The Block
5.3
2003
Reality
Couples compete against each other to renovate houses and sell them at auction for the highest price.
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Episode 39 : The Block Auction Grand Finale
March. 20,2013
All four houses go up for public auction. Each team will keep the profit they make over reserve and the team with the highest margin will also win the grand prize of $100,000.
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Episode 38 : Exterior Reveal
March. 19,2013
The All Stars face a huge clean up as they make the finishing touches to their gardens. The judges are joined by real estate expert John McGrath as they give their final scores and for two couples, the results are closer than ever before.
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Episode 37 : Exterior renovations continue
March. 18,2013
Its the final two days as the teams race to finish both the front and back gardens. As the facades come together Scotty presents our couples with name plaques for each house and for two competitors, the mood is particularly festive.
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Episode 36 : Living Room Reveal
March. 17,2013
Its a busy time for the All Stars as they put on smiles and race to finish their living rooms. The winners of living room week receive $5000, a prize much needed by all the teams in order to finish their outdoor areas.
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Episode 35 : The Block UNLOCKED: Kitchen
March. 15,2013
The judges hand down their final verdict on the completed kitchens as the couples race to finish their houses.
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Episode 34 : Phil's Revenge
March. 14,2013
The living rooms and gardens are almost complete. For one team, a wrong measurement spells disaster in the garden and paint spraying in the living room means time lost instead of time saved.
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Episode 33 : Bondi Sculpture Challenge
March. 13,2013
Living room week is in full swing. The All Stars spend the night away and try their hands as artists in Shelley's sculpture challenge, the final challenge of the series.
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Episode 32 : Dan strips for Charity
March. 12,2013
The budgets are stretched in the final stages of the All Star renovations and there's a big win for one team when they open a safe.
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Episode 31 : War on The Block
March. 11,2013
The finished kitchens are open for inspection, and the claws come out when the couples disagree with the judges.
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Episode 30 : Kitchen Room Reveal
March. 10,2013
The heat is on as kitchens are installed, and all the teams have something unique that they hope will make theirs the winning room. The scores come down to nearly full marks for two couples, and true colours are revealed.
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Episode 29 : The Block UNLOCKED: Triple Room
March. 08,2013
Catch up on a tumultuous week and learn what the judges really think about the couples' completed rooms.
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Episode 28 : Dan Unchained
March. 07,2013
With three days before the All Stars deliver their kitchens and laundries, some teams get personal with each others' kitchen finishes. Mark and his new partner are a day and a half behind and risk not finishing their rooms.
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Episode 27 : New arrival on The Block
March. 06,2013
Shelley has a challenge that will bring out the inner stylist in the All Stars. The teams must style a multi million dollar apartment then do their best as novice real estate agents as they show the properties to buyers.
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Episode 26 : Kitchen renovations continue
March. 05,2013
Mark's health scare takes its toll on all the contestants and Duncan gets a helping hand. Phil and Amity's unique addition in the back of their house is shaping up well and one team has problems with the heritage chimney.
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Episode 25 : Someone leaves The Block
March. 04,2013
The All Stars dust themselves off after the judges comments and the claws come out as they inspect each others rooms. Two teams join forces to win more money, but these petty politics are overshadowed by a tragic incident.
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Episode 24 : Triple-Room Reveal
March. 03,2013
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Episode 23 : The Block UNLOCKED: Bathroom
March. 01,2013
Go behind the scenes with judges Neale Whitaker, Shaynna Blaze and newcomer Darren Palmer as they review their judging of the Bathroom room reveals.
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Episode 22 : Brad and Lara return
March. 01,2013
As the teams race to finish their formal lounge, hallways and linen cupboards, lack of sleep starts to affect everyone. For some, tempers boil over, for others, it becomes all too much. The winner of the art car challenge is announced.
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Episode 21 : The 2nd safe opens
February. 28,2013
In the race to save time, the two teams try their hand at spray painting, and for one team, it doesn't end well. Delays to the ongoing build out the back force two teams to call an urgent meeting and confront foreman Keith.
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Episode 20 : Go-Karting Challenge
February. 27,2013
Scotty presents the teams with two challenges that bring out the artist and the car enthusiast in the all-stars. It's a race to finish three rooms for judging and for one couple, second thoughts on paint colour prove difficult.
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Episode 19 : Triple Room Week Continues
February. 26,2013
A week this big deserves big prize money and the teams find out just how much they'll win for their formal lounge, hallway and linen cupboards come room reveal.
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Episode 18 : Triple Room Week Begins
February. 25,2013
The teams forge ahead with unique plans for the formal lounge, hallway and linen cupboard, aka Ben Hur week. Budgets are tight and all the teams discover they're in desperate need of a win to finish the build out back.
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Episode 17 : Bathroom Room Reveal
February. 24,2013
Careful planning and hard work pay off with the all-stars delivering the best bathrooms this series has ever seen. The judges are surprised by the results, and tensions are high as the scores go down to the wire.
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Episode 16 : The Block UNLOCKED: Bedroom 2
February. 22,2013
Go behind the scenes with judges Neale Whitaker, Shaynna Blaze and newcomer Darren Palmer as they review their judging of the second room of The Block.
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Episode 15 : Dani Takes Charge
February. 22,2013
One all-star is struck down with a stomach bug, leaving his teammate in charge of the bathroom build herself. Keith's on the rampage about one team's extra housemate, a four-legged friend.
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Episode 14 : Hell Week Continues
February. 21,2013
With only a few days left to finish their bathrooms, the pressure is on. One teams is faced with the huge task of fixing floor levels, while another finds quirky bathroom accessories.
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Episode 13 : The Belle Bathroom Challenge
February. 20,2013
Challenge Queen Shelley Craft surprises everyone with a bathroom display challenge and the chance to have their bathroom feature in Belle Magazine.
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Episode 12 : The Block Olympian Challenge
February. 19,2013
Bathroom week, aka Hell Week, continues. One team is already behind due to a problem with their flooring and all the teams face some time consuming heritage work ahead of them.
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Episode 11 : Bathroom Renovations Begin
February. 18,2013
Bathrooms are next on the All Stars renovation list and all the teams are trying to impress. But some couples face delays as foreman Keith keeps a close eye on construction.
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Episode 10 : Bedroom 2 Room Reveal
February. 17,2013
With only a day before delivery of their second bedrooms, the teams struggle to finish ahead of judging. There's another $5,000 up for grabs but the judges are so impressed with the standard they have trouble choosing a winner.
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Episode 9 : The Block UNLOCKED:Bedroom 1
February. 15,2013
Go behind the scenes with judges Neale Whitaker, Shaynna Blaze and newcomer Darren Palmer as they review their judging of the very first All Stars room reveals.
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Episode 8 : Scott & Shelley walk around The Block
February. 15,2013
Scott gets one team closer to opening another Suzuki safe. All the teams race to finish their second bedrooms but for one team member, the pressure of being an All Star weighs heavily and becomes all too much.
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Episode 7 : Restoration Nation Challenge
February. 14,2013
One team is hit with some devastating family news, while another comes up with a potential game changing plan for the back of their house. Shelley has a creative repurposing challenge for the teams where the prize is valued at over $20,000.
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Episode 6 : Bedroom 2 Renovations Continue
February. 13,2013
Bedroom two is well underway and one of our couples is planning ahead, meeting with a real estate agent and inspecting other Bondi properties.
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Episode 5 : Bedroom 2 Renovations Begin
February. 12,2013
The competition heats up as the All Stars inspect each other's completed first rooms. Beginning work on their second rooms, the teams get busy designing the rest of their house while trying to deal with the heritage restrictions.
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Episode 4 : Bedroom Room Reveal
February. 11,2013
In a race against the clock, the teams discover that completing heritage listed rooms is far harder than they ever imagined.
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Episode 3 : The Safe Opens
February. 07,2013
The teams race to complete their rooms in time for the judges. The winning team will donate $5000 to a charity of their choice and also win a code that will allow them to open one of their neighbours safes at The Block.
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Episode 2 : Charity Make-over Challenge
February. 05,2013
The enormity of the challenge ahead starts to sink in as they encounter the strict heritage rules. In the midst of this Scott Cam sends them on a challenge to makeover rooms at the Sydney Children's Hospital.
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Seasons
Season 19
Located on Charming Street, the houses on The Block Season 19 were made in the 50s and are overdue for an update. Will our fresh-faced Blockheads be up to the challenge?
Season 18
Saddle up it's going to be a bumpy ride as five 'city-slicker' teams are dropped in country Victoria to renovate 500 square-metre houses on 10 acre pieces of land.
Season 17
Australia's favourite reno show is back and this year, young blood takes on Block legends in The Block Fans v Faves
You won't believe the twists, turns and surprises that are about to go down in this Melbourne cul-de-sac.
For starters, we've thrown out the plans and our BLOCKheads must design the entire layout from scratch!
It's Fans versus Faves.
Season 16
Five period homes from the 1910s, 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s will be brought back to life by five eager new couples on a block of land in the heart of sunny and affluent Melbourne.
Season 15
Five ambitious couples transform the neglected Oslo Hotel in St Kilda into five top-end, three-storey homes. A renovation that's bigger, tougher and longer than ever.
Season 14
Five couples are tasked with renovating the notorious Gatwick Hotel into luxury apartments to be sold at public auction for profit and a life changing $100,000 prize.
Season 13
The Block takes determined couples, rundown apartments, and gives them equal-sized budgets and just weeks to out-renovate each other to see who becomes the ultimate winner.
Season 12
The Block takes determined couples, rundown apartments, and gives them equal-sized budgets and just weeks to out-renovate each other to see who becomes the ultimate winner.
Season 11
The Block takes determined couples, rundown apartments, and gives them equal-sized budgets and just weeks to out-renovate each other to see who becomes the ultimate winner.
Season 10
The Block takes determined couples, rundown apartments, and gives them equal-sized budgets and just weeks to out-renovate each other to see who becomes the ultimate winner.
Season 6
The Block All Stars premiered on Monday, 4 February 2013 at 7:00 pm on the Nine Network. Both host Scott Cam and "Challenge Master" Shelley Craft returned from the previous season.
Production for the series relocated from Melbourne—which had hosted the prior two seasons—to its original location of Bondi in Sydney to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the show's first season.
Season 5
The fifth season of The Block premiered on Monday, 16 April 2012 at 7:00 pm on the Nine Network. Both host Scott Cam and "Challenge Master" Shelley Craft returned from the previous season.
Like the previous season, this season was filmed in Melbourne, with the four houses to be renovated located in the inner-city suburb of South Melbourne.
At first, this season wasn't to air in New Zealand, but has now been picked up by TV3. All four previous seasons have aired on Prime.
Season 4
The fourth season of The Block premiered on Monday, 20 June 2011 at 7:00 pm on the Nine Network. Host Scott Cam returned from the previous season, with Shelley Craft joining the series as "Challenge Master".
Unlike previous series, the fourth season was filmed in Melbourne rather than Sydney, with the four houses to be renovated located in the inner-city suburb of Richmond.
The season was ultimately won by Polly Porter and Warwick "Waz" Jones, who were the only couple to sell their property at auction.
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