Jesse and Paige
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Jesse and Paige Are Out, the Newbies Are In, and Main Bedroom Week Ends in a Photo Finish
Right, Let’s Set the Scene Well, that’s a way to start an episode. Jesse and Paige are gone, walked off The Block for their mental health, hugs all round, Scotty Cam looking like he’s aged a decade in real time. “Nothing’s more important than your mental health,” he tells them, which is true and also…
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The Block 2024: Kylie and Brad Knock Back a Penguin and Hand Kristian and Mimi Their Third Win
Right, Let’s Set the Scene Guest bedroom number two, everybody. Not to be confused with guest bedroom number one back in week two, which feels like about nine years ago now given how much has happened since, Bar Crushers, fired builders, a birthday putt-putt tournament with a semi-professional golfing Scott Cam. This week the Blockheads…
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Main Ensuite Week: One House Has No Tiles, One Wife Vanishes for Eight Hours, One Couple Wins by Half a Point
Right, Let’s Set the Scene Main ensuite week on The Block. A room that matters. A room that will, in theory, help sell a house for approximately the GDP of a small Pacific nation. A room that four out of five teams treated like an optional side quest they’d get to eventually, between breakfast, crying,…
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Kristian and Mimi Go Back-to-Back While House Three’s Ceiling Falls Apart
Right, Let’s Set the Scene Two weeks into Phillip Island and tent city is officially cooked. Portashowers are getting unplugged mid-lather, Haydn’s dreaming of hot water like it’s a long-lost lover, and the general vibe is “please, for the love of god, give us a door that closes.” This week it’s guest bedrooms, specifically kids’…
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The Block 2024 Week One: A Broken Toilet, A Newborn Baby and Marty Fox’s “Biggest Disaster in 20 Seasons”
Right, Let’s Set the Scene Scott Cam looked five brand-new Blockheads dead in the eye during Tools Down and admitted it himself: “I threw everything at you guys this week, didn’t I?” A bathroom, in week one, on an island, in a 40-degree heatwave. Nothing says “welcome to reality TV” quite like handing amateur renovators…
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