Twelve weeks, five houses and one final morning in a winery restaurant. The finale is where The Block 2026 swaps hammers for calculators, and this year the reserve prices came with a brand new twist: they had to be made public a week before auction day.
This recap covers everything leading into auction day. For the results, head to our live page, Who Won The Block 2026? Auction Results and Winner. And if you have been watching and thinking you could do better, applications for The Block 2027 close soon: Scott told viewers on air there was one week to go. Here is how to apply.
Key Moments This Episode
- DRAMAThe five reserves are revealed under silver cloches at Point Leo Estate, and every house gets the same number: $3.45 million.
- ARGUMENTAuction order descends into a standoff, with Scott warning of “dessert roulette” if the teams cannot agree: “No-one’s coming together today.”
- DISASTERThe dessert-table draw is revealed afterwards, and Scott admits it “would have worked out for some, but not for others”.
- DRAMAA last-minute proposal from an agent to shuffle the order leaves one team feeling “like 10 minutes before the wedding”.
- RIDICULOUS PURCHASESupercars roll in for inspection: “We’ve had the Bentley just drive in, Danny Wallace in the Ferrari.” Scott calls it Supercar Saturday.
- DRAMAThe first bid of auction day lands at House One, and the on-screen line is “You made $50,000.”
The Reserve Reveal, Served Under a Cloche
Scott and Shelley greeted the teams at Point Leo Estate, one of the season’s favourite locations, with a twist: the reserves were hidden under the lunch covers. If you wanted to know your number, you had to eat your way to it.
The reveal came with a legal footnote. A new Victorian rule means reserve prices must now be advertised seven days before the auction, which Scott was quick to point out was “nothing to do with us”. The teams were visibly uneasy, with one pointing out that keeping the reserve private is the whole point.
“Again, if you’re hungry, you’ll have to eat your way to your reserves.”
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The agents were upbeat about the market, and every team was happy once the number was out: price guides had sat between $3.6 and $3.9 million, and every house shared a single reserve of $3.45 million. Agent Alice was more cautious on the broader market, listing interest rate rises, federal property tax changes and the new Victorian rule as headwinds.
- Reserve for all five houses: $3.45 million.
- Price guide: $3.6 to $3.9 million.
- Prize pool: $500,000, plus whatever each team makes over reserve.
Dessert Roulette: The Auction Order Fight
Scott had a plan for teams who could not agree on an auction order: a trip to the dessert table. Nobody wanted that, and nobody wanted to go first or fifth either. A fair few teams wanted second.
Alice backed the idea that House One should lead, since prime-view homes can command 20 to 30 per cent more, and the room slowly came around to a plain one, two, three, four, five. Scott gave them a 15-minute deadline, warning that the restaurant was about to open.
The tension was best summed up by the teams themselves. Several predicted an “all-out war”, one warned “this is where relationships could end”, and in the car park one pair confidently declared that whatever another house wanted in the auction order was exactly what they didn’t.
A Last-Minute Order Swap
Just before the auctions began, an agent approached House Four with a late proposal: swap with House Two and take the second slot instead. The idea was to give the next house the best shot at the underbidders from earlier auctions.
House Four’s response was a mixture of nerves and gratitude. They had wanted position two on the day, but it felt, in their words, “like 10 minutes before the wedding, it’s a massive change”. After checking in with their own agent, they agreed.
Auction Day: Supercars, Moustaches and the First Bid
By lunchtime, the crowd outside looked less like a property inspection and more like a car show. Scott arrived in style in a classic car, and then came the Bentley, the Ferrari and a mystery Lamborghini. The hope on the lawn: “This could be a sign.”
It was also 1 November, which meant Movember. Adam sat down for a Movember moustache, and Jolene’s verdict on her husband’s new look was a polite “I probably don’t love it, but it’s for a great cause”.
Then came the first auction. House One opened with nine registered bidders, auctioneer Damien Cooley (making his 14th or 15th Block auction) and Michelle Scoglin of Aqua Real Estate behind him. The first bid landed at $3.5 million, which the show flagged as $50,000 over the reserve. After that, every other bid in the room was a race against the clock.
Where to Find the Auction Results
We have kept the sale prices and the winner out of this recap on purpose. Every result, every profit over reserve and the final winner are in one place: Who Won The Block 2026? Auction Results and Winner, which also has a table of every Block winner since 2003.
Applications for The Block 2027 Close Soon
Scott closed the season with a reminder: if you have not applied for The Block yet, do it now, because there was one week to go. Scott asked the room if people should apply. The answer was a short “yes”.
Casting is for teams of two, and the 2027 season is heading to a new location. Our How to Apply for The Block 2027 guide has the steps and what producers want, and the 2027 location page has what we know about the site.
The Wrap-Up
Twelve weeks, five houses, one 15-minute auction order negotiation and an awful lot of crying. Whatever the numbers said, this was a season that earned its finale. Now somebody has to hand in an application for the next one.
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