LEGO Masters

Promo for the new season first shown tonight.

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It feels a bit too early, cause they had that Christmas special air few months ago

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The second season of Lego Masters Australia had just finished on Channel 4’s entertainment channel E4. At this rate, the fourth season won’t air in Britain until next year.

More information on Season 4

The adventure keeps building

A new adventure is coming to television as Season 4 of LEGO® Masters returns soon to Channel 9 and 9Now.

Australia’s most beloved entertainment show is back with an array of new competition twists, mind-bending new challenges, a new “Power Brick”, and a brand-new shiny set.

Hamish Blake returns as host, alongside judge Ryan “Brickman” McNaught, one of only 14 certified LEGO® professionals in the world.

Joining them will be 16 of the country’s best LEGO® builders competing for the title of Australia’s next LEGO® Masters and the prize of $100,000.

In a season that promises more amazement than ever, the challenges will excite and surprise. From The Car of the Future to The Stuntman – which will see contestants building a model that can fly through a hoop of fire – this year’s competition is rising to spectacular new heights.

Who can navigate a high wire, and who will come crashing down? The brain-busting outdoor challenge, High Wire, will push contestants to their technical limits by attempting to build and propel a model across a razor-thin high wire stretched six metres above the ground.

And the biggest challenge hit from Season 1, The Bridge, returns with an amazing twist.

Plus, we’ve had the “Golden Brick” and the “Platinum Brick.” This season we’re stepping it up with the most powerful brick of all: the game-changing “Power Brick”.

LEGO® Masters is produced by Endemol Shine Australia. The series is adapted from an original UK format devised by Tuesday’s Child Productions and The LEGO Group.

Season 4 premieres Monday 18 April

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Right up against the season launch of MasterChef.

Funny how that works isn’t it.

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LEGO Masters - Season 4

LEGO® Masters Australia returns to Nine for its fourth season with eight new teams putting their imaginations and building skills to the test in the quest to be crowned LEGO® Masters for 2022.

In each episode the teams will compete in special challenges devised and judged by Ryan “Brickman” McNaught , with the added importance of impressing host Hamish Blake . Contestants will have to pull out all the stops if they want to dodge elimination and make it to the finale and the chance to win the $100,000 prize.

This year the new Titanium Brick of Triumph will wield unprecedented power, changing hands during the competition as the contestants play for it with every build.

The eight teams are made up of a diverse and exciting cast of contestants, each with different skill sets and abilities. Amongst them a father and son team, a team of LEGO®-loving brothers, best mates, and two husbands. LEGO® Masters Australia will push their imaginations and creativity to the limit as they go into each challenge with one common goal: to impress Brickman and make it to the final three.

In the Grand Final episode, the three surviving teams will be given 28 hours to create their last epic build, a gruelling task, after which a room full of LEGO® fans will choose their favourite build to crown the 2022 LEGO® Masters.

In a program first, Hamish, Brickman and the teams will be heading out of the studio and into the world as their builds come face to face with the unpredictable Australian weather. In two more new challenges, the teams must come up with gravity-defying builds that survive soaring heights and nailbiting lows.

In a season that promises more amazement than ever, the challenges will excite and surprise. From The Car of the Future to The Stuntman – which will see contestants building a model that can fly through a hoop of fire – this year’s competition is rising to spectacular new heights. And the biggest challenge hit from Season 1, The Bridge , returns with an amazing twist.

The Brick Pit is the ultimate LEGO® dream room, and its 3.8 million bricks mean that the contestants will be able to build to their hearts’ content and meet every challenge. This year, an additional 600,000 bricks were ordered for Season 4.

Host Hamish Blake will push the boundaries of comedy as he provides the fun in the studio, with more hilarious and spur-of-the-moment gags. Ryan “Brickman” McNaught, will mentor and advise the contestants on how to make their builds as spectacular as possible. Brickman is the only LEGO® Certified Professional in the Southern Hemisphere, and one of only 13 in the world, so his knowledge and technical skills are invaluable to the progress of the teams.

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Season 4 TEAM BIOS

Alex (25) and Caleb (21) NSW

Alex from Sydney is a makeup artist with a love and natural creative knack for LEGO®. A self-confessed nerd, she enjoys watching Star Wars and Harry Potter on repeat most weekends. She collects Star Wars memorabilia, and despite having only been an AFOL (Adult Fan Of LEGO®) for the last two years, she now owns 12 LEGO® sets, and that number is quickly growing. Alex says: “My family no longer ask me what I’d like for my birthday, rather which LEGO® set!”

Her teammate Caleb is a Sydney law student who uses LEGO® to decompress after long, stressful hours of studying. He likes to create unique takes on architecture with his builds and is often inspired by movies. Unlike Alex, Caleb grew up with LEGO® and he loves the challenge of mastering the creations he dreams up.

A high-energy, ultra-competitive type who thrives on social interaction, Caleb always gives 100 per cent and throws himself into any challenge he is presented with. As a LEGO® builder, he says he’s not the sort of guy to get upset if a build doesn’t go his way – he’ll laugh it off and then try again.

When it comes to LEGO® Masters , Alex is determined to bring her energy, organisation and imaginative mind to the table. She is a quick learner and will need to hit the ground running to pick up some more technical skills if she wants to make it all the way to the end of the competition. Alex’s biggest build ever is the Death Star from Star Wars , and the build she is most proud of is her creation of the Ewok Village. Her favourite LEGO® piece is the rat.

Being part of LEGO® Masters is a dream come true for Caleb. He says that having the chance to build whatever crazy ideas he comes up with is an unbeatable opportunity. His favourite MOC (My Own Creation) is an Explorer and Ancient Civilisation model he created in 2020, and his favourite brick is either the flex tube or the headlight brick, which he uses to create organic shapes and amazing wall textures.

Though always passionate about LEGO®, Caleb had a four-year “dark age” as a teenager. Now he tries to spend at least three hours a day building to his heart’s desire. Caleb knows that a weakness may be his inability to think on his feet, but he hopes that by combining forces with Alex they will have what it takes to win the LEGO® Masters crown.

Trent (45) and Paul (50) NSW

Trent and Paul are a fun-loving, lively couple from Newcastle who became the first Australian gay men to be wed, in New Zealand in 2013, years before marriage equality laws were passed in Australia. Paul describes himself as loud and extroverted, while Trent is more reserved. Trent still acts the clown though, and they always find a way to laugh and support each other when they are going through tough times.

Trent is artistic, with a gift and love for sculpture, and laughs easily, usually at Paul’s expense. He is in touch with the natural world and loves building LEGO® botanical sets. Trent likes his builds to look aesthetically pleasing, and as a primary school teacher he incorporates LEGO® into his classes.

Paul has a passion for art and wants to use his favourite artworks as inspiration for his builds. His first LEGO® set was an auto service tow truck he built in 1979, and he has been hooked ever since. He uses LEGO® building as his mindfulness activity after a stressful day at work as a veterinary surgeon, and he always gets excited when a new Star Wars set comes out.

Trent got into LEGO® as a child, and says his fondest memory is from his time in kindergarten when he was fascinated by the chance to recreate characters from other sets. He would save his pocket money for a year to splurge on LEGO® train sets. Trent and Paul mostly build from sets, so they might find building only MOCs challenging during the competition. However, they are determined to work through their ideas and experiment and support each other on their LEGO® Masters journey.

Branko (48) and Max (17) NSW

Branko and Max are the father and son duo from Sydney who are ready to put their relationship and LEGO® skills to the test as they team up for the ultimate competition. Originally from the Netherlands, they have lived in Australia for 15 years. Branko discovered his love of LEGO® when Max and his twin brother were born, and now they have an entire room at home full to the brim with LEGO®, around half a million bricks.

As an engineer, Branko believes his technical skills will come to the fore when they are required to build extremely complex structures. Branko is determined and rational and says that often he is his own biggest competitor. He deals well with pressure and has learned how to work effectively in similar environments.

Unlike dad, high school student Max admits that he might be the one to crack under the pressure. Max is the youngest competitor in LEGO® Masters Australia history, and although he is quick-witted, smart and articulate, he admits to being worried that his comparative lack of building experience might be a shortcoming. As a team, Max will provide the creative vision for the builds while Branko focuses on the mechanical and structural elements. Branko says: “As an engineer I know how to build, but I like the fact that Max tells me what to build.” Generally, Branko prefers to build with instructions, while Max relies on his imagination.

Branko’s dream build is a landscape that features intelligent animals working together in a peaceful setting
– but on the other side of the base plate is a Minifig world with steam engines and trucks slowly turning the world black. Max’s dream build is four large characters playing music in a jazz club. He would incorporate LEGO® Technic so that the fingers are able to play the piano and the arms move up and down for the drums.

Daniel (42) and Kirsti (44) NSW

Daniel is a web developer from Canberra, a long-time solo builder whose passion for LEGO® was renewed once he started building with his two young children. Daniel even has his very own “mini brick pit” at home. Support worker Kirsti’s love of LEGO® began when she was in her 20s and writing a sitcom. Without access to a cast or crew, she decided to get creative and developed her show using LEGO®.

Daniel and Kirsti have very different building styles but are excited to get into the groove of working together. Daniel is a skilled builder with experience in Technic. He draws inspiration from movies and his childhood and says that while he is immersed in his builds they often come to life as he works on them, taking an imaginative form that he didn’t necessarily plan for.

Kirsti is an enthusiastic foster mother from Sydney who works as a school learning support officer. As she loves her job LEGO® equally, it was only natural for her to play with it with her students and her foster children, to help them learn and grow. She doesn’t often attempt large-scale creations, preferring intricate, smaller builds. Kirsti finds LEGO® very therapeutic and says her favourite brick is the Travis, as it is great for any SNOT (Studs Not On Top) builds.

At home, Kirsti tries to build something small at least once a day. She loves to create upside-down builds and says that LEGO® is always on her mind. Daniel also dedicates at least an hour a day to building because it makes him feel happy and relaxed.

Henry (20) and Joss (23) NSW

Newcastle-based brothers Henry and Joss might just be the ones to beat in this series, with Joss already a well-known name in the LEGO® world. Joss is obsessed with all things LEGO®, working at a LEGO® store and having one of his builds exhibited at the LEGO® House Masterpiece Gallery in Denmark. The brothers are confident in their abilities and passionate about building.

Student Henry agreed to take part in LEGO® Masters to support Joss, and while he too loves LEGO®, he doesn’t have the same depth of experience in MOCS as his brother. Henry usually sticks to smaller builds like trees and houses and admits that when he is not passionate about something, he finds it difficult to give it his all. Despite this, his creations capture a lot of emotion.

Joss is determined and composed and says that building LEGO® relaxes him with the opportunity to explore his creativity. Spending at least 20-30 hours a week on building, Joss believes his collection would be worth thousands of dollars. He goes for creatures and characters that have real personality and can be clearly understood from the outset.

Henry and Joss often spend hours building together and say that LEGO® has nurtured their relationship. Through play, the brothers have found a safe space to break down walls and talk to each other about anything at all while they are building, saying that “it brings us back to our childhood”.

Henry compares the team’s building dynamic to that of an architect and an engineer. He will take care of
the design components while Joss finds creative ways to bring the build to life on the base plate.

Lexi (32) and Rachael (37) NSW

Rachael’s passion for LEGO® is on display in all her builds as she challenges herself to always go bigger and better than her original plans. An auditor by day and a massive Harry Potter fan, Rachael’s biggest build is the 6,000-piece Hogwarts Castle she made after discovering Harry Potter LEGO® in 2008. In 2015, her second son was born and since then their LEGO® collection has exploded as they enjoy building together.

Video editor Lexi loves creating with LEGO® as it makes her feel calm and gives her a chance to put her imagination to the test, trouble-shooting and problem- solving along the way. Lexi is proud of every build, even those that might not be as impressive as others. She regards them all as a learning opportunity to improve her skills and she takes immense pride in her work.

Lexi and Rachael are the only all-female team on LEGO® Masters Season 4, and Lexi wants to inspire girls all over Australia to get into LEGO® because it is such an amazing tool to create with. “The possibilities are endless and that’s what I love about it,” she says.

For Lexi and Rachael, when they are being creative and trying new techniques, there is no such thing as right or wrong, success or failure, just pure enjoyment. This will be the mindset they take into the competition. Rachael loves the creative side of LEGO® building, and while admitting that she finds Technic difficult, she works hard at everything she puts her mind to. She says: “If I can dream it, I can build it.”

Nick (30) and Gene (32) NSW

Video editors Nick and Gene are best friends and lifelong LEGO® lovers. When they realised they shared this passion they became obsessed with what they could create. Nick tries to bring his sense of humour and creativity into each build, while Gene likes to get his builds done as quickly as possible.

Nick got into LEGO® as a kid and says the first set he remembers playing with was the Black Seas Barracuda. To this day, LEGO® Pirate sets are Nick’s favourites to build from, as they bring him a sense of nostalgia and playfulness. Gene’s favourite build is a dragon head he once made by using deliberately misaligned bricks – a design concept that came to life almost exactly as he planned.

However, Gene is hoping that Nick will be the one to bring the necessary creativity to their team, including what Nick describes as his “cinematic” build style. Nick always tries to tell stories through LEGO® in as much depth as he can and loves the challenge of incorporating jokes or puns into his builds.

Gene’s dream build would be a huge number of different cars filling a drive-in cinema, complete with a concession stand with waiters serving food and drinks, plus popcorn machines and food trays to feed the Minifigs watching a stop-motion LEGO® movie. Nick’s dream build is a sunken galleon that features divers exploring the ocean depths where they find the tendrils of a kraken, a mythical sea monster, stirring in the darkness. He would use lots of colours in the build to showcase the difference between the scenes above and below the waterline.

Andrew (38) and Crystal (30) VIC

Andrew and Crystal met over 10 years ago through Andrew’s cosplay photography business and have been friends ever since. Although they have never built together, they are confident that their shared love of LEGO® will be enough to see them through to the end of the competition.

Now a social media producer and curator of a LEGO® news and reviews blog, Andrew’s passion for LEGO® began when he used it for a stop-motion animation he was working on. He prides himself on his efficiency and speed, and now is a LEGO® super-fan. His dream is to use around 5,000 bricks to create a zoetrope, a giant spinning wheel giving the illusion of movement to the Minifig scenes he would create inside the wheel, with motors making it move at high speed.

Crystal is a content creator, model and actress. She uses LEGO® to relax when she’s stressed, and although she favours building sets over her own creations, she is positive that her creativity won’t let Andrew down.

Andrew has always been an avid LEGO® builder, inheriting his father’s sets when he was a boy. From there his collection has grown exponentially and he can’t put a number on how much LEGO® he now owns. When he’s building, Andrew mostly focuses on what he describes as bringing LEGO® into reality. He says: “It might only be with one element or one Minifig, but it’s all about making that element look like it belongs in the human world.”

Crystal’s favourite bricks are Tile Quarter Circles, which she incorporates as lettering on her builds. Both hailing from creative worlds, look out for Andrew and Crystal to put their imaginative skills together and create some very distinctive builds throughout competition.

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I’d rather they didn’t put the states if they are all (but one) from NSW.

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Side effect of lockdowns and border closures I guess but yeah it does draw attention to it.

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No I don’t really care if they did the whole thing with teams only from inner-Sydney, but just say nothing about their location. I can guess there will be some commentary about it when the season airs. It is filmed in Sydney, correct?

Correct. According to the sneak peek, one episode was filmed on the field at Sydney Cricket Ground at night.


Each contestant has his or her own Instagram accounts which can be found in this article:

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Well looking back they have always listed what state the contestants are from so it would have been just as conspicuous if they hadn’t. Bit of a catch-22 situation :man_shrugging:

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Week one of the new season will air on Monday to Wednesday night. Saw a new LED display ad at The Glen shopping centre at the corner of High Street Road and Springvale Road this evening, driving home from work.

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LEGO® challenges hit amazing new heights

Australia’s favourite family show is back with a whole lot more twists and challenges for contestants as they strive to be crowned the LEGO® MASTERS for 2022.

LEGO® MASTERS Australia returns for its fourth season on Easter Monday, April 18, at 7.30pm on Channel 9 and *9Now.

In a season that promises more amazement than ever, new challenges will excite and surprise and leave viewers gobsmacked. From The Car of the Future to The Stuntman – which will see teams building a model that can fly through a hoop of fire – this year’s competition is rising to spectacular new heights.

One of the biggest challenges of all, The Bridge, is returning with a twist: the bridge they create will need to withstand a crazy shake test, and for the first-time teams will be heading out of the studio for some incredible outdoor challenges.

This year there’s a brand-new brick power that will have a major impact: the Titanium Brick of Triumph . Each episode, the winning team will claim the Titanium Brick which will grant them immunity from the next elimination build. But there’s a catch: unlike previous series contestants will never know when an elimination is – so winning the Titanium Brick of Triumph will be vital to keep competition hopes alive.

Armed with imagination, creativity and a Brick Pit holding 3.8 million bricks – 600,000 more than last series, contestants will put their mind-bending construction ideas to the test for the chance to be crowned LEGO® MASTERS champions for 2022.

Eight teams of two will compete as they show off their unique skillsets to surprise and impress host Hamish Blake, and discerning judge Ryan “Brickman” McNaught, to avoid elimination and qualify for the 2022 LEGO® MASTER S Grand Final.

The teams are made up of a diverse cast of contestants, including the first ever father and son duo, workmates, competitive brothers, best mates, and a married gay couple, all competing for their chance to win the $100,000 prizemoney.

LEGO® MASTERS comes from producers Endemol Shine Australia. The series is adapted from an original UK format from Tuesday’s Child Productions and The LEGO ® Group.

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https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/hamish-blake-reveals-he-bothered-scott-cam-on-lego-masters-special/news-story/9ddb2182782e0ca650c195baeb344f30


Synopses for week 1 of season 4

Monday, April 18 (season premiere)
Teams are challenged to create something found at the bottom of the ocean. Their creations will be put into a large pool that will fill with water, then drain again.

Tuesday, April 19
Teams have to build a stunt vehicle that has to go up a ramp and soar through a ring of fire, clear nine LEGO school buses, and explode on the ground which will be captured in slow motion.

Wednesday, April 20
Teams must create a song title out of LEGO, and make their builds clear enough that a musical mystery guest can guess what song they have built without them saying a word.
(Delta Goodrem will make a guest appearance on this episode)


Brothers Joss and Henry won the underwater build challenge in last night’s season premiere, and became the team to hold the Titanium Brick of Triumph. It means between episode 2 and the grand final, every challenge could now be an elimination, and another team could win the build and take possession of the brick.


The cutaway Nuyina ship displayed in Monday’s episode (Anzac Day) was built by Brickman and his team in 2018. At 2.8m long, it took a three-man team 238 hours to build and used 113,098 Lego bricks. It had toured around Australia as part of Brickman Awesome exhibition. Brickman’s team later built a longer 3.2m version of Nuyina using 117,612 bricks and taking 328 hours. The 3.2m model is now on display at Australian Maritime Museum at Sydney’s Darling Harbour.

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Season 4 grand final is on Monday, May 16.

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Joss and Henry won LEGO Masters last night in what seemed to be a clear victory though we are never told the voting results. They also were the Viewers’ Choice build. I always find the weakest part of the show is the reliance on one person (Brickman) to be the sole judge. Even in the final when the public who attend get 200 votes to award, Brickman’s 100 votes pretty much assures that who he selects wins.

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