SCOTT CAM: This year, The Block's located
on Phillip Island, Victoria...
(PENGUINS BRAY)
..where five teams of brand-new Blockheads...
set up tents...
COURTNEY: Yeah, we've got lake views now.
..and started building luxurious holiday homes.
Week one, the hardest room to deliver, the main bathroom.
It's bathroom week!
We have a busted dunny...
What a disaster of a start this is.
..busted people...
I just feel like I'm failing.
..mishaps...
They sent another batch in the bin.
..calamities...
You need to find some sort of compromise for me.
I've been nothing but accommodating for you.
..and unfinished rooms.
At least it's half grouted.
There was even a Block baby birth...
Little bundle of joy. (CRIES)
..leaving Victorian teammate Ricky on his own
to deliver their other Block baby, the bathroom.
There's a massive difference between two and four hands.
And at judging, Kristian and Mimi from Adelaide won the first week.
Kristian and Mimi! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Tonight... (SQUEALS)
..it's the first bedroom week and rooms take shape.
The race is also on to select their entire flooring
and kitchen appliances.
Alright. Let's go crazy.
(LAUGHS)
They buy the latest kitchen whizbang-ery.
Twist pad here. And you up the power level.
(LAUGHS)
And we say knock to open. (KNOCKS)
Oh... You're kidding.
Yeah, right.
(IMITATES EXPLOSION)
And pressure to make decisions fast sets off the waterworks.
(MIMI CRIES)
(SCREAMS)
Then Kristian and Mimi meet up with Block royalty Steph and Gian.
GIAN: Cheers. MIMI: Cheers.
Our biggest winners ever.
Now they've got 1.65 million!
MAN AND WOMAN: Oh!
And Kristian does a bad, bad thing.
You can't do that.
MIMI: That's so childish, man.
(PENGUINS BRAY)
('AS IT WAS' BY HARRY STYLES PLAYS)
It's day one, week two, season 20 of The Block
and with seven days till the next room reveal,
tent city on Phillip Island has woken to a mixed bag of emotion.
INTERVIEWER: So, we've got two ends of the spectrum here, guys.
We've got Kristian from house five...
Oh, and the losers from house one.
We placed last in the judging.
It was not a surprise to us in the slightest.
I was actually anticipating to get a lower score.
(LAUGHS)
Do you know what, there's actually four losers,
'cause there was only one winner.
There's another one. There's another winner.
(SQUEALS)
(MEN LAUGH)
We won, which is very exciting,
so we got a $30,000 Wolf barbecue,
we've got a $100,000 Camerich voucher
and $10,000 from Ford.
KRISTIAN: Thanks to Ford.
And we just hope to keep winning.
(LAUGHS)
GRANT: Today, we're feeling a little flat.
INTERVIEWER: Grant, you're very quiet.
Just tired.
Are you? Yeah.
How are you feeling off the back of judging?
You got pipped by half a point.
It is what it is.
There'll be prizes. There's 11 weeks of it.
Just obviously, you know,
the little bit of a down moment after not winning.
SCOTT: Last night, Courtney and Grant from New South Wales
came second by only half a point.
It's hard to sort of get into it
without not thinking about the results.
COURTNEY: If you're not winning, everyone else is...
Like, we're all feeling the same. Same.
We're all feeling a bit down.
I'm not gonna lie about it. She had a meltdown this morning.
A full-blown meltdown.
I don't know...
GRANT: Mmm.
(COURTNEY SIGHS)
They may want to break a contract
but nothing stops Monday's Domain open-for-inspections,
where they'll be checking out each other's rooms...
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
..starting with last place and moving through to the winning room.
Jesse and Paige, a carpenter and claims specialist from WA,
came fifth with 18.5 points.
They are from house one, which is near the front gate.
PAIGE: I think if we did finish,
we would've probably had a great chance of being in the top three.
JESSE: Yeah. I really think it.
Our bathroom is beautiful.
I love everything about it.
SHAYNNA: It's not finished, the poor things.
MARTY: And Jesse is a builder.
They're on The Block.
You do everything that you can in your power to finish your room
and this is an unfinished room.
MIMI: Argh!
Oh, I just love these tiles!
I feel for them that they didn't get to finish.
Because you know that this would be up there.
It's just hard.
RICKY: What did they say about these guys? Just they didn't finish?
HAYDN: Yeah, they gave them a hard time
about being a chippy not finishing, I think.
Yeah. But they should've finished. They should've finished.
For a small space like this, they should have finished.
Yeah.
KYLIE: Not great lighting. JESSE: A better bath...
Look at all the shadows that are created on my face from it.
Alright. Alright.
How do we get out of here, mate? Have we locked ourselves in?
Jeez. Should've got the cavity slider.
You don't get those issues with cavity sliders, mate.
(LAUGHS) Right on.
# Holler! Holler!
# Get your freak on, get your freak on, get your freak on... #
(LAUGHS)
Kylie and Brad are from house four, which is down the back of the block.
The hairdresser and electrician/plumber from Queensland
came fourth, with 22 points.
It wasn't actually the judges' comments that made me upset.
I think it was just the fact that we couldn't finish it
the way we wanted to and how we wanted to...
Especially for the first week.
You want to give it your all and they'd be, like,
"Wow, OK, these guys really bought it," even if it's not their style.
If they continue this theme throughout the other rooms,
this is going to be possibly the biggest disaster
we've seen in 20 seasons.
(CRIES)
MIMI: Oh, my god!
I really like it! KRISTIAN: Look at that!
I'm so... Oh, my god!
# Hello... #
I'm obsessed.
# Is it me you're looking for? #
Oh, look, and they've got black toilet paper.
I know! (LAUGHS)
RICKY: I reckon they were pretty unlucky to get harsh comments.
HAYDN: Pretty rough. I'm not feeling night club...
..you know. No.
And this is Kylie's artwork.
I love this. JESSE: I know. I saw that.
Yeah, I love that as well.
She did that on, like, a Wednesday night at 2:00 the morning.
She's so talented, hey?
COURTNEY: With what the judges were saying
and all the feedback, like, I was expecting it to be...
GRANT: Like, much more harsh. Much more harsh.
Much more in your face.
But they've got a bit of, like, timber to break up,
you've got, like, the tiles...
It's actually really nice.
MIMI: I really understand her vision and her style.
It's so luxe.
I think my favourite part
is definitely that shower screen, though.
KRISTIAN: Yeah. That curve.
It's so nice. That curve's beautiful.
PAIGE: They definitely have space to do two basins
and still have adequate benchtop space.
JESSE: Yeah.
RICKY: I reckon this is just as good as ours, isn't it?
KRISTIAN: There's just one thing, though.
MIMI: What?
Like, if you did a poo, like, how are you gonna see it
with that toilet paper? (LAUGHS)
Like... It's gonna be brown!
What? Why are you... (LAUGHS)
I thought you were gonna say something serious.
I'd be concerned if your poo was black, Kristian.
Yep. You're missing the point. You're, like, smearing...
Anyway. Anyway.
That's enough poo talk. Beautiful room.
Great job, guys. Enough poo talking (BLEEP).
(LAUGHS)
Oh, my goodness.
# Hello, hello Oh, hello... #
SCOTT: Ricky and Haydn, a plumber and IT manager from Victoria,
came third with 24 points.
They bagged house three, which is also at the back end of the block.
Definitely felt like it was a winning room
and we were pretty disappointed coming third.
We thought we were at least top two
and we were hoping to take it out, to be fair.
Colour choice is obviously something that we didn't understand.
We didn't realise that it was the wrong choice.
The colour palette is mismatched,
so this is a little bit childish.
"It's a bit kindergarten." A bit harsh from Shaynna.
Wow.
This is really nice.
COURTNEY: Beautiful.
Yeah, this is REALLY nice.
They did a good job.
JESSE: I like the shower screen. This is what we wanted.
PAIGE: Yeah. The sliding door.
How much more spacious is that?
I know. That's...
These boys were more prepared for that than we were.
MIMI: Are we the only ones without heated towel rails?
Argh!
Is it always on?
No, it's...
No, no. It's HOT hot.
Yeah, well, that's the whole point
'cause then you get out of the shower and your towel's hot.
Oh, my god!
COURTNEY: If this was white and if this was white, maybe,
I reckon that's, like, really cohesive.
Yeah. It's nice.
PAIGE: Good work, boys. I fricken love this.
JESSE: Well done.
I'd have that everywhere in my house.
Nice work!
# I'm gonna soak up the sun... #
Courtney and Grant,
an events manager and landscape business manager from Sydney,
missed out by only half a point on 28.
They're in house two, located in the middle of the block.
# I want to soak up the sun... #
Half a point did hurt, yeah. Half a point hurt.
I would've rather have lost by ten than lose by half.
I mean, no... (LAUGHS) No, seriously. It hurts more.
Because we were just so close but... Yeah.
Overall, the feedback was really, really good.
Alright. That feels spacious.
MARTY: This is Instagrammable.
Incredible materiality.
Like, these tiles... Yeah.
..are stunning.
JESSE: Wow. PAIGE: Wow!
This is... Yeah, this is beautiful.
They've really utilised their space well.
I love how they have space up here for a hand towel.
Yeah. That is just convenient!
Yeah.
KRISTIAN: These tiles...
MIMI: I feel like this room is, like, really, really luxe.
Yeah. It's like a five-star hotel spec.
Oh, they've got a power point. Are you happy?
Power point, yep.
KYLIE: I can't have a shower in that.
BRAD: It'll be cold by the time it hits you on the head.
Exactly.
RICKY: So, what did they get pulled up on? Paint? Caulk?
HAYDN: Yep. Mate, the caulking's mint.
(LAUGHS) That's stiff.
Yeah, there's definitely no kindergarten stuff in here, mate.
Oh, it's sick. Just adult stuff...
Yep. ..you know.
This is what adults do. This is where adults hang.
So we'll just have to get out of here, then.
If we're gonna win, we're gonna have to grow up this week.
Give us a hand, mate. I can't get out of this thing.
Oh! Grant and Courtney, well done.
Yep.
Fish on.
# It's a beautiful life Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh... #
Kristian and Mimi, an electrician and restaurant manager from Adelaide,
brought the bacon home with 28.5 points.
Their home is near the entrance and the only one with two storeys.
# It's a beautiful life... #
If feels incredible to win. Yep. To win...
I think it's a rewarding feeling. Yeah.
And to win, like, week one, it just shows that, you know,
all the hard work that we went through
and all the stress and all the anxiety,
all the planning, it just...
Not just that. The prizes. Yeah.
MARTY: You bring ten buyers in here...
SHAYNNA: Mmm.
..you're gonna have majority give it a big tick.
Mmm.
This is an incredible standard for week one.
BRAD: Let's see what a winner looks like.
KYLIE: Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
I do like the panelling.
Yeah, I told you, hey?
Oh, I wanted to walk in and hate it.
This is probably double the size of ours.
Mate, he's gone... The first thing I thought was size.
Massive. What's that bit?
(LAUGHS) What's that?
It's artwork, mate.
Yeah, right.
(LAUGHS) OK.
GRANT: I like the tiles. The tiles are cool.
Yeah. It's very, like, pared-back and simple.
PAIGE: Wow, they killed it.
JESSE: Their tiles are beautiful.
I know. And I love the bronze with it.
Yeah. I think it's very, very cool.
They've done a great job.
They should be really proud of themselves.
SCOTT: Well, that's it for week one bathrooms.
An amazing done job done by the most of the Blockheads.
Do you know what, walking around and seeing everyone else's bathrooms
has made me feel so good about mine.
Yeah, it's not finished but it's really good.
I love it. I love our bathroom...
Just need to finish it. ..imperfections and all.
Coming up, Paige flies into a rage...
I just feel like I'm dealing with a child sometimes.
..when Jesse refuses to go shopping with her.
But, no, I'm the crazy one.
Now I'm getting frustrated because he's a flip-flopping fish
that says one thing and does another.
And Kristian's in big, big trouble.
So you don't do that. Not cool at all. Like...
I know you don't. But then why did you do it?
We've realised both our signatures have been forged.
It's not alright.
You're making it worse.
It's so dumb.
(PENGUINS BRAY)
SCOTT: Welcome back to The Block, Phillip Island,
where we are transforming an old resort
and building five luxurious holiday homes.
# I've got to let you know... #
If you look carefully,
you'll see that today the site is dead as a doornail.
It's a public holiday in Victoria.
That means no building and no trades on site.
But there's still heaps for the Blockheads to do -
planning, shopping and a stack of decisions to be made.
# And it feels like summer... #
First up, the most important thing to do is to check the Domain website
to see what room they're doing this week.
(SCREAMS) It's bedroom week!
What bedroom?
What? Any? All of them?
Told you! Oh. That's alright.
It's good.
# Let's go... #
Kristian and Mimi, last night's winners, aren't messing around.
We are going to put a...
Bed there. ..bed here.
Then we'll have a bedside table and a sconce here.
Yeah.
But on this side, we're gonna have a pendant that goes down like that.
# What makes the world go round is... #
Last week, I suggested the couple spend $20,000 on their main bathroom.
My suggested budget for this week
is $12,000 for their guest bedroom.
House five is the only two-storey home on the block
and this week Kristian and Mimi's bedroom will be on the ground floor
in the back corner of their house.
KRISTIAN: So that's a big, like, different texture...
MIMI: Yeah. ..then we've got...
This will be another texture and then this will be gyprock.
Oh, yeah. Do you know what I mean?
Yeah, yeah. So, some sort of boarded product.
Yeah.
Yeah, we've come up with this idea
to try and have three different textures where the bed's gonna go,
so we're hoping to have a fabric for, like, a soft touch
and then get a timber element to match the sort of timber theme
that we want to keep going throughout the house
and then just normal... just a nice white wall.
Love that, Meems. Yeah.
I reckon it's gonna look great. Came up with it myself.
To build entire home in 12 weeks,
there needs to be stacks of forward planning,
everything from the floor up.
So, all the Blockheads drive down the road to Flooring Xtra in Cowes.
Oh...
All teams need to pick their floor coverings for the whole house.
That's carpet and hard floors for everywhere except the wet areas.
Big decisions need to be made fast. KYLIE: Yeah.
GRANT: Are you gonna finish it this time or...?
PAIGE: Oh...
Come up with something better. No, don't...
It was a bit chaotic with all the teams in Flooring Xtra all at once
but, yeah, we sort of worked away around.
Tanya, Ricky. Nice to meet you. Ricky, yow are you?
Very good. So, here we go.
We're gonna look at floors. Yes.
For our entire house. Do you know what you're looking for?
No. Not at all. No.
So, Tanya gave us some great advice
that down on the island it gets very cold for more than half the year,
so she said carpet is often...
ran through most of the rooms and the bedrooms
and so that was, yeah, the advice we took and we ran with it.
You're putting carpet in your bedrooms?
No. No? What are you doing?
The same flooring. OK.
You're going the same floor all the way?
Yeah. All the way. Yep.
We're from Cairns. We don't really know...
And we don't do carpet because we from Cairns.
Yeah. So I thought something with rugs.
Yeah. In here, it gets very, very cold in winter.
I do notice. Yeah.
But we're from Cairns. We don't have carpet.
And I understand people down here like carpet because it gets cold
and it's warm
but for me, because I'm doing so many different looks
in different bedrooms,
I'm gonna be swapping between dark carpet, light carpet
and to me, there's just nothing the ties it all in together,
so I had already sort of predetermined
that I wanted to go with the timber flooring.
OK. There you go. Perfect. Done.
My original choice. Yes. Thank you.
Thanks a lot. Have a great day. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your help. No worries.
Have a good day. Hopefully I don't have to come back.
Yes... But no offence.
(LAUGHS)
Most of the teams now head off to the city to order kitchen appliances.
The two-hour drive is a great opportunity to plan their rooms.
Two teams are doing kids' rooms,
while the others are going with luxe guest bedrooms.
Yeah, let's get a list going.
Bunkbeds. Teenage room. Mmm.
TV, PlayStation.
Mmm.
And Benny's already placed the order with Mitre 10.
Perfect. Just message him to invoice us.
We need to know what our budget's like.
We can use the same internals. MIMI: Oh.
And we'll just be, like, "We don't want that colour for this room."
Yeah. "It's not our vision."
Anything in particular you'd want to include in the kids' room?
I'll let you decide, darl. You smashed it this week.
Yeah, but I don't have kids, but.
This is one that I might need, like, some guidance...
Unless I've got kids that you or me don't know about,
then I don't really have kids either.
SCOTT: But Paige from WA is the only one going on her own
because fiance Jesse is back at the block at doing demo.
I said, "Jesse, it's just a couple of hours
"and it's going to help our long-term performance."
"Oh... Uh..."
He's just, like, grunting and just, like, sighing at me.
I just feel like I'm dealing with a child sometimes.
Like, it's, like... "Oh... Oh... Oh... I have so much to do."
Like, shut up! Everyone has a lot to do.
Everyone has so much on their plate.
And then he makes it seem like
I'm the hard-to-deal-with person...
but, no, I'm the crazy one because now I'm getting frustrated
because he's a flip-flopping fish
that says one thing and does another.
Sorry, what happened to your grand approach
of maybe talking to me this week, maybe planning with me this week?
I'm just at my wits' end trying.
I'm sick of the argument before the solution!
Like, it's not that hard, Jesse!
We rolled into E&S. First impression, pretty good.
PAIGE: This is insane.
MAN: I love it.
BRAD: That's unreal.
GRANT: E&S Trading, like, gadget heaven.
You might want to hear this part, Grant.
You might want to hear what I just found out.
What? Pick whatever you want.
Anything?
I've just spoken to the powers that be.
Whatever Asko have... Alright. Let's go crazy. (LAUGHS)
You've got an unlimited budget.
WOMAN: Can I tell you a unique feature of this oven?
Yeah, let's hear it.
You can have staged cooking in that.
That means that you can have three different level...
Yeah. ..three different temperature...
Wow. Beautiful.
I'm sold.
PAIGE: I love it! Oh!
I'm actually just, like, blown away.
Do you know what, I was fine by myself.
I was fine.
E&S was so amazing.
It's all touch and swipe, a little bit like your phone
and you just hit the start button.
How good's that! It doesn't get any easier than that.
You can get your flexi pad... (RICKY AND HAYDN LAUGH)
..and what you can do...
Twist pad here. We just select that and you up the power level.
Bluetooth pans. Yes.
So, the actual pan is registering the heat on the base of the pan
and that then gives you more control
'cause you now know an exact temperature.
Wherever you want to put your cookware on, it will sense it.
Sorry. Actually, sorry, I don't want to interrupt, but what?
You can move the pan wherever you want
and that's where the heating goes.
Concealed rangehood,
which can actually pair with the cooktop itself.
KYLIE: Yes.
So you can actually program these to switch on when you walk up to them.
You're kidding.
When we say knock to open... (KNOCKS)
(BRAD EXCLAIMS) You're kidding!
Yeah, right.
# I like the way we rock it So don't stop it, come on... #
KRISTIAN: Oh, it's so nice.
Tim escorted us to our Smeg Portofino range,
where he showed us, you know, a couple of options that we had
for our oven and ranges.
There's a number of bright colours available.
MIMI: Wow.
Did you have a colour in mind from a design perspective?
Do we be really brave
and pick a colour that we wouldn't usually go for?
I think I do like this.
That one's definitely my favourite of the colours.
We decided to be a bit bold and brave
and we picked an olive-green oven and rangehood.
We'll take it.
(ALL LAUGH)
Oh, god.
We met Rob.
Rob was excited to find that we were the winners of his barbecue.
Yes.
SCOTT: I'll give you a hand. We're going backwards.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
This barbecue was one of the prizes Kristian and Mimi won
at last week's first room judging.
The $30,000 Wolf barbecue from E&S Trading is you guys.
Congratulations. Thank you so much.
Yep, Kristian and Mimi won the barbecue.
And guess who didn't.
(HAPLESS MUSIC) (SIGHS)
INTERVIEWER: Do you have to bring up...
Man... ..Wolf barbecue again?
Yeah. I knew there was gonna be a risk of me seeing it.
It's like running into an ex at a party.
You know there's a good chance.
Do you reckon we can fit it in the Ranger?
Oh, man, it's 1.2m of cooking interface, dude.
We'll drop the tray. (LAUGHS)
Sure enough, there it was, the Wolf barbecue.
Look at it. This is what we could've had.
Yeah, I can't say that I'm over it yet.
He's gonna need counselling again. Thanks. Cheers.
Next time, mate. There'll be another one.
SCOTT: Coming up... No, no, no, no, no! I'm not ready!
..Kristian and Mimi meet Block royalty, Steph and Gian,
the biggest winners in Block history.
(LAUGHS)
Plus, their secrets to winning The Block.
GIAN: The house is so consistent. Yeah.
The stone was the same everywhere, the same colour palette, so...
MIMI: Yeah, yeah.
Continuity is, like, the key word, I think.
(PENGUINS BRAY)
You too can get exclusive access to this week's rooms
by heading to Domain's In the Know Hub.
It's the go-to website where every Monday contestants can find my tips,
plus all they need to know for another big week of renovations.
(GUITAR POP PLAYS)
SCOTT: With the Block site shut down
due to a public holiday,
there's still a mountain of planning to do
if they want to deliver their first guest bedrooms
in just six and a half days.
Instead of...
Last week's winners, Kristian and Mimi, are hitting the road.
OK. What are we doing? Following him.
So, tonight, we are going away with Scotty.
That's right.
As first-week winners, Kristian and Mimi get to experience the delights
of a Ford getaway in the Mustang, destination unknown.
KRISTIAN: We don't know where we're going yet
but we get dinner and we can sleep in an actual bed.
MIMI: Oh, my god!
And with the temperature at 42 degrees,
what could be better than a drive to Melbourne?
Scotty messaged us to ask us to meet him at a location.
We saw a sign that said 'Hampton, this way'.
And we were, like... "Mmm."
Oh! Mimi...
(LAUGHS) (SCREAMS)
And then we rock up and we see the beautiful facades of last season!
Charming Street. And I started freaking out.
Oh, my god! Oh, my god! No! Oh, my god!
No! Oh, my god! Oh, my god! If it's Steph and Gian, I'll die!
(SCREAMS)
No, no, no, no, no... I'm not ready. I'm not ready. Oh!
Come on, come out here quick. It's hot.
Do we need to bring anything? No. Bring yourself.
(SCREAMS) Oh, my god! Oh, wow.
STEPH: Hello.
We see Steph and Gian and I was ecstatic because I'm such a fangirl.
Push forward. (SQUEALS)
For tonight's Winners Are Grinners dinner,
I thought it would be nice if Block fangirl Mimi and husband Kristian
met up with last season's fan faves Steph and Gian...
Nice to meet you, Steph. Hey, Gian. How are you?
GIAN: Good. Lovely to meet you. Nice to meet you.
Likewise. Oh!
(SCREAMS) So, we don't do individual hugs.
(LAUGHS) GIAN: Oh, we do group hugs.
(LAUGHS) We do group hugs.
SCOTT: I'm not a big hugger
but last series I couldn't help myself with these two.
We've got to do our traditional thing that we always do.
Come here. GIAN AND STEPH: Group hug.
Come on. Bring it in.
Been together since they were 12 years old, these two!
(GIAN LAUGHS) Now they've got 1.65 million!
You beauty!
AUCTIONEER: Going! Going, going...
Steph and Gian smashed the Block auction last year.
Coming first, they pocketed an extra 100 grand,
making a total of 1.75 million, the biggest win in Block history.
STEPH: And you got... What was the score?
MIMI: 28.5. GIAN: Not a bad way to start.
Amazing result. Come through.
It's not your house anymore, by the way.
(GIAN LAUGHS)
(POP!)
(PEOPLE EXCLAIM) Oh, my god!
GIAN: Congrats, guys. KRISTIAN: Thank you.
GIAN: Week one winners. Yeah, congrats!
You see what The Block can do for you, right?
Have a look at Gian. He's dripping in gold.
(LAUGHTER) Look at him!
He's got the gold up there, the Rolex...
(LAUGHS) He's like the Sultan of Brunei!
(LAUGHTER) I can't catch a break.
(LAUGHTER) He's dripping in it.
Whoa, whoa...
I was gonna say, where are you sleeping?
Outside, by the lake. Oh.
All next to each other. KRISTIAN: Yeah.
Nice. It is nice.
GIAN: Oh, mate.
They're gonna be very jealous of you tonight, I can tell you that much.
Speaking of which, do you want to go upstairs and check it out?
Yes. Let's check it out. Come through.
Off you go. OK.
Let's go. I've seen it before.
Last series, Steph and Gian were the front-runners with five room wins,
by utilising their signature beige Japandi style of decoration.
STEPH: And I think what we did... what we tried to do
is definitely have, like, re-occurring motifs
throughout the whole house... MIMI: Yeah.
..so, like, the Taj Mahal stone that you saw in the kitchen...
Mm-hm. ..and earthy tones...
Yeah.
I think that's probably what set us apart.
GIAN: That was the most recurring feedback.
It was the house is so consistent and there was...
Like Steph said, the stone was the same everywhere,
the same colour palette, so... Yeah.
The advice they gave us was to work on flow, you know, be consistent.
Continuity is, like, the key word, I think.
KRISTIAN: Wow, wow, wow.
Yeah, this is our kids' room. Yes.
I want to be a kid. (LAUGHTER)
Wow.
Yeah, we love this.
It's even more beautiful in person, honestly.
GIAN: Oh, thank you. KRISTIAN: Oh, my god.
GIAN: Like, we had to kind of work out on the Monday
that we were having a hanging chair and...
Yeah. ..get the engineering right.
So it can be done quickly, all those changes.
KRISTIAN: I do think, though, seeing that house,
it literally made us think,
"How are we gonna create anything like, as amazing as this?"
Oh, yeah. Self-doubt came straight in.
Oh, it literally was just next-level.
It was such a beautiful home. Unbelievable.
Even more beautiful in person.
Oh, thank you. GIAN: Thanks, mate.
And honestly, like, I think me and Gian had a think...
Like, what's our biggest advice that we can give you?
Really embody your style, you know. Yeah.
We were known as the beige people and... Mmm.
..and, you know, the more and more people said that,
the more that maybe they were saying that to be nasty or something...
KRISTIAN: Yeah. But I was, like, "Amazing."
"We're building a house that we really embody."
(ALL LAUGH)
You can just see how much work...
Hard planning.
..and planning that they put into it
and that, you know, forward planning is so important.
So we have a little gift for you and it actually is this tray as well.
I was just talking to you about continuity
and how important it is to have that.
Whoa! (LAUGHS)
More money! Sorry.
Ten G's! Ten G's, baby!
(MEN LAUGH)
That is your ten from Ford. Oh, look at that.
Nice.
But the board is not as exciting as that.
But you do need this.
And this is for you guys. Yeah.
Make sure when you go to your kitchen consult tomorrow,
when you go to your tiles, get small samples of everything.
Take it. Yes.
Put it on the board. Take it to every single room that you do.
Layer your concepts. You need to create...
So, this is called a flat layer, is that right?
It's called a flat layer.
Layer out your concepts and make sure that there is continuity
between every single room.
How important is winning
and then coming to a dinner like this and getting this info?
Priceless. It's priceless.
It really is priceless.
So, as night falls on this charming house in Charming Street...
Oh, the main courses, ladies and gentlemen...
Oh! Oh!
..it's time to tuck into some charming grub.
Thank you. Tuck in.
Can we get maybe a fork, please? No, it's fine.
# That's what makes you beautiful... #
And just be thankful we're not back at the block
trying to do dinner with some charming chicken.
RICKY: Don't think so.
No. No way, bro.
(PENGUINS BRAY)
SCOTT: With a public holiday yesterday, the site was shut down
but today Jesse from WA is keen to tackle his first guest bedroom.
Morning.
I feel good about doing our bedroom.
Starting positive is key and it's gonna be a fun week.
Jesse is confident but partner Paige is having doubts.
I don't know why I'm feeling nervous about doing a bedroom this week.
I think it, like...it's hit me that I'm not an interior designer.
Last week, Jesse and Paige presented an unfinished bathroom for judging
and they came last.
I don't know how to define my style verbally.
All I know is Hamptons and...
What's that one?
Like, Art Deco and just...
That's all I know.
None of them fit me.
Traditional with a modern twist or...
Yes.
Even modern with a traditional twist.
Yeah.
Do you think my room's a bit coastal grandma-ey,
'cause I think that...
Mmm.
OK.
This week, Jesse and Paige's bedroom is at the rear of the house,
across from their unfinished bathroom.
They want to create a teenager's bedroom, coastal grandma style,
with Grafico wallpaper, green themed artwork, throw rug, pendant lights
and sheer curtains on a large window.
But before our Blockheads can put their plans into action,
first up is the regular morning site safety meeting.
MAN: Stay away from the crane.
Hardhats are mandatory anywhere around and under the crane.
It's always safety first on The Block
and with that in mind,
the Blockheads can get stuck into their week two bedrooms.
Courtney and Grant in house two have already locked in their design
and their bedroom is located at the back of the house
in the bedroom wing.
This week, we decided to do a kids' room.
So we're thinking younger kids, like, ten and under.
I'm actually wearing the kind of colour scheme I'm thinking of.
So, with the hope of creating their kids' room,
is two beds that nestle in beneath an arched green niche wall,
striped wallpaper, bedside tables either side and some stuffed toys.
The wow piece for this week will be the wallpaper combination
with the arch. Feature wall. Yep.
And that should tie in with the curve that's in the bathroom.
We still want it to be really, really cool and fun for kids
but we need lots of storage. Yeah.
We're trying to, like, find that balance.
Structurally, these guys are good, yeah?
Yeah. We need to go.
With their bedroom plans in hand,
Courtney and Grant need to hightail it to the city
because while it's only week two,
this year our contestants need to design
their Kinsman and Cosentino kitchens five weeks in advance.
One couple who are already in the city
are last week's winners from house five, Kristian and Mimi,
who got to enjoy a sleepover
at Steph and Gian's winning home from last season.
KRISTIAN: Wow.
Not sure I've stayed anywhere nicer than this place before.
Oh, my god, two of the loveliest people we've ever met.
Ever. Ever, ever, ever.
So, now we're on our way to our kitchen consult... (YAWNS)
where we have to organise one of the most important rooms in the house.
I think we can make this decision quick.
It's the heart of the home and they only get one crack at this.
All decisions are locked in today.
Good morning. Welcome to Cosentino.
You're here for your Kinsman consultation?
Yes. Yes? Absolutely.
The team's ready for you. Just head on through.
Forward planning is very difficult
because these selections and decisions that you're making,
they can't be changed.
And what if, like, what I've decided by then I don't like anymore?
Kristian and Mimi's kitchen will be located upstairs on the first floor
right next to their living and dining area.
The kitchen is...
The kitchen is the heart of the home and I hate kitchens.
Considering that Mimi's a restaurant manager from Adelaide,
you'd think she'd be an expert, right?
There is something about them that just gives me anxiety
and it might be because I can't cook and I don't know...
I don't know how to.
I just work front of house.
I just ignore that there's a kitchen there.
I am planning on styling this kitchen green and brown.
So delightful.
Scrum-diddly-umptious.
Hey.
This is the first time Kristian's come to a consult with me.
(LAUGHS) And he's never coming again.
So, this is our mood board.
So, the green is a bit different... Yeah.
..but I think we can make it work. Oh, we'll make it work.
Yeah. I'm hating this green now.
It just doesn't go with that board. It's just such a big clash.
Well, that's a big turnaround.
Even though Kristian was the one who chose the green colour...
That one's definitely my favourite of the colours.
..he's now having serious doubts.
Such a big decision and... And we were divided.
Just wait a minute... OK. Let's not choose a green.
Which other one are you gonna choose?
That's so boring!
Yeah, but it's not...
You can decorate stuff green.
This still will tie in with the stone that we pick.
I just couldn't see it tying in.
Like, I was looking at our colour palette
and then I was looking at that
and I just could not piece the two together.
This clashes with... Like, that colour palette
is literally what we're basing our whole house on.
Yes. If you use the green?
More like a foresty green. Yeah, it's a foresty green.
This is more like...
Shrek.
So, while the Shrek-coloured oven they've ordered
is creating a nightmare,
next door, Courtney and Grant's design consult
is more of a fairytale.
Overall, we're going with a modern Mediterranean look.
Yeah.
We've got a pretty clear idea of what we want to do with the kitchen.
We're gonna have a really long island, say about 4m.
OK.
And I really want marble to be a bit more of the feature. OK.
GRANT: I feel like the kitchen's the most important part of the house...
Yeah.
..especially in our home,
where you walk in and you're looking directly at it.
We're thinking big island, stone island.
Behind, we're gonna have the timber cupboards
and then all of our Asko appliances.
And we've also picked out our cabinetry and then handles.
We've had, like, the timber selected,
we had all the handles and the hardware
and it was just a matter of picking the right stone.
So, this is the St Angelo in the full piece.
I think it is, yeah, maybe a bit too grey.
Too grey?
I like that one.
This one here - lilac.
It was hard
because we don't normally go to the appointments together.
What about this? Yeah.
Do you want to do a bit of a green? No, is that green? Definitely not.
Or is it gonna be too much or is it gonna be exciting enough...
I just genuinely light that purple and white piece of stone.
We've got no purple in the house.
I feel like the stone doesn't need to match anything, though.
What are you thinking?
Meanwhile, house five newlyweds Kristian and Mimi
are still struggling to integrate
their Shrek-green-inspired colour scheme.
OK, you want to elevate the kitchen, you know.
KRISTIAN: I think it was just the overwhelming amount
of different textures and colours
that threw my feelings towards this kitchen off.
I just can't see it working.
You spiralled, like, bad, therefore that made me doubt myself.
So you're now trying to talk me out of...
No, no, no. ..what I want.
Well, you're making this settle with what you want.
It's the same... So it's not gonna work.
Yeah, that's why we need to talk about it.
Because someone's gonna be upset...
No-one's gonna...
And then I cried.
(CRIES)
I needed it.
Kristian...
It was too much. Too many... It was, like... (EXCLAIMS)
(CRIES)
OK, guys, let's move...
Let's get rid of some colours, let's get rid of some finishes...
And then that's when they said, "Oh, why don't you isolate
"your favourite handle, isolate your favourite cupboard,
"isolate your favourite timber..."
So, what we were gonna be looking at
is this with this and with more of those tones there.
So, picture those colours together.
That's when we looked at it and said "Oh, my god, this is our kitchen."
That's when YOU looked at it,
'cause you were the one that didn't like the green oven.
And I just trusted my gut. I'm, like, "This is what we're doing.
"It has so much potential. We're gonna make it work."
Alright. I'm 100% happier now. Before, I was, like, "Mmm."
It was a very overwhelming day
and I didn't like it one bit.
(PENGUINS BRAY)
SCOTT: It's day two of guest bedroom week
and all the teams are trying to catch up after a public holiday yesterday.
# I don't need to try to control you... #
Best mates from Victoria, Ricky and Haydn,
have been full steam ahead,
working hard doing demo and online shopping for their kids' room.
We've got walls measured up.
Hopefully getting some Truecore walls made up this afternoon,
hopefully delivered by tomorrow morning.
The boys are working pretty hard to get some flooring down.
Plan is to have floor down, ready for walls today,
so we're running out of time but we're away.
Got a heap of demo done this morning,
so they've got a clear slate,
so they just got to get that floor down and away we go.
Ricky and Haydn's house three
is tucked away at the back corner of the block
and their kids' bedroom is at the back of the home
in the bedroom wing.
The whole room is designed around the wall art.
We chose the map of the world,
which has every animal in the world on it, 1,642 animals.
If we can't make this happen, we ain't winning this week.
This is make-or-break.
So, the boys kids' bedroom will feature a huge Grafico world map.
There'll also be a bunkbed in the corner, a TV on the wall
and a beanbag on the floor.
Kylie and Brad are in house four.
Their bedroom is at the back,
across the hall from their infamous bathroom.
Last week, they created a black bathroom
which got savaged by the judges.
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.
(CRIES)
But for her guest bedroom this week,
our dark queen wants to buck that trend.
I don't want it to be too black, so I was sort of thinking, like,
black curtains, black lighting, black linen on the bed,
so I think that's enough.
Hey, Kylie.
First, Kylie will kick off with a Home Pro by DIY Blinds consult.
Bedroom one. Bedroom.
Bedroom one. Awesome.
Yes.
Now, we had a chance to speak last week.
Yes.
So, Janice has done a little bit of work with our suppliers,
looking for some black sheers...
Lovely. (LAUGHS)
..because we know what you're into. Lovely.
Look, I really love the ones that ended up in the bathroom.
So I was actually thinking of doing, like, a double layer,
doing a really white, sheer, completely see-through
and then a black... Blockout?
..yeah, over the top, like, texture...
It's definitely gonna be softened
and then there'll just be black features
and that'll soften with everything else, so, more whites...
We're doing timber flooring.
I'll add some nice rugs to warm it up.
The main feature will be a 3-D bedhead with LED strip lighting,
artwork on the wall, soft pastel tones on a throw rug and pillows,
plus blackout blinds with a sheer white curtain.
But it's still sort of pairs in
because it's directly across from the bathroom we've just done,
so I still want the colour scheme to sort of flow through
but I'm peeling back the black a little,
just to sort of see how the judges feel about it.
Down the road in house one, Paige is distracted
by the pressure of designing this week's guest bedroom.
PAIGE: Hello.
MAN: Oi! Oh!
Oi!
Jesse and Paige have spent most of the day locked down in the lunchroom,
shopping online for bedroom stuff.
This is miserable. Like, I'm having a miserable day.
I just hated everything.
Ugh!
And I was trying to really stick within budget and parameters
and that's what was eating me up as well,
the fact that everything that I liked was not on Block Bucks
and were out of our budget.
Shopping is (BLEEP).
I should've been a carpenter.
Is there any other beds that interest you?
Like, what's the point, though?
Paige was finding it a bit hard this morning.
She couldn't really find anything that kind of suited us.
This is making me miserable.
The key is being clear-minded.
She loves the shops in town here.
# Bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow. #
As Confucius says,
if you don't succeed online, then try again at your local shops.
Today is just a write-off.
It's just a write-off for shopping.
Shopping is not in my bones today.
# You really got me... #
Hello!
I have been struggling.
This is a beautiful... Throw.
..colour.
I love stuff like this.
I might hold two of these, if that's OK.
Hold two of these. Yep.
And hold this.
This is where we shop locally. It is so much easier.
Oh, it is easier. So easy.
You guys have a great selection. Much, much easier.
It's coming back to me today. It's coming back.
Things are happening.
Things are happening up here.
I'm a bit of a hothead, if no-one has picked that up yet.
I go zero to 100 really, really quick
but I also go from 100 to zero very quick
because I don't want to just be consistently angry.
You never know what you're getting.
Success.
Thank you, guys.
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
Oh, there's the whistle.
One more for good luck.
(WHISTLE BLOWS) (LAUGHS)
Meanwhile, back at the block,
fiance Jesse is determined to keep the positive vibes going.
I sat in the lunchroom with H. Yeah.
Like, he would be on the phone...
I'm gonna need two bunkbeds.
..and I'd be on the phone.
Yeah, the mattress, the two doonas, the two king-size...
I knew that I had to really try and step up creative-wise.
Thank you, mate. Appreciate it.
We sorted out the bed.
Apparently it wasn't in stock and I actually managed to get it,
so we're picking that up tomorrow.
There was two bedside tables which weren't on Block Bucks
but we got a really good discount.
Yeah, positive signs start of the week.
I'm loving it. I'm really feeling good.
(MOBILE PHONE RINGS) Hello.
JESSE: (ON PHONE) Hey, how are you? I'm good. How are you?
Good. Got the bed.
You got the bed!
Yep. We're picking it up tomorrow.
Oh, my god!
Yeah.
Honey, I'm so impressed.
I've ordered the...
I've got the bed to pick up from Freedom.
Yes.
I've bought it through the Block Shop,
the two bedside tables, which we have to pay for
and I've bought everything from Forty Winks for delivery Saturday.
Can we talk about little sexy man Jesse
swooping in and saving the day?
I love seeing a man in charge.
It's beautiful.
# Hey, hey, hey, hey It's a beautiful day... #
Is Jesse around?
He's sorting (BLEEP) out today.
It's good. It's what we need. Being the man.
Hi.
(BOTH STRAIN)
(LAUGHS)
JESSE:
PAIGE:
JESSE: Mmm.
(LAUGHS)
# It's a beautiful day. #
(PENGUINS BRAY)
# All that I'm hearing from you
# White noise
# White noise... #
SCOTT: With a public holiday
no work was done on site,
so today all the tradies
to get their subfloors down
(TOOL WHINES)
For this week's kids' bedroom,
over in house three, Ricky's excited
Boys are smashing it.
We got a heap of demo done
Pouring is not too far away.
Hopefully by tomorrow arvo,
we'll have
Let's go!
Boys are back in business!
Let's go!
All the teams are making great
except for house five.
After taking out the win
It's Kristian and Mimi!
..they got to stay overnight at
and have had a busy morning
(EXCLAIMS)
..leaving their builder Daniel
We're building via text message
Urgent thing
so he's getting onto that right now.
They need to demo a space
which is on the ground floor of the
Till the permit comes through,
Right now, I'm sipping on some water
and say that we've got the all-clear
How did we go? Nothing come through?
DAN: I haven't received anything.
No, Kristian said he's done it
But Kristian's cut some corners and
This demolition permit...
Yeah.
Not great.
Why is that?
Not mine or Dan's signature.
Kylie's just got it up on the Ametek
and we've realised both our
by Kristian.
Not ideal. That's just a no.
Yeah.
The purpose of the demolition permit
is just so everyone on site knows
Do we need to get barricades?
Do we need to have extra OH&S
They're a must on our site because
So, to sign off on these
so I'll have a little chat to him
MIMI: Hello.
Hello, hello.
G'day, Dan. How you going?
So you obviously know why
Yeah, I was coming to find you,
OK.
So, the situation was our builder
goes "I need a demo permit."
We were literally, like,
to go to our kitchen appointment
so I was, like...
Yeah.
Not cool, man.
You don't do that.
I know you don't.
Like, if I knew, I would've
Like, that's so...
That doesn't sit right with me
Yeah.
Yep.
So there's gonna be a penalty.
Dan told me that tomorrow morning
I will have to have a one-hour
for an hour before the day starts.
By trying to save time,
It was just literally
We were literally about to drive
There was so much going on...
There's no excuses.
You're just don't do that.
Yep.
So I made a boo-boo today.
It was a silly boo-boo.
I'm embarrassed about it.
It's so childish, man.
Who does that?
I'm not gonna, like, defend Kristian
Like, if it's wrong, it's wrong
and that just did not sit right
It's not alright.
You're making it worse.
But, like, (BLEEP), another thing,
You know what we'll do?
We've got this to plan anyway to see
(GROANS)
And the fact that he didn't even,
Because if he told me about it,
"No, no, no, you can't do that."
It's so dumb. (BLEEP).
So dumb.
Anyway, everyone's over it.
So it's just upset me
I thought it was just embarrassing.
It's annoying.
It's only week two.
(YELLS)
VOICEOVER: Hold onto your hard hats.
You're skipping steps.
I've...never been saved before.
Did we do it not properly last week
It's corner cutting...
Cutting corners again.
..chaos.
Will Kristian...
You've got to use
(BLEEP)
By trying to save time,
You don't do that, it's just dumb.
Mind blowing bedroom designs.
Lighting that resembled clouds.
And the first ever 3D bedhead.
I feel as though this is a winner.