SCOTT CAM: Previously... It's Kristian and Mimi.
(APPLAUSE)
..after a big win...
a huge loss...
It's a very brave decision that you've made.
JESSE: Love you all.
..and a red herring...
I'd like you to meet your new contestants.
RONNIE: G'day. GEORGIA: Hey!
..Ronnie and Georgia!
Georgia came up and introduced herself
and announced that her and Ronnie were taking over house one.
DAN: You're leaving? Yeah.
Why? If they come on, I'm leaving.
I'm done.
Our prank has backfired.
RONNIE: Oh, no! (LAUGHS)
They're only here for a day.
All the best. Good luck. Thanks. See you later.
You're gonna need it.
But then All-Stars Ronnie and Georgia were replaced
by the real new contestants, sisters Maddy and Charlotte...
(SQUEALS) ..and they have a secret weapon.
They're property flippers.
I know that this is not your first rodeo.
WOMEN: No.
And we don't want anyone else to know.
But straight away, they encountered the unique challenges of the block.
CHARLOTTE: What's the go with plastering?
It's because Jesse and Paige are now gone.
We said we'd love if Brendan could work with us,
so, like, one of the things, obviously, on The Block
is you sort of have to find all your trades.
Tonight, the sisters fight battles on all fronts.
OK. ZAK: Youse can do anything.
Yeah.
Just talk to me and I'll tell you if we can achieve or if we can't.
Yeah, I appreciate that. I don't care what youse want to do.
Grant cops a serve from yours truly.
It's unfair to the other teams, so that is almost paramount to cheating.
And plaster panic sets in.
"They are our plasterers. Like, get them back."
You're gonna leave me high and dry?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(ELECTRICS FIZZ, LIGHTNING CRACKS) (PENGUINS BRAY)
MAN: Friday, we've got a lot of stuff happening,
so we're gonna have a really busy day.
Yep, the teams have a massive amount of work ahead of them...
# You ain't nothing but a... #
Their main bedroom and walk-in robes all have soaring ceilings
and an average footprint of 30 square metres,
which still need to be sheeted, painted, furnished and styled,
all before Sunday's reveal in less than 50 hours time.
Guys, have a great day. Enjoy. Thank you very much.
And because Monday was a public holiday,
it's a shorter week for the biggest room that requires the most trades.
What a time to throw the new kids on the block into the deep end.
It's a little bit crazy because we had a challenge yesterday
and then the first day, we only came through,
like, halfway through the day.
So, we need to sheet the rest of the room and down the hallway
and then do all the externals on the angles
and then set hopefully maybe two coats of set today.
And then I have to go shopping for the first time. (LAUGHS)
And it's Friday. Is it Friday? Yeah.
So, I need to get all the linen, all the cushions...
Everything, really.
We do have investment properties we bought when we were younger
and we have renovated them,
but I've never styled a room
and I've never designed a multi-million-dollar property...
In a week.
Welcome to The Block, ladies.
# That's what makes us feel better... #
Of all the houses so far,
Kylie and Brad's main bedroom and walk-in robe
is the most advanced.
Yeah, we're going not too bad.
We've gotta finish the base and then top the plaster.
We've got to finish our cladding.
The door's going in.
INTERVIEWER: Are you going to make it to the finish line?
Are you going to get there? KYLIE: We're gonna get there.
But we're gonna definitely be sleep deprived by the time we get there.
It's gonna be a push.
# Can't you see my sweet soul... #
In house three, the plasterers are also hard at work.
RICKY: We're definitely not where we hoped to be
but I think we're still on track to get our plastering finished,
hopefully get it dried so we're painting early tomorrow.
But plastering is not so straightforward
for houses one and five.
When Jesse and Paige left, we were sharing the same plasterer
and I thought it would be fair to keep sharing them for one more week.
The understanding was that Brendan was gonna come in with a team.
He's got about four or five people that are inducted and work with him
and they were gonna do both houses.
MAN: Yeah, righto.
But today, Brendan's crew is just himself and one other plasterer,
which is not enough to do the plastering in house five,
let alone house one,
leaving the sisters in a precarious position.
DAN: Have we sorted out the plastering scenario from yesterday?
No. No.
I think we're gonna have two boys... I haven't seen them yet.
Have you seen them? No.
Please come. I really hope...
Otherwise, like, if they don't get that done today...
No chance. Yeah.
Whole situation was a bit of a schmozzle.
My understanding was that we were sharing the plasterers
but I think their alliance went more with house five over us.
And Charlotte's right.
While she hangs gyprock alone,
Brendan's team of one is very busy in house five.
We had one guy doing the topcoat
and he said he was gonna struggle to finish.
Do you think only one's gonna get done tonight?
None of them are gonna be done at this rate. Really?
Now Kristian's regretting
the agreement to share the plastering team.
I was trying to be too nice and I should've just said to you,
"Look, if you can't do theirs, just let me know
"and I'll make the hard decision to let them know
"that we're not gonna finish your house."
I have to find a plasterer ASAP because our carpenters have told us
if we don't find someone to come this afternoon,
then we will not finish
and that's not going to happen.
(RINGING TONE)
MAN: (ON PHONE) Hello. Hi. My name's Maddy.
I'm a contestant of The Block this year
and I was wondering if you happened to be available
or interested in doing some plastering work for us.
(LAUGHS) Right.
Not really. No worries.
I've called, like, every plasterer known to man at this point
and everyone, as soon as they hear Phillip Island,
they're, like, "See you," so, yeah...
In house two, Courtney and Grant are hoping their ambitious room
will score them their second-ever win.
GRANT: As you enter, we've got a big curved ceiling through the hallway,
which is a lot of the intricate detail
as it flows down into the walls as well.
The hallway leads past the walk-in robe to the bedroom,
where there's a Velux skylight, a gigantic bed, a herringbone floor
and an inset fireplace.
We may have bitten off a bit more than we can chew in terms of detail.
It's a big job, but... It is a big job.
..we have got a bigger team this week with our plasterers,
so we are hoping to put a bit of extra money into labour
to then get the job done.
With six plasterers, it's the biggest team on the block
and they'll need every last one of them
if they're gonna have any hope of finishing.
DAN: Did the girls have a chat to you this morning?
Oh, they chatted to us last night,
so whether they want to help afterwards...
Is that what you're referring to? Yeah.
I prefer not to share teams.
Yeah. It's a no. We won't have time.
I've got a good plastering team. I want to keep it that way.
Maybe go tell them that, 'cause I think they're hoping.
Yeah, I'll go have a chat to them. Yeah.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Hello. CHARLOTTE: Hello. How you going?
Good. Have you come about the plasterers?
Yeah, yeah, the plasterers. No good.
No good? No good.
They're gonna be in ours pretty much all day. OK.
They've gotta work around our flooring guys,
so they're actually gonna plaster one side of the ceiling first
and then they're gonna move across
when the flooring guys do what they need to do
and work on the other side, so it's gonna be a bit of chaos.
Yeah. Bummer. Bummer.
Thanks for much for asking, though. No worries.
Appreciate it. No worries. Thanks.
I was going around stressing.
Knock, knock. Whoa.
Are they here, Kylie and Brad?
They're both out?
Are you a plasterer? Yeah.
Do you want to maybe come to our house after...
How much more work do you have here?
No? All night?
Do you have any recommendation for plasterers?
MAN: Not really, hey?
With no plasterers, the sisters have resorted to builder Zak
and his chippies hanging the gyprock.
Not ideal,
but perhaps it's the perfect time to check in on our Blockheads.
Oh, Shell, you beat me to work. I did. Can you believe it?
There you go. And I even got you brekkie.
Cup of tea. All sorted.
Thank you very much.
Hey, how much do you know about the girls in house one?
I know... Obviously they've come in on a whim.
I know plenty about them... Right.
..and you're gonna be very interested to hear their background.
Yeah, I'm very, very intrigued
'cause anyone who can just drop their life like that...
Mm-hm. ..and land here...
22 and 24. And they have a very big secret weapon.
Gotta find out what that is. Yes.
# Padam, padam I hear it... #
And then we also have 16K there... Hey, ladies.
Oh, hi. Hello.
How you doing? Nice to see you.
Shelley's so nice.
And we've, like, grown up, like, watching her
on, like, all the different shows
and so, like, it feels, like, so surreal.
I want to know what mid-20-somethings
can just drop their lives, jump on a plane and land here
and start renovating within a day.
Wait for it, Shell. Here it comes.
Well, we actually work for ourselves.
We flip properties. Oh, no! (LAUGHS)
Oh, OK. Well, thank you very much. (LAUGHS)
How many properties have you done so far?
We've renovated four. Three are still going at the moment.
So, how old are you? 24.
And 22. Oh, my god!
This is great!
We actually are managing stuff at home as well.
Like this? Like in your own block?
Not to the extreme of this, because we don't have that much money.
Yet. This is crazy.
It's a different market.
Like, we're appealing to people that can only spend 800,000 or a million.
OK. Not millions of millions.
Alright. But how did you even get into that?
You would've been... We just...
..children. Yeah.
I was 19, wasn't I? Yeah, 19.
I was 21. Yeah.
And we've been saving for a house deposit
since we were, like, literal... Kids.
Our dad's a mortgage broker and he said, "This is your bank.
"Start putting your money in here and see it grow."
And so, yeah, we finished high school with house deposits.
Finished high school with roughly how much coin?
Do we want to say? (BOTH LAUGH)
It would be close to, like... 100K.
..70 to 100K.
Oh, my god. You're making me cry. This is ridiculous.
Shell... This is so empowering.
Even if you never went into this... Yeah.
..your parents have done such an incredible job setting you up
for whatever you want to do. Yeah.
Gee, you're inspirations. That's amazing. (SNIFFS)
Amazing, isn't it? That is amazing.
You realise that no-one has ever done what you're doing?
You've come in... Yeah.
..a month in, someone's already built some of the house...
You've hit the ground running mid-week...
If anyone can do this, it's you two.
Well, time will tell. I hope so.
OK, so, what do you think of all of this, then?
You've got your spreadsheet up here.
And I'm also guessing that this may not be the house
that you will want to go to auction with,
so there might be some little... Yes.
..re-dos along the way.
We have the budget for those as well...
Yeah.
I mean, Jesse and Paige did a beautiful job...
I haven't seen this room finished. It's such a beautiful home.
I know they were saying it's modern colonial
but I'm, like, it's just not us. Us.
I would describe our style as, like, coastal luxe.
That room's gonna be an actual shambles.
Some of it was ordered by Georgia.
Then I've come in and been, like,
"Oh, I don't really know if I like that"
but it's kind of too late because it's already ordered
and the wallpaper's already coming.
I'm, like, Can I change it?" and they're, like, "No."
And I'm, like, "Dang it." And then...
Can you not use it? Should we go and have a look?
Yeah.
You want to go down and have a look? We need your advice.
For their main bedroom,
Georgia's design has continued the modern colonial theme
established by Jesse and Paige,
with rust-coloured chairs and striped wallpaper feature.
This is the wallpaper, which I don't really love.
(LAUGHS) I love this.
Ronnie and Georgia have chosen it.
You don't like any of it. No, no, no.
This is not screaming coastal luxe.
Just remember, Ronnie and Georgia,
the last time they did The Block, they came last.
You're gonna get us into trouble. No. Like what you're doing.
Georgia has created this beautiful room, right?
OK. It's not my style but I'm, like...
Stop that. (LAUGHS)
..am I'm going to, like, flop even more if I try
and, like, so last-minute change something?
Are we, like, risking not even finishing?
Yes, but stripes for me is just not doing it.
OK. Well, don't do it.
What I would've liked to have done
is some sort of, like, V-groove panelling on the back wall.
Yes. Which is just sheets.
No, we can't, because we have to noggin.
I don't think we're allowed to because of the metal.
I don't know. We have to check that.
I'm scared to talk to the carpenter. He's gonna bite my head off.
How do you run your carpenters back home?
We have a relationship, like, over three years.
We, like, run the show and, like, he's...
yeah, not intimidating.
He's here working for you. You employ him.
Yeah. You pay him for his hours.
He does what you want him to do. You're in charge.
So, you've got two choices. Yes.
Rip it apart, do your own thing.
Stick to what Georgia did and not like it anyway.
What would you do?
I think at this point
we probably can't rip out the whole room of plaster
but at least do a feature wall so I can get rid of the wallpaper.
So, Georgia's wallpaper is out, replaced by Hardie Groove panelling,
with the colour scheme becoming a more coastal beige and sage.
I'm meant to be going shopping today to get everything
and I'm, like, "I don't even know what I'm looking for"
because I'm, like, "Everything's so up in the air."
Yeah. How about we go shopping?
Yes. Yes?
Yes. (LAUGHS)
I could cry.
We have experienced renovating on a smaller scale.
We haven't had, like, a lot of experience in design.
So not confident when it comes to styling.
If you don't start doing your style now...
It's never gonna happen.
Are they gonna give us the confidence
to just stick with the guns of what we want to do...
Yep. ..and start from scratch?
Boom, boom. He has faith.
I'll talk to Zak on the way out the door.
Yeah, OK. You got this.
OK. Let's go, Shell. It's chaotic.
This is awesome. We'll be right.
I'm gonna flip this on its head.
We might not finish but we're gonna push to the end.
Coming up...
Shell, I don't know if you've met the new host for The Block, 'Grumpy'.
..I get grumpy with Grumpy...
That is not allowed to happen ever again.
(HORN HONKS) MIMI: Oh, my god!
..and he cops a special kind of punishment...
An hour and a half drive there, an hour and a half drive back.
Really made the wrong decision.
..while plaster pressure ramps up.
COURTNEY: Where's Sam?
(CLAPS) You are the heroes of the day.
GRANT:
I feel like it's gonna be a no.
(ELECTRICS FIZZ, LIGHTNING CRACKS) (PENGUINS BRAY)
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
SCOTT: Thanks to a mammoth effort
from both Charlotte and their build team,
the new kids in house one finally have gyprock on the walls.
Now they need plasterers to do the base coat and topcoat today
so the girls can sand the walls, paint and finish their room
in the next 46 hours.
On top of that, they've decided
to completely change the design of their room,
starting with Georgia's wallpaper choice.
(BUZZ!)
CHARLOTTE: First of all, I need to work out the noggins,
if that's even possible, because we rip off gyprock
and then James Hardie we need to contact
to see if they can actually come today.
OK, I'm gonna ring this number.
Please, please, please work.
As much as Georgia and Ronnie's design was so beautiful,
it just wasn't me.
(RINGING TONE) Please answer.
MAN: You have reached the message bank...
(BEEP)
I feel confident that I can do a better job at executing my style
than executing someone else's.
But it's Friday.
SCOTT: They have a lot of questions.
The person who can answer one of them is Aidan,
site manager for Nine In Six.
We've had a bit of a last-minute... Change.
..panic change and... AIDAN: Yep.
..realised that the room that Ronnie and Georgia planned,
while it's beautiful...
Oh, here comes our builder. Perfect. Yeah.
It's beautiful, it's modern colonial
and we're trying to move away from that.
I want to put a James Hardie product...
Yep. ..over gyprock, but I don't...
Yep. ..know if we can do that.
Hardie Groove or something? Hardie Groove. Yeah.
There's no reason we probably can't glue it to the plaster...
Yep.
..and we'll come up with, like, a fixing detail.
We'll have to put some screws through into the studs.
Yeah, I think it's doable. How quickly can you get it?
I think you should ring Mitre 10 and talk to Barry because...
Barry's right there. He's got some product...
I think he's got some product at Mitre 10...
OK.
..around here, so I'd go talk to Barry. OK.
Do you happen to have some of the James Hardie, like...
The V-Groove. ..the V-Groove in stock?
Yes, we do. (GASPS)
Could you have that delivered to us, like, ASAP?
Awesome. I can do that. You're the best. Thank you.
No worries. Thanks, Barry.
Appreciate it. Alright, guys. Take care.
Thanks. Wow.
OK. So, gyprock's staying.
SCOTT: Rightio. Time to continue on this week's walk-arounds.
Oh. Hello.
Shell, I don't know if you've met the new host of The Block, Grumpy.
Oh. He's making all the decisions now.
He is, indeed. Yeah.
Is that the word on the street, is it?
Well, you showed us yesterday
when you just decided you weren't gonna come to a challenge.
Where's Grumpy? COURTNEY: He's working.
What? He's part of the build team.
Who's running this show? Grumpy or me?
(TENSE MUSIC)
That is not allowed to happen ever again.
GRANT: That is...
It's your obligation to come to the challenge,
number one, because I said so...
and number two, it's unfair to the other teams.
You're here working on your bedroom, winning 10,000 bucks
while they've left their bedroom back at the challenge,
so that is almost paramount to cheating.
I disagree in the fact that we would not have plaster up on the walls
if I didn't stick around.
But everyone else is in the same boat, Grant.
Yes. They had to leave site.
You were meant to leave site so it's an even playing field.
They're all struggling to get plaster on the walls as well.
Yeah. Yours is set.
Next door's not set.
And if you win this week, how filthy are your mates...
well, not-mates gonna be? (LAUGHS) Mmm.
You had an extra day.
How about you just have a little time out with me
for a couple of hours shopping?
We can move on. We can move on.
Alright. That's fair enough.
I'll come and get you later.
We got in trouble, so Shelley's gonna take him out this afternoon
as a bit of punishment.
It won't happen again. No, definitely not.
But do you have any regrets?
(LAUGHS) I plead the fifth.
(LAUGHS)
Grant and Courtney are adding plenty of luxurious inclusions this week
to create their modern Mediterranean bedroom and walk-in robe.
Look at this. That bed is beautiful!
Isn't it gorgeous? Where's that from?
That's from the Block Shop. Look at that.
Velvet. Green velvet. Velvet.
Like, ruching. Ruching around the edge.
(GASPS) The mattress is inset...
Yeah. ..and you've got the...
Oh, this velvet cushion. Sitting around the outside.
It's a bed fit for, like, king and queen.
Oooh, I love that. Wow.
Now, the budget is 16,000 bucks for this room.
The plaster bill alone... Scotty, we're over.
..has been absolutely enormous.
We're gonna be over, I'd say. You're gonna be a mile over.
But we saved the last two weeks. We have been under.
I saw your plasterers out there get the curves ready.
Mmm.
You've got so much painting to do, haven't you?
Yeah. Yeah.
We still don't know if we're gonna finish.
No doubt it'll be one of our biggest pushes to the finish line.
Well, choppety-chop-chop. Hey? Yep.
Yeah, let's go, Shell. Yeah.
Hey... Thank you.
..be prepared. Yeah.
Shell will pick you up some time. 'Cause I'm very strict.
(LAUGHS) Very stern.
Also going all-out this week in the hope of a win
are Ricky and Haydn in house three.
And here we are. Boys.
God, these are big spaces. RICKY: Scotty!
Absolutely love the scalloped doors...
Yeah. ..in the walk-in wardrobe.
(LAUGHS) What are you doing?
That's great. We've stepped it up, mate.
This is cool too. I like this. You do?
And what's that gonna be? A feature...
It's a mirror. It's a mirror.
It's a giant mirror. It is not a mirror.
(MEN LAUGH) And what are you gonna put up there?
Stars or something like that or...? What are you doing?
No, the stars are here, mate. (MEN LAUGH)
This mystery feature is a coffered ceiling with LED lights.
For a holiday resort feel, there's a Porta timber bedhead
and a palm tree Grafico print.
So, we wanted to do something a bit grand, obviously being...
Yeah. the main bed, so... Yeah.
..we didn't just want to have a big flat ceiling.
A lot has gone down this week. Yeah, it's been massive.
Yep. Crazy.
First, obviously, Jesse and Paige leaving,
then Ronnie and Georgia showing up.
So, then, Ronnie and Georgia left... HAYDN: Yep.
..and Maddy and Charlotte turned up...
Mm-hm.
And did you spend any time with them?
We didn't meet them till the challenge day.
We didn't even know anyone was here. (LAUGHS) Oh, really? OK. Oh...
We don't check our mail,
so we're just doing our thing here in house three and apparently...
Alright.
..those girls moved in 24 hours later.
Yes. We found out about it.
There's two new girls in house one. Yeah. Welcome. (LAUGHS) No idea.
No worries. Righto. Come on, let's go, Shell.
See you, boys. I think it looks great.
Alright. Thanks, guys. See you later.
We are in a different world down at the bottom end of the block.
Right now, we're just focusing on ourselves.
We don't check the mail. We know nothing.
SCOTT: Well, not checking your emails can be a big problem on The Block.
So, when we had our consult with Flooring Xtra,
we wanted the floorboards to go through
from the hallway into the master
and then have carpet through the walk-in robe,
but we did get a confirmation email to say what the understanding was
of the flooring through the house
and I just missed it.
WOMAN: (ON PHONE) Yeah, do you want me to resend you that email,
where I sent a summary of what you picked?
No, it's all good. Alright.
Awesome. Thanks, Ricky. No worries. Have a good day.
(MOBILE PHONE RINGS) Yo.
Did you know that there's carpet going in the master...
in the main bedroom?
We thought we had boards the whole way through.
It's definitely mentioned in the email.
It says carpet to be installed in master and walk-in,
bedroom one, two and upstairs bed.
I don't like that. No, it's pretty (BLEEP), eh?
Too late to change it? I don't know.
(RINGING TONE)
MAN: (ON PHONE) You've called Matt Spraggs
at Flooring Xtra Commercial.
I can't take your call right now
but if you leave a name, number and brief message,
I'll return your call shortly.
(BEEP)
SCOTT: Like Maddy and Charlotte in house one,
Ricky and Haydn are now changing a major aspect of their room,
with less than 45 hours till room reveal.
Earlier today, Maddy revealed some communication problems
with their builder Zak.
I'm scared to talk to the carpenter. He's gonna bite my head off.
How do you run your carpenters back home?
We have a relationship. Like, he's, yeah, not intimidating.
We'll talk to Zak on the way out the door. Yeah.
Hey, Zak, listen, the girls are slightly intimidated by you guys.
They're a bit nervous about asking you
to do, like, a change or anything like that
and so, just work with them, OK?
Yeah, great. Great, great, great.
No, there's no problem.
But clearly there is a problem.
ZAK: In future... Yes.
..instead of (BLEEP)canning me on camera with Scotty and Shelley,
if you've got a problem or something or if, you know...
Just come to me straight and talk to me.
Yep. You don't have to be intimidated.
I can work with youse. Yeah.
We just didn't want to, like...
We obviously know that it screws you over,
oh, like, the carpenters are not gonna be thrilled about that...
Look, I don't give a (BLEEP) what youse want to do.
Youse can do anything, right? Yeah.
Just talk to me and I'll tell you if we can achieve it or if we can't.
Yeah, I appreciate that. I don't care what youse want to do.
Just don't (BLEEP)can me on TV, alright?
I'll just (BLEEP) pull the pin and walk off, eh?
We said you were good builders and stuff.
No, your work is, like... We cannot fault it.
It's very hard to run a worksite and to have authority
when you feel out of your depth.
Obviously being new and overwhelmed
and confused about the whole situation
and then trying not to piss people off because you need them. (LAUGHS)
(ELECTRICS FIZZ, LIGHTNING CRACKS) (PENGUIN BRAYS)
SHELLEY: Which contestants do you think are creating
a winning room this week?
To cast your vote, all you have to do
is head to the Block website now.
And while you're there,
don't forget to check out all of our amazing room galleries.
(LAID-BACK SOUL MUSIC PLAYS)
# Love and happiness... #
SCOTT: Well, hello. KYLIE: Hello.
SHELLEY: Whoa! Hello! Yeah.
Love that. Oh, you do?
Yes, I do. Glad to hear it.
Kylie and Brad's Japanese charred timber feature wall
is a showstopper,
but not the only one.
There's gilded wallpaper on the ceiling,
which continues through into the open-shelved walk-in robe.
Now, do you approve of the new contestants?
Yes, I've met the new contestants. What about if they win?
Are you gonna stay or leave? (LAUGHS) No, I'll stay.
Oh.
I just was a bit threatened by Ronnie and Georgia
and they come in and they were, like, "We're taking over."
And I was, like, "Hold on." RONNIE: What's going on?
I'm not happy. Not happy about what?
It's a competition.
SHELLEY: Did they say that? Yeah.
Did they say that? (LAUGHS) Yes.
Oh... So I was a bit, like, "Oh!"
BRAD: I think she was still a bit emotional after the whole...
Yeah, it was a big... big couple of days.
It was a really hard week, there's no doubt, on everybody...
Yeah.
..'cause Jesse and Paige were loved
and you were a really tightknit bunch.
Yeah. It's The Block.
You've gotta take those things and move forward.
Yeah. Not move forward to the airport...
Yeah. ..like you threatened to.
Got cranky at me on the phone. I was trying to talk to you in.
Can I say, I just walked past last week's room...
Yes. ..which is gorgeous.
Yes. Yes.
Thank you. Where was the penguin?
The winner of week four on The Block is, by half a point...
It's Kristian and Mimi.
(APPLAUSE)
Last week, Kylie and Brad would've won,
if only they played their one-point penguin.
(PENGUIN BRAYS)
Yeah, look, I didn't want to use the penguin.
Not yet. We'll save it.
A win's a win's a win. Ten grand, ten grand, ten grand...
No, I know, but it was, like... we were equal third at the time
and I didn't personally think we would've made it
even using the penguin.
Because, you know, if you play it, the penguin's back in play...
Yes. ..so then you just win it back.
I don't want to give it to someone else yet.
Well, it won't be happening again.
If there's another shot at it, it's going, whether she likes it or not.
There you go. And you know what's gonna happen?
Brad will play it and we'll lose still by half a point.
(BOTH LAUGH) Then I'll be having (BLEEP).
I want a true win.
I just want to win like Mimi and Kristian,
where I don't have to use my penguin yet.
We'll be playing the penguin if we get close enough.
# So, don't debate A player straight
# You know he really doesn't get it anyway... #
As this week's main bedrooms are slowly taking shape,
deliveries are coming thick and fast.
My bedhead's here!
From Japandi Estate.
Thanks, Steph and Gian.
MAN: Lovely.
That's not ours.
That's the world's biggest bed.
BRAD: Wouldn't want to drop it.
This is... None of this is ours.
Well, this one is,
because Maddy and Charlotte's last-minute order
of Hardie Groove from Mitre 10
will become a feature wall in their redesigned coastal luxe room.
Barry, you are a legend and a lifesaver.
Got it? Yeah.
It's heavy, hey?
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
In house five, Kristian and Mimi will be very happy
with their very special delivery, a Hafele wardrobe upgrade,
part of their prize package for last week's second bedroom win,
along with a vintage Gucci dress and earrings,
which will no doubt take pride of place in their walk-in robe
that opens onto the main bedroom.
Well, excuse me! MIMI: Oh!
Who had this sitting on their doorstep?
(LAUGHS) This is, of course, last week's win.
What's in the box? Got a few little goodies.
It's a very, very good start.
This is my favourite thing. Look at this!
Oh, no. Leather coathangers. I love them.
300. $300?
For a coathanger? Yes.
And how many have you got, do you know?
A few. Well, you actually only need one.
Yeah, for the Gucci. For the fabulous Gucci... Don't you?
I don't have anything to hang on a thing worth 300 bucks.
You've got your $50 shirt on your $300 coathanger.
Yeah. These wardrobes, the Kinsman... Are stunning...
..look outstanding.
And I love this space.
It's attached and it's open and it's big.
Yeah.
To open up the space... I find it very luxurious.
The bedroom will feature a Porta timber wall,
a wave-inspired bedhead and a palette of yellow, ochre and cream.
I've got a new name for Mimi. 'Million Dollar Mimi'.
Oh! (LAUGHS)
'Cause she's spending like a millionaire.
Your budget's alright because you're winning plenty of money, right?
Yeah. But wow, can you spend!
Is she like this at home? Yes.
(LAUGHS)
There's a new box every single day getting delivered.
But I'm actually doing really well on The Block.
Doing really well. I'm decisive.
I know exactly what I want. I'm not buying it just for the sake of it.
And I've been, like, on budget.
I'm taking one of the new girls shopping later...
Oh. ..just to show them...
Around. ..where to go and what's around.
Yeah. Would you like to come?
Yeah. OK. Cool. Sounds good.
Fair enough.
Well, I'm taking everyone out, by the sounds of things.
Hey, have a great time. And the transport that you're going in...
Oh... Oooh...
Do I get to take your car? No. It's better than that.
Is it? We get a helicopter.
No. (GASPS)
It's better than that. What?
I'll see you later. Sounds good. Thanks, Shell.
Congratulations. They're beautiful. Thank you.
(LAUGHS) See you, guys.
Today, one member from each team
has volunteered to go shopping with Shelley.
However, Grumpy has no such say in the matter.
I'm making him go due to his lack of attendance at yesterday's challenge.
I was thinking, "OK, maybe we're all just gonna all go
"in a little minivan and we'll just hang out" but no.
(HORN HONKS)
The Block doesn't do things in half.
(ALL EXCLAIM)
SHELLEY: Welcome!
Shelley and Jack from Freedom roll out.
Welcome aboard the Lux Coach,
otherwise known as Shelley's party bus.
Yay! Get in!
It's literally a bar on wheels.
('ROAD TO NOWHERE' BY TALKING HEADS PLAYS)
# Yeah. #
ALL: Cheers!
# We're on a road to nowhere... #
SCOTT: Well, I guess it's always 5:00 somewhere.
SHELLEY: So, how does an hour of freedom with Freedom sound?
WOMAN: Sounds great. Sounds good?
Shop like demons.
But then I am gonna chuck in a little mini challenge with 5,000 cash...
CONTESTANT: Whoo! ..up for grabs.
Is it worth the ride now? GRANT: It is.
Thank you.
I thought we were just going on a local trip.
No, it was to Frankston Freedom, an hour and a half away.
GRANT: What's the challenge?
You'll find out when you get there, guys.
I thought we were there and back in an hour.
An hour and a half drive there, and hour and a half drive back.
Probably two hours in store.
I'm not gonna be back till 8:00.
Really made the wrong decision.
OK. Yeah.
GRANT: Happy shopping. Thank you! Thanks, Grant!
Everyone's, life, "Oh, yeah, we're gonna do a challenge."
I'm, like, "This is fun, but I actually have to shop tonight."
It's empty!
This might be the last time I get to shop this week.
And halt!
Now, as I mentioned on the bus,
you will have an hour of freedom with Freedom
to shop for whatever you need for your homes whilst we're here.
But first, let's win some money, hey? (CONTESTANTS CHEER)
Yes? Alright.
There's $5,000 on the line.
What are we gonna do, Jack?
I think we might style some beds.
Why not? That's a great idea!
(BUZZ!)
I don't even think you've made a bed in your life.
(CHILLING MUSIC)
(ELECTRICS FIZZ, LIGHTNING CRACKS) (PENGUINS BRAY)
SCOTT: One half of our couples are at Freedom
to compete in a bed-styling challenge -
not really Grumpy's area of expertise.
SHELLEY: Are you ready, set, go, for $5,000?
(CONTESTANTS EXCLAIM)
Oooh... Ah, hold on.
No, no, no. GRANT: What size are we doing?
Queen or king?
Queen?
We were made to style a bed in the space of ten minutes.
Get out of my way!
Is it queen? Did he say queen? Yeah? Sorry.
Five minutes to find all your linen
and you got five minutes to style the bed itself.
I don't know what I'm getting here.
An inset?
It was a mad rush and I got the wrong one.
I got a queen instead of a king and I'm throwing stuff everywhere...
Sorry, darl. I'm not doing that colour!
I'm not gonna do that colour.
SHELLEY: Kylie's putting on the fitted sheet. Nice work, Kylie.
Moving fast. KYLIE: I have children.
This is it. You make the beds like this every day, don't you?
Yeah.
(RINGING TONE)
COURTNEY: Are you all good? GRANT: Hey.
Olive for the two feature pillows, yeah?
You're gonna have olive as a coverlet
and then you've got terracotta underneath.
Yeah. Olive Euro cushion.
Olive Euro, yeah?
He asked me, he goes, "What's a European pillow?
"Is it the one at the front?" I was, like...
I don't know. God, honey.
And what about feature cushions?
MADDY: What are you doing calling? He can't be getting help!
No, you can't be getting help, Grant. Give me your phone.
Oh, OK. Apparently I can't talk to you. Bye.
Hang up, hang up. Alright, babe. (HANGS UP)
I didn't know I couldn't get help.
Again, the rules aren't clear, like yesterday.
The rules are pretty straightforward, I would've thought.
No cheating. Guys, am I cheating?
I don't feel like I am.
(SIGHS)
Three minutes to go! MADDY: Oh, no!
(LAUGHS) No, we need more time!
$5,000. No!
JACK: Teams, I give you permission
to take off any of the cushions on any bedspread, anything you see.
Oh, here he goes. He's taking the fitted sheet.
That's it. (MIMI SQUEALS)
(YELPS) (GRANT LAUGHS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
MIMI: No!
Oh, I had it the wrong way.
I'm getting stuck.
We can steal from any bed, can't we?
No-one knows that that's there.
Oh, no! Don't you dare!
(LAUGHTER) Oh, wait, wait, wait!
Sorry, I genuinely thought that was made.
JACK: Grant, here's some pillows. Grant, here you go.
Here's a pillow. 30 seconds!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
Ten seconds!
MADDY: I'm puffing.
SHELLEY AND JACK: Three, two, one...
SHELLEY: Stop!
Tools down. Tools down.
HAYDN: Tools down.
KYLIE: Oh, god. I need aircon.
MIMI: Kylie, she is so good.
I looked at her bed because she's right next to me.
I'm, like, "How did you do this?"
SCOTT: Great efforts also from Maddy, Haydn and Mimi.
But Grumpy's not so thrilled with his creation.
Everything was just flopping on it. Oh...
Oh... That's sad.
It was a sad-looking bed.
SHELLEY: Well, that was fun. That was.
WOMAN: That was fun. Thank you for playing the game.
JACK: The winner of the bedroom styling challenge is...
Kylie.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Yay!
Congratulations, Kylie. Yay! Thank you!
Five grand. Worth the party bus ride...
100%. ..for sure.
I think it was the speed that got me the win.
I have to do it quick at home
because you've gotta make it before the kids want to destroy it.
Thank you again for playing. You now have an hour of freedom...
Yes! ..with Freedom.
Yay! So, shop your little hearts out.
CONTESTANTS: Thank you. JACK: Well done.
(OLD-FASHIONED MUSIC PLAYS)
MIMI: Definitely need a rug, but I want it to be soft.
MADDY: I needed to buy linen, cushions,
all the styling bits and bobs.
I had the biggest pile of stuff there.
The poor girls were, like, "Oh, my goodness."
But, yeah, it's been fun.
(MUSIC WARPS)
Hey, we've got an hour to shop at Freedom.
Is there anything you want?
You've got an hour to shop in Freedom?
Yeah. Come back.
I know. I'm trying to come back.
We're not allowed to come back, Court. It's not my choice.
This part, definitely a punishment, without a doubt.
This is not me.
SCOTT: Back at the block,
Maddy and Charlotte's walls are only partially base-coated.
That's because the plastering team they're sharing
are at Kristian's place.
And so, I somewhat understand the plasterer's situation
because he's trying to please two parties,
but in reality, he actually has a far better relationship
with house five
because he knows them.
Kristian also needs to get his room done
and he has probably more leverage.
KRISTIAN: Is it gonna fit? MAN: Up on the vertical.
SCOTT: With Kristian's room pretty much done,
he's got the plasterers helping with his Forty Winks delivery.
Over at house two, there's plasterers galore
and they're just sitting around.
We've got herringbone flooring going in our main,
which is just super tedious, very time-consuming.
They basically had to start with the herringbone floor
to go right down the centre
and then basically work their way out.
But no trades could come in then.
We had six plasterers just basically on standby.
Now, look, I was just next door... CHARLOTE: Yeah.
..and there's about six plasterers,
they're sitting down with nothing to do for an hour...
Them? ..an hour and a half.
Maybe I should go and talk to them again.
I reckon. Plead your case. OK.
We're gonna get them.
You boys look so bored. MAN: Oh...
Would you like something to do?
Would you think of maybe coming over for a little bit to give us a hand?
Please?
We're so behind already
and we're just fanging to get back in there
to keep going so we can get...
Are you just waiting for it to dry? No, we're waiting...
The floorers have kicked us out, so... (LAUGHS)
But even if it's, like, half an hour,
any minutes will be so helpful to us.
I'd rather be moving than sitting here.
CHARLOTTE: So I was, like, "Perfect.
"Even if you come for 15 minutes, half an hour..."
We were just desperate.
(CLAPS) You are the heroes of the day.
Welcome to our humble abode.
Have we got all six in here?
MAN: Well, we've got nothing else to do for an hour.
Oh, boys... The legends are here!
They're coming to save the day.
We so appreciate you, boys.
COURTNEY: Yeah. Oh, is that... Jai?
Where's Sam?
I went into the room for, like, two seconds...
They all went to one. But they still had stuff to do here.
Like, one of the girls, like, just basically grabbed the plasterers
'cause they were sitting around.
GRANT:
Hold on, I can... I can find him. Hold on.
Sam? Hey, Sam?
I've got Grant on the phone. SAM: Yeah.
Are you there, mate? Hey, Sam.
Hey, mate, look, how much longer
did the flooring guys say they're gonna be?
Yeah, well, now we've walked over to next door
because we've been sitting there...
Like, we've given him an hour and a half.
Oh, (BLEEP) hell.
So we've kind of been poached to come... (LAUGHS)
What, in house one? In house one.
No, we need to get this (BLEEP) room plastered.
That's... Mate, that's (BLEEP).
We need to get in there. We've got a lot to do.
It's, like, "They are our plasterers. Like, get them back."
GRANT:
I'll call you back. I'll call you back.
GRANT: Alright.
Sorry, I'd rather finish our house first than theirs. Like...
MAN: Yeah, no (BLEEP).
SCOTT: Now the whole plastering crew
is deserting Maddy and Charlotte's house.
CHARLOTTE: Looks like my plasterer's leaving.
He's only been here for three seconds.
I'm not really sure what happened.
Did they leave? All the boys? Yeah. I don't know what's going on.
I missed that whole thing. Oh, so did I.
Absolute disaster. I need plasterers.
(LIGHTNING CRACKS, ELECTRICS FIZZ) (PENGUINS BRAY)
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
SCOTT: Plasterers are in high demand on the block today.
Courtney had to retrieve her plastering team
from neighbouring house one.
The whole team went to Charlotte's.
I was, like... There were still stuff for us to do,
so I went in and I said, "Look, guys..."
What else is there left to... MAN: A lot.
We need to get in there. Like...
Not how it works. Get your own plasterers.
You know, it's still a competition at the end of the day.
Meanwhile, Grant is still trapped in Freedom,
penance for missing yesterday's challenge.
GRANT: Alright, can you just let me know what happens?
INTERVIEWER: How much do you want to get back to the block?
Like, I wish I could click my fingers and be there right now.
House two's plasterers may be back
but they're still delayed by the flooring team.
(FIRES NAIL GUN)
In terms of timeline, it's really pushed us behind.
The one thing they can do is install the EzyJamb,
or concealed doorjamb in the whole way.
So, if we can do our EzyJamb now and then...
MAN: Yeah.
..could we get into the wardrobe or not?
INTERVIEWER: How's Grant handling it all?
Grant's always stressed.
He'll be fine. We'll work it out.
GRANT: So, what's happening in our house at the moment?
Plasterers are all working?
And the flooring guys are still going?
Flooring guys are still going.
They might have to come back tomorrow.
We worked out they're gonna do half the room
and then the plasterers the other half and then they'll swap.
If we don't finish, we don't finish.
We're gonna finish. We have to finish.
SCOTT: It's 6:40.
Half the floor is down
and the plasterers can get back into the room.
But the site shuts down at 8:00.
I'll put you on speaker. Sam, Grant's on the phone.
GRANT: (ON PHONE) Besides sanding, are we still pushing in tomorrow?
Yeah, if we get kicked out at 8:00, we're not gonna finish.
We can't work after 8:00, so we can only get done what we can.
Plasterers need to finish tonight.
I can't have plasterers in there tomorrow.
So we had to negotiate when we can work, ask for an extension.
It's the only way we're gonna finish this room.
And the only one who can grant extra time is site manager Aidan.
Is Aidan here?
Not yet? He's still on his break? WOMAN: He won't be long.
OK.
Oh, here we go.
Hey, Aidan. Hello.
Are you in a good mood?
You're always in a good mood.
So, we're probably not gonna finish our room.
Well, our plasterers are still going.
Mmm.
Is there a possibility of having an extension?
Don't know.
I'll have a walk around in a minute...
OK. ..and then I'll think about it.
OK? Thank you.
Alright. Love your work.
No worries. Alright. Bye.
GRANT: What's happening? COURTNEY: I don't know.
I'm still waiting for Aidan to come back.
But I feel like it's... it's gonna be a no.
(BLEEP).
Mmm.
SCOTT: In house five, with the topcoat drying,
the plastering is complete.
There's only an hour remaining until tools down
and shared plasterers Josh and Brendan
are finally back at house one, working on the base coat.
But they're far from finished.
When the base coat is done,
they'll then need to apply the topcoat.
CHARLOTTE: They were gonna finish the job at house one
but then come to find out he was not very keen to come back Saturday
to do his topcoat.
So it just needs a topcoat? MAN: Just about, yeah.
How long does the topcoat take to set?
MAN: Well, we won't be done. We won't get it done.
And then, what, back tomorrow morning?
I won't be.
Will you be back?
We've got a couple of other jobs to get done
that I've had to push back just to be here.
And I was trying to, like, get it out of him
and be, like, "Is there any chance you can,
"because we really need the topcoat done,
"otherwise we're not gonna present."
So, will you be back tomorrow, then? Don't know yet.
When do you think you'll find out?
Is there any way of pushing that job back?
No, because I've already pushed it back twice to be here.
Just, like, the last leg of the race, you know.
Back one more day. No, not really.
You're gonna leave me high and dry?
I'm waiting for a phone call.
I can't come back tomorrow
'cause it's my missus's birthday and she will kill me.
Yeah.
And I was, like, "Is there any chance?
"It'll hopefully only take, like, two hours," kind of thing.
Like, quickly done.
And then he was, like, "I'll make some phone calls, come back."
OK. Well, keep me updated.
He went and packed up his stuff and didn't say bye
and then I saw him out at Kristian's house having beers
and then so I went over there, but then he was on the phone.
So I was, like, "Oh, great, he's having his phone call
"that he needs to make to work out if he can come back tomorrow."
INTERVIEWER: But your neighbour also chose to have a beer
with the plasterer who could've been finishing some work for you.
He could've. But he chose not to.
Yeah. (LAUGHS)
And that's when I went back inside
and then five minutes later I came back out
and then the security told me he left, so he didn't even say bye.
SCOTT: Coming up...
COURTNEY: First week's tough.
There's just so many different, like, moving parts.
Are you right? (CRIES) It's overwhelming.
I'm fine. I'm actually fine.
..Charlotte is left hanging.
I was just checking for tomorrow
if you're still good to come to do the topcoat.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(ELECTRICS FIZZ, LIGHTNING CRACKS) (PENGUINS BRAY)
It's Friday night of main bedroom and walk-in robe week on The Block
and in house two, the plasterers haven't finished.
They still need to apply the topcoat to get the job done,
so site manager Aidan has arrived to address Courtney's request
for an extension to working hours.
Hello. How did you go?
Well, I've had a bit of a think and a look around... Yeah.
..and I think we should say we'll do another hour.
OK. Yeah?
That's amazing. Thank you. Yeah?
So, 9:00? Let's go 9:00.
Thank you. Alright?
How do we feel about 9:00, guys?
MAN: (BLEEP). MAN: (BLEEP).
Yeah?
(MEN LAUGH) Is that enough?
We'll take what we can get.
Someone who doesn't need a one-hour extension is Kristian in house five.
KRISTIAN: Yeah, room's good.
I've just got the final coat of the plaster drying now,
the topcoat drying now,
so, yeah, hopefully tomorrow morning, we'll wake up
and it will all be dry and we can start sanding and painting and...
(TENSE MUSIC)
MADDY: I was going around to all the other houses,
trying to see if they were done so we could use their plasterers.
Hey, Sam? SAM: Yeah?
Do you want to do me another favour? No.
Tomorrow.
Whoa. That looks so good up there. Thank you.
That looks so good. This is all Sam.
I don't know if we're gonna... One, I won't be...
I'm going to Adelaide tomorrow. Anyone else in your team?
It's just topcoat. Hey?
Topcoating.
I don't know. You'd have to ask...
Well, we've got that much to do in here.
Charlotte was pretty upset they couldn't find a plasterer.
First week's tough.
There's just so many different, like, moving parts.
Are you right? (CRIES) It's just overwhelming.
I'm fine. I'm actually fine.
(POP MUSIC PLAYS) (SNORING)
SCOTT: With the trip back from shopping
a little less glamorous than the ride there,
it is a cramped return journey
for half of our contestants in the Freedom van.
But Kylie is happy to celebrate her bed-styling win.
Go! Baby!
Go! Winner, winner!
$5,000.
Where are the other people's beds? I don't know.
I didn't take a photo of theirs. It's not important.
Just the winner. Just the winner?
Yeah.
No-one did three layers, did they? No.
Yeah, you've won that.
And three, technically four pillow layers.
No, you killed it.
In house three, Ricky and Haydn's plastering is done
and they are preparing for a night of spray-painting...
and bracing for a big day tomorrow,
thanks to a last-minute change to their flooring.
RICKY: Hats off to Flooring Xtra.
Even though I called them at 2:20 today,
they managed to make a call
and tomorrow we're getting our floorboards installed.
So, it's a six-hour process on the last day before handover, so...
(LAUGHS) yeah, tomorrow's gonna be wild.
But the finish line is nowhere in sight for Maddy and Charlotte.
With only their base coat done,
they still have a topcoat to do before their plastering is complete.
MADDY: At, like, 10:00pm, I rang the plasterer
and was, like, "So, what's the go? Are you coming back tomorrow?"
MAN: Hello.
Hey, it's Charlotte Harry from The Block, house one.
How are you going? Good. I was just wondering...
I was just trying to catch you guys before you left today
and when I came out, I couldn't catch...I didn't see you there.
I was just... That's alright.
..checking for tomorrow
if you're still good to come to do the topcoat.
No, unfortunately not.
No chance at all? Yeah.
I've called all me contacts and everything
and unfortunately I can't do it.
I've already been in contact with Zak to let him know.
OK, 'cause Zak hasn't let us know yet.
Oh, hasn't he?
OK. So there's...
I've called heaps of people and everything
and unfortunately I can't.
There's no chance of trying to...
Is there anything that we can do to bribe you?
(LAUGHS) Because we just need to...
Like, we won't be able to finish the room.
Sorry I couldn't be there but, yeah, unfortunately I've got...
Do you know any other... Anyone else?
No.
# You're killing me slow So slow... #
OK.
Yep. OK.
OK. Thanks for that. Yep.
That's fabulous.
It is a big decision and a brave one that you both made.
Love you all, see ya!
VOICEOVER: The new kids on the block...
Play nice. No.
..deliver a bedroom masterpiece.
Ohh!
In just three days.
Maddy and Charlotte could be a real contender
to take out this competition.
They've been here three days
and you're giving them that call.
Well...look at it.
It's the block's most spectacular Sunday reveals...
Blows my mind. Oh!
I can - it's (INDISTINCT). I can feel this room.
..of the year.
Wow! Yum.
This takes my breath away.
I like daring.
It's levelling it up.
And get ready to feast your eyes...
ALL: Ohh!
..on the golden ceiling.
It's like walking into a jewellery box.
Talk about personality.
This is insane!
Masterful bedroom reveals.
Sunday, 7 o'Block on Nine.