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49 Episodes 2014 - 2014
Episode 1
In the rear carpark of MOTAT, teams are presented with a Rush Hour-style array of cars, one of which is their Honda. They have to move the other cars-only backwards or forwards, not turning left or right-so that their own can be driven out. Maree and James finish the challenge first, followed by Alex and Corban, Jo and Damo, and, in last place, Quinn and Ben. Teams then drive to a warehouse in Grey Lynn, where they have to traverse three walls: the first by constructing scaffolding; the second by building a frame to climb up, then descending in a scissor lift; and the third by demolishing it with a sledgehammer. They then travel to the Bunnings Warehouse carpark, where they have to pack a given amount of luggage into their car. After completing the challenge, teams travel to an apartment complex.
Episode 2
Teams have 48 hours to design an upmarket hotel suite and build it from just the wooden framework, without the help of any tradespeople. Each team has a prescribed brief to design their room to, with the teams choosing from the four styles in the order they arrived at the complex in the previous episode.
Episode 3
Teams finish creating their hotel suite, which are judged by Shelley Ferguson and Mark Gascoigne. As winners, Jo and Damo travel to the site of The Block to decide which team have which house.
Episode 4
Jo and Damo choose house 4 and randomly select which houses the other teams have. Quinn and Ben are allocated house 1, Alex and Corban are allocated house 2, and Maree and James are allocated house 3. They then have to make their houses waterproof enough for their first night on the building site.
Episode 5
Mark announces that teams are to renovate their garage. They then go to the challenge warehouse to create a piece of wooden furniture, which they are to use in their houses. Jo and Damo build a console table, Quinn and Ben build an outdoor lounger, Maree and James build a bench planter, and Alex and Corban build a retro side table. The challenge is judged by season 1 judge Stewart Harris, who declares Maree and James second, and Alex and Corban the winners. Teams then return to the site to continue building their garage.
Episode 6
Teams continue renovating their garage.
Episode 7
Teams continue renovating their garage. In the middle of renovation, they go to a Point Chevalier beach to construct a raft from plastic sheeting and duct tape, which they sail to a buoy 100 metres offshore and then back, before picking up a red flag from the shore. As winners, Alex and Corban win an 80 inch Sharp Quattron Pro TV, while runners-up Jo and Damo win a 70 inch, and remaining teams Maree and James and Quinn and Ben get a 60 inch. Back at the building site, Quinn announces that she is pregnant, despite the producers advising her not to get pregnant until The Block has finished filming.
Episode 8
Because of the extensive rain, the room reveal date for the garage is extended by five days. Quinn visits an obstetrician to determine if she can continue on The Block, although its verdict is not revealed.
Episode 9
Quinn and Ben reveal that Quinn can continue on The Block NZ. However, she has certain restrictions placed on her, such as not being able to lift heavy objects.
Episode 10
Teams are given a Canon camera to take a photo that they will print on either aluminum, canvas, or glass. Season 2 judge Jeremy Hansen judges the photographs, and determines Alex and Corban the winners. They choose Jo and Damo to join them for the prize dinner. After completing the challenge, teams to the building to site to continue renovating their garage.
Episode 11
Season 2 contestants Pete and Andy make a cameo appearance to demonstrate driving a digger for the Freedom Furniture digger challenge before judging it. Each team has to drive through a cardboard box obstacle course and pick up four items of furniture before placing them on a podium in order of price. Each box knocked adds 30 seconds onto the time taken. Alex and Corban finish with a total time of 22:42, Jo and Damo with a time of 22:22, Quinn and Ben with a time of 22:10, and Maree and James with the shortest time of 20:48. As winners, Maree and James get a $5000 Freedom Furniture gift voucher.
Episode 12
Teams finish renovating their garages, which are then judged by Shelley Ferguson and Mark Gascoigne. Alex and Corban, with a total score of 18/20, have the highest score and win $4000 to go towards their budget on The Block.
Episode 13
Mark announces that this week's room will be a family room, and that teams will score the other teams rooms out of ten. Out of a possible score of 30, Maree and James get a score of 19, Jo and Damo score 21, Quinn and Ben score 22.5, and Alex and Corban score 24. Mark comments on Alex and Corban's plan for their family room that it doesn't fit the judges' brief of a 'family-friendly' room.
Episode 14
In the challenge warehouse, teams have four hours to upcycle a chest of drawers to put in their teenager's bedroom. Each team is allocated a Bunning's Warehouse gift voucher worth between $100 and $400. The chests of drawers were judged by Janice Kumar-Ward, a judge from season 2. Maree and James win the challenge, winning a $30,000 bathroom upgrade. Alex and Corban place second, Ben and Quinn third, and Jo and Damo last.
Episode 15
Teams head to an indoor rock climbing facility where they have to stack crates while the female of each team climbed up the stack. Because of Quinn's pregnancy, she was unable to participate in the challenge. The Edge presenter Jay Jay Feeney took her place. Jo and Damo win the challenge, climbing up 12 crates and winning $5,000 worth of window treatments.
Episode 16
Teams finished their family rooms, which were then judged. Despite not following the brief, Alex and Corban were not marked down for it.
Episode 17
Mark announces that this week's rooms will be the bathrooms and laundry, and Shannon announces that this week will include The Block NZ's ubiquitous dinner Wars challenge. Alex and Corban are randomly selected to choose the order that the teams. Each team will be assigned an ingredient that they have to use. They decide that they will host their dinner party that night, Jo and Damo second, Quinn and Ben third, and Maree and James last. Alex and Corban, using their compulsory ingredient of bok choy, host their dinner party with an Asian theme. It receives mixed reviews from the other contestants.
Episode 18
Jo and Damo host their dinner party with a Grecian and superhero theme. Other teams noted how much attention had gone into the food. To entertain the guests, Jo and Damo hired Stephen Witt, a 2014 Nominee for the Billy T Award. The next team to host their dinner party, Ben and Quinn, had rib eye steak as their compulsory ingredient. Their theme was farmyard animals. For entertainment, they had a petting zoo of bearded dragons, rabbits, gerbils and rats. Site foreman Peter Wolfkamp evicts Jo and Damo's head tiler from the site after parking in the wrong place for the third time. Because of this, Jo and Damo have to pay a $975 Auckland Council fine.
Episode 19
Maree and James hosted their dinner party with a Hawaiian theme. Their compulsory ingredient was eggplant. The scores from Dinner Wars were revealed, with each team marking the others out of ten for entertainment and ten for cuisine. Quinn and Ben placed first, largely due to their "strategic scoring".
Episode 20
Other teams had mixed thoughts on Quinn and Ben's scoring. While Maree was bitter, Damo said that it was understandable with Quinn being pregnant, and that he and Jo "would've done the same if we'd had to." Teams finished their rooms, which were then judged. Alex and Corban placed first, winning the $4000 prize.
Episode 21
Mark announces that the brief for this week's room is a bedroom for a child aged up to 10. That evening, he calls the teams to the courtyard to say that because of the week lost doing the garage, they also have to do a teenager's room, for a child aged at least 16. On top of this, they need to paint their exteriors, because of the scaffolding being taken down.
Episode 22
Teams were given 15 minutes with two Point Chevalier Primary students each to listen to their idea of their ideal desk. Maree and James are tasked with building a boat-style desk, Jo and Damo, an aquarium-styled desk, Ben and Quinn, a robot-styled desk, and Alex and Corban, a tree-style desk. Teams were then given 3 hours and $400 to construct them. The desks were judged by the winner and runner-up of the "Biggest Blockaholic" competition. They declared Alex and Corban's desk the winner, earning them a $25,000 wardrobe package.
Episode 23
At North Harbour BMX track, teams were given three hours to design and construct a bicycle entirely from plywood. When the three hours was up, they had to a relay race to the finish line. Because of Quinn's pregnancy, Jackie Thomas, winner of the first season of The X Factor, raced with Ben. Mare and James placed first, winning a $2,750 small kitchen appliances pack from Breville, along with $2,000. Jo and Damo placed second, Alex and Corban third, and Quinn and Ben last. Back at the building site, teams continued working on their rooms. Alice Pearson, winner of season 2, visited each of the teams and gave them a bit of advice.
Episode 24
Teams finished renovating their child's and teenager's bedrooms. The two rooms were judged and scored separately. Maree and James won the child's bedroom, while Alex and Corban won the teenager's bedroom.
Episode 25
In the challenge warehouse, Mark announces that this week, teams will be renovating their kitchen and dining room. Teams visited Peter Hay Kitchens to outline how they wanted their kitchens to look. Teams judged the other teams' child's room and teenager's separately, and gave both a score out of 10. Jo and Damo got the highest score, winning the $1000 prize money.
Episode 26
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 27
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 28
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The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 29
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 30
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 31
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 32
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 33
Mark announces that teams will renovate the remainder of their interiors this week: their living rooms and entryway, as well as any stairwells, downstairs toilets, and hallways. The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 34
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 35
In the leaky box challenge, teams race to plug up a barrel with holes cut in it which is constantly being filled with water. After 14 minutes, as the first team to have the rubber duck in their barrel flow out, Alex and Corban win $3500 of specimen trees. Jo and Damo place second and get $2000, and Maree and James place third and get $1500. Jo and Damo redeem their prize from a previous challenge and go to SkyCity Auckland, where Damo does the SkyJump.
Episode 36
All teams but Alex and Corban finish their interiors. Because Alex and Corban's rooms were obviously unfinished, the judges decided not to score them. Each team's living rooms and entryways were scored separately; other miscellaneous rooms that were completed during the week were not judged.
Episode 37
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 38
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 39
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 40
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 41
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 42
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 43
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 44
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 45
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 46
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 47
Teams created a viral video with a personality from MediaWorks Radio stations The Edge and The Rock. Alex and Corban teamed up with Guy Williams, Jo and Damo with Jono Pryor, Quinn and Ben with Ben Boyce, and Maree and James with Megan Annear.
Episode 48
The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.
Episode 49
Teams talk about their time on The Block. The third season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ 2014, premiered on 26 August 2014 and ended on 18 November 2014. It ran four nights per week, Tuesday-Friday. Hosted by Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan, the season was set in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, and was judged by Home and Garden editor Shelley Ferguson and architect Mark Gascoigne. The season was the first to feature the Kiwibank Block Out Live online game, a bingo-style game designed to be played by viewers watching the show live. It consisted of a grid of nine squares, each containing an event or quote from the show. When the event was broadcast, viewers had a few minutes to tap the corresponding square. The first person to unlock all nine squares on a given night won a $100 gift card.