With Auction Day fast approaching, the Blockheads are battling it out in the race to the finish line, and it’s doing the numbers for Nine, which last night recorded a total TV national reach of 2,516,000 and a national average audience of 1,320,000 for The Block.
Last night, a severe tradie shortage left the timeliness of the guest bedroom and laundry reveals in question.
Kristian and Mimi, having faced disappointment from tradies before, were on the lookout for a new one, eager for a breakthrough after last week’s harsh critique from the judges. Meanwhile, Kylie and Brad, still reeling from the judges’ harsh comments about their “ridiculous” office and rumpus room, felt like they were hanging by a thread. Tensions were high, with Kylie contemplating walking away from both Brad and the entire competition. Their plan? A bold black-and-white makeover.
After a visit from their greatly missed families, it was straight into the room reveals with Courtney and Grant reigning supreme.
“Oh, they’ve listened; how good is this?!” Marty said. “It’s far more palatial. This is the main wing that I would personally like to sleep in in this house. What they’ve pulled together is simply superb.”
“No one does ‘Moditerranean’ so Courtney and Grumpy have created their own look and their own feel that is unique … it will set trends around the country, just like Steph and Gian,” said Shaynna.
“We feel really proud of what we’ve done,” Courtney said after the reveal.
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Over on Ten, it was The Amazing Race: Celebrity Edition’s grand final that did the numbers with a total TV national reach of 986,000 and a national average audience of 611,000 as three teams battled it out for the top spot.
Ultimately, it was MMA pro-Tai ‘Bam Bam’ Tuivasa and his brother Logan who were the first team to hit the Pit Stop, winning the glory and $100,000 for their chosen charity, the Sydney Region Aboriginal Corporation.
“It was a bit surreal; we kind of knew we were in the first place, but in this race, you can never get too ahead of yourself. It was really cool,” said Tuivasa.
“I haven’t been to many Grand Finals in the footy, so this was like a Grand Final for me,” Logan added.
The Sydney Region Aboriginal Corporation is a community-controlled not-for-profit whose mission is to improve the health, social, emotional, and economic well-being of Aboriginal people. “It’s going to be awesome, [SRAC] does a lot of work with kids from the area, from Western Sydney, and they take a lot of football gear and stuff out to the Aboriginal communities, hand them out and do football days,” Tuivasa said. “I’m really looking forward to seeing where they get to now, and how far out in the community they can reach. That’s really important to me so I’m pumped about that.”
