He probably only registered to bid for that house… it probably has something to do with the view and products.
I’m not sure the same allegations would have come out if it was house 1 with the same outcome.
House 1 wasn’t being suspected of anything though most of the season.
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Yeah I’m not sure if house 5 would have had those allegations if it hadn’t been for their culture background either.
There was an audit that completely debunked all of those allegations.
The whole bidding system is contrived and not like the real world. In any normal action, those last 2 houses that were passed in at just $5,000 (that’s 0.125%) and $30,000 below the reserve would have sold. But because of the show format, they passed them in, and were actively trying to stop the auction.
From an article in the Herald Sun:
Jenny was also annoyed Omar and Oz had given themselves an advantage on auction day by orchestrating a bidding war between Danny Wallis and Adrian Portelli, a wealthy property investor they had schmoozed behind the scenes. “Omar and Oz had been hanging out with that guy for weeks and they were good friends with him, so we knew the game they were going to play,” she said.
“That’s all you needed with Danny [Wallis] to put someone in [to bid] and he was going to go higher. Everyone knows that.
“But we don’t know people in that price range of life, unfortunately. So, they’ve just got one up on us, like they did the whole time.”
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Very interesting. They played Danny. Which means they could have played the show too. We will never know.
The thing is though that’s not how The Block works. On one hand, some teams are really fortunate and end up making a life-changing amount out of it. On the other hand though, other teams only end up making a small amount of money.
If people want to make a significant amount of money from appearing on a reality TV show (as seemingly some of the teams this season think), The Block isn’t the right show to go on.
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The Australian’s Media Diary is reporting Nine will still make a windfall profit from this season despite most of the contestants coming away with next to nothing. Their sources say Nine paid $11 million for the property that was sub-divided into seven four hectare lots. Nine is making more than $20 million from the contestants’ properties and could make up to $30 million after Cam’s property and the remaining lot is sold.
Of course there are production and construction costs that need to be factored in and some of that would be offset by sponsorship and advertising revenue. Nine really needs to guarantee these contestants a minimum prize amount for their time and effort. At least $100,000 per couple. I can’t see how they’re going to attract quality contestants in the future if they stand to make nothing from months of hard labour.
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It seems the format is failing. Millions of viewers and market exposure and they essentially have one buyer? What a joke. It was good tv though.
The contestants carry on like they own the properties. They don’t. They’re not the vendors and they can’t instruct the auctioneer. Only the vendor can do that. Which is why the auctioneers were able to ignore the contestants instructions to pass the properties in and continued to promote themselves.
Ridiculous.
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Wow very interesting 
I’m very surprised The Block rules allow a close associate of contestants to bid on their property, is that really fair?
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Adrian Portelli is the founder of a company called LMCT+ which specialises in promotions and raffles where they give away big ticket items such as houses and cars. I assume if he was the highest bidder he would’ve possibly just raffled it off as part of his business. Either way, as we all know his participation definitely drove up the price.
That said, if he wanted a bargain he could’ve stayed around and bid on the other properties because he probably would’ve got one of the other houses at a pretty good price.
A disastrous finale.
Congrats to the boys. I’m always a fan of the couples who do masculine, moody houses. Like the twins last year.
But their auction smells very fishy, I don’t think their bidder intended to purchase the property. But it was a very clever tactic to drive up the price.
Danny is an arrogant pr**k.
and 3 houses being sold to the same guy just makes the show a joke.
Devastated for House 1.
But then again, this is real money people are playing with.
The producers need to take a step back and look for cheaper properties to renovate and sell.
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Isn’t that the whole point to schmooze rich people to bid on your property? They have whole challenges centred around that exact thing. Seems all legit.
Personally I am glad they won. The producers were making it out they were dodgy and it has backfired on them now.
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See, I disagree. If anything, it’s made it worse. The only team to sell their house and make a profit, and not just any profit but 1.5 million dollars, is the team that was suspected of doing the dirty all along. It doesn’t look good when you put it all together.
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When you put the fact they were able to find buyers for their house… ok. Seems like you have made your mind up about them based on something else…
Could the boys have even told this guy about the reserve price? The rest of the couples were so close to hitting it that’s why they passed in.
The fact he buys houses and raffles them off is absurd. Is he a charity? Are people so desperate now to get into the property market by buying a raffle ticket?
Shock and awe at stunning Block auctions
Winners Oz and Omar smash all records; Others don’t sell.
One team are millionaires and others have been left empty-handed in one of the most inexplicable Block auctions in history.
Taking the show to dizzying new heights, freshly minted millionaires Oz and Omar were crowned winners of The Block: Tree Change 2022, taking home a record-breaking $1,686,666.66 in prizemoney after selling their four-bedroom, 10-acre property for $5,666,666.66, which was $1,586,666.66 above their reserve price.
The pair made the largest sum any Blockheads have ever made over a reserve price in 18 series of The Block, netting them an additional $100,000 in prizemoney as the 2022 winners.
From Oz and Omar’s incredible result, there was also heartache, with two couples, Ankur and Sharon, and Dylan and Jenny, failing to sell their homes at auction. Both properties were passed in when they failed to attract a bidder over their $4.08 million reserve price, also both attracting a highest bid of $4,075,000.
Both couples continued to negotiate with their highest bidders after filming, but as of 9.00pm Sunday, November 6, Ankur and Sharon, and Dylan and Jenny, are still open to other offers to buy their homes.
It’s the first time that a Block property has failed to sell at auction since Series 4 in 2011, when the houses created by Josh and Jenna, and Rod and Tania, in Cameron Street, Richmond (Vic) were passed in.
Fan favourites Tom and Sarah-Jane chose to go second in the auction order, but their home only sold for only $4,100,000.99, which was just $20,000.99 above their $4.08 million reserve price.
It’s the lowest profit a Block house has made since Series 9 Glasshouse in 2014.
Faring a bit better, Block latecomers Rachel and Ryan’s home went for $4,249,999.85 in a post-auction negotiation, getting them $169,000.85 over their $4.08 million reserve price.
Speaking about their stunning victory, Oz said: “We’re absolutely stoked that we took out the win this year – we had a plan and stuck to it. It is a competition, but seeing each team come in after us and not getting the results that they wanted really hurt.”
Omar said: “It took a while to sink in, but it felt amazing to get a win after the hard work we put in. But it’s very hard seeing others obviously not doing so well.”
Host Scott Cam said: “It was a bittersweet day. We had one incredible high and some crushing lows for our Blockheads, who all worked the hardest I’ve ever seen to deliver these houses.
“As we’ve seen many times before, we’ll continue to negotiate with interested buyers to sell these homes, which are still on the market. I’m gunning for a positive result.”
Speaking about the shock results, The Block co-creator and Executive Producer, Julian Cress, said: “We’re in a very volatile real estate market and we’ve seen large and unexpected interest rate increases, including one just this week.
“While we had many registered bidders, clearly something has spooked the market. But we believe the properties are of incredible value and we think they will find new owners very soon, to deliver a well-deserved reward for our contestants’ hard work.”
It was Melbourne philanthropist Danny Wallis who saved the day by purchasing the only three houses that sold on auction day.
Danny said: “I probably spent too much at the first auction, but was surprised to pick up two more homes at what I feel was a bargain price, so I guess it all evened out in the end for me at least.”
This season of The Block was the biggest ever undertaken, with the couples each spending 12 weeks building 500-square metre homesteads complete with tennis courts, pools and wineries on 10 acres of land in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges.
Since premiering on Channel 9 in 2003, Australia’s richest reality program has awarded a total of $30,547,139.15 in prizemoney.
PREVIOUS BLOCK WINNERS
2003 – BONDI – Adam & Fiona, $256,000
2004 – MANLY – Jamie & Andrew, $178,000
2010 – VAUCLUSE – John & Neisha, $305,000
2011 – RICHMOND – Polly & Waz, $115,000
2012 – SOUTH MELBOURNE – Brad & Lara, $606,000
2013 – ALL STARS (BONDI) – Phil & Amity, $395,000
2013 – SKY HIGH (SOUTH MELBOURNE) – Alisa & Lysandra, $395,000
2014 – FANS v FAVES (ALBERT PARK) – Steve & Chantelle, $736,000
2014 – GLASSHOUSE (PRAHRAN) – Shannon & Simon, $435,000
2015 – TRIPLE THREAT (SOUTH YARRA) – Darren & Deanne, $935,000
2015 – THE BLOCKTAGON (SOUTH YARRA) – Dean & Shay, $755,000
2016 – PORT MELBOURNE – Will & Karlie, $815,000
2017 – ELSTERNWICK – Josh & Elyse, $547,000
2018 – GATWICK (ST KILDA) – Hayden & Sara, $645,000
2019 – OSLO (ST KILDA) – Tess & Luke, $730,000
2020 – BRIGHTON – Jimmy & Tam, $1,066,000
2021 – FANS v FAVES (HAMPTON) – Mitch & Mark , $744,444
Seems it isn’t just me…
I did notice the Goggleboxers bagging the location of the houses as too far from Melbourne and with no access to amenities. $4m seems way too much to expect for someone looking for a tree-change.
Ah, the bidder is a mutual friend of Omar and Oz’s.
Sorry Turdall, definitely dodgy stuff going on here.
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