SCOTT CAM: Tonight on The Block...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
I'm not enthused. We're doing a kids' bedroom.
BRAD: At the moment, we're treading water on a kids' room.
I was never planning kids'.
(DRILL WHINES)
..guest bedroom week gets into gear.
JESSE: For the first week, I am first in line for Truecore Tuesdays.
I'm not letting anyone go ahead of me.
BRAD: Where is my Truecore?
Always hustling to try and be on schedule.
How did you get first?
I all of a sudden became public enemy number one.
Just confirming that we're first in line to get our steel.
But by the end of the day, one house will no longer have a builder...
I'm not having people talk about me behind my back.
..and one house will no longer have a room.
PAIGE: So, the three main things that you build a room around,
we can't get. Yeah.
I had to pre-order my bed, like, three weeks ago from Create Estate.
I, at this point, don't think we're gonna have a completed room.
(ELECTRICS FIZZ, LIGHTNING CRACKS) (PENGUINS BRAY)
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
It's day two of second guest bedroom week...
and for the boys in house three,
the new week comes with a new wingman...
# I saw the sign... #
..two-time Block contestant and highly skilled builder Duncan Miller.
RICKY: Dunc's the best of the best.
His team, they're like SAS.
You know, they're special operatives...
HAYDN: Yep. ..and deliver winning rooms.
# I saw the sign. #
Morning. How are you, brother?
Sorry, are we early? Absolutely not, bro.
We're keen. Good.
HAYDN: Yeah, the boys. We're keen.
Alright!
Now, is this gonna be the normal way we greet each other in the morning?
No. I hope you've got undies on.
Yeah.
(MEN LAUGH)
(WOLF WHISTLE)
# How do I deal with what I'm feeling?
# Maybe I just don't... #
PAIGE: Bright and early.
I think this week has been the most challenging week for us.
But I feel like, you know,
when you kind of hit rock-bottom, you can only go up.
SCOTT: After another bad day yesterday...
No-one (BLEEP) listens to me. JESSE: I was listening to you.
Oh, yeah, I'm sure you were. Cut your attitude out.
..Paige has woken up on a mission to get her groove back.
Where you going, man? I've got to run to Chadstone.
What do they call Chadstone?
The shopping capital of Australia.
Is this breakfast? This is breakfast.
Breakfast on the go. My breakfast is always just soymilk.
Yeah. (LAUGHS)
It's amazing. Thanks so much, Tina. Have a good day.
PAIGE: The plan for today is buying some bedding
and then, whilst I'm at Chadstone,
I may as well stock up on my moisturiser.
# Save your tears for another day
# Ah-ah-ah-ah
# Save your tears for another day... #
(HORN HONKS)
I didn't have any intentions to shop whilst I was there
and then I saw my favourite shoe store.
The sandals looked great on my feet.
They were $150 off, so I bought them.
(BEEP)
And then I thought "I may as well pick up my night cream."
(BEEP) (DOOR CLOSES)
And I went to a few other stores as well.
Got some throws...
(BEEP)
..and I bought my sheets.
(BEEP)
I wanted to go into Ralph Lauren as well
but they were shut when I got there.
(DOOR CLOSES)
And I compromised, because I walked back past them on the way out
and I said, "No. I need to get back to site."
Where's my round of applause?
(CANNED APPLAUSE) Thank you.
INTERVIEWER: Have you got a plan for your room yet?
Yes. Yes.
Now that I have bought my sheets, I see everything so clearly.
Hit me.
(LAID-BACK MUSIC PLAYS)
So, the sheets are this beautiful kind of Parisian dollhouse vibe.
Really plays into that modern colonial
but it's fun because it's a kid.
All came together pretty quickly.
SCOTT: Paige's pink and green sheets
are at the heart of her Parisian dollhouse girls' bedroom,
which will have gingham wallpaper
and they've decided on a bespoke study desk.
Whoa!
When I did get back, Jesse spotted the bag really quickly.
What's that? Pair of shoes.
Paige always comes home... "What did you get?"
"I got a bit of a discount."
They were $150 off.
Yeah, so, what was the final price? Like, nothing.
See how she didn't say the price?
How nice are they, though! Look.
Very nice. They're awesome.
I actually feel like going back and getting them in black too.
(LAUGHS) I really should've done that.
# No, you're not gonna get what you need
# But, baby, I have... #
SCOTT: Someone else who would probably benefit
from some retail therapy
is Kylie in house four.
(KYLIE YAWNS)
A little bit about it. Yes.
Yesterday, property experts Marty Fox, CEO of White Fox Real Estate,
and Alice Stolz of Domain
strongly suggested that Kylie and Brad do a kids' bedroom this week.
MARTY: If you can, consider having bunks
or having the ability to sleep with two king singles.
And Kylie was having none of it.
I wasn't aiming it at families.
Like, yeah, but no. Like, not a KIDS' kids' room.
KYLIE: Everyone's trying to give me hope.
"But you've got kids, you've got this.
"Like, clearly you'll know what you're doing."
You've got four kids, is that right? BRAD: Yeah.
Like, you guys are probably the heart of who this might appeal to.
Which means more pressure,
'cause if I present a kids' room that isn't functional
and doesn't make sense,
then they're gonna be, like, "And they're the only family
"that actually have kids and that's what they've given us."
So she threw her toys out of the cot
and spent the afternoon asleep on her bedroom floor.
(SNORING)
INTERVIEWER: Are you OK, Kylie?
BRAD: She's asleep in her room.
MAN: She fell asleep? Well, laying down.
She won't talk to anyone. She'll pretend to be asleep.
SCOTT: And this morning,
she decided to take Marty and Alice's advice anyway...
Still trying to get my head around kids'.
Kids'? I was never planning kids'.
..somewhat reluctantly.
Oh, what are we doing with the room?
Yeah, well, you're not very enthused about it, that's for sure.
I'm not enthused. We're doing a kids' bedroom.
Yeah, so, at the moment, we're treading water on a kids' room.
The 11th-hour kids' bedroom will feature a double bunkbed,
hanging chair, wallpaper in a brush-stroke pattern
and a built-in robe in Kylie's signature black.
Oooh. The start of a great week. Can't wait for Sunday.
(LAUGHS)
# See me fly
# You know they'll never catch me for it... #
Tuesdays are all about getting the Truecore walls up
which are being made on site.
The rule is, whoever gets their plans in first gets their walls up first
and a head start on getting their room finished.
House one, number one, Truecore Tuesdays.
# Then try to tell me you've got the wrong guy... #
This is the first week I am first in line for Truecore Tuesdays.
I'm not letting anyone go ahead of me.
I'll leave this floor all day just so no-one else gets their walls.
(LAUGHS)
That's how petty I'll be.
This is my one chance to be number one on Truecore Tuesdays.
I'm not taking that away from myself.
I'm front of the queue. I dictate the speed of the Truecore.
And I love it.
But I was a wanted man. My position was wanted.
Today, we've got to try and get our Truecore walls up as fast as we can
to see if we can't get plastering this afternoon.
Plasterers coming at lunchtime.
Brad likes to be before schedule
and if he's not, he's by his own schedule,
which is already a day behind.
We were ready for frames yesterday.
INTERVIEWER: You were hustling to try and get in first, weren't you?
Always hustling to try and be on schedule
and be as efficient as possible, yeah.
Where is my Truecore?
SCOTT: Brad will only get his walls once Jesse's are complete,
so he sends his builder Benny over to check how close house one is
to being ready for walls.
I'm just gonna stir them the (BLEEP) up.
MAN: Oh, sorry, Jack.
How did we go?
Have they got that floor down? No.
No inso in, no floor inspection yet, no subfloor inspection yet.
So, I know house four, Brad and Kylie, had their subfloor done.
They were ready for walls.
They could see we actually didn't have our chipboard sheets down,
our flooring down yet
and they've approached me...
We need to have the sticks first and if all four sticks are ready and...
..asked if they could jump the queue.
They were second. They wanted to go first.
How did you get first?
Because we were the first ones in the office yesterday.
Pete came around as soon as he rocked up yesterday...
Yeah.
..and we had it all ready for him already
because we were sticking to that.
I kind of said, "Yeah, mate. Yeah, yeah, no. No. No chance."
Oh, so I all of a sudden became...
PAIGE: Public enemy number one. ..public enemy number one.
BRAD: Are you finished already?
Yeah. We don't need insulation.
Hey, Peter. How you going? Alright, buddy. How are you?
Good, mate. Hey, I'm just down at your little station and...
Yes.
..just confirming that we're first in line to get our steel.
BRAD: I wasn't gonna stand there and have that argument with him
'cause obviously standing around doing nothing's not very productive.
So, house four's builders put my walls together.
KYLIE: What are you doing, Brad?
(TOOLS WHINE)
Making it faster.
We built as much of house one's walls that we needed to
for ours to start getting made
and then we started making our walls.
Right. Pick her up. Go.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(DRILL WHINES)
Had our walls up before Jesse even come down looking for his walls.
Our floor's done, so I'm just gonna see when they're ready.
They've been ready for ages, mate!
Who's that? Jesse.
He's, like, "House four's are done,
"so I'm just seeing if ours are ready."
How you going, Josh? What's the ETA on house one's walls?
Are they getting delivered or do we take them?
You guys can take them. OK. Great. Perfect. Thank you.
I had a pretty damn good smile on my face walking down that street.
We're done, mate. Yeah, nice. How good!
But he was still... still second.
INTERVIEWER: Did you make his walls straight?
Well, it's Truecore.
It's pretty hard not to screw them together straight.
# I'm breaking free from all these insecurities... #
SCOTT: Things are quieter over in house two
as Courtney and Grant are travelling back after a night away
for their Winners Are Grinners dinner in Sorrento.
But their builders have started making a little bit of noise,
claiming they haven't been paid a single dollar
since they started four weeks ago.
He said he was gonna pay during the day yesterday
and then he said "I'll pay tonight when I get away with the laptop"
and that's fine, but we still haven't seen anything.
At the moment, we are in the negative, 12 to 13 grand.
You haven't got one cent off Grant yet?
Nothing. Nothing. Zero? Zero.
We don't know if it's... is this a 24-hour processing time,
is this a 48-hour processing time?
But, like, week one was due three weeks ago.
And we know they've got the money.
Yeah, well... Well, hopefully they do.
Or else we've got bigger problems. They've got 250,000...
Yeah. ..and they just won ten.
Well, we've got... They won 20 yesterday.
They won another ten from Reece.
We're negative 13.
And four weeks late.
(LIGHTNING CRACKS, ELECTRICS FIZZ) (PENGUINS BRAY)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
# What makes the world go round is... #
SCOTT: At the block, Courtney and Grant's builders are speaking up
about not being paid for the last three weeks of work.
At the moment, we are in negative, 12 to 13 grand.
You haven't got one cent off Grant yet?
Nothing. Zero. Nothing? Zero?
He said he's gonna pay during the day yesterday.
He said, "I'll pay tonight when I get away with the laptop."
That's fine, but we still haven't seen anything.
We're negative 13.
Week one was due three weeks ago.
This is not good news,
because on The Block, we encourage teams to pay their builders on Sunday
once the room is complete
to help keep track of the budget.
For example, here is house five's accounts for the first three weeks,
each one paid on the Sunday the room is completed.
And here is house two's.
INTERVIEWER: So I'm asking for absolute clarity.
Did you pay your builders? Yes, we paid our builders.
We 100% paid our builders.
SCOTT: OK, so, week one invoice has been paid
but only yesterday afternoon.
And it takes 24 hours to hit the builders' accounts,
so they haven't received it yet.
(BUZZER BLARES)
Hello. Hello.
The builders, they were just saying
how they haven't been paid yet at all this season by Court and Grant.
He's the guy who doesn't pay people.
(LAUGHS) Still going on with that?
He hasn't paid us a cent. Really?
Not for week one, two or three. Not one dollar.
Have the other builders been paid?
Apparently they get paid if not the same day, it's the next day...
Hey, Mim, have you paid your builders?
MIMI: Yeah. Every Sunday.
Every Sunday?
As soon as they send the invoice.
MAN: Can we work for you?
GRANT: Morning.
# We're talking money Don't talk to me... #
SCOTT: Courtney and Grant are rolling in fashionably late
to house two this morning
after their Ford getaway to Sorrento.
COURTNEY: Oh, my gosh! We've got walls!
The builders have made good progress
on Courtney and Grant's modern Mediterranean-style guest bedroom,
which will feature an architectural curve on the wall behind the bed.
And before getting back into it, Courtney needs a coffee.
Hello, darling.
Welcome back to the island.
So, I went up to McCafe, spoke to Tina
and she says, "Oh, yeah, with the builders
"and how you're not paying your invoices."
I'm, like, "What do you mean?"
So I'm, like, "How does Tina know?"
Who said that?
(FURTIVELY) Maybe your builders.
Who? Maybe your builders.
It was literally paid last night. I reckon...
Two days ago. Oh, well, did they not know that?
He reckons he hasn't been paid at all.
Unless he's taking the piss...
He's saying... Yeah.
I just don't understand.
And then, soon as I heard that, I then texted you.
(SIGHS)
I'm (BLEEP) sick of the drama.
(CLICK!) (DING!)
TINA: Do you need another coffee? GRANT: No, I don't.
Are you paying your bills?
Yes, that's what I came to talk to you about.
'Cause it was all paid yesterday. Oh, was it?
Yeah. So, did he not see that?
Did he mention it today? Yeah.
Miscommunication. He's a snake.
So you paid him yesterday?
I just wanted to know when he said it, that's all.
So, are you gonna keep him? No.
Thank you. I'll speak to you soon.
(LAUGHS)
So, what was this today about you telling people about me not paying?
Because I have paid your invoice yesterday.
Me? Yeah.
Who did I tell?
Oh, well, apparently told Dan, you've told Tina the coffee lady,
producers and... Yeah, you haven't paid.
No, but I did. I did. Yesterday you hadn't.
No, no, no. Yesterday I did pay. OK. We haven't received everything.
Well, I don't understand what the point was to go to other people.
Well, people ask questions. "Have you been paid?"
Oh, does Tina ask questions? Yes, she does.
Oh, does she? Yeah.
She asked "Have you been paid?" Yeah.
We don't want you talking behind our backs.
I'll talk to you upfront. I'm telling you now.
Our expectation... Now...
Our expectation... Our expectation...
No, no, but you're not talking to me upfront.
You're going behind my back to talk.
I'm not having people talk about me behind my back
about something that's not (BLEEP) true as well.
And it would've been a simple as a conversation of saying,
"Hey, Grant, has the invoice been paid?"
You would've known both of them had been paid yesterday.
Nothing come through, man, so... Yeah. It's all good.
Well, you could've come to me before you started talking to other people.
It is what it is. Your mistake, in my eyes.
Sure. It's gone from there.
You're entitled to your opinion. Yeah. I know.
I think this escalated beyond it needed to escalate.
Yeah. Well, you've done that, Chris. So...
No, no... Thank you. Goodbye.
I don't think it's all his fault. He can't take the rap...
No, no. He could've come to me.
He could've come to me and said "When are we getting paid?"
I would've told you they'd both been paid.
If there was a problem, you'd come to me.
Instead, you've tried to snake me behind my back,
talked to other people...
That's... It's... No, no, no.
You've tried to talk to other people... Not you. He's tried...
Chris has tried to talk to other people instead of coming to me
and saying, "Hey, have they been paid?"
He would've known they had have been (BLEEP) paid.
But instead, you spread the rumour
that, "Hey, this guy doesn't (BLEEP) us."
You know what, I'm calling it from now. Don't come back on Thursday.
I don't need youse. It's all good. I'm done.
Thanks for everything... That's alright...
..but I'm not having you on site.
You're a (BLEEP) snake.
Forget it.
(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS)
Are you right? Yeah.
It's alright. It's alright.
You know, like...
Don't cry. It's gonna be alright.
I didn't want to get to this point. Like...
Yeah, neither did I.
(CRIES)
GRANT: We don't have a back-up plan. We don't have a builder.
I'll figure that part out.
I just know when I can't work with somebody and today was that day.
(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
Oh, well, if that's the decision, it's the decision, man.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(CRIES) I just feel really bad.
I know.
(CRIES)
GRANT: I'm very glad I stuck to my gut.
They all needed to go.
I didn't want it to come to that point.
Neither did I. I didn't. But I'm not gonna have him...
I'm not gonna have his team (BLEEP) talking about me behind my back.
You know what, at the end of this, I just hope we get paid, bro.
(LAUGHS)
You know, that's all I hope.
(LIGHTNING CRACKS, ELECTRICS FIZZ) (PENGUINS BRAY)
Oh, my gosh. That is outstanding. Oh! She likes it too!
SHELLEY: See how our All-Stars Dan and Dani rate the Blockheads' rooms
when they award their weekly Champs and Chumps...
Who are your Champs?
..exclusively at the Block website.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
SCOTT: This week's brief is to design a guest bedroom,
more specifically a kids' bedroom
for any house that hasn't already done one.
And while some are less enthusiastic...
I'm not enthused.
..house five's Mimi is in her element.
MIMI: A kids' room should feel fun.
Fun... Warm.
Playful. Welcoming.
Cosy. Alive.
I'm a millennial.
INTERVIEWER: What does that mean?
I just get bored really easily.
My attention span...
I just need things happening in my face.
Mimi the millennial is off to Forty Winks in Melbourne
to lock in beds for her kids' room.
Found what I was looking for
but without the bedhead and a different colour.
So, if Mimi can get the beds in white with lower bedheads,
the room will look like this.
# Can't stop, won't stop... #
MIMI: As you walk in, you'll see the two beds.
Beautiful cloud-shaped bedheads that goes across the whole wall,
then Grafico rainbow.
# Can't stop Ah! #
KRISTIAN: Mimi's the biggest kid.
INTERVIEWER: Well, you're the perfect person
to build a kids' bedroom, then. Yes!
SCOTT: Fellow millennial, house one's Paige,
is also trying to find beds for her kids' room
and has her heart set on something she found on the Freedom website.
PAIGE: Let's go.
I'm just chasing up some Rattan Arch headboards
and I was wondering if it was possible
to get those delivered to site or to come and pick them up at all.
WOMAN: (ON PHONE) Let me get on the website.
Do you know the name of them?
Yeah, so it's Rattan Arch decal headboard
and it would be two of them in a single.
The bedhead Paige is interested in is decal,
meaning it sticks to the wall,
but Paige doesn't realise that yet.
They're decals.
I... I think...
I don't know what decal is but...
So, the decal means it, like, sticks to the wall.
Oh, it's not an actual headboard? No.
While things are not quite what they seem
(BLEEP). ..for Paige...
Mimi has high expectations of what she can get with four days to reveal,
one of them being a public holiday.
MIMI: Wondering if I could change the colour.
Unfortunately it's the only colour it comes in.
No!
Cue the millennial meltdown.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(BLEEP)!
I want this bed not this colour.
Why the (BLEEP) would you ever have a bedhead
that is a sticker?
I feel defeated.
All of this is just (BLEEP).
# I hate my life. #
No problem. Easy done.
But then I literally looked at it
and I was, like, "You know what, I can make this work."
(RINGING TONE)
INTERVIEWER: Who are you calling? Damien from Grafico.
Hi, Damien. How are you? DAMIEN: (ON PHONE) Good, good.
I've bought two trundle beds... Mmm.
..and we thought that we could get them changed in terms of the colour
but we can't and it's like a teal...
Oh, OK.
..and it's gonna clash with the rainbow
and if you could, like, kind of build a rainbow off of that...
Yeah. ..and then I can style it.
Do you want to sort of change all the colours to a more tealy tone?
Yeah.
Send it through as soon as you can. Yeah. I just sent it now.
Oh, here it is. Here it is. Here it is. Oh, yeah, that's... OK.
Yeah, got it. We can change it.
It all works out and I have faith in this teal colour
because it kind of goes with the other room.
KRISTIAN: Yep.
I believe in myself.
(DING!)
SCOTT: While one millennial gets a win...
the other is still processing the disappointment
that her chosen bedhead is a wall sticker.
We were looking for the past hour for any bedheads that would match.
Couldn't find any, so I was just stressed.
And on top of that, Paige's search has been interrupted
by an appointment with Ray White Cowes.
I just feel really (BLEEP) because I'm in a really (BLEEP) mood
and I don't want to put it on these people.
Just... This is a different topic. Focus on that, not...
Oh, thank you. Thank you. I didn't know it was a different topic.
(LAUGHS) I just need a minute.
I'm so (BLEEP) angry.
(LONG BEEP)
(SERENE OPERATIC MUSIC)
PRODUCER: Here we go.
Three, two, one.
OK. I hate this so much.
So annoying.
Hello! MAN: Hello.
INTERVIEWER: Do you know if any other houses
have gone and spoken to these guys yet?
I don't think any houses have spoken to Ray White yet.
That's just my inkling. JESSE: Mmm.
SCOTT: Uh, you might want to double-check that
with some of your neighbours.
Who have you got? Ray White.
HAYDN: We're going Ray White. ALICE: OK.
MARTY: Fantastic. RICKY: Yep.
Paige is not winning at life today.
PAIGE: It's (BLEEP).
Coming up...
It's gonna be a wild ride, I think. (LAUGHS)
# Let's go, girls... #
..the Block party bus hits Melbourne.
(LAUGHS) # Come on! #
We were giving him a taste of what 16 years looks like from now...
(LAUGHS)
..when he's ferrying around Tilly and all of her girlfriends.
# This beat is automatic, supersonic, hypnotic, funky fresh... #
But could house one's bad luck streak...
PAIGE: So, the three main things that you build a room around,
we can't get. JESSE: Oh...
..mean another unfinished room?
I, at this point, don't think we're gonna have a completed room.
(LIGHTNING CRACKS, ELECTRICS FIZZ) (PENGUINS BRAY)
(ACOUSTIC POP PLAYS)
Today, we'll ideally be all sheeted, plastered and trowelled off,
so I want to be sanding tonight, ideally.
I mean, it'd be nice to put a lick of paint on,
but ideally sanding.
INTERVIEWER: How did you sleep?
I slept really well.
I've been sleeping really well since we've been in the bed.
Been up early, getting ready.
How is your room going, like, the design and stuff?
Oh, our... The one this week? Yeah.
It's actually going really well. I'm very excited about it.
It's going to be a kids' bedroom.
For kids.
Well, if they're small kids, they can all sleep horizontally,
so you can sleep, like, 20.
TINA: How was your night last night?
RICKY: There wasn't too much for me and H to do,
so we got a bit of an early one.
Yay.
So, I got to shower last night on a tiled floor.
Wait, in your house? Yeah.
Yay!
'Cause I thought you guys have been showering in there, but you haven't?
No. So now you have water?
Now we have hot water. Yeah.
That's sick.
My plasterer's here. I see him now.
Thank you. Bye.
Hey, bud. How are you? Yeah, I'm at the cafe.
Turn around, mate. Turn around. Turn around. Turn around.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
INTERVIEWER: Did I hear a rumour
that you guys don't have a builder anymore?
Oh, that's not a rumour.
Yes, we don't have a builder anymore.
GRANT: I made the decision yesterday
to get rid of my builders with no replacement,
no potential builder in sight.
That's how serious I was about not working with them again
and proving the point that I had paid my invoice.
So you'll be right for this week, right? Like, this room?
Yeah, this room will be fine.
We've got the floor and wall structure up,
got plasterers in here today.
After I get the plasterers set up today,
priority number one will be have a chat to a few people
and see what their availability's like and go from there,
make a few decisions.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
INTERVIEWER: Morning, Brad.
Morning.
Is there painting today?
Yeah.
Sounds like you guys are on track.
Yeah, so far.
We could be a little bit further along.
But going pretty good.
SCOTT: Going pretty good?
House four is going very well
because they snuck in plasterers after hours last night,
which is a big no-no.
BRAD: Rip into it, brother. Do you want anything?
I'm gonna go try and find some biscuits.
So, last night, after the plasterers left, there was a discussion about
if he could start early in the morning.
I said, "You can't start before 7:00," to which he asked...
He's, like, "Oh, I can come back now and set it."
So I spoke to the security guard and said, like,
"Is that gonna be a problem?"
He said, "No, that's fine."
And he came back and top-coated.
(CELESTIAL MUSIC)
SCOTT: According to Block rules, there are to be no tradies on site
after tools down without a Nine In Six supervisor also on site.
INTERVIEWER: But the security guard doesn't run the site.
No, the security guard doesn't run the site
but I thought he would liaise with Nine In Six,
not thinking much further than that.
Obviously I should've spoken directly to someone with authority.
It is what it is now.
Dan, Simmo. What's happening?
Oh, mate, I've come to face the music, I think.
I just wanted to know, I guess,
where I stand, what the repercussions are.
Obviously I'm not gonna do it again but...
It's a bit sly, them coming down through the back as well
and not even going past security.
Yeah, right.
I did speak to the security guard. He was aware.
But I know that's not good enough for you, though.
Yeah.
I know that's not speaking to you, so...
Especially when there's no supervision here.
Like, it's got the potential of shutting the whole block down.
Say they injured themselves and we come in today,
everyone's stopping work for a week or whatever.
Yeah, right.
So it's putting the block in jeopardy, at the end of the day.
Yeah, that's not good enough. No.
We'll have a chat and we're gonna come back down here. Yeah.
Yeah? Yeah.
Alright.
Not good.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
SCOTT: This year's Block is located on Phillip Island,
two hours south of the CBD.
Commuting to the city to shop is a bit of a nightmare,
so the girls have planned a full-day shopping trip
to select key items for the next few weeks' rooms.
And they've enlisted their own driver.
We've got to drive safely today, Haydn.
Yeah, I do. I know you do.
Precious cargo. You're doing great, sweetie.
Precious cargo.
(WOMEN LAUGH)
INTERVIEWER: Are you OK?
(EXHALES) I don't know.
I don't know if I'm alright. (LAUGHS)
Will you be right?
Yeah, look, it's gonna be a wild ride, I think. (LAUGHS)
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
If I trust any man to take my wife on a road trip, it'd be Haydn.
He's a good man.
Feels quite nice to be driven around.
It's not driven around. Chauffeured.
Chauffeur H.
He's an honorary girl.
We call him 'Daddy'.
(GASPING)
What? He's a dad now.
Oh.
So he was, like, the dad of the trip.
We were giving him a taste of what 16 years looks like from now...
(LAUGHS)
..when he's ferrying around Tilly and all of her girlfriends.
I felt like a dodged a bullet...
(LAUGHS) ..that whole scenario.
GlobeWest.
Get it, girl!
I'm so excited.
Oh, I love GlobeWest.
Everyone get out of my way. Move, bitch.
(LAUGHTER)
So I might have been a little bit extreme on my shopping trip
and I may have taken over.
This is beautiful.
Does it come in a different shape?
It comes in a black as well.
Oh, this is nice.
Have you got another one of those? The Chloe? Yeah.
Yeah? Yeah, this is really nice.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Love that. Yeah.
I'm just gonna add all these things to my wish list.
I wish I had more sponsorship dollars from GlobeWest.
There was just really, really nice pieces.
I'm just gonna keep wandering. Yeah. Perfect.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
Dan and I have had a bit of a chat...
Yep.
..and we think it's fair
that there's no tools till 1:00 today
and you're gonna be re-inducted.
And I'm gonna be what, sorry?
Re-inducted at 1:00.
Alright. Everyone.
It won't happen again.
Alright. Alright. Let's pack her up.
Yep.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(MOBILE PHONE RINGS)
Hi, love.
KYLIE: (ON PHONE) Yeah.
Everyone's stood down until 1:00.
Until 1:00?
And I need to be re-inducted.
And they all do too.
Five-hour stand-down.
Heaps of fun.
You're joking. No.
So, now, the cabinets go to the end of the line,
so no-one's coming till 1:00.
Flooring got pushed back.
Yeah, so I pushed the flooring guy back from 12:00 to 1:00.
We were really planning on painting all day today,
so I'm a bit concerned.
That's alright. I'll just organise the back area and stuff.
It's alright, babe.
Alright. Love you. Bye.
Love you. Bye.
What happened? (BLEEP).
We've been shut down until 1:00. OTHERS: Why?
Yeah. Then they all have to be re-inducted.
What? Even Brad.
What? Yeah.
Oh...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Done now.
(LIGHTNING CRACKS, ELECTRICS FIZZ) (PENGUINS BRAY)
# Baggy jeans in a white limousine King of the concrete jungle... #
SCOTT: In house three,
Ricky and Haydn are the only team tackling two rooms,
this week's bedroom and last week's disaster of an ensuite.
No reason why we can't finish two rooms this week.
With so much on their plate, Duncan has an idea to keep the team going.
# Turn it up... # Wa-hey!
Hey, I knew you'd like it.
(MAN LAUGHS) Hey, guys. Look what I ordered you.
It's about working smart, not hard.
('MAN! I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN!' BY SHANIA TWAIN PLAYS)
# Let's go, girls... #
Go on, Haydn! Turn it up! Turn it up!
# Come on! #
Oh, lucky you. Thank you.
Oh, my goodness. Thank you.
I definitely like this chair. This is fun.
It's a thinking chair.
# Can you feel it... #
Oooh! Yeah.
# Come, come, come on, baby... #
That is soft. This is really nice.
I'll take the lot.
Thank you so much. Thanks again. Bye.
Really appreciate your time. Bye.
While the girls have been having the time of their lives...
it's been quite a different day for the boys back on site.
(RINGING TONE)
MAN: (ON VOICEMAIL) Leave your name and number and I'll get back to you.
(BEEP) GRANT: G'day, mate.
We're in a bit of a predicament at the moment,
looking for a builder...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
The waterproofer, he's laid it on very sick.
It's still, as you can see, very wet.
Mm-hm.
It's starting to get old, these waterproofing dramas.
You've used the wrong insulation.
So, all that wall's gotta come out, that little piece there.
That's all gonna be sound-screened.
I put the wrong insulation in.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
# Baby, you're all that I want
# When you're lying here in my arms... #
PAIGE: Honestly, Tim Tams are just...
I think they have to be
one of the best chocolate biscuits in the world.
It's not just Australia. The world knows about Tim Tams.
Mmm. Thank you.
They're so elite.
# This beat is automatic, supersonic, hypnotic, funky fresh
# Work my body, so melodic Just because I... #
(BEEP) Hey, Shane. It's Grant, mate.
I was hoping you could give us a call back when you get a moment.
I just probably have to make sure
I could commit to it.
I just want to finish this room, man. We're just going backwards.
Yeah.
I (BLEEP) spent so much time doing this (BLEEP) wall.
(DRILL WHINES)
(SLURPING)
I can't believe just, like, how much (BLEEP) you need for a kids' room.
INTERVIEWER: Have you found it difficult
finding things that you like at certain suppliers?
Yes.
The pieces that we did want to order from the Block Shop
were not available.
Were not gonna make it in time because of the short week.
Yeah. And we had found out whilst I was on the road trip...
PAIGE:
WOMAN: Why?
PAIGE:
SCOTT: The Block Shop is our online store
which features hundreds of furniture and homewares suppliers.
And our Blockheads have a boatload of Block Bucks to spend there.
With the Block Shop... Yes.
..we would also like to offer you a variety of vouchers...
Beautiful.
So, all in all, there's about 60,000 in vouchers...
Beautiful. ..there for you.
And that's Nadia. She runs the Block Shop...
Thank you so much.
..and every week helps contestants source products in time for reveal.
Nadia from the Block Shop is unreal.
She is so, so, so helpful.
Oh, my god, I love Nadia! I actually love Nadia too.
She's really cool.
She's like our long-lost sister and Santa Claus, like, combined.
But she can only work her magic if orders are placed well in advance,
particularly if items are coming from interstate.
The earlier the better to order through Block Shop.
That's why it's so important to be organised
and to have a lead time of a couple of weeks.
They want you to pre-order.
I had to pre-order my bed, like, three weeks ago.
Same with my master one. Yeah.
I haven't even organised my master. Mine's coming from Queensland.
What is? My bedhead.
Oh, that's nice. I got told anything from Queensland, I can't get.
I ordered it, like, last week, though.
How long does Create Estate take?
SCOTT: I think it's dawning on Paige
that she placed her Block Shop orders for this week's rooms too late,
just like she did with the bedhead.
# Karma police... #
I, at this point, don't think we're gonna have a completed room.
No, we'll be fine.
I am so sick to my stomach of hearing open-ended fallacies...
Well...
I don't want to hear... Do you know what,
just say something that's substantiative.
Well, when there's two of us, if I need to shoot out...
That's OK. You can shoot out, but what are you gonna buy?
(LIGHTNING CRACKS, ELECTRICS FIZZ) (PENGUINS BRAY)
SCOTT: After receiving news
that some key items from the Block Shop won't be delivered in time...
Jesse is on a solo mission to Melbourne to find replacements.
PAIGE: So, the three main things that you build a room around,
we can't get.
So we were pretty much looking for bedside table, chairs
and we were also looking for
a decorative piece.
# Tell me what you want, what you need from me, baby... #
I'm gonna have a look around for a bedside table today.
It needs to be exactly like the one I picked.
Yeah.
And Nadia from the Block Shop is going out of her way to help.
NADIA: (ON PHONE) Hey, that bedside table that Paige wanted,
you can actually get that from Freedom.
OK.
I'm actually heading to Freedom now,
so I'll speak to them when I'm there.
OK. Thank you, Nadia.
OK. Thanks for your help.
No worries.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
How can I help?
I'm after the Amy bedside table.
And I can't go home without it. Alright.
So, they are an online-only item.
So, we're 110% not gonna be able to get those?
No.
Let's check these chairs, then.
And they are from a separate supplier.
So, also no chance?
No, it would be...
I would say around a fortnight.
No luck there, unfortunately.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(MOBILE PHONE RINGS)
Hey, Nadia. How you going? NADIA: (ON PHONE) Good. How are you?
Everything's kind of online-only, so...
Even the other ones that I sent through to you?
Yeah...
Yeah, we don't really like them. Oh, OK.
I'm gonna keep looking and keep hunting.
OK. Perfect. Alright. Thank you.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
Imagine not competing a room
because you can't find the furniture you need.
Do you want me to check at other stores?
Yeah, please. Yes?
Yeah. Thank you.
Thankfully, Emily at Freedom Frankston was straight on the phone,
calling everyone to see what they had and finding other options for us
which was really, really great.
(TENSE MUSIC)
So, I have reserved one for you at South Wharf.
Which is in the heart of CBD.
Alright. Thanks, Emily. Thanks, Jesse.
See you later. Bye.
It's a long drive.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
Melbourne traffic sucks.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYS)
JESSE: I end up at the South Wharf DFO there,
where I got lucky with two things -
the little decorative piece and also a bedside table.
I didn't get the chairs
but we got an order from the Block Shop, so we've got back-up.
# If you rise, if you rise, if you rise
# Don't forget your past situation... #
SCOTT: Back on site, fortunes are turning for the other boys.
Brad and his team have been re-inducted...
It won't be happening again.
Thank you very, very much.
..Kristian has finally gotten his insulation approved...
That looks much better, mate.
Hey?
..and Grant has jumped on Hipages
and found himself a potential builder.
God bless Hipages
because within a few minutes, three guys had popped up.
MAN: (ON PHONE) Nice to chat, Grant. We'll see you tomorrow.
Thank you so much, mate. Cheers. See you then.
(DANCE POP PLAYS)
Didn't think it was gonna go for 12.5 hours today,
so I definitely got more than I bargained for.
INTERVIEWER: What did you buy?
I was driving,
so touching your phone in Australia is highly illegal,
so I didn't really get a lot of chance
to plan out what I was gonna buy
whilst the girls planned out exactly what are we gonna buy.
So I didn't actually buy anything.
(BLEEP) me dead.
# No-one dies from love... #
MIMI: A long night.
# Guess I'll be the first... #
Honestly, we had such a good day.
By the end of it, like, we came back, we were all dancing...
GRANT: Do you want to dance? Ballroom dancing?
We've got the space now.
We are all on a different level.
# Guess I'll be the first... #
Argh!
I think we've become a stronger couple.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Kiss?
We're house 4.5.
Back to usual programming.
Yeah, 'cause it's half of one.
Kylie and Brad don't have enough kids.
We need to adopt another.
INTERVIEWER: And where does Jesse fall into this situation?
Jesse's not even here.
We don't know where Jesse is. Where is Jesse? No-one knows.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
PAIGE: We need to get our orders in
for all living, dining and master, like, tonight.
JESSE: For what, though?
Furniture.
We definitely need to get master in ASAP.
Isn't that what you ordered today or no?
I didn't order anything today. Everyone else did.
I didn't order anything.
Right.
INTERVIEWER: Have you noticed that other couples
aren't coping with the pressure?
We have. Yeah.
Definitely. We have, for sure.
And in particular the last week. Yeah.
Over the last week, it's been...
We've heard Jesse and Paige fighting a bit. Yep.
I think a lot of people,
yeah, are noticing a bit of arguing from them too.
JESSE:
Like...
PAIGE: What has that got to do with me right now?
JESSE:
PAIGE: That's great.
JESSE:
PAIGE: That's great.
What has that got to do with anything?
COURTNEY: I've heard Paige and Jesse argue before on the phone
and then they kind of get over it
and, like, they're very respectful of each other,
like, in front of people. GRANT: Mmm.
I don't know what happens behind closed doors.
And it's healthy to argue, to an extent.
But, yeah, sometimes... It's getting extreme on the block.
JESSE: What you always do
is you take your anger on situations out on me.
PAIGE: I'm venting to you.
If I can't vent to you, who do I get to vent to?
You're the one that takes it personally.
I'm never making it personal.
You're the one with hyper emotions who takes it personally.
COURTNEY: But whereas, like, we are...
GRANT: We'll just argue in front of people.
We'll swear at each other.
Just a bit of bicker and then we're just normal. Like...
Then I usually go back to her in ten minutes and go,
"Can we just be friends? It's just too hard to argue."
And we'll laugh and it's... I hate too many people in life.
I don't need to hate my wife as well.
I think the difference between our arguments and theirs
are ours are a two-way street.
Like, we give it to each other just as much as each other.
Theirs might be a bit one-sided.
JESSE: I'm on your team, alright? Like, I want to support you.
PAIGE: Don't say that. It's so cringe.
Oh, (BLEEP), I can't say anything! You can't say anything.
(APPLAUDS) Good job. You finally got it.
(APPLAUDS) You finally got it. You can't say anything.
I don't need all this kumbaya "We're a (BLEEP) team."
I don't. I don't feel like I belong here.
JESSE: Why? You make me feel that way...
OK. ..and others make me feel that way.
Honestly, I just, like, don't really feel like
I can do this for two months.
Like, quitting is not an option now.
Says who?
SCOTT: Tomorrow night, the guest bedroom build ramps up...
We have to win because I love this room!
Away you go. How good, mate! (SPRAYS)
Ricky and Haydn's bathroom disaster continues.
Oh, they've done it again! No, pull it out.
They've done it again.
RICKY: Seriously, this isn't enjoyable.
And our Blockheads take to the seas
to win one of the biggest challenge prizes in Block history.
Valued at over $100,000, my Bar Crusher over there.
(GASPS)
Have a look at Ricky. (LAUGHTER)
RICKY: $100,000 of just pure fishing arsenal.
Oh!
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