the heat wave when they don't see eye to eye.
I don't want to come to Phillip Island and be in Melbourne.
It can't be canary yellow.
Why? Just white. It's enough.
This is going to be possibly the biggest disaster
we've seen in 20 seasons.
Ooh, horns are going to lock on this one.
I threw everything at you guys this week, didn't I?
ALL: Yeah.
A bathroom in week one straight out of the blocks.
But for some, it wasn't a hot start to The Block,
as one of you failed to finish.
(PENGUINS WARBLE)
('WILD CHILD' BY THE BLACK KEYS PLAYS)
Tools down. Let's go.
(DOG BARKS)
Yeah, sit down there.
Now that we've got through the first week, it's so rewarding
and I'm just looking forward to the next 11 weeks.
That's pretty strange to say after...
The week we just had? Yeah.
Yeah, come here, you.
My motto for the week, keep going.
You actually cannot stop.
Get in there, Kylie. Watch the drain.
Are we still laughing, having fun? Yeah. Still laughing, having fun.
I'm still yelling at him, so that's always a good sign.
We're up this way. Yeah?
Pivot. Yeah. Pivot.
I live on this (BLEEP). I thrive on this (BLEEP).
What do you mean? You were like... I'm dying right now.
Yeah. I'm dying inside, you guys.
MAN: Let's see what we're in for.
I knew the block would be a wild experience,
but the amount of stuff that happened in just seven days
was absolutely wild.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(INSECTS CHIRP)
(COUNTRY MUSIC)
Saturday was a scorcher.
It was hot and... We're back in Perth.
The Block feels like a heat pit as well.
(ELECTRO-POP MUSIC)
SCOTTY: Not only is the site hot...
the competition is heating up too.
Yep, we're set to see five very distinct styles
revealed to the judges in less than 26 hours.
(ELECTRO-POP MUSIC)
House 2 Sydney-siders, Courtney and Grant,
are rolling two design styles into one.
Moditerranean. Moditerranean.
Yeah.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
So we're thinking of sandstone, travertine, American oak,
brushed gold, pops of marble,
and something that appeals to a lot of people
but is still a little bit beachy.
American oak sounds very... very Mediterranean.
Modern Mediterranean. Oh, OK.
('BLACK IS BLACK' BY LOS BRAVOS PLAYS)
In House 4, parents from North Queensland, Kylie and Brad,
want to showcase their love of a particular colour.
Black. Gimme black.
# Black is black... #
All black. All black.
There's no bath, but they do have a black toilet.
Black, black, black, black, black.
They'll be like, what do you want? Show me black.
(WINDPIPES PLAY)
The South Aussie newlyweds, Kristian and Mimi,
they're bringing the good vibes in House 5's bathroom.
The holiday home that we're trying to create is a contemporary coastal
kind of vibe that's welcoming...
and fresh.
Soothing? Soothing, yeah.
Like, everyone that comes into our house says,
"This place is so zen."
"You guys are so zen."
This has got a really calming nature to it.
It's really nice.
And the fact that people can feel that too, that's cool.
('ZOMBIE' BY THE CRANBERRIES PLAYS)
The West Aussies in House 1, Jesse and Paige,
know what they want, but just can't put their finger on it.
I can't tell you if this is going to make sense
to any interior designers out there, but it's all up here.
# In your head... #
What we are going for in our home is something fresh, timeless.
I love my blues. I love my greens.
And I think that is very appropriate here.
Yeah.
And I think that leans more towards our timeless approach
rather than being, like, ultra trendy.
Instagrammable.
Don't say that word.
('IT'S OKAY' BY THE WILDCARDZ PLAYS)
And then there's Victorian boys, Ricky and Haydn, in House 3.
The main considerations of bathroom is number one...
you've got to have a bath.
Yep. Yep.
Genius!
I think going with our design theme and going with modern coastal
with a touch of Scandinavian in it certainly was within our plans.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
With so much at stake...
$10,000 from Ford, $100,000 from Camerich,
and an E&S barbecue all totalling $140,000.
It's anyone's guess who will win.
(MAKES WHOOSHING NOISE)
('BOMB' BY MOON PLAYS)
In House 5, South Aussies, Kristian and Mimi
have the busiest and biggest bathroom on The Block.
So we have everyone in here today just trying to get us over the line.
That's why we feel really positive,
because yesterday was a bit... stressful for us.
(RELAXED PIANO MUSIC)
Ali, do you want me to cut for you?
Most of the stress in House 5
stemmed from the slow pace of their solo tiler.
He does know reveal's Sunday, yeah?
Yeah. Yeah.
He's been by himself for the last two days,
so it's just really (BLEEP) doing my head in.
(UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC)
Luckily for Kristian and Mimi,
their tiler has today brought some extra hands.
Yeah, baby! Oh, yeah.
So they'll be done...what... another hour they'll be finished?
Not even.
I was like, we're going to hand over a room this Sunday.
It is on.
But it's also like, why didn't you bring your sons the other days?
I think we're going alright now.
We've got electricians. We've got plumbers.
We've got chippies. We've got tilers.
We still have to put our vanity in.
ALL: Oh!
(ROCK MUSIC)
What could go wrong?
(TENSE MUSIC)
So you got 150, right?
Then you got the depth of your bowl, which is 130.
Yeah.
Then your vanity.
There was a miscommunication with what the top of the vanity was,
but it was actually the top of the bowl.
So when they pre-drilled the holes, it was without the bowls included,
but you needed to include the bowls.
So everything has to be dropped 130mm.
Are these going to be exposed?
That's the question.
No stress. No stress?
That was a (BLEEP) lot of work.
(UPBEAT POP MUSIC)
Next door in House 4,
Kylie is painting something that isn't completely black.
She's creating an original artwork to hang in her bathroom.
I sort of thought with the vein in my marble,
in my Dekton, because I don't have any colour in there...
I thought, why not brighten it up
with a bit of neon orange and neon pink?
I've done a few at home.
(SOFT VIDEO)
So I painted this...
and this...
and this.
I actually think it represents me, oddly.
I'm going to be a little bit mortified if the judges just go,
like, "That is just horrendous."
At House 2, Courtney and Grant are angry with their builders,
as the building processes caused a change to their design.
I had a breakdown this morning.
PRODUCER: Tears already? Yeah.
Yesterday, they caught their builders breaking the rules
by letting an uninsured glazier install the shower screen.
Doug? Yeah?
We explained exactly what had to happen
and you've gone behind our back.
The shower screen was installed too early,
where it's delayed our tilers and the plasterers,
unfortunately, couldn't finish the Venetian plaster.
And the added installation of the vanity
was held up by the tilers and plasterers as well.
So that means no Venetian plaster.
(TENSE MUSIC)
And Grant is holding his builder, Doug, responsible.
GRANT: Doug was adamant on putting that screen in.
Doug was adamant on putting that vanity in
when everyone told him not to put it in.
Look at him tiling around the vanity.
Pretty common practice, but yeah. Alright, that's fine.
It's not common practice.
It is. It's not.
And you don't put a $3,000 stone top around
when people are trying to Venetian plaster.
That's not a (BLEEP) standard practice.
Everything you and Doug have been saying is going,
"Standard practice, standard practice."
It's not. It's not.
It's not because we haven't finished.
Oh, so where to from here? Can Rob come back and sand off?
No, he won't come back today. I've got to sand it off.
He won't come back to sand off? He won't come back. No.
And he wasn't happy to be working around a shower screen either,
which I don't blame him.
That's pretty much what it is. It's been a domino effect.
Stone top vanity in the way didn't help either, so.
Yeah, it was just.
Probably not the smartest call for them to install that.
It's alright. We'll be alright. It'll work out.
Get the tilers to do their job,
because they're the only ones doing their job right,
and everybody else isn't.
Plasterer's had a go.
Plasterer's had a go, but the shower screen (BLEEP) them up.
It's all because...
The shower screen and the vanity which both shouldn't have went in.
And I'm sorry, but it's not standard practice to put a shower screen in
before the tiling's finished.
We would have had Venetian plaster if that wasn't in there.
They would have been able to do that last night.
Yeah.
It's just disappointing, because you have this vision,
and, you know, I'm really confident that the bathroom can be amazing.
We put so much money into it and also time,
and now, like, it is out of our control.
To make matters worse, Grant's just discovered his brand-new toilet
is busted up big time.
Honestly, how the fuck did they break the toilet?
What a disaster of a start this is.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
It's alright. I know.
Don't let it break you. Don't let it break you. Don't.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(PENGUINS WARBLE)
(SOFT ROCK MUSIC)
SCOTTY: It's mid-afternoon,
the day before the first reveal for our brand-new Blockheads.
We've got busy bathrooms...
Set the bowl against that dot, Greg.
..a stinkin' hot site...
(BLEEP) it's hot in here.
..and in House 2, a busted thunder box.
We found a smashed toilet,
so that was one issue that we had to get on top of.
Ring up Reece.
There might be a chance that they've got this one there.
(PHONE RINGS)
Reece Bathroom Lite Richmond this is Stuart.
(COMICAL GARBLED VOICE)
Hey, mate. What's going on?
(COMICAL GARBLED VOICE)
Oh, bugger.
I've got one on display, so I can send it out there.
(COMICAL GARBLED VOICE)
Cool. Easy. No problems.
And then it was also the...
Paint. ..Venetian plaster.
Which we couldn't do.
So then we had to pivot and think of another idea.
Yeah.
So we're doing, like, a textured paint.
(ROCK MUSIC)
Paint. Paint, paint, paint.
Paint. Paint. Paint.
We had to make a really quick decision.
That's pretty much what we want to achieve, really.
OK. Um...
Either Close Encounter or Snow Vista.
It's these two.
I think that's gonna be a bigger contrast to your travertine,
or that'll blend in a little bit.
I like the idea of it all blending in.
So go with that one.
So we're going for the Close Encounter?
Perfect. That's the one. Get back to it.
Yeah.
(POP MUSIC)
Also out at Mitre 10...
See how many I can carry.
..is Kylie from House 4,
making a mercy dash for last-minute supplies.
(POP MUSIC)
Today is the day that we need to get everything done.
I had another big night of painting again,
so that was something I was not looking forward to.
What are you here for, Kylie?
I need more paint.
More.
I've run out.
Ugh!
I got really frazzled yesterday and assumed that...
I happened to just pick up 2 litres.
And I have a lot to paint.
I needed to get some coats down of my black Urban Myth paint,
cause, you know, everyone kept telling me how hard it is
to paint a dark fibro wall.
I just assumed it would be roll-on like gyprock, but it doesn't.
MAN: You have a good day. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
I won't have a good day.
('GOOD VIBRATIONS' BY THE BEACH BOYS PLAYS)
But Kylie's bad day turns bright when she arrives back on site
and sees the progress of House 4's bathroom is on track.
Put the top in. All the way.
I love the look.
It's completely what I was picturing.
Yeah. Nailed it.
And the shower screen is in too.
And it's in.
Beautiful.
What's left?
Painting.
(POP MUSIC)
With the daylight hours dwindling,
Jesse and Paige's bathroom in House 1
looks to be the furthest from the finish line.
We didn't want to rush and put up something that was subpar.
We want to deliver perfection, hopefully.
But there's a heap of work still to do
before they can even come close to perfection.
So, on Saturday, to get our room finished
for Room Reveal Sunday morning, we had to hang the door,
install the shower screen,
install the vanity cabinet, install the shaving cabinet,
install the bath, install the toilet,
install the tapware, install all the lights,
finish all the tiles, and there was a lot of them,
and also silicone, caulking, grouting,
and... Painting the ceiling.
Painting the door. Sanding the door.
Did we name many things?
(HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYS)
In House 5, after hanging the vanity too high for the plumbing,
Kristian and Mimi's team have worked hard to fix the problem.
How big's the bowl?
130, and we know our stone is what, 12mm?
10 to 12mm, yeah. Let's make it 10mm.
That, fellas, is top of your cabinet.
Which is gonna work out fine 'cause your stone will cover that.
It wasn't a huge issue cause all they had to do
was re-drill a couple holes on the vanity unit,
so it probably only set us back about half an hour.
But because the vanity didn't get installed when it did,
the plumbers were then delayed, the sparkies were then delayed,
so every time something goes wrong, it sort of has a ripple effect.
No biggie.
I'll keep smiling.
('PUT ON A HAPPY FACE' BY DICK VAN DYKE PLAYS)
Over in House 2...
Foreman Dan has a special delivery to dump on our Sydney-siders.
# Why look so awfully tragic put on a happy face... #
Hello?
# Smiling can work like magic... #
MAN: Oi! # Put on a happy face... #
Who wants to take it? It's getting heavy.
Oh, don't, don't, don't, don't.
Don't drop it. Got it?
I got it.
PRODUCER: So tell me, Grant, who's ultimately responsible
for the storage of items on your site?
Are you putting to me?
What a gorgeous toilet.
No, don't sit on it.
('FEEL BETTER' BY VERA BLUE PLAYS)
Next door, Victorian plumber Ricky is holding down the fort,
while his team-mate, Haydn, is still off-site with his newborn baby.
So, it meant I was gonna have to do double the painting.
It meant I was gonna have to do double the cleaning.
There's a massive difference between two and four hands.
Yo, are we backing about half-a?
No, I'm not going to the day spa.
I'm going to the beach. (LAUGHS)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
I felt like my brain needed a bit of a refresh.
I got all, like, dust up in my sinuses.
So, I nicked down to the beach quickly,
and I know that the best way to get that dust out of there
is to do a backflip off a pier into the salty water.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
('BIONIC MAN' NOISE)
That was some of the worst gymnastics you'll probably ever see.
(CHEERING)
But I'm refreshed.
I've got no more dust in my sinuses, I'm cleared,
and now I'm ready to go back and hit a massive night
and finish the bathroom off, so I'm feeling good.
(SOFT COUNTRY MUSIC)
# Sail on brother
# Don't let go... #
So, we got all the plumbing fitted off, electricians did their thing,
tiles came up pretty well.
I've got to paint all these lining boards,
I've got to finish painting the door,
I've got to finish some grouting,
and I've got to caulk the whole bathroom...
clean it and then style it.
I'm going until this is done,
'cause I'm not having Haydn come back
and find out that we didn't finish the bathroom...
that it turned out (BLEEP)...
or I failed him.
So, in my head, I was just like...
don't stop 'cause we're tired, stop 'cause we're done.
I'm not going to lie to you,
I'm a little bit concerned with my painting talents.
Most of my paintings have been in art class in Year 9,
but, you know, how hard can it be, right?
(COUNTRY MUSIC CONTINUES)
# Hold on sister... #
We've put a lot of effort into this room.
We have. A lot of sweat.
PRODUCER: How hot was it while you guys were painting?
Holy (BLEEP). It was...
Do you want to describe what I looked like, Courtney?
Grant was like a giant sponge.
You've got beads of sweat on your head.
I know, I'm a fat boy.
I stunk. Like, that was ridiculous.
It was filthy.
All around the bottom has to be black.
Just not the Velux. That's all white.
I will be down to the wire, I'll make sure I finish.
Put in every effort to get it done. Every effort.
Mums get (BLEEP) done.
SCOTTY: But over at House 1,
Jesse and Paige still have a mountain to climb.
I'm still hopeful that we're going to finish the room.
It wasn't until 3AM Sunday.
That's when I went...
maybe not.
(TENSE MUSIC)
I'm just so sick of, like, the constant, like,
doom and gloom from you.
Like, you haven't been positive at all this whole (BLEEP) week.
It's been tiring.
I know there's a tonne of (BLEEP) to do.
I'm not complaining about it like you are.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(PENGUINS WARBLE)
(RELAXED ELECTRO-POP MUSIC)
Back!
Ricky!
Still awake?
I won't be as soon as you start talking.
Good.
Mate, come here. Missed ya.
You alright?
Yeah, bro. You good?
I'm good now.
Daddy's back.
Not until the painting was done. But yeah, thanks man.
I know. I'm good now. Yeah?
PRODUCER: Hard to leave the family this morning to come back?
Yeah.
Didn't want to leave.
Definitely didn't want to let go of her.
I said to Chels...
we're doing this for a reason.
Not gonna be easy.
But I'm gonna do it.
We're gonna do it.
Hundred percent, bro.
(EXHALES) Welcome, mate. Do you wanna come have a look?
Yeah, man. Love to. Cheers. Let's go.
PRODUCER: Alright, you rock up. Come back.
What do you think about the work he did?
Rick absolutely smashed it.
Oh.
Wow.
Those tiles are sick.
Mate. Would you have styled it any better?
He's done bloody well. Yeah?
Yeah.
Maybe you should leave me alone more often.
Rick...did an amazing job.
I was shocked. I didn't want to touch anything.
Nicely done, bro.
Couldn't be more proud of him.
He delivered.
Ricky. Yeah, pass us a rag.
I want to keep cleaning. Oh.
Oh, Scotty. Daddy's home.
Daddy's home, mate. Uncle Scotty.
I'm back. I'm not coming in.
I've got my boots on. No worries, mate.
Welcome back. He made it back, mate.
You had nothing to do with this bathroom.
Nothing at all.
You did not build a bathroom, you built a human.
Hey, I did. I did. You built a human.
I built a human. So I thought you can come with me...
Yep. ..and do Tools Down.
Let's do it.
Because you're really not a contestant at the moment.
Scotty gave me the absolute honour of calling out Tools Down.
And I don't think that's ever happened on any other Block series
ever before.
(ELECTRO-ROCK MUSIC)
Doing a penguin shuffle.
PRODUCER: So tell me, guys, about the final hours
on approach to Tools Down?
It wasn't chaotic. It was actually pretty calm.
Find the door stop. Why?
The door stop.
I don't think I've had to be on my hands and knees that much before.
That's why I was like, do you get muscles in your knees?
And now they make sounds when I move.
PRODUCER: Are you guys happy with the result?
Yeah, we are happy. Yeah...
Actually, are you happy?
Yeah, we did a lot better than I thought we were going to do.
Oh, wow. Especially...
My styling.
I never want to see this room again.
I can't believe we're actually here,
considering all the obstacles that were thrown at us.
But we made it.
PRODUCER: Ten seconds to Tools Down. Ten?
I've waited my whole life
to hear Scotty Cam tell me to put my tools down...
(LAUGHS)
..and it's this muppet.
Here we go. I feel pumped.
It's one... Well, it's nine o'clock on the knocker.
Alright, let's do it. OK, here we go.
Tools Down!
Yay!
Love you. Love you. Well done.
Yes. Is that rags down too?
Ah (BLEEP).
We put absolutely everything into finishing that bathroom,
and we fell short.
At least it's half grouted.
I felt really disappointed in myself.
I felt like a failure.
I felt incredibly inadequate.
But I think once we moved past those emotions,
we were really happy with our room.
I'm so proud of it, even if it was incomplete.
I think, like, you can't be mad. Like, that is beautiful, right?
If you actually look at it just from here, like that.
Whoa. Oh, my God.
I can see it in the mirror. Look at that.
Oh, yeah, (BLEEP) you can see it in the mirror.
The Block is a humbling experience.
('HANG ME UP TO DRY' BY THE COLD WAR KIDS PLAYS)
SCOTTY: Hello. COURTNEY: Hi.
How are you going? Good.
Better now.
Well, welcome, guys. You look fantastic.
ALL: Thanks. Thanks, Scotty.
Haydn! Dad, you're back.
(CHEERING)
Congratulations.
Welcome to the world, Tilly. Fantastic.
Appreciate it.
I threw everything at you guys this week, didn't I?
ALL: Yes. Sure did.
A bathroom in week one, straight out of the blocks.
And I'm guessing that you worked out building a bathroom on an island
has its own set of challenges.
And then, at the very last minute, I tossed in a heatwave.
(LAUGHTER)
It was hot, wasn't it? Yeah, cheers for that, mate.
It still is.
Speaking of heating up, I've heated up the prizes this week, too.
Starting with 10,000 bucks from Ford.
Cash. You've got to win that.
Then, of course, we've tacked on a 30-grand Wolf BBQ
from E&S Trading.
Absolutely magnificent.
And, of course, $100,000 voucher to Camerich Furniture.
Extraordinary.
It is game-changing, this prize.
WOMAN: Yeah.
So let's find out who's gonna win it with some feedback from the judges.
('BELIEVER' BY IMAGINE DRAGONS PLAYS)
Deciding who wins this week, and every week, are our judges.
This is unbelievable.
Amazing. Season 20.
Crazy.
OK, Jesse and Paige, you are first.
Because you're House 1, you're going to be first every week.
Yep. Awesome.
I'm so happy we're down near the coast.
I know.
Super relaxed, a bit more like home.
Phillip Island, the hustle and bustle of Melbourne
is just not us WA people, is it? In the past. Nup.
This week was, for me personally, very overwhelming.
We're on The Block.
This is where our journey starts.
This week, we did our main bathroom,
our very first bathroom on The Block.
Scotty suggested $20,000 from CommBank for our budget.
Are you nervous? A little bit. A little bit.
Stop, no you're not.
('DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY' BY THE COMMUNARDS PLAYS)
Timber should have been here...8... He told me 8 o'clock.
We've just lost 3 hours not having the timber here.
I know.
We're gonna be under control here.
I want to be the first ones finished each week
and walk around to people's houses and be like,
"Do you guys want a hand? Finished over there. Done."
We finished work Tuesday with sub floor still incomplete.
# Don't leave me this way... #
I can't get out of my head that it's, like,
we're gonna present like a room with (BLEEP) nothing in it.
This is painful. Yeah, this is a terrible week.
# Ah baby... #
You need to find some sort of compromise for me.
I've been nothing but accommodating for you.
I get that. Find it for me.
I've been nothing but accommodating for you.
Don't smile. No need to smile, honey.
You've got a lot of tiling to do. We do.
Yeah. You know. Carpenter. Construction.
SHELLEY: Yeah. Yeah.
I'm not starting The Block on a fail.
(DISPARAGING FAIL HORN SOUNDS)
OK, door shut.
Blood, sweat, and tears.
We kind of fell behind the line pretty early on in the week.
And we were playing catch up and... we felt...
That's why we ended up where we ended up.
Yeah.
But I was also really proud of the effort we put in as a team.
('YOUR LIGHT' BY THE BIG MOON PLAYS)
I'm most proud of the styling. I really am.
I love, love, love my choices.
And if I could put that in every bathroom, I would.
And if I get to do my own house one day,
I'm probably going to do it the same...just with more tiles.
Ooh.
Oh, wow.
Jesse and Paige.
Wow. They would have thought they were coming to do a challenge room.
And the fact that they had to do a bathroom has thrown them.
And you can really tell.
(TENSE MUSIC)
How can you tell? It's not finished, the poor things.
And Jesse is a builder.
And it's not finished.
Oh, he must be gutted.
As soon as you decide to tile floor to ceiling,
you are making a rod for your own back.
Plan well and execute well if you want to win over these judges.
There's a chippy within this team.
And to have a room unfinished, for me,
I believe that there is no excuses.
If other teams have finished this week and this team hasn't,
my margin for error is very, very small.
So I hope that they understand that if they're on The Block,
you do everything that you can in your power...
politely, to finish your room.
And this is an unfinished room.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(PENGUINS WARBLE)
SHELLEY: It's time for you to decide which contestants you think
have created this week's winning room.
All you have to do is head to The Block website now to cast your vote.
And don't miss the results a little later in the show.
('HOT STUFF' BY DONNA SUMMER PLAYS)
SCOTTY: For the folks at home, we're standing in a tin shed,
and it's 40 degrees outside.
# Gotta have some hot stuff baby this evening... #
We need towels for the contestants.
# I need some hot stuff baby tonight... #
And water.
# ..hot stuff baby
# Gonna need your love tonight... #
MAN: OK, let's get back to order, please.
(SIGHS) Where are we at?
Here we go.
OK, Jesse and Paige...
Marty Fox, knows you're a chippy Jesse,
so he thinks you should be prepared for anything and everything
when it comes to the builds.
If they're on The Block,
you do everything that you can in your power to finish your room.
And this is an unfinished room.
Every year, Shaynna says to contestants,
"You don't have to tile floor to ceiling
"when you have to deliver a bathroom inside of a week."
There's a lot of labour in putting these sheets up of tiles.
And expense. And money.
So look at where you can save money and time.
And the thing is, you don't have to fully tile every bathroom,
every wall.
Darren picked up on the interesting-shaped room.
This is tricky.
I mean, we have a big shower, we have an external edge
facing into the radius of a door.
There's lots going on. It feels a little hectic.
Shaynna luckily did have some positives.
Really?
I have to say, I'm loving the materials that they've used here.
The brushed chrome, I think it's actually quite sexy.
It's beautiful.
And I'm loving the big form tile. We've got a really large 1200 there.
And then we've got this gorgeous little texture on the vanity.
It's wide, but it's got a beautiful-sized basin.
I think the great thing is that this is servicing two bedrooms.
So I feel like the storage is a big tick.
She praised you for including underfloor heating, too.
We are in Phillip Island.
We are sweating like nothing else at the moment.
But it is freezing in winter, and we have underfloor heating,
which I'm really excited about.
Feels like there's underfloor heating in here, doesn't it?
Literally.
OK, that's it, Jesse and Paige.
One room down, 11 to go. (APPLAUSE)
Welcome to The Block. Thank you.
Thanks guys.
You know what? It's not upsetting, it's actually incredibly motivating
because any feedback bad or good, you really got to take it on board.
So that's what I'm going to do.
I'm going to push hard to, yeah, win over the judges, especially Marty.
OK, House 2.
Courtney and Grant. Hey.
(HIP HOP MUSIC)
You've already started.
We are not going to die before we... I saw the car.
..(BLEEP). Jesus Christ.
PRODUCER: If you had to summarise this week in a sentence...
Hot mess.
It's bathroom week, Courtney.
Time to put your floor plans... Where's it say that?
It's bathroom week, right at the top in big bold letters.
It's a really central part of the house, like...
That's what sells a house... Yeah.
..is your kitchen bathroom, so...
I believe. Yeah.
I'm thinking a bit more of like a modern Mediterranean look.
Alright.
Moditerranean. Moditerranean.
Alright, so we're locking in the mineral travertine.
Alright, done. Yeah.
Courtney doesn't look at a price tag.
('I LIKE IT' BY YA SOOS PLAYS)
After we fix the framing, we have sheeting of plaster,
then we have waterproofing.
So, yeah, we're behind where I wanted to be.
# I'm stuck in space... #
Nup. That needs to be done right.
We've made mistakes.
The builders have made mistakes. There's no doubt.
There's been a lot of mistakes.
# I like it the way I move... #
We finished waterproofing at 1AM on Friday morning.
So Thursday night essentially. Yeah.
We did it. Alright, let's do it. We're done.
I styled it, I've designed it, and if we win this week,
you'll (BLEEP)-ing thank me.
I delivered it. Sorry, I swore.
Whatever. Potty mouth.
('DON'T SWALLOW THE CAP' BY THE NATIONAL PLAYS)
I feel really confident.
I feel like we've produced a really nice bathroom.
I think they're gonna like it.
Ooh... Now we're talking.
# Everything I love is one the table
# Everything I love is out to sea... #
Alright. Oh, that feels spacious.
This is Instagrammable.
This is a better layout.
Marty thinks it's an amazing floor plan.
(SOFT MUSIC)
Standing in the centre, vanity, shower, toilet, bath.
Incredible materiality.
Like, these tiles are stunning. Yeah.
And I love these handles.
They almost look like shells off the beach.
Yeah.
Shaynna, like the other two judges,
was immediately very impressed with your bathroom.
It's like this couple heard us in the house before,
that you don't have to tile floor to ceiling.
Save yourself time.
They've done it halfway.
They've actually put a curve in here.
They've got the niche.
I'm loving the subtle lighting
with these beautiful travertine light fittings, which are fantastic.
And I think this marble is hot.
The issue Shaynna had, which led to much debate between her and Marty,
and perhaps some conflict,
was she felt perhaps you could have even gone further
with the aesthetics and styling.
(SOFTLY) Yeah.
I myself still want to see more drama.
I really want... What?
I want people to really bring it this year.
It's a holiday place.
This isn't about safeties.
These are people coming for holidays that want to be wowed.
I... Hang on, I haven't finished.
I'm loving the neutral palette.
This is the one hero, but you can take it further.
You really can. I disagree.
(TENSE MUSIC)
He's a serious real estate agent,
and he thinks you've got the styling and the choices just right.
Think about your buyer,
I believe is coming straight out of Melbourne's CBD.
They have an aesthetic.
Melbournians have a tone, and this fits the bill.
I could pick this up and place it in a house in Albert Park,
in South Yarra.
Any of those buyers that see value coming down here
will absolutely gobble this up.
You've just said it perfectly.
You could see this in Albert Park. You could see this in Melbourne.
I don't want to come to Phillip Island and be in Melbourne.
But when you also invest in property,
you want to see capital appreciation and not too much of a fad.
I'm not talking fad.
I'm talking personality.
Take it to the next level. Go there.
But sophist... sophistication can be personality.
But personality can be sophisticated.
I don't want to come back here and feel like I'm in Melbourne.
I want to feel like I'm in Phillip Island
and see something that is elevated, classy with personality.
I think they want that same luxury tonal feel
that they've got at their home.
And they're getting the excitement. So boring.
And they're getting the excitement from everywhere else.
I'm coming from home to go to home.
I'm coming from home to continue to make money in property...
is what I think.
Ooh, horns are going to lock on this one.
It's got me buggered too.
(LAUGHTER)
Darren, who played this role most of the day,
agreed with both Marty and Shaynna.
And he landed very firmly somewhere right in the middle.
(SOFT MUSIC)
You want a fence sitter?
You're a good fence sitter.
I agree with you both and I don't agree with you both.
So I think that drama in holiday houses is really important.
Instagram-ability does help you market them
in terms of getting people to come and stay.
Like that...
that's a shot.
Absolutely. That's a shot.
So it's striking that balance between Instagram-ability,
broad enough for a market,
and something that's gonna look good on the sales brochures.
But Shaynna wants more.
I am not about Instagrammable moments.
I'm about how do you feel when you walk in here.
I believe that Instagram-ability is so important
because it's what gives you that return.
You're interconnecting your Airbnb ad, your Instagram page.
All those things mean something to the people renting it.
But the thing is, I'm not saying this is a bad room.
I'm saying this is a fantastic room.
I'm saying I want to see a lot of this and more.
I don't want to see one Instagrammable moment.
I don't want to be in Melbourne here.
You want to be in Melbourne, you want to be safe.
I don't want to be safe.
(SCOFFS) So...what do you do?
Can't win 'em all, Scotty.
Overall, for week one,
this is a well-designed and well-executed bathroom.
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
Shaynna: The quality is off the charts. The layout is incredible.
The tone, everything about it is beautiful.
And someone's got the eye here.
I don't know if it's Courtney. I mean, she's a furniture designer.
She has hit it out of a ballpark.
And the key things are the mood lighting, the tile choices,
the marble, the skylight.
If this is the tone that they have set for this house,
then I've got a lot of belief in these guys.
Great work, Courtney and Grant. That's it.
(APPLAUSE)
Good work, guys.
Thanks. Thanks mate.
It was, yeah, so nerve-wracking. We did well.
Do we have to do that again for 12 weeks?
11 more to go.
(PENGUINS WARBLE)
(ROCK MUSIC)
OK. House 3.
That'll do? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why not?
There's a pair of dickheads every year.
That's them. That's definitely them.
It's been a crazy week.
Biggest week of my life.
I can actually say that. Hand on my heart.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
I'm a plumber, so, like, I don't mind starting off with a bathroom,
I wanted a flute bath. Flutes.
SALESMAN: It's one of the most expensive ones we do have
at around the $12,000 mark.
It's a damn good bath.
Yeah, man.
Going with our design theme -
modern coastal with a touch of Scandinavian in it.
Certainly was within our plan.
My phone rang and it was the wife, Chelsea.
(ON PHONE) I'm in early labour.
Chelsea's going into hospital.
She's going to give birth today or tomorrow.
Really?
Well, it was waterproofing Wednesday
and now it's water-breaking Wednesday.
(SOFT MUSIC)
I'm going to be an uncle!
Uncle Scotty. Give me a hug, mate.
Let's get you to the chopper. Please, brother.
Yes! You bewdy.
I was insulating, I was working by myself.
And H called me.
How's she doing?
(ON PHONE) Chelsea's doing great.
Baby's doing fantastic.
What's her name?
Matilda.
Wow.
(SOFT MUSIC SWELLS)
Nothing that I could say would explain how it felt,
but the best feeling in my life ever.
(SLIDE WHISTLE)
I don't think I've ever been to this wall before in a hardware store.
Without your zhoosh, you could potentially lose a room.
That's a scrub. Mm-hm.
Candle. Mm-hm.
Body wash. Mm-hm.
I believe it could be French for style.
It's all starting to come together.
I hope when the judges walk into the room,
they can actually sense our style,
rather than thinking we're just a couple of idiots from Melbourne
that dress in fluoro gear.
('FEEL IT' BY CROOKED COLOURS PLAYS)
We've got a banging bathroom.
I think we've absolutely smashed it.
Ricky and Haydn. The boys!
# I wanna feel that...
# I wanna feel that... #
Ooh.
Marty felt the layout was great.
(GRAND MUSIC)
Good floor plan.
Vanity's in the right spot.
Bath feels good.
This is a massive shower.
Everything seems to be working. Yeah.
Not to mention...
Haydn was rushed out of here on Wednesday
for the birth of his child.
His first child. His first child.
So this is commendable execution to be one man down.
Yeah.
Shaynna loved the choice of the bathtub.
I think the layout's incredible.
I think their choice of tiles is perfect.
I love this vanity. That bath is really cute.
I love the fact it's got that little shelf on it.
DARREN: Is there enough impact for you?
Um...
This is where it's impact for impact's sake on a few things.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
This, I think, is all beautiful,
but I think there's too many lines in the panelling,
the tiles, the bath, and the vanity.
Slow it down a little bit
and make sure that your colours are the same tonings
that they're gonna work.
So the bluey-grey doesn't work with that green
and it doesn't work with this as well.
So for me, the colour palette is mismatched.
They could do this a really sophisticated deep colour,
but this colour has to suit the rest of the house.
So this is a little bit childish.
It's a bit kindergarten.
A bit harsh from Shaynna.
Darren had a word of advice.
He thinks you should do a flat lay for each room
to make sure all the elements go together before you start.
Do you know what that means?
Yeah, mood board.
When you do a flat lay, you get your tile, you get your other tile,
you get your timber choices and your paint swatches,
and then you lay them all out.
And when you look at it, things should jump out at you
that don't work, that they're jarring.
So this colour and this colour with that colour,
we've got different intensities and different tones.
So that duck-egg blue here,
add to this saturation of colour, it's too much.
What are your thoughts about that? Yeah, no, it's fair, mate.
That's fair. We took a risk.
Every stroke of the paint on that door, I was like,
"Oh, man, this is a gamble."
Marty agrees, wearing his real estate hat.
From a real estate perspective,
you want to be able to appeal to the masses,
and if this Hardie Groove and the door were to be white,
this white will feel beachy
and a buyer will not be able to pick it apart.
By going the blue and the tonal blue,
you're raising the eyebrows of the buyer, and why bother?
But, I mean, it doesn't even have to be blue.
This could be canary yellow.
Marty disagreed with a very firm no.
It can't be canary yellow. Why?
I think just white. It's enough.
You've got all the juice here.
They've squeezed the lemon hard enough in the vanity, in the tiles,
in the feature biscuit tile light.
I don't know why it needs to be canary yellow.
I really don't believe a buyer's gonna come in here and go,
"Fantastic house.
"I'm not gonna pay a premium because I've got to repaint the doors."
OK, just throwing another one in there.
You could turn it into a little bit more retro
if you go the deep egg yolk yellow.
Palm Springs.
(BLOWS RASPBERRY)
I'm not picking up that they would be able to execute
the Palm Springs throughout.
That's the problem.
Whereas if they keep it... Why? Why couldn't they?
Because to pull off Palm Springs throughout an entire house,
as designers, you'd know, it is very, very hard to do.
You've got to be super, super sophisticated.
You're doubting the people you haven't even met yet.
I'm judging from week one that if they're going for this and this,
matched with that,
they may not be able to pull off Palm Springs
throughout an entire house.
I think they've got the work ethic and they can execute.
It's just whether they've got the eye.
But Darren and Shaynna think you do.
You just need to plan better.
I think it's a bloody good start.
I mean, this is a cracking bathroom.
Week one, hardest bathroom ever,
in the hardest location ever in 20 years.
But it's not the most memorable of bathrooms.
But it's also not... Do you want to be levitated, do you?
No. Ooh... Oh, you'd like to be?
Just a little bit. Did you hear that?
But as in, I don't want it to offend.
Well, I'm really happy for Ricky and Haydn.
I think it's a great start,
but I feel like they're going to be a sponge
and listen to everything we've said.
Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed.
Well, if they don't...
(CHUCKLES)
Hell hath no fury like Shaynna Blaze.
That's it, boys. What a big week for both of you.
And welcome to the world again, little Tilly.
(APPLAUSE)
But, you can't go anywhere ever again.
You've had your one leave pass.
I'm here, mate. I'm here.
I really wanted to prove to H that we can get off to the good start,
and I really wanted doing proud, and I couldn't have tried any better,
but, yeah, I'm still disappointed.
When it comes down to colour choices, on a room finish,
and that's the only negative feedback,
I think he absolutely nailed it.
(PENGUINS WARBLE)
(RELAXED MUSIC)
OK, House 4.
Kylie and Brad.
Guessing this is going to go one of two ways.
You have created Black Beauty...
or Batman's shitter.
(PUNK MUSIC)
Phillip Island won't know what's hit them.
I found this week very tiring.
Yeah, this week was a challenge, 100%.
What room did we do this week?
This week we did the main bathroom.
(LAUGHS)
They're trying to kill us.
WOMAN: Do you have any inspiration or anything that you'd like to
run through with me to begin with?
Black, black, black, black, black.
All black? Yeah.
Easy. Is it?
Your 1800 vanity will hit the bath.
It doesn't fit.
Just delete the bath. That doesn't make sense.
So the bath's out.
(ROCK MUSIC)
We still don't have a structure up.
You guys have got to go a thousand miles an hour.
Yeah.
And then wake up tomorrow morning... And do it all over again.
..and do it again. Yeah.
I'm at Beacon. I actually have a plan.
I need a mirror. Yes.
Fingers crossed they have what I'm after.
Yeah, 800mm is the largest we do in brown.
Is the biggest? In stock?
Yeah. Amazing.
And we want three pendants? Three pendants.
And three globes.
Tick, tick, tick.
So we're hammering towards waterproofing.
Waterproofing by two-ish?
By 1:30. 1:30?
Block's biggest comeback, this room.
I can't believe that you spent cash off your budget on this.
I didn't know this until now.
But it might look beautiful and they might win.
I don't care, if you go over budget,
you've gotta catch up on the next room.
Or win.
I think this room is unique
just because it is so far away from what everyone else is doing.
('BLACK MAGIC WOMAN' BY SANTANA PLAYS)
# Got a black magic woman
# Got a black magic woman... #
Hearing from the judges will really set the tone on...
where we're going to go from here.
Whoa!
This is full on.
If they completely tear it apart, I might have to rethink
what I'm doing.
I wanted drama and I got drama.
Oh my god. You got it alright.
You can't say you don't like it. You match.
In a top that I can change at the end of the day.
Can't change this too quick.
(QUIRKY MUSIC)
Ah...
It's a lot. It's a hell of a lot.
They need to bank on a Collingwood supporter to buy this house.
I'm not a Collingwood supporter and I wear black and white all the time.
Shaynna wasn't having any of that.
She loved the feeling of the room.
(SOFT PIANO MUSIC)
I'm loving the subtlety of the Dekton
which is on the walls in the shower and then also on the floor.
And then the rest of the walls are painted.
But then also this cute little groove here which is quite gorgeous
of just panels.
Let me finish. Let me finish.
It breaks up the black and white.
I adore this pattern...
and I'm always not a fan of a black toilet...
but this one disappears so that works.
It's definitely Instagrammable.
I love the feeling of it.
So you say you like... You actually like this?
We haven't got through to it.
The first impact to me goes, "Phwoar, you have grabbed me."
It's grabbed me but for all the wrong reasons.
And once again I am somewhere in between the two of you.
What I do like in here is the dark palette.
If we look at this room as a starting point for the home
and they're intending to do like a black shack - awesome.
I think that's a really appropriate
beachside holiday accommodation look.
We have great decision making in here.
The Dekton's fantastic.
That vanity is gorgeous.
I even like the granite top.
Great use of skylight.
Phenomenal. Mm.
Having this big section carved out of the ceiling,
it just gives you this volume of space
that's already really elevated because of these high ceilings.
So that is a huge success.
Big tick, massive win.
What de-elevates the room is that herringbone pattern.
It is the battening here on the side
and it is these industrial hanging lights.
It gives off a, you know, mid-2010s nightclub vibe.
And we have the glaring omission of a bath.
Yeah.
These homes, if they're holiday accommodation,
if they're going to be used by a lot of families,
especially when there's sand outside, you do need a bathtub.
Shaynna had some thoughtful feedback for you.
The only jarring thing for her is the neon colour of the vase
and the artwork.
Neon doesn't bring softness to it.
This vase and then we've got the white fern
and then we've got the black pampas takes it very theatrical.
And then this neon here, it's not speaking to me.
So take those two elements out and put softness in there.
I think it's beautiful.
But there is a storm rolling in, guys.
A dark thunderstorm... called Marty Fox.
The only thing that I like about this room is the skylight
because when I'm looking up,
I don't have to see anything else in this room.
You've got a large vanity with only one sink.
Easily could have been a double sink.
(TENSE MUSIC)
You've got this herringbone tile, which is just so out of place,
a neon canvas behind me, this weird vase.
For me, this is probably one of the best things in here...
is the black toilet paper.
Rude.
It's alright. It's week one.
I mean, to throw my positive spin on the room,
I do love the Dekton, which both you guys also love.
From a real estate perspective,
if I brought 10 buyers in here, maybe one or two will say I love it.
You only need one buyer. PAIGE: Oh, Kylie.
And you only need one buyer is the right word to say, Jesse.
(SOLEMN MUSIC)
This is as far removed from the beach as you could get.
What colour are penguins?
Just putting it out there.
(LAUGHS)
I want to get out of here.
If these homes are to be selling for more than double
the average sale price on Phillip Island,
then you need to be able to appeal to the masses.
It needs to feel, I believe, relaxing, coastal and a getaway.
This is heavy. This is dark.
If they continue this theme throughout the other rooms,
this is going to be possibly the biggest disaster
we've seen in 20 seasons.
It's really brave to do what you really want to do.
Like, it's really brave.
JESSE: You guys should be so proud of yourself,
where you were a couple of days ago.
Yeah, 100%.
I know it's been a really tough week,
and you come in here and it is constructive criticism
coming from the judges.
Just remember that you got a lot of positive feedback
from Darren and Shaynna, and from a design point of view,
but it was a bit harsh from Marty from a real estate point of view.
And there's always next week.
Thanks, mate.
OK, but well done for finishing. You did a great job.
(APPLAUSE)
(PENGUINS WARBLE)
(SOFT ROCK MUSIC)
OK, the last room of week one on The Block, Kristian and Mimi.
Slow! Slow!
(SINGS SOFTLY)
I think it's here! Here it is, babe.
This week, we were faced with many challenges,
but we somehow overcame all of them.
I'm quite positive. Mimi will be like, "Ah!"
(SCREAMS)
Located on the ground floor and at a bit over 10 square metres,
House 5's main bathroom is the biggest on The Block this week.
MAN: That's the other option. That's a lot bolder.
I'm a bold girl, so that is definitely something I don't mind.
Can I have this? This, this, this?
Lock it in. Lock it in. Perfect. Done.
I think that I'm evolving and it's happening on The Block.
(UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC)
Everything's good for waterproofing. Thank you.
You'll be the only one waterproofed, I think.
BOTH: We made Waterproof Wednesday.
PRODUCER: Is your slow tiler still going slow?
Hurry up, dude. It's like watching paint dry.
He better bring someone else tomorrow, otherwise we are (BLEEP).
(UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC)
So we have everyone in here today just trying to get us over the line.
That's why we feel really positive.
Yeah, baby! Oh, yeah.
We knew it was going to be tough, but we are over the moon.
('SUGAR SWEET' BY ZACH SORGEN PLAYS)
# All I want all I want all I want is satisfaction
# Make it move baby... # Ooh-ooh.
Ooh. This is massive.
# Ooh that sugar sweet
# You got what I need
# Sippin' on the potion
# All that good emotion... #
Look at the ceiling here.
Wowsers. This is a lot more space, isn't it?
Marty is first up.
We know he's on the war path today,
so what does he think of House Number 5?
(SHIPS HORN SOUNDS)
Having this floor space for a beach house...
(DRAMATIC BEAT)
..just makes so much sense.
(CLASSICAL MUSIC SWELLS)
Are you happy with that? BOTH: Very happy.
This truly is a proper family bathroom
where we won't feel like we're on top of each other.
Darren said this room's a huge success.
It's got beautiful materials.
The tile on the floor is gorgeous.
I really love that you've got that slight blue through there
that ties in here with this tile.
This is really successful.
I just think the balance of tone and texture is incredible.
I love the point of difference with the ceiling.
I think it enhances it.
I actually really love the watery tiles,
like reflecting Phillip Island, and the fact we've got artwork.
Look at that. We've got a surf beach.
We've got the sand.
It's just the essence of Phillip Island.
I'm really impressed.
Are you satisfied with your level of impact in here, Shaynna Blaze?
My feet are starting to lift.
(LAUGHS) Oh! Right.
Darren was thinking hard at this point about the layout,
and wondered if you made the most of the luxury of space
compared to the other houses that you had to plan with.
(SOFT MUSIC)
Are you not sure at the moment?
Because you're sort of going, "I'm not 100%."
I'm thinking, the bigger the room gets, it gets harder to plan.
You can make mistakes and waste loads of space in big rooms.
This layout could have went one of six, seven different ways,
and I just don't know...
that there isn't a better layout to this room.
I think maybe there is.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
Judging purely by how much open floor space there is
that seems to have no purpose.
It doesn't feel sparse though. No.
Like it feels quite comfortable. Mm-hm.
The only thing that I'm not really buying into
is the tiny little shower nook for such a large shower.
That is nearly a 2-metre long shower,
and they probably could have even had two shower heads.
I don't know, two shower heads, holiday house,
got other family members.
I like to shower alone personally.
(LAUGHTER)
Marty thinks this room will add a huge amount of value to the buyer
when they come through your house.
(TRIUMPHANT MUSIC)
When you walk into this house, this is the first room of true value
that the buyer will see.
This is the family bathroom. Mm.
They've hit it, and they've done it so well, so sophisticated,
that you bring ten buyers in here... Mm.
..you're going to have the majority give the big tick.
This is an incredible standard for week one.
It is beautifully appointed.
How they've laid everything out, and how this would shoot.
I mean this is the hero shot of today, right here.
For week one, seven days, first room...
(SIGHS)
This doesn't feel like week one standing here.
Wow.
But is it good enough to win you 140 grand?
For Marty, it's neck and neck.
Which means only one thing.
It's time - just a minute, I'll find it here somewhere -
for the scores.
Here we go.
(PENGUINS WARBLE)
(PENGUINS SQUAWK AND WARBLE)
It's time...for the scores.
Here we go.
OK, Darren Palmer, Jesse and Paige.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
Here we have a big shower, we have an external edge,
facing into the radius of a door.
It feels a little hectic.
Aww.
Courtney and Grant...
It's striking that balance between Instagram-ability,
broad enough for a market.
I think this does it perfectly.
I think they've nailed this.
(CLASSICAL MUSIC)
(GASPS)
Wahey. Oi.
Ricky and Haydn...
I think it's a bloody good start. I mean this is a cracking bathroom.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
Yes. Good on you boys.
Well done bro.
Kylie and Brad...
Dekton's fantastic, that vanity is gorgeous,
I even like the granite top.
Great use of skylight.
Phenomenal.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
And Kristian and Mimi...
They're planning well, they're designing well,
they've hit the brief.
I think this is a huge success.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
Aww.
(LAUGHTER)
Here we go, Marty Fox.
Oh. Oh no.
Jesse and Paige...
There's a chippy within this team.
They're on The Block,
you do everything that you can in your power to finish your room.
And this is an unfinished room.
Oh.
Courtney and Grant.
Amazing floor plan.
Incredible materiality.
Like these tiles are stunning.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
(INHALES)
Ricky and Haydn...
If this Hardie Groove and the door were to be white,
a buyer will not be able to pick it apart.
By going the blue and the tonal blue,
you're raising the eyebrows of the buyer.
And why bother?
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
Kylie and Brad...
This is heavy, this is dark.
If they continue this theme throughout the other rooms,
this is going to be possibly the biggest disaster
we've seen in 20 seasons.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
And Kristian and Mimi. Here we go.
Having this floor space for a beach house just makes so much sense.
(GROANS)
Oh!
140,000 dollars.
Here we go, see you in a sec.
Good luck guys. Good luck guys.
Shaynna Blaze. Jesse and Paige.
(TENSE MUSIC)
There's a lot of labour in putting these sheets up of tiles.
You don't have to fully tile every bathroom, every wall.
Courtney and Grant...
I feel sick.
I'm loving the subtle lighting
with these beautiful travertine light fittings.
And I think this marble is hot.
Ricky and Haydn...
This I think is all beautiful
but I think there's too many lines in the panelling,
the tiles, the bath and the vanity.
Kylie and Brad...
First impact to me goes, "Phwoar, you have grabbed me!"
And Kristian and Mimi...
I just think the balance of tone and texture is incredible.
OK...
the winner of week one on The Block.
Taking home 10,000 bucks from Ford.
$30,000 Wolf BBQ from E&S Trading
and $100,000 voucher from Camerich Furniture is...
Here we go.
It's massive, a hundred and forty.
I can't spin the board. (GRUNTS)
There it is.
It's Kristian and Mimi!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(TRIUMPHANT MUSIC)
We just won week one on The Block... (SQUEALS)
..and we won $140,000 in prizes and I am still in shock.
The South Aussie Zen bathroom scored them big with 28.5 points.
In second place was Courtney and Grant's Moditerranean bathroom...
with Ricky's efforts scoring the boys third place.
Kylie and Brad's black bathroom scored 22...
and in last place West Aussie's Jesse and Paige.
Congratulations guys, $140,000.
That is a game changing prize on The Block.
You're tearing up because all your hard work has paid off.
Yeah, lots of sacrifices to be here so, you know, it means a lot.
Yes, that's fantastic.
Tomorrow morning you can all go and have a look
at your neighbours houses at the Domain open for inspections
and you can also head to Domain because it's the only place
you're gonna find out what you're doing next week.
Well done everybody, it was a tough week.
Good luck. Good night. See you later.
ALL: Thanks Scotty.
We really put our heart and soul into this week
and we came out with an outstanding result
and what we're doing is what buyers want.
So that's pretty cool.
That's what you want right?
That's the point of The Block... to sell your house.
Oh my god.
(OVERLAPPING CONGRATULATIONS)
Argh!!
VOICEOVER: It's a week of wonder.
Let's go.
3D bed heads...
Here we go guys.
Into the vault.
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)
Love it.
Want it.
And grand plans...
It's coming back. Things are happening up here.
(DING SOUNDS)
You know what you're looking for?
Not at all. No.
And crafty Kristain...
Ten G's baby.
..tries to pull a fast one.
Both our signatures have been forged.
So to sign off fraudulently...
You can't do that.
I know it was wrong of me.
Not cool man. Yep.
So then why did you do it?
Who does that?
You're making it worse.
The new block,
tomorrow, 7:30pm on Nine.
Our room reveal galleries are now open for inspection.
Exclusively at the Block website.