Darren Palmer
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Quiet Luxury: The Block’s Hardest Brief Is Basically “Be Beige, But Brilliant”
Darren Palmer wants The Block’s Mount Eliza homes to channel Kim Kardashian and Axel Vervoordt. Easy. Just create a monastic masterpiece on a reality-TV budget, while sleep-deprived and arguing about grout. Quiet luxury has officially arrived on The Block. For the 2026 Mount Eliza season, contestants have been handed what judge Darren Palmer calls one…
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The Block 2026 Judges: Darren Palmer, Shaynna Blaze and Marty Fox
Darren Palmer, Shaynna Blaze and Marty Fox are all confirmed back on the judging panel for The Block 2026 at Mount Eliza. Who they are, what they actually score, and what they have been up to between seasons.
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What The Block Judges Actually Score Every Week (And How to Get the Same Result Without a Reno)
What The Block judges actually score every week is styling and saleability, the same toolkit professional home stagers use. Here is how to get the same result on an ordinary home, without a renovation.
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The Block 2026: Mount Eliza, Mornington Peninsula
The Location: Mount Eliza, Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula The Block 2026 is set in Mount Eliza, a leafy waterfront suburb on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, roughly 50 kilometres south-east of Melbourne’s CBD. It is one of the Peninsula’s most sought-after postcodes, known for its coastal reserves, private beach access and prestige property market.
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The Block 2025: Where Are They Now? Every Team and Judge Catches Up
Season 21 Catch-Up: June 2026 It has been eight months since the Daylesford auction, and life has moved on quickly for all five teams and the regular cast. Britt and Taz are renovating a Tudor-style farm south of Perth. Darren Palmer and Shaynna Blaze are in Sicily. Marty Fox has opened in Dubai. And two…
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A Kangaroo Named MG Just Handed Sonny and Alicia Their First Ever Block Win
Right, Let’s Set the Scene Twenty-seven hours to tools down, five teams, one shared front yard budget, and, because The Block loves a milestone, this also happened to be the show’s 1,000th episode. No pressure. Scott Cam spent the cold open reminding everyone this is the countdown of lasts: last pre-start, last room reveal, last…
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The Block 2025 Backyard Reveal: A Gnome War, a $20K Slab and Half a Point
Landscaping week. The one every single contestant on this show insists, with the confidence of a man who has never once landscaped anything, “wins you The Block.” Five teams, five backyards over 1,000 square metres each, and a ticking clock that didn’t care that half of them hadn’t even started turfing by Saturday lunchtime. Somewhere…
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The Block 2025 Alfresco & Shed Reveal: Robby and Mat’s Wine Cellar Gamble Pays Off With a Perfect 30
Right, Let’s Set the Scene Ten weeks in, everyone’s insides are apparently “like a rotting corpse” (Mat’s words, not ours), and the smart money says whoever nails the backyard wins the whole competition. Scott Cam said it himself standing in a paddock in Daylesford: this series comes down to gardens. No pressure, Blockheads. So of…
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The Block 2025 Back Of House Reveal: A Half-Point Photo Finish (And A Dobber)
Right, let’s set the scene. It’s back of house week in Daylesford, the glamorous stretch of the build where five teams pour their hearts, their marriages and roughly the GDP of a small country into laundries, mudrooms, powder rooms, pantries and garages. Twenty-five rooms, one weekend, and apparently every single Blockhead decided the secret to…
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The Block 2024: Phillip Island Season Recap, Auction Results and Where They Are Now
The Block 2024 in one page: the Phillip Island season, the five teams (well, six, it is complicated), and the auction where Adrian Portelli bought the lot for $15.05 million.
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