The Block

S08:E39 - Episode 39

There’s just one day until the kitchens are revealed and The Block is quiet. Anastasia is feeling slightly better about her kitchen and she’s smiling a bit more today. But the happiness is short lived when Anastasia decides to take out the mirrored splash back. Dea and Darren’s girls have stayed the night with them onsite. Ayden’s best friend Ryan or “Bondy” has arrived to help out in the kitchen as a labourer. Ayden needs to find some LED strip lighting that is the right colour white. The kitchens are complete and the teams head to HQ as usual to hear feedback from the judges and find out who the winners are. Josh and Charlotte are first up. The first impressions are good and there are plenty of wows at first. Neale was expecting more bells and whistles but he likes the simplicity of the kitchen as it is. There is a subtlety that Neale likes but thinks its low on wow factor. Shaynna wants to know why there isn’t any lighting above the bench tops. Darren doesn’t like the wilted herbs but Neale likes the fruit bowl. Shaynna thinks the couple have peaked in the elimination rounds. Anastasia and Tim are next up. They’ve had a bad week and they’re trying not to take it personally. The judges really like the layout, especially the servery out to the terrace. Shaynna likes the pantry and the cabinetry and Darren points out that the architect designed the apartment for the kitchen to be here. Shaynna likes the range hood too but Neale wants to know where the signature style is. Ayden and Jess’s kitchen is in a new position, since they moved it from the plans. The judges think that the kitchen is great and that it could appeal to many different buyers. Darren loves the kitchen but not where it is in the floor plan. He thinks that the kitchen should be where the living room is. But Neale thinks that these days life is lived in the kitchen and that its a good thing that the kitchen opens onto the terrace. The judges think that the kitchen is a foodie’s kitchen, and that it feels like a real, lived in kitchen. Dea and Darren are next for judging and straight away the judges don’t like entering the kitchen through what they call “the goal posts”. They were all expecting big things this week after all the controversy of moving the room around. They all agree that this kitchen isn’t their best week. They think the pantry is useless, Neale thinks it’s badly planned. They also don’t like the tiles and Shaynna wants to know where the pantry is. She calls it a disaster! Charlotte and Josh - Darren 7, Shaynna 7.5, Neale 8 = 22.5. Tim and Anastasia - Darren 8, Shaynna 7.5, Neale 8 = 23.5. Ayden and Jess - Darren 8.5, Shyanna 8.5, Neale 9 = 26. Dea and Darren - Darren 7, Shaynna 6.5, Neale 7.5 = 20 (-1) 19. So Ayden and Jess win the $10,000 prize. They’ve been conserving cash too so now they’ve got plenty to spend on staircase week. After their terrible week, Tim and Anastasia came second!