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The Block NZ (2012)
Season 1 • Episode 20 • Live Final
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The Block NZ Season 1, Episode 20: Live Final
The final episode, also a two-hour episode, featured a look back at the competition over the past 10 weeks and the final auction. The results of the final challenge were revealed with winners Libby and Ben choosing to auction their house first. Second place, Ginny and Rhys choose to auction the house third, third place Sarah and Richard chose to auction the house second leaving Tyson and Rachel to auction their house last. In the final hour of the show the houses were auctioned on live TV. Watch The Block NZ Season 1, Episode 20 Live Final in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of The Block NZ Season 1, Episode 20 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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20 episodesEpisode 1
The four couples meet for the first time and are given the task of finding one of four Mazda BT50s before making their way around Auckland to locate four red blocks each that are worth $5,000 and reach the Block first to determine the order the houses are chosen. After finding the first red block, teams were given a choice to build a toolbox to the same standards as one previously built by Mark to earn a bonus red block, or to continue on the hunt and increase their chances of reaching the houses first. All four teams opted to complete this additional task and receive $25,000 in total. Ginny and Rhys arrive first at the Block and select house four, Libby and Ben arrive second and select house three, Sarah and Richard arrive third and select house two and Rachel and Ty arrive last and are given house one.
60 min
Episode 2
The four couples enter their houses for the first time and are all shocked to see just how bad a condition they are in. After spending an entire day cleaning up the houses, the teams all meet Shannon Ryan, the Games Master, and Peter, the Construction Supervisor. After learning that the first room they will be required to deliver will be the second bedroom, everyone hires builders and electricians as work begins.
60 min
Episode 3
The couples begin their first room renovation, the second bedroom, and Mark challenges them to build a wall to his exact measurements—with a prize that will turn the competition upside down, the winning team of this week's challenge have the opportunity to swap houses with another team.
60 min
Episode 4
Ginny and Rhys deliver their house swap verdict. Shannon sets the couples a distressing challenge, the couples are each given a brand new bedside table and are required to distress the table to make it look like a piece of antique furniture. Judges Victoria Bidwell and Stewart Harris assess the first room makeovers. The winners of the first weeks renovation is Libby and Ben with a score of 11.5 out of 20.
60 min
Episode 5
The teams are required to build a piece of furniture from recycled material. This week room is the study/childs bedroom, teams are required to furnish the room with recycled furniture.
60 min
Episode 6
The challenge is a plumbing challenge, each team must run piping from a starting point to a tap. The first team to get water flowing through the tap wins the competition. Rachael & Tyson are the winning team of this weeks challenge.
60 min
Episode 7
This week the teams are required to renovate the bathroom and laundry. The challenge this week is for each team to cook and host a meal for the other teams. The other teams are required to score the teams on their hosting of the meal.
60 min
Episode 8
The team challenge this week ran over two nights with the first two teams hosting their meal on the first night and the second two team hosting their meal tonight. Sarah and Richard choose a strategic vote giving all other teams a score of 1 out 10 thinking other teams will more than likely make a similar move. Sarah and Richard win this weeks challenge and receive a lot of criticism for their choice to score the other teams a low score in order to win the competition. The winning team of this weeks room was Ginny and Rhys with a score of 14.5 out of 20.
60 min
Episode 9
This week the teams are required to complete the Lounge and Hallway. Today's challenge was to build a dog house, the winning team of the doghouse challenge was Libby and Ben. Part of the winning prize was that the winning team won $2000 but they had to take this money from another team of their choice. Libby and Ben chose to take this money from Sarah and Richard who the previous week chose to sabotage the competition by scoring all teams 1 out 10 in the meal challenge.
60 min
Episode 10
The teams were given a room full of furniture but with everything painted in white. The teams were required to colour the rooms and furniture in colours of their own choice with the best choice of colour winning the competition. Libby and Ben were the winners of the Lounge and Hallway with a score of 15.5 out of 20.
60 min
Episode 11
This week the teams were required to complete the kitchen and dining areas. The challenge for today was to redesign a balcony of an Auckland waterfront apartment. The teams were given an apartment each and required to decorate the area in any design of their choice.
60 min
Episode 12
The teams were required to decorate a room for a magazine shoot, the teams were allowed to hire expensive furniture items for this challenge. Once the room was designed and photographed the teams had to create their own magazine page layout.
60 min
Episode 13
The final interior room was decorated this week, the master bedroom and ensuite. Today's challenge was to create a mosaic art work from broken tiles, the teams had to also incorporate pieces of broken plates and cups into their design.
60 min
Episode 14
The teams were required to complete a maze challenge where they must run through a maze to find pieces of outdoor furniture, once the pieces are found the teams are required to assemble the furniture. This week there were two prizes, one for the best master bedroom and one for the best ensuite. Ginny and Rhys were the winning team for the master bedroom with a score of 18 out of 20, Libby and Ben had the winning ensuite with a score of 8 out of 10.
60 min
Episode 15
The competition now moves outside with teams competing to landscape the front of their section and start on the exterior paintwork of the house. Today's challenge was for the teams to create a flower arrangement, a requirement of the challenge was the men from each team were required to create the arrangement all the women on each team could do was advise their partner verbally on how to create the arrangement. The prize was to grab as much money possible from a money tree in sixty seconds.
60 min
Episode 16
Work on the front of the section continued with Sarah and Richard plantting a large palm tree on their property upsetting their neighbours. The challenge today was to build an eco friendly challenge with each team required to build a compost bin. The winning team took home a selection of plants for the garden with the runners up taking home a smaller value in plants.
60 min
Episode 17
The final room challenge and this time teams are required to landscape the backyard. The teams are given this time 10 days to complete the challenge instead of the usual 7 days, teams are required to use the 3 additional days to finish off and fix the rest of the property and present the house for auction. The challenge today was to build a feature in the garden out of paving blocks, the winners were Rachel and Tyson with their herb garden.
60 min
Episode 18
Work on the backyard continues. A winner is not revealed this week as the challenge carries on into the next week. Today's challenge was to market the house for auction to a team of real estate agents.
60 min
Episode 19
The final week and a two-hour episode. In the first half of the episode teams work hard to complete the backyard and finish off the rest of the house. Sarah and Richard were the winning team with a score of 18.5 out 20. At the conclusion of the final room challenge the teams return to their homes for four weeks before competing in the final challenge. The final challenge consisted of two parts the first part the teams were required to clean and present the house for auction and for final judging. The houses were then judged by New Zealand celebrities who feature on various TV3 shows. The second part to the challenge was for each team to pick one part of the house they would like to see fixed up or improved. After writing down their wishes the final part of the challenge was to have another team carry out that wish for them. The prize for the final challenge determined the order the houses were auctioned in.
60 min
Live Final
The final episode, also a two-hour episode, featured a look back at the competition over the past 10 weeks and the final auction. The results of the final challenge were revealed with winners Libby and Ben choosing to auction their house first. Second place, Ginny and Rhys choose to auction the house third, third place Sarah and Richard chose to auction the house second leaving Tyson and Rachel to auction their house last. In the final hour of the show the houses were auctioned on live TV.
60 min