The Block

[duke]

I know there was a thread about this before however it has disappeared.

Supposedly simple question - to which I can't find an answer - what is the street address of The Block?

Thanks in advance!

[Jimmy James]

101 Null St, DULLSVILLE

[RUM]

999 Product Place, MENT

[Fabian]

I know there was a thread about this before however it has disappeared.

Supposedly simple question - to which I can't find an answer - what is the street address of The Block?

Thanks in advance!

77 Whistler Street, Manly. It's about a 10-15 min walk from Manly Wharf

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid100/p99d5843299f1e9305a7d7f4bcdf01f51/f9e2d29d.jpg

Tonights episode is a must watch. Dani and Monique will "officially" leave the show. Their departure was very well publiised in the media back in January following the revelation that Dani had served a six month jail sentence related to drugs.

[duke]

Thanks Fabian. I have stayed a couple of times at the Manly Beach Resort in Carlton Street and figured that The Block must have been fairly close.

[Fabian]

Jason and Kirsten won the $5000 prize from AGL and it was without controvesy from the other couples who suggested that they give away the prize to Dani and Monique or give it away to charity following their decision to spend the night away from "The Block" as Kirsten was sick. Despite allowing the couple to keep the prize, the other couples were still cheezed off.

Kirsten's attitude was disgusting Yes she was sick, but to carry on etc wasn't good. She needs to fix herself up.

[CULWULLA]

everyones turning off in droves. this block hasnt rated at all. it will probably be the last.

[SydneyDude]

oh has it started already?

lol

[Fabian]

everyones turning off in droves. this block hasnt rated at all. it will probably be the last.

It has been beaten each week by channel seven's "The World Around Us" now hosted by Lisa McCune.

Last Tuesday it didn't fare well against other house related shows Room for Improvement and Hot Auctions, also on channel seven.

I think the problem why it hasn't fared that well is that the show is too Sydney centred. The program is coming out of Sydney yet again instead of another city. Two of the four couples are from Sydney with one couple from Melbourne and the gay couple from the Gold Coast.

[Jimmy James]

I ignored it completely last year - and this year decided to give it a try - but I'm sorry - Channel Nine's casting departent have forgotten the essential ingredient - Charisma. Also the whole thing has probably been ruined by Channel 10's HOTHOUSE - Whatever else you think about that show - you can't deny the house went up fast - on the block it took them 4 weeks to sweep the floor for Christ's sake!! Also the prospect of elimination - and the subsequent bizarre phenomenon which was Pete & Tina added some real tension and interest. In contrast the Block is just a show about Renovation, slow slow renovations, sure there's bitchiness and tension, but no pay off because no one's going to leave.

Of course Fabian is right also - the show has just picked another Sydney beach for it's second season - pretty lame.

[ABS]

Pete and Tina were a bunch of bogans. I'm glad Simon and Jules won!

[Aussie Bhoy]

I thought this thread was going to be about Redfern. All I can say is, thank god all of this reality crap is starting to bomb in the ratings. The worst one in the UK is the Salon, it's set in a hairdressers, and it's bloody awful. I have been forced by a woman in my house to watch more of it than I need.

[ABS]

I hope that this year will be the end of reality TV!!!

[Fabian]

everyones turning off in droves. this block hasnt rated at all. it will probably be the last.

It was the 4th most watched show during the past week.

[ABS]

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/forumfun/whocares2.jpg

This is where all the people who actually care about reality Tv shows live!!!

[Aussie Steve]

This is why I am watching The Block:

http://theblock.ninemsn.com.au/theblock/img/unit1/right_img.jpg
Jason Johnson, man he is HOT!

[JayT]

This is why I am watching The Block:

http://theblock.ninemsn.com.au/theblock/img/unit1/right_img.jpg
Jason Johnson, man he is HOT!

Yes and he is so in love with himself too. A man that hot has to be gay - only joking.

I like the Gold Coast Queens.

jt

[Jimmy James]

He has a quality! :D

Actually just posting to tell you all that the US version of the Block (This first ever instance of the Yanks taking an Australian concept - Popstars was a NZ idea, and a bad idea!) Will be called "The Complex: Malibu"

It will air on Fox as a midseason replacement during `04 - `05

[Fabian]

It's been reported that Channel Nine will make a loss on the property due to the slowdown on the housing market. The apartments should fetch $800 - $900 000 at auction.

The Sun Herald published a picture of the completed block as seen from the street. It's looking nice.

Who do you think will make the most money from their unit?

[Fabian]

The Domain section in the SMH today features a report on the apartments which are now fully completed and are ready for inspection. There is also a short description of each apartment as well.

The reserve prices, which have been kept a secret on the program start from $800 000. Matt and Jane's unit will have a reserve price of $850 000

[Fabian]

You can view the apartments here

http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=v&t=res&cat=res:News&id=772

[bearbrass]

This series is not rating like the first one .Maybe there too much"reality" tv and viewers are switching off.

[Fabian]

This series is not rating like the first one .Maybe there too much"reality" tv and viewers are switching off.

It finished sixth in the week ending July 3 but it's still well off the 3 million +. It was the best rating reality show as well. Ratings will pick up a bit towards the end with maybe 2 million tuning into the auction. I'm expecting a big turnout at actual auctons with several thousands expected to turn up to see it.

It is the longest running reality show in OZ at the moment. As of last night, the contestants would of still been competing. They have been in the game twice as long as those in the Survivor Series (81 days Vs 40 days for survivor) and even for series one which was just 81 days long. By the end it would of been 100 days or 4 1/2 months.

[Mr MacPhisto]

I admit I havent watched much of this show but I have caught the last couple episodes and watching tonights final I can't believe the attitudes of some of these people.

Just watching a yelling/crying fiesta between the "two camps" left me wanting to punch that arrogant bastard Jason in the face, slap some sense into Kirsten (sorry Howard, your vioence against women add's aint working), and as for the gay blokes, they seemed normal enough to me most of the time, but in this last episode their behaviour disgusts me, one of them (not richard, the other one) deserves to be castrated.

I know I don't really know these people but the way they carried on today it's hard not to consider them a pack of pricks.

[tayser]

yeah, Barbie and Ken & Ken and Ken seem to have all been smoking the same thing for the past two weeks.

1 word:

airheads.

all 4 of them.

[Jimmy James]

Have you seen the Comedy Inc send up of this show last week - "Oh my god we haven't posed outdoors for almost 10 minutes!"

[Fabian]

I saw that with Jason & Kristen. Wasn't it 2 hours???

Matt also cops it too fussing over a nail sticking out of a frame.

Apartments 1 and 2 are up for Auction on Saturday from 10am and 3 and 4 at 10am Sunday outside the building. Several thousand people are expected to turn up.

[Fabian]

I went to the auction for Kirsten & Jason's Apartment along with that of Matt and Jane. A big crowd was there to see it all. I took plenty of pics which I will not post until they have been watermarked. Plenty of media too :D!!!!!!!!!

They were both sold

Matt & Jane - $795 000
Jason & Kirsten - $872 000

[Fabian]

The photo's as promised

The Block itself

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/The_Block_-_Copyright_small.jpg

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/The_Block2_-_Copyright_small.jpg

Jason and Kirsten with their real estate agent following their sale - expect a pic like this in the papers in the morning

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Jason_and_Kirsten_with_agent_-_Copyright_small.jpg

The same couple pose for the media. You should of seen the pazarri after this (About ten photographers) taking a shot of them kissing just after this was taken

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Jason_and_Kirsten_are_interviewed_by_the_media_-_copyright_small.jpg

Signing Autographs for the fans

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Jason_and_Kirsten_-_Copyright_small.jpg

Matt & Jane with host Jamie Durie on the balcony of their unit saying thanks following the sale of their unit

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Matt_and_Jane_on_the_balcony_-_copyright_small.jpg

A closeup of them

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Matt_and_Jane_-_Copyright_small.jpg

Andrew & Jamie

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Jamie_and_Andrew_-_Copyright_small.jpg

[Fabian]

From The Sun Herald (smh.com.au)

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/07/24/theblockRHS_ent-lead__200x218.jpg
Picture: Grant Turner

This pic is from The Age (theage.com.au) - I remember taking a pic of the photographers taking it.

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2004/07/24/block_2507.jpg
Picture: Grant Turner

The Block buster - 'Ken and Barbie' cash in

By Rachel Browne
July 25, 2004
The Sun-Herald

They are the couple everyone loves to hate, but The Block's Kirsten and Jason proved themselves the best renovators when the first two units in Australia's most famous apartment complex went under the hammer yesterday.

The Sydney couple dubbed "Ken and Barbie" pocketed the $77,000 profit on their apartment when it sold above its reserve of $795,000.

But Melbourne couple Matt and Jane walked away all but empty-handed when their apartment only just met the $795,000 reserve after 30 minutes of sluggish bidding.

They were consoled with the Toyota RAV-4 they won yesterday after being named the most popular couple on the Channel Nine reality show in a viewer poll.

Two more apartments - Andrew and Jamie's ground-level unit and Richard and Steven's upstairs party pad - go under the hammer today, but both will struggle to match the price paid for Kirsten and Jason's property, which was bought by 30-year-old Bondi sales executive Jamie Shakespeare.

If Kirsten and Jason's apartment fetches the highest price of all four in the block, they will pocket an extra $100,000.

"This is the best day of my life, to be honest," said corporate headhunter Jason. "We are totally overwhelmed."

"I am humbled, excited and grateful," business manager Kirsten said.

Restaurant manager Matt, who married his public relations executive partner Jane during the series, said he was dismayed by the low selling price of their top-floor apartment, filled with his own artworks.

"We are really proud of our apartment, so we were a bit disappointed with the price," he said. "But we did the best we could and we are really proud of how we played the game."

Their apartment was the first to be auctioned yesterday, with Jane saying buyers may have been put off by the pressure.

"It's tough being the first apartment up for auction because no one knows how it's going to go, so people are reluctant to get in there and bid," she said.

Their apartment was bought by Adelaide property developer Cathy Pearce and business partner Todd Miller, who together designed The Block board game.

Ms Pearce said she had no plans to bid yesterday, but when she saw how the bidding was going, she decided to register.

"The price was too good so we put our hands up," she said. "It was a spur of the moment decision, but we are very comfortable with what we have paid."

Ms Pearce said she planned to lease the apartment.

Jamie Shakespeare said he intended to live in the apartment, despite its notoriety.

"I think it will be just like living anywhere else," he said.

Both of yesterday's buyers took advantage of Sydney's flagging property market, which has hit The Block's production team. It paid $3.13 million for the property last year.

After spending $630,000 in renovation and conversion costs, $160,000 on stamp duty and $72,000 on the investor exit tax, Nine needed the units to sell for more than $1 million each in order to break even.

While the ratings for this year's show have been as patchy as the property market, figures have increased over the past few weeks with 1.7 million viewers tuning in last Sunday.

About 3000 people lined Whistler Street, Manly, yesterday to get a last-minute look inside the apartments and watch the auction.

Co-creator and executive producer Julian Cress said he expected an even bigger turn-out today when Andrew and Jamie's and Richard and Steven's places go under the hammer.

The production team is scouting locations for a third series of The Block, which is yet to be given the green light by the network.

[Aussie Steve]

I for one liked Kirsten and Jason, and I am more then happy to say that in public. I think Matt and Steven were very nasty people!

[Jimmy James]

Apparently Matt and Jane walk away with nothing as their apartment barely made the reserve, maybe they should've left the amatuer art gallery at home and concentrated on the renovations!

[Tony P]

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/The_Block_-_Copyright_small.jpg

In this photo, care of Fabian, the 'feature' above the central 2nd floor window.... the nine 'dots'.... is that a deliberate but subtle channel 9 logo or unintentional?

[hoffburger]

maybe a more subtle channel nine plug would have been a picture of eddie on the outside of the block :cheers:

[Fabian]

I for one liked Kirsten and Jason, and I am more then happy to say that in public. I think Matt and Steven were very nasty people!

Never really liked Steven myself. He was always out there looking for trouble and I'm not surprised by the way the others reacted when he did something to them, and deserved the abuse that went with it.

Each of couples admitted on ACA last night that it was hard to get along with the other couples while the renovations went on as they were in competition with each other along with the stress associated with conducting a home renovation. They now get along with each other but they will have that special relationship with a certain couple.

I for one loved Jason & Kirsten too. They seemed (in particular Kirsten) to have a personality that were along the lines of mine and I was able to symphatise with them a bit. I thought Jamie was the best looking chick.

[hoffburger]

I for one loved Jason & Kirsten too. They seemed (in particular Kirsten) to have a personality that were along the lines of mine and I was able to symphatise with them a bit. I thought Jamie was the best looking chick.

lol i feel sorry for you if you have a personality like kirsten. she was a total nut bag :)

[Mr MacPhisto]

Apparently Matt and Jane walk away with nothing as their apartment barely made the reserve, maybe they should've left the amatuer art gallery at home and concentrated on the renovations!They won a RAV4 being voted most popular couple by TV viewers, so the only real loosers are Richard and Steven. lol

I guess some people get what they deserve.

[fandango]

People buy art for the perceived culture and class the item received from the 'spiritual' artist. Making your own lame art to fill a space on the wall seems to be missing the point completely. Also cushioned fabric on walls is a bad idea.

I didn't find jason and kirsten all that likeable, but everyone else was far worse in their smug attitudes against them. To the average person they were all latte sipping yuppies.

[Fabian]

More shots guys

Here's your answer to why the were flying billboards in the skies above Sydney. I saw them flying even over the Eastern Suburbs.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid130/p233d69beca419fc78a13ff158b6674f4/f7ba1b25.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid130/pa62cbcfb8cc05527bcb1b36e127a832c/f7ba1ad9.jpg

Working my way up to the front

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid130/p87aa01861a33fc55767683144b5af7d7/f7ba1a9a.jpg

The guy doing Matt & Jane's auction

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid130/pcf6ea7433dd1c41e345ae074f0960f18/f7ba1a4b.jpg

Jason & Kirsten's auctioneer - He is now under investigation over his dealings at auctions

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid130/pcf3e581ff915146093d8fa3e825534d5/f7ba19c7.jpg

Richard & Steven meeting up with fans

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid130/p4a7bd78db0cdaee043c5aa4d8fbe3850/f7ba191d.jpg

[tayser]

Jason & Kirsten's auctioneer - He is now under investigation over his dealings at auctions

lol!

have 9 done a follow up yet to get more ratings?

[Fabian]

According to a recent promo, it will be back for another series. Does anyone know where it will be this time????

Channel nine have definately kept their mouths shut, so as to avoid their competitors from leaking out the details before they do.

And dealing with the last series

lol!

have 9 done a follow up yet to get more ratings?

It was channel seven that were probing into him.

she was a total nut bag:)

I wouldn't agree. Kirsten was fairly defensive about her actions (even though some of them were unacceptable ie not giving the $5000 to Dani & Monique) and was always standing up for herself.

The way she reacted to certain situations was fairly normal given some of the treatment she deserved. Wouldn't you be feeling the same if someone was having a go in a way you didn't like

[RocStar]

You know when this show first came out I thought great, another DIY show (as Im into DIY, trying to make a quick buck) and soon realised it’s not about renovating at all. It’s about the bitchin, backstabbing, Im more gorgeous than you are type show…so Sydney..lol

[Fabian]

:bash: