SCOTTY CAM: Previously, we welcomed our five new teams
to the coastal oasis of Mount Eliza.
How do you guys know each other?
He's my dad.
Our dynamic is very sisterly.
But yeah, best mates. Best mates.
First and foremost,
I have three little kids, so I'm a full time mum.
We met at the gym.
We've been together nine years,
and we've been married for the last four years.
Sometimes we refer to ourselves as the bush bogans.
And for the very first time we have ocean views.
Holy snapper.
We started off with a do or die challenge.
This whole week is going to be a House Decider Challenge,
and this year the winners of the challenge
get first pick from the three houses uptown and two houses downtown.
I want a fully fitted out guest bedroom by 9am.
on Sunday morning.
(EXCLAMATIONS) It's huge.
We could potentially end up with...
The winning house.
Some of our newbies have got form.
So you got any building experience?
I'm a builder. Oh, a builder, nice.
No, I do have a little bit.
Used to be a chippy. You have a trade?
Yeah. I'm a carpenter.
Sevilay is an interior designer,
and I'm a site manager in commercial construction.
Oh, wow, nice. Watch out, mate.
No one's clocked on to me being a site manager yet.
I don't really -
I just don't plan on telling anyone,
and it'll just come out naturally, eventually.
But nothing prepared them for The Block.
The workmanship is great.
But what? We're in the wrong room.
No we're not. Yeah, we are.
Dad, you're a builder. It says guest room.
And it didn't stop there.
Because I judge you,
I don't get to tell you what I think you should do.
I am not judging you this Sunday.
The brief is white, light, bright.
Shook. I'm really shook.
We need a full reset.
I don't know. I'm sort of crying in the corner.
I don't know what else to do.
I just don't know where you are.
I'm pissed off you're not here helping me paint.
Call me and tell me you're pissed off with me.
And the hurdles kept coming for Rick.
Why have they done that?
So that has to come off and be redone.
You've only got six hours of tools tomorrow.
We need to have a body corp meeting.
About time.
We need longer hours. It's just silly. It's rude.
Tonight...
Whoa!
What are you doing? That's a big no-no.
Cheating. You can't do that.
You've read the rule books on The Block.
It's the number one rule on The Block.
Yeah. We know that rule.
Can we set up a body corp, please?
It's a Block record.
Not even first room reveal we've caught a body corp.
I thought we were here for more time.
House (BLEEP) with the alleged cheaters.
I feel like we've all done our research
to know the rules of The Block.
And maybe you should have done that too.
We just need some footage. We need some footage.
I don't care about anything else right now.
That's not sitting well, is it?
Hello.
The first room reveal gets underway.
This is nice and calm. It's got a really nice feel to it.
I love the colour palette, I love the texture.
I love their attention to detail.
These guys are thinking outside of the box.
But the judges aren't impressed by every team.
Do you know what? I just hate it.
It feels a bit try-hard.
There's no architectural flair. It's mismatch-y.
I know this is harsh,
but I don't think these guys are worthy of The Block.
There is no buyer. This doesn't sell.
It does not sell.
(DOG WHINES) (THUNDER CLAP)
One essential part of our contestants mornings yet to make
an appearance this season is our beloved McCafe,
which Foreman Dan has been busy preparing along with the help
of resident baristas Tina and Shayla.
Tell us what you need and we'll help.
Do you need any measuring done?
1,600. 160?
It was open day for McCafe.
It was exciting.
DAN: Fresh coffee beans.
We are open for business.
(CHEERING) You beauty. McCafe.
The rush for it.
Everyone was like super keen... Fiending for coffee.
(CLAMOUR)
Hello everyone.
We're going to be best friends. (CHEERING)
Myself and Ross aren't massive coffee drinkers.
Do you do thick shakes this early?
We've been sneaking into the McCafe drive through on the way,
but now it's here,
we don't have to rush as much to get through.
No more drive thrus.
We've got them on site now.
Coffee up. Yes.
Thank you, Tina and Sheila. They were amazing.
(HUMS MACCA'S THEME TUNE)
SCOTTY: As of yesterday afternoon,
Houses One, Two, Three and Four
have been given approval to paint.
But after their bulkhead fiasco yesterday,
Builder Rick desperately needs to make up for lost time.
We need a pre-paint tick off before we start painting.
What's your plan today to try and get it finished?
What's our game plan?
Vacuum, plaster, fans in.
Gotta get it all finished.
For their guest bedroom,
Rick and Tayla plan to have white and bright walls
to complement their bed and statement chair,
adding a splash of colour in the artwork.
But that's if they can finish.
Alright, so you've got a game plan. Love it.
Alright. Definitely.
Good luck. Thanks, Dan.
I would have thought this morning that Rick would have had like,
some sort of whiteboard or list
of every task that needs to be done this morning
and an hour next to it, or even half hour slots.
It might be in his head,
but just to visually see it so everyone has a target in there,
would be a lot better than just running around and hoping.
I'd really like to point out that yesterday
no one thought I was going to get anything ticked off,
and I got everything ticked.
Carpet, tick, flooring protection, tick.
Now today, today's another story.
You're gonna get there?
Yes.
Courtney and Sev are aiming high this week
with a timber feature ceiling,
handmade bedhead,
and micro cement throughout the entire guest bedroom.
We're realising,
yeah, we've spent the most amount of money.
We're feeling the pressure that if we don't win and we lose the house,
we are going to look like muppets.
So you've only got to paint the ceiling now?
No, we've micro cemented that too.
Excuse me? Yeah.
Every single Gyprock surface... Is getting...
So you're not painting anything except for your skirts?
And door.
Or maybe they can micro cement the skirts for us, too.
Well, that's one way to finish your room.
Just don't paint anything. Micro cement at all.
Don't worry about your budget.
So, yeah.
Is it smart? I don't know.
I don't think I'd be doing it.
Um, but they're going to finish and maybe finishing is the key.
(DING)
What do you need to achieve today?
We got to paint, and then... We need to paint.
We gotta paint.
And then when we finish painting... We gotta paint some more.
..paint some more, and then paint.
You've painted before I can tell.
No, I just watched a doco last night on
Painters on the Mornington Peninsula.
To offset their white walls,
Adam and Jolene are using texture and colour in the bedding,
bowl chair, artwork, and a rug.
Rick, are we ready?
Ah, I'm just masking up.
Rick's in a world of pain.
I'm trying to give him a pass for these walls and ceilings,
but every time I go in there,
we just find more and more defects.
He's not doing his own inspections.
He's just hoping that we're going to pass it.
But I can just walk around, I can feel bumps.
We are running out of time. Sand that.
I'll get G-Mac, we'll come back at 2:00.
Hopefully we can pass it then.
And that gives him just under two hours
to try and get an undercoat on.
Get the heat gun on that.
I don't know where Tayla is,
but she needs to be in there helping,
helping Rick,
'cause he's at the moment a one person show in that room
and that's why they're so far behind.
What, what do you want. Do you want me to cut in?
No, no, you absolutely do not have to be.
Yeah, honestly,
if there's anything else you need to do.
Yeah, go help Rick.
Nah, there's nothing.
Takes two people to finish these rooms
in this short time of the week.
And right now, he's on his own.
Whoa!
What?
What are you doing? What am I doing?
Oh, he's not allowed? No.
I'm not allowed to paint? No.
Oh, I never knew. Oh, really?
Oh, dear. Well, he only just started.
That's a big no-no. Oh, I didn't know that.
Only contestants can paint. I didn't know that either.
We didn't get told that.
Oh, OK. That's fine.
I'll put it down. That's fine. We got it.
He literally just started two minutes ago, I swear.
By the sound of things,
we're gonna be one of the only teams that finishes.
Really? That's great. Let's keep going.
What else would you want to be on a Saturday than here painting?
That's like the number one rule in The Block
is only contestants can paint.
We didn't get told that. That's been forever.
That's like the number one rule in the book.
Really? Oh... Yeah.
The very first rule of The Block Bible is...
..without any outside help.
Two minutes ago, I swear.
Yeah. What do we do here?
Promise.
I'm gonna have to let Scotty know. Oh.
I swear I didn't know,
but definitely show me where it's written cause I didn't read it.
Yeah, I'd like to see it written, too.
Mm. OK. Please.
SCOTTY: As an ex-contestant,
Dan is a stickler for the rules,
and he's going to check that everyone else knows rule number one.
Established over a thousand episodes ago in 2003.
I just want to check, you know the rules about painting?
We have to do it.
It's the number one rule in The Block.
Yeah, yeah, we know that rule.
Thank goodness. Yeah.
You wouldn't pay your builder to do paint.
No, definitely. Would love to, but no.
I just caught someone paying a builder, apparently.
I've literally seen him painting. (GASPS)
That's naughty.
Number one rule on The Block is contestants must paint,
and only contestants must paint.
That's the oldest standing, longest rule of The Block.
Number one rule in the book. We all know that.
Pretty obvious. OK.
Alright. Thanks, guys. Thanks for coming past.
Thank you. Make sure we're not...
Our chippy's doing strictly chippy work.
Yeah. I knew you guys would be right.
OK, thanks. Thanks, Dan.
Jolene, I just want to check that you've just...
you've read the rule books on The Block?
You're not in trouble, but I just want to check.
You're not in trouble. It's OK.
Do you know the rules of painting? Yeah.
What's the number one rule?
I know where this is going. Yeah.
Contestants have to do it. Thank you.
Mm-hm. Yeah.
Just checking that you know that. Oh, 100%.
When I heard it last night in the kitchen,
I was like, # Doo doo doo doo doo. #
What do you mean last night?
What did you hear last night at the kitchen?
That...
What did you hear last night at the kitchen?
That maybe some people were paying their trades to do it?
I'm not saying who.
Well, I've just caught their builder painting.
Mm-hm.
And they said it last night?
Mm. Was mentioned.
But... The plot thickens.
I literally walked in and seen him painting.
Yeah.
Wow.
Chantel mentioned that the only way they were
going to be able to finish is if their builder painted.
I didn't think too much of it until Dan
pulled me aside and mentioned that.
Do you understand the rules with painting on The Block?
Only contestants can paint. Yeah.
You knew that? Yeah.
Yeah. OK. Just checking.
I've just caught someone...
someone's builder painting. (BLEEP)
And now I've been led to believe that they were painting yesterday
and were getting paid for it.
Well, that's their budget that they're wasting, so...
It's cheating. You can't do that. Oh.
if you're going to apply for a show, you want to really know the rules.
Can we set up a body corp please?
Yeah, what time do you want to set up a body corp?
Lunchtime. At McCafe?
Sure. Can you tell everyone, please? I'll get the troops.
Thank you.
Alright. Don't forget the number one rule.
Can you make it 11:30. 12.
Cause carpet's coming at 11:30, and we can't be in there.
Make it 11:30. Midday.
Alright, everyone, we've got a representative from every house,
which is great, good to see.
I think this is a record.
Not even first room reveal, we've called a body corp.
Yeah.
Who makes the decisions? Who's running this?
Who called it?
Me. You run it.
Alright. So painters,
who has had their trades do painting?
No. Either today or yesterday?
We walked into the body corp today,
and I was thinking it was about the contestants needing more time.
We discussed it last night.
We were happy to go there and kind of
give our vote for more time. Yeah.
No one? No, we...
I didn't know we weren't allowed.
And it - literally we just started Lachie and then
got told no, but we didn't know.
House Two.
Wyatt and Chantel were the alleged cheaters.
Well, I will say Dan said
that it was done today and yesterday from one house.
We didn't do any, no,
we didn't have any trades yesterday doing painting.
I don't know if they've watched the show much.
I think they have.
So I do find it hard to believe because,
you know,
it is such a well documented rule of The Block.
Oh, does everyone know the number one rule on The Block?
I didn't know until this morning.
You must do your own painting.
Yeah, I actually didn't know.
I didn't read any of the documents.
I thought we here for the time. Yeah, so did I.
Is this what we're here for?
So we don't need to make any decisions.
So I don't need to be here?
I think that probably should be some kind of penalty.
Like if your site is messy,
Dan will give you a one hour penalty of cleaning up the site.
Like if a rule is broken, yeah,
there probably should be a penalty with or without intent.
What's the verdict? Apparently no one has had painters.
Oh, no one's had painters? No.
Are you sure? I mean, yeah, no one.
I told them about this morning, but no, I didn't have any yesterday.
I witnessed a paintbrush today. Yeah.
And then I... That was me, right?
..I was made aware that it possibly over dinner last night was mentioned
it happened yesterday.
Oh, not us. I'm not saying it.
That's just what I've - the information I've received.
Yeah, OK. We all know the rules.
Yeah, yeah. Cool. OK.
Yeah. OK. Yeah.
So I did admit that
we set up our builder to help us paint this morning
and that nothing happened, and nobody said anything about it.
So this time we're going to let it slide.
But it is the rule,
we can't have anyone paint besides contestants.
It kind of, I don't know,
it shut down really quickly and no one really talked about it again.
It's playing on my mind,
the fact that they've had a helping hand.
They got away with it.
I think they got away with a pretty big one.
Mm.
If that's the case, if that's - if the truth comes out,
and I'm sure the truth will come out,
I will be cranky.
Just on the on that comment before,
they didn't say that they had painters in here yesterday.
They just said they're going to have to pay their builders to paint.
Oh, my bad.
Otherwise they won't be able to finish.
So I misunderstood. Yeah.
OK. So I was like, mm.
OK. Thank you. Thanks for clarifying.
OK.
Wow. Week one.
It's already happening. Sort of.
Oh, no.
Dan.
Good luck.
Bunch of complainers.
Welcome to The Block.
(DOG WHINES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
Four out of five houses are making good headway with their painting.
But down at House Five, Rick and Tayla
are still yet to receive painting approval.
This week it's so important that we get the house that we want.
It's the decider of our future.
What do you reckon, G. Are you...?
It's OK to paint.
(MUSIC BUILDS)
(MUSIC CUTS OUT) Look what was just in my car.
Huntsman.
It's the biggest thing I've ever seen in my life, Dad.
We don't have these in Altona.
Come on, keep sanding. In my boot.
Now your dad needs a lot of help.
Yeah, I'm helping now. I'm back.
Yeah? Yeah, cool.
Have you got the paint ready to start cutting in?
Sure, can do.
Is the paint ready, Dad?
(LAUGHTER)
We haven't been ticked off yet? You're close.
Mate, I think we're probably about another 15 off.
(DING)
It's 2:25 and you're about to start painting on Saturday.
Thank you, yeah. Good luck.
Thanks.
So you got an hour and a half,
and then we've got two hours in the morning.
SCOTTY: After the first body corp of the year,
Tayla's feeling unsatisfied with the explanation given
by Chantel and Wyatt about their builder painting.
So she's called on Dan and G-Mac for a chat.
We need Lisa, please.
Thanks. Well?
Oh, I have to wait for Lisa. What for?
Because it's a team.
Has actually anyone called her? Yeah, yeah.
How?
Lisa!
Babe.
Oh, she's coming.
I'm intrigued as to what's going on here.
Go on, Lisa.
Um...
Can we please? Oh, yeah.
Why don't we just look at the GoPro footage?
Sorry. OK. I need to see footage, please.
As of yesterday, 4 pm. I don't know if I can get it.
What about footage from this morning?
Don't need footage from this morning.
No, they've done a whole freaking base coat that saves hours.
They're saying he just touched the wall.
So we want to know if they're lying. Yeah, they're adamant.
"No, he didn't, he didn't, he didn't, he didn't."
"He touched the wall." But the whole walls were done.
I'm no detective.
I've just opened the door,
he was painting and the door was closed for however long.
But from when we started,
I visited three other houses and I went to them.
Well, what do you guys think is fair?
What's happened in previous?
Well it's up to contestants.
I know what I do as a contestant.
What. I'd be disqualifying them.
OK, well, maybe we need another body corp.
Then it takes out one person the competition.
Can we do another body corp? What? Like when?
I don't know, I don't know.
Oh, we'll do it at four. Body corp, 4 pm!
Dan? Did you hear that? Yep.
Alright, well, that was great. Appreciate it.
Our brand new Blockheads are not taking a single minute for granted.
You ready to lift like a mad dog on heat?
Making sure they can do as much as possible,
before the site closes at 4 pm today.
It's a heavy mother.
So we got all this idea off a Bunnings tutorial.
And then when we do the second coat we might change direction.
Look at the mess I'm trying to paint this into.
Don't show this on TV.
I'll be in all sorts of strife from my boss.
Ha ha ha.
We are really pushing it.
But we need to get this done.
Otherwise we'll get locked in and on site by Dan.
Do you think you'll finish?
He'll finish. He'll finish. He's a workhorse. He'll finish.
He always finishes.
Let's go. Pack it up.
Come on, Wyatt. Are you out?
Yeah. You happy?
Ah, yeah. I'm pretty happy with our progress.
I think we, like, got all the painting done.
Maybe it's not the greatest painting job, but.
Yeah, we did it. Did what you could?
Did what we could. Exactly.
Um, body corp. Is that still happening, or...?
OK, I'm gonna put this stuff in the car.
Body corp!
Is House Four here?
No, they've left.
Well, the people have called the meeting aren't here.
Oh, I don't want a meeting anyway, I'm good.
So I was gonna say no. Yeah, no, we're good.
I'm good, I've already skipped steps and rushed.
So that's a big no from House Two.
Yeah. It's a big no.
Yeah.
Where's Rick and that? Down there still are going.
Now who's cheating? Where is everyone?
Isn't it tools down?
Yeah. Can I hold a body corp on that?
Yeah, go on. What is body corp?
What's going on? My footy team's playing?
Is Rosco and Lisa still on site, Dan?
I don't know.
Is Rosco and Lisa here?
No, they walked out the gate when we...
I'm confused. Where is everyone?
Well, Lisa and Tayla called this meeting.
Oh, has Lisa run away from the meeting she called?
Huge.
Are we supposed to be here?
Can you at least stand next to me, please?
I'm standing here.
(SLURPS)
Jolene. What?
What happened? Come help me, please.
What's happened? What are we doing?
Well... What's happening?
What do we want to happen? I don't know how to say it.
Can you help me? This isn't a body corp, though.
We're doing it later, aren't we? This is the body corp.
What's going on? So...
Regarding the painting,
number one rule of The Block,
contestants only are to paint.
If trades paint, then there are...
There should be penalties. Well, there should be penalties.
Dan has said actually that there should be disqualifications.
No, I said, that's not what I said.
I said if I was a contestant, I'm brutal,
I know what I would do. Yes. Well that's...
We just need some footage.
We need to see some footage, that's all.
I'd love to show you footage because you can see how little was done.
The only footage we've got is of me opening the door
because there was no GoPro in the room,
so we can only take their word. Oh, (BLEEP).
Dan, how much paint was on the wall when you walked in?
That's what I'm saying. A good amount.
You can see... A great amount.
The whole the whole room's rolled,
and the three of them are cutting in.
Well, I rolled all the walls yesterday.
But I feel like we've all done our research to know
the rules of The Block.
And maybe you should have done that too.
Well, we didn't know the rules. What do you wanna do?
What's your...? We didn't know the rules?
Jolene? Are you OK with that?
Yeah, I mean, what do you do? Alright, so what?
Are we just letting this go again or are we going to...?
I need to go to Freedom.
I don't care about anything else right now.
Like I literally have 40 minutes.
Well, I mean, at our first meeting...
It's not going to happen again.
Well, we all discussed we take their word that they didn't know.
It's day one on The Block.
It's like day one on school.
You're not sure what's going on.
We give them the benefit of the doubt.
We didn't have any idea.
That's not sitting well, is it?
I just felt like a little lost duck up there.
Let down, yeah. No, I wasn't let down.
I just felt like a little lost duck loser.
She probably didn't have enough backing
from all of us as a as a unit.
We just felt bad that maybe we maybe we didn't support her enough.
And it was just... Yeah.
..hung out to dry a little bit, which is not nice.
The end of the day, there was no outcome.
Yeah, that was just silly.
Sorry.
Oh, it's all good.
There's (BLEEP) lies going around everywhere.
Game on.
I'm like infuriated like it's gone from
green, chill, funny, relaxed, randy to like...
It's gone past orange and red and it's straight to like black.
They're dead to me.
I don't want anything to do with them.
(BLEEP) Waste of time. Dan said...
I'm not in the (BLEEP) mood.
If you question my integrity, I'll (BLEEP).
Integrity?
I don't know what that means, and I don't think he does either.
Well... So yeah, whatever.
If this was to happen, people would be disqualified.
Any paintbrush to the wall. That's what he said to me.
That's why I'm so mad.
That's what Dan said?
That's what he said.
Yeah, well, anyone that questions my integrity is (BLEEP) dead to me.
You are dead to me. Yeah.
Dad first thought he said you're debt.
I didn't hear dead to me. And I said no.
I said, "Bring it on, big boy."
Yeah, that's what dad was saying.
And I'm like, oh, (BLEEP).
Yeah, look, he was just pissed off.
That was (BLEEP) fun, wasn't it?
He's gonna (BLEEP) kill someone.
Yeah, I'm terrified.
Bring it on.
Hey, Wyatt. What's going on?
No, I'm not dealing with people starting (BLEEP) about me.
That's what's going on. I don't put up (BLEEP).
I hate (BLEEP).
If someone's got a problem with me,
come to me and tell me and I'll tell you to your face.
Yeah. Yeah.
Don't make (BLEEP) behind my back.
Or make it out like we're lying.
Good? Yeah, we're good.
(DOG WHINES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
First Sunday on The Block.
First Sunday on the - first week done.
How long does it go for?
Ten weeks or something.
I said to Jolene, one down, that's one.
There's only another nine.
That's all there is, only nine more.
It's just going to hit me,
that's one already gone, nine to go.
As you were.
I got up quite early this morning and,
I snuck out.
Not snuck out, but we thought we'd, uh -
So this is what we did.
I've had.... Take over.
..our artist, Lane, painting at our house.
This morning,
Dad tries to fit it in the car and it doesn't fit in the car.
(BLEEP)
So we didn't fit the painting in, then Jolene, god bless her soul,
sees us struggling and says, "Guys, guys, guys, guess what?"
"Our trade is coming to pick up the door, because..."
Adam was painting it last...
"Adam was painting his door in the shed last night."
We can't fit our paintings in the car.
Oh, no. Yeah.
So Joe said that - she was kind enough to...
If the chippy can just, um...
Yeah, we can't fit in the car.
So then Jolene said he can take the painting as well.
And I'm like, "Jolene, thank you."
Yeah, a legend, oh, saved, life saved.
Already, I love him.
(JOY DIVISION PLAYS)
It's a high stakes week.
So I mean, this is high stakes I believe as it's going to be.
We didn't come here to lose. We came to win.
Yes, so the pressure is - the pressure is on.
We have two hours.
So there's a lot to do in not a lot of time.
This morning I have to remove all the protection,
and gap fill, and clean, and Sev has to style.
And we still don't have cupboard doors on.
I'm very nervous about micro cementing our doors.
That's a bit of a big no-no in our industry.
I'm fairly confident that Shaynna's
is probably going to be very unimpressed with me,
but we thought maybe everything else will offset the disappointment,
and that they'll be able to see
that we've put in a massive effort across everything else.
How are you feeling this morning, guys?
Yeah. Mm.
That was convincing. Yeah.
We got to touch up the feature wall.
We are a little bit worried about our texture wall.
Yeah, we think it's a little dark.
All I can think about is Shaynna or Marty going,
"Oh, it's like from the 90s."
('90S MUSIC PLAYS) Pressure's on.
We've only got two hours to go.
We've still got to finish the ceiling.
Start rolling walls, start bringing the furniture in,
start styling, so two hours is not enough.
We're gonna struggle, to be quite honest, but...
Definitely gonna finish we are.
My chippy's bringing the door that I painted last night.
Yeah, I've left the door back at the house.
Uh, my chippy,
he's bringing it on the way right now.
Yeah, which is pretty cool.
On a Sunday morning, I'm like, "Man, you're unreal."
Don't come in the gate, mate. I wouldn't dare, don't worry.
I wouldn't dare. Stay there, stay there.
No problems at all. Absolutely legend.
G'day, champion. Give him high five?
Oh, look. Nearly lost your door.
Don't lose the door.
You have a good day. No dramas.
I'll see you tomorrow. See you, buddy.
Say bye.
Have a good one, mate. Legend, Liam, thanks, mate.
Come on, dude. Let's go.
It just shows what good young fellas we've got.
His missus going to get chocolates and stuff from it.
Chocolates and...whatever I can. Flowers.
She going to get any chocolates from Tayla and Rick?
No, no chocolates from Rick. Why?
Well, he didn't - left her painting behind.
We can't fit our paintings in the car.
As we we're walking out the door this morning,
Rick was like, "I've got to get these paintings."
"They're not going to fit in the car."
And I was like, "No worries."
"Our chippy's coming to grab the door."
Adam had put the door out the front near the carport.
Rick and them had left the painting close to the door,
and I guess I didn't communicate it properly with the chippy,
and he didn't grab the paintings.
Ricko. Rick.
Yeah, can you go see what's going on over there?
Yeah? Tayla.
The chippie didn't pick up the painting.
Yes, he did.
No, he didn't, darling.
I just took my door in.
Jolene just asked me, "Where's the painting?"
I'm dead serious.
It was right in front of the doors.
Right in front of the doors, I asked him.
Is he able to go back?
Can he go back? Listen to this.
PHONE: ..is not available from this service.
Oh. My phone.
That's alright. I'm trying to ring.
There's nothing else we can do.
Sorry, mate. Nah, you're right.
Oh, just give him some (BLEEP) great news this morning.
We haven't got a painting.
We couldn't get the painting into the car,
and I specifically asked, Adam,
"If your tradie's coming down to pick your door up,
can you please make sure the paintings come with your door?"
I specifically put the paintings in front of the door.
So there goes our chances, my friend.
"We'll bring your door down."
"Just put it out the front, chippy'll bring it."
"He's gonna come pick our door up."
We have no painting, guys.
Anyway, it's a game, isn't it?
It's a big game.
That'll be kept in the memory bank, that one,
don't you worry about that?
Oh, shivers.
I'm scared.
Yeah, you better be.
'Cause I don't take (BLEEP) like that lying down, yeah?
So look out. Game's on now.
How much time we got left?
Give me one sec.
You better be like a ninja.
How do you fill this thing, ah?
Ah! You sure you got me?
(LAUGHS) Oh.
(ANGULAR VIOLIN)
You can stop now.
The paint is fine.
Fix it another time.
Oh!
(BLEEP) filthy. Don't worry about it.
We need a ladder in here so you can put the lights in.
Yep. And then we're getting the bed in.
(VIOLIN CONTINUES)
(CLANK)
Oh, (BLEEP), the wall.
(BLEEP) me dead, man.
(SKA MUSIC)
# Rush, rush, rush, make it all a-blush blush
# Because the judges will judge, judge
Hold that up.
# So don't hold a grudge, grudge, #
Week one. Here we go.
# He'll call "Tools down". #
(WHISTLES) Tools down.
Oh, (BLEEP).
First room.
Good job. Get in here!
Good job. Good job.
Done-skis, let's get out of here.
Ooh!
You did it, guys. First week, We got there.
We got there. Just.
First week is over and we did it. We finished.
So that's a huge bonus.
We don't have a painting.
Alright, give me a hug.
But it's fine. Love you.
We did not finish.
We didn't finish our room, unfortunately.
We got furniture in there, and it's...
And it looks...
I mean, we finished it, but it's not finished.
It doesn't look finished because we have no painting.
I (BLEEP) like it, except our artwork.
So why don't you have slats for the bed?
Well, we do have slats for the bed, but I didn't put it on.
We just made our own.
We just put a couple of cardboard boxes underneath.
We just totally forgot to put them on.
I thought the lady sent me the wrong size mattress,
but I didn't put the slats on.
I thought - we just assumed that the bed floated
on just one piece of metal in the middle.
Mattress fell.
It just went through - straight through the base.
Is the mattress is stable?
The mattress is not stable.
It's going to be fine. It's presentable.
How embarrassing, though, that we forgot the slats.
It's fine. I didn't see them.
They were in the other room.
And why don't you have linen on the bed?
'Cause I left that at home.
(GULL CALLS)
(BIG ROCK MUSIC)
Good evening, everybody.
What a first week on The Block it's been.
Your heads must be spinning.
We have a lot at stake tonight, don't we?
It's the House Decider Challenge
with your first feedback for this season.
Welcome, ladies, to the first Block with a sea view.
It's incredible isn't it?
Oh, my gosh.
We've never had views like this.
This is insane.
How incredible is this?
And this is blue chip real estate.
This is the creme de la creme down here.
This is as good as it gets in a place like this.
It is absolutely exceptional.
It's so good to have you here today, Alice, because this is high stakes.
Whoever wins today gets to decide what house they're in.
It is unbelievable.
And I'm very glad to be of service.
I'm such a high stakes day, guys.
Should we head in and have a look? Yeah.
OK, let's get into it.
The House Decider Challenge, your first feedback of the season.
Here we go.
House One, Adam and Jolene.
This season, our uptown houses
one, two, and three,
have identical floor plans,
and are this week renovating the
guest bedroom on the ground floor.
This week was a cracker.
I felt like it was a nice ease into the next nine weeks.
You're leaving early, are you?
Well, how long does it go for?
12 weeks? I can't remember.
Straight into consults.
Probably like this one. You agree?
And I think that size will work really nicely.
It's coming to life with every consult.
So give me some feedback about the colour then.
You want feedback from me about styling?
We are now in trouble, aren't we?
The vibe is quiet luxury.
If you haven't looked up Axel Vervoordt,
do yourself a favour.
Light and bright, baby. Light and bright.
Boom! House plans out.
Boom! Right, this is the room.
What are we gonna do here? What are we gonna do there?
One thing wrong. What?
We're in the wrong room.
But anyway. Learnt a very important lesson.
At least we didn't start.
I went to Beacon Lighting.
I hone in on the beautiful travertine sconces.
I'm like, that is it? Yeah, that fella, I reckon.
Can I say that I picked that? I'm pretty sure I did.
Scotty and Shelley arrive and they want to talk budgets.
There's 10,000 bucks from CommBank for the best budgeter.
We plucked a number out of our butts.
(READS)
This Australian dollars or American?
I'm not going to take anything negative out of the judging
because it's the first week. We're only gonna take the positive.
And I'm going to listen to them,
cop whatever criticisms they have on the chin.
And learn from it.
And listen, Linda, listen hard.
(GENTLE MUSIC)
This is nice and calm.
It's got a really nice feel to it. It has.
So Darren gave them a bit of inspiration and a brief.
Gave them an example of Axel Vervoordt,
which is complete minimalist,
but I feel like they've taken the brief
of the natural and the neutral and elevated it.
I agree.
I always look at a room and think,
well, who will this appeal to in the marketplace, you know?
And this really, as a first week, hits it really well.
I think you're right guys.
It does feel certainly very calm and a nice space to be in.
Is it a little bit too homogenised?
SCOTTY: Alice thought the room definitely hits that
calm, minimal brief,
but wondered if it might be a little homogenised.
What does that mean?
It's a little bit safe, is what it means.
And that's my concern around that sort of style,
I guess, Shaynna,
of hitting that sweet spot between accessible,
which is super important.
You're going to have very discerning buyers
in a market like Mount Eliza.
These people know their architecture and design, I guess.
So how do you get that right?
And I guess doesn't have enough things that are interesting in it.
I do like the wall sconces though.
I think they're actually really pretty,
but I kind of was hoping for a little bit more je ne sais quoi.
What I do like is their eye,
the fact that they've got these aged bronze
that matches the wardrobe handles,
and the door handles, and the hinges.
All matching.
You're nodding.
You did that on purpose. Well done.
On the first week,
I've never seen anyone do that because time
and being able to get the supplies is really hard.
So it shows me, one, they have a good eye,
two, they know texture and layers.
Like you look at,
we've got velvet, we've got quilting and embroidery,
we have crochet.
So they're all elements of different types of layers and texture
that does say quiet luxury, does say I know texture.
I agree with you that it can be a little bit vanilla
in the fact that it doesn't wow me, but for me for this first week,
I feel like they understand the brief,
and that they are showing us who they are.
The execution is flawless.
For a week one room,
this is really excellent.
And they've got the lighting plan right.
They've got lights that not just light up the artwork,
but also the floor.
There's a beautiful attention to detail,
but there's little miss marks, but they're not major.
From a real estate perspective,
I think they've played a safe but very luxury play.
It's easy to shoot.
It doesn't offend anyone.
I think it's great.
Marty said this room feels open-for-inspection-ready.
But what an interesting week because
they're trying to win us over
to choose the house that they think will win The Block.
Now you've got budgets,
and how much do you throw at such a basic room?
This is the lowest value in the entire floor plan.
So they've got to be smart.
And what's actually going to get us to give them the best score?
They're giving us a tease.
They're whetting the appetite of what they could deliver.
But perhaps that's going to be what wins them The Block -
going that measured approach and not going out too fast out of the gates.
The big question moving forward is
when we'll see that big wow moment.
That is it. Well done. (APPLAUSE)
Thank you.
I'm a little bit proud actually, but, yeah.
Mm. Well done.
Yeah.
Yeah, it was good.
Pull yourself together.
(GULL CALLS)
OK, House Two, Chantel and Wyatt, you ready?
Ready, Scotty.
This week was a challenge.
A hectic, crazy, full on, very long, but very fast week.
Yeah.
I was kind of expecting a little challenge.
Yeah, a little challenge, not a bedroom.
Yeah, I'm feeling pretty good about my choices.
Oh that's nice, I like that.
Yeah, that's nice.
That's the nicest one I reckon.
We got to get out of here, I got two more shops to go to.
How do you feel about pillows?
I love them.
I'm passionate about pillows.
So you've got to kind of fatten it up from the sides and then chop it.
I think the judges will complain there's too many cushions.
No, that's not true.
You can never have too many cushions.
The budget is ten grand from CommBank.
Can I have your helmet, please?
$8,966.33.
I'm gonna put, like, a little bit of moulding on the wall.
Going back to Darren's conversation
about this not being a particularly Hamptons inspired area.
No, but it's not going to be Hamptons.
You'll see once I put the room together.
I've never painted before, and I don't even do any research.
I just start rolling the roof.
If you could compare yourself to an artist right now.
Picasso. Can I go sideways?
Is that illegal?
Old luxury. I feel like it does do old lux -
The room gives off old luxury. Yep.
Just like how we said it would.
We've absolutely done enough for the win.
I believe we'll be pulling the win off tonight.
Yeah.
Well, that carpet looks cosy.
It is plush.
Oh, I get my feet on that. Nice.
Oh, look at you, shoes off straight away.
Oh, that's nice.
The judges walked in and Marty's reaction was immediate.
Oh.
He actually took his shoes off... Oh, thank goodness.
..because he absolutely loved the carpet.
Thank you, Marty.
He doesn't wear socks, as we all know.
(GUFFAWS)
It's alright, his feet are clean.
I hope so. Jesus.
He has someone do that for him.
Make yourself at home, Marty.
I hope you washed your feet.
It's probably the nicest thing from what I can see and feel.
But overall, the judges felt the room simply isn't hitting the brief.
OK.
This would be Mount Eliza 35 years ago.
A period detail on a very architectural home.
It really doesn't match the facade whatsoever.
I personally love this style of panelling
in a Victorian home, but not here.
I feel deeply distressed by this and it makes me feel really
as though they haven't thought about the buyer
that they're having to attract here.
I think this shows that if you're not doing the research
of where you're building and renovating,
Because I'm looking around and
they obviously know what they're doing.
Like they've set up the bed beautifully.
It looks like it's executed beautifully.
Nothing's offensive in the way that they've done it,
but it doesn't suit the area.
It doesn't actually suit the building,
and the fact it's white on white on white.
This is your definition of vanilla.
This is beyond vanilla.
In a brand new, modern home in this suburb.
It just doesn't feel appropriate.
Damn.
I think the painting is really disappointing in this room as well.
I really would expect more week one,
when you're playing for the option of any house on The Block,
they need to be over delivering and there's messiness here.
I can see strokes all around there.
The cutting in is not great.
You'd think that you'd just paint perfectly week one.
You're not tired. You're not depleted.
Like just nail that. Now or never, right?
Exactly.
Marty says the paint work is six out of ten.
You need to work on your painting skills for the weeks ahead.
Do you agree? Yeah, absolutely, Scotty.
Yeah.
There's ten pillows, for starters.
So that just throws me as soon as I walk in.
I think you have to get the forklift out there to bring in here...
Absolutely. ..to get in to bed.
What is quite interesting is that this is the same square meterage
as the previous room, but yet it feels bigger.
That must be due to having the one bedside table,
or there's something that's making it feel bigger.
And I quite like that.
That's the only thing that I can say positive.
We have something that feels quite luxe
because it's textured, it's beautiful,
but at the same time, this isn't modernist luxury,
and that's what we're looking at at the moment.
Darren did give them inspiration.
Did they google it?
Because they got the white only.
It's minimalist,
but if you google the designer, that's the inspiration.
Could I be honest?
I feel like when you're looking through listings
on the Gold Coast in particular, they all feel like this.
There's a uniformity to it.
And my feeling is
when we're thinking about the buyers that are coming here,
whether they be people upsizing from Melbourne,
people downsizing from around the corner,
moving off their beautiful period home,
they want something different, life altering,
that feels like something they've never seen before.
This is not that.
The judges really want you to take this feedback
as constructive criticism,
because this house is meant to feel coastal and modern,
to meet the market,
and that direction just isn't coming through here.
Not yet anyway. That's it. Well done.
Thanks, Scotty. (APPLAUSE)
OK, House Three Courtney and Sev.
If this week was a weather forecast,
it would be cyclone warnings.
I feel panicked because I usually have a lot of time to fill the brief
and really have a sense of direction.
OK, so let's make some quick decisions.
I'm going for a dark, moody type of palette
that draws on the ocean's tones.
The brief is white, light and bright.
(THUNDER CRACKS)
How are you feeling, Sev? What's going on?
Uh, oh, um... You right?
Yeah, we...
We missed the brief a little bit. Yeah.
We had to pivot quite quickly.
I was wondering whether you'd be able to get me approval
on being able to do, like,
a micro cement finish over the Freedom doors.
I really want a marble cap for the top of our bed head
done by 3 pm.
3 pm? Yeah.
Well, there goes my Saturday.
I'm yet to find out how expensive it is.
If it's going to win us House Four, then I'm sure it'll pay off.
I've done a couple of bed heads in my time,
so hopefully this will set the tone for our style.
Do you not feel like there's a lot of heroes in this room already?
SCOTTY: Too much.
I haven't even looked at the budget.
This is the first time we're talking budget, by the way.
How can it be?
Can't afford to do that.
Fingers crossed, come Sunday, Scotty will be like,
"You proved me wrong."
We'll prove them wrong. Let's get into it.
It's going to be really scary stuff.
It's our first time ever being judged,
and we're being judged in front of the whole nation.
Oh.
As the judges walked through the door today, Marty said...
Now we're talking.
Oh, my goodness. Look at this.
What is that? Wow.
Do you think someone's been listening to us?
I've actually never seen that application ever.
What is that?
It's a padded wall,
and they've just sort of... It's like suede.
It's just fabric pleated, but sort of like ruched.
These guys are thinking outside of the box.
Oh.
This is so different than anything we've seen in the other two houses.
Mm-hm, mm-hm. Chalk and cheese.
They're pushing the boundaries.
This is so different.
And this is really engaging the senses.
It's so different.
Alice was also incredibly impressed by the bravery of the design.
Honestly, ten out of ten just for the effort and the,
I guess the risk in pushing it out there.
For bravery.
Shaynna love the wall sconces.
Shaynna, they're so...
They're gorgeous. ..beautiful.
They're like rocks.
Like glowing rocks on the side.
And everything that they've put in here is to go to the next level.
I think the fact that, you know, we've seen rendered walls before
and, you know, semi Venetian plaster,
but then we've also got marble sitting here,
like it's a guest bedroom,
and they've put a marble ledge on there.
But then pairing that with the velvet pleated ruched bed head?
Like that is really unique and something to talk about.
And this feeling of that quiet luxury we talked about,
I feel like I'm in a cocoon.
I want to see more of the house.
I want all of this and more.
What impressed the judges most was the attention to detail.
Well, for a guest bedroom to engage the senses like it is
is very impressive. Yeah.
It's architectural.
They've brought the warmth in with the timber on the ceiling.
This carpet is stunning.
You've got this amazing mushroom coloured bed head,
which again is an application I've never seen before.
And the lighting is nailed.
It engages the senses.
This is the brief that has been hit out of the ballpark.
What I'm loving is that there's no artwork because it's on the ceiling.
Yeah. This is so unique.
It's routed in.
And it just means that when you're laying here,
you've got this beautiful texture.
And I love the simplicity.
But when you first walk in, the wow factor is all there.
But when you're laying here, it's all about the ceiling.
And I really love knowing that they've thought about
the experience when you walk in the room and when you're in the room.
So you never listen to me in walkarounds.
Or Dan.
No, don't listen to us. We're imbeciles.
I thought it would be too busy, but they loved it.
This is already, I can tell you an out of the park type of property
that I'm seeing in that Mount Eliza market.
They've nailed this.
They're giving themselves work, though,
because if this is the quality of the guest bedroom,
imagine the living, the main.
This could go next level.
Marty said they're going to be very hard to beat.
Oh wow, wow-wee, wow.
But there was one issue. That's enough.
We're good now. Just stop, Scotty.
Lisa and Rosco. Yeah, over. Done
I've got a bit more to go.
And it wasn't a small one. Oh.
(DOG WHINES) (THUNDER CRACKS)
I've got a bit more to go.
Oh, yeah. I don't want this part.
And it wasn't a small one. Oh.
What do you think about rendered doors?
Well the only thing Shaynna is that's going to chip, isn't it?
You think?
Every time you touch it, it's going to scratch off.
It already is.
So the practicality is really, really not there.
It's already chipping.
And I can actually feel it on the handle.
Completely impractical.
And whoever ends up with this house
is going to have to call Freedom wardrobes
and ask to replace the doors.
The thing is, do you play today to win?
Or do you play to be safe?
These girls have come out swinging, playing to win.
It's like, that is just absolutely beautiful,
and to me belongs on the cover of a magazine.
It's got style, flourish,
and it's experimental, and I just love it.
This is neutral architectural wow-factor unique.
And this is what we want to see.
This is going to be very hard to beat.
Saying today,
right now, House Three has set the benchmark.
That's it.
(CHEERING)
Well done, girls.
OK, House Four, Lisa and Rosco, how are you going?
Yeah, good. For now.
Ask us in five minutes.
Houses Four and Five
are located downtown,
and they share
an identical floor plan.
With this week's guest bedroom located on the ground floor.
We can't believe we're on The Block.
I think my soul is still making its way over from WA.
Yeah, that would explain a lot of the feelings this week.
We're straight into consults.
Let's just do yellow.
I think that colour is it.
Oh, my god, this is it. Oh my gosh, I love it.
This is absolutely my bed. I need this bed.
It's everything I want and more from a bed.
I licked it so it's mine now.
(LICK) No one else can have it.
We do enjoy a wood panel.
That's what I was looking at.
Yeah, so the scalloped timber.
The buyer here doesn't like rustic.
They don't like a whole bunch of timber panelling.
We might tone down the timber,
whilst still keeping our palette quite clean and crisp.
This is our feature egg. Shelves across here.
We're gonna have a down light here,
so it's gonna give it like a soft little light.
That's just to give a little point of interest.
It's something you can't easily take out of the room.
I want you to give me an estimate of what you think you're going to spend.
The main thing we hope the judges take away from our room.
Yeah, a sense of calm when they walk in the door.
How you feel when you're in it.
It feels really different... Doesn't it.
..than House One and House Two. Mm.
Uh, I just need to absorb this a little bit more.
Yeah, I'm getting thrown.
I am distracted by a few technical and execution details here,
I have to say.
Marty was very puzzled by the wall niche.
The angle really threw him.
It's so bizarre that it's not straight.
Like, what have they done? Oh.
No, that's on purpose. Yeah, but it doesn't work at all.
It's almost like Flintstone-y.
Like if that's on purpose, then, uh...
Do you know what? I just hate it.
You've got this panelling.
There's just a lot of things happening that,
for me do not work at all.
This application, I don't think they've nailed that at all.
Look at the cutting in. The craftsmanship is just down.
Do you agree? Yep.
Yeah, that's definitely something.
I had a look at it. Yeah.
It didn't quite work.
No.
It feels a bit try hard.
There's no architectural flair.
It's mismatch-y. It's crooked.
It's wrong.
Now, Shaynna did find some positives.
If you looked at it on a mood board,
it would work in the fact you've got beautiful textures.
Like, I love the carpet,
but I think what brings it down is the materials.
The scallop wall panel feels more Daylesford than Mount Eliza,
which means it doesn't match the location or the brief.
Alice described the overall design as a little hodge-podge.
Guys, is that almost a futon?
It's very low. It's very low.
They've taken the legs off it, I think.
This is... Need a hand to get up?
It's not very luxury, put it that way.
There was one standout feature though the Freedom wardrobe.
This here I mean this is stunning.
What is...? This is new.
This is Sonora oak, from Freedom.
This is probably the best thing in the room.
It's beautiful.
And I love the fact it's on the doors and internal.
It gives - see, this is luxury.
I think that's the point of difference.
If you stand here and you look at the handles,
you look at the Sonora oak and you look at the execution,
it's beautiful.
The judges did acknowledge the effort.
Alice said at least the team had a real go.
In House One and Two,
I just felt lost in white and beige and period features,
and I didn't know if I was Arthur or Martha.
Here, at least they've tried.
And I said at the start, I want to see people push the envelope.
But do you know what I want to see?
Whoever wins this week,
there's a very good chance that this is the house that they pick,
because I think this house and House One,
personally, are the ones that I'd be going for.
And Shaynna made an important point.
It's only week one.
This is the perfect time to get this feedback.
And that's what today is about. Today is the learning curve.
Today is the challenge day.
It may not necessarily be the rooms that they're going to keep.
So what are they going to learn?
They're going to learn that it needs to be elevated.
It needs to be architectural.
It can't be something we've seen before.
That's it.
Alright. Thanks, Scotty. Thank you.
(APPLAUSE)
I guess attempting a DIY paint, lime wash paint,
when you've never done it before on the first week,
limited time frame, probably not the best idea.
We just bit off a bit more than we could chew.
Yeah, and then we speed raced and the execution was pretty poor.
Yeah.
(GULL CALLS)
OK, House Five, Rick and Tayla, how do you feel?
This is why I don't like being at the end of the end of the end.
Yeah, but I feel good, I feel good. Bit nervous.
It depends on which house you get. It'll all changed.
Yeah. Next Sunday.
Very true.
This week was the funnest, hardest week of my whole life.
Yeah, mad, hectic, scary. Awesome.
Scotty, I need to come and give you a quick hug.
Oh.
It's Scotty Cam. I just couldn't control myself.
I'm frazzled. Excited.
Excited. Very excited.
First day on The Block.
So we went straight into guests
and probably got three quarters of the way through insulation.
And Dan walks in with a big smirk on his face.
We're in the wrong room.
No, we're not. Yeah, we are.
No way. (BLEEP) off.
Steph at Beacon was epic.
Took me about an hour because I was going from this to this.
That's nice. That.
That's for a feature. Yeah, OK.
These are the two wall sconces.
I got some jam and sconces.
It's not jam and sconces. Sconces.
White, white, white, white.
White? Yes, doona. I want crisp.
Well, you can do this. Yeah, beautiful.
Look at this.
The trophy because it's the trophy winning room.
I need that, please. It's a sign.
Another $10,000 cash
for the best budgeter from CommBank.
5,2000. 5,200.
Is this a style that you would follow through...?
Right through. Absolutely.
..perhaps if you were kicked out of this house and moved elsewhere?
Oh, they won't get the chance cause we're gonna win.
Yeah, so hopefully...
We want to go find out who's gonna win and it's gonna be us.
I think there's three great things about this room,
the carpet, the wardrobes,
and the door to leave.
Oh, my god.
But beyond that, he felt the room was very bland.
He said the furniture is far too big for the space.
The bed's totally off centre.
The lights are clearly not aligned.
It's all squished.
It's a terrible room.
I don't understand, you're in a competition,
and this is what you produce.
There's no curtain, there's no shear.
There's no art.
It's bland as hell.
And I thought we'd already seen a couple bland rooms.
They clearly haven't measured the room,
because the bed is clearly designed
to be in the centre of those lights,
but you can't move the bed across
because the chair that they've selected is just far too large.
So they're not thinking of the basics to actually
pull together rooms that might win week-on-week.
But then also not thinking that, well, it doesn't fit.
So let's not put the chair in.
Do you notice the echo?
This is the first room that I've heard our voices vibrate,
and it's just showing that it doesn't have enough texture,
doesn't have enough in here.
Even though we have a chair, we have a bed.
We have soft furnishings.
It is void of texture, which means it's a void of emotion.
And, Shaynna, it's void of life.
Like it doesn't have any personality or soul in it.
No, nothing.
It's a horrible way to end today's judging.
The lighting plan also confused the judges.
You have the wall sconces that are lighting up a wall,
but they're not giving you any light beside the bed.
The light switches aren't functional from that bed head.
Well, if you're laying in bed, you can't even reach around.
No. Hold on.
I've just fallen through this.
Marty, look.
It's not...there's not even a fitted sheet here, guys.
Oh, my god, the way you fell into it.
I'm wondering that the slats aren't even there.
I don't think it is. Hang on, let me have a look.
There's no slats on the bed.
The mattress is sitting on books.
They're sitting on books and boxes. Oh, my god.
Alice said it feels like they're just phoning it in.
I know this is harsh,
but I don't think these guys are worthy of The Block
in what I'm seeing here.
What? (BLEEP)
Oh, that's a biggie.
That's huge.
OK. Can I just call it positive?
The wardrobe.
OK, let's have a look at this beautiful wardrobe.
OK, I'm loving the beautiful timber.
It's filthy inside.
This doesn't match the effort and gravity of what this show can do.
And the opportunity, Marty. This is not fair.
They've got a blank canvas
in one of the most incredible parts of Victoria.
Undoubtedly Australia.
And they're from Melbourne. They know how good this suburb is.
This says panic to me.
This says I don't know what I'm doing.
And this also says that I don't know who my buyer is as well.
There is no buyer. This doesn't sell, does not sell.
Oh.
That's harsh.
Remember that I am just the messenger.
Do you feel like there are stuff that you're at fault for?
For the room? No.
Do you feel like you have a lot to change?
No.
Are you feeling that you followed the brief.
We are following the brief, and we don't have a lot to change, no.
(DOG WHINES / THUNDER CRACKS)
Today was a bit tough for some, but let's hit the scores.
Here we go.
Rightio, Alice. Adam and Jolene.
You're giving us a tease.
They're whetting the appetite of what they could deliver.
Ooh, nasty.
Chantel and Wyatt.
I feel like when you're looking through listings
on the Gold Coast in particular, they all feel like this.
Courtney and Sev.
I feel like I'm in a cocoon.
I want to see more of the house.
I want all of this and more.
(MURMURS)
Lisa and Rosco.
I just need to absorb this a little bit more.
I am distracted by a few technical and execution details here.
And Rick and Tayla.
I know this is harsh,
but I don't think these guys are worthy of The Block
in what I'm seeing here.
(RASPBERRY) Gotta be tough on some.
Marty Fox. Adam and Jolene.
I think they've played a safe but very luxury play.
Oh, my heart.
Chantel and Wyatt.
A period detail on a very architectural home.
It really doesn't match the facade whatsoever.
Courtney and Sev.
It engages the senses.
This is the brief that has been hit out of the ballpark.
Lisa and Rosco.
There's just a lot of things happening that for me,
do not work at all.
And Rick and Tayla.
I don't understand.
You're on a competition and this is what you produce.
It's a terrible room.
It looks like a five. Yeah, five.
Hit hard. I'll see you in a sec.
OK, Shaynna Blaze.
Adam and Jolene.
For this first week, I feel like they understand the brief,
and that they are showing us who they are.
Chantel and Wyatt.
This would be Mount Eliza 35 years ago.
Courtney and Sev.
I really love knowing that they've thought about the experience
when you walk in the room, and when you're in the room.
Lisa and Rosco.
They're going to learn that it needs to be elevated,
needs to be architectural.
It can't be something we've seen before.
And Rick and Tayla.
Do you notice the echo?
It is void of texture, which means it's a void of emotion.
OK, the winner of week one on The Block 2026,
and taking home 10,000 bucks from Chery is,
by a big margin, I might point out. Huge.
It's Courtney and Sev. (APPLAUSE)
Congratulations, Courtney and Sev.
It seems like you might be the team to beat.
10,000 bucks from Chery coming your way,
and that's going to be extremely handy.
(LAUGHTER)
Here, boy. What the hell?
That is freaking me out.
Oh, Frankie.
Oh, wait. It's got the money.
Oh, my God, is that a Chery dog? Oh, my god.
That is a Chery dog.
Frankie, get it.
Good doggie. You may go.
Well done, girls.
Uh, righto, Flash. Beat it.
Flash.
Double time. Get out of here!
I said to Frankie that one day AI would take our jobs.
This is the beginning of the end.
That's so weird.
Congratulations, Courtney and Sev, 10,000 bucks.
And that is gonna come in very handy,
considering how much money you spent in week one.
It was worth it.
Well, it turns out it was worth it.
Lucky that you won. Lucky.
Anyway, we can discuss all about budgets tomorrow night
on our luxury getaway... I forgot about that.
..when we head to the Crittenden estate.
Where are we going?
You're not going anywhere.
(LAUGHTER) Winners only.
Oh, dammit.
We are going to the Crittenden estate.
We're gonna have a beautiful meal.
We're going to talk all things Block and budget.
So we'll look forward to seeing you there tomorrow night.
Awkward.
Before we go home,
we also have the CommBank Best Budgeting Competition...
Oh, you got this.
..and one team came within six bucks
of the amount that I put on their hard hats.
And that team is going to get 10,000 bucks from CommBank tonight.
And it is...
It's Rosco and Lisa. (APPLAUSE)
We can redo that (BLEEP) room now.
You can fix that room, or you might not need that room.
So it's alright. Now... Thank you.
Thanks. Chantel and Wyatt,
you need to really work on your budget.
Do you know why? Why?
The figure you gave me was 8,966 bucks on your helmet.
Is that correct?
Yeah. Correct, Scotty.
So your cash expenditure for this week...
Are you ready?
Was $20,700. What?
(DYNAMIC VIOLIN)
You need to get a handle on the cost of your trades.
You spent over 20 grand in cash this week.
No, we didn't. Yes, you did.
On who?
The carpenters' bill was enormous.
I didn't spend $20,000.
Any-hoo, we'll talk about that later.
Uh, tomorrow morning Alice Stolz and I will be at The Block,
I didn't. What?
..and we will meet with you guys and find out who's moving house,
where and why.
Well done, everybody, it's been a tough first week.
Congratulations. Good luck. Good night. See you later.
(CONTESTANTS CHATTER EXCITEDLY)
It was only 12,000.
We spent eight grand on our carpenters,
and three on our plasterers.
What am I missing? We spent 12, yeah.
How do you (BLEEP) spend 20 grand?
We did not. We spent eight on our carpenters.
BOTH: And three and a half on a plasterer.
We spent 12 grand. Have you seen the invoices?
Yeah, we paid the invoices today. Yeah, we gave them...
12 grand. Where does 20 grand come from?
I don't know. Yeah.
They've carried a one for sure.
At this very moment,
there's nothing that they could say that would make me stay.
We would hate for you guys to leave the show.
I pride myself on integrity.
I pride myself on being a good human.
Yes.
And you're making me look like a piece of (BLEEP), Scotty.
We're trying to communicate with them,
but they're still at home in the share house at this stage.
Knock, knock.