Can you believe that in a handful of days our Block 2026 journey will finally be over? What are we going to do when it’s over – work on our own disgusting houses?
Now all that’s left to do is sell those houses – but unfortunately for them, they’re going to auction in o ne of the steepest housing declines in Australia on record.
But before The Block houses go under the hammer, it’s worth revisiting all the dramas, scandals, and shocks that happened along the way.
The drama was practically built into the floor plan this year.
For the first time, all 10 contestants lived together rather than on The Block site, sharing a four-bedroom Mornington Peninsula house owned by 2025 contestants Emma and Ben.
That put five competing teams under one roof, sharing bathrooms, living areas and, most dangerously, a kitchen.
There was even an issue of one team bringing in more people to cram into the house.
Privacy was not exactly abundant, and all the tension you would expect from a bunch of adults forced to live together with cameras rolling occurred.
It was like a season of Big Brother , except everyone had jobs to do.
After winning the first challenge, Courtney and Sev surprised their competitors by choosing the lower-positioned House 4, foregoing the “million-dollar views” of the Uptown houses.
Their secret weapon was a proposed rooftop terrace that could give the property better water views, provided it was approved by Mornington Peninsula Shire.
After weeks of uncertainty, it was rejected.
The bigger shock came when Scott Cam revealed objections had come from the original address of The Block site, meaning it was their fellow contestants who had objected to the proposal.
House 2’s dramas started almost immediately.
Chantel and Wyatt first landed in trouble when their chippie was caught painting, breaking the well-known rule that only contestants could paint.
But a far bigger blow-up was around the corner.
After the guest bedroom room reveal, Scott Cam told the couple they had spent more than $20,000 in cash that week and needed to control their budget. Chantel disputed the figure, but Cam insisted the show’s accountants knew “every cent” they had spent.
There was just one problem: Chantel and Wyatt hadn’t actually overspent.
Angry about the accusation, they didn’t return to the building site the following morning and were planning to leave The Block altogether , before ultimately deciding to stay.
There was much happier news during Main Bedroom Week when Lisa discovered she and Rosco were expecting their second child.
The couple were further along than expected, with Lisa already nearing the end of her first trimester.
It’s just been announced that she has given birth to their second son: Jude Ross was born on October 23 and weighed in at 3.33 kilograms.
Lisa and Rosco have confirmed that Jude will be at the auctions – hopefully with a tiny paddle that he can use to start the bidding.
It turns out putting 10 adults into one house works beautifully until somebody has to do the dishes.
Rosco asking who was cleaning up sparked a pile-on over Chantel and Wyatt’s share-house habits , with their housemates accusing them of leaving dishes behind and disappearing to the gym.
Jolene called them “entitled”, while Rick offered a less diplomatic assessment: “Wyatt’s a pig.”
During the community challenge, Jolene and Tayla had a shouting match in Freedom Furniture, before one of House 5’s olive trees suddenly disappeared.
The culprit was Wyatt, who hid it upstairs in House 2, before Scotty Cam gave a stern warning to the culprit to return the tree. Wyatt did return it, but not before attempting to pin the disappearance on Adam.
So much for extending the olive branch.
Things became considerably more serious after Wyatt and Courtney were caught looking around House 1, leading to a tense confrontation between Wyatt and Jolene.
Jolene said she found her interaction with Wyatt intimidating. Wyatt apologised the following day, but things remained extremely fraught.
Then came the diamond saw. Wyatt accused House 1’s plumber of taking House 2’s tool, eventually confronting and threatening Adam, who told him to “pull your head in”, in an extremely Aussie standoff.
More than 100 prospective buyers and buyer’s advocates inspected the finished homes during the Domain Buyers’ Jury Challenge.
Adam and Jolene won, pocketing a crucial $50,000 budget boost.
But the bigger surprise was House 4. Despite Courtney and Sev dominating the judges’ room reveals, buyers put them last with just 13 per cent of the vote.
The Buyers’ Jury also produced one of the season’s stranger theories .
Contestants speculated that Chantel and Wyatt already had a wealthy buyer waiting: Chantel’s brother-in-law, Gold Coast personality Travers Beynon, better known as “The Candyman”.
The couple denied having a buyer lined up, although Chantel joked that perhaps they should ask him.
In Kids Room and Redo Week, things were unravelling.
Jolene left House 2 a note asking them to please clean their bowls. Chantel responded with a considerably ruder note, asking Jolene to “Please eat my a–“.
Meanwhile, Courtney and Sev discovered the other contestants had been criticising them in a secret group chat after they received two 10s despite unfinished details.
House 4 also came under fire from Jolene, who accused the pair of copying design elements from House 1.
Executive producer Julian Cress warned Courtney and Sev that they risked disqualification if they couldn’t control their spending. Lisa and Rosco were also struggling to find enough money to finish their house.
House 4 installed a custom curved wine rack reportedly worth more than $100,000. They got away with paying just $14,500 for it by classifying it as “bespoke artwork” and so avoided the usual requirement to pay at least half its retail price.
Lisa called the deal “dodge”, while Jolene threatened to call a body corporate if House 4 won that week.
A change to Victorian property law has also rewritten one of The Block ‘s long-running auction traditions.
New laws require agents to publish the seller’s reserve price as a single dollar amount at least seven days before an auction, with advertising updated accordingly. The changes apply to auctions and fixed-date sales held from October 16, and are designed to improve price transparency and tackle underquoting.
For the first time in The Block history, that means the Blockheads and buyers know the reserves well before auction day.
All five homes were given a $3.45 million reserve, $150,000 below the original price guide of $3.6 million to $3.9 million. The price guides have since been lowered and are now $3.45 million to $3.75 million.
So, after 12 weeks of pregnancy announcements, near walkouts, dirty dishes, stolen trees, missing tools, secret chats, copying allegations, budget blowouts and highly contentious wine storage, one question remains:
Patrick Lenton Patrick Lenton is a journalist and author living in Melbourne. He is the Lifestyle Reporter at Domain.
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