The winner of the week four, Tom and Sarah-Jane!
..Tom and Sarah-Jane's master bedroom
won them their first room reveal...
Oh, my god!
..and a perfect score from Neale
meant an extra five grand in their pockets.
It's nice to finally get the win for all the hard work.
SCOTT: But at the open for inspections...
See the first ten?
..not everyone agreed with the result.
So, this is a ten, hey?
Ours is better.
SCOTT: Guest bedroom and bathroom week kicked off...
Just do wardrobe, wardrobe,
bed, bedside tables, window. That's it.
..and with everyone except house three
moving to the new part of their build,
new challenges were faced.
I was thrown off because I'm like,
oh, god, they're going to expect more modern country
and I don't do modern.
This is me out of my comfort zone now.
I wasn't ready for this week.
I just feel so F-ing stressed.
(GROANS)
SCOTT: Tonight, it's that time again.
Waterproof Wednesday.
..as teams race to get both their rooms on track
for Sunday's reveal.
We will have passed everything.
How much longer they got?
It was actually a little bit overwhelming.
We'll be lucky to start tiling after lunchtime.
It was always going to be a tough week.
SCOTT: While everyone faces their fair share of obstacles...
Needs to be two layers.
Am I just making this up for telly or something?
..for one team, the pressure proves too much.
Where's Sharon and Ankur?
No idea.
This is just a television show.
They do not care about you as a human being.
It's entertainment.
Just remember that.
(THUNDER)
(ETHEREAL MUSIC)
SCOTT: It's week five on The Block...
Hello. How are you? Good morning.
..and our blockheads are facing a truly huge challenge this week...
There's a lot to order, hey?
..having to deliver both a bedroom and a bathroom this week.
Just trying to organise everything for two rooms.
('COTTON EYE JOE' BY REDNEX PLAYS)
You're up early. Yeah.
Just trying to stay a little bit ahead if I can.
Just thought I'd just get in
and just tuck a little bit of this inso in
before the plasterers get here,
otherwise they'll be standing around.
No one wants that.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
I thought Scotty was joking when he said bedroom and bathroom.
A guest bedroom and an ensuite.
No, you're joking.
I'm not joking.
I was like, "What? But what?"
Is he joking?
Like, no, surely not.
One being a wet area and a bedroom. Yeah.
How are we all?
What's on for today, bud?
The boys are here to plaster.
The plumber's come to finish the rough-in of the bathroom,
and this arvo, we can waterproof.
Sweet. You're sitting pretty then.
Yeah. Don't speak too soon.
This is The Block.
Yes, anything can happen.
SCOTT: For their guest bedroom,
Dylan and Jenny are planning a cozy space.
They'll style the bed using warm earthy tones
that will be mirrored in the artwork hanging above the bed.
# Show me, show me, show me...
I actually am really enjoying the styling aspect of The Block.
Oh, yay. Let's open them up. Let's open them up!
Yay!
I don't even know how I think to put it all together.
It just happens. Honestly.
I'll get just like all the colours that I like
and then I'll play with it
and order what I feel like will all go together.
I love it. I love these colours together. They look so good.
Are you surprised at how good you are at it?
I am surprised
because I honestly have never styled a house like this before.
Like, honestly, so I am.
I'm stoked with myself.
SCOTT: For the second room they're doing this week,
the bathroom, they'll continue styling with earthy tones
and it will also feature a big walk-in shower, bath,
and double vanity with lilac basins.
But with no walls even plastered yet,
they've got a lot of work ahead of them.
So, today, we need to get all the insulation in.
Oh, yeah.
And then get that ticked off.
G'day, Dyl. Hey, Keith. How are you?
How are you, mate?
Need an installation inspection?
Yes, please. I'm liking what I'm seeing.
It looks nice and neat.
Yeah, we were feeling pretty good.
Like we think we can get both the rooms finished hopefully.
Said no one ever on a Wednesday doing two rooms
and you haven't got one sheeted.
(LAUGHS) It's pretty hectic.
Tick this room off.
Sweet. I'm liking it, mate. Neat.
Thank you. Good job.
Now, this year on The Block,
we're trying to achieve a seven star energy rating
and to achieve that, they're putting in two layers
of 2.7 bats, so it's getting a 5.4 rating which is outstanding
and without Bradford, there's no way we could achieve this.
Every year, they look after us on The Block.
Without them, we'd have no chance at all
of achieving a seven star energy rating.
I can't see a millimetre of gap.
Right, so you can start sheeting in here.
Yep. Well done, guys.
Thank you.
Yew!
Boom.
I think we can make it to Waterproof Wednesday for sure.
('FITZPLEASURE' BY ALT-J PLAYS)
PRODUCER: Alright, Wednesday. How are you going?
With two rooms, are you getting overwhelmed?
Three rooms for us.
SCOTT: That's right. Tom and Sarah-Jane are the only team
aiming to complete three spaces this week
and two of them are wet areas,
tackling their guest bedroom, bathroom, and a powder room.
Schedules and organisation is the key to the week.
So, stick to your planning, you're right.
SCOTT: Now, that they're working in the new extension of their house,
they're going to bring some more contemporary elements
to their design.
The guest bedroom will feature wallpaper
and a modern fourposter bed.
The bathroom walls will be lined with a mustard coloured tile
and include a wooden vanity and generous shower area,
and the powder room will feature a smoky blue Grafico wallpaper
and a blue-grey finger tile.
Easy done. We're pretty much done.
So, last night, Sarah-Jane and I stayed up till 1:00
doing insulation, double insulating everything.
Worked our asses off to get ahead.
12:30.
Ready for plaster tomorrow morning at 7:00 AM.
Happy days.
Sheeted, three plasterers had the bathroom sheeted by 9:00 AM.
Clean site's a safe site. We're all about safety, resilience.
Seven star energy ratings and dust-free sites.
How are you looking for waterproof Wednesday?
Can you make it?
Going alright, but that doesn't mean jack (BLEEP) on The Block.
'Cause it only takes one visit and then you're (BLEEP) again.
Next thing you know, Keith rocks up.
Tommy. Yeah.
We haven't ticked off any of these walls, mate.
I didn't give you the OK to start sheeting.
You missed an inspection.
We did.
I'll pull the back sheet off,
you can take photos of your insulation.
The only thing is... Right.
Looking at that external wall up there. It's not good enough.
You've got gaps.
There was also a couple of little spots in the insulation
that weren't properly double insulated.
A bit of sneaky stuff.
That one there, that hasn't got anything behind it either.
Needs another piece in the back here.
That fails.
Who did those spots, just out of curiosity?
Oh, look. I'll take the blame for them.
No, just own something. Don't take the blame.
But what I'm saying is... Don't take P no.
Please don't take the blame like you're doing me a favour.
Who did those spots in the insulation?
It was a late night, Sarah-Jane was grumpy, I just...
I'll take the blame.
No, Tom.
No. I will not leave this room until you say it.
I'm not saying anything again.
Be truthful. Perfect.
Tom, I just pulled four pieces out there. Right?
Four or five pieces out, there was nothing behind it.
Yeah, right. It needs to be two layers.
Am I just making this up for telly or something?
Is that what you're saying? I'm not lying to you.
I'm just telling you, I thought they were done.
So, yeah, Keith and I...
We weren't blueing or anything, but I was just trying to reiterate
that I wasn't trying to do anything dodgy.
Keith and Tom, head-to-head.
How come you're getting a bit grumpy at me today, mate?
No, I'm not. I'm just pointing out facts.
Yeah.
I'm not trying to argue with you. We've been working together, mate.
So, unfortunately, these sheets
are going to have to come off the wall.
You have setback after setback on The Block.
No matter how organised you are,
it takes one visit from Keith and everything goes out the window.
You never get ahead.
First day of Block stress.
I'm stressed everyday living with you on The Block.
OK.
SCOTT: While Tom's progress is stalled,
over in house three,
Ankur and Sharon are facing much bigger issues.
They're the only team
still working in the original part of their build this week
and they are way behind, having not even finished the floors yet,
let alone started on their insulation.
My biggest concern out of having to do two rooms
is that we won't finish.
SCOTT: With the biggest house on The Block
and the least amount of experience,
Ankur and Sharon are up against it each week
and it's taken a toll on them and their build team
who aren't happy with the amount of effort they've been putting in.
The morale of the team, it feels a little low.
We've had to have tricky conversations with the builders
in the last two weeks.
Basically, they expect us to do
potentially more than we are capable of in my opinion.
I know that you said to Anks yesterday as well
that when I get back from doing things,
I don't lift a finger and I am offended by that.
I think you think I'm attacking you with everything.
Like, if I bring something up,
I'm not, like, having a go at attacking you.
SCOTT: And The Block phone has been running hot
amongst the build teams
who are all talking about the problems at house three.
I know house three is having problems with their builders.
Yeah, they came in here asking to swap contestants.
(LAUGHTER)
Shaz and Anks, they're not in the renovation game,
so they're kind of green in all aspects of construction.
I don't know what communication they're having with their builder.
They just need to do a lot of thinking
and make sure they're all on the same page.
It's a long 12 weeks to start feeling like they're hard done by.
They're going to walk. Exactly.
Which we can't do right now. And then what happens?
No. You going to be hanging plaster?
Yeah.
If we can give you enough time to paint properly,
there is no reason why you should not be winning Neale every week.
I don't think we're losing on painting
but I don't know what we're losing on.
It's not that. It's not painting.
Liam has too high of an expectation of us.
He's a hard arse, basically,
and he expects us to execute and be to the same ability of him
who is a builder and who's professionally trained,
has been doing this for many, many years.
It's impossible to make him happy.
The big clean-up which didn't happen Sunday night,
Scott and I lose two hours Monday morning.
That's essentially two hours Thursday night of painting.
Yeah, so you're saying it has a flow-on effect basically.
Yeah, yeah.
Every minute as a flow-on effect on the overall big picture.
We tried our best. We didn't sleep one second.
Like, we're not superhuman.
Like, I don't know how to make it better.
We are trying.
They've definitely got the biggest house, we've got the most demo,
our rooms are like twice the size of everyone else,
so we kind of just have to work harder.
We have a heaps bigger house and a bigger job,
so like, you guys have to work harder for that alone.
I think we do already, but yeah, we'll try more.
I get it. But mate, physically, you can only do so much
and that's what we're doing, we're not sitting on our arses.
Yeah.
Yeah, Liam's pep talks,
you probably wouldn't pay for them, to be honest,
but when he does give them to you,
it's good communication, it's very direct
'cause that's his style.
We're basically exhausted is what I tried to tell him
and say that we are trying our best,
we're not sitting on our butts doing nothing.
Don't want to like create an argumentative thing over this,
but just like more take it on board.
I don't understand why he doesn't get it.
He still expects us to work at the same capacity he does
when we are at work and when he leaves,
even though we've explained to him
that there are different commitments that we have like challenge days,
like dinners, and it's actually annoying me quite a bit
that this conversation keeps coming up.
It's not good for morale on-site.
I think that this whole experience is way, way, way harder
than I thought it was going to be
and probably way harder than Blocks before
or what's been depicted about The Block before.
If you were asked again and you knew how intense it is, would you do it?
No. You wouldn't do it, hey?
No. Me neither.
It's literally designed to (BLEEP) you up.
(THUNDER)
(DOG WHINES)
SCOTT: It's day three of guest bedroom and bathroom week
and while some teams have been struggling
with the challenge of doing two rooms...
Ryan's freaking out. There's so much to do.
Over in house five, Omar and Oz are oozing confidence.
Make sure every hole's done.
Two rooms is very, very easy at the moment for us.
We are going to plan with exactly what we want.
We're in a good spot.
You guys start the bathroom, bro. Start the bathroom.
The workload and stuff, everything is running smoothly,
the boys are killing it, we're flying.
SCOTT: Having won the last two bathroom reveals,
it's no surprise that these guys
are feeling pretty comfortable this week
and they're hoping they can get another win under their belts.
We've won two bathrooms
and this is the third, so pressure is up.
It's very important to stay consistent throughout.
SCOTT: For their bathroom,
they're planning a big walk-in shower with built-in bench seat,
double wooden vanity and contemporary colour palette.
And their guest bedroom will include a bench seat,
study nook and loads of storage throughout.
We're going to go for more modern kind of feel for the new part,
so I think we are going to find ourselves back up there again.
Wow.
How are we travelling, mate? Good, good, good.
Waterproof Wednesday? We'll hit it.
Insulation is signed off.
We're just getting the plaster done,
so hopefully we can get that signed off
so we can waterproof tonight.
Everything's good. I just really want to get these walls up,
I just want to get this sorted.
How Omar and I keep our team happy is because we are happy around them.
Let's go, boys.
We rub off some good energy.
We're like one big family,
so it's running pretty smoothly at the moment.
We're definitely hitting Waterproof Wednesday.
# You make me crazy when you...
SCOTT: With each house sitting on ten acres,
this is by far the biggest landscaping job
any contestants have ever had on The Block.
So, it's good to see some teams are making a start.
I drove down to Musa from Kennards
to pick up my whacker-packer and my two-person auger.
Hey, Musa.
How are you doing, mate? How are you?
Good. How are you? Good.
That's the way.
I've got the stuff you wanted for your landscaping.
Sweet. Give you a run-down.
On-off switch is here. Yeah.
Turn that on. Yeah.
Choke. Pull it out. Choke, yeah.
And your throttle cable is here.
So, choke back in.
(MOTOR STARTS)
Sweet. Lovely.
Easy.
So, with this one, you've got your on and off switch here.
Yeah.
(MOTOR STARTS)
Choke off.
And away you go.
Easy as that. Sweet.
Let's chuck them in the Ranger, hey? Beautiful.
Sick.
SCOTT: And each week at HQ, I've been reminding teams
that they need to be putting away money every week
if they want any hope of finishing the massive job ahead.
Save some money for landscaping.
Give some of that money to your landscapers.
Save some money for landscaping. OK?
ALL: Yes, Scotty!
SCOTT: So, let's see how they're all going.
Rach, where are you at with your Suncorp subaccount?
I've got it. I've got my Suncorp subaccount.
First one to do it?
I was the first one to do it on The Block and I've got it there.
Beautifully entitled landscaping.
I have no money in it, no.
But I have it.
So, I mean, I'm 50% of the way there.
Right?
SCOTT: Oh, dear.
I hope everyone else is doing better.
OK, it seems all but two teams are struggling to save any money.
So, to help out a bit, I'm going to offer excavator training
to anyone who isn't already qualified
and wants to get their license.
It'll mean they can help out their trades
and hopefully save a bit of cash.
Doing the excavating was so much fun.
Whoo-hoo!
Whoo!
It was good to see Rach in it. It was funny.
(SQUEALS) Go, Rach!
Loved it. It was good.
(LAUGHS)
Laters, bitches!
This is mad!
I am never getting out of this!
I actually jumped it
and I pulled out literally about five metres of Jenny's land.
Oh, stop!
This is my land!
Watch what you're doing, brother.
It's my land! Far out!
Get out of it!
If looks could kill...
(OZ LAUGHS)
That's what I saw straight through that excavator.
No one hit me up... Asked us.
if we could just put some bloody pozzy trucks over my front lawn.
Yeah.
Yeah, baby!
Catch me if you can, baby!
Whoo! Come on!
We passed, baby. We passed.
Yeah, we're officially excavator licensed...
Operators. Operators, yeah.
Mate, we only charge 1,500 per hour, mate.
Oh, actually, I could start charging.
You want me to dig a hole or plug a hole, just let me know.
(LAUGHS)
Moves rocks and boulders for you, do whatever you want.
SCOTT: Over at house one,
Tom has been busy playing catch-up after Keith told him this morning,
he had to rip off his plaster to fix his insulation.
So, we had to pull the sheets off
and I had to fix two spots of insulation. Anyway.
Didn't really... Well...
Well, it did put us behind. Keith P it did put us behind.
It put us behind three hours. Don't say it didn't put us behind.
God, you're annoying. You don't seem to be able to say what is fact.
SCOTT: And now Keith is back to inspect Tom's work.
It's all really good.
Is it? Yeah.
So, all that area now is ticked off.
OK.
PRODUCER: I tell you what it did put behind.
It put behind your blossoming bromance with Keith.
No, it didn't put any dint in our relationship,
mine and Keith's. It's as strong as ever.
Alright, mate.
You've got the approval now from me
and don't forget, mate, I'm just doing my job.
I know, Keithy. It's nothing personal.
You're my favourite bloke on The Block.
Sometimes you need those obstacles
to realise how much you really love each other.
If Keith and I can get through that, we can get through anything.
Bring it in.
# More than this...
God, Tommy.
You're getting all mushy, mate.
No, I love you, Keith. I like you, too, buddy.
Let's keep it that way, hey?
Where was he when I got married? He would have been my best man.
I love Keith. Love Keith. (LAUGHS)
Thanks, Keith.
That's why I love you. I know that.
Got back to our little bromance we've got going on.
(DOG BARKS)
After another confrontational chat with their builders this morning,
Ankur and Sharon took some time to clear their heads
and they've just arrived back on site.
(BLEEP)
So, we basically went to Milton.
When we returned, we returned to the fire of Keith.
(CHUCKLES)
Where's Sharon?
Sharon. Hello.
Last week, I asked you to Proctorwrap
and insulate those walls.
Yeah. It hasn't happened.
Yeah.
At the moment, you've got gyprock exposed to weather.
You've also got live power exposed to weather.
So, we're going to stop inside and we're going to do that now.
So, Keithy came up and he noticed that the front of the house
had not been Proctorwrapped,
so there's a very big issue with weatherproofing the house.
Let's go and finish that off now.
Now.
I've decided I'm not even going to try to make small talk
with Keith anymore, be his mate, because he's just neggo-eggo.
He's just bad news. Definitely brings the mood down.
He comes in raging and it's very much like
one minute he's happy, the next minute he's like really nasty.
I can't actually do this, what he's asking us to do,
so I'm just going to stand here and be annoyed by him,
so it's better if I just go and do the work I need to do.
I actually stopped you guys on the weekend to do this.
It hasn't happened. We don't build this way.
The back of this is just the gyprock.
So, behind this gyprock is the inside of the room.
That would last about ten minutes in a downpour.
Basically, everyone out,
got Liam, Scotty, just get on the scaffolding, get it done.
This is not how you do things, mate.
You protect your build.
I'm telling you now, 15 minute downpour,
your whole room is just ruined.
Yeah. Understood.
I don't have any issue with Keith. I know he's trying to do his job,
but this is still a method,
like there's people in positions of power
that don't deliver their message in such an aggressive manner
and that's my only vibe that I don't get with him.
Yeah, I don't know if he's like
maintaining his TV bad cop persona. I don't know.
Where are you going?
I'm leaving.
I can't be (BLEEP). Are you alright?
No, I'm not, but I have to go (BLEEP) anyway.
But like, he's just a prick.
I was just like, I'm sick of being yelled at
for (BLEEP) I didn't do, to be honest.
Just remember, you've got an amazing life outside of this
and these people will not break you down.
This is just a television show
that's designed to break you for good television.
They do not care about you as a human being.
It's entertainment.
Just remember that.
To be honest, the hardest thing about this thing
is there's no escape, there's no reprieve,
so we've got mics on us at like 6:00 in the morning
until 11:00 at night, it's relentless,
can't have a private conversation with my husband,
so yeah, I know it's just The Block but we are also human beings
that, you know, get pushed to our limits as well,
so it just gets harder and harder, to be honest.
Although we're not treated like human beings,
we've got to treat everybody else like human beings.
It's alright. I can do that.
I'm not going to take (BLEEP) either.
SCOTT: While Sharon takes some time to cool off again,
the rest of the teams have only one thing on their minds.
How are we heading for Waterproof Wednesday?
Are we going to make it?
We're doing our best.
Might be time to give the boys a hand, mate.
Who? Me? You.
Probably time to get on the tools. I think so.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
SCOTT: And with Keith finishing up at 6:00,
it's a race to get the tick of approval before he leaves,
so they can waterproof tonight.
So, this is the Keith strategy.
(CHUCKLES) Give Keith a call in advance
and make sure we hit that point, mate,
'cause it's tools down by 6:00 PM on Wednesday.
You've got to make sure you get in and get served, to be honest.
We request an inspection.
Can we please get Keith over? Thank you.
We're pretty much almost out.
Love you, mate. I appreciate it. Thank you.
Hey, boys.
How are you, mate? Hey.
That's a big hole for a small pipe. Where?
Keith has a look at a couple of things
that he's not too happy with.
The holes around the mixers in the vanity
were just a little bit too big.
Trowel these.
Trowel around that as well.
He told us exactly what we needed to do to get to waterproofing.
I don't want that happening again,
but for this once, I'll let you trowel that in.
I'll be back.
He waited outside for five minutes
and then pretty much came straight back in
and he pretty much gave us...
I think people need to really understand
that Keith and Dan are doing their job.
They're not here to tell you... Make it difficult.
"Hey, I'm going to make it difficult."
You know, they're on our team. They want the best for us.
Alright?
So, the waterproofer can start.
Thank you, Keith. Appreciate it, my man.
Won't happen again.
We actually thought that we would not get along with Keith and Dan.
We thought that they were just straight psychos,
like just coming into work,
but actually, knowing them in person and realising how much they've done
to, like, get us over the line week in, week out,
they're the best.
And everyone asks us, the trades all come in,
they're like, "How's Keith and Dan? Are they actually like..."
"That's the least of your concern, mate."
"Your concern is me. Look at me."
"You guys just gotta get a job done, baby."
We got the OK, baby.
We got the OK.
SCOTT: While Omar and Oz celebrate,
over at house two, Rachel and Ryan are struggling.
Getting thrown two rooms side-by-side, bathroom and bedroom
was like holy moly.
It was actually a little bit overwhelming.
SCOTT: Rachel and Ryan's bathroom
will be filled with wow-factor this week.
They're planning a big walk-in shower area with a matte black bath.
They'll have a custom wooden bench seat lining the wall
and one-of-a-kind basin carved out of river stone.
The boys are sheeting now but Keith's going.
There was a race against time to get the Villaboard on,
to get it plastered, to get the approval for waterproofing.
How much longer they got?
Oh, they're probably still going now.
An hour hanging and then trowelling.
Yeah, yeah.
Sheeting the bathroom started way too late
and the boys just couldn't get it done in time to waterproof,
so Waterproof Wednesday now turned back into Waterproof Thursday.
So, are we still alright then? Track-wise?
I mean, we'll be lucky to start tiling after lunch tomorrow.
And then will we tile all day, all night?
Like, what's going to happen?
Well, we can only...
You can only tile as late as you can cut.
So, he's just going to have to roll over to Friday.
So, not only do we have waterproofing tomorrow
and tiling,
we've also got 150 square metres of concrete going in.
It's going to be another big day on The Block tomorrow.
It is what it is.
It was always going to be a tough week.
And what we're like really dreading
is if we get pulled away for a challenge tomorrow.
Because we need everyone here.
SCOTT: Coming up, you guessed it.
It's challenge day...
Rach, come rake this section.
It's starting to get too much.
..with $10,000 and a gnome up for grabs.
Just clean up any bits that are hanging out.
Make it look all even now.
SCOTT: And later...
You don't want to go straight to The Block now, do you?
No.
SCOTT: Ankur and Sharon go MIA.
All the other contestants are here, getting stuck into it.
OK. That's...
..a surprise.
They say they're putting in everything
but it's hard to agree with
when I can't see the effort happening.
First thing this morning, we were woken by a beeping Kubota.
The black Stig was driving.
Is that the Stig?
Who is it?
Who do you reckon? It's not Keith.
Yeah. I don't think it is.
This guy looked much slimmer than Keith.
If that was you, Keith, you should wear black all the time.
Super slimming.
Thank you, Stig.
They gave us a race outfit and a helmet.
This is the creepiest thing that's happened to me on The Block.
(CHUCKLES) Challenge day!
Who's this?
(GASPS) Tracksuits.
Pit... Oh, pit crew! Race cars!
We don't know who it was that came.
Thank you so much, mysterious stranger.
Thank you. I found him quite attractive.
They dropped us off some overalls and a VIP pass.
"Blockheads, it's time to grab your pit pass"
"for a race across the grass."
We're thinking we're going go-kart racing.
Oh, my god. Race cars.
Something like utter adrenaline,
fast place, can't wait, get us in there, so excited.
We've got purple jumpsuits, haven't we? Thank you.
Hey, pit crew.
Thank you. Thank you.
Yeah, so we're not 100% sure what the challenge is.
We think it's a racing challenge. Obviously, we're in racing outfits.
We've got helmets as well.
I feel the need. The need for speed.
Who is that? I can't even tell who it is.
I didn't think that was Keith. It didn't look like him at all.
He seemed shorter. (LAUGHS)
Legend. Thank you. Oh, my god.
Are we actually going racing?
That was definitely Keith.
It just looked like Keith, the way he walked.
He didn't say a word and he just literally just drove off.
Trust me, when Keith comes to site and tells us off at tools down,
I watched the way he walks off.
One hip out of place.
(LAUGHTER)
(GLASS BREAKS)
(CHUCKLES)
I still don't know what's going on.
Are we going for a go-kart or something?
I don't know. It says across the grass though.
Could be horseracing.
SCOTT: So, with no idea what awaits them,
the blockheads suit up and head to the challenge location.
We're off to do a challenge.
So, we arrive at a beautiful house in Woodend full of gorgeous gardens.
It looks like little bums coming out, doesn't it?
We're all thinking, "Oh, my gosh. Where's the race cars?"
"Where's the dirt bikes? Like, what are we doing?"
Don't you all look sensational in your driving suits.
Welcome to my happy place.
I love this joint.
You're going to be participating in what we like to call
the grand prix of topiary.
(CHEERING)
Topiary?
I don't even know what that word meant before I got here.
So, that's something new that I learned today.
Well, topiary is the art of training plants and shrubs
into defined shapes like my famous little friend over here.
Topiary? I've never heard of topiary before.
The art of hedging, is it?
But yeah, I think it looks awesome.
We're thinking that we're motorbike riding through the Macedon Ranges.
No, where gardening in someone's backyard.
SCOTT: Now, it is an art form
that you'll see in a lot of luxurious homes
in the Macedon Ranges
and the man that has trimmed more bushes
than a Brazilian beautician...
(LAUGHTER)
..is here.
Please make welcome the Edward Scissorhands of Woodend.
John Flens.
(APPLAUSE)
Shell, can you tell us what's happening?
Certainly can.
Beyond these topiary hedges are five lanes of grass
that are incomplete need of a makeover
to become beautiful garden lawns.
So, using a range of Husqvarna tools,
you are going to race to clean up the logs, sweep up the leaves,
fix the hedges, mow the lawns, and cross the finish line
with everything packed neatly into your green garden bags.
So, stage two is racing back here
and selecting a topiary tree to shape.
Now, choose wisely because some are much easier than others.
OK, and the winner of today's challenge
is going to take home a whopping $10,000 cash.
(CHEERING)
From our very good mates at Disney Plus.
Oh, interesting you mentioned the plus part
because look who is also here today.
(CHEERING)
The Block gnome is back in play today.
The gnome's huge.
We know that can have a game-changing effect.
We used it for Dyl and Jen to take a win a couple of weeks ago.
It's a massive advantage to have.
John, have you got any bit of advice for our contestants?
Sharp tools, steady hands.
Oh, steady hands.
And don't go for the spiral.
Roger that. (CHUCKLES) Good tip.
Are you ready to race?
ALL: Yes!
Let's go!
(VIBRANT CLASSICAL MUSIC)
What about the leaves? The leaves will go up on the mower.
We all had to run out to our field
and we had to pick up a whole bunch of logs and grass.
It was mayhem.
Babe, come up the back here, get these piles.
I'm a weapon on the rake from way back,
so I'm straight for the rake.
You pick up those ones with the green thing.
I'll do this.
I literally raked I think three or four leaves
in the first five minutes and I was exhausted,
so I'm like this is going to be a nightmare.
Thanks, honey. It's OK.
Shell, can you tell me why the producers gave us microphones.
I have no idea. When we've got them on anyway.
'Cause it looks more sporty.
It looks more sporty. That's it.
# Heaven...
Tom has green thumb.
You don't understand, Tom gardens every single weekend,
every night after work, loves it.
Look at him go.
I love my gardening, Scotty.
Do you? Love it.
I actually don't really like it.
It just gets me outside.
Rach, come rake this section.
I'm trying to do one thing at a time.
You don't need those. They're only little piles.
You've got to think where all the big chunks of leaves are.
Yeah, baby!
Double, double, baby! Let's go!
Just rake. You could have raked it all, babe!
Shut up!
Oh, standards are having a blue in the blue team.
'Cause it's working my way.
Turn it on. Go.
So, you have to clean it up, mow it and then get it ticked off.
SCOTT: Now, just be aware, gang,
that I want is to look like a bowling green.
Not one leaf.
It's got to be perfect.
Go, babe. I'll sub you in a sec.
That's the most I've ran in ages like running up and down this lawn
with this lawnmower and I'm like, hopefully this looks straight.
SCOTT: Good effort, Tommy!
And you've got to take your bag and drag it across the finish line.
Done. Just push through the pain.
Green's gone!
Omar.
(GROANING)
We won the first part of the challenge.
You think, "Oh, gee, that's the race over."
No, no, no.
Then once you're past the finish line, it's first in best dressed,
so whoever goes first, gets first pick of the trees.
Alright, what do you want?
Square?
Five bushes.
You have to replicate the photo next to the bush.
Pick one. Get those two.
We chose these two little shrubs and we had to make them into cones.
SCOTT: Teams have just 25 minutes to transform their bushes
into beautifully shaped masterpieces.
You've just got to tidy them up. I'll shape them.
Tom said, "Give me the hedge trimmer" and he just went...
(TRILLS TONGUE)
Alright, you tidy that up, I reckon.
No, you've got to walk around it like a 360.
And I was just like snip, snip, snip.
No, you weren't. You were like... "What the (BLEEP)?"
"Blah, blah, blah..."
Walk back and have a look before you come and cut.
Walk back-back, Tom. Yeah, I am.
You're very barky, mate.
That's perfect.
Anyways, we trimmed, we zapped, we snipped.
We yelled. We yelled.
This one needs to be...
Oh, shush!
This one needs to be shorter, the tiniest bit.
I'm doing it myself!
I'm going to kill him one day.
You're going to see. Former Block star arrested.
For murder of husband.
Get out of the way before you're next.
Stop touching that bit.
# What is love...
Good one, go there, babe.
SCOTT: Second across the line are Dylan and Jenny
who chose the other pair of small bushes...
So, we need to make it look like this.
We chose the square-looking hedges, there was two of them.
..and they'll need to shape them into two perfect cylinders.
And they have to look pretty identical, Dyl.
Or very identical.
It's just like making it neat.
It's like giving someone a haircut, I guess.
Go round this side to the right.
Dyl. This side to the right a little bit.
The whip-cracker.
OK. Go pick a tree.
SCOTT: That means Rachel and Ryan
get to pick either one of the two tall trees
or the spiral tree.
So, I thought that we'd picked a real easy one,
but god, our one was so hard.
Those tall ones are so hard.
What you're looking for is the actual shape.
So, it doesn't matter whether it's ten foot tall
or whether it's three foot tall.
It's the shape that you want.
How is it looking, darl? Very hacked.
Just get that top bit there.
That's it, that's it.
SCOTT: Ankur and Sharon come in fourth
and also decide to go for the teardrop shape.
I basically froze when we came to the topiary.
I'm no good at this artist stuff.
Please don't cut too much of it off.
This side needs to be pointy.
Or you don't think it needs to be pointy?
I don't think so 'cause then it makes the lean look worse.
No?
Yeah, 'cause it kind of makes it hard.
It needs to be a bauble shape.
We've never ever used any tools that - any hedging,
so yeah, that was fun.
To the left a bit.
Yeah, that's it, that's it, that's it, yeah.
Let's go!
SCOTT: Which means the boys are left
with the most challenging shape of the day.
Oz and I got there last and we had the spiral.
Nice and gentle. That's it.
Start on the left of the tree.
Oz, when it comes to being hands-on, he's honestly unreal.
Great teamwork, great teamwork.
Give it a full trim, full circle trim.
Give it a fade. Give it a fade, baby!
You happy with that?
Just get the snipper and just clean up any bits that are hanging out.
Just make it look all like even now.
Move, moved, move.
Omar!
What?
Just look where there's little hairs like this. Hey.
Get that really fine touch, bro.
(TENSE SOUNDTRACK)
Get it, bub, get it, get it, get it!
SCOTT: Husqvis down!
Well done. Good work.
Good job. That was good fun.
That was hard.
Love you, good job. Good work.
Far out, man. I'm buggered.
That's harder than The Block.
I reckon we did alright, hey?
I'm actually glad we had the hardest one
only because it made us actually put in a lot more effort.
Literally looks better than display pic now, so...
Hands down the best.
Can I feel it? Can I hear it? Go, go, go.
Can I feel it? Yeah, baby. Ten K, baby! Whoo!
(LAUGHS)
(DOG BARKS)
SCOTT: It's challenge day
and our teams have just completed the grand prix of topiary
where they each raced to trim a tree
into the shape represented in the picture beside it.
And now, all that's left is for expert, John,
to judge the best, starting with Tom and Sarah-Jane's.
They selected a pair of small bushes
and had to shape them into two identical cones.
I have a newfound respect for John.
And anybody that likes to topiary in their spare time.
It's actually - like so much work goes into this.
It's crazy.
So, these guys were the first team finished
down there in the race lanes
and they chose what I imagine
would be one of the simpler ones to do.
You're correct, yes.
It's the easiest to cut
but what you have to try and do is balance it
because they actually started out
with two separately sized shrubs, et cetera.
It's not as easy as it looks.
So, you're quite impressed with this one, are you?
I am. They've done a very good job.
Let's move on. Let's move onto the next one.
The exact shape it is... The exact shape.
..is the shape we were trying to prune it into.
SCOTT: Rachel and Ryan chose one of the tall trees
which they had to trim into a teardrop shape.
RACHEL: It resembles the shape
of a very amazing ten K gnome-winning tree.
That's right.
Now, John, I can't quite remember what this looked like before
but have they done much to it?
The basic shape was there.
Yes.
But they had to refine it.
They've had to refine it, that's right.
It really was just about getting that teardrop shape.
It is. I'm happy with the shape.
It's good.
They've deleted the fluffiness.
So, once again, you're impressed.
I am once again very impressed.
OK, beauty. Good on you, John.
You're easily pleased, mate.
I'm not a tough master.
SCOTT: Ankur and Sharon also had to try to replicate a teardrop shape
on another massive tree.
I think we did pretty well
considering we've never hedged a tree or done any topiary before.
Now, this is incredible because they've really captured
the Italian feel of the leaning Tower of Pisa, haven't they?
They have. (LAUGHS)
They've done a very good job.
SCOTT: Dylan and Jenny started with a pair of small bushes
and had to shape them into two identical cylinders.
I think we went alright, hopefully.
I've never done it before, so a good crack.
Did our best. Did our best, yeah.
Rightio. We've got the two beer cans, John.
Mm-hm!
They did start out as a square shape,
so they've done really well to try and bring them back
into a cylinder shape.
So, all up, yeah, I think they've done a very good job.
Let's move over here to the spiral.
The first thing John said,
"Make sure you don't get the spiral."
Oz and I saw that as a challenge straight away.
We thought if we impress him with the hardest tree,
it will probably be an easy way to get the ten K.
SCOTT: Even though Omar and Oz's tree started out
with a basic spiral shape,
John warned that it would be
the most challenging one to complete.
I think they've made a pretty good fist of it.
They've done an excellent job of it.
I'm really surprised at how well they have done it.
With sharp tools, it's really easy to gouge out big chunks.
Yes.
And they haven't.
All up, I mean, they've never done it before.
They have done an awesome job.
Now, I said earlier, this was my happy place.
Is this now your happy place?
ALL: Yes.
Yes, indeed. You all did a fantastic job
but John, you're the expert, mate. What did you think?
Considering it was your first time, you guys did brilliantly.
You really did.
Thanks, John.
(APPLAUSE)
A little reminder of what we were playing for today.
Of course $10,000 thanks to our great friends at Disney Plus,
and the bonus gnome which we know can be a game-changer.
Yes, now, we've got to hand out first, second and third prize.
No prizes for second and third but you get to stand on the podium.
(LAUGHTER)
In third place is...
Dylan and Jenny with the cylinders.
(APPLAUSE)
Well done.
(LAUGHTER)
Coming in in second place, the spiral.
Omar and Oz.
(APPLAUSE) Well done, boys.
OK, in first place, taking home 10,000 bucks from Disney Plus
and the gnome is...
It's the cones!
Sarah-Jane and Tom!
(APPLAUSE)
Well done!
What? I'm too small!
Jesus.
Whoo!
(CHEERING)
(LAUGHTER)
$10,000 and a gnome.
The one-point gnome.
Very, very, very excited.
Oh, love him.
Oh, my god!
OZ: We got robbed, mate. We got robbed.
Everybody back home is going to say we won it. No doubt.
Where's John? John, where's my ten K?
John!
SCOTT: While teams leave the challenge,
back at The Block, the site has been buzzing with activity all day.
And with concrete pours happening in both houses two and five,
Keith and Steve from Ausreo
have been on hand to make sure everything runs smoothly.
A lot of slabs
and they're all reinforced with Ausreo Australian made steel.
Well, the Reo acts as a spine for the concrete, doesn't it?
Because without Reo, the concrete would simply snap.
Exactly right. It gives it that structural integrity for longevity.
SCOTT: But as Omar and Oz arrived back to their house...
Hi. What's wrong?
..they've returned to a very big problem.
We've got no tiler, bro.
My tiler had Covid.
(LAUGHTER)
Where do we go now to get a tiler?
Bro, did I ever tell you that I loved you?
We're in all sorts of trouble, bro.
We're begging tilers.
Come on, surely you can come tile for us.
Why?
We were desperate.
SCOTT: With reveal now less than 72 hours away,
the boys have been planning to start tiling this afternoon.
So, they need to lock in a new tiler fast
if they want to stay on track.
We made the call, Oz and I,
that we have to go to Scotty Cam's house.
They've got the Cursio brothers working on the bathrooms
in their place, so that was literally our only hope.
Hey. How are you? Hey, mate. How are you?
Good, good. How are you guys going?
Yeah, good. Actually, we're in a big pickle at the moment.
We've lost our tilers and we've got a room to deliver.
SCOTT: But what they don't know
is while they're over at mine solving one problem,
site builder Aidan is at their house uncovering a much bigger one
as he inspects their waterproofing job that was completed last night.
All of it. (BLEEP)
There's no other word for it.
SCOTT: The boys have used a new method of waterproofing this week
but unfortunately, it hasn't been applied properly.
I can't see anything that's there being able to stay on the walls.
That's what I'm looking at.
It hasn't been installed correctly.
We've got to start again in there.
SCOTT: But back at my place, Omar and Oz are none the wiser.
The Cursio brothers did say they could do it.
Under the circumstances,
I know if someone pulled out last minute with Covid,
I understand.
We have won both bathrooms.
So, you've got some high expectations there.
I don't think you're going to win three in a row.
Doesn't say much for us.
We going to try, we're going to try.
Thanks a lot, guys. Appreciate it.
Thank you.
SCOTT: So, while they think they're out of the woods,
when they arrive back at their house,
it's up to builder Danny to deliver another round of bad news.
What did he say?
Rip up the whole waterproofing.
Seriously? Why?
It's no good.
Waterproof has to go.
None of it is set properly.
We have to rip it off.
It's torture.
It's just annoying that we're in such a good position
before that waterproofing.
Oz, we're doing the whole thing again.
Even the nib in the window?
The floor and the shower. Yeah.
It's the news that we honestly did not want that day.
(BLEEP)
But we good in pressure, to be honest.
We got our waterproof getting done, it failed,
we had to do it again.
We still smile, guys. We push forward, boys.
It is what it is, man.
When (BLEEP) does hit the fan,
I feel as though we really push each other, we really work well.
(LAUGHTER)
Couldn't do it without him, to be honest.
And vice versa. So, he's good.
I fell through the fence.
This day is getting worse and worse.
# Then we will laugh about it. #
Alright, Tommy.
Let's put this ten K in.
We won the challenge.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
So excited, show me the money!
I didn't think we did the best job, but apparently we did.
I know. I thought they were all average, including ours.
Suncorp.
Yeah, Suncorp app.
Oh, (BLEEP). It's already in.
Oh, shivers. It's already in.
I'll do it again.
Oh, it's already in.
Amazing.
Alright. Well, we'll put that into our Suncorp subaccount
for landscaping, I reckon.
I reckon too. Or else you'll spend it all.
(LAUGHS) I will.
SCOTT: With the challenge ending almost two hours ago,
most of the teams are back on site,
but there's one couple who are still MIA.
SCOTT: Coming up...
Where's Sharon and Ankur? No idea.
..Ankur and Sharon leave their builders in the lurch.
I thought they would have been back by now, helping you out.
We're trying to bust our arse
and I feel like we're kind of getting let down.
The last two days literally nothing's happened.
You know? When we ask for ten minutes of clean-up
and it can't be done, it annoys us.
(BIRDS CHIRP)
('SOMETHING IN THE WAY' BY NIRVANA PLAYS)
SCOTT: Over at house five,
the Cursio brothers have arrived from my place,
having agreed to help out Omar and Oz
after their tiler called in sick earlier today.
Just watch your head. Oh, no. You're right.
(LAUGHTER)
SCOTT: Because this afternoon the boys also failed
their waterproof inspection,
they desperately need the Cursio brothers
to redo it tonight so they can start tiling as soon as possible.
As soon as we took them over to our house,
we showed them exactly what we needed to get done.
Have a look, just suss it out, please.
Yeah, sure, man.
They looked down, and uh-oh, there's a big problem.
What's with the stepdown?
What stepdown?
From there down to there?
It's a 40 mm step. It's a 40 mm step there.
We need a screed.
We need sand and cement in here to build it up.
SCOTT: Even though Omar and Oz
had their bathroom screed poured on Tuesday,
it looks like they didn't get their measurements right,
so the bathroom floor is sitting lower than it should,
creating a stepdown from the floor level of the rest of the house.
That's a big problem. How do we get the level of the screed
in the bathroom to that level?
Yeah, I know. We can fix it, but the time.
The problem we've got, we've got to put the screed first,
then the screed's got to dry, which would be the next day.
Which means you not painting waterproof till tomorrow.
There's a couple of issues you've got here.
It's a bit more complicated than what I anticipated.
Yeah, plus we haven't even got screed here
even if we were ready for it.
No, there's a bit more problems than what we anticipated, boys.
We'd love to help, man. I just don't know how.
SCOTT: With no quick solution to raise their bathroom floor level,
house five won't be getting tiles down anytime soon.
Not looking good.
Stressing.
While we were having those problems,
Dylan and Jenny come rushing over
and they said, "Hey, guys,"
"our tiler just used your floor tiles on our floor."
Your guys tiles got delivered to our house.
We went home, our tilers have started laying them
and our tiles are here.
Our tiles were on house five's slab out the back
and we just had to go over there
and put them on the back of the Ranger
and drive them back over to our house.
We have to rip up those tiles and put our tiles down.
They just laid them, so they're still wet.
He said, it's fine. He can get them up and you'll be able to use them.
Waterproof failed, the floor is not right,
and now our tiles got laid.
Oh, my goodness.
That was the worst Thursday I've ever had
since we came onto The Block.
Yes, we do want another bathroom win, but at the end of the day,
we don't want to rush this job.
Unfortunately, things happen. They come.
But we learn as we go.
We've just got to get it done to the best we can.
It's going to be two all-nighters.
So, let it be three all-nighters. It is what it is.
We've just got to keep pushing forward.
We'll get it done. It is what it is.
We'll get it done.
We'll never give up and we'll never do this second mistake again.
How do you say it?
We'll never give up and we'll never make the same mistake.
Yeah, so we'll never give up.
We'll never give up and we'll never make the same mistake, baby.
(BIRDSONG)
SCOTT: Everyone has been back from the challenge
for over an hour, getting stuck in.
KEITH: Where's Sharon and Ankur?
LIAM: No idea.
Well, all the other contestants are here getting stuck into it.
OK.
That's a surprise.
I thought they would have been back by now helping you out.
It's been pretty hard the last couple of weeks.
We've tried to have conversations with Shaz and Anks,
and we just feel like we're not being heard on their end.
We're trying to bust our arse
and I feel like we're kind of getting let down.
The last two days, literally nothing's happened.
When we ask for ten minutes of clean-up and it can't be done,
it annoys us.
They say they're putting in everything.
But it's hard to agree with
when I can't see the effort happening.
(PHONE RINGING)
ANKUR: You awake?
(PHONE RINGING)
Stevo.
SHARON: I'm not picking up. Don't pick it up.
Why? What are you picking it up for?
They're just going to be, "Where are you?"
"When are you coming back? What's happening?"
(PHONE RINGING) What are you going to say?
Coming back.
Hello, young man. How are you?
Yeah, we're just parked in Gisborne
just doing some Freedom kitchen planning, then we'll be back.
Thanks, Stevo. Bye.
That was refreshing.
Yeah, so we basically came back to The Block
after we finalised our planning.
When we came, Keithy was in there, in the house.
Oh, here we go.
Hey, guys. Hey.
We have you guys been?
The challenge finished two hours ago.
It finished an hour ago,
so then we had to basically finalise Freedom kitchen.
We said what we were doing and he's like,
"No, you just need to stop wasting time and be, you know, here."
And it's kind of like, Keith, we're not wasting time
and I really take real issue when anybody sort of questions
like our work ethic as well, wasting time. We don't waste time.
We're not pulling, you know, your weight.
We do do that and so I do take it personally.
We weren't wasting time.
We were working for the room and organising everything...
You couldn't have done that back on site?
100%, enjoyment factor is like in the bin.
That whole like, "I'm on The Block. I love it here."
Now, I'm like, "Holy crap. This sucks!"
We will clean the mess but we are not wasting time.
Sorry, I'm not gonna cop that, Keith.
Overall, it's not enjoyable.
But there are positives in there.
We've great contestants that we're doing this with
and they're truly the only ones who are ever going to know
what this experience is like for us.
That is one of the things that is getting me through anyway,
just knowing that we're all kind of suffering together.
(EPIC MUSIC)
We need an attitude change from you guys.
I think what you need to do
is - don't have excuses or "you do this, you do that."
You made the comment, "Seven more weeks of this nonsense
and we can get out of this hellhole."
We know what you say, we know everything you say.
You've got a microphone on!
Hey, no one's keeping you here!
You can go, you can go any time you like!
This is not compulsory.
VOICEOVER: The reckoning...
I can't.
I reckon we just quit.
..has arrived.