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SCOTT CAM: Last night...
Oh, wow, look at that.
It's a beautiful day.
..I sent five new teams on a little country road trip
to the site of the new Block -
60 acres of pristine land in Victoria's Macedon Ranges.
(BOTH) Nice to meet you.
But, this trip is anything but relaxing.
I want you to knock up a bedroom ready for judging.
Your time starts now.
Ah!
They were thrown straight into a house decider challenge.
If you win, you get a pick of the houses
and that is a game changer.
(PLOP)
Oh, god.
(PLOP)
Oh, my gosh! (LAUGHS) Look at this place.
(PLOP)
Dear god. Please say you're there.
Where they gave it everything in the hope of being the best.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Actually...
We did not get what we expected to get done on day one.
At all. At all.
And we were like literally at least half a day behind.
This is really drying up on me.
So adjust the pressure. That's not coming...
Don't look at it. Why would you look at it?
I can just feel that we're gonna really
blow at each other in a second.
Don't worry about the gun.
Let's just get painting.
Don't go in there. Tom's having a breakdown.
Tonight...
..it's the final push to...
(SUMMONING WHISTLE)
(SHOUTING) Tools down.
(UPBEAT POP MUSIC)
And with everyone vying for...
House four. Four.
Number four is the best.
House four.
Oh, we want house four, yeah.
Yeah, that's how they're gonna cut it.
House four, house four, house four, house four.
..the pressure is on to impress the judges.
Oh!
(HEAVENLY POP MUSIC)
NEALE: My goodness.
It does feel country.
DARREN: Yeah. But I'm not sure which country.
(HEAVY IMPACT)
Where are we?
NEALE: This is going to be the big question mark
hanging over this season of The Block.
What does country mean?
A winner is decided.
The winner of the 48-hour challenge is...
But then...
(HEAVY IMPACT)
..in a Block first...
They've left the show.
OZ: All shocked.
First couple to ever do it.
(SLAM)
(CREAKING AND BIRDSONG)
(DOG BARKS)
(SHEEP BLEAT)
(BIRDSONG)
I think we might lack a little bit of a...
..free pass at painting.
You reckon you'll get there?
Ah, yeah, I think we'll get there.
There'll definitely be some form of room to reveal.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Oh, you got the beams up.
Yeah.
There is a gap, I know, its shadows,
because of issues with the materials.
You've got a 30mm gap!
They're 30mm short.
I'm telling you right now,
the judges are going to walk in and go, "What's that?"
(MUSIC ENDS)
PRODUCER: Why are you so hard on yourself?
I just want to do well.
Everybody was knocking off and we got some basically, some trims,
some off-cuts to join the gaps.
So, it's still obvious,
but it's way better than what we had before.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
(HORN BLASTS)
This is what they do on all the other Block shows.
Hey-ya!
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
It's like a minute.
Like 30 seconds. 30 seconds.
(SQUEAKS)
(WHISTLES)
Tools down!
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
PRODUCER: What sets your room apart?
What do you love about it the most?
Um...our room from the others,
I personally think it's very functional for a guest bedroom.
# Not afraid
# The kind of thing...
Our room's brand-new,
'cause we put all new Gyprock on and everything.
So, our painting's lovely. Yep.
Stylings... On point.
..on point.
# I just wanna say
I really hope the moulding sets ours apart
and the effort we put in.
# I wake up in the morning, yearning for your love
I think the main thing that I hope they take away from it
is that we're really trying.
And also I think more importantly is the story you're trying to tell.
# Tell me that you want me and exactly how
It's Joel and Elle's first room on The Block.
You know? This is the first time you guys have seen what we can do,
and I think that's what sets us apart.
# Oh, oh, oh, oh... Oh-oh, oh...Oh-oh, oh...#
(MIXED NATURE SOUNDS)
(HORSE SNORTS)
(ROOSTER CROWS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(MUSIC BUILDS)
Good evening, Blockheads!
ALL: Hi.
Welcome!
I'll tell you what, I've had a bit of a tree change here at HQ myself,
'cause I wanted to make you feel welcome
every time you came here on Sunday.
It's amazing.
Looks awesome. Thank you.
And remember that you've got 12 more of these ahead of you.
You beauty.
That is, of course... (LAUGHTER)
..if you've got 12 weeks left in you.
Yeah. We do.
We definitely do.
Because the challenge you've just done
is nothing compared to what's coming.
Trust me.
So, if anybody's got second thoughts about what they've signed up for,
now's your chance to pull the pin!
(LAUGHTER)
I'm giving you an out!
See ya later. You can go!
(LAUGHTER)
I've got another couple right behind that wall
ready to step in.
(LAUGHTER)
Does anybody want to go?
No. No thanks, mate.
No way. We're in it now.
That's terrific.
That's good country spirit right there.
Now I will admit the 48-hour challenge is tough.
But, I was so pleased when I popped in this morning
to see not only five finished rooms,
but five rooms finished to a really high standard.
Well done.
(APPLAUSE)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
How high was that standard?
Well, I left that up to the judges.
Critiquing this year's country houses are Shaynna Blaze,
Darren Palmer, and Neale Whitaker.
They know exactly what's at stake today.
The opportunity for you guys to choose a house
that you want to renovate in this competition.
Picking the best house can mean taking out the whole competition
on auction day.
And with its wraparound veranda framing a picture perfect outlook,
house four is the clear frontrunner.
Tom's still thinking number one is the best.
At this point, I'm like, number four is the best.
We want house four.
We want house number four?
(LAUGHS)
House four.
If we win, our first would be two, four, five.
Everyone knows that four is... ..is probably the best.
Yeah, that's how they're gonna cut it.
House four, house four, house four.
House four. Four.
Number four is the best.
# Last night, all I think about is you
Getting some feedback starting with Tom and Sarah-Jane in house one.
# You know that I'm never gonna lose. #
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
I'm nervous to hear it. So am I.
Like, I mean, I'm not the classiest person,
I don't have the nicest stuff.
I'm about to take...
My husband is sitting here farting.
(RECORD SCRATCH)
Like...
PRODUCER: I think he (BLEEP)ed himself.
(LAUGHS)
Let's go find out if we're losers or winners.
Oh!
Oh, wow!
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
My goodness.
"This is damn good."
Wow. (NEALE LAUGHS)
This inspiration for the colour palette - it's stunning.
I think it's perfection.
Yeah, in terms of creating a room,
it feels like it belongs in this house.
It's got a traditional feeling, but it feels very contemporary.
So, I mean, that's not easy to do.
But they've got it really, really beautifully right.
And I love this wainscoting.
I love how it sort of elongates the height.
Looking up and Shaynna thought
that the original ceiling rose is beautiful.
That is so original. Right.
It's beautiful.
This room to me reads like a room that really knows what it is.
You know, this couple have come in here I think knowing damn well
what they wanted to do.
He was very impressed!
Thank you. Awesome.
Yay! Great stuff, guys.
To quote Shaynna,
"It really feels like a boutique hotel."
(RELIEVED) Oh! That's so good!
Neale was frankly amazed to be in a Block challenge room
and find himself seeing things he would want in his own home.
That's never happened in a challenge before.
I'm looking at those brass sconces, I'm looking at that panelling,
I'm looking at that colour.
Those... Beautiful.
..sconces are heaven.
They're beautiful.
They're so beautiful.
Such a lovely colour choice.
I love how the brass throws that green against the olive.
Yes!
It's quite nuts, but it's really perfect.
But... Here we go.
Yep.
..Neale didn't think the artwork was quite right for the room.
This is the only sort of bum note for me in the whole room,
because I really dislike it.
For me, that totally... Oh, I love it!
I love it.
For me that totally jars with the sophistication
that I'm seeing elsewhere in the room.
I don't like this at all.
You know, if I was giving them one word of advice,
I'd say go bigger with something here.
And that is it, well done.
Thank you.
(APPLAUSE)
Well done, babe.
Thank you.
OK, Dylan and Jenny.
Yes! Yay, I'm so excited.
# Pulling down backstreets, deep in your head
# Slipping through dreamland like a tourist
You never know, but yes, I think we'll win the challenge.
Got it in the bag.
# Slipping through dreamland like a tourist
# That first friend you had, that worst thing...#
As the judges entered your room today
it was clear to them that green is the theme this week.
Yep, we're in the country, so we go green.
I do love that shade of green.
I love that sagey shade.
I mean, I have it in my own home, it's a favourite shade of mine.
And I love the VJ panelling.
Shaynna could instantly tell it's a room delivered by two tradies.
(LAUGHS)
I love it.
I love the fact we have a couple that are both trades.
The execution is absolutely excellent.
Thank you.
(APPLAUSE)
Really great tricks in terms of building this little ledge.
Getting some flatpack
and then pretending like that's a built-in feature.
And, you know, having this VJ panel mirrored through on both sides.
Mm. Very clever.
Neale agreed. Amazing execution, but...
The vibe not so much.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
It feels like a very urban room
that somebody has delivered and suddenly thought,
"Oh, my god, we're in the country.
"OK, we better just country it up a bit."
It's what I think I've referred to in the past on The Block
as a "kitchen sink room".
You know, they've thrown everything at it in the hope
that something sticks.
It's a bit of a mish-mash.
Remember that this is constructive criticism preparing you
for the 12 weeks ahead.
Yep.
They've tried really hard.
They've made individually good choices,
but all those individual choices don't work together
and they don't tell a coherent story
of aesthetically what this house could become.
But they've got a good sense of what level of finish
this house is gonna have to be.
To create that feeling, that's the really hard thing to obtain,
isn't it?
And that's what I'm sensing these guys are gonna have to work on.
But can we just mention the fact
that olive trees do not thrive indoors.
No.
(LAUGHS) They're an outdoor plant.
They don't survive inside.
I just did it for style.
I did know that.
That's it, it's over.
(APPLAUSE)
(BRIGHT MUSIC)
OK, Joel and Elle.
You ready? Here we go.
# Ooh, ooh...
# Blind like a religion, I know what you're confessing
# I'm lacking a confidant 'cause the big boys never listen to me
# Oh, please
So what you see in the room now
is very much a hybrid style farmhouse cool.
# You tell me that you love me
# Then you go 'head and you...#
I think we put ourselves in a really good position to win
with what we put forward.
My dream is to have Shaynna walk in and you know how she does that...
..really excited look?
Like, if I can just get that on this journey I'll be really happy.
(MUSIC ENDS)
Where are we?
(TENSE MUSIC)
Feels a bit like home.
Mm.
Because...home for me is, you know, Bondi, coastal.
Bo-ho.
Yeah.
Not necessarily Macedon Ranges, is it?
No.
Looking at the skirting boards and the square set ceiling,
Shaynna things you really haven't acknowledged the history of the home
or the area.
My warning bells were happening down the hallway
when we looked at this door.
It's a modern door, it's a modern arc',
it's a modern skirt.
They have smashed the life out of this home.
Yep.
And that breaks my heart.
OK, so this is gonna be the big question mark
hanging over this season of The Block.
What does country mean?
See, it's a roller-coaster this.
Yep.
I think...I'm processing what you've been saying, Shaynna,
and I think that you're absolutely right.
If they stick with this look throughout the old part of the house
and the modern part of the house, it's gonna get very stale
and very samey very quickly.
The best advice to give to Joel and Elle at this early stage
would be to amp up the heritage in this old part of the house,
and have respect for the original bones of this house,
because they're gonna have ample opportunity to do this kind of stuff
in the modern extension.
That's it, it's over.
Thank you. Thank you. Thanks, Scotty.
(APPLAUSE)
Well I think we went into this as a learning experience,
so we knew that we took a few risks.
Um...and we...we were 50-50 whether we'd get that feedback,
and you know, we were willing to do that
and learn from this experience.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(DOG WHINES)
(GRAND MUSIC)
We're three bedrooms down in the house decider challenge judging,
that means two more critiques before the winner gets their pick
of the five country houses we'll see transformed over the coming months.
OK, Ankur and Sharon.
House four. Are you ready?
No.
No? No.
I just don't want to come last, like...
No, we...
..we are on a show that...
Like where there's other people...
Everybody did well and it's great, everybody did do well.
Like you've got to step it up to be able to complete here.
100 percent.
It's round one.
# Oh...
# It's so good, it's so good, it's so good, it's so good
# It's so good...#
Darren was first into your room today and he said...
Does feel country... Yeah.
..but I'm not sure which continent that country is on.
(LAUGHS)
It's not an Australian version of country.
The beams above feel very French.
It all works, it's just this extremely rustic approach
is going to be very divisive for the market.
There's a lot of effort, a lot of skill in here.
Like, doing that big bedhead, doing these beams.
Like, whoa.
That's a lot of work.
I sort of feel like there's a very good eye here,
'cause as one particular look, it actually works.
It's seriously rustic, they've done what they've done very well.
It's very interesting, it's not something I was expecting to see,
but it feels very well executed.
You have executed your concept very well.
But it's not a concept you want to run with throughout your house.
That's it.
Awesome. Good and bad.
(APPLAUSE)
Good on you, guys.
Omar and Oz.
Here we go.
I'm pretty nervous, because the judges do pick on
a lot of things.
They actually spend...obviously spend a lot of time in there and...
End of the day, it is what it is.
# I shut my eyes
# You call, but I just cut the line
# I know your style
# I know that you want one more night
# And I'm backsliding. #
First things first,
Darren wanted to point out that the door could have gone anywhere,
so it's a shame it opens right into the bed.
It's in the wrong spot.
Like you walk in bang into the side of the bed.
That kind of annoys me.
Then...everything else is up from there.
I have to say I love how they've kept the original boards.
I mean, to me they've done some lovely things here
by preserving the heritage, and so I'm very happy to see
that they have hung on to the heritage
and they haven't try to remove it.
Aesthetically, they have gone down this sort of
what I still call Scandi, which we know is very popular.
Its luxe, but it is quite generic.
So I feel that, you know,
once they've preserved the panelling in here
they've kind of stopped short of doing anything else
that talks to the heritage of the house.
It's a room that would belong equally in the city,
or maybe a beach house, or maybe here.
And then I don't know if you've noticed...
What?
..what sort of window is that?
Oh! I didn't even notice that.
Like, the cost of that to buy it, to take out the original,
and the labour to put it back in, is a case of why?
That would a lot of the $5,000 budget.
Neale called it a big mistake.
I didn't want to say anything to you yesterday,
'cause it was too late to change.
Way too late.
Is that a fake plant? Yep.
Did you have a fake plant in there?
Was it fake?
(LAUGHTER)
You guys know your plants, don't ya?
(LAUGHTER) Ah, yeah.
It feels like sort of property styling.
Yeah.
But we want to see something that's got more personality here.
Neale says, "Go and visit the local town,
"check out the local homeware stores,"
he thinks you could learn an awful lot
about what people in this region want by seeing what the shops are selling.
Your room today is not luxe enough, boys,
but it's not too far off.
And it is without doubt an outstanding achievement
for two days work.
Which is a compliment that Neale wants to pass on to you all.
That's it, boys!
(APPLAUSE)
Thanks, Scotty.
Well done.
OK, it's score time.
It's just a number, Frankie.
(WHIMPERS)
OK, Tom and Sarah-Jane.
It's got a traditional feeling, but it feels very contemporary.
Dylan and Jenny.
They've got a good sense of what level of finish
this house is gonna have to be.
(APPLAUSE) Well done.
Joel and Elle.
Feels a bit like home.
Because home for me is, you know, Bondi.
Yay.
Ankur and Sharon.
Does feel country... Yeah.
..but I'm not sure which continent that country is on.
Oh, wow. Well done.
(APPLAUSE)
Omar and Oz.
I'm a little disappointed,
because I feel like this could have been the best,
but there's just some generic details
that let it down.
(APPLAUSE)
See, they're good scores, right?
They're very good scores. Very high.
I've seen threes and fours in the past.
OK, Shaynna Blaze.
Tom and Sarah-Jane.
This inspiration for the colour palette I think is perfection.
Dylan and Jenny.
Love it.
I love the fact we have a couple that are both trades.
Tight!
Oh! The tradies against the tradies.
Joel and Elle.
They have smashed the life out of this home.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Ankur and Sharon.
As one particular look, it actually works.
Yay.
That's not bad.
Omar and Oz.
I have to say I love how they've kept the original boards.
Well done, boys. Well done!
(APPLAUSE)
Sevens in that. They're good scores.
Yeah.
I'll be back in a minute.
Oh! See ya, Scotty.
See ya.
OK, Neale Whitaker. Tom and Sarah-Jane.
This room to me reads like a room that really knows what it is.
Dylan and Jenny.
It's what I think I've referred to in the past on The Block
as a "kitchen sink".
They've thrown everything at it in the hope
that something sticks.
Joel and Elle.
If ever there was a room that is on trend,
it would be this.
Ankur and Sharon.
We're in the barn, aren't we?
It feels very well executed.
And Omar and Oz.
It's generic.
It's luxe, but it is quite generic.
Alright, totals, add 'em up.
(TENSE MUSIC)
You ready?
Yep.
The winner of the 48 hour challenge is...
..Tom and Sarah-Jane!
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERS)
Well done.
Well done, guys.
Mwah. So good.
Oh!
Rightio, congratulations Tom and Sarah-Jane.
Second place, Dylan and Jenny.
Third place Ankur and Sharon.
Fourth place are Joel and Elle, followed by Omar and Oz.
Congratulations. Well done.
(APPLAUSE)
We're the best! We won the room!
(LAUGHS)
Yeah! (LAUGHS)
Winner winner chicken (BLEEP) dinner.
Yeah, (BLEEP) stoked.
Sorry. So happy. (LAUGHS)
Righto, where's it gonna be?
Ah, we're staying put. Yeah.
Wow.
What! Done.
You're in house one.
We're locked in.
Dylan and Jenny?
Yeah?
What is it again?
Don't do it.
House four. Ah...
House four.
(APPLAUSE)
Like so sad I didn't win, but I'm not even worried about that.
I only wanted to win the house we wanted.
Ankur and Sharon?
You say it.
I think we're gonna go three, I'm so sorry.
That's alright. Yes.
You OK? Yeah, we're gonna go three. House three.
Three. OK.
The most inexperienced people
choosing the biggest house on The Block.
Ah, that did cross my mind.
OK, Joel and Elle.
Can we have 20 seconds?
You can.
Yeah, yeah.
We're gonna go house two.
House two. Yeah.
You boys are staying put.
OK, everyone's got a house.
Yay!
And you've got 12 weeks to finish it.
Including me.
I'm gotta knock up a room each week just for fun.
Yay, that's so good!
Yeah. (APPLAUSE)
Now in this first week of the competition,
I want you to present me with a bathroom.
(CHEERS)
Oh!
That's right, we are going for a wet area
and that is going to test all of you, I reckon.
Suncorp are going to give you a very healthy budget of:
Wow.
Fantastic.
OK, the game has started, gang, it's happening.
Welcome to The Block proper and good luck with your tree change.
Awesome.
(APPLAUSE) Wow, thank you.
Yay, thank you.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Coming up...
MAN: Stand-by.
(CLEARS THROAT) Alright, here we go.
It's lights, camera, action on the new Block...
(WHIP CRACKS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
They've left the show?
What? Just now?
..but the drama is behind the scenes.
Was a bombshell. Yeah.
I had a huge "I told you so" moment.
I could see it coming from a mile away.
(DOOR CREAKS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(DOG WHINES)
It's promo day
where we shoot the shiny commercial for The Block
before the real show starts.
Where are the chickens?
(CHICKENS CLUCK)
(CLASSICAL PIANO PLAYS)
Saturday was promo day.
Honestly, it was massive.
Go and grab the chickens.
We had like a guy literally in Iron Man suit
walking around with a camera.
Following us everywhere, it was crazy.
And there was another guy named Dale...
Yeah, OK.
He reminded me of Peter Jackson.
I thought we were actually shooting a film.
There was cameras everywhere, there was people everywhere.
As per usual, everyone was having a great time.
But then not quite as per usual, I was pulled aside for a quiet chat
with the show's Executive Producers.
They've left the show?
Yeah.
What, just now, this morning?
Just...just now.
What, after two days?
Didn't win the challenge.
They just don't feel like it's, ah, right for them.
Really!
Why would you leave after two days?
Exactly.
I've, ah, I've just come across literally five minutes ago
some information that I haven't quite processed yet,
I haven't got my head around yet, I'm still working through it,
but I thought you should know straightaway.
Last night, if you might remember in the studio,
I gave you guys an out, an opportunity if you thought
you couldn't cut it on the show...
..that you could leave if you wanted to,
you could pull the pin.
I obviously did that tongue-in-cheek,
'cause I didn't think anyone would, you know,
drop an opportunity like this.
But I've just found out that Joel and Elle are on their way to the airport.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(WHOOSH)
(AEROPLANE ENGINE)
Oh, what! Wow.
What? Not them.
Why?
They have left the show.
Seriously? Seriously?
Gone. No way!
They are gone.
Why?
Why didn't they even say goodbye?
Well they didn't say goodbye to me, either.
They didn't say goodbye.
They didn't say thanks for having us.
They just left.
It was a bombshell. Yeah.
Gone. Yeah.
Never to return.
I mean, as things played out we did see in the media
there was something about the family, like Joel's mum,
but we knew that had happened before they got onto The Block,
because he had told us that, unfortunately,
his mum had a fall, but she was OK
and they'd seen them... seen her the week before.
Yeah.
So it could have been related to that, we still don't know.
Is everything OK? Like, do we know?
Well, everything's fine.
Apparently, for some reason, The Block is not "on brand" for them.
So why did they do it?
Well, to be honest, I didn't know they had a brand.
So...
What's it matter?
It's news to me.
They understood that this is a reality show,
but it wasn't their reality.
So they thought...(BLEEP). Yeah.
And they all also said that the toilet paper was too scratchy.
No way. They did.
Get out!
Guys, where'd they get toilet paper? I can't find it.
Have a look at where we are. Honestly.
There's leaves.
I 100 percent wee'd in the backyard.
(LAUGHTER)
I went once over there. I don't even worry about it.
I am in total shock, like...
Saw that coming.
Did you? Yeah, I did.
Did you? Yeah.
They didn't...Well, they didn't make any effort to get to know us,
they looked miserable the whole time.
Yeah.
I heard that they, yeah, they were like,
"I can't wear that, that doesn't follow what..."
Yeah, they did mention yesterday.
That doesn't represent us and this and that.
I had a huge "I told you so" moment.
I could see it coming from a mile away.
Last week's room reveal, they sort of thought...
Yeah, they seemed sour after they...
What did they place? Fourth?
They placed fourth in the challenge room.
I don't know if they were super stoked about that.
Again, I didn't really speak to her at all, or him.
Someone says jump, you say how high?
How many thousands of people applied?
We'd never walk away from this opportunity, no.
No.
I feel like...it's crazy - such an amazing opportunity.
I feel like so many things - everyone that's been on The Block
it could set you up for life.
By Monday you will have... A new couple.
..a new couple.
(CHEERS)
I'm glad that someone's getting an opportunity
that's gonna appreciate it.
Now look, The Block is once in a lifetime,
you can make life changing money, life changing friends.
We were shocked.
First couple to ever do it.
Alright, guys, well look, that is the news.
We're all shocked by it.
But come Monday, fresh start, and we'll get stuck into it
and welcome our new couple.
Awesome. Yay!
See ya, guys, back to promos.
Sorry about that.
Thank you.
# Nails, hair, hips, heels
# Arse fat, lips real
# Purse full, big bills, bitch, I'm a big deal. #
They're gone now.
PRODUCER: Let's move on, let's leave those guys to themselves now.
Yeah.
Let's bloody get on with it, ay?
Yeah. Amen.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
It's morning one of The Block proper.
Challenge winners Sarah-Jane and Tom picked their own house
so they're staying put in house one.
As are Omar and Oz in house five.
But, tradie couple Jenny and Dylan are claiming house four
from Sharon and Ankur who are moving to house three.
Monday morning we were still in house two,
um, and we had to move all of our stuff out into house four.
Into house four.
Moving out - house four we're off to.
New house, new dream.
Alright, let's do it. Are you excited?
Yeah.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
It's a tough morning for reno rookies Sharon and Ankur
who are reluctant to hand over house four
as they have a sentimental attachment to it.
Getting to the house, we had an absolute moment of like,
this feels like home straightaway,
which is so weird to say, but it really did.
'Cause it's the first place that you solid...
You're like on solid ground on The Block.
Prior to that you are floating, it's like so surreal.
And that was the energy
and that's why we vibe with this space.
Good morning. Good morning.
Were you guys lost?
Moving day.
Are you guys lost?
Oh, no, we're ready to move in. We're kicking you out.
Welcome to your new home!
Yeah. No sage required here, mate.
We're right there, so we'll be keeping keen eyes on you.
Welcomed by Sharon and Anks.
I don't know if they were too keen to let us in.
Yeah, I know, they didn't want to leave.
(LAUGHS) Get off my land.
Yeah.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Onto the next house.
We're going that way.
We got house three...
Yeah, house number three. ..in the decider challenge.
Yes, the biggest house, the house on the hill.
(MUSIC STOPS)
(HORROR VIOLIN MUSIC)
Eew. Home sweet home.
New home sweet home.
Yeah, we thought that would be perfect for us
who don't have any trade experience.
Yeah. Good choice.
Not much work to do in here.
(UPBEAT CLASSICAL MUSIC)
Wait for me! Don't go in! Don't go in yet!
It's a bit shab.
I'm waiting.
OK. Alright, so, do you know how we do this
when we come into a new home?
Yep.
Indian tradition - used to welcome with a bit of oil.
Here.
There you go.
Here.
(INDIAN-STYLE MUSIC)
To new beginnings.
There's no one moving out of here this morning
because this was Bondi babes Joel and Elle's challenge house.
Holy crap.
Spend the next 12 weeks cleaning it.
Just like left everything.
I have nothing against the previous tenants,
they have their own (BLEEP) going on, they left.
But, the house, it was literally like a robbery.
Like, you know, come in, drop (BLEEP), and run.
So we don't know what happened, why they left, how they left,
but it was pretty messy.
I think the biggest concern is emptying this place.
(DOOR CREAKS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(DOG WHINES)
(COWS MOO)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Life in the Victorian countryside,
it's a bit of an adjustment for Sydney boys Omar and Oz.
# Didn't get much sleep last night
Omar...Omar's hands will be in his pocket
probably from now to about 9 o'clock.
Won't take them out, he'll just say it's too cold.
(LAUGHS)
I can hear you.
Do you? Yeah, baby.
But it's time to get those hands out of those pockets,
because they'll be needed to open the house plans.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Well good morning, everybody.
ALL: Good morning.
Today is your lucky day...
..because I come bearing gifts.
Yay.
Lots of gifts, too, you're gonna love them.
Awesome. Oh.
Directly behind you is four brand-new Ford Everests.
Oh! (APPLAUSE)
Yes! You got a new car!
Oh, my god!
Next gift. Two of the nicest blokes on The Block...at times.
Please welcome our foremen Keith and Dan!
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERS)
# Don't just stand there staring, honey
Thanks, Scotty.
# Try to move your feet
# If you think they're looking...#
Keith and Dan. Monday morning.
What a way to start the day. G'day, guys.
Honestly, these are literally two people
that can absolutely make your life, or break your life on The Block.
(LAUGHS) They're The Block's police.
Keith and Dan, meet our contestants.
DAN: Hello.
ALL: Hi. Morning.
Keith and Dan, you want to give them out the plan?
Plans. Good on you, guys.
(APPLAUSE) Good luck!
ALL: Thank you. Thanks, Scotty.
(DOG BARKS)
KEITH: House three. House five.
Omar.
I think getting the plans, it does...
'Cause now you can actually really start planning.
It opens up this whole hallway.
I love it.
That's awesome.
Look at that - that is massive.
Houses one, two, four, and five all have similar floorplans -
three bedrooms and two bathrooms in the existing house,
and two bedrooms and a bathroom in the new extension
where the kitchen, living, dining, and deck will be.
All houses are around 500 sqm.
To put that in perspective,
they're over 100 sqm larger than Kirsty and Jesse's house last year
which was the biggest house we've ever done.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
We're doing a bathroom.
Yeah, so this one.
Well that's where we're standing.
So that's where we are.
Even after seeing the plans... It's a beast.
But it's a fantastical beast.
Weighing in at 542 sqm is house three,
which, unlike the others, has all five bedrooms in the existing house,
along with two bathrooms.
Leaving the new extension to house the kitchen, living, dining,
two decks, and a powder room.
Every house this year will have a four car garage
and a provision for a pool.
(WATER SPLASHES)
And while I've got you, I should run through the other big news,
that this Tree Change dream community we're building in the Macedon Ranges
will be entirely off-grid with a seven star energy rating.
And to minimise the environmental impact,
the on-site recycling centre will enable the fine sorting
of construction rubbish.
But, there is still one piece of the puzzle missing.
I've got more gifts for you.
We love gifts.
This is all your Block Bucks.
Oh!
And it is the biggest... Heaviest?
..heaviest Block Buck folder I've ever given out.
Can't wait. OK?
Show me the money.
So on Monday we got our Block Bucks.
Our Bible-like book
with what seems like hundreds of generous sponsors
of what seems like hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Boom! What is it?
What's this? Block Bucks!
Oh! Oh-hey!
We feel...
10, 30, 20...
You just go...Look at it!
It keeps going.
It just keeps going. That's yours.
Thank you, bro.
Massive, ay? How much? Half a million dollars?
Possibly more.
Now that everyone has their plans and builders,
it's time to get to work on those main bathrooms.
In house five,
best friends Omar and Oz are in need of a win
after placing last in the house decider challenge.
We had the bathroom literally sitting in front of us
and we're trying to decide, ah, how the layout should be.
What do you reckon? What would you do?
# The more they're taking
# I'm broken down, there's no mistaking
You ready for this one, boys?
Ah, here we go.
Oz stepped away, got his pencil, and book, and...
Don't worry about any-...anything that anyone's ever drawn, yeah.
It's your piece of paper.
It's your beautiful mind in that paper.
Yeah, that's it. You be artistic for us.
We don't want to come last again, bro.
Yeah, do it. Yeah.
The plan for the space was we were literally gonna have the toilet
just behind the door, hidden.
We're gonna have the vanity on the right-hand side,
The bathtub to be the masterpiece
right in the middle under the window.
And then the walk-in shower on the left-hand side.
In house four,
the bathroom layout is also being workshopped by tradie double-threat,
Jenny and Dylan.
Our room this week is the main bathroom for the house.
And it's at the front of the house as you walk in.
These two will again put their construction intel to work
creating a grand archway entrance and moving a window into symmetry
with the bath position.
So as you walk through that archway
you can look straight out into that countryside.
Beautiful foot claw bath. Yeah.
(BRIGHT MUSIC)
In house three, lawyer and accountant Sharon and Ankur
know the location of their bathroom, but that's about all they know.
We're the only, um...(CHUCKLES) non-qualified people
in this competition.
That's alright. We're qualified, we've got a different set of skills.
Yeah.
We just got to keep trying our best.
Like, as hard as it is, and it is hard,
'cause every single step
is like 20,000 times harder than everybody else
'cause we don't need even know the start.
But again, our strategy was to just get a really good team behind us.
Do you think this as it lies here looks OK, or not?
I think that's a pretty... that's a pretty good set up.
It gives you your room for...yeah, I think so.
everything you kind of need.
In order to fit a bath and shower into their long, skinny bathroom,
The couple will bunch them together behind a nib wall at the back
leaving room for a double vanity and toilet up the front.
I know what we're going for is luxe, heritage...
Country. ..country.
So, that's what we're going for. Yeah.
I think you nailed it.
I hope I did.
# One step at a time. #
(DOG BARKS)
(GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC)
The beauty of a tree change
is getting out of the city to wide open spaces and fresh air.
But tree changes are, well, out of the city,
which means it takes a long time to get anywhere.
I'm actually off to Beaumont Tiles now and, um,
Oakleigh to organise what tiles I'm gonna be using.
The drives are very, very long from Gisborne,
and everything honestly takes more than 45 minutes.
So ever-...Ah, I just, honestly I just talk (BLEEP) to the camera.
I'll, ah, talk soon once I get there and leave.
(PLAYFUL MUSIC)
Honestly, I don't know what I do half the time.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
So fun.
Tile time.
This year's shoppers have finally arrived en masse at Beaumont Tiles.
How are you going? Good, thanks.
I'm Omar. I'm Michelle. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you. I'm excited.
Yeah? Let's check out some bathroom tiles.
So, for the floor tile...
Ah...what's this one called?
The Palm Springs green matte. Yep.
Do you have that in stock?
We can check that out for you. Cool.
This is my shower tile and this is my floor tile.
It's very country heritage luxe.
So do you know what sort of colours you want to incorporate?
Probably not too dark, not like a black and white.
Probably like a grey kind of look,
'cause the wall tiles are a little bit grey.
Can I just take a photo? Yeah, of course.
Haven't been too pre-exposed to, you know,
the materials that we're working with.
I wanted to talk about all of... what we had available.
And this, where would you use this? Where do people use that?
What would be appropriate.
Is it weird to have three different tiles in a bathroom?
What my vision was.
Would this look cool? Like cool coloured...
What my vibe was.
..or warm coloured?
I think I took longer than everybody else.
I took about, I think I took...
I think I was there for about three hours, wasn't I?
Two... I think...
Yeah, it was three to five. Yeah.
Yep.
After getting our plans this morning from Scotty
we've realised that the bathroom for our first room reveal...
..is...
..smack bang in the middle of our challenge room.
It's got to be gone - we're demoing it.
(BIRDSONG)
Houses one and five have both built their challenge bedrooms
where their bathrooms are going according to the house plans,
which means they get a special delivery.
Oh, hello, mate!
How you going?
Don't...don't ever say I don't do anything for ya.
Let me take it off your hands.
I always give you gifts, don't I?
What have we got here?
Mate, this is the best.
From Mitre 10 - I just went and got them.
That's a four men tent.
Four men? More like 10 man tent.
Yeah, it's a big one, it's a beauty.
It's all yours, mate, for you, because...
Here's the best part.
You and Omar can't sleep in the house anymore,
because your bathroom's where the bedroom is.
And you've got it knock it over,
because then we've lost the occupation certificate.
That is correct.
Yeah, so therefore you're sleeping in the tent
outside of the walls of this house until you build a bedroom.
(DRAMATIC STING)
You serious? Told you it was good news.
(LAUGHTER)
# Oh! I see you, see you, see you
# Every time...#
(PHONE RINGS)
(COMICAL PHONE RINGTONE)
Hello.
Wilson.
Yes.
Our good friend Scotty Cam's come past...
Yeah?
..and he's dropped off another present for us.
Oh, my god, what is it!
It's a tent.
A tent? A tent.
No, I don't want it. Why would I want a tent?
Well, that's where we're sleeping.
No! Why? No!
Babe, I'm deadset.
Didn't bother me.
I was quite excited to get the tent, to be honest.
Tom's ready to live in a tent for the rest of his life.
He's ready to take it back to Gladstone Park.
Yeah.
Like...
Well you've got multimillion dollar views,
you've got kangaroos around you.
(BIRDSONG)
I don't want to sleep in a tent. I just want water and, and yeah...
..and shelter.
(LAUGHS)
I'm actually want... I want to murder everybody.
No, you'll be right.
So we have this beautiful $5,000 mattress from Forty Winks
that we've been sleeping on - so comfortable, so plush,
and we end up putting it on top of the Ford Everest roof...
Slow! Slow! Slow!
Babe, I'm holding it.
How are we gonna do this?
We couldn't walk it.
It's like, how far do you reckon the tent is from here?
I don't know...50-80 metres.
SLOW! SLOWER!
(LAUGHS)
I was on the other side of the car, running along with the mattress.
SLOW!
And then we got it to the tent and we slid it in.
Argh! Oh!
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
It won't fit.
I can make it fit, Tom!
Perfect, perfect.
I was not sleeping on a sleeping bag just on the grass.
Like, I was getting that mattress in if it was the last thing I did.
Coming up...
Be there in three minutes.
..fifth team are fashionably late to the party...
(SCREAMS) Oh, mate.
How are...Ryan. Ryan.
Rachel. Scotty Cam!
How are you?
..but they hit the ground running.
We can... Yeah, that's our entrance.
Getting thrown in the deep end is probably the best thing, right?
Knock knock!
I don't think they're underdogs at all.
If anything, I think they've got an advantage,
because we've been here for four days and we're tired.
They're fresh and perky ready to go at it.
(DOOR CREAKS)
(BIRDSONG)
(DOG BARKS)
# It's no ordinary world
# You're unique in every way. #
It's 4PM on day one.
Everyone is busy demoing their rooms to make way for the first bathroom.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Except for house two,
which is still empty after Joel and Elle left us unexpectedly.
And here's our new couple - meet Rachel and Ryan.
Welcome to our house, guys, come on in.
They're from Oyster Bay in NSW.
It's for you, bubba.
I'm a mum of three kids.
I'm a make-up artist.
I do a little bit of design work for Ryan's business.
(LAUGHS)
I've been a plumber for 15 years,
and then I branched out into the kitchen, bathroom, laundries,
and then it just exploded into remodelling people's...
..inside of their homes.
These guys will be perfect
if they could just find their car keys to get to the airport.
So maybe help me look for it or just stand there?
PRODUCER: Does this happen often?
All the time.
Why do you leave your keys in the shopping bag?
You...get the bag and then there's still something in it,
and then throws it in the bin.
Where'd you put the bags?
Are they under the sink?
No, I threw them in the bin.
But this is...this is the rubbish I took out.
(PLAYFUL MUSIC)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Be there in three minutes.
(ROSIE CRIES)
Oh, my god, my heart's beating so fast.
(LAUGHS)
You right?
When we got the call 48 hours ago,
it's not just us that has dropped everything,
it's everyone around us....
Friends and family, yeah.
..who have dropped everything to get us here right now.
You right?
I can't believe we're about to meet Scotty Cam.
Ah! (SCREAMS)
Here we go.
How ya goin'!
How are you going, Scott? Hi!
Well it's been miserable around here.
Oh, mate. Come...How are...
Ryan. Ryan.
Rachel. Scotty Cam!
How are you?
Now listen, your heads must be spinning
because yesterday, you were sitting at home in front of the telly
and now you're with me in front of a fire!
Well, let me just give you some info.
It's day one.
Yep. OK.
So you haven't missed much.
It's bathroom week.
Yes! Yeah, yeah.
Bathroom week.
You're a plumber. I'm a plumber.
You've got a budget of 22,000 bucks.
Oh! OK.
So that's pretty good.
That's paying for trades.
You've also got what we call Block Bucks
which I'm going to give you in two...
Oh, here, I'll give them to you right now.
OK.
Hang on, I just keep them in here.
Bathroom week. Bathroom week, darl.
(LAUGHTER)
Right, there's... They're the Block Bucks, right?
Yep.
There's a fortune in there. Well give that to me then.
That's yours. There you go.
Give them to me then.
And then these are the very important plans for house two.
House two! I'll take them.
That's where you are.
There's the keys to house two.
Oh, thank you very much. Woo!
You're on The Block. Yes.
Get in that car and go and look at those plans.
Thank you very much. Thanks, Scotty.
Welcome. Thank you very much.
Welcome, welcome.
I love it. Bye.
Awesome.
Whatever house we have we don't care,
because regardless of if it's the best house or not the best house...
It's irrelevant.
..it doesn't matter, they're all amazing
and it's what you do to it.
Is that house two? I don't know.
That's house two! House two! That's us!
Here we are!
Yoo!
Woo!
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Wow, have a look at this.
Oh, my god.
It's got a lot of potential, doesn't it?
It's huge. Wow.
At least we've got a bedroom.
We're here and we're in, you know,
a mud pit, but it's our mud pit, and we love it.
With their house plans in hand,
these two waste no time getting down to business.
OK, so our entrance is going to be here.
Yeah, that's our entrance.
That's why I'm confused.
So bath is where the kitchen currently is?
Yeah.
Getting thrown in the deep end's probably the best thing, right?
Like you just get in there, you're doing this,
and it's just like, quick decisions.
We've got half an hour to plan our tiles.
We've got a meeting with Beaumont which is...
..it's a half an hour phone call, and if we miss it,
then we don't have tiles to do the bathroom, so.
So we need to start planning.
I'd say it's a pretty important phone call.
Hi! Hi, Michelle.
Hi, how are you going?
Good, how are you?
It's been a dream of ours to build a country home for a very long time.
So in terms of our inspiration,
we're gonna go with what we would build for ourselves.
So we're thinking a feature wall with maybe, ah,
something that's a bit white in a finger tile?
Yeah. Yep.
So this is an individual tile.
It's got a handmade look.
I love the handmade. I love that.
Handmade look for sure.
Lock it in. Thank you so much, Michelle.
Awesome.
That's alright. No problems at all.
# Let's come together. #
I saw the light turn on at number two
and I thought, "Well that's not "Jelle", they're in Sydney."
(LAUGHS) So, I was like, I'm gonna go over and see who it is.
Knock knock!
Hello!
Hi!
I feel like I would have left the best first impression.
(LAUGHS) Um...
Rachel! Nice to meet ya.
Nice to meet you.
I left you hanging there.
Sorry, but I went for your wife first.
How are you? Nice to meet you.
"Knock knock!"
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHS)
How are you? Good.
Are you so excited to be here?
Yeah. Yeah, rapt. So excited.
You have a one-year-old?
Yes, I do.
We have a one year old. Turning one tomorrow.
Oh, ours is turning one on Thursday. Oh, my god!
They seem really lovely.
I don't think they're underdogs at all.
If anything, I think they've got an advantage,
because we've been here for four days and we're...
..we were...we've been... tir-...we're tired.
They're fresh and perky ready to go at it.
So, yeah, we got first pick of the houses, 'cause we won,
and we chose house one.
We think it's got the best views - that's just a personal...
Yeah.
You know? Everybody...I mean everyone's got views.
So where did Elle and Joel come?
Elle and Joel came fourth.
Fourth. Yeah.
Joel and Elle were here and there were only two houses left.
This house and number five. Yep.
So they picked this over five.
They chose this over five, which shocked me.
I would ne-...This was my...
(DRAMATIC STING)
(LAUGHS)
This was your last choice.
This was my last choice.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Not to say this wouldn't be absolutely amazing.
Well...
PRODUCER: But Sarah-Jane did tell you that you have the (BLEEP) house
on The Block.
Yeah, she did. Yeah.
She made it quite clear that no one wanted to pick number two.
Did I tell them they had the (BLEEP) house on The Block?
Did I?
Oh, my god, I told them they had the worst house on The Block.
Sometimes when I'm excited to meet people I just...
Ah, good, I'm so excited for you guys.
Nice to meet you, Sarah.
Thank you so much.
I'm so excited.
Thank you for coming and welcoming us.
No problem. Yeah.
So we're getting into bed after our first day on The Block.
Insane.
Should the other teams be worried?
No. Not at all.
Let them think that!
No. (LAUGHS)
It would be the perfect story, right, if we come out on top
when we started late.
# I'm going home. #
# Hallelujah Hallelujah. #
Next time on The Block Tree Change,
our Blockheads bring Rachel and Ryan into the fold.
I'm Ryan.
Are you a contestant?
Oh, new contestant! Oh!
How are you? Hi, I'm Rachel.
Mwah. I'm Jenny.
I'm Tom.
But this is Australia's richest competition...
..and a full bathroom must be finished
in less than a week.
We've got this.
If they don't listen, they'll be punished.
Tensions build...
Three hours I've been asking for that.
I know. Just gonna (BLEEP) explode.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
And I throw the biggest curveball in Block history.
Morning!
ALL: Oh! Oh, no!
What! (LAUGHS)
This is (BLEEP) on now.