Entertainment & Music The new block 2017

Looked like a black septic tank.
The spa wasnt much better - Why not a black one ??

 

Josh and Elise - Clear winner for me. The pool was attractive and functional.

Ronnie and Georgia - Runner up for me. I don't like their pool but it was better than nothing and better than the spa.

Sticks and Wombat - I rated them third because although the shipping container pool is a good idea, the aesthetic didn't appeal to me. I also did not understand or like the bus stop.

Jason and Sarah | Clint and Hannah - tie for last. Jason and Sarah because it didn't feel like the yard of a $3m house and Clint and Hannah for that 90's spa. Tacky.

 

That spa was horrendous. What were they thinking? And white?!

I liked Ronnie and Georgia's pool.

I also didn't like Sticks and Wombat's yard, I just don't really like their style on the whole. J&E were the standouts this week.

 

But surprised R&G didn't think to have any outdoor dining area. Really dont get how they could forget that.

 

All the stress of being gouged nearly $35k in access "fees" and being treated like crap by basically everyone on the block?

 

That's what i figured too..

 

Sarah and clint are snakes. Jason is a *****.

 

The main problem is that contestants have no say in how they are portrayed. There are hundreds of hours of footage so the director can pick and choose which three-five minutes they show. I suspect every contestant throws a tantrum every now and then or has a bit of a melt down. Not all make it to the TV screen.

You rarely saw a bad photo of Princess Di. You rarely saw a good photo of Sarah Ferguson. Media bias.
Marg

 

I would be more worried about damage to reputation.

 

Yep. Can you imagine how many people are going to employ Jason as their plumber after this?!

 

I wouldn't employ Jason even if he paid me money to work on my job.

 

In the past, I thought the producers employed professionals (!) to come in after the show but before auction to make the crud right. I wouldn't have thought the premium purchase price the show needs to keep going would continue unless the buyers were sure that everything was a) done to standard, and b) actually done well - the two are different .

But I find it hard to see how some of the "defects" can now be fixed given they're under layers of paint or even tiles. The promo showed the waterproofing in one bathroom(Jason/Sarah?) was stuffed. Surely that's a full pull-up-all-the-tiles job to be sure for a multi million property! Flippers may get away with it, but not on prime time with a cast and crew filming every crotch scratch .

 

I think it needs more buttons, and speakers, and jets, and valves?

 

He is a joke, and an embarrassment. To think that he's a plumber, and all the plumbing defects are in HIS house. Even his wife said something along the lines of "OMG, you're a plumber, just fix it". He should have his license taken away from him.

 

Yeh they have been working on the properties for the last few months to get them up to scratch after filming finishes, this is generally what they do - it just doesn't make good TV if they tell you that!

 

We walked past the Whistler Street apartment block at Manly in Sydney which was renovated in a series of The Block.

It had been rendered externally as part of the Reno. We were there about two years later and big chunks of the render had fallen off!
Marg