WEBVTT - MINI: Scott Cam reveals whether The Block drama is fabricated 🔨🏠

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<v Speaker 1>Listen.

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<v Speaker 2>Premiering tonight at seven point thirty on Channel nine, a

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<v Speaker 2>very special premiere of the Block. They are celebrating their

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<v Speaker 2>twentieth season. It's crazy, I did say. They're doing it

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<v Speaker 2>on an island, Block Island and Phillip Island down to Victoria.

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<v Speaker 2>The host has been doing it for eighteen of those

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<v Speaker 2>twenty years, joins us. Now it is Scott cam Welcome

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<v Speaker 2>to the pickup Scottie.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh good guys, here you go.

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<v Speaker 4>I love Scott debunk this for me. You have been

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<v Speaker 4>hosting for eighteen seasons. And we heard this rumor that

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<v Speaker 4>you were originally discovered drinking a beer in a pub

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<v Speaker 4>just like regular bloke when a producers like stumbled in

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<v Speaker 4>and said, hey, we need a new host.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there any truth to that?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it's close to that, it's not quite true because

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<v Speaker 3>actually it was twenty five years ago and there was

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<v Speaker 3>a producer in the pub looking for a carpenter for

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<v Speaker 3>a TV show to screen test. He was screen testing

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<v Speaker 3>three or four or five carpenters, and he saw that

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<v Speaker 3>I was chatting away and and I was a carpenter,

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<v Speaker 3>and I had the ut out the front with a

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<v Speaker 3>sign riding and all that sort of Thing and the Dog,

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<v Speaker 3>and he wanted He asked me to do a screencip

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<v Speaker 3>for a TV show called Backyard Blitz. Oh yeah, So

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<v Speaker 3>I said no, that wasn't my go you know, I

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<v Speaker 3>didn't know anything about television. So he rang me the

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<v Speaker 3>next day off my ute sign riding, got my number,

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<v Speaker 3>rang me the next day and he came to my building.

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<v Speaker 3>So I did a screen test and I got the

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<v Speaker 3>job on Backyard Blitz.

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<v Speaker 4>That's insane.

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<v Speaker 3>That's amazing.

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<v Speaker 4>The right place, right time, isn't it?

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty or eighteen?

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<v Speaker 3>Twenty five years later? I've been doing the Block for

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<v Speaker 3>eight aen seasons because I've done about ten or so

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<v Speaker 3>or more shows for Channel nine, Building related, most of

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<v Speaker 3>them but some not. And the Block I started probably

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<v Speaker 3>sixteen years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>But so much has changed on the Block over the

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<v Speaker 1>last twenty seasons. And I think we've seen this across

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<v Speaker 1>all reality TV shows that over the years they've kind

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<v Speaker 1>of lent a little bit more into drama. And it

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<v Speaker 1>was something I noticed on the last season of the

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<v Speaker 1>Block that there was there was just a bit more

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<v Speaker 1>friction and fighting between the contestants. Do you think that

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<v Speaker 1>that drama is like it's something that's being manufactured at all,

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<v Speaker 1>or do you think it's genuinely that the contestants are

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<v Speaker 1>having such a tricky time dealing with each other.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, look, you know what, I just want to clarify

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<v Speaker 3>that we don't manufacture drama on our show. Some shows

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<v Speaker 3>do that, Yeah, and that's fine. We do not manufacture

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<v Speaker 3>drama on the show. It's organic. It happens. And I

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<v Speaker 3>think also it's just the style of person that goes

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<v Speaker 3>on the Telly because back in the day, it was

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<v Speaker 3>the first reality shows like The Block that were on air,

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<v Speaker 3>so people didn't know what the outcome was, what to expect,

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<v Speaker 3>And now people are there watching this style of television

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<v Speaker 3>for twenty years. So the people that come on they

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<v Speaker 3>want to maybe be famous, they maybe want to be influencers,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, and so they're fighting for position, jocking for position.

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<v Speaker 4>Scott, have you ever clashed with one of the contestants

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<v Speaker 4>on or off screen? But like, there's got to be

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<v Speaker 4>over eighteen seasons, there's got to be someone that you

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<v Speaker 4>just didn't get along with.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Absolutely, And it's not off the camera. It's always

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<v Speaker 3>on camera. I don't you know, I certainly don't take

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<v Speaker 3>anything home with me, but I'll let him know how

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<v Speaker 3>I feel on camera, and I'm sure the folks at

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<v Speaker 3>home understand how I feel because I wear my heart

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<v Speaker 3>on the sleeve. I work hard. I've been doing it

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<v Speaker 3>for a long time, and so I you know, one

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<v Speaker 3>thing I am, you know, really hard against is laziness

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<v Speaker 3>on the show. Thousands and thousands of people come on

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<v Speaker 3>the show want to get on the show. And if

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<v Speaker 3>you've got the opportunity to be on the show, so

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<v Speaker 3>you've got to work hard and make every post a winner.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you're not working hard and you're lazy, that

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<v Speaker 3>really irks me because there's so many people that want

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<v Speaker 3>to be and so I really call that out all

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<v Speaker 3>the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Scott, I want to ask, what's your take on the

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<v Speaker 2>logis this year? It's this week this Sunday, Actually Gold

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<v Speaker 2>LOGI everyone's talking about because you know, little Robert Irwin's

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<v Speaker 2>nominated and there's controversy if he won it. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>think if he win wins it, do you think as

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<v Speaker 2>a gold LOGI win yourself well deserved or should it

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<v Speaker 2>go to someone who's been in the industry for decades?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh? I don't think you have to be in the

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<v Speaker 3>industry for decades. I think it's based on your past

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<v Speaker 3>year's work. You know, Robert's deserving. Everybody's deserving there, and

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<v Speaker 3>it's a public boat, and you know, good on him.

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<v Speaker 3>I can tay that because I've got one, so it

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't matter. Yeah, where is it?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you've checked out.

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<v Speaker 2>Where do we keep it? Actually, where's the gold?

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<v Speaker 1>LOGI?

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<v Speaker 3>It's in my dining room, next to the silver and

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<v Speaker 3>the twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>And they'll get another line of this season, the twentieth

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<v Speaker 2>season of the Blog a Phillip Island. It's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be a good one tonight, premiering seven thirty on Channel

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<v Speaker 2>nine and nine. Now, Scott, thanks for joining the pickup.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, good on your guys.

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<v Speaker 2>S thank you all right back after this on the

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<v Speaker 2>Pickup