WEBVTT - OZ & OMAR WON'T BACK DOWN ON THE BLOCK! 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:01.720 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.800 --> 0:00:04.680 TV Reload, the podcast last deep their line and welcome 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:07.640 back to TV Reload. My name is Benjamin Norris, and 0:00:07.720 --> 0:00:10.320 on this podcast I go behind the scenes with the 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:13.560 biggest players in television. Each episode you will get a 0:00:13.600 --> 0:00:18.800 front row seat with content makers like executive producers, writers, editors, 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:22.079 and casting agents, plus the talent we see on our screens. 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:25.560 TV Reload reloads the shows that you are currently watching 0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:29.000 and gives you a better insight into our television industry 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:32.479 and our streaming services. Today on the podcast, I have 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:35.680 Ozenoma from The Block Tree Change, who have been a 0:00:35.760 --> 0:00:39.479 delight to watch this season, making block history being the 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:43.319 first Muslim contestants on the show. Ozenomer love a good 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:46.560 laugh and their bond throughout the series has been undeniable. 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:49.120 From the minute the cameras rolled on the twenty twenty 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:52.320 two series, you couldn't help but enjoy their infectious spirit 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:54.960 and while things may have got them down at times, 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:57.920 they certainly knew how to pick it back up. This year, 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:00.560 the series has been pretty full on. These two have 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:03.760 not escaped their fair share of rumors, which we will 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:07.640 get a chance to discuss today. From Midnight tradees, the rumors, 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:10.520 the judges rigged the weekly scores, to the boys fleeing 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:14.119 the country. Nothing is held back and I have loved 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.720 getting the boys truth on what has been the most 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:21.480 memorable season on Channel nine yet. However, let's get started 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:24.880 with today's guests. I'd like to welcome ozen Omar to 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:25.840 TV Reload. 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:31.400 Obviously, the negative energy just keeps building up. Meet Omar 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:34.760 and Osmond. We did care about everyone, but at the 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:36.360 day it was always osen Omar first. 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:39.760 Omar is a professional footy plant and Osmond works in 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:43.560 property maintenance. No one could just possibly come to the 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:45.120 blockad and it's time throughout the night. 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:47.520 You have to be registered and on the payroll. 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:50.480 They have run with the advice that we gave them 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:54.040 and presented back to something that is really, I think 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:54.960 quite exquisite. 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:57.320 I hope we kind of changed a lot of people's 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:00.000 minds on what they think of two Muslim kids from Australia, 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:04.720 the winner of week one on the Block Tree Change. 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:08.000 I've got homes, got my back and let's go to 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:09.400 the finish line as hard as we can. 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:12.480 Hi, boys, thanks for coming on the podcast. 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:15.680 Hey may I remember you right? Yeah? That is smart. 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:21.520 Smart, Definitely, I paid. I've paid the boys to say 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.520 that for the people that are listening at home. Are 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:27.960 you guys ready to get off the block? Roller coaster? 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.960 We we definitely, we could comfortably say we are ready 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:33.760 to get off, But are we ready to let you 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:34.359 have this home? 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:38.000 No blood, sweat and teas we put in within this 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:40.000 beautiful im so not just yet. 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:43.280 As a viewer, I'm stressed looking at the landscapes. How 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:45.800 are you guys going to get them done in time? 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.959 Surely they're going to have to let some houses, you know, 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:50.800 have a little bit more overtime. 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:52.480 It feels like that. But there's still a few days 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:56.359 to go, and we'll probably get there come Sunday. We're 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:58.600 pretty confident that we've got the team to do our 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:00.880 landscape and do it to the we can. But I 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:03.679 think come Sunday, it's surprising a lot happens in a 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:06.280 couple of days on the block. So we'll get the 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.000 lights on overnight and we'll make sure we put in 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:10.679 those extra hours to get the job done. 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:13.880 It's been a fairly hectic season of the block right 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:17.440 from the start. What was the hardest thing about doing 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:17.880 the show? 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:21.959 I think The hardest thing would be away from the family, 0:03:22.919 --> 0:03:23.639 the living standard. 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.000 It was just too cold, you know, no time to 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:29.720 go out and temper yourself, gave a shower, relaxed the mind. 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:30.600 It's always ongoing. 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:34.200 It's just fast paced and if you snooze, you lose, right, 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:36.560 That's what Scottie says Tree every second. 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:38.520 Like your last, and that's exactly what it was. So 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:40.120 it was very hard in that sense. 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:43.520 I think your place has been very ambitious, and after 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:46.800 walking through the houses, I think that your house has 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:49.960 a real wow factor about it. You know, what do 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:52.920 you think worked in the house and what do you 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:55.520 think didn't, And maybe we'll start with what you thought 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:57.440 really worked in your build. 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:01.000 I think just the way our design was, how we 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:04.680 can just literally grasp the view of like the massive 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:07.680 and rangers from literally every room of the house. That 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:11.640 probably was our best feature, the living room and kitchens 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:14.480 obviously stunning in the fact that we do get those 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:17.600 views and we're probably the only house that's uninterrupted. So 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:20.600 being House five did have a lot of downs in 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:24.640 regards to getting material and everything done so late, but 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:28.200 I think the view kind of takes over on that one. 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:30.280 Is there anything that didn't work, Like, what is there 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:32.440 anything you're looking back on thinking, Oh, I wish I 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:34.160 had more time, or I wish I would have done 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:35.560 that differently, I. 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:39.039 Don't think so. Decisions that and I did was always 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:40.760 backed up with ourselves. 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:43.680 Everything we made were always made sure that we backed 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:46.440 our decisions no matter what. So there might be little 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:48.680 things that, yes, we might have chosen that, but we 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:52.400 definitely as the fast pace was goal with decisions made 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:56.120 was crazy. But just like you got twolve weeks right, 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.200 seven days a week, two and four hours. We wish 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:00.480 we had more, but the block is always precise of 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.520 their timely so if they say Sunday delivery and nine am, 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:04.960 it's literally tool down nine am. 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:06.440 So we wish we had more. 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:08.920 We all wish we had more time, but unfortunately this 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:11.240 is the block and you can't play with the time 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:11.680 he made. 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:14.839 I always wonder about the relationships between the other contestants. 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:17.120 I mean you both, I mean all these groups are 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:19.280 going through the exact same thing at the same time. 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:22.320 Do you think that you'll walk away with lifelong friends 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:25.000 out of the other contestants or has the pressure and 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:30.279 competitive nature of this entire show impacted those relationships. 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:34.200 Yeah, Well, honestly, Oz and I are so competitive. We've 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.880 obviously come on the show and it's always family first. 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:39.599 We definitely want to do well. We do hope everyone 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:42.520 walks away and does well. I think that the fact 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:44.960 that everyone had put twelve weeks of hard work in, 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:47.520 you do want everyone to walk away with something. I 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:51.200 mean that they probably came into the block the same 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:54.000 mindset as us looking after their families. So we'll never 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:57.400 take that away from anyone. In regards to Long Life Friends, 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:01.839 probably not, to be honest, I think, like I said, 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:07.760 we are very competitive. We definitely will probably it's going 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:09.440 to be a weird one. I mean, we've got our 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:11.200 own family that we're going to go back to. We 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:13.159 live in a different state than a lot of them, 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:16.159 so and will probably just be really busy afterwards. Anyway, 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:19.160 So I wouldn't say long Long Life Friends, but it 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:22.480 was a very good block experience and we but that 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:25.800 would definitely be down as the Block family and that's 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:26.840 it is what it is. 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.359 Yeah, I can understand that. You know, the funny thing 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:32.720 about this season is that everyone online, everyone watching the show, 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:35.200 everyone talking about the series wants to know what Sharon 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:39.320 is really like. What's what's your take on Sharon. 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:43.920 We got along with Sharon. I mean, we've we've had 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:47.360 plenty chats with her on and off the camera. She's 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:50.320 she's very nice. Like I mean, obviously itels pretty hard. 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.240 They're not put in a very tough position. We all did, 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:56.360 but obviously Oz and I came in with a very 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:59.680 very different attitude. I think I feel like we came 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:01.840 into the show knowing or was going to be hard. 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:04.080 But we also said, we don't want to dwell on anything. 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:05.920 We don't want to take anything that's happened on a 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:09.720 Monday into Tuesday, because obviously the negative energy just keeps 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:12.200 building up and then you kind of push it onto 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:14.680 other people and stuff. So we didn't allow for us 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.760 to do that. Obviously, her experience would be a lot 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:19.720 different to ours, but at the end of the day, 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:22.040 we only cared it. We did care about everyone, but 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:23.360 at the D day, it was always Oz and Omar 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:25.120 first life. We care about what we wanted to do 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:27.560 with the house. We sacrificed a lot to get on 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:30.160 the show, and we also miss our family day and 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.360 day out. Both got young kids, so we're going to 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:34.720 focus on ourselves before anyone else pitty much with the 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:36.760 attitude that we came in exactly. 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:39.160 We wanted the experience of a lifetime and definitely, if 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:42.520 you asked me, but you asked Omer, we definitely enjoyed 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:42.800 the road. 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:43.720 So it was pretty good. 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:46.440 I just couldn't believe how much you two were laughing. 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:48.440 Like it was quite stressful the day that I was 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:50.600 there and there was mud everywhere and you guys were 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.680 finishing a working week. But you guys have the best 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:55.200 sense of humor and you seem like you have so 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.800 much fun together. And I don't know when we first 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:01.120 met you on the series. Well, you boys were just 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:04.400 always laughing and it's infectious. Where does that come from? 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:07.440 It's important to enjoy yourselves. Yeah, look, if you ask me, 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:08.200 I'll be honest. 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:10.360 It was one of the hardest but the best experience, 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:12.880 and all comes back to our attitude from the get go. 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:15.040 We didn't want only to come onto the block to 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.480 build a beautiful home, but enjoy the experience. So we 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:19.760 go back home and watch with our family, and it's 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:21.680 all about having each other's back. And we walked in 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:24.120 knowing that it is going to be the biggest competition, 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.800 the biggest block ever d year. But all we have 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:28.960 is I've got AMA's back, almos got my back, and 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:30.920 let's go to the finish line as hard as we can. 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:33.520 So it's always about keep pushing and the only time 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:35.560 we look down at each other is literally by helping 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:38.600 us out, helping each other up. So it's a it's 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:40.600 experience that beyond beliefs. 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:42.319 It was good, it was really good. 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:46.040 Well, you guys are the first Aussie Muslim contestants to 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:49.199 take part of the format. Was there any hesitation coming 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:53.360 on the show? When you heard that no hesitation? We 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:56.400 did feel like we probably had a little bit of 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:59.880 added extra pressure. I mean, it wasn't just our fa 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:01.320 that we're going to watch the show. 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:03.480 We knew that we were going to bring in a 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:07.280 whole different, like a completely different viewers that probably never 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:09.120 watched the block, and we wanted to give them a 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:11.959 good experience. I feel and I feel like we did that. 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:14.439 I do feel like we had a great time on 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:16.920 the show. We did really well, built an amazing home 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:20.360 and I hope we kind of changed a lot of 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:22.960 people's minds on what they think of two Muslim kids 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:23.640 from Australia. 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:26.880 Absolutely, I mean, do you both feel proud to be 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:29.959 a part of a change in conversation. You know, I 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:32.240 say this because I still feel like there are some 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:35.120 Australians that might have a fairly warped and out of 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:39.360 date thought on Muslim Australians. But you guys, just being 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:42.040 yourself is a real They're just like us. 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:46.360 Moment Oh definitely, Like take you back to our conversation 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:48.880 we had with Dan form and Dan we had a problem, 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:51.960 but what we've been taught from our beliefs is learned 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:53.920 to forgive and forget. Then and there, we did not 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:56.520 go on about to the other contestant and say he 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:58.360 said this, he said this is how we feel. 0:09:58.400 --> 0:09:59.920 We went straight to the source. It was kind. 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:01.719 Did you sit down and speak to us? And we 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:04.080 told them is that Yeah, we're feeling and it's beyond 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:07.040 just us. It's our community, our people, and we need 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.000 to articulate. You know a couple of words that you 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:11.880 and Kith have said to people to understand back home, 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:14.000 it's not only us. We understand where you're coming from. 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:16.480 You've got a hard job, but explain it to people 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:18.400 because we know you're good, but they don't know that. 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:20.880 So let's just clear the mind it's more like just 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:22.880 to clear it and then just move on because we 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:23.880 still got a long way to go. 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:26.199 What's the relationship being like for the two of you, 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:28.800 You know, while the show's been on television, if you 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.400 had a lot of support from Australians well, from everyone 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:34.120 coming up and saying you're doing a good job on 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:34.480 the show. 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:38.319 Yeah, I mean we're so happy, Like honestly, we just 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:40.600 literally before the podcast, we had a few people come 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:42.680 and say that we were their favorites and we hope 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:44.679 they hope we do well and all of that, and 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:47.560 we get that everywhere we go, Like, the support's been unreal. 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.800 Everyone's loved having us on the show, they said, as 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:54.160 a breath of fresh air. So we do. We are 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:56.800 very thankful that we've had the opportunity to make them 0:10:56.840 --> 0:10:59.839 feel like that about us. And obviously you're going to 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:02.400 get the bad comments and the bad negativity as well, 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:04.960 but I mean that's that's what comes with being on TV. 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:06.719 It's a bit of a catch twenty two. You want 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:08.880 to go on a show like this and risk it 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.040 all to try and make some money, but then you've 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:12.800 also got to deal with everyone watching the show and 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:15.800 having their opinion you know, what's the strangest rumor that 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:19.319 you've read about yourselves or you've heard about yourself why 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:20.280 you've been on the show. 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:24.800 I think the strangers. The most weirdest comment would be 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:26.040 a mania abothers. 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:33.240 Blood brothers. Yeah, blood brothers, be's mates, best mates, best mates. 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:36.120 I think the weirdest one was the boys fled the country. 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:38.080 I love that one. 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:40.319 They were like, the boys have fled the country and 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:43.679 gone to Bali because they are overwhelmed and they know 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:46.319 what's about to come on the show. And you know, 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:49.280 that headline came out a few weeks ago and then 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:51.480 we saw the next few episodes and there was nothing 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:54.160 for you really to be worried about. But it's strange 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:56.880 the way that a rumor can start. But I guess 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:58.720 the best thing to ask you was how was Bali? 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:05.760 Exactly? How our kids? It was good? Yeah, like you 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:08.520 can't you can't pretty much control what media, you know, 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:09.560 what goes out in the media. 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:12.160 But it's like when we had the chance to speak 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:15.200 and people to understand where we come from, will take 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:15.959 that opportunity. 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:17.640 But insaying that, you. 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:20.200 Know, one of the one main advice my father has 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:22.640 me was when you go on the show, b why 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:24.480 and people will love you? So that's exactly how I 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:27.319 were on the show. Be you are what she sees, 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:27.839 what she got. 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:31.160 So we love everybody out there, so send them alove. 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:34.560 Well, no one on the show escapes. You know these rumors. 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:37.040 There's now rumors over the last week that the judges 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:40.400 scoring is rigged and that's why the points scores are 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:43.040 too close. While you were making the show, did you 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:46.360 ever suspect that maybe the judges on the show were. 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:49.920 Yeah, absolutely every week. Every week we went home and 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:53.280 we didn't win, and we thought I was rigged. But 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.840 might be joking, but there was a few weeks. I mean, 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:01.160 I definitely feel like living the kitchen, we probably did 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:04.760 deserve a lot more than we got good. But I 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:07.040 don't in the saying it's rigged. I wouldn't say that. 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:11.599 I just feel like maybe the judges probably were in 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:13.880 his open minded that day. I do feel like we 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:16.480 probably got cut short a little bit on a few 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:18.360 of those rooms that we put a lot of effort in, 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:22.160 especially kitchen and living room. I know we got disqualified, 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:25.000 but I think even losing three points we should have won. 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:29.040 We should have definitely won living room week But in 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:31.200 saying that the judges have a tough job as well. 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:33.559 They've got to go to five different houses every single 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:36.360 weekend and judge it to the best of their ability. 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:37.560 But in saying that we did. 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:42.240 Get a hush punishment from last year, right, Yeah, but 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:45.120 we both took it like two men. We were open 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:47.439 about the piano from from Monday, but it was just 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:51.360 a shame to get that that feedback from Schood here 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:54.439 on Sunday, you know, while standing there disappointing and we 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:56.520 were looking forward. 0:13:55.840 --> 0:13:57.600 To living room. You know, we knew we had the win, 0:13:57.760 --> 0:13:59.560 but it is what it is. What can we do? Man, 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:00.520 We can't change it now. 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:03.360 That living room you have to stand in it to 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:07.439 believe it. Because I saw everyone's living rooms and I 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:10.880 will never forget that moment. It was just it was 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:14.839 still so livable, but it's still felt like something from 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.040 another world. It's a moment. 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:21.520 Definitely when you have two minds come together. It's definitely 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:23.520 out of this world. To be honest, we oh my 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:25.080 and I are stand at the block at the moment, 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:27.400 and every time we go to bed, honestly, we make 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:30.160 a little happy lap around the island bench to the 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:32.120 fire to that brick wall around the. 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:34.520 Piano, just a couple of you know, buttons on the piano. 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:37.240 They straight to bed. But we still can't believe, Wow, 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.600 we did this. It's amazing. 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:41.480 I love to think of you two doing that. 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:42.040 I really do. 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:45.080 I love I love your attitude and I don't know, 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:46.920 I just watching this show. I think it's it's a 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:50.400 good attitude for people to have for everyone watching the show. 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:53.360 You know, it's interesting just about those judges. People were saying, 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:56.440 is it time to change the judges? Do you think 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:58.840 that having the same judges every year works? 0:14:58.880 --> 0:14:58.920 So? 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:00.600 Do you think that they could probably change it up 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:01.040 every year? 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:03.680 Like we said before, it's such a tough job to do. 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:06.960 I mean, don't you think I would say about judging? 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:11.040 I feel I do feel as though everyone's got different tastes. 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:13.320 People that are going to be buying the house. They're 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.520 probably some people will like house four or five, some 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:19.640 people will like House two, three, like the houses are 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:23.480 completely different. I also feel like the judges do have 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:26.840 a certain taste. So it's just going to be one 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:29.200 of those things like you either do it for the 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:32.000 judges and try when we can week out, or you 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:34.480 do it you have a certain buyer that you're feeling 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.080 feel like would like a certain house, and at the 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:38.840 end of the day, for Oz and I, it is 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:42.880 for the buyer because that's how we're going to make money, 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:44.520 I guess, and that's who we're going to sell it 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:45.920 to at the end of the day and make happy 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:47.640 for the rest of their lives. I have a long 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:51.160 day live in those houses. So that's what It's a 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:53.200 tough gig because you want to you want to win, 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:55.040 you want to make the ten thousand dollars a week 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:57.360 in week out, and then on the other hand, you 0:15:57.400 --> 0:15:59.120 want to make a house that's going to sell. So 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:02.360 I think perfect example was probably mentioned Mark. Last year 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:05.560 judges couldn't stand their style. I think they only won 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:07.960 one reveal and they ended up winning seven hundred k 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:11.600 on auction day so and the favorites didn't do so 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:14.520 well Ronnie and Georgia. So it's one of those things 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:18.360 that's a tough situation to be in. Being contestants. We 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:20.440 can weak out you need the money for the budget, 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:22.440 but you also want to think about the buyers, so 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:25.360 I don't end the judges. I think I feel like 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:27.160 it's a very very tough gig to have. 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:29.160 Do you think all the houses are going to sell 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:30.640 this year? Do you think all the houses are going 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:31.160 to make money? 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:33.480 You know, hard to answer. Everyone. 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:36.560 Every house has got a different, different style, definite execution. 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:38.360 But at the end of the day, we hope everybody. 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:40.680 The houses are definitely worth it, that's for sure. I like, 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:43.280 no matter what the price tag is, no matter what 0:16:43.360 --> 0:16:47.160 the reservers, they are definitely amazing homes and the. 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:52.760 New technology that's something that's never been done before. And 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:55.760 obviously I'm not we're not really trying to sell their houses, 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:59.920 but two years lockdown and COVID, these ore the how 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:01.400 so as you want to live in if there's ever 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:03.320 going to be a lockdown again, that's for sure. 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:06.679 Absolutely. I mean the house I saw it just at 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:08.520 the end of the lockdown. I saw it the last 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.600 week of filming and you know, I still had the 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:15.280 COVID blues and I was like, these houses represent everything 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:17.879 that we now want from a home. You know, we 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:19.840 want from our homes to be where a place we 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:23.159 can work, where we can socialize, you know, where we 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:26.200 can have our leisure. Like all of that needs to 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:29.520 be encompassed into my home and the homes from the 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:32.600 block this year are just they have everything that you need. 0:17:32.920 --> 0:17:35.359 Well, Oz and I both have kids. I mean, just 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:37.960 imagine not being able to go to the park, being 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:42.399 stuck at home, and imagine these COVID houses, like I 0:17:42.440 --> 0:17:44.199 mean the houses that we've done on the block. We've 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:47.040 got your own basketball, tennis court, play sock out there, 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:50.840 You've got your own pool, ten acres of space completely 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:53.639 off the grid, and that that like your kids can 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:55.560 actually go out and do whatever they want. They don't 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:58.560 need to travel anywhere. You can get coaches coming and 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:01.439 help them. So there's a lot like these houses are 0:18:01.680 --> 0:18:04.959