The Block: Season 13
The Block takes determined couples, rundown apartments, and gives them equal-sized budgets and just weeks to out-renovate each other to see who becomes the ultimate winner.
Season 13 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Block Season 12.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season overview
The Block takes determined couples, rundown apartments, and gives them equal-sized budgets and just weeks to out-renovate each other to see who becomes the ultimate winner.
Episode Guide
Season 13 Progress Shield
48 Hour Challenge
Jul 30, 2017 · 69 min
Five new couples arrive at The Block to find five heritage houses Scott Cam has found and transported from around Victoria. They have just 48 hours to deliver a winning bedroom to
Bathroom Week
Aug 1, 2017 · 48 min
Our five teams start on day two of their main bathrooms. They are all busy finding trades, changing floor plans, selecting tiles and fixing problems, working double time to stay on
Bathroom Week Struggles
Aug 2, 2017 · 52 min
The Blockheads all face different challenges as they approach delivery day of their bathrooms. Site foreman, Keith, shuts down one house with the team having to stay the night with
Main Bathrooms Revealed
Aug 6, 2017 · 62 min
It’s a frantic race to the finish as our couples deliver their incredible main bathrooms to the judges. Sadly one team doesn’t finish in time for tools down.
1st Guest Bedroom Begins
Aug 7, 2017 · 50 min
The couples start demolition and planning for their guest bedroom. Clint and Hannah have some big decisions to make around their unfinished bathroom. One contestant gets some sad n
Guest Bedroom Judging
Aug 13, 2017 · 63 min
It’s a tough decision for Block Judges Neale Whittaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer, delivering the closest room judging scores in Block history.
Kids Bedroom Begins
Aug 14, 2017 · 48 min
The team starts work on the kids bedrooms. One of the couples house is shut down and a block surprise brings an emotional reunion.
Kids Bedroom Continues and Challenge
Aug 15, 2017 · 48 min
Everyone continues to plan and work on their kids room. One team calls the first body corporate meeting and it’s off to the Yarra Valley for a challenge to win some much needed pri
Kids Bedroom And Walk Arounds
Aug 16, 2017 · 48 min
Scott and Shelley visit the teams and check on the progress of their kids bedrooms. There’s budget worries for one couple and foreman Keith catches one contestant trying to cheat.
Kids Bedroom Judging
Aug 20, 2017 · 63 min
It’s a mad rush to the finish before tools down. Block judges Neale Whittaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer are impressed with some rooms but others fall short. One team gets th
Anything But A Bedroom Begins
Aug 21, 2017 · 48 min
The teams decide how to best use the room space and what type of room they will deliver to the judges this week, it can be anything but a Bedroom. Scott visits one couple for a bud
Anything But A Bedroom Continues
Aug 22, 2017 · 49 min
One team is feeling the presssure which threatens to hold up the construction of the house extensions. It’s bad news for one couple as their plans for a pool in their backyard is s
Anything But a Bedroom and Challenge
Aug 23, 2017 · 52 min
The teams head off for a challenge. They need to transform five rooms within Ronald McDonald House into sanctuaries for families visiting their sick children in the nearby hospital
Anything But A Bedroom Judging
Aug 27, 2017 · 63 min
It’s a push to the finish line before tools down. The teams deliver a combination of home offices and lounge rooms to block judges.
Living And Dining Commences
Aug 28, 2017 · 51 min
It will be a challenge this week to get the right flow, from the older style front part of the houses to the new contemporary back extensions.
Living And Dining Continues
Aug 29, 2017 · 47 min
The teams continue work on their living And dining rooms. A body corporate meeting results in one couple being accused of cheating.
Living And Dining And Challenge
Aug 30, 2017 · 50 min
All the teams are busy working on their living And Dining rooms when they get a visit from Scott to announce its challenge day.
Living And Dining Judging
Sep 3, 2017 · 63 min
It’s the final push to the finish line for the contestants to deliver their living and dining rooms. Block judges give two teams high scores but one team misses the mark.
Master Suite Commences
Sep 4, 2017 · 48 min
The teams don’t have to renovate but build their master bedroom, en suite and walk-in robe: a massive 45 square meters
Master Suite and Challenge
Sep 5, 2017 · 49 min
Everyone is feeling the pressure, resulting in some of the Blockheads bending the rules and another team about to give up. They all get arty on a challenge, competing to win a much
Master Suite Continues
Sep 6, 2017 · 50 min
The pressure of finishing the biggest room ever in block history is starting to get to the couples. It’s a hive of activity in four of the houses but one team is three days behind.
Master Suite Judging
Sep 10, 2017 · 65 min
Delivery of the biggest spaces ever on the programe is pushing everyone to their limits. Judges arrive to score the rooms.
Kitchen Commences
Sep 11, 2017 · 49 min
The teams are busy preparing for their kitchen installs. Two contestants call a body corporate meeting; they need a unanimous vote to save them from being eliminated from the compe
Kitchen And Challenge
Sep 12, 2017 · 51 min
The kitchen installers arrive on site. Two contestants race to get their master suite and kitchen finished to avoid being eliminated from the competition.
Kitchen And Challenge Continues
Sep 13, 2017 · 51 min
Two contestants are working around the clock to advoid being eliminated from the competition, while the other four teams join forces to renovate and style a five-star holiday accom
Kitchen Judging
Sep 17, 2017 · 64 min
It’s another mad rush for the teams to fi ish their kitchens for room reveal, but some contestants find time to help one team make the deadline to advoid being eliminated from the
Hall And Laundry Commence
Sep 18, 2017 · 51 min
The couples start planing their hallways and laundries. Three buyer advocates check out all the houses to give the teams feedback and the chance to win $10,000 towards their renova
Hall,Laundry And Challenge
Sep 19, 2017 · 50 min
It’s all systems go for hall and Laundry week and the couples test drive their brand new kitchens with a challenge to produce their own signature dish.
Hall, Laundry And Challenge Continues
Sep 20, 2017 · 51 min
The couples have been shopping and cooking in their new kitchens to produce their own signature dish. Celebrities Kate Langbroek and Dave Hughes join Scott and Shelley to judge the
Hall And Laundry Judging
Sep 24, 2017 · 63 min
The couples struggle to reach the finish line to deliver the hallways and laundries.
Guest Bedroom Commences
Sep 25, 2017 · 52 min
It’s guest bedroom week, the last room to finish inside of the house and a chance for the couples to put all of the experience they gained over the past eight weeks into practice.
Guest Bedroom And Challenge
Sep 26, 2017 · 52 min
The teams continue with the demolition of their guest bedrooms, along with planning for their backyards where four out of five couples are wanting to include pools.
Guest Bedroom
Sep 27, 2017 · 46 min
The teams return from a challenge in the ski fields wth just a couple of days to finish their rooms. They are also planning their backyards with one team facing problems with their
Guest Bedroom Rebuild Judging
Oct 2, 2017 · 56 min
The contestants deliver the last room inside the houses: their guest bedrooms. The judges are very impressed with all of the rooms the teams have delivered, and the scores are high
Backyard Week Commences
Oct 3, 2017 · 55 min
Excavation commences as the teams start work to deliver their massive backyards in just one week. With four of the five couples including pools and a spa, it's going to be a testin
Backyards Continued
Oct 4, 2017 · 50 min
Tensions are high as one couple negotiates with another two teams asking them to stop work so they can get their pool craned into their backyard. It's a race to get the concrete sl
Backyards And Walk Arounds
Oct 5, 2017 · 45 min
It’s touch and go whether one team will be able to get crane access to have their shipping container pool lifted into their backyards, it’s causing major delays to the tight deadli
Backyards Judging
Oct 8, 2017 · 68 min
It’s been an exhausting week to finish their massive backyards, but the teams deliver five stunning outdoor spaces to the judges.
Studio And Garage Week Commences
Oct 9, 2017 · 47 min
The teams have one week to renovate their studio apartments and garages, totalling a massive 100 square meters. Foreman Keith and Dan visit each house to list the defects.
Studios And Garages Continues
Oct 10, 2017 · 49 min
The teams continue with the massive task to present their studios and garages in just one week. Foremans Keith and Dan continue with their defects check list
Studios And Garages Continue And Final Walk Arounds
Oct 11, 2017 · 50 min
With a massive 100 meters to renovate everyone is under the pump getting their rooms ready for a night of painting. Scott and Shelley visit the teams and check out their rooms.
Studio And Garage Judging
Oct 15, 2017 · 67 min
What the teams have achieved in one week is remarkable as they deliever five incredible studio apartments with walk in robes and en-suites.
Front Garden Commences
Oct 16, 2017 · 51 min
It’s the final week of renovations and a big job for the teams to complete landscaping of the front yards, bring their facades to life with cladding and verandas.
Front Garden Continues And Teams Work On Their Defects Lists
Oct 17, 2017 · 51 min
The teams continue work on their front gardens and have a huge amount of painting to get through, they have also been given a defects list by foreman Keith and Dan.
Front Gardens Continue
Oct 18, 2017 · 49 min
With just a few days left on the block to complete their front gardens and defects list the teams are giving it all they’ve got get get to the finish line.
Front Garden Judging
Oct 22, 2017 · 62 min
There’s still a lot of painting to be done as the teams approach the deadline for delivery of their front gardens and facades. They meet Scott at HQ for the judges comments and sco
The Best Of The Block - Pimp My Pad Block Style
Oct 23, 2017 · 54 min
The judges play a game called Pimp My Pad Block Style, where they choose their favorite rooms from across the series to create the ultimate Block Pad.
The Teams At Home And Public Open For Inspection
Oct 24, 2017 · 58 min
Visit the teams to find out what they’ve been up to since they moved out from The Block. The houses are open for inspection as people get a chance to check out the homes.
The Block Auctions
Oct 29, 2017 · 78 min
After 12 weeks the houses go under the hammer. Couples compete for the first choice auction order and will win anything bid over their reserve with the highest over reserve taking