The Block season 14

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The Block
Season 14
Blue background with yellow lettering
No. of episodes47
Release
Original networkNine Network
Original release5 August (2018-08-05) –
28 October 2018 (2018-10-28)
Season chronology
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The fourteenth season of Australian reality television series The Block premiered on August 5, 2018, on the Nine Network.[1] Hosts Scott Cam and Shelley Craft, site foreman Keith Schleiger with Dan Reilly, and judges Neale Whitaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer, all returned from the previous season,[2] with special guests William Schirripa and Roshan Abraham.

Production[edit]

In June 2017, The Block producers lodged renovation plans for The Gatwick Hotel with Port Phillip City Council.[3][4] In October 2017, the fourteenth season and location of The Block were officially confirmed at Nine's upfronts.[5]

Applications for the fourteenth season of the series opened in August 2017 until 10 September 2017, looking for couples aged between 18 and 65 years old being sought by casting agents.[6] Filming for the season was originally slated to occur between January 2018 and April 2018,[7] however filming didn't begin until early February.[8]

Contestants[edit]

This is the sixth season of The Block to have five couples instead of the traditional four couples.[9]

Apt Couple Age Location Relationship Occupations
1 Kerrie &
Spence Thomson
48 & 46 Barossa Valley, SA Married Nurse & Owner Builder
2 Hans &
Courtney Baumgartner
37 & 33 Perth, WA Engaged Pilot & Flight Attendant
3 Hayden & Sara Vale 45 & 31 Bondi, NSW Newlyweds Construction project manager & stay-at-home mum
4 Norm Hogan &
Jess Eva
40 & 33 Sunshine Coast, QLD Engaged with children Builder & Breakfast Radio Host
5 Bianca Chatfield &
Carla Dziwoki
35 & 35 Melbourne, VIC Best Friends Ex-Professional Netballers

Score history[edit]

Teams' progress through the competition
Teams
Kerrie & Spence Hans & Courtney Hayden & Sara Norm & Jess Bianca & Carla
Rooms Scores
Main Bathroom 22½ 25½ 21½ 24½ 25
1st Guest Bedroom 23 25½ 22½ 24½ 26
Master Ensuite 27½ 24 22 23 27
Master Bedroom and Walk-in Robe 24 22 26½ 22½ 22½
Living and Dining 25 27½ 23 25 27
Kitchen 30 24 28½ 26½ 26½
Hallway, Laundry, Powder Room 29 24 18 25 27½
2nd Guest Bedroom & Re-do Room 26 25 26 27½ 28½
Terrace 25 23½ 28½ 30 29
Challenge Apartment: Week 1 20½ 28½ 27½ 20 23½
Challenge Apartment: Week 2 28½ 29 27 26½ 21½
Auction Order 1st 5th 2nd 3rd 4th
Auction Result 2nd 3rd 1st 5th 4th

Weekly Room Prize[edit]

Week Room Winning Team Prize
1 Main Bathroom Hans & Courtney $10,000
2 1st Guest Bedroom Bianca & Carla
3 Master Ensuite Kerri & Spence
4 Master Bedroom and Walk-in Robe Hayden & Sara
5 Living and Dining Hans & Courtney
6 Kitchen Kerrie & Spence
7 Hallway, Laundry & Powder Room Kerrie & Spence
8 2nd Guest Bedroom & Re-do Room Bianca & Carla
9 Terrace Norm & Jess $10,000 personal prize money

Challenge Apartment[edit]

Week 10
Score
Rank
Room 1 Prize
Team Room
1 Hans & Courtney 2nd Guest Bedroom $20,000
2 Hayden & Sara Main Bathroom $15,000
3 Bianca & Carla Master Ensuite $10,000
4 Kerrie & Spence 1st Guest Bedroom $0
5 Norm & Jess Master Bedroom
Week 11
Score
Rank
Room 2 Prize
Team Room
1 Hans & Courtney Kitchen $20,000
2 Kerrie & Spence Terrace $15,000
3 Hayden & Sara Hallway, Study, Laundry & WC $10,000
4 Norm & Jess Dining $0
5 Bianca & Carla Living

Results[edit]

Judges' scores[edit]

Colour key:
  Highest Score
  Lowest Score
Summary of judges' scores
Week Area(s) Scores Teams
Kerrie & Spence Hans & Courtney Hayden & Sara Norm & Jess Bianca & Carla
1 Main Bathroom Darren 8
Shaynna 7 8
Neale 8 7 8 8
Total 22½ 25½ 21½ 24½ 25
2 Guest Bedroom Darren 8 9 9
Shaynna 8 8
Neale 8
Total 23 25½ 22½ 24½ 26
3 Master Ensuite John[c] 8 8
Shaynna 9 7 7 9
Neale 9 8
Total 27½[d] 24 22 23 27
4 Master Bedroom and Walk-in Robe Darren 8 9
Shaynna 7 9
Neale 8 7
Total 24 22 26½ 22½ 22½
5 Living and Dining Darren 8 9 8 9
Shaynna 9
Neale 9 9 9
Total 25 27½ 23 25 27
6 Kitchen Darren 10 8 9
Shaynna 10 8
Neale 10
Total 30 24 28½ 26½ 26½
7 Hallway, Laundry & Powder Room Darren 8 8
Shaynna 5 8 9
Neale 10 9 9
Total 29 24 18 25 27½
8 2nd Guest Bedroom & Re-do Room [f] Darren 8 9 9
Shaynna 8 8
Neale 9 9 9 9
Total 26 25 26 27½ 28½
9 Terrace Darren 10
Shaynna 8 10
Neale 10 10
Total 25 23½ 28½ 30 29
10 Challenge Apartment: Week 1 Darren 7 8
Shaynna 8
Neale 7 7
Total 20½ 28½ 27½ 20 23½
11 Challenge Apartment: Week 2 Darren 9 9 7
Shaynna 9 9
Neale 10 9 7
Total 28½ 29 27 26½ 21½

Challenge scores[edit]

Summary of challenge scores
Week Challenge Reward Teams
Challenge Description Kerrie & Spence Hans & Courtney Hayden & Sara Norm & Jess Bianca & Carla
1 The 48-Hour Challenge Renovate and style a kids bedroom Pick which apartment they want Apartment 1
(2nd)[b]
Apartment 2
(5th)
Apartment 3
(1st)
Apartment 4
(4th)
Apartment 5
(3rd)
2 Style to Sell Challenge Style a room to ready a house for auction $5000 Study Living room Upstairs bedroom Downstairs bedroom Dining room
3 Kids Undercover Challenge Makeover a Kids Undercover studio for at-risk youths $5000 1st
4 Caravan Challenge Renovate and style a caravan in 70s theme $5000 & 1 Bonus Point 1st
5 Ronald McDonald House Challenge Style a room for families with sick children $5000 Didn't participate[e] 1st
6 Steel Sculpture Challenge Design and make a sculpture for the terraces $5000 1st
7 Youfoodz Cooking Challenge Create a meal for 50 people and sell it to the public $5000 and meal added to Youfoodz menu 1st
8 Suncorp Challenge Fling bags of cash into their team bucket. Potentially $25,000 $14000 $10000 $1000

Domain Prize[edit]

Each week during the weekly walkthrough, Alice Stolz from Domain will judge each team's current room. She judges each room on suitability, continuity and flow, functionality, progress & budget. The weekly winner will be awarded a $10,000 weekly prize that is split equally in cash and marketing with domain. Each week the points are tallied and the team at the end with the highest score will have themselves and their property featured on the cover of Domain Magazine.

Teams
Kerrie & Spence Hans & Courtney Hayden & Sara Norm & Jess Bianca & Carla
Rooms Scores
Main Bathroom 6 6 8
Guest Bedroom 6 6 6 7 8
Master Ensuite 7 8
Master Bedroom and Walk-in Robe 8 8 9
Living and Dining 7 9 8
Kitchen 7
Hallway, Laundry & Powder Room 9 8
2nd Guest Bedroom 8 8
Terrace [g] N/A [g] N/A [g] N/A [g] N/A [g] N/A [g]
Running Total 59½ 57½ 57½ 62 [g] 62

Auction[edit]

Rank Couple Reserve Auction Result Profit Total Winnings Auction Order Bought by
1 Hayden & Sara $2.475m $3.020m $545,000 $645,000 2nd Nicole
2 Kerrie & Spence $2.435m $2.850m $415,000 $415,000 1st Greville
3 Hans & Courtney $2.360m $2.770m $410,000 $410,000 5th Greville
4 Bianca & Carla $2.690m $2.991m $301,000 $301,000 4th Greville
5 Norm & Jess $2.650m $2.859m $209,000 $209,000 3rd Greville

Ratings[edit]

The Block 2018 metropolitan viewership and nightly position
Colour key:
  – Highest rating during the series
  – Lowest rating during the series
Week Episode Original airdate Timeslot Viewers
(millions)[a]
Nightly rank[a] Source
1 1 "Welcome to the Gatwick" 5 August 2018 Sunday 7:00pm 1.163 1 [10]
2 "48 Hour Challenge" 6 August 2018 Monday 7:30pm 1.135 2 [11]
3 "Main Bathroom Week" 7 August 2018 Tuesday 7:30pm 0.921 5 [12]
4 "Main Bathroom Week Continues" 8 August 2018 Wednesday 7:30pm 0.920 5 [13]
2 5 "Main Bathroom Reveals" 12 August 2018 Sunday 7:00pm 1.192 2 [14]
6 "Guest Bedroom Week Begins" 13 August 2018 Monday 7:30pm 0.961 5 [15]
7 "Style to Sell Challenge" 14 August 2018 Tuesday 7:30pm 0.918 4 [16]
8 "Guest Bedroom Week Continues" 15 August 2018 Wednesday 7:30pm 0.823 6 [17]
3 9 "Guest Bedroom Reveals" 19 August 2018 Sunday 7:00pm 1.119 1 [18]
10 "Master Ensuite Begins" 20 August 2018 Monday 7:30pm 1.013 3 [19]
11 "Kids Undercover Challenge" 21 August 2018 Tuesday 7:30pm 0.952 3 [20]
12 "Master Ensuite Continues" 22 August 2018 Wednesday 7:30pm 0.901 5 [21]
4 13 "Master Ensuite Reveals" 26 August 2018 Sunday 7:00pm 1.293 1 [22]
14 "Master Bedroom and Walk-in Robe Begins" 27 August 2018 Monday 7:30pm 1.088 1 [23]
15 "Caravan Challenge" 28 August 2018 Tuesday 7:30pm 1.015 1 [24]
16 "Master Bedroom and Walk-in Robe Continues" 29 August 2018 Wednesday 7:30pm 0.846 6 [25]
5 17 "Master Bedroom and Walk-in Robe Reveals" 2 September 2018 Sunday 7:00pm 1.234 1 [26]
18 "Living and Dining Begins" 3 September 2018 Monday 7:30pm 1.068 1 [27]
19 "Living and Dining Continues" 4 September 2018 Tuesday 7:30pm 1.027 1 [28]
20 "Ronald McDonald House Challenge" 5 September 2018 Wednesday 7:30pm 0.980 2 [29]
6 21 "Living and Dining Reveals" 9 September 2018 Sunday 7:00pm 1.296 1 [30]
22 "Kitchen Begins" 10 September 2018 Monday 7:30pm 1.046 2 [31]
23 "Steel Sculpture Challenge" 11 September 2018 Tuesday 7:30pm 0.987 1 [32]
24 "Kitchen Continues" 12 September 2018 Wednesday 7:30pm 0.870 6 [33]
7 25 "Kitchen Reveals" 16 September 2018 Sunday 7:00pm 1.341 1 [34]
26 "Hallway, Laundry & Powder Room Begins" 17 September 2018 Monday 7:30pm 1.092 1 [35]
27 "Hallway, Laundry & Powder Room Continues" 18 September 2018 Tuesday 7:30pm 0.983 2 [36]
28 "Youfoodz Cooking Challenge" 19 September 2018 Wednesday 7:30pm 0.881 5 [37]
8 29 "Hallway, Laundry & Powder Room Reveals" 23 September 2018 Sunday 7:00pm 1.263 1 [38]
30 "2nd Guest Bedroom & Re-Do Room begins" 24 September 2018 Monday 7:30pm 0.962 4 [39]
31 "Suncorp Challenge" 25 September 2018 Tuesday 7:30pm 0.978 1 [40]
32 "2nd Guest Bed and Re-do Room Continues" 26 September 2018 Wednesday 7:30pm 0.928 4 [41]
9 33 "2nd Guest Bed and Re-do Room Reveals" 1 October 2018 Monday 7:30pm 1.166 1 [42]
34 "Terrace Week Begins" 2 October 2018 Tuesday 7:30pm 0.960 2 [43]
35 "Terrace Week Continues" 3 October 2018 Wednesday 7:30pm 0.926 3 [44]
36 "Volkswagen Challenge" 4 October 2018 Thursday 7:30pm 0.784 8 [45]
10 37 "Terrace Reveals" 7 October 2018 Sunday 7:00pm 1.139 1 [46]
38 "Challenge Apartment Week 1 Begins" 8 October 2018 Monday 7:30pm 1.035 1 [47]
39 "Challenge Apartment Week 1 Continues" 9 October 2018 Tuesday 7:30pm 0.929 3 [48]
40 10 October 2018 Wednesday 7:30pm 0.918 3 [49]
11 41 "Challenge Apartment Week 1 Reveals" 14 October 2018 Sunday 7:00pm 1.155 1 [50]
42 "Challenge Apartment Week 2 Begins" 15 October 2018 Monday 7:30pm 1.003 3 [51]
43 "Challenge Apartment Week 2 Continues" 16 October 2018 Tuesday 7:30pm 1.017 1 [52]
44 17 October 2018 Wednesday 7:30pm 0.921 3 [53]
12 45 "Challenge Apartment Week 2 Reveals" 21 October 2018 Sunday 7:00pm 1.192 1 [54]
46 "Open for Inspections" 22 October 2018 Monday 7:30pm 0.945 3 [55]
13 47 "Grand Final/
Auctions"
28 October 2018 Sunday 7:00 pm 1.674 2 [56]
"Winner Announced" 1.865 1

Notes[edit]

  • a Ratings data is from OzTAM and represents the live and same day average viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide).
  • b In Apartment 1 resided a secret vault of which the contents were unknown until it was opened. Whoever selected Apartment 1 (Kerrie & Spence) were able to open it and take ownership of the contents within. The vault contained a 1 point gnome, $10,000 Suncorp budget card, $5,000 TV Mirror voucher, $50,000 Sub Zero voucher, $50,000 Gaggenau voucher, $6,300 Reece voucher, $15,000 Freedom Furniture voucher, $10,000 Beacon Lighting voucher, and a Domain Masterclass for feedback and advice on their apartment.
  • c Real Estate Agent, John McGrath, filled in Darren Palmer during week three's Master Ensuite judging reveal.
  • d Kerrie and Spence originally scored 26½ for their Master Ensuite, but used the bonus point they received as part of the safe in week one. Their score was changed to 27½, which gave them a half point overall win over Bianca and Carla.
  • e Kerrie and Spence called a body corporate meeting to skip this challenge due to issues they were having back at the block. The challenge guest judges, Ronnie & Georgia Caceres, took their place and styled the 5th room.
  • f Along with creating their 2nd Guest Bedroom, each contestant were given $5000 from Suncorp to re-do their worst room. These were their re-do rooms:
    Kerrie & Spence - Living & Dining
    Courtney & Hans - Master Bedroom
    Hayden & Sara - 1st Guest Bedroom
    Norm & Jess - Living & Dining
    Bianca & Carla - Master Bedroom

Weekly judge Shaynna Blaze, chose Norm & Jess’ re-done Living & Dining area as the best re-do. This won them $10,000 to go towards their build.

  • [g] The individual scores for Terrace week's Domain prize was not revealed, however Norm & Jess were announced winners of this week's Domain prize. As they were tied with Bianca and Carla for first place the previous week, this means that they won the overall prize; the cover of Domain magazine.

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