What a season it has been, all the Blockheads were very competitive this year. Some of them came in not really knowing what to expect and I think it was quite a shock for them when they realised just how hard it is to win. It’s easy for the people watching at home to say they could do better, but it’s a different story once you’re here putting in the long hours.

Sticks’ and Wombat’s renovations were a little bit too manly early on but they learned to soften things up in the end and I think they’ve done themselves proud.

Clint and Hannah got off to a rocky start with the whole tile issue, but they stuck it out and I’m happy to see how far these first-time renovators have come.

Sarah and Jason left me scratching my head on more than a few occasions but they managed to turn it around towards the end. Their early stumbles might come back to bite them though.

Ronnie and Georgia were extremely competitive from the very beginning and they proved time and again that they’re here to win.

Josh and Elise just quietly went about their business, and showed they’ve got what it takes to win. I wouldn’t be surprised if they pulled it off.

It’s anyone’s guess who will win at this point.

Another massive week in terms of space. Three-car garage, it’s gotta be gyprocked and plastered and sparked, and all that sort of thing. Plus a massive bedroom, plus a walk-in-robe, plus an ensuite again. The thing I think is that those garages are the same size as the first block apartments, roughly, if you go by floorspace. I mean it’s smaller, but really, I think it’s another block. But when they got to that stage, all of them were outstanding. They were really fantastic, all of them. Stand-out for me was Sticks and Wombat’s—they did a nice one, and I love v-joint panelling and timber. And they did that in their hallway as well, and I really loved that. They won their hallway, and it was beautiful.

They always underestimate the size of the hallway, they think ‘Oh, this is going to be an easy week’, and it brings people unstuck every single year and this was no different. Everybody was working through the night in the end, thinking it wasn’t going to take this long. And I always love hallway week because they get a false sense of security.

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We’re working on kitchen week which is the heart of the home, the most important room of the house—it sells houses, we all know that. And Freedom Kitchens are fantastic, they’re doing a great job. But more importantly, we’ve got Sarah and Jason who got three zeros and have been threatened by me that if they don’t finish this week’s room and last week’s room— pack your bags and get out. And I was deeply offended by the way they carried on, and I thought that they were disrespectful to everybody—crew, producers, everyone like that—and I was pretty upset with them.

Ten thousand people applied to get on The Block, and you’re on The Block and you’re not giving it 100 percent, that’s not in the spirit of The Block. They’re the first couple to get three zeros, first couple where if they didn’t accomplish what I set them, they were definitely packing their bags and going.

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