Name: The Block Australia
Uploaded: 2024-02-02T23:56:04.000Z
Description: Couples compete against each other to refurbish a home and sell it at an auction for the highest price to receive a monetary prize and go through a range of experiences as they do so.

Couples compete against each other to refurbish a home and sell it at an auction for the highest price to receive a monetary prize and go through a range of experiences as they do so.

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Contestants try to score as few points as possible by coming up with the answers no-one else could think of.

Episode 1

Fiona visits the boys and they decide to call an emergency BC meeting about the noise levels from upstairs.

Episode 2

The termite damage in the downstairs apartments are inspected and live termites are found.

Episode 3

Stress levels are running at fever pitch as the couples race to deliver room number two.

Episode 4

Phil is caught spying on his downstairs neighbour and Paul and Kylie are living without any running water.

Episode 5

It's room delivery number three and big prize money at stake.

Episode 6

It's half way and everyone is feeling a little tired and emotional.

Episode 7

This week Fiona is left home alone and the neighbours pounce.

Episode 8

Arguments galore as everyone at The Block fight over every dollar of the landscaping budget.

Episode 9

The pressure us on as our couples race to deliver their final rooms.

Episode 10

It's judgement day on the final room and The Block hits boiling point.

Episode 11

It's auction day and the climax to the ultimate real estate challenge.

Episode 12

Four new couples from around Australia are about to embark upon the greatest challenge of their lives.

The couples are searching for the best tradesmen at the right prices. All except the Melbourne couple, that is, who think they have an ace up their sleeve.

Living amongst the filth and the rubble is becoming unbearable as the contestants struggle to maintain their presentation at work. The couples are working out who they do and don't want to be friends with.

Dani and Monique face their worst nightmare when a newspaper article discloses information about Dani's past. He and Monique are prepared to leave The Block if the other couples want them to go.

Jason returns to The Block and sees his bedroom windows painted with accusations of cheating. Tempers flare as Matt & Jane and Richard & Steven confront Jason & Kristen about not living at The Block.

The couples are devastated when they read in the paper that Dani & Monique have left The Block. The competition really hots up as the remaining couples reveal their first rooms and the judges award their first prize.

The competition really heats up as the remaining couples reveal their first rooms and the judges award their first prize.

It is room delivery day and everyone is feeling the pressure, but the final results are well worth the effort.

Having just finished their second rooms, everyone is feeling a little tired and emotional. The rooms are judged and the prize is awarded. Meanwhile, a practical joke goes a little too far.

It is day 35 and although our couples have finished their first two rooms, life at The Block isn't getting any more comfortable or easier.

The couples are 39 days down and the game is taking its toll. They are doing battle with their tradesmen, they are fighting against time, and they have come face to face with their greatest enemy yet... the budget.

It's room delivery time again, and this time it's the unveiling of each couples' third room. Once again the work site is declared open for inspection to all couples.

The living conditions are getting down and dirty and the couples are racing to do those last-minute jobs. They'll do anything to impress the judges as they try to win the biggest prize yet.

Episode 13

The stress of living on The Block is taking its toll on the couples, and the big day is here for Matt and Jane as they return to Melbourne to get married.

Episode 14

Episode 15

Nothing is going to plan. The couples are out of time, they're out of money and they're all going out of their minds to deliver room number four.

Episode 16

It's judgement day for room number four: there will be winners and there will be losers. Some neighbours will come to the rescue, others just aren't playing fair, but everyone is hoping they'll get the edge.

Episode 17

Downstairs it's a fight for land, upstairs it's a battle of the minds, and in the middle is a war to win cash.

Episode 18

The couples all have a common goal. They're working like a well-oiled machine, they're doing it for love, and failure is not an option.

Episode 19

The four couples are delivering their most ambitious makeovers yet, and its deadline time for their latest challenge.

Episode 20

It's judgement day for room number five, and they're onto their next rooms as well as trying to salvage some desperately needed prize money.

Episode 21

There's a renovation, there's action and dancing, there's romance, room reveals, there's laughs and at the end of it all The Block's biggest challenge, another tantrum and a prize that is bigger than Ben Hur.

Episode 22

It's judgement day for room six but the judges aren't the only ones with an opinion about the rooms, and with the end drawing closer, they're all out of money, out of time and out of their minds.

Episode 23

With the auctions only one week away everyone is under the pump. Not only do they have to deliver the final rooms but they have to work together to deliver the outside, and with the game almost over everyone is playing for keeps.

Episode 24

After 101 days of renovation it's time to say goodbye. And while some contestants leave as friends, some leave as enemies.

Episode 25

After 101 days of renovating for four couples, it all comes down to this. For Jason and Kirsten, Jamie and Andrew, Jane and Matt, and Richard and Steven, tonight's the night we find out who will take home the grand prize of $100,000.

Episode 26

Four couples move into four identical apartments with little more than the clothes they are wearing. With equal-sized budgets of $80,000, they have just eight weeks to out-design, out-decorate and out-renovate each other.

The four couples race to finish their first bedroom. Then it's judgement day as the first room prize is awarded to the winning team.

The four couples' renovations are now well underway. They have to deliver their guest bedroom, but host Scott Cam has another surprise that will make that task even harder.

The competition heats up as the contestants have to complete their first rooms, and one couple is accused of cheating.

All four couples are having major budget problems as they try to secure another win and deliver their master bedrooms in time for judging.

All four couples this week have the mammoth task of completing their main bathrooms and laundries, and the downstairs apartment become suspicious that their upstairs neighbours may be cheating.

The teams are faced with a major demolition job as they race to complete their living rooms in just one week. In a dramatic twist, one couple is accused of cheating and host Scott Cam has to make a very difficult decision.

In this final week of their renovation, the four teams have to produce their toughest rooms yet, with just seven days to create a prize-winning kitchen, and have their apartments ready for public auction the next week.

After eight weeks of renovations all four apartments will go to public auction. The couple who make the most above reserve will also win $100,000.

The Block returns for 2011 in the new location of Melbourne.

The competition heats up as The Block hosts a state of origin clash when Polly & Waz from NSW take on Chrissy & Toby from QLD. One team falls way behind when they leave their paint at Mitre10 while the other contemplates divorce

Youth and enthusiasm versus age and experience in the third of 4 elimination challenges - Chris and Carrie from NSW compete with Tania and Rod from country VIC. Both teams have just 24 hours to finish an entire room but lose precious time navigating the streets of Melbourne.

In tonight's episode, the last of The Block eliminations, two sets of sisters take sibling rivalry to a new level -- twins Laura & Emily from VIC v Katrina & Amie from country NSW.

Four couples make it through the elimination. They think they're home free but Scotty has another surprise.

In a one-hour episode Scott Cam introduces the couples to their new homes, 4 dilapidated properties in Melbourne's Richmond. For the first time they get an idea of just how much scary-crazy work lies ahead of them.

Challenge Master Shelley Craft joins The Block 2011 and puts the couples through another challenge that has them driving all over Melbourne searching for much needed cash and a very big twist.

The couples are tired, the conditions are primitive, and they have to get their first room ready for the judges who will arrive again in just a few days.

This one-hour episode introduces Scotty's Workshop; a place where the couples will not only compete for the opportunity to win cash and bonuses but learn valuable skills from the master builder.

Scott Cam and Shelley Craft review progress as the couples struggle to complete their first room. All are feeling the pressure.

Judges John McGrath and Neale Whitaker review the first completed rooms. The winning team wins an extra $5,000 towards their already dwindling budget. It's a testing time with unexpected results.

The neighbours become suspicious when Josh chooses to recycle junk to make a bed.

The Couples let off some steam in Scotty's workshop distressing a brand new piece of pine furniture: beware - violence against furniture.

Another week ends. The couples have made stunning progress but the second room delivery looms large on the horizon as Scott and Shelley check in on their progress - or lack of it.

For their second rooms the couples could only use second hand everything. Now the judges hand in their verdict.

Water Torture as challenge master Shelley Craft takes the couples well and truly out of their comfort zones with the Pipeworks challenge.

Time is their nemesis as the couples struggle to complete another room. Meanwhile site foreman Keith has stern words with someone who is cutting corners.

On The Tiles: The contestants engage in some high stakes art therapy to win themselves a tradie for the day.

The judges deliver the good news, and the bad, for the couples' third room - the all-important main bathroom and laundry.

Shelley Craft has the couples hanging wallpaper in a challenge with a big cash prize - but also one very big twist.

One couple's agonising decision causes serious bad-blood that threatens to rock The Block.

With their toughest room delivery coming up, one contestant almost comes to blows with site foreman Keith.

Scott Cam challenges the couples to raise money for the Salvos and some very unexpected visitors drop in to lend a helping hand.

Room reveal of the master bedroom and ensuites. The judges agree that one couple have delivered the best room in the history of The Block.

Shelley Craft sets the couples a challenge to style a room for Belle Magazine. One couple suffer a family tragedy and have to call in reinforcements.

Episode 27

Chaos ensues as the couples try to coordinate tradesmen for their hallways and living rooms. Josh and Jenna cannot agree on the layout.

Episode 28

The hallway and living rooms are proving very difficult for all four teams. The sisters must learn some new skills as their plasterer drops out at the last minute.

Episode 29

Scott Cam sets the couples a challenge with a very special celebrity host who sends one team straight to the doghouse.

Episode 30

Jenna has a painting disaster in the rush to finish the hallway and living room. The rooms are revealed for the judges and this week's winner is announced.

Episode 31

Shelley sets the teams a cooking challenge with one very big twist. Before they can cook, they'll have to build their kitchens first!

Episode 32

Chaos at The Block today as all of the couples kitchens are being installed and site foreman Keith has some serious concerns about Josh's plumbing.

Episode 33

All four teams have their work cut out for them as they try top complete their kitchen renovations. But one team decide to go even further by completely re-doing one of their previous rooms.

Episode 34

What begins as a seemingly simple challenge turns into a riotous game show as Scott Cam brings in special guest host Ed Phillips for a real estate guessing game.

Episode 35

Josh and Keith have a run in about who knows more about plumbing, Polly and Waz show reveal their secret weapon, the 'mancave', and all the teams are under the pump to get their kitchens finished in time for judging.

Episode 36

Shelley Craft offers an amazing $10,000 cash prize which the couples are desperate to win to help them complete this week's exterior renovations - but first they'll have to find the prize inside a hedge maze.

Episode 37

Josh and Jenna have a secret weapon for their garden but struggle to agree on the design. The contestants all race to start painting their exteriors as the storm clouds gather.

Episode 38

The teams have to battle against atrocious weather to have any chance of completing their gardens and renovating the facades before this week's final reveal and judgement.

Episode 39

Host Scott Cam offers up the series biggest prize of $15000 with a challenge to create the best campaign to sell their homes.

Episode 40

All four teams experience their toughest day on The Block as they struggle to complete their exteriors in time for the final judging.

Episode 41

The judges announce the winner of the final reveal and then it's party time for all four teams before they have to pack up and leave The Block.

Episode 42

The four couples have all returned to their own homes only to find that nothing is quite the same after eight long weeks of renovating and suddenly becoming TV stars.

Episode 43

Host Scott Cam calls all of the teams back to Melbourne to take part in a huge two day challenge which will decide the all-important Auction Order.

Episode 44

The Champ or Chump Quiz is decided in an unusual way and then some very special guests arrive to judge their renovations for crucial points to decide the outcome of the challenge.

Episode 45

Grand Finale. After eight weeks of exhausting renovations all four houses are finally Open For Inspection and then go under the hammer at Auction to decide which couple will take out the $100,000 prize.

Episode 46

The Block returns for 2012 as eight new couples meet their host Scott Cam in Melbourne to compete in a fierce elimination challenge that will see the final four move into this year's Block.

The competition heats up in the Red Elimination House as The Block hosts a state of origin clash with Brad and Lara from New South Wales taking on a father and daughter team Larry and Jessie from Queensland.

It's the battle of the newlyweds in the third elimination challenge, with Sophie and Dale taking on Brendan and Michelle.

The last team from the Red House, brothers Andrew and Mike, take on the Block's first-ever mother and son team, Rana and Brett, for the last remaining house.

The four remaining couples are welcomed to Luna Park in Melbourne by Scotty Cam for their next big challenge which will determine who gets the first choice of the houses.

Neale Whitaker chooses inspirational pieces for elimination rooms. The furniture from the elimination house is given to the Lighthouse Foundation.

Scotty Cam introduces the couples to their new homes: four dilapidated, gold-rush-era houses in South Melbourne with dirt floors and just a few walls.

Challenge master Shelley Craft puts the couples through their next big challenge; They're all desperate for cash to renovate their homes, and Shelley is going to make them earn every penny.

The Blockheads struggle to complete their first room in primitive conditions in time for the judges' arrival.

The Blockheads take part in their first challenge in Scotty's workshop. The task seems simple at first but, as always, Scotty has a big twist up his sleeve.

Scotty and Shelley review the Blockheads' progress as they struggle to finish the all-important first room.

A behind-the-scenes overview of Neale Whitaker, John McGrath and Shaynna Blaze's judgements about the contestants' work on room one so far.

The Blockheads race to deliver and impress with their first rooms in the hope of winning the $5000 weekly room prize.

Shelley Craft takes the teams out of the city to strike it rich in the Victorian goldfields. But the winning teams are in for a big shock as Scotty Cam announces one very big twist.

The teams risk it all in the goldfields in an effort to try to double their winnings or lose the lot. Then it's back to the block to continue two-room week, and all of the couples are really feeling the pressure to deliver their hardest task yet.

Scotty Cam springs another challenge on the Blockheads, and this time there's a bonus point up for grabs. Meanwhile, back at the Block there is trouble with the tradies.

All four couples are desperately trying to keep their renovations on track for this week's room delivery as Scott Cam and Shelley Craft drop in to review progress of their master bedrooms and ensuites.

An in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the first week's room deliveries with interviews with the judges and the couples' reviews of each other's rooms during the open inspections.

With $10,000 on the line, the four couples rush to complete their room delivery of the main bedrooms and their ensuites. It's the end of a hellish two-room week, and at least one team will not finish on time for the judges.

After delivering two whole rooms for the judges, the couples face an even tougher task: challenge master Shelley Craft gives them two rooms in one day. Guest judge Darren Palmer will award one team an extra $5000.

Site Foreman Keith has some bad news for one team when they attempt to redesign their powder room under the stairs at the last-minute. With an upstairs guest room to deliver as well, everyone is feeling the pressure.

The Blockheads are called into Scotty's workshop for a crash course in upholstery and sewing using second-hand fabrics and clothing.

The race is on to finish another two rooms but a sudden game of paint ball puts a halt on renovations. Also, the boys decide to test their pain barriers by engaging in some friendly waxing.

Judges Neale Whitaker, Shaynna Blaze and John McGrath, review the master bedrooms and ensuites, and the Blockheads cast their eyes over each other's rooms for the first time.

The Blockheads race to complete and impress with their guest bedrooms. With some all-important bonus points up for grabs, it's all hands on decks.

Challenge Master Shelley Craft goes green with a pedal-powered challenge: each couple must generate their own electricity to make a DIY windmill. But what starts out eco-friendly quickly goes downhill.

It's bathroom week and everyone is having issues with their renovations. Dan and Dani have spent $5000 on a bath but then discover it won't fit. One team breaks the noise restriction rules, and the others are not happy about it.

Host Scott Cam has set the couples a mind-bending challenge when he presents them with the world's hardest flat-pack. There are bonus points on the line if they can complete it and a hidden message from the judges.

Tensions run high when Dan confronts Dale over the noise violation; Meanwhile, Scott Cam and Shelley Craft review the progress as the couples struggle to complete their bathrooms.

The Block's judges review their decision about the teams' guest rooms and powder rooms, and the couples give their views of their neighbours' efforts.

The Blockheads race to finish their main bathroom and laundry in time for judging, and deal with the accusation that one couple has been cheating.

Shelley Craft sends the Blockheads to the beautiful town of Daylesford, in country Victoria, for a unique challenge for Belle Magazine.

Some of the Blockheads find themselves in trouble with site foreman Keith when they cut corners in a desperate attempt to finish their hallways and a bedroom.

The Blockheads are set the task of building the world's best cubbyhouse in another round of Scotty's workshop challenge.

Scotty and Shelley have a look at the Blockheads progress on their hallways and guest bedrooms and the couples, now at the halfway mark of their renovations, reflect on their time so far at the Block.

The judges reveal the reasons behind their scores about the teams' main bathrooms and laundries; the couples give their views of their neighbours' efforts.

The teams are working all-nighters again in their efforts to complete their guest rooms and hallways. Judges award one team the highest scores of the series so far to win the weekly $5000 prize.

Shelley Craft and guest Father Bob set the Blockheads the challenge of raising money to feed the homeless through the Father Bob Foundation.

Tensions rise as the rooftop renovations start and the Blockheads each become protective over their views. Later, the teams face a huge crowd at a charity auction for the Father Bob Foundation.

Scotty Cam tasks the Blockheads with their toughest challenge yet: a whole day and night spent as on-call handymen.

With just a day to go the Blockheads, already juggling budget and tradie problems, are feeling the stress of another very tough week on the tools.

The judges reveal the reasons behind their scores of the teams' main bathrooms and laundries. The couples give their views of their neighbours' efforts.

With just four hours to go until room reveal, all four teams are rushing to complete their rooftop terraces in time for the judges. As budgets are getting tighter, everyone is desperate to win the $5000 weekly room prize.

Challenge master Shelley Craft wakes the couples at 4 am for this challenge, which kicks off at Melbourne's famous flower markets, where she unveils a very rare botanical money tree.

One team has a very difficult decision to make as they can double their winnings by reaching into their neighbours' pockets. The brothers try to keep their room swap a secret from the others.

Scott Cam welcomes game-show host Ed Phillips to the workshop to kick off a big money guessing competition and a magical mystery tour around Melbourne.

A Blockhead is rushed to hospital with an illness, which leaves his partner trying to complete their living room all by herself.

Episode 47

The judges review their decision about the teams' renovations of their roof terraces, and the couples give their views of their neighbours' efforts.

Episode 48

Dale arrives back at the Block after his stay in hospital, just in time to help Sophie put the finishing touches on their living room.

Episode 49

All four teams make a start on their kitchens. Challenge master Shelley Craft welcomes some familiar faces as newly engaged couple Polly and Waz and Josh and Jenna return to the block to set the new teams a wedding challenge.

Episode 50

With kitchens and an extra room to complete, all four teams are under the pump to deliver this week; Lara takes charge of the renovations in her house when Brad leaves the block and impresses site foreman Keith with her new renovation.

Episode 51

Scott Cam sets the teams a workshop challenge to create a dining table from scratch and then turns the tables when they discover their creations will be going on public display in Melbourne's busiest street.

Episode 52

The results of the dining table window display challenge are revealed. Meanwhile, the Blockheads push on with their kitchen and room saver, and Brad and Lara receive a reality check about their finances.

Episode 53

The judges reveal the reasons behind their scores of the teams' living rooms, and the Blockheads give their views of their neighbours' efforts.

Episode 54

With a double-room week and a prize of $10,000 up for grabs, the four teams are in a race to complete their kitchens and their room savers in time for judging.

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