Darren Palmer
Every theblock.tv post tagged Darren Palmer: recaps, results and news from The Block Australia.
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The Block 2026, Episode 18: Rick and Tayla’s Winners Dinner, and a Wrong Insulation Delivery
Nobody on Mount Eliza got much of a sleep-in after Sunday night. One day after the main ensuite scores landed, five still-bruised teams pulled their boots on for what every single one of them is calling the most important week of the build: living, dining and alfresco week. These are the rooms with the view,…
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The Block 2026, Episode 17: Rick and Tayla Win by Half a Point
Main ensuite week ended the way it built: two rooms finished, two rooms not, and a scoreline so tight it came down to a gnome someone won for building a dog kennel three days earlier. By the time Scott Cam read out the placings, one team had their first win of the season, one team…
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The Block 2026, Episode 14: A Missing Window, a Missing Crew and a Heart Scare
Before anyone could pick up a trowel this week, the street did a lap of last week’s main bedrooms, and Courtney and Sev’s “high-end coffin” got the reaction you’d expect from five teams standing in a room decorated like a funeral home. “We’re in a coffin,” Sev admitted, walking her own guests through it. “A…
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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
Everything confirmed about The Block 2026 at Mount Eliza: start date, teams, hosts, judges and the TV guide for every upcoming episode.
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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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