The Block season 11

The Block: Blocktagon
Company type	Reality television season
Industry	Television
Founded	September 6, 2015; 11 years ago
Headquarters	South Yarra, Australia
Parent	Nine Network

The eleventh installment of the Australian reality TV series The Block debuted on 6 September 2015, airing on the Nine Network. Returning to their roles were host Scott Cam and Challenge Master Shelley Craft, alongside judges Neale Whitaker, Shaynna Blaze, and Darren Palmer. This season, referred to as The Block: Blocktagon, marked the first time since the second season that the show’s title was not displayed on-screen.

Production

In April 2015, Nine confirmed the renewal of The Block for its eleventh season, with filming commencing in May. After experiencing a drop in ratings during season ten, the network adopted a 'back-to-basics' approach: episode durations were cut from 90 to 60 minutes, the total number of episodes was decreased, eliminations were eliminated, and broadcasts on Thursday nights were discontinued.

Production started on 15 May 2015 at the former Hotel Saville located in South Yarra — an eight-story octagonal brick structure. This site was renovated into upscale apartments, reflecting the show’s emphasis on premium property makeovers.

Co-creator Julian Cress emphasized a deliberate change this season: no professional tradespeople ("tradies") participated; instead, only enthusiastic DIY couples competed. This adjustment was intended to increase audience connection by spotlighting teams motivated by passion rather than expert skills.

The Blocktagon building has since gained international recognition as a notable example of octagonal architecture.

Contestants

In The Block: Blocktagon, five couples competed—one more than the usual four.

Level	Couple	Age	Alias	Location	Relationship	Occupations
1	Kingi & Caro Tahana	Both 31	"The Larrikins"	Townsville, QLD	Married with one child	Renderer & Business Development Manager
2	Andrew Simmons & Whitney Nolan	Both 29	"The Sweethearts"	Melbourne, VIC	Former partners	Form Worker & Beauty Therapist
3	Suzi Taylor & Voni Cosier	44 & 39	"The Single Mums"	Gold Coast, QLD	Former best friends	Real Estate Agent & Fitness Studio Manager
4	Luke & Ebony Haythornthwaite	29 & 24	"The 2nd Chance Siblings"	Perth, WA	Brother and sister	Carpenter/Landscaper & Interior Designer/Decorator
5	Dean & Shay Paine	30 & 29	"The Go-Getters"	Newcastle, NSW	Married with one child	Electrician & English/Drama Teacher

Score history

Progression of teams throughout the competition
Scores:	Kingi & Caro	Andrew & Whitney	Suzi & Voni	Luke & Ebony	Dean & Shay
Scores:	Teams
Rooms	Scores
Main Ensuite	27½	26½	24	22½	28½
First Guest Bedroom & Ensuite	26½	18½	23	18	27½
Master Bedroom & Walk-in Robe	27½	18½	30	22	23
Second Guest Bedroom & Ensuite	28½	23½	28	20½	26½
Study, Guest Powder Room & Laundry	28½	24½	19½	27½	25½
Living Room	20	23	18	23½	12
Kitchen	29	25½	25	27	28½
Dining Room & Foyer	25½	26	16	19	21
Terrace & Re-Do Room	27	24	21	24	28½
Challenge Apartment: Room One	28½	24	22½	25½	29
Challenge Apartment: Room Two	27½	29½	29	28	30
Auction Order	1st	4th	2nd	5th	3rd
Auction Result	3rd	4th	5th	2nd	1st

Room reveals

Week	Room	Judges' decisions
Week	Room	Top Score	Points	Lowest Score	Points
1	Main Ensuite	Dean & Shay	28½	Luke & Ebony	22½
2	1st Guest Bedroom & Ensuite	Dean & Shay	27½	Luke & Ebony	18
3	Master Bedroom & Walk-in Robe	Suzi & Voni	30	Andrew & Whitney	18½
4	2nd Guest Bedroom & Ensuite	Kingi & Caro	28½	Luke & Ebony	20½
5	Study, Guest Powder Room & Laundry	Kingi & Caro	28½	Suzi & Voni	19½
6	Living Room	Luke & Ebony	23½	Dean & Shay	12Template:Ref label
7	Kitchen	Kingi & Caro	29	Suzi & Voni	25
8	Dining Room & Foyer	Andrew & Whitney	26		16
9	Terrace & Re-Do Room	Dean & Shay	28½		21
10	Challenge Apartment: Room 1		29		22½
11	Challenge Apartment: Room 2		30	Kingi & Caro	27½

Week	Room	Outcome
Week	Room	Room Winner	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place	Last Place
1	Main Ensuite	Dean & Shay	Kingi & Caro	Andrew & Whitney	Suzi & Voni	Luke & Ebony
2	1st Guest Bedroom & Ensuite	Dean & Shay		Suzi & Voni		Luke & Ebony
3	Master Bedroom & Walk-in-Robe	Suzi & Voni
4	"2nd Guest Bedroom & Ensuite "	" Kingi & Caro "	" Suzi & Voni "	" Andrew & Whitney "	-	5	" Study, Guest Powder Room & Laundry "	" Luke & Ebony "	-	6	" Living Room "	" Luke & Ebony "	" Andrew & Whitney "	" Kingi & Caro "	" Suzi & Voni "	" Dean & Shay "Template:Ref label" \|-	"7"	" Kitchen "	" Kingi & Caro "	" Dean & Shay "	" Luke & Ebony "	" Andrew & Whitney "	" Suzi & Voni "
"8"	" Dining Room & Foyer "	" Andrew & Whitney "	" Kingi & Caro "	" Dean & Shay "	" Luke & Ebony "	" Suzi & Voni "
"9"	" Terrace & Re-Do Room "	" Dean & Shay "	" Luke & Ebony "	" Andrew & Whitney "
"10"	" Challenge Apartment: Room 1 "
"11"	" Challenge Apartment: Room 2 "	" Andrew & Whitney "	" Suzi & Voni "	" Luke & Ebony "	" Kingi & Caro "

Judges' scores

Colour legend:: Top Score; Bottom Score

Overview of judges' ratings

Week

Area(s)

Judge

Teams

Kingi & Caro

Andrew & Whitney

Suzi & Voni

Luke & Ebony

Dean & Shay

1

Main Ensuite

Darren

9½

9

8

7½

9½

Shaynna

9

8

7½

9½

Neale

9

8½

8

7½

9½

Total

2

First Guest Bedroom

Darren

9

6½

8½

6

9

Shaynna

9

6

7

6

9

Neale

8½

6

7½

6

9½

Total

3

Master Bedroom and Walk-in Closet

Darren

9

6

10

7½

8

Shaynna

9

6

10

7

8

Neale

9½

6½

10

7½

7

Total

4

Second Guest Bedroom

Darren

9

8½

9

7

9

Shaynna

9½

8

9½

6½

8½

Neale

10

7

9½

7

9

Total

5

Study, Guest Powder Room, and Laundry Area

Darren

9½

9

7

9

8½

Shaynna

9½

8

6½

9

8

Neale

9½

7½

6

9½

9

Total

6

Living Room

Darren

7

8

6

7

4

- Total

-

7

- Total

-

8

- Total

-

9

Terrace and Re-Do Room

- Darren

-9

8

7

8

9

-|-

- Shaynna

-9

8

7

8

9½

-|-

- Neale

-9

8

7

8

10

-|-

- Total

-

-|-

10

Challenge Apartment: Room 1

- Darren

-9½

8

7½

8½

9½

-|-

- Shaynna

-9½

8

7

8½

9½

-|-

- Neale

-9½

8

8½

10

-|-

- Total

-

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Challenge Apartment

Week 10
Ranking	Room 1		AwardTemplate:Ref label
Ranking	Team	Room	AwardTemplate:Ref label
1	Dean & Shay	Bedroom 3 Ensuite	$15,000
2	Kingi & Caro	Bedroom 3	$10,000
3	Luke & Ebony	Bedroom 2	$5,000
4	Andrew & Whitney	Bedroom 2 Ensuite	$0
5	Suzi & Voni	Master Ensuite	$0
Week 11
Ranking	Room 2		AwardTemplate:Ref label
Ranking	Team	Room	AwardTemplate:Ref label
1	Dean & Shay	Living Room	3rdTemplate:Ref label
2	Andrew & Whitney	Dining Room	4th
3	Suzi & Vonni	Master Bedroom	2nd
4	Luke & Ebony	Kitchen	5th
5	Kingi & Caro	Study/ Laundry/ Powder Room	1st

Teams	Rooms Assigned	Prize Amount	Outcome
Teams	Rooms Assigned	Prize Amount	Repair Apartment	Deduction from Reserve
Dean & Shay	Bedroom 3 Ensuite & Living Room	$15,000
Kingi & Caro	Bedroom 3 & Study/Laundry/ Powder Room	$10,000
Luke & Ebony	Bedroom 2 & Kitchen	$5,000
Andrew & Whitney	Bedroom 2 Ensuite & Dining Room	$0
Suzi & Voni	Master Ensuite & Master Bedroom	$0

Challenge Scores

Auction

Overview of challenge points and prizes awarded
Week	Challenge Name	Prize Details	Teams Performance
Week	Challenge Name	Prize Details	Kingi & Caro	Andrew & Whitney	Suzi & Voni	Luke & Ebony	Dean & Shay
1	24-hour room challenge		bgcolor=pink \| (5) Lvl 2 (7) (20) Lvl 4 (24) bgcolor=lightgreen \| (27)
3	"Designer bed head challenge" Joinery for walk-in wardrobe and Christian Cole furniture		bgcolor=lightgreen \|1st\|
5	"Coffee Challenge" $10,000 prize ($5,000 each)	bgcolor=lightgreen \|1st\|	bgcolor=lightgreen \|1st\|
6	"Signature Scented Candle Challenge" $10,000 plus national retail in David Jones Stores				bgcolor=lightgreen \|
7	"Supermarket Rush Challenge" $2,000 prize		bgcolor=lightgreen \|1st\|
8	"Aldi Cooking Challenge" $10,000 prize				bgcolor=lightgreen \|
10	"Construction Karaoke Challenge" Professional painter for eight hours and $1,600 soundbar	bgcolor=lightgreen \|1st\|

Rank	Team	Starting Price	Final Auction Price	Gain	Overall Earnings	Auction Sequence
1	Dean & Shay	$1.645m	$2.300m	$655,000	$755,000	3rd
2	Luke & Ebony	$1.560m	$2.200m	$640,000	$640,000	5th
3	Kingi & Caro	$1.330m	$1.735m	$405,000	$405,000	1st
4	Andrew & Whitney	$1.400m	$1.790m	$390,000	$390,000	4th
5	Suzi & Voni	$1.480m	$1.829m	$349,000	$349,000	2nd

Ratings

*The Block: Blocktagon* metropolitan audience figures and nightly rankings
Colour legend

– Peak viewership during the season

– Lowest audience numbers in the season
Week	Episode Title		Broadcast Date	Air Time Slot	Viewership (millions)	Evening Ranking
1	1	"Let's Begin!"	6 September 2015	Sunday 7:00 pm	1.074	#4
	2	"Who Gets The Penthouse?"	7 September 2015	Monday 7:30 pm	0.932	#6
	3	"Bathroom Ideas A Plenty"	8 September 2015	Tuesday 7:30 pm	0.833	#9
	4	"The Truth Comes Out"	9 September 2015	Wednesday 7:30 pm	0.748	#13

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47 | '"Grand Final/Auctions" '"Winner Announced"

Week	Ep	Title	Airdate	Timeslot	Viewers (millions)	Nightly Rank
25 November 2015 \| Wednesday 7 p.m.	style=background:#FFC0CB\| 1.579 /style=background:#90EE90\| 1.812 \| style=background:#FFC0CB\| #2 /style=background:#90EE90\| #1

Controversy

On 10 November 2015, contestant Suzi Taylor experienced a collapse on set, which was initially believed to be caused by fatigue following a demanding day of open inspections on The Block. However, by 12 November, an image emerged showing her partying topless on a boat during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. This led to speculation that her collapse was linked to continuous partying rather than mere exhaustion. Consequently, the Nine Network decided to suspend her promotional appearances until after the auction had concluded.

Subsequently, Taylor was threatened with the potential loss of her $174,500 payout due to alleged contract violations after she participated in media interviews without obtaining approval from the program.

Notes

Ratings data sourced from OzTAM reflects live and same-day average viewership across Australia's five major metropolitan areas.
Luke & Ebony were previously eliminated contestants on Triple Threat and did not advance further.
The episode aired on Monday because of the NRL Grand Final.
During the Coffee Challenge, teams developed cafe concepts for The Block’s ground floor; both Luke & Ebony and Andrew & Whitney emerged as winners. Their cafes merged names into "Mister Zen."
Shay and Dean received low scores due to incomplete room work after swapping their Living Room with the Kitchen.
Re-Do Rooms:
Kingi & Caro - Living Room
Dean & Shay - Living Room & Foyer
Andrew & Whitney - Master Bedroom
Suzi & Voni - Living Room & Foyer
Luke & Ebony - Master Bedroom & Foyer
Each winning team was awarded $10,000 worth of gifts for their apartments.
Prize money could be utilized by contestants to renovate apartments or lower their reserve price.
The timeslot was altered because of a Cricket Test match.
The episode aired on Monday due to the Cricket Test.
Auction order was determined by contestants based on competition wins.
The winner secured first choice in the auction order along with a Suzuki Grand Vitara gifted to the apartment buyer.
Andrew & Whitney revealed they had ended their relationship during the Grand Final.

References