WEBVTT - Steph & Gian - THE BLOCK - TV Personalities 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:02.600 Welcome back guys to TV Reload. As you may know, 0:00:02.680 --> 0:00:05.320 my name is Benjamin Norris and this is your podcast 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:07.960 to get all the inside goss on the popular TV 0:00:08.000 --> 0:00:11.160 shows you may be watching from around the world. Undeniably, 0:00:11.200 --> 0:00:14.040 our TV sets are a major part of our home entertainment, 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:16.759 and yet very little is known about how our favorite 0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:19.920 shows get made. So weach episode. I've been finding guests 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:21.960 that want to dive just that little bit deeper into 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:24.400 the shows they're currently making, so that you can hear 0:00:24.440 --> 0:00:27.240 all their exclusive stories and gain access to the biggest 0:00:27.280 --> 0:00:29.960 names in Australian television. I want to thank you for downloading, 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:32.800 all subscribing to this podcast however you've found me. I 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:35.120 love hearing your feedback, so make sure you leave a 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:38.720 review or a comment on your chosen podcast platform. On 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:42.120 today's podcast, I have House four New South Wales contestants 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:45.400 Stephan Gian the most talked about contributors of The Block 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:48.360 twenty twenty three. This series of The Block has been 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:52.080 making headlines for the conflict between Steph, Christy and Leah. 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:55.800 So far we've seen cheating, accusations, tears and one giant 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:58.720 bust up at the first Body Corporate meeting. The Block 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.560 has always divided fans over the show's format, as some 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:03.920 people are there for the renovations and others are there 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:06.959 for the drama. I think this year has been super 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:10.720 juicy because both are actually quite phenomenal to watch. As 0:01:10.720 --> 0:01:12.840 we know, this season is set in the family friendly 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:16.280 Melbourne suburb of Hampton East. The new series features five 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:19.760 new houses, designed and built in the nineteen fifties and 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:23.160 located on the very well named Charming Street. I will 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:26.320 talk to Stephan Jann about this season's conflict and how 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:29.759 their first Impression kick started a rift between all the houses. 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:32.560 We will find out how Steph and Jiann have taken 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:34.840 some of the criticism and what they think of the 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:38.560 cheating accusations at the first Body corporate meeting. Jan will 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:40.560 share his thoughts on the way in which Steph has 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:43.760 struggled with certain contestants, and Steph will open up about 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:46.920 the pressure of being an architect. Whilst we will get 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:49.480 plenty of exclusives from behind the scenes of The Block 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:52.840 twenty twenty three, which has its next room reveal on 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:55.200 this Sunday night on Channel nine and you can catch 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:58.200 up on nine now if you've fallen that little bit behind. Anyway, 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:01.520 let's bring Jian and Steph into the podcasting. Guys, I 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:03.840 really hope you enjoyed this very fascinating look at the 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:07.280 block for twenty twenty three. How are you both? You 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:10.040 both well? Yeah, well, well right, how have the viewing 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:12.600 parties been going? Have you been having a bit of 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:14.639 a ritual? I would love to be a fly on 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:16.240 the wall to find out how it's going down at 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:16.720 your house. 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:17.919 It's crazy. 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:21.960 We were one of the only contestants at the block 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:24.640 that every single time there was a Sunday viewing, we 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:27.040 had a different family member or friend there. 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:29.760 So you can imagine that it's when it's on TV, 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:34.000 it's like clockwork. It's like and three couples this night, 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:38.360 two couples the other my family, our family's hosts like 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.040 the Sundays. Yeah, it's on a big it's. 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:42.160 Full on, it's full on. 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:44.160 And then do you because this is how I can 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:46.280 imagine you're watching it with the rest of Australia. So 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:48.800 are you telling everyone to be quiet while it's on 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:52.000 TV and then debriefing? Like I can imagine if it 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:54.440 was my family, they would have like a little notepad 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.280 ready to like ask questions at the end. How is 0:02:57.320 --> 0:02:57.840 that all going? 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:01.640 Oh you could imagine trying to to facilitate something like 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:04.040 that with like an ethnic background, like our parents, But 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:04.480 what about that? 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:06.560 And then we're like shut up, shut up. 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:09.200 And then when when the commercials are on, TV goes 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.560 on mute and there's like a forum and we chat, 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:13.160 and then as soon as it gets back on, as 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:15.200 soon as there's that last advert on nine. 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:15.920 It's like, all right, we're back on. 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:18.480 You can tell me our last advert that it's coming back, 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:21.240 And that's where you're going to be shure, I would say, knowing. 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:23.480 Because I grew up in Doncaster and temple Stone mainly 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:26.919 an ethnic area, I understand the need for a talking stick, 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:29.560 So maybe you need one of those. Just pass it around. 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:33.080 Absolutely like, Okay, the forum is open, We're able to 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:34.440 answer your questions. 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:35.320 We sure. 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:39.480 Are we getting to see a fair example of what's 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:42.320 going down? Or are you quite surprised because you're now 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:44.360 watching everyone's journey together? 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:46.560 I'm not so, to be honest, the only thing I 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:49.200 was really surprised about was the amount of talk that 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:51.320 was going on week one because we were so in our 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:54.520 own bubble. Week one, we were having problems with our builder. 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:56.960 We're just the build itself was just not going to plan, 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:00.160 and we didn't leave the confines of our own house us. 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:03.360 But there was just so much outside noise about us 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:05.640 that we didn't really know, and we only found out 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:10.040 about it Comebody Corporate because we were legitimately surprised about 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:13.080 the Body Corporate like there was We were like, oh, maybe 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:15.320 it's because ash le I met with White Fox, who 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:17.400 we bumped into, and when we were talking to Dan 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:19.680 that they wanted to see if they could use White 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:20.400 Fox but not mine. 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:22.160 That's where our heads went. We were just so out 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:25.039 of the picture. So that's probably the only thing that 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:26.080 was surprising to us. 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:26.480 The rest. 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:28.159 Yeah, that's kind of how it's played out. 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:31.359 Yeah, I must admit I was not there for filming, 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:34.200 but I was already hearing whispers about this whole thing, 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:37.039 which I thought was hilarious, Like people were already talking 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.000 about it, that you guys were kind of oblivious to 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:41.719 what was going on, And I just think it sounds 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:43.880 interesting that we get to watch a show like this 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:46.800 back because it's such an intense pressure cooker. You know, 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:49.160 you would have no idea what is going on at 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.320 the other houses. If you were focusing on the job 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:51.760 at hand. 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:53.520 Yeah, no, and that's it for us. 0:04:53.560 --> 0:04:55.920 And we were really clear about why we were there, 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.320 and we definitely thought it's and I know there's quite 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:00.800 a bit of controversy out there the moments, like oh, 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:03.200 what's sort of this show turned into? But we definitely 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.080 applied for the show that everyone knows, and that's a 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:08.040 renovating show and that's what we went and set out 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:08.360 to do. 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:11.479 And all the noise, which we like to call it, yeah, 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:13.240 we just try to block it out. 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:15.560 Is this the first time that you both had applied? 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:17.120 Did you apply the first time and get straight in? 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:20.919 Yeah, the first time, first time ever applying. It just 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:23.360 never made sense for us to apply before, Like we hadn't. 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:25.760 We never thought about it, yes, like oh yeah, we 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:26.719 just renovated a house. 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:28.800 Shure we can apply for the block. I don't know, 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:30.839 like there was no thought process. 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:35.040 There was no critical thinking of game plan or anything 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:35.360 like that. 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:37.720 By the time we got told that we were on, 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:41.680 we were just lifting our jawels from the ground and thinking, oh. 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:46.200 Okay, now, I said to Dianne, the first time that 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:48.880 I saw I mean, I'd seen you once before, but 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:50.640 it was the second time I came back to the set, 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:52.520 I was talking to you about the hat, and so 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:56.279 I'm wearing a hat on your behalf my friend because Steph, 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:58.200 I don't know if I told you storialized there, but 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:01.240 it wasn't recognizing when he was on camera when he 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:02.960 was wearing a hat, I was like, who's that young 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:05.799 child there? That that? And then I said to my partner. 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:06.880 I was like, come in and have a look at 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:08.240 this guy. I was like, is this guy that like 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:10.520 super hot? And he's like, yeah, that guy's super hot. 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:12.719 And then I told him to come back in while 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:15.080 Jeanne wasn't wearing the hat, and he was like, no, 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:19.600 not for me. So now on mates, I'm wearing a hat. 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:25.960 When you told me that, I was like, that is 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.960 so funny. But at the time you're just not even thinking. 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:35.520 You're like, what am I wearing? I'll put a beanie on. 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:39.560 It's all working for your mate, it's all working. So 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:42.919 keep were going. You know, Steph, you would feel a 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:45.480 lot of pressure. I can imagine being an architect coming 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:47.839 on this show. And I remember talking to Jewels. I 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.080 spoke to Scotty about it, and they were so revved 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:52.520 up about the fact that they had a female architect 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.760 on the show, which is so exciting. Were you worried though, 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:59.000 you know, moving forward, that people watching this with judger 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:01.840 abilities and that my affect your business, Like what kind 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:03.400 of pressure was going on in your mind? 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:04.000 Yeah? 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:07.200 Look, I think initially you're like, oh, okay, what does 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:07.720 this mean? 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:10.440 But first, and I will be honest, First, it's exciting. First, 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:12.800 it's like, oh, this is an amazing opportunity. Where are 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.119 we going to go from this? And I'm really open 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:17.880 about what I don't know, and I'm really open about 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:21.840 being new as a business owner. But also I can't 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:25.240 talk myself too much down, Like obviously I have been 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:28.560 in the field for some time and I have a 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:31.120 knowledge base. There will always be people that are going 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:33.880 to say to you that you're not capable, you're not this, 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:34.679 or whatnot. 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:37.760 You'll see on the show that we're actually harsher critics 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:40.080 than what anyone could say about us. So so long 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:44.840 as we're happy in prowd, that's probably a good little 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:46.000 what do you call it? 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:46.679 Summary? 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:48.000 Yeah, I could summary. 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:51.160 I personally, I personally saw Steph take a lot of 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:54.560 that I think pressure on especially in the first couple 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.200 of weeks and actually there was a defining moment and 0:07:57.240 --> 0:07:59.480 I'm honestly so glad the camera was there to see 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:01.680 it when she just said to herself, like I need 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.200 to be kinder to myself because there was all this pressure, 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:05.880 Like we got the plan, Steph had to design what 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:08.080 the house was going to look like within a date 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:11.840 and that's never real life. So I'm just glad that 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:13.760 I think people were able to see what was going 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:15.920 on in STEP's head in those last two days when 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:18.360 they could have formed opinions on her. But I think 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.080 that you felt a real big weight off your shoulder 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:22.240 as soon as you let that out, and it was 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:23.800 just like, let's have fun with it, Let's give it 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:26.040 our best shot, and yeah, the rest is history. 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:29.160 We should people judge me. I'm not an interior designer. 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:31.400 I'm an architect, Like, do we know what that is? 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.120 I think there is always confusion, you know. I don't 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:37.559 necessarily think that the viewers will always understand the difference 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:40.120 of those things. They just seem to just assume a 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:43.120 certain energy level and that's where the confusion comes from. 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:45.720 But I have to say, Joan, I agree with Steph 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:48.280 seeing and recognizing that she was a bit overwhelmed at 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:51.440 that point, and then saying, you know what, in my profession, 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:54.520 I usually have a lot more time to analyze things. 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:56.559 But then on the block, you know, you're being forced 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:58.680 into making decisions much quicker than you would in a 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:02.120 business sense. You know, I thought it was really important 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:04.160 that you were able to recognize that yourself. I mean, 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.839 I was very self aware to notice that and then 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:08.760 maybe put some space in there for yourself. 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:14.440 I was I'm a big reflector, super analytical, and I'm like, okay, 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:16.600 things aren't going okay. And then I thought, you know what, 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.160 it's because this I can feel that that pressure that 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:21.600 you're talking about that you discussed even with with Scott 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:21.960 and stuff. 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:24.520 I felt that, and I go, hold on, what feeling this? 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.360 Why's I'm putting all this pressure on me? Everyone just 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:28.160 sort of chill a. 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:30.559 Little bit because I need to chill, and I need 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:33.560 to also recognize that the block is nothing like practicing 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.400 architecture in the real world, and that's okay. And if 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:38.600 people are going to judge me coming out of this 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:40.679 for not being capable of doing their house, and I. 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:41.640 Don't want to work with them. 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:44.839 I with you. You know, it's a very unrealistic expectation. 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:47.959 I think anyone coming off television, good or bad, from 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:50.559 what you have seen, isn't a very good indicator as 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:52.559 to what they can do for you on a job, 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:55.920 because there's many different ways that that can transcend through 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:59.040 the camera. Not the best job reference, I'd think, you know, no, 0:09:59.120 --> 0:09:59.720 it's not. 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:03.240 But to be honest, like, I actually love architecture for 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.560 me is a lot more personable than just being able 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:07.680 to design a stock stand house. You should go to 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:10.520 an architect who you actually resonate with from an ethical 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.560 perspective as well. And I actually like that people actually 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.760 getting to know me and looking anything is you don't 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:18.560 know for me yet because you need to watch the 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:19.079 full show. 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:21.120 But the benefit of being on a show like this 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:23.800 is you actually see my journey evolve when you see 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:25.600 our design thought process. 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:26.000 Evolve as well. 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:27.880 And I think that there will be lots of people 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:30.000 that you'll be like, yeah, I align with her, and 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:32.520 lots of people that don't. And that's so fine, and 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:33.240 I'm okay with that. 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:35.360 I think those steps. You know what, We talked about 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:37.559 this the last time I saw you. And it's really 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:40.920 strange because once you get to know you You're very 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:44.040 different to how we read you or when people read you, 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:46.160 and maybe this is wrong, maybe this is just me 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:48.440 and it's a coincidence that some of the other girls 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:50.760 have felt this way. I read you wrong to start with, 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:52.400 and then the more I got to know you, the 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:54.920 more I was like, I was in awe of your intelligence, 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:59.160 your capability, and your generosity and how open you were 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:01.440 and self for a flying like all of these things 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:03.920 that we're probably not seeing at this stage of the competition. 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.400 I'm sure we'll get to enjoy as it goes on. 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:09.640 Thank you, thank you, And I definitely yeah, I did 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:11.600 speak to you about that when I was younger. 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:14.040 I do feel that people when they first meet me 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:14.760 see me as. 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:17.400 Sort of polarizing and I can't really relate to her 0:11:17.480 --> 0:11:20.600 and she's really confident and that's and then actually because 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:22.400 the girls, we're really good friends with the girls, and 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:24.439 we reflect on that and I sort of say, girls, 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:24.959 how do you. 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:28.280 Think, like what am I doing wrong here? Like am 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.680 I only coming across like what's going on? And it's like, 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:34.760 you know what there It's actually comes down to everyone 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:37.000 else as well. It's like I think we all should 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:40.400 just not judge someone straight away. Give some people time. 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:43.439 Yes, Okay, first impressions matter, and I agree with that, 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:47.360 and I'll work better at being more approachable. But I 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:49.760 do think it's also a give and take and people 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:53.120 do have to reflect a little bit more and sort 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:55.439 of think, oh, there's more to hers, Let's get to 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:58.640 know her. Maybe she's more complex than just a nice person. 0:11:59.120 --> 0:11:59.400 You know. 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.800 I genuinely think this is going to work in your 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:05.560 favor because you've got to make people hate you to 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:08.240 make them love you, and so if you take them 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:10.440 on this journey, which is where you're going with this, 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:12.160 I think it's going to work out. 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:12.680 Yeah. 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:17.160 Well, it shows that you're multifaceted, right, You're actually able 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:19.120 to show your light and shade. 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:21.440 And definitely there was a massive turning point when. 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:24.319 People were surprised that when we were told that something 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:27.000 was wrong, that we absolutely owned it because that's us. 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:29.600 We're not going to sit here and pretend, oh my god, 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:31.560 one hundred percent we are so sorry, it's never going 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:33.520 to happen again, because that's the people we are. 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:36.320 I think that's what made the first week so hard 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:38.760 to look back on, because Steph and I had grown 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:41.960 so much throughout the block experience more than we could 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:47.160 have ever imagined, and looking at those confused, naive people 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:48.960 in week one and not who we are now, And 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:51.520 I think that's the beauty of what we've been through. 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:53.320 We can literally look at it, pick it apart and 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:56.160 be like, oh, like, we're so happy with the growth 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:58.480 that the block allowed us to have. And that's the 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:00.960 main reason why we went on the experience the growth 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:03.079 as people. And yeah, it's been nice watching that. 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.079 I still think that the first week, which was really 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:07.480 interesting because you didn't really seem to adopt that theme, 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.199 which was that house deciding challenge that was there, and 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:12.640 the judges had hoped that you would do something different 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:15.240 with it. Watching it back, what could you or what 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.520 may may have you already been thinking about doing to 0:13:17.520 --> 0:13:20.640 incorporate that Disney theme that then didn't happen, Like was 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:23.320 there a continuation of because I thought that room was 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.880 the best room. I thought it was stunning. However I 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.520 had to recognize no, I loved that room. I thought 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:30.320 it was great, but there was no Disney theme. I 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:31.880 was like, wait, the fu the Disney theme? You know 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:35.240 what I mean? But I still it's a strange journey. 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:38.120 It's a strange thing to understand because I'm like, a 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.760 Disney deciding challenge is not going to affect the way 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:42.439 in which that house gets sold in the end. Do 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:44.440 you know what I mean? A room that you built 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:47.560 actually does look like something that is more universal and 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:49.440 can be changed in all the rest of it. I 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:51.520 loved it. So that's why I'm saying that, thank. 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:54.040 You for acknowledging and seeing that. But also, yes, it 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:55.320 was a challenge. 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:58.040 And we should have done treated it like a challenge. 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:00.200 We treated it like we want the judges to see 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:02.040 what we would put in our home, and that's not 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:05.200 the challenge. The challenge is designer room in forty eight 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:07.120 hours that's going to be ripped down through the construction. 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:09.720 And we're like, we didn't think that way. We weren't 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:11.920 have been communicating that and we were just you know, 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:13.800 working to the blocks pace and it was like, all right, 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:15.559 let's make the room big up, let's do this, and. 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:17.280 It was just that don't even make sense to me. 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:18.520 It's like, what do you mean when to knock it down? 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:20.200 We kind of this room down like we're. 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:25.680 Building it away. People are dying in Africa apparently. 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:28.840 So I'm like, so of course, it was basically week 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.920 two where like we didn't like obviously our challenge room 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:34.040 from really early on because we reflecting like. 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:37.280 Oh why didn't we cheat it like a challenge let's 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:40.280 rock at that? But yeah, I love that you saw 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.480 what we were getting at because that was where where 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:44.320 we're moving towards. 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:46.800 We're like, I don't want to be creating a room 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:50.360 that's really limiting and with this massive, in built, bulky 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:52.920 items that someone couldn't feel that they had their own taste. 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:55.800 That's just like a a that's a design behavior and 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:58.920 a design strategy that I like to adopt. 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.440 So it's interesting. You know, remember a couple of seasons back, 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:04.000 the two boys, the brothers, the twin Brothers, they put 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:07.720 this giant iron man statue to sort of prove that 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:09.560 this is a cinema room, do you know what I mean? 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:11.840 And that kind of stuff, to me, never works. It 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:13.960 just looks like it cheapens it. It sort of gives 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:15.880 it a bit too much of a gimmick. I could 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:18.200 sit to see where anyway, I could see where you're coming. 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:20.240 You get me? I gotcha? 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:20.560 Girl? 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:25.280 How does having the full plan this season affect the 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.640 way that you guys are planning this series because this 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:29.840 is a massive twist for the show. Yeah. 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:32.920 Look, having the plan and also having the budget helped 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:35.440 a lot when planning the way that we were going 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.440 to roll rooms out, so we knew certain weeks, you know, 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:42.120 we were basically doing that whole studio area first, but 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.400 also getting the plans straight out, We're like, okay, let's 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:46.320 cut this up on steps program. Let's see how we 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:49.080 can stage out which room should we double down on 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:49.960 in the hope to win? 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:52.120 Because you really have to play it that way because. 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:53.960 Scotty said really early on, He's like, you will not 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:57.120 be able to finish unless you win. So we really 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.720 had to look at our plan, look at the schedule, 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:01.800 and okay, how are we going to get through this? Well, 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:04.400 we're going to double down and what made sense for 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:06.680 us to get to the end goal, which was a 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:09.760 cohesive inviting entertainer's home. 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:11.080 It really helped us. 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:13.440 It can be overwhelming though some people might have seen 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:14.680 it and be like, oh my god, how do I 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:18.640 plan out a quarter of a million dollars strategically while 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:21.520 building a house, But yeah, I think we just worked 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:23.880 to our strengths really on that, And yeah, I think 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:24.880 it worked out well for us. 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:27.840 I also think you know, what is setting you guys 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:33.360 apart from everyone is your theme? Is it? It's Japanzee, right, Japane. 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:35.960 You know this is so many You could tell me 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:38.440 something three times and I'd still get it wrong. I 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:42.560 felt like that's a really cool thing to do because 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:44.840 you are sort of structuring something. You are putting something 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:48.000 of a schematic. I guess that's there and it is evident, 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:50.480