(WAVES CRASH)
(GRAND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC SWELLS)
(GULLS CAW)
SCOTTY: This week has been the trilogy of trials...
Everything was a perfect storm.
..that's played out in three distinct acts.
First, there was hallways to deliver.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
And whoever builds the best hallway wins 10,000 cash.
(MUSIC ENDS WITH A FLOURISH, CRICKETS CHIRP)
We will not be revealing a complete hallway.
The hallway that was the best was house number 2.
Hey! We won! (SQUEALS)
And the second act, the...
Domain Listing and Buyers Jury.
What?
Complete with VIP guests to impress.
Were there any standouts? Yeah, House 5.
I personally liked house number 5.
But the attendees saw things differently.
The winners are house number 3.
We could win The Block now.
We could.
And, act three, this week's rumpus and office spaces to complete.
This week on the week from hell... (IMITATES DRAMATIC VOICEOVER)
They say that every Block, don't they?
Biggest week ever!
But it actually is. This is the biggest, I know.
This week on The Block,
we pushed contestants to their absolute limit,
and see who cracks first.
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
And then it just pans to Kristian and Mimi.
Yeah, yeah. (COURTNEY LAUGHS)
This week on The Block...
I'm gonna leave his arse.
Are Kristian and Mimi gonna stay together?
Oh, it wasn't that bad between me and you.
This is from my perspective, darlin'.
(OPERA MUSIC WARPS)
Tonight, our Blockheads close out that third and final act.
Nah, I don't agree with that plan.
You always be unreasonable.
You're unreasonable.
(BLEEP) hell!
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
As they push to the limit this week's rooms...
Good work.
..some knock it out of the park.
SHAYNNA: Cute as a button!
MARTY: This is what you call league of your own.
And others leave the judges less than impressed.
(MUSIC WARPS AND ENDS)
Oh.
DARREN: This is functionally useless.
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
Ten out of ten for creating the most uncomfortable room
we've seen this season.
Ouch. That's bad.
I hate this place.
(THUNDER PEALS, PENGUINS CHIRP)
# Day-o
# Me say day-o
# Daylight come and me want to go... #
RICKY: With the sheer size of those rumpus-office areas
and the sheer size of the week, there's still lots to do.
# Work all night on a drink of rum. #
COURTNEY: Everyone's exhausted.
# Daylight come and me want to go home. #
Everyone's just really feeling it.
It's coming to the end. What, three more weeks.
# Day. #
MIMI: Everyone was focused on their hallways
and the Domain listings challenge,
and then, as soon as Friday came around,
it was like, "Whoa, other two rooms, forgot about those."
# Daylight come and me want to go
# Home. #
Fun fact - ice hockey and Week 9 on The Block 2024
are some of the only official sports to be played in thirds.
And now it's officially time for our Blockheads
to face off for the third and final period this week.
('WHIP IT' BY DEVO PLAYS)
BRAD: Saturday morning, we've still got plenty of setting to be done.
It takes a lot of time for the plaster to dry, unfortunately.
# Crack that whip
# Now whip it. #
The plan is to get it all dry.
# Shape it up. #
And start sanding. # Get straight
# Go forward. #
Then start taping up to paint,
and we were gonna attempt to spray because it is such a large area.
Kylie and Brad's rumpus and office space
spans a generous 71 square metres upstairs in their mezzanine.
And the open nature of the office space
has had Kylie floundering this week.
I always knew that we still definitely wanted it to be
an office-rumpus/another living space.
It was just how to configure it.
It needed to be a bit of a feature
because, when you're down in the living-dining, looking up,
you see that,
so you want to make sure there's a bit of an impact with the space.
So, they've landed on using a glass balustrade with black trim,
black curtains, study desk against the wall
and a leather sofa,
which will overlook the kitchen and dining area.
Visually, it's where I want it to go,
but I still can't really work out what the space is.
Just throw it all in and hope for the best.
# Bang bang into the room I know you want it
# Bang bang all over you I'll let you have it
# Wait a minute Let me take you there
# Wait a minute till ya... #
Oh, morning, team. How are we? G'day, Dan.
Thought I'd bring you some coffees.
Oh, thank you. Thank you.
Try and bring some energy. Thanks, mate.
And you're still thinking not worrying about upstairs?
Yeah, nuh, upstairs. Which sucks.
I think it's a good idea, I really do.
We're gonna do as much as we can.
It's hard to accept but I think it's the best idea.
Kristian and Mimi are the only team whose office and rumpus rooms
are split across their upstairs and downstairs levels,
and, after failing to complete their hallways
in round one earlier this week,
yesterday, these guys made the emotional decision
to forego their upstairs office
that they were turning into a fifth bedroom,
and concentrate solely on their downstairs rumpus,
which they're calling the pool room
because of its proximity to, yep, you guessed it, the pool.
The pool room will feature timber herringbone floors,
Porta timber on the walls and coastal-inspired decor.
We'll finish that room up 100%,
get it styled and we can take our time, no rushing,
and then, hopefully,
we've got enough time to clean this room, which we're doing next week,
the laundry, upstairs, just give it a little tidy-up
so, on Monday when the boys come, they can just start smashing it out.
Yeah, nice.
I wanted to concentrate on finishing our pool room,
and then make the next priority cleaning out the laundry,
the WC and the bedroom that we are going to be working on next week.
All good, though, guys.
Thanks, Dan. Thank you so much.
That was my goal, but Mimi thought
it would be a good idea to start working on the hallway.
(SINISTER MUSIC)
If you start sanding this,
I literally can paint tonight and then we'll have a hallway done.
I feel like cleaning now
just so it's a clean slate and get it off my head.
While landscaping's on, you can start painting,
while landscaping's on, if you can't do anything.
I'd rather just do that tonight, Kristian.
For me, like, because I'm the painter,
it was just...it just seemed like a bigger workload for next week.
You know, if I were to do a little bit of hallway,
then that's less that I have to do in the following weeks
'cause we have massive hallways and stairwells.
So, I was just trying to make it easier for myself, as well.
Mimi's not going to finish painting this hallway by...
But I can try!
So, if you can help me out and help me sand,
I can have everything painted, and I have the patience for it.
Alright.
I just didn't think that that was gonna be benefiting us.
Obviously, it would,
but not as much as having the rooms cleaned out for the boys.
# Ole ole ole ole
# Ole ole ole ole. #
What's happenin', mate? It's not that warm.
It is. I'm smokin' up here.
Who are you tryin' to impress? You.
I'm not impressed, mate. Oh...
Tell you what, mate, you guys are in a really good spot.
Fully plastered, fully dried, fully sanded.
Startin' to paint.
The office area... (BLOWS RASPBERRY)
Office is in the bin.
This week, we're gonna do a nice rumpus area,
and we're gonna do a big games area
and make it that really nice entertaining house.
We felt that it was a better use of space creating a bigger games area
or a bigger entertaining area for the kids.
The boys' fully fledged games room will feature a timber balustrade,
a pool table, arcade games,
and, out the back in the rumpus space,
they'll feature Grafico wall art of the famous Phillip Island racetrack,
along with a wall-mounted surfboard,
beechwood coffee table and a couple of comfy couches.
So, what I love about here,
you can be playing pool, you got the footy on down there.
Yep. (CROWD CHEERS)
And then you got another TV up there for...
You got both matches on.
Yeah, you got both... both codes goin'.
Yep. Rugby, footy.
Arcade games. Arcade, what else?
Cocktail cart. Oh, yeah.
There's not much study up here in the study, then.
Nah.
This is certainly not the study life.
This is not the house to be studying.
It's the house for entertainment, mate, it's the fun house.
Blinds or curtain, rather,
to pull across and close off the kids
if you want to chuck 'em in there.
We love entertaining.
We love having fun.
When you're coming down to a house like this in the island,
you want a space where you can do that.
We feel as though this is our space to shine.
You know, styling might be a little bit easier in this room,
so pretty pumped for it.
This is our week, mate.
We've already knocked off a challenge.
Now we're just gonna get a couple of tens in the rumpus.
Whether you're a big kid or a little kid, mate...
Yeah.
This is rumpus of the year.
Rumpus of the year.
They don't call me Rumpus Ricky for nothing, mate.
Rumpus Ricky. (ALL LAUGH)
Well done, boys.
When are you getting your shirt off, H?
Look, I'll keep mine on till dark, mate.
(ALL LAUGH)
# Ooh baby. #
Latecomers Maddy and Charlotte copped a blow earlier this week
when they came in last in the Domain Buyers Jury.
8%.
Oh.
MADDY: Look, it's, like, not the best news.
Not a great feeling.
I feel like we're still finding our feet,
and we'll probably be finding our feet until the day we leave
because we're just on, like, major catch-up.
So, yeah, and coming into someone else's design.
Like, it just feels like a whirlwind every single day.
But they're hopeful that their bold move
to change things up in the mezzanine floor plan will turn the tide.
So, this week, we're changing our office into a rumpus
because we don't see the value
in a six-by-3.5-metre office in a holiday home.
We're still gonna have a desk in there
so it can function as an office if needed,
but mainly more of a kids' rumpus area
where it's cosy, relaxed, away from the parents.
And then, in the back area,
which was actually allocated as the guest bedroom,
we've done a little flipparoo,
we're gonna present, like, a sitting room.
The sitting room will have a couple of comfy chairs and an extra TV,
but the real magic sauce in the girls' design
was converting this window into a door
and making provisions for an external staircase
that they'll install in Backyard Week,
providing a separate private entrance to this area.
PRODUCER: Interesting. Interesting.
Hopefully, our gamechanger on auction.
Plan today is pretty much just to prep both of these rooms,
and then we're gonna spray tonight
once all of the tradies have gone home,
but we need to gap-fill, doing skirtings,
pick out some paint colours for our feature wall.
I'm heading to Mitre 10 to get 50 shades of green for my wall.
(R&B MUSIC)
There's no time for rest on a Saturday.
It will be an all-nighter.
Today is a 24-hour workday.
And you're lucky if you get...
A nap. ..a 10-minute nap.
# The lace lady Travel with grace baby
# I can't afford to cover the cost of course maybe
# Settle that one in court 'cause
Judging by the basics. #
Meanwhile, Kristian and Mimi are still planning to plan.
(MARKER SQUEAKS)
Tonight, I'm going to be sanding the hallways and painting it.
Yeah, but, Mimi, the thing is on Monday and Tuesday,
if our plasterers are here and there's four of them,
they'll take half an hour to sand that whole hallway.
I'll tell you now, if I spent all my energy sanding in the hallway,
we're just not gonna get the rooms clean,
and then, Monday morning, the boys are gonna rock up and move (BLEEP)
all over the place and they're not gonna be able to get started
for next week, and it's just gonna throw everything
straight back out to this week.
It takes a while to sand.
It's time-consuming and energy-consuming.
Yeah, I understand but, like, that's going to kill us.
We've got a whole month, Mimi.
If we have landscaping, right, and we're (BLEEP) pushing barrows around
and we've got the night, we've got from...
That's killing ourselves towards the end.
..the night, we can slowly chip away at the painting.
This is what we'll do.
We'll focus on the one room that we're handing over this week, right,
make that our focus.
Why are we working ahead on the hallway
when we've got time to do that later on?
Nuh, I don't agree with that plan.
Oh, well, unfortunately, if you really wanted to do the hallway,
you shouldn't have slept for 24 hours yesterday.
(TENSE MUSIC) Uh, it wasn't ready yesterday.
Yes, it was!
The hallway was ready.
This...the rest of the week has to be a stress-free week.
We're not handing over a room, let's just chill, and just...
Well, then, let's just not do any room.
What?
Well, then, let's just not do any room.
Now...see, you always be unreasonable.
You're unreasonable.
(HANGPUP TONE)
Oh.
(BLEEP) off.
I'm (BLEEP) done with this (BLEEP) show.
(SOMBRE STRINGED MUSIC)
You alright? It's (BLEEP) lame.
What's up?
She wants to start sanding the (BLEEP) hallway.
I was so stress-free this morning and she's making it so hard.
Relax, relax, here, take the phone.
(DEEP SIGH)
She (BLEEP) hangs up on me, as well.
Like, (BLEEP) off. Hey, hey...
She slept for a whole day yesterday. I know, I know.
I just need to get away from these cameras for ten minutes.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(THUNDER PEALS, PENGUINS CHIRP)
('WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS?' BY WAR PLAYS)
Welcome back to The Block.
It's been a big week, and everyone is digging deep
for the last push of this week's rumpus and office spaces.
# Why can't we be friends? # (MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY)
Well, everyone except Kristian and Mimi,
who seem to be stuck in a planning pattern.
Come on, please.
You're being...you're being really stubborn
and it's just...it's not the right move to concentrate on the hallway.
Alright, well, do you wanna go? Nuh.
What do you mean?
All the hallways, stairwell, the office, the laundry...
We don't have to do that next week.
We can plod along during Landscaping Week.
The goal today for me is finish the downstairs room, right?
The sparkies are almost done in there.
The JB Hi-Fi guys are almost done in there.
Our boys are almost done in there.
Just concentrate on finishing that room.
Like I said, the plasterers are back Monday.
They'll sand the whole hallway in two hours.
Alright, well, do you wanna go? Nuh.
So, what are you gonna do?
I'm gonna sit here.
(KRISTIAN SIGHS)
('THIS GIRL' BY KUNGS VS COOKIN' ON 3 BURNERS PLAYS)
(MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY)
What are you doing? I'm about to start painting.
(SONG RESUMES)
After taking home ten grand in their hallway earlier this week,
Courtney and Grant are hoping to keep the winning streak going
with their mezzanine rumpus and office spaces.
They're the only team this week
who plan to present their second room as an office only.
In the office, we're gonna have a desk,
some shelving behind, like, we'll have artworks on the walls,
still continuing, like, a similar style
to what we have in the rest of the house.
Our plastering is definitely gonna be the hero.
Look up at our study from the ground floor,
you can see the curves go 'ooh' and then back up
and it really frames that sunlight in the back corner in the afternoon
so it's really cool.
('FUN, FUN, FUN' BY THE BEACH BOYS PLAYS)
Over at Ricky and Haydn's self-confessed funhouse...
Delivery!
..their artwork has arrived.
Ooh!
# Fun fun fun... #
Their Grafico wall art is going up.
# Fun fun fun...#
# How cool.
And the icing on the fun cake.
(VIDEO GAME THEME MUSIC)
Ooh, hello.
(RETRO VIDEO GAME SOUNDS)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
What we learnt from Alice, too, during the week was that:
And I think
anyone from 25 to 35 or 40
loves playing pool, playing those retro, sort of, arcade games.
(MUSIC STOPS)
Anyone who's 50 has got grandkids who love that stuff, as well.
(RETRO VIDEO GAME SOUNDS)
It's actually got the old-school coin slot in it,
so you can program it to a dollar a turn.
Oh, that's great, isn't it?
So, whoever buys this place for Airbnb,
they can make a bit of coin on the side.
That's great.
If you wanted to, yeah.
There's no-one that wouldn't want to rush to our house
to have a heap of fun in that rumpus area.
So, I think, whoever our buyer is,
there's gonna be so many different points of fun that you could have.
Beautiful. Mate, plenty of room.
Yeah, 'cause your cue goes above the balustrade, anyway.
Yeah.
Mm.
Perfect. Yeah, that works.
Meanwhile, up at House 5,
Kristian and Mimi have finally landed on a plan.
(EXAGGERATED CHEERING)
Mimi is sanding this week's pool room.
And Kristian has started clearing out next week's spaces
ready for plastering first thing Monday.
But it seems the effort it took to get to this point
has taken its toll on Kristian.
How are you feeling, Kristian?
Oh, I'll chat to you later, if that's alright.
I'm just not really keen for a chat right now.
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
How's he going?
He's...
..done.
He...
I think the thing is, like,
the Domain challenge feels like an ending.
Do you know what I mean?
Like, it's, like, look, I'm showing off my home and then,
like, once it's done, it's like, wait, we still have so much to do.
So, we just need that second wind and it hasn't come yet.
I reckon it'll come next week.
Which is fine.
I don't want to give up just yet.
We've got a house to finish, you know?
Like, everyone loves our house so much,
and I want to finish it off before the house finishes me off.
I feel like it's finished Kristian.
I feel like the house has finished Kristian.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
There's...there's lots going on and there's lots to do.
(MACHINERY WHIRRS, TRUCK BEEPS)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
I've just never felt this much pressure in my whole life.
(DAN SIGHS)
Where are you, mate?
(BLEEP) sakes.
What's wrong, mate?
Are you right? I just can't do it anymore.
The Block?
They're (BLEEP) killing me.
Who?
Just everything.
(SNIFFLES)
You're almost there, mate.
Think about it, you're actually almost there.
After this week, it's four short weeks that are gonna go so quick.
Look, I've been where you are and it's not easy.
But just think about why you came here.
Yeah.
Think about why...
What made you want to come on The Block?
Oh, just for a challenge, life experience.
Life-changing, potentially, money. Yeah.
And what did you tell me the other day?
Yeah.
Who likes this house? Yeah, I know, it's just...
(EXHALES)
It's just... it's so overwhelming to...
It is. Yeah.
No-one's saying it isn't, mate.
It's bloody hard.
Just didn't think it was gonna be this hard.
Alright. Chin up, mate.
You're almost there. You're almost there.
When I walked in there and just spoke to Kristian,
you can see how exhausted he is.
He's just showing that.
So, I just gave him a bit of a hug.
I said, "Look, mate, you can pull yourself out of this.
"There's only four short weeks.
"And you're a big chance of winning The Block.
"The two biggest buyers on the show want to buy your house.
"That's what they said on Thursday night."
So, he's just gotta find a way the next few weeks
to pick himself up and finish off strong.
# Sometimes I feel I've got to run away
# I've got to
# Sweet love. #
Brad's gonna attempt to spray.
So, we've got everything taped, everything's sanded.
No.
He looked like the sexiest man alive.
He was up there like a little superhero
spraying those walls down on the scaffold.
Pump it up, hey? Oh-ee, turn it up.
I loved it.
(SENSUAL MUSIC)
I've never felt like a bigger idiot...
No!
..listening to you cackle from a distance and point and laugh.
MADDY AND CHARLOTTE: There is so much to do.
We've got to paint the entire rumpus room,
and we have this huge sitting room,
5-metre ceilings, yoo-hoo.
And because we've got a mezzanine
that's open to the whole downstairs area...
We can't just spray. ..you can't just spray
'cause, otherwise, it'll destroy everything else.
The prep takes forever.
Kristian needs to go to bed early.
He's a broken man.
I am a broken man.
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)
I'm also, like, the worst comforter.
I can't do it.
I went back and had a look at your application,
your initial application, today,
and a lot of the stuff you've been talking about today
is all stuff that you know.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
How do you and your partner respond when things don't go your way?
Mimi says "Honestly, I hate when things don't go to plan.
"I have a fear of the unknown, so, if something doesn't go my way,
"I'll most likely throw a tantrum or take it out on Kristian".
Did I actually write that?
Is it true? It is true.
No, that's true.
All communication goes out the window
because I don't think straight and I just say things.
That's not who Mimi is, though.
Like, in everyday life, this wouldn't happen,
but this is...just isn't.
Like, if I was struggling at home,
I know for a fact that Mimi would say, "What's wrong?
"Let's talk through it." You know what I mean?
It's just...yeah.
Do you want to read the top one?
(TREMBLES) Um...
I am a very difficult and complex person
so I can honestly say that means a partner is negative on Kristian,
as much as he'll somewhat disagree because he's too nice.
If anything, he's enabled my bad behaviour
by always letting me have my way.
When the good times roll, nothing else in the world matters.
As long as we have each other, everything is perfect.
(SNIFFLES)
We always have something planned so we have something to look forward to
and, when we are able to get away,
that's when we are the best versions of ourselves.
Maybe we need to get away for a bit.
You know each other pretty well.
That was just how we were,
and I feel like we've lost that because of how hard this has been.
(SNIFFLES) It's just not fair on either of us.
We haven't lost it, it's just...
..not present at this point in time.
Yeah.
(EMOTIVE MUSIC)
(PALM TREES CREAK, PENGUINS CHIRP)
('THIS MAGIC MOMENT' BY THE DRIFTERS PLAYS)
Tired!
Got quite a bit to do.
Everything.
Yeah.
Let's just hope we finish.
# And so new but like any other... #
How are you, Kristian?
Uh, (BLEEP), still.
(ROOSTER CROWS)
(ROCK MUSIC)
What furniture have you got in there?
Just a 500kg bed to take upstairs.
There's less than 30 minutes till tools down,
and Houses 2, 3, 4 and 5
are helping each other to get their furniture upstairs,
while the sisters in House 1 battle it out on their own.
(MAN GRUNTS)
(ROCK MUSIC)
(MAN GRUNTS)
(MUSIC STOPS) Alright, that's enough.
Yew!
(OPERA MUSIC)
Tools down, Frankie.
(WEARY YAWN)
My nail came off!
Watch your fingers! Watch your fingers!
# I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation. #
(OPERA MUSIC RESUMES)
('BAD REPUTATION' BY JOAN JETT RESUMES)
# Oh no
# Not me
# Oh no
# Not me! #
(SHRILL WHISTLE)
Tools down!
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Cheers. Cheers.
Celebration.
Now I can go to sleep.
Hallelujah.
RICKY: Tools down, cues up. (HAYDN LAUGHS)
('HELLO' BY THE CAT EMPIRE PLAYS)
How are you? Hello!
Evening. Hi.
Scotty. Oh, g'day, boys.
Scotty. How are you, mate?
Hello. Good evening.
Hello, hello.
(WEAK WHISTLE)
Oh, hi!
Yeah, come. (FRANKIE BARKS)
(LAUGHTER)
Boys.
Keeping the $50,000 vibe going, are we?
Why not, mate?
We actually haven't taken 'em off yet, Scotty.
(LAUGHTER) Ah, that's terrific.
You want to keep that buyers jury vibe happening.
It was a great day, wasn't it?
It was fantastic, mate, one not to forget.
Well, we did have a very challenging week this week, didn't we?
I know that this thing is relentless.
One more push this week coming up
and the inside of your homes are finished.
They're done. (BLEEP).
And then you're gonna be outside in the sunshine
with your landscapers having a wonderful time out in the gardens.
The end is near.
I'm just saying,
the 10,000 bucks from Ford wouldn't go astray at this point
in the competition, so let's find out who that's gonna be, shall we?
('HEAVY HEARTED' BY THE JUNGLE GIANTS PLAYS)
# Heavy hearted like we used to be
# Back when it was only you and me. #
House 1.
Maddy and Charlotte.
The week of tears.
We'll have, like, a little staircase here.
And can you still access this from the Domain house?
There'll be a door there that has a lock...
A lockable door? BOTH: Yep.
OK, this is good.
That is part of the bigger plan
to have a guest retreat and an external exit.
In the office space, which is now our rumpus,
it will just be, yeah, cosy couches, some beautiful custom cabinetry.
Just a very versatile area.
The boys are cladding that window.
That's meant to be a door.
And then Aidan apparently doesn't know about it.
For us to change that to a door, I have to pull cladding off the wall.
Do you know, if there's no external access,
there's no point doing anything that we're doing up there.
We may as well just scrap the whole thing.
Um, obviously, there's been a bit of confusion.
Yep.
The stairs we think we can make work.
Thankfully, Aidan and the team were very gracious,
and, yeah, it got approved.
The Domain challenge.
We spoke to so many people,
and so many people had great things to say about the house.
What they're gonna do with the upstairs area,
that could be a bit of a gamechanger for them, as well.
Is this a work-from-home space?
Not really. Not quite.
We just didn't think that it was super valuable for a holiday house
to have an office space of this size,
and we've actually turned that space into a guest retreat.
We want to, on auction day, have a reason for the buyer to go,
"Oh, like, their house is different,"
and not just aesthetically because aesthetics can be changed.
This stuff, kind of... BOTH: Like, structural stuff...
That does set you apart.
# Oh and they come unstuck
# Lady running down to the riptide
# Taken away to the dark side
# I wanna be your left-hand man. #
It's a chill, cosy, calm feeling.
I feel like it kind of ties into the rest of the house.
# I love you... #
I love Joel Elliott's cabinets with the dowel feature wall.
And then, like, the custom-made desk is very beautiful.
Walking up the stairs, Shaynna said...
# Oh and they come unstuck. #
Wowee!
(GENTLE UPLIFTING MUSIC)
Wow, wow.
What a room. Ooh!
The natural light, being able to look at this skylight
the moment you walk in, it doesn't feel hemmed in.
Even though it's got a lower ceiling than what we're used to downstairs,
because we can see the sky, it actually feels very light and airy.
You have copped a bit of flak in the past few weeks for your styling
from style queen Shaynna Blaze.
But she thinks this week you really got it right.
Nice.
The girls have listened to some of the styling tips,
and kept it a lot simpler.
The artwork choices, like, all the tones.
It's in the cushions, it's in the throw, it's even in the timber.
It feels more cosy.
It feels more intimate.
How do you make it feel so cosy when it's never been lived in?
And I think that the girls have nailed it.
That's good.
Darren also had a big smile on his face.
The fact that they had this custom-made, that table custom-made,
it shows that Maddy and Charlotte really care
at putting effort and detail into the spaces.
And you know what?
This is the very first time someone finally has the lighting plan right.
I thought you were gonna swear then.
They've only got sconces, but they're all uplighting sconces,
and then they've got the LEDs under there.
This is an intimate space.
It's not meant to be glaring.
Marty noted that a mezzanine isn't an easy space to design,
but he feels like you may have got this just right.
And this balustrading, as well, being solid,
that's a really smart decision because, from downstairs,
if this is a bit of a kids' rumpus area, could be a little bit messy,
looking up and seeing the back of the furniture
might not be the best visual.
Darren agrees.
He thinks you will hear the TV from down there.
But that's probably better than entertaining
and not knowing what your kids are doing
'cause, when the kids are quiet, you have to be worried, right?
Yeah.
This is one of the last rooms that a buyer will see.
The fact that it is in line with everything
that they're seeing downstairs is a massive bonus.
Ten out of ten buyers will walk into this area and go...
.."I like it." Yeah.
Execution is generally very good in this room
except for a couple of paint marks.
As this will be a holiday place,
I can't imagine one person coming in and changing a thing.
Neither. And that's a big, big win.
Good.
The judges then headed into
the second space you delivered this week.
('(IT GOES LIKE) NANANA' BY PEGGY GOU PLAYS)
Ah, a little retreat.
Cute as a button.
# It's on my mind
# I guess it goes like na-na-na
# Na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na. #
We have a note here. "Morning, judges.
"You're probably wondering why
"you've walked through an unfinished, very messy room
"to a sitting room
"where you've walked into a part space of our guest retreat".
This is when they learned that you are going to deliver
a separate external access to a living space, bathroom and bedroom.
(DRAMATIC BOOMS)
So, they must be putting a door in here.
Ah! Yes.
So, you could separately house people in here in privacy.
The judges think, from a buyer's perspective...
This is a massive selling feature.
(UPLIFTING MUSIC) Nice.
These guys actually may have put themselves ahead of the pack.
If this was, say, an Airbnb,
you can separate the actual use of the dwelling.
So, if this was accessed and it had its own keycode,
that whole house could be locked off.
Yep. Yeah.
And this could just be something that, again, keeps those bills paid.
So, from an investment point of view,
it makes this house a dual-income property.
Mm.
Or you have the people that are selling up in Melbourne
come down here to retire to,
and have this as a nice, tidy little income while they live here.
Or this is where the grandparents stay
or this is where the au pair lives.
It's so multi-generational,
multi-faceted and multi-income-generating.
They have opened up a massive amount of possibilities
by changing that window to a door.
It's genius.
It's a gamechanger.
(TENSE MUSIC)
The winner in Grey St.
Oh, yeah. Tess and Luke.
Sold. Congratulations. (CHEERING)
When they did the separate part there,
they put a spiral staircase in their atrium
that could have separate access from the main house, and who won?
Tess and Luke. Mm.
Which this would just be a very simple spiral staircase down
into the garden area.
Shaynna was really liking the addition of colour in this room.
That green, we haven't seen them use colour at all, but I feel like
that's just a little nod to Jesse and Paige who were here before.
Love it.
Because they had that green in their bedrooms downstairs.
Bravo, girls.
Once again, Maddy and Charlotte,
you have set a very high bar for the rest of the houses.
That's it. Well done.
Well done. # Watermelon sugar high. #
The judges said it was a gamechanger having the guest retreat,
and this is what we've been saying since day dot.
# Watermelon sugar. #
(PALM TREES CREAK, PENGUINS CHIRP)
SHELL: It's time for you to decide
which contestants you think have created this week's winning room.
All you have to do is head to the Block website now to cast your vote.
And don't miss the results a little later in the show.
('THE TRUTH' BY HANDSOME BOY MODELING SCHOOL PLAYS)
House 2. Courtney and Grumpy.
Definitely harder than any other week
we've done on The Block, for sure.
Upstairs, we wanted to create
a second main bedroom area with an ensuite.
So, to get that larger ensuite, we've taken a bit from the office.
So, what do you think?
The green and white stripe. Hey!
Bonus point for you, as well. Oi!
That would come in handy.
That will come in handy.
Yeah, yeah, we need that penguin.
For this week, we have the office space and then also the rumpus room.
Curves looking nice.
Curves are what makes us different, I feel,
and we've got quite a unique feature in the plaster
that complements the kitchen curve, so we're trying to tie it all in.
So, we also had to finish hallways.
I thought the hallway that was the best resolved was house number 2.
Hey! We got one.
(FAIRY-TALE MUSIC)
So, this would be perfect. Yeah.
And this is the study. Actually, I didn't show you this one.
So, the desk, also Freedom.
Two of the chairs and then, like, a little rug opposite.
Yeah.
Nobody styles like you.
(LAIDBACK MUSIC)
I'm really proud of the rooms.
I hope they appreciate the curves,
and then the artwork and the furniture
and how it's all put together.
('SHOW ME' BY CROOKED COLOURS PLAYS)
(MUSIC BUILDS CURIOUSLY)
Business centre.
(SONG CONTINUES)
# Show me how to. #
(SONG ENDS)
(GENTLE MUSIC)
I feel like I've walked into a possible therapy session.
Hm! Doesn't it?
There was something about the layout of the room,
the two chairs facing the desk.
Marty's comment was that this is a holiday home,
this is valuable real estate.
He wasn't convinced this was the best use of it.
They put themselves in a bit of a situation.
They check-mated themselves by taking this valuable real estate
and adding it to that bathroom.
So, they've taken space out of a second living room.
So, I think that, fundamentally,
doing that is a massive error from a real estate perspective.
But Shaynna noted,
as always with House 2, that the execution is superb.
Like, the curve on the entry when you walk in in the arch.
You know, the quality of those set-in shelves with the LED lights.
Look at the curve along that wall back into the wall here.
You can't deny the colours, the execution,
the architectural details.
But I don't feel good in here.
The balustrade is higher in this room than it was in House 1.
This roof line is quite low, so it feels caged in.
It feels boomy.
And if you're going to run an office here,
you're gonna hear everything over there.
Because this ceiling is so close here,
it will actually boom and go down,
so your conversation will be heard at the lounge room.
Darren agrees.
He thinks that, if you need an office space in a holiday home,
it's because you need privacy away from your children and guests.
And, if you've got to take a board call
or you've got to take a business meeting,
then you actually want to be contained somewhere sound-proof.
It's the loudest room in the house,
and it's been set up to be the most private and quiet room of the house.
Yeah. This was a big one.
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
The judges' moods certainly improved moving into the lounge room area.
('FOREIGN LANGUAGE' BY FLIGHT FACILITIES PLAYS)
(MUSIC ENDS)
Now, this is nice.
# Oh I don't know what to do... #
Ooh, a lovely big rumpus.
This is cosy.
Darren praised your fantastic art choices.
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
Lovely furniture.
Beautiful colour scheme.
It's interesting, definitely fits the rest of the house.
Like, decision after decision after decision here, great.
We have style in spades.
Marty said it will shoot the best.
It's the most Instagrammable.
Bingo. Yeah.
This will shoot better than House 1.
Beyond.
But it won't inspect better than House 1,
and it comes down to the inspection.
Marty had always thought you were planning a second main bedroom suite
for this area since you extended the bathroom a few weeks ago.
This is a 1,000-square-metre home which effectively has one main wing.
Categorically, that's an issue from a real estate perspective.
And we knew that.
If I've got a bathroom that's that size, I actually want a king bed.
I want a king bed.
Bingo.
And the only place to put a robe in there is actually in that corner,
which means, then, that you've got enough wall here for a king-size bed
but you don't have enough space.
The judges all wondered,
if you were to put some joinery in this space for wardrobe storage,
you could still make this area into a private second main bedroom suite,
and have a king-size bed in the bedroom.
This comes down to Ensuite Week up here.
We knew the planning was either gonna work for them or bite them
in the behind, and it's definitely bitten them in the behind.
OK, that's it, Courtney and Grant.
(APPLAUSE)
She actually said it felt like a bit
of, like, a therapy... therapist room.
I just don't understand what else we're doing with that,
that study space, if we're not doing a, you know, a work-from-home space.
(THUNDER PEALS, PENGUINS CHIRP)
('NEW SENSATION' BY INXS PLAYS)
Welcome back to my HQ on Phillip Island.
We've heard the judges' feedback for Houses 1 and 2.
Now the boys in House 3 are up next.
OK, boys, been a successful week for you two fellas.
Keep it coming, please, mate. Sure has, mate.
Everything that we've been putting in,
pouring our hearts and souls, and we haven't won a room yet.
The office area. (BLOWS RASPBERRY)
Office is in the bin.
This week, we're gonna do a nice rumpus area
and we're gonna do a big games area
and make it that really nice entertaining house.
I'm super excited about the racetrack being on the wall.
Damo's just come back with some new options, Grafico,
of the Phillip Island racetrack on it.
Home Pro DIYBlinds team coming in.
Run the curtain to the edge of the window, close off that space.
And done. Cool.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
The winners are...
The boys! ..house number 3.
(CHEERING)
There it is, 50 Gs.
Yeah, beauty, and then rumpus? Rumpus there.
And it's gonna have a nice sofa bed, so you can sleep someone in there.
It's gonna have a nice sheer that closes it off
and turns it into a fifth bedroom.
Regarding our surfboard, we got some feedback from Darren
that the orange isn't his favourite corner.
Fourth for me is the orange.
So, reached out to Kirsty from Clay & Co.
Delivery!
She could kindly assist us with painting our surfboard,
keeping that beach, coastal theme going.
She's cute. That's mint, yeah.
That was the end of just one of the craziest weeks of our lives.
('CAKE BY THE OCEAN' BY DNCE PLAYS)
# Talk to me baby
# I'm goin blind from this sweet sweet cravin' whoa-oh. #
I think it's our best room to date.
We've nailed the finish.
# I keep on hopin' we'll eat cake by the ocean uh. #
We really enjoyed stylin' it.
You know, it looks like someone's in the middle of a Scrabble game.
# I-I-I-I-I I keep on hopin'... #
Yeah, we're excited. We're hopin' we can get a win.
(SONG ENDS)
Oh, what a beautiful curtain. Oh!
Well, if that doesn't say Phillip Island, then I don't know what does.
Look at that.
It literally says Phillip Island, literally!
(LAUGHTER) It does.
It does!
That's so cool.
The Grafico looks unreal in here.
It's beautifully designed.
I love the track reference.
But back to the curtain for a moment.
Very unique.
The weight of this gives it an acoustic quality, as well,
so you can actually shut it out
without having to do a physical door, so, pretty clever!
They quickly headed in and plonked themselves on the lounge.
Oh!
Marty. Darren.
Shaynna. There you go.
And Ricky, Haydn, Rumpus - 10, 10, 10, total of 30.
OK, well, that's wishful thinking, boys.
Marty likes this for the brochure.
So, having a sofa bed in this room means they can actually sleep
ten guests, as opposed to the others, which can sleep eight.
So, again, it's leaning towards that investment piece
for the end user of this property.
This house may not be as high end,
but it might just return a higher yield for an investor.
(GENTLE MUSIC)
So, across the board, these houses
all stack up in valuation fairly evenly.
Like, you got four bedrooms, three bathrooms, two living spaces.
But, in a real estate sales competition,
there is definitely gonna be a market and a buyer
who wants this relaxed, less uptight style of holiday home.
I'm personally not aesthetically excited by this room.
Well, that feels like an outdoor couch.
This feels like an indoor couch.
Like, outdoor furniture, I'm looking at that coffee table
and it feels a bit 'Gilligan's Island' to me
because it's a bit rustic.
Hopefully, Mr and Mrs Howell...
Do you know 'Gilligan's Island', anybody?
Never heard of it, mate. Never heard of it.
Watched it a little bit.
Well, the folks at home will get Mr and Mrs Howell.
They were the rich couple.
Take your word for it, mate. No worries.
But isn't that the boys?
Well, we said it.
After the Kitchen Week, it's the most Phillip Island house.
You brought it in with the palms on the walls in the bedroom, saying,
"Own it, boys, run with it.
"Just use your landscape to your advantage,
"and make people feel like they're on holiday."
That was probably the best advice that they were given.
Yeah. And they've run with it.
Yeah.
But what's funny about that
is that, when we compare it to how I was feeling in House 2,
which, aesthetically, I can't knock, but I'm far more comfortable here.
I'm a little bit more relaxed.
I feel like I'm away.
Look at you, you're gonna take your jacket off in a second.
Oh, don't get too excited, Daz.
(WOMAN CHUCKLES)
And they sure got the vibe you were going for
once they went back through the curtain
and found a full-blown games arcade.
('RIGHT ACTION' BY FRANZ FERDINAND PLAYS)
(MUSIC ENDS)
(SHAYNNA CACKLES)
# Right thoughts right words right action. #
Oh, my God.
This is so smart.
Entertainment. Yeah.
This is what you call league of your own.
Yeah.
This is genius.
# Damn I feel good. #
They had me at 'Street Fighter II'.
The fact you've got 'Street Fighter',
you've got 'Pac-Man', you've got Phillip Island on the walls.
I reckon people would buy this for their family and say,
"Bring all your friends."
The boys have been so smart,
and the agent representing this would be sitting back,
rubbing their hands together going,
"We have something that none of the others have,
"which is the fun factor."
This is the fun house, this is the fun factory.
This is the one that I believe people will come and visit,
and it will be their kids that say,
"Mum, Dad, you need to get this one."
Yeah. This is the one.
Darren thinks it's not Instagrammable,
but it's super rentable.
It's not the thing where you come and say,
"Come and see my... through, through, holiday house.
"I love it." No.
This is like, "Bring your kids, bring your grandkids."
It will absolutely rent its socks off, and it's a destination.
Your Bar Crusher was a huge hit on Thursday night at the Domain event.
Shaynna thinks this room goes perfectly with the boat.
And the thing is this is a competition about design,
real estate and how people are going to live in it when they buy it.
And function always goes over form.
Marty really loved this space,
and thinks it has the all-important emotional connection.
(UPLIFTING PIANO MUSIC)
I never thought that this would be a house that I would actually buy,
and, from walking into this space now,
it's pulling on my heartstrings as a kid.
It's pulling on my memories that I shared with my mum and dad,
particularly playing pool and 'Street Fighter' with my brother.
This is actually the most emotional I've felt
in any of these rooms judging.
I think they've hit it out of the ball park.
Marty said, "Now I want it for my family."
I want to go and play the 'Street Fighter II' game.
I'll challenge you. Yes!
Let's do it. Yes!
(RETRO VIDEO GAME MUSIC)
(SOUND EFFECTS)
No, it's not 'Street Fighter' and Marty hogged it.
(LAUGHTER)
Push.
Alright, come on, House 4.
Alright. Let's go.
I'm coming back here after the...the show.
That's it. Good job, boys. Thanks, mate.
# I get away every day My holiday I'm gettin' paid. #
Fun factory. Fun factory.
Even Marty Fox would buy it.
He wants to buy it.
So, we're putting together the perfect holiday home.
I think it's the most marketable,
the most suitable for anyone, really,
so I think we're gonna have a number of an amount of buyers
who are going to be interested in this property come auction day.
# I get away every day My holiday I'm gettin' paid. #
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
OK, Kylie and Brad.
You were the clear winners last week in your living and dining spaces.
Let's see how you go this week.
This week was jam-packed.
We had an office-rumpus/another living space
looking over the grand view of the living and dining-kitchen area.
I thought of the idea of a whole wall of photos in black frames.
We've got Scotty and Shell.
There was a few little nods in there.
Domain inspection with the buyers jury.
Welcome to House 4.
Nice to meet you!
We had a lot of really positive feedback.
It's so fabulous.
Yeah, very, very classy.
What did you decide to do with the balustrading?
'Cause I know you were considering glass.
We're doing glass. You're doing glass.
I saw the glass walking in. Yeah, we are doing glass.
OK.
But another thing we're actually doing
is we're doing dark sheers all the way across.
So, if there is a separate living family up there,
they can actually be closed off and have a little bit of privacy.
We've got, like, the stone people coming in to do the office desk.
So, when you're first walking up the stairs, you'll be met by a desk.
There's still so many people working from home,
and, if you've got the opportunity to go on holiday
but also do a little bit of work, get the best of both worlds.
I still can't really work out what the space is.
Just throw it all in and hope for the best.
# How will I know?
# How will I know if he really loves me?
# I say a prayer with every heartbeat. #
I'm most proud of...
The leather couch. Ooh, are you? The picture wall.
I love that you can use it as a separate space
because you can close the curtains,
and the fact that you can sit there and enjoy a little bit of time out,
but looking over what is happening in the dining and the kitchen.
(MUSIC ENDS)
(FEET CLOP)
Coffee machine.
I'm really confused.
(MARTY CHUCKLES, UNEASY MUSIC)
I don't understand why there is a couch up against a glass balustrade.
No, wait, wait, wait, this'll make more sense of it.
Oh, yeah.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
Why am I sitting 30 centimetres off a glass balustrade
looking over the living area?
(TENSE MUSIC)
Darren thinks...
They've dropped the ball, man.
Dropped it massively.
It looks like they came in and dropped the couch.
Can you imagine how confused a buyer is gonna go?
Like, why am I here?
Why do I have theatre curtains?
Do the kids come up and do TikTok
and everyone has to watch or something?
So, we close the curtains. "OK, ready! Ta-da!"
And how echoey is this.
This is the echoiest room we've been in.
The fact that down there was a ten, undeniably.
Like, it is elegant, sophisticated, thought about, planned.
This is... Weird.
I'm saying ridiculous.
This is ridiculous.
What I want to say I don't think I can say on The Block.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Shaynna was wondering why the desk was facing a blank wall.
It just seemed like
not enough thought had been put into the layout.
If I'm coming to Phillip Island and I'm gonna do a little bit of work
and check my laptop, this is exactly where I want to look.
Darren was seeing effort in this room,
but he wasn't really seeing much in the way of functionality.
This is functionally useless.
It feels like...
Honestly, where that couch is,
it feels like it's a peep show with these curtains there, you're sitting
right up against the balustrade, peeping on the people down there.
The...the use of that word, now I can't unsee...
See?
The peep show. Yeah!
It's a peep show.
It's weird, man!
It's just as weird over there, as well.
Wait till you see what I'm looking at.
Let's go because this does not make sense one little bit.
Oh, I'm gonna have to scrub... Hey, look at this.
Even the cushions have got the peep nature to it.
(SHAYNNA CACKLES)
It's outrageous. Oh, God.
('DON'T SPEAK' BY NO DOUBT PLAYS)
# Don't speak
# I know what you're thinking
# I don't need your reasons
# Don't tell me 'cause it hurts! #
Oh, wow, I don't get this.
(FEET CLOP)
From a couple that have understood scale, this is blowing my mind
in the fact that everything is eye level a quarter of this raking,
and what is it about this space
that they're bringing to light how grand it is?
This is showing,
"What do you do with all this space? I have no idea."
This is, what, like, three and a half by eight metres or something,
and you've got, like, 16 square metres here of just useless (BLEEP).
Oh.
(FRAUGHT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)
Like...
Well, there you go, over in the corner,
they've just left their (BLEEP) there, look!
So good!
What, like...?
It really is, Daz, it's...
Honestly, you couldn't have explained it any better.
With what you have presented, there's no ambience or soul.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
Ten out of ten for creating the most uncomfortable room
we've seen this season.
(MUSIC SWELLS THEN ENDS)
Ouch. That's bad.
(MOROSE MUSIC)
Marty couldn't understand...
When did they become so white...
Yeah! ..in their palette?
Where's the drama?
When you told them that black wasn't good.
Yeah, but that was also in Week 1.
I gave them a ten last week. Yeah.
This just is not them.
It's not because of budget. Can't be.
They won 20 grand last week, plus another ten.
All Shaynna could say is that she loves the flooring.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
This is so disappointing at this stage of the game
to be feeling like this.
But to go from top of the mountain
to the bottom of the barrel within seven days.
Shocker. Done.
OK, tough one. That's it, Kylie and Brad, that's it.
# Baby
# Bye bye bye Bye bye. #
The feedback was savage.
I remember Scotty was saying, like, "Ooh, that's harsh."
Bloody oath it was.
# Oh oh. #
(THUNDER PEALS, PENGUINS CHIRP)
(CHILLED ROCK MUSIC)
It's Office and Rumpus Week,
and it's time for Kristian and Mimi in House 5
to hear the judges' feedback.
OK, House 5.
Kristian and Mimi.
Probably won't be scoring so highly with our judges
after delivering just one of your two spaces this week.
This week was the worst week of Kristian's life.
Our office and rumpus are on separate levels of the house.
We decided to move the rumpus downstairs,
where the guest bedroom was,
and we're making that into, like, a little pool room-retreat area
'cause now it's got pool access.
Upstairs, we have a massive office space,
and we felt that it was unnecessary, so we've done it a bedroom.
Dan came and said, "Look, you guys have to shut your site down.
"It's too messy."
Then, that's why I took it a bit hard.
(SOBBING)
MIMI: Is he crying?
I find it hard to comfort.
How (BLEEP) embarrassing is he, though.
I don't like how I reacted.
We will not be revealing a complete hallway.
There's just too much to do.
Our hallway's massive.
(GENTLE MUSIC)
The Domain challenge...
A little bit of heartbreak to add to our already terrible week.
We came short by one vote.
You changed this around, didn't you?
This was meant to be a bedroom? Yes.
And you decided this was your rumpus
'cause you want it to access the pool?
Correct.
If you're in the pool and you need to go to the toilet,
you can just come straight into this room.
Yeah, so, we're just gonna have a couch which is gonna double up...
Sofa bed. ..as a sofa.
We're gonna have a TV.
Maybe, like, a, you know,
PlayStation or a Nintendo or something for the kids.
Oh, Dan, I'm thinking about (BLEEP) pulling the pin on the upstairs room
because I just don't think we're gonna get it done.
So, is that...?
So you want to keep it...
Reveal downstairs? Yeah.
And not reveal upstairs? Yeah.
Downstairs in our pool room, the Porta timber feature's beautiful,
but we're now handing over an incomplete room.
The downs are just going down, down, down,
so we've just gotta figure out a way to go back up.
(TENSE MUSIC)
('GHOST TOWN' BY ADAM LAMBERT PLAYS)
We didn't finish our office space.
Can you just judge the downstairs room
and forget about the upstairs room?
(BOTH CHUCKLE) # My heart is a ghost town. #
(SONG CONTINUES)
Alright.
# My heart is a ghost town
# Ooh my heart is a ghost town. #
Well, obviously, it's been a tough week
because we're in one of two spaces,
and, the other space, there's nothing to judge.
Hm.
And walking into the finished space today, the judges immediately knew
it was a room that was originally supposed to be a bedroom.
So, they've actually swapped that rumpus for this.
But this room is closest to the pool, so they're obviously saying,
"Well, we want to have a downstairs living close to the pool
"that has a bathroom attached in case people want to use it."
Marty, I don't know if you know real estate or not, but, um...
(SHAYNNA CACKLES)
Have you ever been to a display suite?
I'm standing in one.
Yes, you are.
I'm genuinely standing in a display suite.
It's so...
(TENSE MUSIC BUILDS)
..basic.
I haven't seen a room with this many things that I like separately
that look so boring together.
Like, this is a nice couch, it's a great coffee table, but it's...
Meh.
And it's not a room that is very conducive for conversation.
Shaynna, if you were to sit down
and I was to join Darren, what type of entertaining...?
Well, see, I'd have to sit here
because I won't be able to talk to you.
Oh, no, we'll have to sit like this with our knees...
our hands on our knees like we're having our photo taken.
I feel like we've been...we're waiting to see the principal.
Or the doctor.
Or the dentist.
Oh, it's definitely the dentist.
If this was supposed to be a lounge area to service the pool,
this isn't really doing it, either.
Isn't this like a cabana?
Shouldn't this be a place that is pool-friendly?
If you've got a plunge pool there,
and you want to come in and watch TV and play games, don't you want
to have surfaces that kids can be in their bathers and have a good time?
Isn't that what they're trying to sell?
They could have done something interesting here
with a tiled space that flowed out to the outdoors.
Because of this big sliding door, it could've actually read
as an indoor-outdoor alfresco space that continued on to the outdoors.
Marty still thinks this room would've been better
as a guest bedroom with an ensuite.
This is the perfect spot.
Imagine the bed here looking out into the garden.
Absolutely, and that other room,
which they will now have as a bedroom,
is on the thoroughfare of getting to all the other houses,
which is noisy,
so, if you've got somebody sleeping in that room,
and other guests are coming in and out and cars going past,
that is not the best room to have your bedroom on.
If you are going to change the floor plan to your advantage,
you have to blow us away.
This has zero connection to the lifestyle outside.
Isn't it funny?
Today, we've seen two of the front-runners completely unravel
in front of our eyes, and two of the underdogs rise to the top.
Scores are gonna be very interesting.
That's it, Kristian and Mimi.
Well done. Thank you.
Give them a clap.
They tried. It was a tough week. Here we go.
I think this week was probably... like, definitely the worst week
we've had on The Block, possibly one of the worst weeks in my life,
so just gonna let the judging sink in,
get over it and tomorrow's the start of a new week.
(THUNDER PEALS, PENGUINS CHIRP)
# I've lost my way
# Hard to find my feet on the ground. #
It was a tough week. Here we go.
(MUSIC FADES)
OK, Darren Palmer. Maddy and Charlotte.
I don't think they could've made this space
pay off any more than what they have.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Courtney and Grumps.
Fantastic artwork choices.
Lovely furniture. Beautiful colour scheme.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
Ricky and Haydn.
There is definitely gonna be a market and a buyer
who wants this relaxed style of holiday home.
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
Kylie and Brad.
This is functionally useless.
(KYLIE CHUCKLES RUEFULLY)
Kristian and Mimi.
This looks like a display suite.
It's so basic.
Good and bad.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Here we go.
Marty Fox.
Maddy and Charlotte.
This is a massive selling feature,
and I think that the girls have nailed it.
(CHARLOTTE GASPS)
(BOTH SQUEAL)
Whew!
Yay.
Courtney and Grant.
Now, this is nice.
This is cosy.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
Ricky and Haydn.
This is what you call league of your own.
This is genius.
Kylie and Brad.
The most uncomfortable room we've seen this season.
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
Kristian and Mimi.
I'm genuinely standing in a display suite.
What?
Pretty tight. See you in a bit.
You're not gonna ask about the penguin?
Oh.
Not this week, Scotty. Phil?
Not this week. No, I forgot.
Cheers, mate. OK, I figured that.
..did they get a door when we tried and couldn't get it?
It wasn't so much the door, it was the cost of the stairs.
Doesn't (BLEEP) matter.
How did they get that plan so late when Jesse and Paige didn't have it?
So it would give them the time.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Shaynna Blaze.
Maddy and Charlotte.
Execution, the painting, wow.
Courtney and Grumps.
This is the first week I feel like
Grumpy and Courtney have got it wrong.
Ricky and Haydn.
The connection here is undeniable, fun and probably the happiest.
Kylie and Brad.
This is wrong. Feels like it's a peep show.
Kristian and Mimi.
This has zero connection to the lifestyle outside.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
OK, gang.
The winner of Week 9: Rumpus Room Week on The Block,
taking home 10,000 bucks from Ford, is...
It's a big one.
It's a tie between 1 and 3.
KYLIE: A ten! RICKY: What?
Nice!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Anything is possible. #
(SINGER VOCALISES)
Taking out the Domain challenge and taking a win and got a ten.
Crazy how quickly your life changes on The Block in five days.
To hear them say that the styling was perfect
and they liked the space and they could see the vision,
like, honestly, I just need to stop doubting myself so much.
Yeah, it gives us confidence going forward.
Congratulations, Houses 1 and 3, a tie.
You'll be sharing 10,000 bucks from Ford,
five grand each, but you both got a ten each,
so you get the 10,000 bucks each from Arnott's, as well!
You beauty! Whoo!
You're cashed up.
You are very cashed up. We are.
And you girls are cashed up, as well.
Way out in front by a massive five points,
Maddy and Charlotte tie with Ricky and Haydn on 28.
Second, on 23.5, is Courtney and Grant.
Followed by Kylie and Brad with a total of 16.
And in last place is Kristian and Mimi with 12.5 points.
We're going to one of the top-notch restaurants in the city.
It's Shane Delia's Maha, which is a fantastic restaurant.
I'm really looking forward to going to it.
Plus, some VIP guests that are coming along
that won their series of The Block,
so they're gonna have a lot of tips and tricks for you guys.
We're gonna have a fantastic night.
Big week again next week.
End of The Block in sight.
It's gonna be fantastic.
We're nearly there, gang.
Good luck. Goodnight.
Thank you, Scotty. Thanks, Scotty.
Well done, boys.
(TENSE MUSIC)
KYLIE: I'm so done, hey?
Like, why do they have to be so condescending
and why do the girls get so much advice and so many tips?
You're loaded this week. Well done.
You're loaded.
You can shout us dinner.
(LAUGHTER) BRAD: We gotta wait.
Well, I'm not waiting. What are they gonna do?
(OTHER CONTESTANTS CHATTER)
We have to...
We got absolutely annihilated.
Like, why do we bother staying up all night?
I don't want to be here.
KRISTIAN: Have fun, man.
GRANT: Yeah, it's rough.
Babe.
You're either with me or you're not with me.
I couldn't give a (BLEEP).
What...what do you mean?
You know exactly what I mean.
(SINISTER MUSIC RACES)
(SHRILL HOWL)
I'm not going back.
Baby.
I don't want to be without you.
I don't want to abandon all of our hard work.
We knew we weren't gonna go high.
I get that but it's what they (BLEEP) said!
I know it's what they said.
You guys know how it feels.
Absolutely, but I don't know if we've copped (BLEEP) like that.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
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(MOMENTOUS MUSIC PLAYS)
Can you believe
your house is gonna be finished?
I feel like I'm gonna cry. (LAUGHS)
VOICEOVER: The final rooms are here.
(IMPACT SOUND EFFECT)
It's the Blockheads' last chance
to go hard... Oh!
(GIGGLING)
We have grand plans.
MIMI: Lots to do, so little time.
..or go...
Home.
We're going home.
Is that what you want?
I guess there's only so much someone can take.
Could always be worse.
Falling down the stairs, drinking a warm beer.
VOICEOVER: An unmissable week
filled with fun...
Let the games begin!
(EXCITED SCREAMING)
..and the final rooms.
It's a disaster.
You know you're having a bad day
when you got two different shoes on.
(HIGH-PITCHED LAUGH)
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