The BEST episodes of The Block NZ season 1
Every episode of The Block NZ season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Block NZ season 1!
The Block NZ is the first local version of an international hit renovation-reality series in which four couples compete to renovate four dilapidated houses in a very upmarket suburb – room by room, week by week, challenge by challenge – and sell them at auction for the highest price. The teams can be couples, family members, or friends, and do not need any DIY experience. Once selected, the contestants live and breathe their DIY project for the nine week shoot, living on site in The Block NZ houses. There are no further eliminations, and the winning couple is decided by the toughest judge of all, the real estate market! All four renovated houses go to a live TV auction, with The Block NZ crown going to the couple whose house fetches the highest price on the night!. All the couples receive profits from the sale of their house at the televised auction, and the winners will take home an additional cash prize of $80,000.
#1 - Episode 5
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/18/2012
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.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Episode 4
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/12/2012
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.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Episode 13
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/15/2012
It's master bedroom and ensuite week on The Block.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Episode 15
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/22/2012
The front yard renovations are threatened by wild weather; and the blokes blossom in a floristry challenge.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Episode 3
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/11/2012
One couple make a potentially game-changing decision; Shannon sets the couples a distressing challenge; and judges Victoria Bidwell and Stewart Harris assess the first room makeovers.
#7 - Episode 16
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/23/2012
Will everyone finish their front yards in time for judging? And an eco-friendly challenge leaves one couple at war.
#8 - Episode 10
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/2/2012
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.
#9 - Episode 18
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/30/2012
#10 - Episode 19
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/5/2012
Who has the best back yard? The Block NZ homes are complete to perfection. Two months later, the four couples return for their most important challenge ever - and the houses are open for inspection.
#11 - Episode 9
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/1/2012
This week the teams are required to complete the Lounge and Hallway. Also the teams are challenged to build a dog house.
#12 - Episode 2
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/5/2012
The teams step inside their houses for the very first time, and discover just how beat-up they really are with ripped walls, rotten floorboards and dead rodents.
#13 - Episode 1
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/4/2012
#14 - Episode 6
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/19/2012
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.
#15 - Episode 14
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/16/2012
It's judgement day for the master bedrooms and ensuites,
#16 - Episode 7
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/25/2012
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.
#17 - Episode 8
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/26/2012
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. One team 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.
#18 - Episode 11
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/9/2012
This week the teams were required to complete the kitchen and dinning 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.
#19 - Episode 12
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/10/2012
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.
#20 - Live Final
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/6/2012
Who will win The Block NZ? The four houses go to auction in a LIVE grand final. All teams will win the profits from their auction and the winners an additional $80,000 cash prize. Final.