SCOTTY CAM: Previously on The Block...
The sheer size of it, it was like building a house.
The biggest rooms in Block history...
It is actually the size of some people's houses.
..as our teams build their massive living and dining rooms.
Oh, Tim and Tyler.
"The boys' home is in need of repair and update."
But some help was needed off The Block.
You read a letter like that,
and you think, I don't care what's going on back there.
Take me to where I need to go.
So began a charity challenge.
WOMAN: Is that best for Tim and Tyler?
And what a transformation.
I hope this brings them nothing but happiness.
This is amazing.
And the winning team...
Rach and Ryan, your first win of the season.
The win really goes to the boys and Gai and Sandy.
Oh, wow! They're the real winners.
Oh, boys. Oh! Look at your new home. Look.
The boys will enjoy every moment of it for years to come so thank you.
No, thank you. Thank you.
RACHEL: Whatever happens over these 12 weeks,
this alone has been worth all of it.
True that.
Back on site hell week arrived early this year.
This is the first day of winter.
Arctic temperatures...
That's not the only problem. Oh, no.
..and material shortages.
These guys here, the PIR boards, we've got none.
You're kidding.
Oh, my god! It ruins everything.
Yes!
They've done it! Judging reaches new heights.
NEALE: I knew this was going to be big last week
but I had no idea that it was gonna feel quite this epic.
But the frost sets in to HQ too.
You can't go and spend 7,000 bucks on a piano
and stick it in the room and expect me to let that slide, boys.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(THUNDER CRACKS)
(DOG WHINES)
(WINDMILL SQUEAKS)
(FUNKY MUSIC)
It's Living and Dining Room Week and our Blockheads are tackling
the largest rooms we've ever had on The Block.
No word of a lie.
The four spaces range from 67 to 107 square metres each.
Ceilings up to 7m high.
Huge.
Twenty-four hours to reveal.
We have got the brick laying to be finished.
SARAH-JANE: Around the hearth.
Plastering to be sanded.
About 100L of paint that's gotta go on.
Tiling that's gotta go on. Downlights. All electricity.
Got all the electrical to be fitted on.
Just take it all the way around.
('BRITISH BOMBS' BY DECLAN MCKENNA PLAYS)
Skirting boards, the floorboards... To put on.
..to be laid.
The curtains that need to go in.
The rest of the timber beams that need to go in.
We've pretty much got to build a whole room.
Got tiling, electrician, plumbing,
concrete polishing, brick face, grouting.
OZ: Saturday was the full crew.
Everything had to hit on time.
Saturday was a big push.
SCOTTY: Houses one and five seem up against it
but Dylan and Jenny are in better shape.
KEITH: How are you, Jen? Are you going this morning?
I'm going alright.
You look like you're gonna finish. Yeah, we'll definitely finish.
We're gonna do the roof first so then that's done.
And then we'll move up on our way down...
It's a very different room. I've never seen anything like it.
Really? It's so different.
You've got so many different styles in here.
Yeah.
A bit of Tuscany over there, bit of Italian I reckon, with the lights.
Italian, you reckon?
The fireplace. Mmm.
White. Green kitchen. Yep.
Black light fittings. Yep.
Does it all match well, do you reckon?
Yep.
Yeah, I think it will all come together when it's all done. Yeah.
For sure.
(TENSE MUSIC)
It's very different.
Keith and Dan walked in and they just didn't get it.
Like, they didn't get the whole setup of the room.
KEITH: Do you reckon it's making sense at the moment?
Do I think it's making sense at the moment?
Yep. Well, it's not done yet, is it?
JENNY: Well, of course you don't. We've got three scaffolds in here.
There's cardboard boxes on the floors.
It's not painted.
There's like, 20 people in here.
How would you get a vibe of this room?
Like, really?
I love Venetian plaster.
I can't say I'm a fan of that colour, to be honest.
I've got a really nice artwork going on that wall.
A mirror there.
I think when it's all dressed up it will make sense.
'Cause you're just looking at that wall on its own,
when it's all said and done.
It's not just the wall, mate, we're looking at.
(EDGY MUSIC)
Why you talking like that? What's wrong, Dan?
Oh, nothing, mate.
I really like you guys. I want you to do well.
Yeah,.
Yep. Oh, well. It is what it is.
Win or lose, it's gonna look sick.
Play on. Play on.
Interesting.
See you, guys. See you.
Thanks for the positive feedback. All good.
(LAUGHTER)
I think it's gonna be an amazing room. Everything looks awesome.
So I feel like we definitely could win this week.
Every time they love it we never win anyway
so we might get a W this time.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
Need some money. Just give us some money.
Alright. Play on.
Let's keep working.
SCOTTY: The other team that has no money is house two,
with zero room wins on the board so far.
KEITH: Ryan. Yes, mate?
How are you? Good, mate. How are you?
I'm impressed. Are you?
I'm really impressed. Loving the room.
Yeah, it's looking great, isn't it?
This entire area looks magnificent.
Thanks, mate. Thanks.
That stone wall, it's unique.
Our big wow factor is 100% our stone fireplace.
It's huge.
Like, it's just so grand, big, and it just really opens up our space.
The stonemason's done a great job.
Yeah.
Absolute legends are our stonemasons.
Not only did they start Thursday but they rolled over the whole night
and continued right up until they finished which was today.
Thirty-six hours, mate. Straight.
Money well spent though. It's a beautiful feature.
Money well spent and that's the best thing I've ever seen in my life.
And the execution, second to none.
Perfect. Absolutely perfect.
Timber ceiling, big timber truss.
I think you're a good chance this week, mate.
I'm not gonna say you're gonna win
because I don't want to give you the kiss of death.
I know. We're trying our hardest, mate.
We want that win and we feel like
this is the room that we really wanna nail out of the whole house.
RACHEL: We want tens this week. We've done our planning.
We've visualised it.
We know what it's going to be.
We think it's worthy.
Ten, ten, ten.
Let's see. I reckon you should be proud.
I am. Great room.
I'll work through tonight, mate,
to try and get it as done as best we can.
Yeah. Good stuff, mate.
Thanks, Keithy. Thank you.
This is our week. Ten, ten, ten.
Ten, ten, ten.
SCOTTY: Next door also has a stone wall fireplace but
it's nowhere near completion because Ankur and Sharon's builders
decided that they will only have enough time to
take it halfway up the wall.
I spoke to Scotty, our chip,
and he said "Yeah, you're not gonna get it done."
If the other houses are doing it then so be it.
I think at the end of it when you actually look at it,
it would have looked really great but...
I'm trying to keep everyone in the zone of reality here.
SHARON: This is the room of the whole house.
Yeah. This space.
Yeah but you've got to think that we have limited time to do this.
I think it hurts because we could have done it
and then we're not doing it.
You couldn't have done it in time.
(EMOTIONALLY) I don't even wanna look at it.
It's just gonna look so (BLEEP)
This wall, that's all I wanted and we can't have it.
We could have had it but like...
I need the support behind me from my building team
to be able to achieve this.
ANKUR: To go ahead and do that without our approval was even...
Yeah... Just silly, really.
Yeah, that's a huge stylistic decision.
It's just gonna look silly 'cause we're
just gonna have a big white triangle there now.
As far as I knew, everybody had a fireplace feature except us.
Ours was stopping halfway. So that just was hard. It was hard.
We also have a team that's not fully unified in achieving greatness
and that is hard.
(EMOTIONALLY) Every week this happens.
Every single week on The Block this has happened where like,
we never quite get there and we just bust our gut.
And it's just impossible,
the fact that this is the biggest room that's ever
potentially going to be completed on The Block ever in a week.
I just feel like we don't even get an opportunity to compete.
That's all.
(CRYING) That's the only thing I wanted in this house.
SCOTTY: Even though Sharon is dealing with a humongous room,
she doesn't actually have the biggest room on The Block ever.
Tom and Sarah-Jane in house one do,
a whole five square metres more to deal with.
16.3m long by 8m wide.
It's got 107 square metre footprint and that is huge.
Not to mention 6.8m ceilings.
But who's counting?
Not Tom.
This is what The Block is all about.
Just getting it done.
SARAH-JANE: How's it going on? How it should, darl.
Oh, my gosh!
Tom is using the biggest roller you've ever seen in your life.
Is this the biggest pole The Block's ever seen?
When you look at it on Saturday morning
and you're just look in there and you're like, "Oh, my god!"
I wouldn't. I feel like I'd get PTSD.
There is so much work that has to still get done
and are we going to do it?
Everyone's always said I've got a big pole.
No-one has ever said that.
So, I start painting at about, I don't know, 12:30pm.
12.30pm, yeah, 1pm. Saturday.
Which is normally all painted on Friday night.
Mmm.
We all know I'm normally the sprayer on The Block
that there's just too much masking up here.
So I'm on the paint pole.
Yeah, I had my doubts that we're gonna finish but not anymore.
Mate, I'll pump this in, this painting.
I know I'll do an all-nighter but I'll happily do it.
We'll get it done though.
KEITH: I wonder if the stonework's gonna go all the way up.
It looks like they've got plaster up there, Keithy.
So I don't know if they're gonna.
They can't, can they. You can't put no stones on gyprock.
The whole thing of getting living and dining right,
it was something that we had from the start.
This fireplace and the stones.
Because it's actually part of the plan
that there was floor to ceiling stones.
That was a key factor in planning for the room.
Hey, Scotty?
I'm perplexed why we haven't Villaboarded all the way up.
So, even if you don't...
Even if you get so high with the stone
you want to be able to do the stone all the way up later on.
That's what we were planning to do so I don't know.
That's what happened yesterday.
The plasterer wasn't sure.
Well, I agree. I think the stone would look good the whole way up.
SCOTTY: It would look good all the way up.
It would have looked nice but it's not realistic.
(CHUCKLES)
You're the builder for the client. The client wants it all the way up.
We have to be realistic on what gets done.
ANKUR: Scotty, who is our chippy, and Liam,
they know what they're doing
from what we have told them but, yeah, they can go a little awry.
You stand here, Anks, and to me it's
just gonna look weird, I reckon, stopping halfway up.
That would have been an amazing feature.
Yeah, that's why Shaz has been crying for like, 24 hours.
Because of that.
There's bad energy in there between
client relationship and builder and that's what's affecting this.
That stone can be done. Definitely.
SCOTTY: It can't be done.
I feel like you guys,
you've got to do it, at the end of the day.
Yeah, at the end of the day, for auction.
No, I think for Reveal.
Well, the key is the tilers, right?
And if the tilers are prepared to stay here all night
and finish off that stone work, you've got to do it.
(EDGY MUSIC)
SHARON: Can we please try?
How hard is it to rip that plaster and put the cement sheets up?
It takes two seconds to put the plaster up.
KEITH: Ten minutes. So that doesn't take time.
No. Rip the plaster off, you rip it off.
Putting the Villaboard on takes the time because you can't have...
We don't have sheets long enough 'cause they don't sell 9mm...
Oh, I've had enough, you know what?
Scotty and the builder Liam, they're just making excuses all the time.
Doing multiple cuts and you're screwing every 150mm.
That can be done but they just don't wanna do it.
They don't want to put in the hours.
They don't want to stay back for their client
to get 'em over the line.
I've just had enough. I'm just annoyed by it, to be honest.
Do you think we should pull it off now?
I'm fuming, mate. Sorry.
I'm not buying any of it.
It's just excuses is all I'm hearing over there. I'm not buying it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
It's weak as piss is what it is.
(DOOR CREAKS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(DOG WHINES) (WINDMILL SQUEAKS)
(JAUNTY MUSIC)
SCOTTY: After foreman Dan released his rarely seen mongrel
on Ankur and Sharon's builders,
he's ducked off site to downtown Gisborne for a quick breather.
Oh, thanks, mate.
Yes, thank you. Makes it easy that you guys are so close.
Cheers, buddy.
Ooh, that's smooth.
Back on site, Ankur and Sharon
are very thankful for the support they got from Dan and Keith.
We really struggle with the hard chats, to be honest.
But they walked into the space and had heard that stone wall
was going halfway and...
Dan was, yeah... Actually upset by that.
Really grateful that today
Keith and Dan helped us achieve the result, really.
That's what they did.
KEITH: How are you feeling? Are you feeling a bit better?
I'm feeling a bit better. DAN: Here you are.
Keithy, I went and got some. Oh, beautiful.
You guys are gonna make me cry for a good reason.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
There you go. Cafe latte.
Yeah. It's what we all need.
Cheers. So, what's the update?
Well, because you guys gave us a hard chat this morning, which I
really wanted as well, we are going to do that all the way to the top.
So the stone is going all the way to the top
which is what this house needed.
So, in terms of saving time, what we're gonna
do is put that Villaboard stuff or that cement sheet on top of it.
It saves us an hour too. You won't notice it.
We want to give our tilers the best opportunity to finish it.
So we need to get started ASAP.
KEITH: We were shocked that it wasn't going all the way up.
Yeah. OK.
So, you had your own concerns about it.
Well, you look at it now. Imagining it just stopping there.
It just wouldn't look nice. It's weird.
And it's also a big white. A bit dodgy.
We would have painted that white.
It would have just been a big white triangle.
Nope. Yep.
Good work, mate. Good call. Thank you. Thanks, guys.
See you, Shaz. See you.
But the tilers, yeah, they can smash it.
We've got full faith in them. So it should be good.
SCOTTY: Meanwhile, over at my house...
Ready! Whoo!
Alright, what are you looking at?
I'll grab those. Someone's got these ones.
Plant Runner is here and they're giving away free plants.
First in, best dressed.
These are so beautiful. Aren't they nice?
It was amazing.
I had one last styling item to get. A plant.
Oh, it's beautiful. I love this. It's so nice.
It's gonna look great in your living room.
Yes. Where's Omar and Oz?
Oh, they're getting their nails done.
Mate, so stoked.
Free plants from Plant Runner, three plants each.
And you know what?
It could end up being six or nine
if the other houses don't wander down here.
Omar, how we looking? Keep going.
You're good.
SCOTTY: Omar and Oz are a little busy at the moment
installing their beams.
Wait there. Keep going.
As for Ankur and Sharon, just when they
thought their stone wall fireplace was going all the way to the top,
it seems Keith has made a blunder that could stop that from happening.
Shaz. Yeah?
Ankur?
Now, it's been a big week. Yes.
And lots of things have happened this week. Dan's been away.
I've made a massive mistake. BOTH: OK.
I forgot to give you guys some information
that was very important this week.
The scaffold has to come down at 4pm.
Whoa!
Oh, OK. Oh, no.
That big one. What, today?
Today. Yep.
OK.
And that's not far away. No.
We are nowhere near gonna finish this huge space.
SCOTTY: And it affects Tom and Sarah-Jane's house too.
Why's it gotta go, can I ask?
Well, because that height is too high for you to
dismantle by yourself.
Why? Do you need a licence to dismantle one?
Yep. And I've got one. You're kidding.
(GRUNTS)
But look, it's my mistake, I'll wear it.
And I can legally take this scaffold down.
So I'll stay here for as long as you guys need
and I'll pull the scaffold down.
OK.
Keithy's gonna pull an all-nighter for us.
I thought it was a joke but he was serious.
Yeah. Deadly serious.
I'm gonna be here for as long as you need me to be.
Oh, Keithy-pie!
No, it's my fault. I made the mistake.
I forgot... Alright.
..to pass the information on and I'll cop it on the chin.
And it's cost me a Saturday night to myself. What an idiot.
I've come up with an idea.
We're gonna start doing a new segment on Mondays or Tuesdays,
me and you.
We're gonna go for buggy rides together.
We're going to see everyone, we're just gonna have fun.
The segment's gonna be called 'Keithing up with Tom'.
(SARAH-JANE LAUGHS) Keithing up with Tom.
What planet are you on, mate? (LAUGHS)
No way. (LAUGHTER)
I'll be back later to take your scaffold down.
Alright, mate. Love you. Thanks, Keith.
SHARON: I dunno, do you reckon a feature
of something like the Macedon Ranges would be good?
I reckon.
That's nice. Yep, that looks great. Definitely.
Fantastic.
Geez, looking good.
My god, a hundred Gs. Pretty much.
$20,000 for the Game Changer has gone in and our challenge money.
And is everyone saving that money
or that's just 'cause you've won so much?
Some people are in the red, in debt.
Crikey. Yeah.
SCOTTY: Yep, Rachel and Ryan are in the red
'cause they haven't won a room yet.
Hey, Ryan? Yeah?
This is our Suncorp account.
Our Suncorp Game Changer has gone in.
Organic wine farmers work with nature as opposed to against it.
I think it's a great idea all round. You've ticked for me.
You've ticked sustainability,
you've ticked resilience so it's 20 grand on its way to you guys.
House two had a vineyard approved as their Game Changer by Suncorp.
I'll pop that under Landscape
just to make us feel a little bit better about ourselves.
We got our Game Changer drop in our Suncorp account.
So that went straight over to Landscape
because our vineyard's in our landscape.
So, 20 grand in Landscape.
And our challenge win.
The team that wins today's challenge
is the team that created the lounge room, the blue room, the kitchen.
Rach and Ryan, your first win of the season.
Our win! $3,333.33.
Perfect.
If that's not a sign that
Danny Wallace is gonna buy this house, I don't know what is.
(LAUGHS) Had good is that?
We are sitting pretty well right now.
You know what'll make us sit a bit better?
Ten, ten, ten.
We're on the board. Excellent.
We're doing well.
Bit of good news with the budget. Isn't that great?
Isn't that great. Feeling good.
Feeling good? Well, I'm glad you are because look what I've got for you.
Yes. I know.
A speeding fine. Bit of a lead foot.
Well, yeah.
Seven kilometres over in a 60 zone was me.
It was. And you know what?
I take it onboard and it won't happen again.
It is what it is. Nothing's gonna break my stride.
Ten, ten, ten. This is our week.
Ten, ten, ten.
Nothing but positivity in house two.
Thanks, Keithy.
Nothing's gonna bring us down. Nothing's gonna bring us down.
This week, this is the one room
where I reckon we'll outdo anyone come walk arounds, when actual
people, buyers are potentially walking and seeing this space.
Because the buyer's gonna love what we've got coming.
(VOCALISES)
Whoo! Let's do it.
Watch the left. Yeah.
Who would have thought we'd bring a piano onto the show?
(LAUGHS)
Up. Nice.
Nice. Like, wow.
A baby grand piano.
Getting close. He's got it.
One sec. He's got it through.
One of those ones that are assisted and you can
just choose whatever song you want and it just magically plays for you.
Technology.
(CLICK, CLICK, BEEP)
Youse need a hand?
PRODUCER: How did you afford that?
Ready? One, two.
John Martin who's an absolute legend, he came out last week.
We had a conversation.
(PLAYING KEYS)
Literally just asked what we can do and this is the price
that we probably can afford, max
and he said yeah, that's fine.
He was more than happy to do it.
$7,500.
PRODUCER: $7,500?
Yep. Instead of $36,000.
Definitely worth it.
Honestly, it's a bargain so whoever's the lucky buyer for
this house, gets to have a $36,000 piano in his living room or her.
The buyer's gonna love it.
SCOTTY: As our Blockheads prepare themselves for the night ahead,
so does Keith.
Well, welcome home, mate.
(KEITH LAUGHS) Thanks, mate.
Electric blanket's on. Really?.
Yep. Oh, cool.
Keith's got a couple of late-night duties with scaffold removals...
Yep.
And Keithy needed a place to crash
so he came and asked us if it was OK if he could stay over.
And I said, of course, Keith.
Thanks, mate. All good.
Beautiful. Enjoy your stay...
I will. ..at Hotel Tom.
SCOTTY: But for those with minimal plans to sleep...
# It's coming round again... #
(SIGHS) ..the long night begins.
# ..of time and its command... #
The final push before our Blockheads
reveal the biggest rooms in Block history.
# These days turned out nothing like I had planned... #
ANKUR: To us, Saturday nights are just generally all-nighters, right?
So this would be our eighth in a row all-nighter on a Saturday.
So, yeah, nothing out of the ordinary.
SCOTTY: What is out of the ordinary is having Keith join you at 4am.
KEITH: What a way to spend a Saturday night. Hey?
SHARON: I can't believe you're here with us.
Neither can I. (LAUGHTER)
(BIRDS SING)
Good morning, my little Keithy.
Sarah-Jane. How did you sleep?
Hello, Dusty. How did you sleep?
Not too well. Oh.
Well, I hope it wasn't the hospitality.
There you go, my love. A nice coffee.
Cheers. You look like you've slept 12 hours.
You look great. Oh, bollocks I do.
You guys walking up and down that hallway all night.
I didn't wanna say anything
because you had to obviously get the furniture in and dress the room
but anyway, we got the scaffolding done.
Yes. And we're very appreciative of you staying.
Yes we are. You too. And doing that for us.
You're the best, Keith. You're the best.
No worries.
You know, it was good to have Keith. Yeah, it was nice.
Thanks, Sarah-Jane. Thanks for letting me stay here.
Oh, you're welcome.
We got about 1.5 hours' sleep.
Sarah-Jane's looking fresh as a daisy, may I add.
Mmm. Whoo.
SCOTTY: Well, no time to rest because the 9am tools down deadline
is fast approaching.
And the styling won't do itself.
Music, please.
('DJATPA' BY YOTHU YINDI PLAYS)
Move my plant.
Whoa, there is a lot to do still.
Even at my place.
('DJATPA' CONTINUES)
(FRANKIE BARKS)
Final touches.
Put your side down.
Rotate.
I've got mine on. Have you got yours on?
Yeah.
We had to tie them all up because there was all mud on the floor.
(WHISTLES) Tools down!
Freezing.
Yay! Living and dining kicked our butts.
Living and dining defeated us. Oh, yes.
Hell yeah, baby.
Yay.
(LAUGHS) Look at you walking.
My body's so sore from painting.
Well done, babe.
Group hug. Great effort.
Well done. Well done, guys.
Well done.
That's alright. Let's go.
Are we done?
I actually will fall asleep here.
Oh! I'm done.
We've been going hard for six weeks now
so give me three tens so 15 grand and a win.
We'll just have to see what they say. You never know.
I'm absolutely cooked.
(DOOR CREAKS) (BIRDS SING)
(WINDMILL SQUEAKS) (DOG BARKS)
# 'Cause I just wanna move yeah, yeah, yeah
# And you can come too yeah, yeah, yeah... #
Boys. Scotty.
Hey, Scotty.
G'day.
Good evening, everybody. ALL: Hey, Scotty.
Now, as we know, at times The Block can be brutal.
Mmm. Yes.
From my calculations,
you renovated 480 square metres in seven days.
Wow.
But it's not really the floorspace that nearly broke you,
it's the sheer volume of painting that had to be done.
If you add the walls and the ceilings together,
it's 1,560 square metres of painting.
That's nuts.
That's easily a Block record.
Like, by a mile.
And fun fact, it's just a bit below half an acre.
That's crazy. That's crazy.
That's a lot of painting. That makes sense.
You ripper.
The judges were absolutely stunned at what you guys achieved in a week.
They couldn't believe it.
# It makes you wanna dance
# Make you wanna dance
# I just wanna see you break it down
# Forever gonna turn the music round
# Forever going to turn the music. #
OK. Let's find out who impressed them the most
with house one kicking off with feedback, Tom and Sarah-Jane.
The biggest living room that's ever been on The Block
and it was done in the shortest timeframe.
Now, we've struck a major problem
because these guys here, the PIR boards, we've got none.
Oh, no.
My mind just automatically thinks about our schedule that
we had booked in.
Oh, my god!
Oh, this looks (BLEEP)
There's more work to do than we've ever had at this point of the week.
Oh, it's scaring me, Shell.
This whole week Tom has been talking to anybody that has ears.
What? It's scaring me.
For the first time since you arrived?
For the first time.
SARAH-JANE: He was just, we're not gonna do it, we're not gonna finish.
All week. It's exhausting.
And then... BOTH: The fireplace.
It looks so good, man. This is my dream fireplace.
It's the only one in Australia.
It's gonna be a showstopper, this thing.
# It was the Saturday night to feel like you were mine... #
Overall we delivered more than I thought we'd be able to.
So, most proud of the timber work because I know how
much frickin' hard labour has gone into putting those up, all by hand.
And the fireplace.
It's a lot of work to put them in and a load of money.
I hope the judges are just
in awe of the amount of work that got done in such a short time.
Yeah.
# It was the Saturday night to feel like you were mine
# But you weren't so kind, you made me feel alive... #
(NEALE LAUGHS)
DARREN: Wow! NEALE: This is magnificent.
Said Neale, when he walked in.
SHAYNNA: This fire is a beacon.
Just warming my hands, looking at that view.
So, do we just judge from here 'cause this is pretty cool.
The fireplace, they were like moths to a flame.
And they were clearly blown away by the scale of the room.
I knew this was gonna be big last week,
of course I did
but I had no idea that it was gonna feel quite this epic.
I feel like I'm staring at a magazine cover.
On the cover of a magazine, this would sell its socks off.
Yeah. It's got that vibe.
The vastness of the shape that we're seeing here
and the fact that they've elevated it all with those raw beams.
It's just elegant and rustic amongst this contemporary feel.
And then, look at these pin lights lighting up the posts.
Yes. Can you imagine that at night?
Yes! Oh!
They all thought the addition of the timber beams was phenomenal.
The fact that these ceilings are painted that well is amazing.
Like, it's a phenomenal amount of effort.
And it's such an extraordinary volume of space.
He asks, how did you insulate, plaster, and paint this?
TOM: You know what? I'm stoked.
SARAH-JANE: He killed it. He absolutely smashed it.
I mean, I don't wanna brag but I did
all the cutting in around the windowsills and the skirts.
But anyway, this isn't about me. This is Tom's moment.
(LAUGHS)
But...
SHAYNNA: I'm not a fan of the dining chairs and table.
And I feel like there's this vast space
with a couch that's too small.
I just feel, because of the scale here, something bigger,
something grander.
And there's an eyesore. It's really very distracting.
All I see is a mess of cables.
Oh, you know what?
I was wondering why the clock is sitting there in the middle.
To hide the cable. That's why.
The clock, it just doesn't work.
It's so out of sync with how refined this house is.
From day one we saw this steel structure go up.
I always thought this house was gonna have the most phenomenal view
and standing here, that view is to die for.
But...
SCOTTY: This week's room
did not give her the same feeling of cohesion
that you have delivered previously.
For the very first time I'm saying this does not wrap around me.
I don't feel the same as I've walked into every room.
I don't feel their personality.
I don't feel their little nuanced bits and pieces.
I don't feel their heart and soul in here.
I don't know why.
I can't explain it but I don't feel it this time.
NEALE: That's a fair comment.
I understand exactly where you're coming from.
You know, there is so much scope to put more
things in here but I must say, I like what they've presented us with.
DARREN: It's a phenomenal amount of effort but it's not perfect.
Doesn't sound like three tens from the judges there.
No.
But a pretty good feedback overall.
We'll take it. Thank you. I'll take that.
We didn't even think we were gonna finish so to have great...
Like, they've even commented on how good the painting was.
Power to you, babe. Mmm.
It's pretty good. It was an effort, man.
(DOOR CREAKS)
(BIRDS SING) (WINDMILL SQUEAKS)
(DOG BARKS)
('HOLD IT TOGETHER' BY DAN SULTAN PLAYS)
OK. Rachel and Ryan.
RACHEL: We were the only ones on Sunday night after kitchen reveal
going, come on, living and dining.
We wanted it. So this week was huge for us.
I hate saying this, it is a kitchen without a soul.
RACHEL: We knew when we did our kitchen
what's coming for our living and dining,
which is why that had to be pared back.
We need to win this week but we also need three tens.
If it means that we need to sacrifice someone,
I'll sacrifice them.
PRODUCER: It was just a vibe change.
We've actually had fun this week. Had fun.
Oh, man, that is premium.
We're doing the floorboards on the ceiling.
(GASPS) Wow!
Now the beams look incredible.
How are you? I'm good.
Darren Palmer came to visit us.
Bounce anything you want off me.
RYAN: You boys been working all night?
Yeah, buddy. Haven't stopped. Started lunchtime yesterday.
RACHEL: They're our stonemasons.
They rolled over the whole night.
We want to win and this is gonna help us get the win.
('HOLD IT TOGETHER' PLAYS)
RACHEL: Seeing our living room. Like, that's our dream.
That's what we would have in our dream home as our living room.
So, seeing that...
ten, ten, ten.
# ..helping others but can't help herself
# She don't need no help from no-one else... #
DARREN: Drama.
(LAUGHS) Yes!
They've done it!
They have put home personality and warmth into this place.
SCOTTY: "Yes!" yelled Shaynna when she walked in today.
"They've done it."
NEALE: Rachel and Ryan, welcome to The Block.
It's hard to sort of take it all in, actually, because look
at the beautiful beams that we only just saw, you know,
those three last time.
Now it's wrapped around here.
And then took at that ceiling.
It was actually ordered to be throughout the house but
when they changed it to concrete,
they'd use that timber on the ceiling.
So that's real blackbutt. That is such a perfect choice.
And that then draws you to that incredible fireplace.
And floor-to-ceiling sheers!
Neale Whitaker, who loves a hashtag, had one for your room today.
Best sofa ever on The Block.
Yes.
We could not agree more. What did I say?
Third day on The Block or something I saw that sofa and I knew...
That was amazing.
..that sofa was coming into our space.
Can I say, you know what it makes me wanna do?
What?
Whoo! And off they go. Oh, wow.
You can do that. I won't be trying that anytime soon.
Look at this space.
NEALE: They have done a beautiful job.
Well done.
SHAYNNA: Just those simple things.
That tray and that wine carafe
were on top of each other in the kitchen
and it looked a little bit out of place.
Here, phenomenal, phenomenal.
Everything works.
And I don't think I've talked so much in their house before.
And I just want them to know I love it and you have done the best job.
Whoo! Yep.
SCOTTY: Wow, you did win her over today, didn't you?
Wow.
Unbelievable.
DARREN: Do you know what?
I like the choice of the dining table.
It ties back into the kitchen shelves.
"The dining chairs are very welcoming and very comfortable too."
I like the repetition of the candles and the way that they've
alternated those like they've done with the lighting up here.
It's lively, it's homely, it's fun.
All three judges ended up in front of the fireplace, standing there
with their backs to the fire.
Last week I really felt that I was
standing in a kitchen that was somehow in search of a style.
It was in search of an aesthetic.
It just wasn't... Nothing was gelling.
Mmm.
But my goodness me, if ever there was a kitchen, dining,
and living area that was made to go together, it's these three zones.
I am absolutely blown away by
what Rachel and Ryan have delivered today.
Yeah.
Phenomenal.
You've nailed it. Yay.
"And for a day that felt like it was about to snow.
"A minimalist, mid-century lodge was exactly the place to be."
That's it. Yay.
Thanks. Well done.
Wow!
They got it. Welcome. They get it.
Welcome. We've been here a while. Thank you.
Thank you for coming.
We are almost 3/4 of the way through this trip now.
Thank you.
Well done, babe.
# I'll go, I'll go
# To the end of the earth with you. #
# We're all running in a crazy race never thinking about... #
SCOTTY: OK, house three. Ankur and Sharon.
Eugh! This week was monumental.
We knew it was gonna be a (BLEEP) show.
And it was way more than a (BLEEP) show.
It was a (BLEEP)-athlon.
Wow. Guess you would've got beat 20 times.
Oh, well. That's the quota. It's all ours.
Fantastic. Feels like the Last Supper table, doesn't it?
They've been pulled out before they get too rotten.
You can't have a country home without beams. I'm sorry, you can't.
(CHILLING MUSIC)
Where are the tradies?
Hey, Keithy. Hi, Keith. How are you doing?
KEITH: There's not one tradie in your living area.
So, we're paying them for that time.
We don't have budget for stuff like that. We are busy.
Every day we're trying to stay positive but as the days roll on
it's Friday again.
That ain't gonna happen.
The room is ginormous.
Nothing's been done yet so like, it's just killing me.
It'll be an all-nighter tonight, I have a feeling.
And an all-nighter tomorrow for painting.
What else are you gonna do?
# Sit a while, watch the moon
# Sink lightly into your glow... #
We are most proud of the feature stone wall.
On the fireplace. Yeah, for sure.
We didn't get to grout it all completely but we can do that later.
I know a lot of other contestants have done the same features.
Painting definitely sets us apart on a lower level but anyway.
I think the intention and the vision
is there so I hope the judges see that.
# I slept in your bed last night
# You took all the blankets but I don't mind... #
I have to say, that ceiling is phenomenal.
# We were strangers wandering home. #
SCOTTY: Shaynna was immediately overwhelmed by the sheer size of the
space and she thinks that adding in the timber beams really warms it up.
And I really love those lights and that stonework.
To me, those elements just work together.
And that stonework, obviously it still needs to be grouted.
"Because it looks like the Flintstones right now."
(FRANKIE WHINES)
We're in another hunting lodge. Yeah.
Well, we've got the elks to prove it.
We certainly have. Mmm.
But...
But I sort of feel from there down it falls away.
Yeah.
She found it to be lacking ambience.
Some of the same elements that they'd just seen in house two
but they just don't add up to the same level of success.
A lot of people will look at this area that we're in now
and think well, it's the same sofa that you all loved next door.
You know, so how can one be so good and the other not?
But it is how you use these elements
and it's the relationship between the zones, the spaces.
I mean, looking at that dining table,
from this angle actually it looks quite magnificent.
But it's very cold. It's quite austere.
It needed a huge rug underneath it.
What's lacking here are the things that make a house a home.
It needs bookcases. Yeah.
It needs more artwork.
"It just needs more paraphernalia. Some big lamps.
"Anything to make it feel more homely."
It doesn't gel. It doesn't feel like a home to me.
And this artwork on the wall, yes, it's impressive but again, to
me that doesn't feel like something you would have in your home.
That feels like something you would see in a commercial space.
Do know what I feel like?
I feel like I'm in the lobby of a hotel.
It feels like these spaces are now too big.
It's almost defeated them.
Darren did acknowledge that it must
have been a crushing amount of work to do in a week.
And you can see it.
The painting... (SIGHS)
I can see the undercoat again.
This is so bad.
I'm trying to problem-solve in my head.
Yeah.
I'm actually sitting in my mind reconfiguring
what's here and trying to think about effective and efficient
ways that they can maybe just add a couple of things to level it up.
The cogs are turning.
We're all thinking of solutions.
They've got some great features but they're not selling them.
They're not celebrating them.
Even like, we know that's an art TV
but I feel like they've picked the wrong piece of art for it
with colours that don't even work with here.
The individual elements here are lovely.
I mean, I love this leather sofa.
We all love the couch that you're sitting on.
The dining table certainly is magnificent.
It's an impressive piece.
These chandeliers are perfect.
Yeah.
There's a lot to love here but they've
got to rethink the relationship between all these elements.
"It just needs a few tweaks with the furniture
"and some time with a paintbrush."
I'm calling this their redo room straight away.
Yeah. This is their re-do room.
And they very much believe it needs
to be salvaged before you photograph it for a brochure.
That's it.
Tough day. That's alright. Cheers.
It's pretty deflating feedback regarding styling.
And separation of zones,
we'll definitely obviously take into account.
SHARON: But I don't know. Like, I don't know.
It's disappointing.
It's like you kill yourself and then you just get... Yeah.
(DOOR CREAKS)
(THUNDER CRACKS) (DOG WHINES)
OK. Dylan and Jen. Eugh!
(LAUGHS) Ooh!
JENNY: This week I'm just thinking, what
else can I do that's gonna get us that extra half a point?
Surely we've gotta get some money sooner or later.
You can't go the whole time and not have anything.
PRODUCER: Big plaster job. Massive. There's so much work in it.
They're just waiting on materials to get here.
They were having issues like everyone is with COVID,
getting stock.
Hectic.
How are we?
The challenge house.
Just seeing if you need any help right now?
I'm trying to think of everything that I need for the challenge house.
And then living and dining,
you're just almost doing wheel spins sometimes.
I think the best moment was finishing the challenge house.
That was awesome.
Oh, wow, Tim.
Seeing the boys come into the house
and enjoy the backyard that we created for them.
That was really cool.
This is where we turn it from I guess, a plain wall,
into having some coats on.
Wow. Ooh, look at this wall.
That's great. Gee, that saved you some painting.
You might be the only ones to finish this week.
Really? Oh, yes!
You need to get a couple of wins throughout The Block.
Oh, I don't even want to get my hopes up
because I'd be too disappointed if it didn't happen.
# You can sway with the palms and the pines
# Where you sing to the sky getting breath to the fresh air
# Just you and I in the back of your mind
# Or you can dance in the sand with a drink in your hand
# But baby you're almost set... #
JENNY: When you finish, you're like,
oh, my god, I actually just did that.
How the hell did we do that? This is amazing.
We're definitely in the money to win this week. Like, without a doubt.
I think the judges will love it.
Well, I hope they will.
It could be our night. You never know.
# Paradise, Paradise, Paradise
# Loving you is paradise, paradise. #
Oh, look, we've got home automation.
How good is that?
SCOTTY: On the way they stopped to
check out the MyPlace home automation.
And Neale, surely being able to activate your gate from here
instead of walking down a ten-acre block...
It would be heaven.
That be heaven for you, wouldn't it? Be heaven in these houses too.
There's quite a bit to take in, isn't there?
There is.
Yeah, that's why I had to take a step back.
It's very traditional. It is, isn't it.
Yeah, I dunno.
It's not what I expected, at all.
SCOTTY: Heading into your living area,
the room was definitely much more classic than they were expecting
after the kitchen last week.
Because that was a beautiful, contemporary version of country that
I was going to get a contemporary version of country.
And here I feel like this is more suited for a period home.
I'm looking at your face and I'm looking at Shaynna's face
and I'm thinking that you might be feeling the same way.
Shaynna was feeling that the mixture of contemporary
furnishings with the traditional pieces isn't really working.
You know, we've got contemporary side tables and coffee table
but then we have traditional.
So it doesn't feel connected. It doesn't feel right.
Neale thinks it's not invoking any passion.
It feels... It feels...
It doesn't feel aspirational. No.
That's what I'm trying to say, I think. It doesn't feel lux.
It doesn't feel like the living area
that you would expect to find in a house
that will be commanding the kind of price that presumably this will.
It feels kind of ordinary. Mmm.
These houses have gotta have more oomph.
They've gotta have more wow factor.
They've gotta have more...
Just more impact.
JENNY: I'm actually shocked. I love that living room. So, yeah, shocked.
Dylan and Jenny are not gonna thank me for saying this
but what I feel they've
done is they've presented something that is very cookie-cutter.
"And you've approached what is a huge space
"with a kind of small cottage mentality."
I mean, I live in a country cottage
and this feels more like the proportions of my place.
It feels like a lot of real estate has been given to the dining table
and the dining table is floating in this huge space
and then everything has been shunted forward.
Whereas I should be standing here in amazement at the proportions
and the dimensions.
Mmm.
And yes, of course there are gonna be people out there that
love this interior and the way it's been styled
but are they gonna be the people who are prepared to spend $4 million?
I don't think so.
Shaynna's advice is to take out some of the country elements.
Put in a bit more contemporary.
Because they've got it in their kitchen.
Yep.
But they've got the mix wrong, without a doubt.
That's it, guys.
Sweet. Thank you.
(APPLAUSE) Not when I was expecting at all.
We weren't country enough, now we're too country.
So you can't win.
It's... Yeah. 100%. When you put so much effort into it.
Yeah, for sure. (BLEEP)
Yeah.
OK. House five, Omar and Oz.
This week was hectic.
When things go crazy, me personally,
I work probably better when pressure is up.
Is that what it looks like? Yeah.
Oh, that's amazing, man.
We are really trying hard to get a baby grand piano in this week.
It sells for $36,000. $36,000.
PIR boards are coming in so we've
just slowly started putting them up on the cathedral ceilings.
The other houses are nowhere near where you are at the moment.
OZ: Is there anything that we could do to help?
Just a quick pep talk? No thanks.
They can do it themselves.
DAN: Ozie?
Seriously, whenever there's a TV above a fireplace,
judges say it, too high.
I think the fireplace has got to go.
And then the TV down.
First thing you've gotta do,
stop listening to people who've never won The Block.
(LAUGHTER)
He's got me.
('EMPTY SPACES' BY AODHAN PLAYS)
We were so relieved.
This is probably the one week that I honestly don't know how we finished.
To walk through that kitchen and see
that space come to life, it's so beautiful.
So here's three tens, boom.
# Now I'm too afraid to love
# I feel a blade through my heart... #
Ooh! (LAUGHS)
Whoa!
Music maestro. Baby grand piano?
# But it's not you, it's me... #
Wow.
Whoo!
This is pretty impressive, i.e. extremely impressive.
You really know how to surprise the judges.
SHAYNNA: Who are these two people?
I think they're Omar and Oz.
It has a sense of grandeur, a sense of surprise,
a sense of elegance but also a sense of casual comfort.
"Although casual comfort and baby grand piano
"are not usually used to describe the same room."
But I'm feeling it. Like, this is...
Chic a.f.? Yeah.
Walking around the room, and the compliments kept on coming.
"Everything is stunning."
"The furniture is all absolutely beautiful."
"An extremely high-end feeling, especially the piano."
I'm just gonna have a little go. Oh, go on.
(PLAYS HIGH NOTES)
Finish on a bum note. Do you know what?
Luckily it plays for you.
Oh, it's one of those ones.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
Hang on a minute...
This is a baby grand.
It wasn't... They didn't win it on a prize.
Do you remember last week I was saying like, in the kitchen, I was
a bit worried about where they're getting the money from?
And now we've got a baby grand?
Like, they're not winning every week.
Not for the first time Shaynna asked, how are you affording this?
Mmm.
I have no idea.
(EDGY MUSIC)
I'm with her, boys. How are you affording this piano?
Because I know what they retail for.
$7,500 is what we got it for.
That's impossible. They retail for $36,000.
Call John.
No, I'm not calling John.
Can anyone tell me what the rule on The Block is?
I think it's rule number three. Does anyone know the rule?
50%. Of?
The retail price.
50% of retail price.
The retail price of the piano is 36,000 bucks.
Is it not?
You said that in an interview twice this week.
You said the piano's worth 36,000 bucks and we got it for $18,000.
That's what he said he could sell it for
and he told us he'll split the cost of what it cost to make.
That's exactly what...
But there's no cost price. It says 50% of retail price.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
50% of retail price is $18,000, boys.
You can't go and spend 7,000 bucks on a piano and stick it in the room
and expect me to let that slide, boys.
We're more than happy to pay an extra 10k.
I'd genuinely...
No, see, that's the chicken before the egg.
You can't put a baby grand in and then when you win $10,000,
pay the extra $10,000 that you owe the piano.
But we haven't won the $10,000.
So, what do we do?
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(DOOR CREAKS) (THUNDER CRACKS)
(DOG WHINES) (WINDMILL SQUEAKS)
The retail price of the piano is 36,000 bucks.
You can't go and spend 7,000 bucks
and expect me to let that slide, boys.
The situation we've got here is that I haven't seen the scores yet
but if you win tonight, I'm disqualifying you from tonight.
And I'm gonna take one point off each judge as well
for the Domain Super Power leaderboard.
Put your hand up anybody here that thinks I'm being unfair to the boys.
No. No.
Put your hand up if you think I'm doing the right thing.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Unanimous decision, boys.
So, regardless of whether you win tonight,
I will disqualify you for tonight for the $10,000.
It is what it is.
We paid less than 50% of a piano.
It's just one of those things that we probably should have
been more aware of.
To lose three points because of it, it's pretty disappointing.
So, shall we continue with your feedback?
Yes, sir.
Neale said,
"Whatever it is you are doing, you are doing amazing things with it."
It feels like home. Mmm.
It's a beautiful, contemporary country home.
Yeah.
"The big Rinnai fireplace is magic.
"The architecture of the room is stunning."
Much as I love the dining table and chairs that they've chosen,
I think I might have thought about getting a slightly smaller one.
Yeah. Or chair.
I mean, I love those chairs, don't get me wrong.
I think those rattan backed chairs are so beautiful.
But they take up a lot of space.
They are gorgeous. Yeah.
In another space I would love them
but here they just feel a little bit overwhelming.
Neale thinks the only thing missing...
..is a lamp.
(LAUGHS) There's one over there.
We have no bloody lamp.
No, that doesn't count because that's too far over there.
Yeah.
This space has got to have a beautiful big, brass,
brushed brass lamp or something there.
Alright, Mr Lamp. (LAUGHS)
In a living room I need a lamp.
Like a broken record about lamps.
Yeah, I am. I am. And I always will be.
Beautiful room, boys. Yeah.
But it does need a lamp. Broken record.
And another one over there too. (LAUGHS)
Over and over and over and over.
That's it, boys. Well done.
(APPLAUSE)
No matter what they said about our room, how
amazing it is, at the end of the day we're still not gonna win that room.
OK, scores.
Tom and Sarah-Jane, Darren Palmer.
DARREN: These ceilings are painted that well,
it's a phenomenal amount of effort.
Rachel and Ryan.
Ten, ten, ten.
DARREN: It's lively. It's homely. It's fun.
When we got the 9.5 from Darren I thought, oh, here we go. OK.
Ankur and Sharon.
DARREN: I mean, the painting, this is so bad.
It's pretty deflating but we knew.
Like, I temper my expectations so I know when you don't complete a room
you're gonna get scores like that.
Dylan and Jenny.
DARREN: It's very traditional. It's not what I expected at all.
Omar and Oz.
This is pretty impressive. Chic a.f.?
Shaynna Blaze. Tom and Sarah-Jane.
SHAYNNA: I don't feel their personality.
I don't feel their heart and soul in here.
Rachel and Ryan.
SHAYNNA: Phenomenal, phenomenal. Everything works.
Hey!
Look at that.
Good on you, babe. Five Gs, baby.
I'm stoked for you.
Ten! Yeah, no, that's gold.
Could not believe it. That's gold.
We were so excited.
Well done, Shaynna. Wow. I'm chuffed, absolutely chuffed.
Ankur and Sharon.
SHAYNNA: I'm calling this their re-do room straight away.
Dylan and Jenny.
SHAYNNA: It doesn't feel connected. It doesn't feel right.
How is it only one point above when we've actually finished?
I don't think it was only worth one more point than Ankur and Shaz
that didn't even paint and didn't even grout the stone.
It's like, really?
Yeah, that's pretty hectic.
Omar and Oz.
SHAYNNA: It has a sense of grandeur, a sense of surprise,
a sense of elegance but also a sense of casual comfort.
9.5 again.
Sorry, boys. That's frustrating as, eh?
There is an explanation to it though.
Was it a brand-new one? No, it's old as.
Fourteen years old. It was 36,000?
We didn't know it was 14 years old. Refurbished.
Why didn't you say that? You should have said it's 14 years old.
(EDGY MUSIC)
OK, Neale Whitaker. Tom and Sarah-Jane.
NEALE: I feel like I'm staring at a magazine cover.
SCOTTY: Rachel and Ryan.
NEALE: Best sofa ever on The Block.
Ankur and Sharon.
NEALE: What's lacking here are the things that make a house a home.
Dylan and Jenny.
NEALE: It doesn't feel aspirational. It doesn't feel lux.
It feels kind of ordinary.
Omar and Oz.
NEALE: It's a beautiful, contemporary country home.
OK. Totals.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
OK, gang.
Winner of week seven on the Block Tree Change
and taking home 10,000 bucks from Ford is...
It's Rachel and Ryan.
Another ten.
Sorry, what? Two tens.
We'll take ten, ten. We'll take ten, ten, please.
That's 20 grand.
To basically have living, dining come together for the win
with a couple of tens,
to us that seems really special.
SCOTTY: Rachel and Ryan have finally chalked up a win
and just half a point shy of a perfect score, I might add,
scoring 29.5.
Omar and Oz would have come in outright second on 28.5
but of course they were docked three points and ended up with 25.5
which meant Omar and Oz tied with the biggest room in Block history,
Tom and Sarah-Jane's.
Dylan and Jenny's traditional room
scored them just 22 points from the judges this week.
And Ankur and Sharon's unfinished room
put them in last place on 19 points.
Rach and Ryan, congratulations. Your first win on The Block.
Well done. Thank you.
Thanks, Scotty.
Also two tens, so another 10,000 bucks coming from catch.com.au
BOTH: Thank you. That means it's a 20 grand night.
Yay.
Fantastic. Whoo!
We need it. We need it big time.
Oh, we needed that, didn't we? We're stoked.
We needed that.
Also, don't forget you're going to
be getting that magnificent mature tree from Ford
coming up your driveway first thing tomorrow morning.
Alright, onto next week.
Oh, (BLEEP). Forgot about that.
It's 'Hellway' week, people.
Oh, no!
Yeah, baby.
Oh, (BLEEP) off.
It's all the connecting rooms P the hallways, the WCs,
the laundries, the mud rooms.
Oh! What!
It's gonna be a huge week. And the breezeway.
All the connecting rooms in your homes. It's a massive week.
That's why it's called 'Hellway' week.
Suncorp will be giving you a very healthy budget of $25,000.
Two hallways and a breezeway. It's not enough.
It's not enough. And we've got cash and it's not enough.
And that'll be in your accounts first thing tomorrow morning.
Good luck, everybody. It's gonna be a tough week. See you later.
Thank you.
Yeah, whoo, Scotty. TOM: Well done.
That was a tough week.
Well done. Nice one. We got there.
It's hilarious, man.
We would have lost anyway. That'll do me.
Yeah, well, they knew.
They knew what the price was
and they knew what we were going to pay for it during the whole week.
It would have been nice if somebody came up and said to us,
that couldn't be done.
Yeah.
Good times.
RYAN: I think everyone else knows the rules,
of course they know the rules.
No-one should be doing it wrong.
Very fair what Scotty said. Yeah.
Obviously flapping their gums,
telling people that it's worth $36,000.
And then paying $7,000 for it.
Scotty obviously knows what they're worth
and now they've shot themselves in the foot a little bit.
What they're doing hasn't affected us personally financially
'cause we still have... Lucky enough to get some wins.
Yeah.
But at the end of the day,
everybody's putting their whole lives on hold.
They're happy to go about it and not
play by the game rules which technically is cheating.
Yep.
It's not fair for people that are doing the right thing.
But honestly, guys, there's five weeks left.
I know something's going on.
Basically nothing will come of it.
So, I'm doing a financial audit.
It's fair. If no-one's gonna do it, I'll do it no worries.
But, yeah, I think it should be done.
If everyone wants in, put your hand up.
We'll support you but we won't be
the ones suggesting it but we'll support you.
We'll say yes.
Yeah, like, we're happy to show our receipts.
Everyone should do the same.
Got nothing to hide you should not
be worried about a financial audit at all.
(SIREN BLARES) Oh, cops again.
Oh, it'll be interesting times ahead.
And everyone should be held accountable, you know.
Hey, mate. How are you? POLICEMAN: Good. Yourself?
Are you aware of the speed limit along this road?
Oh!
VOICEOVER: This...
MAN: Had an absolute hurricane come through...
..is the week...
WOMAN: We thought the house was going to fly away.
(GASPS)
..Hell...
..is unleashed.
(WHIMPERS)
25 monster rooms.
SCOTT: Hallways, laundrys, mudrooms, all the connecting rooms.
A 40 metre hallway.
40 metres!
It's bigger than a footy field.
Weather so wild...
SCOTT: Freezing temperatures, nearly impossible...
..so wet...
TOM: I've got mud everywhere.
I found mud in my undies.
..it'll push the blockheads...
KEITH: 15 seasons on The Block,
I've never experienced anything like this.
RACHEL: I wanna go home.
..to breaking point.
DAN: You boys are pushing our friendship,
disrespecting authority onsite.
They'll be dragged kicking and screaming...
No! Five more minutes!
..through hell week.