SCOTTY: Tonight, it's a dirty, dirty week on The Block...
TROY: That's a lot of dirt.
Have we landlocked ourselves?
KRISTIAN: What's wrong?
How are you getting concrete in, mate?
..with both the soil and tensions rising
as contestants tackle the largest spaces on the block this season.
Concreter's gonna be angry. We don't have one pier drilled.
DAN: Grant, did anyone read Doug's details on it?
This footing's nowhere near what we need.
And later, old wounds are reopened.
MADDY: You just don't ever expect that you would be the reason
a group of eight adults come together and tear you apart.
You guys were all there! You can't say nobody else.
I said, "What do you guys do?"
Would you like me to give you my CV?
KYLIE: It was a conversation
that I just didn't want to be a part of anymore, so I left.
I don't need to deal with liars. My god.
And it seems Kylie's mood hasn't improved since last night's judging.
It's not planned well.
This mezzanine has no idea what it is.
The obsession with the black and white has to end.
MAN: So if you were gonna give some feedback to the judges tonight,
what would you say?
I have nothing to say to the judges.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(PENGUINS SQUAWK)
(ROCK MUSIC)
It feels like only yesterday
the Blockheads broke ground on Phillip Island,
but it's actually been 10 weeks of blood, sweat and tears
in bringing these dream holiday homes to life.
And with 75 internal spaces now complete,
this week can only mean one thing...
..the landscapers have arrived.
(HORROR MOVIE MUSIC)
And I can guarantee that our contestants
haven't grasped the sheer scale of what needs to be done this week.
Everyone had sort of mentioned to us,
that has done The Block before,
how crazy landscaping week was,
and that it sort of, like, changes gears a little bit,
which we didn't discover until Monday actually hit.
There was all these extra people,
no idea who they are or what they're doing.
SCOTTY: Let me help you out there.
Each house have all trades onsite this week,
who specialise in soil work, concrete,
paving, decking, plants, fencing,
plumbing, electrics,
lawns, tiling, pools
and even basketball courts.
So that gives us the final tally of over 100 people onsite,
making this the biggest single day of trades across the series.
(WESTERN MOVIE MUSIC)
We all have to work here together to make this work
over the next couple of weeks, starting today.
We've got excavator operators for you, as you guys already know.
So come and see us.
You'll be allocated an operator for your house.
Everybody get along, be nice to each other
and have a good day.
(WESTERN MOVIE MUSIC)
How are you going? Lachie.
Nice to meet you. Nice to meet ya.
Nice day for it. Ready to roll?
Yeah, ready, ready.
SCOTTY: Well, they'd better be ready,
because this year the combined total of all the backyard areas
comes in at a whopping 2,269 square metres.
And if that wasn't enough,
the resort's communal pool and surrounding garden
will be landscaped by Dave Franklin and his team,
making it an absolutely mammoth amount of ground to cover.
So our Blockheads better be focused, right?
We watched the first episode last night.
MAN: How was that? Yeah, it was good. It was good.
SCOTTY: OK, maybe not so focused.
They're a little distracted,
because last night I gathered everyone together
to take a sneak peek at episode one before it went to air.
Well, everyone except Kylie.
Thanks, guys.
MAN: You're not going to want to miss the show.
This was the first time
the contestants had seen any footage of themselves on TV.
My heart's racing.
Welcome to The Block.
Buckle up, everyone, because this year we're going island life.
It's too much!
Contestants prepare to see it for the first time...
(SQUEALING AND CHEERING)
Whoo!
My mum thinks that I am a disappointment.
(LAUGHS)
It was quite surreal watching the first episode back.
It was quite amazing.
Looks like a sheep took a (BLEEP) on our wall.
(SHEEP BLEATS)
Oh, my god. That was it!
Do you know when, like, you see yourself, like,
on camera or whatever,
you're just, like, "God, you're so annoying."
A bit like Batman would be nothing without Robin.
To be clear, I'm Batman.
(LAUGHTER)
That was cool.
That was cool to see our heads on telly.
I don't know if everyone was laughing.
Maybe...I don't know if everyone was enjoying it as much as we were.
Bit of a snitch move. He's a dog.
(BLEEP) Ricky. He's a piece of (BLEEP).
It's funny. Like, you gotta own what you say.
Get the (BLEEP) out.
You talk (BLEEP) about me, you get (BLEEP) cut.
I think everyone's probably said or done something
they probably regret.
If you guys are listening to this,
I think you should actually start looking for replacements.
Fresh blood. So nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you. Are you nervous? This is crazy.
We didn't expect to be featured, but we were featured.
Yeah, that was interesting.
The new arrivals' secret house-flipping past
throws a wrench in the gears.
MAN: Just watching videos of you girls last night.
Of us? On what?
MAN: Starting out with an ambitious full reno...
People have approached them and asked them directly,
and they've denied it,
and then all of a sudden for it to come out
and they're still playing it down...
The girls, I think, were a little bit upset.
They had the opportunity... Be up-front.
..to be up-front and be transparent, but they didn't do that.
They haven't tried anything.
I don't regret anything I said,
because that's how I felt at the time,
um, but I do regret, like, the body language I was using.
That was inappropriate. That was unnecessary.
And I know watching that can be really...
I don't know, triggering and confronting.
(LAUGHS)
CHARLOTTE: I'm not sure I would say I was surprised by what I saw.
It's not pleasant, but I understand we're on a reality TV show.
Like, this is what we signed up for.
You just don't ever expect, maybe,
that you would be the reason
a group of eight adults come together
and tear you apart.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
SCOTTY: Putting all those mixed feelings behind them,
it's now the start of a new week,
and while the landscaping teams get set,
our Blockheads are off to check out last week's mezzanine bedrooms
and laundry areas
at the Domain Open for Inspection.
Wow. That is solid.
With only 20 points, the girls came in last place
due to their non-completed room.
Yeah, we know the girls worked hard to get those custom bunk beds done.
This is the whole area, which has its own separate staircase, right?
Yep.
The girls, if they finished,
they would've been up there for sure,
because the layout, like,
having that separate area, is really cool.
I think we were surprised to see the bunk beds
the way that they were.
Yeah.
Imagine trying to make the bed. You've got to be on it.
It's technically in an adult space.
It'd either be all the kids are up there,
or you would have adults with kids above your heads.
You're not going to have double adults up there.
Like, that's just weird.
You know that's two queen beds, right?
MIMI: What?
We were unsure as to how they only lost to us by half a point
when they hadn't finished.
Look at the floor, look at the skirtings,
look at the finishes.
It's incomplete.
Coming last was not a surprise to us at all.
We obviously didn't finish both our rooms.
You cannot expect to do well
if you have paint and plaster all over the floor
and your room is not styled to how you would desire.
RICKY: Oh.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Bit rough.
BRAD: There's zero storage.
KYLIE: Zero storage.
There's a washing machine, there's a dryer.
We've got a blind. There's a toilet.
What more can you want?
A downlight.
You've got two toilets downstairs. Do you need another?
What if someone's doing a (BLEEP) when you do your laundry?
What if someone does a (BLEEP)
and then you need to come in after and do your laundry as well?
# Sometimes I feel I've got to... #
SCOTTY: In fourth place,
beating the girls by only half a point,
were Kristian and Mimi, receiving a score of 20.5.
COURTNEY: I love this, like, buttery colour.
I love that bedroom. That was such a good bedroom.
That was my favourite bedroom, that Kristian and Mimi produced.
I like what they've done with that wall
and then all the cabinetry behind.
Like, that's really smart with how much space you get.
Ohh, this is what I wanted to do.
(THUDDING)
I really liked the bedroom with the walkaround.
Yeah, I don't know how they got second-last.
HAYDN: Bedroom that should have been the rumpus.
Ohh!
DARREN: Wouldn't this be a better living space than a bedroom?
MARTY: That's how it was designed. Well, I guess we can call it now.
It is an error.
This should have been the downstairs rumpus.
When the judges say things that you just don't agree with,
what do I do?
Am I meant to appeal to the judges or just, like, stay true to myself?
I think they were harshly judged for that room.
I think because they didn't make the change in their location.
Oh, no, their laundry. Oh, and the laundry was great.
Their laundry was my favourite. I just remembered then.
Yeah, we like their cabinetry.
Wow, their appliances are nice. Yeah, I really love this.
This is incredible. Yeah, I've gotta say...
There's so much storage.
This is a laundry that deserves a 10.
Oh, my god, that's a whole room in there!
How good is that.
(LAUGHS)
RICKY: See ya, mate.
I'll call you.
Ricky? See ya, mate.
Ricky?
(KNOCKS SOFTLY)
(UP-BEAT MUSIC)
SCOTTY: In third place were Kylie and Brad on 22.5 points.
MIMI: Oh, look at the wallpaper!
KRISTIAN: I like the art. I love the art.
That was an artwork, like, perfectly made for Kylie.
(ECHOING) There's an echo!
(LAUGHS)
Cooee!
MARTY: Jeez, how's the echo in here. Wow!
Acoustically, this is not working.
I'm off the judges completely. All of them.
I think if they had sheers... They need sheers.
Honestly, that would soften the space so much.
Sheers in all their upstairs areas.
I don't think they like sheers. They don't like sheers.
COURTNEY: That's Kingsman. GRANT: It's nice.
That's very impressive. It's a nicely styled room.
I love it.
I like their striped bedroom. Lack of storage probably got them.
They've utilised the space really well.
Oh! Yeah, nice.
MADDY: Wow. There's so much storage.
MAN: Dekton everywhere in this joint.
SCOTTY: Coming in second
with a thumping 29 points and a 10 from Shaynna...
That's like a perfect fit, hey.
..are the boys in House 3.
To pull off a room that felt so calming and felt very holiday.
Well executed, yeah. Yeah, I was really impressed.
MIMI: They got a 10!
But they would have won if Courtney and Grant didn't play the penguin.
So then with the sofa next door,
this is now a 12-sleeping house,
which makes it the most accommodation
on the block this year.
SHAYNNA: Wow.
I like the idea of having the kids ward and the adults ward.
It's not a hospital. It's a wing, not a ward.
(LAUGHS)
Is there anything in it you don't like?
You.
They were definitely very thought out -
the laundry, the powder room, the storage that they had in there.
Like, all the pre-thought and the process,
they'd done really well.
GRANT: Wow.
COURTNEY: Oh, that's so cute! I love that!
Wow, they did do well. OK.
Laundry, on its own, was a 10 out of 10.
Perfectly executed.
This basin's so nice.
This is a Nood Co one, Grant.
This little powder room is very well done.
Yeah, I thought ours was definitely the clear winner.
The judges' scores reflected it was the best, it was just the penguin.
We'll go down as the team who won the least amount of rooms.
SCOTTY: And in first place,
through the use of their one-point penguin,
were Courtney and Grant in House 2.
CHARLOTTE: There's a creepy lady. That is slightly terrifying.
It's... I like it. It's beautiful. Yeah, it works.
(IMITATING WITCH) I'm watching you!
MIMI: Look at her, and then you keep looking,
and then look at her hands.
Now look at her dog. Look at her dog's paws.
RICKY: So you know how everyone's been talking about
these different styles and that, right?
HAYDN: Yeah.
Compared to Steph and Gian's Japandi.
Yeah. I've got a new name for the style.
Lay it on me. 'Grumpandi'.
(LAUGHS) 'Grumpandi'. 'Grumpandi'.
Based on the laundry, I would have given Ricky and Haydn the win.
If it was based on the bedroom, I would've given us the win.
There wasn't a lot we could do with our laundry.
(UP-BEAT MUSIC)
That's sick.
I don't know how the laundry is, so, like...
Oh, my god, she even put bloody towels in here.
See, that's how it's gotta be, like that.
Oh, they've got their stuff in there.
And like that.
House 2, great. Should have won without the penguin.
# Always find a way back home # Hey! #
(PENGUINS SQUAWK)
# No time for tears... #
SCOTTY: Today's the beginning
of backyard and pool week on The Block,
and there are no shortage of trades onsite.
Over in House 5, landscaper Troy has hit the ground running.
That's right -
Troy Lovett is back again.
Bursting onto our screens in Gisborne,
he designed the winning landscape for Tom and Sarah-Jane,
as well as returning last year in Hampton,
delivering a stunning oasis backyard for Kyle and Leslie.
We were lucky enough to lock in Troy
from, I think, the second or third week.
Just in the lead-up to this week
we've been slowly getting more and more excited
to see how he works and, yeah, how it's all going to come together.
TROY: This site is actually very, very tricky,
and they've had some rain over the weekend,
so it's very muddy.
And it's quite a big site,
so this is probably the hardest that I will have done.
For each team's total front and back yard landscaping budget,
I suggested they all needed to set aside
at least $74,000 in their CommBank accounts,
which is still rather tight,
because in the past,
winning landscapes have been worth more than $100,000.
We saved $95,000.
Troy said from the start that our budget for landscaping
is going to be, what was it, 90% for the backyard.
House 5 have the largest backyard area this week,
stretching across 552 square metres.
Their design plan currently includes a pool and surrounding timber deck
next to an outside barbecue zone,
complete with a drinks bar in the shape of a boat.
Then as we head around to the other side of the house,
there'll be a half-size basketball court
next to their fire pit and seating area.
That's a lot of dirt.
As you can see now, we've got tens and tens of metres of dirt.
120 wheelbarrows, yeah.
It's alright.
It's The Block, we've gotta do it. I've got a plan!
We've got concrete in two hours. We've got a lot to do in two hours.
Look, I really like Troy. He does great work.
He's on schedule minute by minute,
which is what The Block is all about,
and he always pushes the limits.
I know the Nine in Six boys, it gets on their nerves a few times,
but it's a fine line here
of bringing too much stock in or not enough.
SCOTTY: Having previous experience working on The Block
is always a bonus.
Across the road in House 1, we have another very familiar face.
Ryan did The Block last year for Eliza and Liberty.
I can't believe that.
They had three days' notice last year,
so we thought we'll consider it
and had a couple weeks' notice this year.
Yeah.
That's right -
baby-faced landscaper Ryan came to Eliza and Liberty's rescue
in Hampton East at the last minute
and delivered a beautiful result for the girls.
It's always good to be back on the show,
and bigger crew this year too, what makes it easier.
So there's seven of us.
So I've got my brother helping me,
and Ruby from last year, so, yeah.
Corey's got reo,
and we've got crushed rock coming soon.
I just have to... We have to get this dug out.
I had $75,000, like, budgeted for landscaping front and back,
and I knew that backyard would take majority of that.
It's insane the amount of, I guess,
pockets of a backyard that we're creating
that has to get done this week.
There's a lot of different spaces.
Sporting a backyard size of 448 square metres,
Maddy and Charlotte's space starts around the side
with their basketball court and recreation area,
as well as their secret weapon,
a spiral staircase to the first floor of their home.
Then along the back of the house
will be their above-ground pool, barbecue and dining area,
which will then lead on down to the fire pit and pizza oven.
Like, by Thursday, we kind of need to have all the hardscapes in,
like concreting, paving, decking,
anything to do with the pool area.
We've got Friday and Saturday to do all the stock scaping,
so plants to lighting, stuff like that, yeah.
WOMAN: Remind me how old you are again, Ryan.
23. (LAUGHS)
With Gen Z forging ahead in House 1,
next door in House 2,
despite Grant being a landscape manager,
Courtney's taking firm control of the budget this week.
I'm going to do the accounts, because you (BLEEP) them all up.
GRANT: Yep.
MAN: What's your take on the budget, court?
(LAUGHS)
Makin' it rain. That's it.
That's been since day one, when she spent $15,000 on tiles.
And then I'm going to order the lights...
Lights. Lights right now. Lights now.
Fans. Before our 10 grand prize.
OK, OK, do that, but fans, lights, heaters.
We need it all.
We initially budgeted $40,000 for backyard,
but we pushed that to $50,000 when we won last week.
So we got the news on Sunday by Scotty
that Freedom were actually giving us $10,000 in Freedom furniture,
which was incredible.
It saves our arse.
But that's not all, gang.
Freedom are giving each of you
$10,000 cash.
(CHEERING)
Hello! Hey, Courtney.
How are you? Good. How are you?
Good to see you. You too.
I've already spent the 10 grand in my head.
It's, like, it's already spent. It's already spent.
It reminds me of, like, that classic...
Like, it reminds me of my... Italian palace.
That's what I'm going for. Yeah?
I wasn't thinking that, but I love that.
Have you got a plan?
SCOTTY: In keeping with the Italian theme,
this week Courtney is hoping to use Ancient Rome as her inspiration.
Their backyard will feature tall marble columns and archways,
large golden statues of ancient gods.
All the paths will be laid in mosaic tiles.
While others will have a simple pizza oven,
House 2 will be building a full pizzeria.
That kind of goes with, like, the Mediterranean style.
It does.
Unfortunately, Jack from Freedom says they don't stock any of that,
so Courtney is going to have to pare it back a little.
I need umbrellas. Yep, alright.
And then outdoor cushions. Love those striped ones.
I need thousands. Alright, let's screenshot that.
Here's what Courtney is really planning
for their 403 square metres of Little Italy.
Stepping out onto their undercover barbecue and dining area,
their backyard will also consist of a pizza oven
that leads down to their fire pit.
At the opposite end of the yard,
they'll have their pool and sundeck,
as well as a secondary seating area complete with an outdoor fireplace.
We've got our list. Yep..
We're ready to go. Got the list, perfect.
You've got your $10,000 from Freedom.
I know, spent it in, what, 10 minutes?
Yeah. (BOTH LAUGH)
She spends money quick.
MAN: Look how happy it makes her, though.
(LAUGHS)
SCOTTY: Back at House 5, Troy's been able to manoeuvre
even more landscaping materials in before the other houses.
This is because being located at the front of the block
has its advantages today.
Well-managed traffic flow will be the key to success
for all contestants, because for Houses 3 and 4,
who are located at the back of the driveway,
if other houses, aka 1, 2 and 5,
dump their materials in the wrong spots,
it could cause a deliveries traffic jam and major delays.
Have we landlocked ourselves? What's wrong?
How are you going to get the barrows in?
How are you getting concrete in, mate?
You've got concrete coming. How are we getting in?
Who put them there?
Remember the first thing what Simo said today?
At pre-start?
You don't remember, do ya?
There is nowhere to tip off and store stuff,
so don't start bringing soil in today and going,
"I need to store it there," because it's not happening.
I will send it away.
We just need to make this work together.
Go have a look around the corner. It's even worse.
I said he could store a little bit of it.
No, have you seen how he's dumped it?
We can't get dirt out now.
KRISTIAN: Sometimes Troy may be overprepared,
and rather than getting the deliveries,
like, the day before he needs them, he'll get...
Like, he got a couple of deliveries today
we didn't need until, like, Friday.
So I guess he may have pushed the wrong buttons
for the Nine in Six boys.
Troy had his first delivery waiting for us this morning
when we got to site at 7:00, and they've been coming ever since.
He also told me at 7:00 this morning,
"I've only got one delivery today" -
well, that was one delivery from Soilworx.
He's then had many, multiple other deliveries
from Mitre 10 and his own truck,
and many things have come today.
So now he's got a heap of stuff in the way
where we need to get soil out.
So we can't get all that bulk dirt out?
Nuh.
You're landlocking yourself in there.
Where's the con truck going? Gonna block the whole street?
AIDAN: I think Troy's got concrete coming soon,
which, again, he needs to be able to get into his yard somehow,
which, um, there's a fair bit of stuff in the way.
Day one landscaping.
(PENGUINS SQUAWK)
(UP-BEAT MUSIC)
SCOTTY: It's a very busy backyard week on The Block,
with trades and vehicles everywhere.
And while the houses at the front of the block are on track,
those at the back end of the block
are starting to feel the effects of the tradie traffic jam.
Being down the end of the block's not great
when it comes to deliveries.
I don't think we've felt it as much as what we're probably feeling now.
Pretty much every delivery that comes down the back of the block
has to sit up on the street for two or three hours.
The machines are, for whatever reason,
all up the other end of the block,
and it just looks like we're sort of last in the race at the moment.
Adding to their woes, the boys lost their landscaper three weeks ago.
Today we got the phone call from our landscaper.
If you can't get the labour, you can't get the labour.
So they had to resort to plan B.
MAN: Tell us about your landscaping team.
Who are they, and how did you get on to them?
We've got a gun team coming on, R&H landscaping.
What do you know about them?
What do we know about them?
Um, they're strapping lads.
They're young, they're fit, they're firing.
They're creative. They're educated.
Got plenty of ideas.
Hilarious, absolutely hilarious dudes.
They'll fit really well with our team.
Yeah, I reckon we're gonna get along just fine.
You're confident they can pull it all off?
No, we're not confident at all.
But you've gotta start somewhere.
There's a lot of prep work that has to get done
for us to even get started to decking,
get started to grass.
So that's what our landscape is.
It's deck, grass, plants. No paving.
It's the most sustainable we can be.
SCOTTY: That's right -
Ricky and Haydn will have 488 square metres
of environmental sustainability,
heroed by their large wraparound lawn
providing plenty of room for all sorts of kids activities,
including a large swing set.
Then at the far end, they'll have their big pool and deck area.
We budgeted $105,000 for landscaping,
and split between front and back,
I think we had budgeted $60,000 for the back
and the rest for the front.
This huge amount of cash is helped by the $50,000 they won
back at the Domain buyers jury.
Which means our winners are...
..house number 3!
(CHEERING)
Like, we could win The Block now.
Winning that 50K cash,
we knew that we'd just gone from pushing barrows ourselves
to being able to finish on a very strong note.
And it's about to get stronger,
because these boys scored a 10 at last night's judging,
and I've got some very rich morning tea to share with them.
Oh, hello, boys.
Oi, Scotty! Hey, mate.
Well, it's midday.
As good as time as any to have smoko, isn't it?
It is, mate.
I mean, I don't know what you blokes like for morning tea.
Bite the corners of a Tim Tam, mate. Oh, yeah, alright. There you go.
Thanks, mate. That's yours. What else have we got?
Oh, salted caramel.
Oh, the choc ripple.
I don't mind the raspberry shortcake.
I tell you what my favourite one is -
10,000 bucks.
Oh, mate, I'll take that. Don't give that to him.
He snatches everything.
That's my favourite morning tea -
10 grand from Arnott's.
We need it. Big Bikkies.
The Big Bikkies 10K, straight in the bank.
Has Cowes got a casino by any chance?
I reckon we can double this.
Our money's going quite quickly in the landscaping,
so that 10K will be well spent, and very quickly.
We have $89,000 left,
and we are splitting $37,000 backyard,
$37,000 front yard.
To have a little bit either side as a buffer
was where we needed to be.
SCOTTY: With the smallest backyard on the block,
coming in at 378 square metres,
Kylie and Brad's space
will consist of their stone-cladded plunging pool,
timber boardwalk and large stone pavers.
Behind it, there'll be a fire pit area
with a wraparound stone bench
as well as a narrow yard
leading around to the side of the property.
There, they'll have a private entrance
to the communal tennis court,
which Brad managed to get over the line a few weeks ago.
Does anyone have anything they want to vote on?
Is anyone opposed to us putting a gate into the tennis court?
I think a lot of people were a bit shocked that I even suggested it.
I hadn't even run it by Kylie yet.
I have no problem with it.
Anyone else?
Cool. Cool.
Awesome, guys.
This week, Brad's forward planning is coming to fruition -
that is, if he can ever get any machinery down onto his site.
Navigating the driveway seems to be the biggest obstacle at the moment.
There's a lot of scaffold still to be removed from site,
so the sooner that's out of the way, we might have some space.
Not only is it just the deliveries that affect us
at the back of the block,
but even just trying to get an operator or someone's attention
where you need something done,
they've gotta drive past every single house.
KYLIE: And then for them to come to us,
they need a clear run of nobody in the driveway.
DAN: Have you liaised with next door to use the same concrete truck?
Because ideally what we don't want is everyone using their own truck.
I just thought I'd come down to House 4
just to explain to them, if you're going to order concrete,
you should actually order with House 3.
We've got so much happening here in the main street,
we can't have two trucks coming at two different times.
It doesn't make sense.
So I've got Brad to ask Duncan,
let's just use the same truck.
That way it's one pour for both houses.
The frustration of things not going your way
I think has probably been the most tolling.
There's so much going on, you know?
I just think it's gonna be so (BLEEP) epic when it's all done.
Oh, yeah. Don't you think?
Hell yeah.
We only need to go to Freedom, so that's fine.
Yeah.
This week was organised chaos.
On Monday I went shopping with Kylie...
# 'Cause now's the time... #
..and we had a look at all of the outdoor furniture.
I actually still had $10,000 of Block Bucks left over,
so I've got $20,000.
My favourite place to be.
I feel completely free.
(LAUGHS)
Freedom was wonderful.
This is outdoor? They're all outdoor.
I purposely think that Freedom have been, like,
"We have a girl that loves black, we need more black."
# Got a black magic woman... #
There were black cushions, black vases.
I'm glad they waited till week 10. Yeah.
My favourite colour of black.
You spent 10 grand. I don't know yet.
I told Jack just to let me know.
# But she's a black magic woman... #
What I want to show you over there, it's the Cannes range.
OK, yeah. Yeah.
Cairns? Cannes.
(LAUGHS)
The name of the collection was called 'Cannes'.
That's how I say it.
I was like, "What are you saying?" I'm, like, "Cairns".
"Cairns". So it was, like, very fitting.
Spelt differently, but still the same.
Cannes. Welcome to Cannes.
And it's, like, warm. I thought it was going to be grey.
Like Cairns.
I do miss Cairns.
Like, more than I should right now.
Just looking out at my view over the pool.
It's very nice.
Top up please, husband.
I'm sure most Cairns people are like, "Stay down there."
Bye!
# And an old rocking chair. #
(PENGUINS SQUAWK)
(ROCK MUSIC)
SCOTTY: It's manic backyard and pool week on The Block,
with trades flooding in from everywhere -
especially at House 1,
because Maddy and Charlotte are about to add a whole bunch more.
(MADDY SQUEALS)
Sorry, that was really scary.
(BABBLES)
We pulled our Hi Pages lever.
We lit our flare.
I'm a bit nervous for this.
Whoa! Hey!
Whoa, orange! Hey!
And then all of a sudden... Scotty...
Pops out of nowhere.
Hello, Scotty! Bloody hell!
It was an emergency. Save me, please!
I've just run all the way from town. I saw the emergency smoke.
I know, we need you. What do you need?
We're doing a DreamCourt here,
so we need all the hands on deck we can get.
And also, girls, Hi Pages are giving you $5,000 cash as well...
How good.
..to put towards something in the project.
Are you thinking about anything like that?
Yeah, we've already got something figured out.
We're gonna get some stairs. Oh, yes.
Because we don't want to just have a door and then you...
That's your entrance there?
So we're going to put it towards our spiral staircase.
Coming from the back that way? No, some spiral stairs.
Oh, spirals? Yeah.
Great. Alright. Love it. Thanks, Scotty.
Place the job, and we'll be away. We will.
Thank you.
All hands on deck -
as many guys and girls as we can get there, we want,
because we cannot do it without them.
All sorted.
So is our backyard going to be finished this afternoon now?
Not finished, but it'll be close.
# He asked us, "Be you angels?
# And we said, "Nay, we are but men"
# Rock! #
With all the trusted trades the girls have been able to get,
it means they've now been able to receive soil prep signoff
from Doug the engineer.
So framing wise, you're pretty cool with it all.
# The greatest song in the world, no... #
This also means they're the first
to get their concrete truck onto site
to lay the foundation for their basketball court
and recreation area.
# The greatest song in the world. #
RYAN: We have to get her in reasonably quick
and just screed it nice and flat,
and then the guys from DreamCourts come in
and put their basketball court down on it.
# We've gotta dig a little deeper... #
GRANT: This is going to be our fire pit.
# Dig a little deeper... #
I think it's spaced out nicely. At least this feels a bit...
I'm glad you pushed him with this decision.
This is what I like. I think so, yeah.
(LAUGHS)
Chris, it's too early to be agreeing with my wife.
Looks like Courtney and Grant's concrete is the next to arrive,
however, Doug is yet to sign off House 2's fire pit foundations.
Dougie, what have we got here?
We've got another slab ready.
Doug the engineer is onsite all week
so that any approvals can happen straightaway.
Grant! How are you, mate?
Good, mate. You?
Just here, this is your bench seat, fire pit.
Yes, yep.
Did anyone read Doug's details on it?
No, because we didn't receive any, sorry.
I gave these out to the builder this morning.
Oh, OK. So it was only just this morning.
It's been a bit of chaos.
Yeah. This footing's nowhere near what we need.
OK. You actually need piers.
Yep.
SCOTTY: A pier is a pillar made of concrete
that goes deep into the ground to support the foundation
of the structure that is built on top of it,
ensuring lasting stability.
Obviously things are going everywhere,
so we missed that detail in regard what we need for footings,
but, look, it's an easy fix.
Nothing's been poured.
So, yeah, we'll get that rectified.
We've got the deck obviously currently being started,
so I think it's a good day one.
# Tintarella di luna
# Tintarella color latte... #
It's a different story over the road in House 5,
where they've managed to clear some space from their driveway
to get their concrete truck in.
KRISTIAN: I definitely think being the first house,
like, closest to the road is an advantage,
because the trucks only have a small spot to deliver to,
whereas Houses 3 and 4 will have to, you know,
worry about what Houses 1, 2 and 5 are doing
before the trucks get down there.
We had concrete delivered today
because the concrete was pre-ordered.
MAN: Clever, because not everyone did that.
Oh, really? How did they get it?
SCOTTY: That's right -
Houses 3 and 4 didn't pre-order their concrete like the others.
But after Brad and Ricky's builder, Duncan,
placed a joint last-minute order this morning,
it just received delivery window.
That is a lot sooner than Brad expected,
given that his ground prep work isn't even ready.
DAN: Brad, have you got concrete in an hour?
You're nowhere near ready. I know.
What are you gonna do? Try and make it happen.
BRAD: I guess it's that shock of week one all over again
is people who have obviously done it before
already know all these things.
Like Troy at House 5.
TROY: The biggest thing on a site like this
when there's so many people
and everyone's being pulled from pillar to post,
you have to communicate well.
So I'm trying my best effort to organise with Nine in Six
where I'm getting my things delivered
and getting the OK before that happens,
double-checking with Gary on the gates
to make sure that he's happy with it.
We've just got an excavator here
right where our trucks have gotta go,
so I'm just trying to massage nicely
for them to get the machine out of the way.
Troy likes to push things to the very limit.
Just need to get this machine gone.
You'll see there's a few things, some obstacles.
Just the machine. Don't be obtuse.
(GROANS)
COURTNEY: What's wrong?
You just can't...
You just can't get Gary angry. OK.
If you get Gary angry, we don't get deliveries.
If we don't get deliveries, we don't get anything done,
so we've gotta massage Gary
to make sure that we get deliveries in here.
Alright.
Everyone's running at full max, ready to explode.
If something goes wrong,
everyone's happy to shoot the messenger, sort of thing.
So, yeah-no, we're going alright.
WOMAN: Who's the messenger in this case?
Oh, me. Shoot me.
SCOTTY: Well, it seems the traffic jam tensions
have reached boiling point,
because House 4's Mitre 10 delivery truck
has decided it can't wait around any longer.
Barry and Mitre 10 have been super helpful.
They've often come at the drop of a hat many a times
to give us what we need.
Yeah.
And then for him to sit out there for 2.5, 3 hours,
it's just...
..absolutely ridiculous.
MAN (OVER RADIO) Yes, mate.
Is Bazza still here?
Oh.
I'm hearing... Because they told him no.
That, "You're not coming in here.
(BLEEP)
They've turned around the delivery.
For the timber, for the steel,
for everything that we ordered from Mitre 10.
Because of the congestion in the driveway,
Mitre 10 have got other customers that they need to still service.
The steel that's on the truck I need for the concrete
that was meant to be arriving 15 minutes ago.
At the moment, nothing's getting through.
(PENGUINS SQUAWK)
SCOTTY: There's a tranquil feeling washing over the block today,
a serenity and calmness that goes hand in hand
with a well-managed start to backyard week.
Breaking ground has never been this well organised,
especially when you look at the impressive progress
of House 1's basketball court,
House 2's fire pit,
and House 5's barbecue area.
That's right -
everything is going exactly to plan.
(CLASSICAL MUSIC)
Just don't head to Houses 3 and 4.
(MUSIC DISTORTS)
WOMAN: Dunc, is the conc coming soon?
There sure is concrete coming soon.
Are we ready? We sure aren't.
The concreter's going to be angry.
We don't have one pier drilled. We don't have one hole drilled.
But we do have a slab around the back.
I think we're the last house
to have any machines actually do work on it,
which puts us behind the eight-ball.
But this auger in House 4,
he's got two more to do,
so Brad will pour his concrete first,
because he's slightly ahead.
But... (SIGHS)
Look, we'll try.
(MAJESTIC MUSIC)
Tonight we're hosting our first chumps dinner.
I mean, it was about time, you know?
We have to share the love, you know?
Popped over to Aldi,
and I'm going to cook up a delicious lamb shoulder
marinated in yoghurt and turmeric with a side of rice.
Probably need two.
Some hungry people around.
Maybe we need a bit more food, though,
because I think this will only feed Ricky.
SCOTTY: I'm sure Brad would appreciate some reo rods
from aisle four,
because while he's managed to get his Mitre 10 delivery truck
to turn around and come back,
it won't be there before the concrete truck,
so he's on the hunt to see if he can find some reo
from somewhere else.
Is that your bar next to the rotunda there?
Yeah.
Mitre 10's on his way and the concrete truck's out the front.
How much you need? Six sticks.
Yeah, take them. Make sure you put them back tomorrow.
They'll be back this afternoon.
Every house I've given (BLEEP) to, the whole day.
I promise they'll be back. Alright.
So with the borrowed steel now in House 4
and the auger having finally drilled holes for House 3,
both teams are going hell for leather
with their concrete that's just arrived,
which needs to be poured before the end of the day.
Yeah, don't know if R&H landscaping expected this.
They knew it was going to be hard,
but if this is a taste of how the week's gonna go,
it will be interesting to see if this breaks them or not.
The top end of the block
have already got posts coming out of the ground
ready for subfloor tomorrow,
and we were lucky to even get concrete.
You said there was 15 more holes to do!
Baptism by fire.
While R&H landscaping race the clock,
it's last night's winners, Courtney and Grant,
who are packed and heading off for their Ford getaway.
# What a feeling! #
I need food!
(GRANT SQUAWKS) "I need food!"
This is what my life is.
"I need food. I'm angry. I've got my period."
You know what you are?
"Oh, my god, Courtney, I'm not gonna finish the room."
# Oh, think twice... #
It sounds like a night away is very much needed for these two.
Tonight, they'll be staying at Carrajung winery estate in Gippsland
and dining with me and some very seasoned Block royalty.
# Just another day for you
# You and me in paradise... #
It was beautiful, like, the drive.
We drove the Mustang.
Checked in.
It was beautiful.
Oh, here... Hello. Hello. How are ya?
Went to dinner with Scotty,
and then we met with past contestants.
Dale and Sophie, meet Courtney and Grumpy.
How're you doing? (LAUGHS)
DALE: Grumpy! Hi, Courtney.
How are you? Nice to meet you.
# If you could take my pulse right now... #
SCOTTY: Dale and Sophie first appeared on The Block in 2012,
walking away with 355,000 bucks.
Going...it's gone!
(LAUGHS)
Dale then returned the following year for All Stars,
stepping in to help out a very familiar face.
I don't think the judges particularly liked my style.
Hopefully they like Dale's.
He then finished his hat-trick in 2014's Fans versus Faves
with best mate Brad.
I like to throw a leg over, if that's alright.
That's fine.
So there's no shortage of experience
at the dinner table tonight.
Cheers, everybody. Cheers, guys!
Congratulations on the win. Thank you.
Congratulations. Thank you.
Welcome, Sophie and Dale.
Thank you. Beautiful.
Now, you remember, guys, last night I said,
"Bring your plans for your landscape,"
because Dale is a landscaper extraordinaire.
Give you one of them.
Probably easier for you to look at on your own.
Dale and Soph, like, they're very pared-back people.
Like, simplicity's the way,
and I think that was a gentle reminder
that you don't have to go all showy with a garden.
It can be really practical.
Can route out just, like, a simple track
that runs through the top of the timber arbour, and down,
and you can put strip lighting and stuff in that now.
That's a good idea.
And it becomes a real feature at night-time.
He gave us some real good advice,
which we kept in the back of our mind throughout the week
for softening the hardscapes.
Talking about a feature tree,
as big as you can get would be my recommendation.
Yep. But trees can be expensive.
Soph, can you help them out? Will this help?
Ohhh!
10,000 bucks from Ford. Yes!
I'll control that, because otherwise...
Otherwise I'd be spending it.
..it'd be spent before we leave tonight.
I've also got something to give you guys.
What have you got, mate?
I don't like to flog myself too much, Scotty,
but there's an outdoor reno guide you can briefly read overnight.
And if there's not enough tips in that
and you don't think you're gonna get through the week,
we've also got this one.
(LAUGHTER)
Oh, my god! Mate.
Scotty!
Did you come up with the name, Scotty?
I wrote that book 25 years ago.
Mate, the hairline's stayed the same.
It's the colour that's changed, yeah.
Can you just pass the classic over?
Just pass it over for two secs.
Can you sign it? No, I was gonna sell...
I was gonna put it on the coffee table.
Scotty, I feel like my experience is made.
Yay!
You'll lose points for styling on that.
Oh, yeah. Good modelling, mate.
(WOLF WHISTLES)
(PENGUINS SQUAWK)
# I've been waiting on a sunset, girls on my mindset
# I can't deny it... #
SCOTTY: Today's been a whirlwind start to landscape week.
Despite delivery dramas for Houses 3 and 4,
up the front of the block,
Troy and his team at House 5 have had a very productive day.
We've dug out today, I'm not even exaggerating,
160 cubic metres of dirt,
poured 70 squares of underpave.
It was a very big day to make sure that we were organised today,
and we were, so that is unreal.
And it looks as though despite the delivery chaos,
Houses 3 and 4 have also managed to pour
all their concrete just in time,
which means everyone is still on track
to have their backyards completed by Sunday.
But if anyone falls behind this week,
it could result in a losing chumps dinner cook-up.
# Let's have a kiki
# I wanna have a kiki... #
MADDY: Our first losers dinner.
Smells good.
Yeah, invited everyone over...
(ALL SHOUT GREETINGS)
..for a lovely, wholesome family meal.
Until...
(BOTH IMITATE HORROR MOVIE MUSIC)
Oh, you brought dessert, did you, darl?
Oh, thank you.
The dinner was delicious.
I'm impressed with their cooking skills.
But it got heated very quickly.
Ricky liked to ask some pretty hard-hitting questions.
RICKY: I was concerned how the girls
may have dealt with the first episode,
because it was some honest opinions from other houses on their arrival.
And I was concerned about, you know,
whether they were right dealing with that.
How did you guys feel when you saw people talking about you last night?
..opportunity... Be up-front.
To be up-front and be transparent, but they didn't do that.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Ricky decided to bring up last night's episode
that we all watched
and just kind of was asking how people felt about it.
I think they're the most hated people on The Block...
Yeah, literally.
I think they would all have been aware that it was pretty confronting
to sit in the same room as eight other people who were...
Talking badly about you.
There was some honest, straight, face-to-face feedback
from House 4, about them thinking the girls are liars.
If you had your time again, would you have done anything differently?
Um...
Ricky asked us specifically do we regret anything.
I'm not sure I necessarily regret it,
because you never took the time to get to know us
and you never took the time to ask us questions,
so I don't know what there is to regret.
We felt like when we came in,
we didn't really have the opportunity really
to share much about our lives or what we did,
because we never really were asked.
No-one really, like... We asked you guys straight-up.
You were both standing there and we asked you what you did for work.
You might have, and we would have shared what we do,
because we do multiple things.
So the disagreement is that
the girls said that they were accountants at the start,
they have business degrees,
and didn't say that they also renovate on the side.
There's been a rumour flying around that you guys flip houses.
We have multiple jobs,
but we do have investment properties.
And also the properties that we're flipping
are going for, like, $800,000, and...
Still, think about your age. That's such an achievement.
Us telling you that we work in finance and accounting is 100% true.
They thought that that was all a lie,
and we actually are just property flippers,
and I'm like, "No, no, no."
We have multiple, like, I guess...
Sources of income.
Because to pay a mortgage, we have to do other things on the side.
Yes, we do property flipping.
Yes, we do accounting work.
Yes, we do babysitting. Yes, I babysit.
Yes, I do some marketing.
Like, would you like me to give you my CV?
MAN: So you did tell Mimi that you also flip houses,
but she hasn't passed that info on.
Yeah, I don't really know what people's problem is.
You should just 100% be honest and be, like, "This is what we do."
It's not that we were not honest.
The thing is, like, we might do that in our life,
but that's not just what...
The conversation just kind of kept going around in circles,
and it just wasn't going anywhere,
and I couldn't deal with it anymore, so I left.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
It was a conversation that I just didn't want to be a part of anymore.
I took what I thought was the more mature stance,
and just was like...
I'm not gonna sit there and have them blatantly lie to my face.
BRAD: No, you did the right thing.
(BLEEP) me. I was pretty jack of it as well.
I've got no time for the (BLEEP).
I felt so sad that Kylie and Brad
couldn't take the time to hear us out.
They didn't even give us an opportunity to speak.
I felt so sad that we couldn't just have
a reasonable adult conversation about it.
After that, I won't be (BLEEP) dealing with them,
because they sat there and blatantly lied to our faces all over again.
And I get that they're young
and that they're a little bit more immature,
but if we're all mature enough to be on a show like this,
you're still mature enough to stand up and be honest.
I've kind of made my mind up.
SCOTTY: Tomorrow night...
RICKY: That is chaos,
or, like, some sort of chaos symphony.
(LAUGHS)
There's friendship highs...
Mimi, what the (BLEEP)?
..and friendship lows.
(CRIES)
When we first came in,
it was kind of probably going to make us seem like liars.
Then landscaping tensions reach boiling point.
If you think landscaping week is crazy,
this is next level.
Not blocking me in to start with.
MAN: No, no, it's not all about you!
Dean, I'm doing what... Gary said to do it, mate.
I understand, but you've got to understand five houses.
What's the point of the board?
Yeah, Baz will throw the board out. It's not working.
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