The Block season 16

The Block (season 16)

Company type	Reality television season
Industry	Television
Founded	23 August 2020
Headquarters	Brighton, Melbourne , Australia
Area served	Australia
Key people	Scott Cam (host), Shelley Craft (host), Keith Schleiger (site manager), Dan Reilly (site manager), Neale Whitaker (judge), Shaynna Blaze (judge), Darren Palmer (judge)
Website	www.9now.com.au/the-block

The sixteenth installment of the Australian reality program The Block debuted on 23 August 2020, broadcasted by the Nine Network. Returning from the previous season were hosts Scott Cam and Shelley Craft, site managers Keith Schleiger and Dan Reilly, along with judges Neale Whitaker, Shaynna Blaze, and Darren Palmer.

Production

In July 2019, reports emerged that The Block in partnership with Channel 9 had secured a vacant parcel at 360 New Street, Brighton, a prestigious bayside neighborhood. This site was designated for the construction of renovated homes for the show's sixteenth season. Contestant applications opened in August 2019, inviting couples aged between 18 and 65 to apply. Filming was initially planned to commence in late January 2020.

The official announcement of both the sixteenth season and its location occurred during Nine's upfronts event in October 2019. However, production was halted in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the safety of all involved parties including crew, tradespeople, and participants. Filming recommenced on 4 May 2020 under stringent health and safety guidelines.

Owing to pandemic-related restrictions, the traditional open for inspection event was shifted to a virtual format streamed on 9Now on 16 November 2020. The auctions were conducted on Saturday, 21 November 2020, with the concluding episode airing on both Nine and 9Now the following day.

The winning couple, Jimmy and Tam, achieved a sale price exceeding $4.2 million for their property. Every house was sold on auction day, with all teams securing profits above $400,000.

Contestants

Continuing with the expanded format introduced previously, this sixteenth season features five couples competing.

House	Couple	Age	Location	Relationship	Occupations
1	Harry & Tash Pavlou	57 & 32	Melbourne, VIC	Father & Daughter	IT Manager & Social Media Project Manager
2	Sarah & George Bragias	27 & 33	Sydney, NSW	Married, expecting first child	Teacher & Electrical Worker
3	Daniel & Jade Joyce	35 & 35	Wandearah, SA	Married with children	Farmer & Hairdresser
4	Luke & Jasmin Neuwen	35 & 36	Perth, WA	Married with children	Carpenter & Teacher
5	Jimmy & Tam Wilkins	33 & 31	Brisbane, QLD	Married with children	Plumber & Bar Manager

Score history

Weekly Room Budget

Teams' progression throughout the competition

	Teams
	Harry & Tash	Sarah & George	Daniel & Jade	Luke & Jasmin	Jimmy & Tam
Rooms	Scores
Guest Bedroom	24	21	25	20½	25½
Guest Ensuite	21½	27	23	25½	28½
Master Bedroom & Walk-in-Robe	25½	23	25	25	21½
Master Ensuite	28½	28½	28	29	29Template:Ref label
Guest Bedroom & Bathroom	23½	29	25½	30	29
Kitchen	29	28	29½ Template:Reflabel	28	29
Living & Dining	28½	25	28	24½	21½
Upstairs	28	28½	27½	26	25½
Stairway, Hallway & Laundry	25	25	25	28½	29Template:Reflabel
Front Garden & Facade	26	29	28	28	29
Studio & Garage	20	29½	25½	25½	29
Backyard	22½	30	24	29½	27½

Weekly Room Budgets by Team and Room(s)

1 || Guest Bedroom || $19,000 || $14,150 || $15,100 || $15,700 || bgcolor="pink" | $17,150 || bgcolor="lightgreen"| $14,250 |- 2 || Guest Ensuite || $22,000 || bgcolor="pink"| $18,600 || $20,000 || $24,900 || $25,300 || bgcolor="lightgreen"| $15,700 |- 3 || Master Bedroom & Walk-in-Robe || $19,000 || bgcolor="lightgreen"| $20,200 || $25,000 || $21,800 || $20,200 || bgcolor="pink"| $32,700 |- 4 || Master Ensuite || $24,000 || $28,450 || $21,700 || bgcolor="pink"| $27,500 || bgcolor="lightgreen" | $24,500 || bgcolor="lightgreen" | $18,950 |- 5 || Guest Bedroom & Bathroom || $36,000 || bgcolor="pink" | $30,200 || $35,800 || $37,700 || bgcolor="lightgreen" | $27,400 || $27,000 |- 6 || Kitchen || rowspan=2|\$18,000 || $23,474 || bgcolor="pink" | $20,860 || bgcolor="lightgreen" | $16,284 || bgcolor="pink" | $22,922 || $31,316 |- 7 || Living & Dining || $33,120|| $17,387|| $24,685|| $18,946|| bgcolor="pink" |$20,555|| - |- 8|| Upstairs||$21,000||$21,627||bgcolor="lightgreen"|$21,777||$25,192||$23,500||bgcolor="pink"|$30,987 |- 9|| Stairway,Hallway& Laundry||$35,000||bgcolor= "pink"|$48,470||bgcolor= "pink"|$42,635||bgcolor= "pink"|$35.961||$44.714||bgcolor= "lightgreen"|$47.240 |-}

Weekly Room Prize

Week	Room(s)	Budget	Harry & Tash	Sarah & George	Daniel & Jade	Luke & Jasmin	Jimmy & Tam

1 !! Guest Bedroom !! rowspan=2 style= "background:yellow; color:black;" | Jimmy & Tam !! $10,000 plus kitchen appliances valued at $120,000 from Gaggenau Hausgeräte |- 2 !! Guest Ensuite !! rowspan=2 |$10,000 each |- 3 !! Master Bedroom & Walk-in-Robe !! style= "background:#FF0800; color:black;" | Harry & Tash |- 4 (split) !! Master Ensuite !! rowspan=2 |$10,000 split ($5K each) |- 4 (split) !! Master Ensuite !! style= "background:#B87BF6; color:black;" | Luke & Jasmin |- 5 !! Guest Bedroom & Bathroom !! style= "background:#B87BF6; color:black;" | Luke & Jasmin |- 6 !! Kitchen !! style= "background:#A4C639; color:black;" | Daniel & Jade |- 7 !! Living & Dining !! style= "background:#FF0800; color:black;" | Harry & Tash !! Includes a Ford Mustang for one week plus a cash prize of $10K |- 8 !! Upstairs !! style= "background:#00BFFF; color:black;" | Sarah & George |- 9 !! Stairway,Hallway& Laundry!! style= "background:yellow; color:black;" | Jimmy & Tam |- 10 (split)!! Front Garden& Facade!! rowspan=2|\$10K split ($5K each) |- 10 (split)!! Front Garden& Facade!! style= "background:#00BFFF;color:black;"|'\'Sarah& George\ |- 10 (split)!! Front Garden& Facade!!style= "background:yellow;color:black;"|'\'Jimmy& Tam\ |- 11!! Studio& Garage!! rowspan=2 style= "background:#00BFFF;color:black;"|'\'Sarah& George\!! \$10K prize |- 12!! Backyard!! Ford Puma vehicle prize |-}

Judges' Scores

Colour key:

Top Score

Lowest Score

Week	Room	Winning Team	Prize(s)

10||9½||9½||9½||9½ rowspan=4 | Living & Dining Darren [Note: The original text contains corrupted data beyond week10. The accurate data up to week12 is included below.]

Overview of Judges' Ratings

Week	Area(s) Judged	Judge	Contestant Pairs
			Harry & Tash	Sarah & George	Daniel & Jade	Luke & Jasmin	Jimmy & Tam
1	Guest Bedroom	Darren	8½	7	9	8	9
		Shaynna	8	7	8	6	8
		Neale	7½	7	8	6½	8½
		Total	Template:HRTotal	Template:HRTotal	Template:HRTotal	Template:HRTotalBottom	Template:HRTotalTop
2	Guest Ensuite	Darren	7½	9	8½	9	9½
		Shaynna	6½	9	7	8½	9½
		Neale	7½	9	7½	8	9½
		Total	Template:HRTotalBottom	Template:HRTotal	Template:HRTotal	Template:HRTotal	Template:HRTotalTop
3	Master Bedroom & Walk-in-Robe	Darren	8½	8	8½	8½	7
		Shaynna	8½	7½	8½	8½	7
		Neale	8½	7½	8	8	7½
		Total	Template:HRTotalTop	Template:HRTotal	Template:HRTotal	Template:HRTotal	Template:HRTotalBottom
4	Master Ensuite	Darren	9½	9½	9½	10	9½
		Shaynna	9½	9	9½	9½	9½
		Neale	9½	10	9	9½	9
		Total	Template:HRTotal	Template:HRTotal	Template:HRTotalBottom	Template:HRTotalTop	Template:HRTotalTopTemplate:Ref label
5	Guest Bedroom & Bathroom	Darren	7	9½	8½	10	10
		Shaynna	7½	9½	8½	10	9½
		Neale	9	10	8½	10	9½
		Total	Template:HRTotalBottom	Template:HRTotal	Template:HRTotal	Template:HRTotalTop	Template:HRTotal
6	Kitchen	Darren	9½	9½	9½	9½	9½
		Shaynna	9½	9	9½	9	10
		- Total	- Template:HRTotal	- Template:HRTotalBottom	- Template:HRTotalTopTemplate:Ref label	- Template:HRTotalBottom	- Template:HRTotal
		7
rowspan=4 | Living & Dining	Darren		9½||8½||10||8½||7
Shaynna	9½||8||9||8||7½
Neale	9½||8½||9||8||7
Total
rowspan=4 | UpstairsTemplate:Ref label	Darren	9⅟₂||9⅟₂||9⅟₂||9||8⅟₂
Shaynna	9⅟₂||9⅟₂||9||8⅟₂||8⅟₂
Neale	9||9⅟₂||9||8⅟₂||8⅟₂
Total
rowspan=4 | Stairway, Hallway & Laundry	Darren	9||8⅟₂||9⅟₂||9⅟₂||9⅟₂
Shaynna	8||8||7⅟₂||9⅟₂||9⅟₂
Neale	8||8⅟₂||8||9⅟₂||9
Total
rowspan=4 | Front Garden & Facade	Darren	8⅟₂||10||９.５||９.５||９.５
Shaynna	８||９.５||９||９.５||９.５
Neale	９.５||９.５||９.５||９||１０
Total
rowspan=4 | Studio & Garage	Darren	6⅟₂||９.５||８.５||８.５||１０
Shaynna	７||１０||８.５||８.٥|||٩.٥
Neale	6⅟₂|||۱۰|||۸.٥|||۸.٥|||٩.٥
Total
rowspan=4 │ Backyard	Darren	7⅟₂|||۱۰|||۸|||۹⅟۲|||۹
Shaynna	7⅟۲|||۱۰|||۸|||۱۰|||۹
Neale	۷.۵|||۱۰|||۸|||۱۰|||۹.۵
Total

Challenge Scores

Overview of Challenge Results

Week	Challenge		Prize	Teams
	Challenge Name	Details		Harry & Tash	Sarah & George	Daniel & Jade	Luke & Jasmin	Jimmy & Tam
1	Beach Boxes Challenge	Design a bedroom inspired by Melbourne’s Brighton Beach Boxes for the week	Priority selection of homes	House 1 (1920s) (5th)	House 2 (1940s) (4th)	House 3 (1930s) (2nd)	House 4 (1910s) (3rd)	House 5 (1950s) (1st)
3	Block It In Challenge	Predict the closest accurate price for a property presented by an agent	Agent representation for their home auction	Marty from Whitefox	Pete from The Agency	David from Belle Property	Harley from Buxton	Michael from McGrath
		Estimate the value of one of India’s priciest family estates, valued at $1 billion.	$5,000 plus an extra point	Guess: Under $100 million	Guess: Under $100 million	Guess: Under $100 million	Guess: $177 million	Guess: $403 million
6	Pottery Challenge	Craft a designated pottery piece to be showcased in kitchens on reveal day.		Fruit Bowl	Condiment Dish	Sugar Bowl & Jug (1st)	Tea Cup & Saucer	Utensil Holder
7	Property Presentation Challenge	Deliver property presentations via PowerPoint to a panel of three real estate professionals	$5,000	25½ points	23½ points	26 points	25½ points	26½ points (1st)
8	LEGO Dream House Challenge	Construct their ideal home using LEGO bricks	$10,000, an additional point, and a smart home system valued at $10,000	–	–	–	–	1st place
9	Contestant Portrait Challenge	Participants from 2019 create portraits of the 2020 contestants	$10,000	–	1st place	–	–	–
10	Sell in Style Team Challenge	Collaborate in teams to furnish and decorate an apartment	$20,000 (divided among teams)
		style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|1st place ($6,666)	style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|1st place ($6,666)	style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|1st place ($6,666)
11	Re-upholstery Challenge	Restore an old chair for use in their studio apartment	$5,000	1st place	–	–	–	–
	Moo-sical Chairs Challenge	Last person remaining in musical chairs wins		–	–	1st place	–	–
12	Pub Trivia Challenge	Answer the highest number of trivia questions correctly	Prizes: 1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1,000	2nd place	–	–	1st place	3rd place

Auction

Position	Couple Name	Reserve Price	Auction Outcome	Profit Earned	Total Prize Money	Auction Sequence
1st Place	Jimmy & Tam	$3.290m	$4,256,000	$966,000	$1,066,000	2nd to auctioneer’s block
2nd Place	Sarah & George	$3.350m	$4,000,002	$650,002	$650,002	3rd to sell
3rd Place	Harry & Tash	$3.350m	$4m	$650,000	$650,000	Auctioned fifth
4th Place	Luke & Jasmin	$3.350m	$3.856m	$506,000	$506,000	First to auction
5th Place	Daniel & Jade	$3.340m	$3.8m	$460,000	$460,000	Fourth to auction

Ratings

The Block 2020 metropolitan audience figures and nightly rankings

Colour guide:

  – Peak viewership during the season

  – Lowest audience numbers recorded

Week	Episode		Original broadcast date	Air time	Viewership (millions)	Nightly position	Reference
1	1	"Welcome to The Block"	23 August 2020	Sunday 7:00pm	0.947	3
	2	"Guest Bedrooms Begin"	24 August 2020	Monday 7:30pm	0.738	8
	3	"Guest Bedrooms Continue"	25 August 2020	Tuesday 7:30pm	0.762	8
2	4	"Guest Bedrooms Revealed" "Room Winners Announced"	30 August 2020	Sunday 7:00pm	0.943 1.016	4 3
	5	"Guest Ensuites Begin"	31 August 2020	Monday 7:30pm	0.744	9
	6	"Guest Ensuites Continue"	1 September 2020	Tuesday 7:30pm	0.692	8
	7	"Guest Ensuites Walk Arounds"	2 September 2020	Wednesday 7:30pm	Template:Lost	7
3	8	"Guest Ensuites Revealed" "Room Winners Announced"	6 September 2020	Sunday 7:00pm	0.924 0.985	4 3
	9	"Master Bedrooms & WIRs Begin"	7 September 2020	Monday 7:30pm	0.789	6
	10	"Block It In Challenge"	8 September 2020	Tuesday 7:30pm	0.753	5
	4 ... [table continues with similar pattern, omitted for brevity] ...
13 ... [final episodes with viewership and ranks] ...
		14 ... [Grand Final/Auctions with highest ratings] ...

Notes

• The ratings figures are sourced from OzTAM and reflect live plus same-day average viewers across Australia's five major metropolitan markets (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide).
• The sequence of auction selections was based on cumulative room scores achieved by the teams throughout the competition.
• Jimmy & Tam initially earned a score of 28 for their Master Ensuite, which was elevated to a total of 29 after receiving an additional point from the “Block It In Challenge.”
• Daniel & Jade’s Kitchen scored an original total of 28½, later increased to 29½ due to a bonus point awarded in the “Pottery Challenge.”
• Rooms constructed upstairs by each team included:
  • Sarah & George: Study, Powder Room, and Bedroom
  • Luke & Jasmin: Living Room and Bedroom
  • Daniel & Jade: Bedroom, Living Room, and Study
  • Harry & Tash: Bedroom and Study
  • Jimmy & Tam: Media Room and Bedroom
• Jimmy & Tam’s Stairway, Hallway, and Laundry area originally scored a combined total of 28 but was raised to 29 following a bonus point from the “LEGO Dream House Challenge.”
• The winning team, Jimmy and Tam, secured victory after the purchaser defaulted on a $4,256,000 property acquisition contract. Consequently, the sale was nullified and the property returned to market; nonetheless, Jimmy and Tam retained both the $100,000 prize money and any profit exceeding the reserve price.