The Block NZ (season 2)

The Block NZ (season 2)
Country of origin	New Zealand
No. of episodes	31
Release
Original network	TV3
Original release	26 August – 4 November 2013

The Block NZ 2013 was the second season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ. It premiered on 26 August 2013 and ended on 4 November 2013. It ran three nights per week, Monday–Wednesday.

The season was set in the Auckland suburb of Belmont, and was judged by Jeremy Hansen, the editor of HOME New Zealand magazine since 2005, and Janice Kumar-Ward, founder of The Recipes in 2008.^[1]

Contestants

Couple (ages)[2]		Relationship	Hometown[2]
1	Alice (26) and Caleb (26) Pearson	Married	Auckland
2	Alisa Keall-Grant (23) and Koan Vette (25)	Couple	Auckland
3	Pete (26) and Andy (23) Walker	Brothers	Southland
4	Loz (30) and Tom (31) Heaphy	Married	Nelson

Episodes

No. in season	No. in week	Title	Original air date
Week 1
1	1	Episode 1	26 August 2013
The four couples meet for the first time and are given the task of finding one of four Mazda 6s and find their own tool belt before making their way around Auckland to locate five red blocks each that are worth $20,000 and reach the Block first to determine the order the houses are chosen. After finding the first two red blocks in their tool belt and Mazda 6, teams have to build a letterbox for the house. All four teams completed this task and received an amount of money from Mark, who judged them out of 20 in total. Their next red block was at the Quarry. Shannon instructed them that the person takes the diggers to the gravel while the other one will do the digging. The last block was at the beach. Alisa and Koan arrived first at the Block and select house two, but there was a twist. They also had to choose the houses for the other contestants. Alice and Caleb were given house one, Pete and Andy house three, and Loz and Tom were given house four.
2	2	Episode 2	27 August 2013
The four couples go into their houses and find it as a tip. The next morning they wake up to an early start to renovate the house. Mark calls them for breakfast. He tells them who their construction supervisor is, Peter.
3	3	Episode 3	28 August 2013
In this episode the couples get to see how the judges judge them in their challenge rooms. The get 7 hours and they have to finish it in that time. Their judges are Jeremy Hansen and Janice Kumar-Ward. The winner gets to swap houses. The winner was Pete and Andy with a score of 7 out of 10.
Week 2
4	1	Episode 4	2 September 2013
The couples find out that no one is swapping houses. They start their second bedroom and get to see the challenge house. Their challenge was to make a board with wallpaper the same as Mark's and they have to put their house number on it. The winner is Pete and Andy again.
5	2	Episode 5	3 September 2013
The couples do their rooms getting ready in time for judging. Shannon has a challenge for them. They have to upcycle a furnitiure. The winner was Alice and Caleb.
6	3	Episode 6	4 September 2013
The couples finish their rooms. The winners are Alice and Caleb again with a score of 15 out of 20.
Week 3
7	1	Episode 7	9 September 2013
They start their kids bedroom. The couples are obliged to use the beds they made in the previous challenge.
8	2	Episode 8	10 September 2013
The couples do their rooms getting ready in time for judging. Shannon has a challenge for them. They have to connect the water from one end to the other using pipes. The winner was Alisa and Koan.
9	3	Episode 9	11 September 2013
The couples finish their rooms. Alice and Caleb get disqualified by Mark with 12.5/20. Winners are Loz and Tom with 12/20.
Week 4
10	1	Episode 10	16 September 2013
The couples start their bathroom and laundry. Also dinner war starts, here is the order: Alice & Caleb, Alisa & Koan, Pete & Andy and finally Loz & Tom. Alice & Caleb got 20/30 for food and Alisa & Koan got 20.9/30 for food.
11	2	Episode 11	17 September 2013
12	3	Episode 12	18 September 2013
Week 5
13	1	Episode 13	23 September 2013
14	2	Episode 14	24 September 2013
15	3	Episode 15	25 September 2013
Week 6
16	1	Episode 16	30 September 2013
17	2	Episode 17	1 October 2013
18	3	Episode 18	2 October 2013
Week 7
19	1	Episode 19	7 October 2013
20	2	Episode 20	8 October 2013
21	3	Episode 21	9 October 2013
Week 8
22	1	Episode 22	14 October 2013
23	2	Episode 23	15 October 2013
24	3	Episode 24	16 October 2013
Week 9
25	1	Episode 25	21 October 2013
26	2	Episode 26	22 October 2013
27	3	Episode 27	23 October 2013
Week 10
28	1	Episode 28	28 October 2013
29	2	Episode 29	29 October 2013
Teams create a advertorial video for their house with the help of a New Zealand celebrity.
30	3	Live final	30 October 2013
The four houses go to auction live on TV. See the auction results here.
Week 11
31	—	The Block NZ: Unlocked	4 November 2013
Teams talk about their time on The Block.

Results

Room reveals

Week	Room	Winning Couple(s)	Total Scores (out of 20)
1	2nd Bedroom	Alice & Caleb	15
2	Kids Bedroom	Loz & Tom	12
3	Bathroom	Loz and Tom
4	Living Room	Alisa and Koan	14
5	Kitchen, Dining and Study	Loz and Tom
6	Master Bedroom	Alisa and Koan
	En-suite	Alisa and Koan
7	Front Yard	Pete and Andy	16.5
8	Back Yard	Loz and Tom	16

Challenges

Week	Challenge	Winning Couple(s)	Total Scores	Reward
1	Challenge house	Pete & Andy		Swap house
	Wallpaper	Pete & Andy		Builders
	Upcycle	Alice & Caleb		$5,000 gift card from Freedom Furniture
2	Kids bed	Loz & Tom		Night at the Rendezvous Grand Hotel
	Underwater piping	Alisa & Koan		Bathroom upgrade

Auction results

Rank	Couple	Reserve	Auction Result	Profit	Total Winnings	Auction Order
1	Alice & Caleb	$945,000	$1.126m	$181,000	$260,000	3rd
2	Alisa & Koan	$948,000	$1.014m	$66,000	$66,000	4th
3	Pete & Andy	$925,000	$952,000	$27,000	$27,000	1st
4	Loz & Tom	$922,000	$947,000	$25,000	$25,000	2nd

References

1. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/television/news/article.cfm?c_id=339&objectid=10808764
2. http://www.3news.co.nz/The-Block-NZ-contestants-been-revealed/tabid/418/articleID/258608/Default.aspx