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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n If there\u2019s one thing The Block host Scott Cam can say with conviction, it\u2019s that West Australians know how to build houses. But could the popular TV show ever make its way to the west coast?<\/p>\n After WA winners Britt and Taz Etto made the highest profit on last year\u2019s season, WAtoday sat down with the returning host to discuss season 22 \u2013 which airs next week on Nine, also the owner of this masthead \u2013 as well as the Gold Logie winner\u2019s time living in Fremantle in the 80s.<\/p>\n WAtoday: What can we expect from this season of the Block?<\/p>\n Scott Cam: Well, we can expect a seaside town [Mount Eliza] with some $20 million homes surrounding it. It\u2019s a real holiday destination for Melbourne, but it\u2019s high-end. People live there, people downsize there, or people holiday there.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve got five houses with water views, which is the first time we\u2019ve ever had a water view, and views of the city 40 kilometres away as well.<\/p>\n But the other thing that we\u2019ve got in Mount Eliza is what you have here in Perth \u2026 we have a water sunset. Because Port Phillip Bay is so big, and Mount Eliza is facing the heads, you don\u2019t see land and the sun sets on the water.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve heard this season is full of twists and turns, can you let us in on any secrets?<\/p>\n There\u2019s always lots of twists. We\u2019ve got a huge winner twist. There\u2019s also a big scene on like day two. Like a big confrontation. That is a must-watch.<\/p>\n And we\u2019ve got a surprise for the WA viewers as well. The contestants are also living in a share house [for the first time], but it\u2019s not Big Brother-ish. We\u2019re not using that as a big focal point of filming.<\/p>\n The building industry in WA is in a bit of a crisis, and has been for a while. How does that compare to the industry over east? <\/p>\n Well, the building industry is facing a crisis in the east as well. The price of materials has gone through the roof, probably in some cases a 40 per cent increase, and that\u2019s COVID-borne, but it hasn\u2019t come back. So that makes it difficult for affordability for even reno\u2019s, but \u2026 Australians love to renovate and build, so we\u2019re getting beyond that, and we\u2019re working it out.<\/p>\n What could the WA building industry learn from The Block and previous winners Britt and Taz Etto? <\/p>\n I think the WA building industry is doing a good job, and they know what they\u2019re doing. The only thing they could take from The Block is innovation because we\u2019re always showcasing new products and new styles and new ways of doing things.<\/p>\n They know how to do stuff, WA is one of the few cities that only does double-brick. We used to do double-brick everywhere, but New South Wales and Victoria, is all brick veneer now.<\/p>\n There\u2019s probably some builders here doing brick veneer now, but it\u2019ll be only recently, maybe in the last 10 years.<\/p>\n You used to live in Fremantle when you were younger, can you tell me about your time there? <\/p>\n Well, I was travelling around Australia. I went in my 20s, and I actually came here for the Americans Cup in 1986, and then I stayed because I liked it. I stayed for a couple of years, and I lived in various houses.<\/p>\n I lived on Ord Street in a big house with about 10 people. I lived on Fothergill Street, Harvest Road in North Fremantle, I remember all the names. I lived there with about five other people as well.<\/p>\n It was a time of young people just hanging out and living together. And everybody that I lived with was from different places.<\/p>\n No one was from Fremantle because everybody came for the America\u2019s Cup and some of us stayed. I went to Exmouth after that for a couple of years, and I left in 1988 or 1989.<\/p>\n Does this mean you\u2019re a Fremantle Dockers fan? <\/p>\n No. But I don\u2019t follow the AFL that much. Because I\u2019m born and bred in Bondi, I follow the Roosters, which are the Bondi club.<\/p>\n You\u2019ve been doing The Block for a long time now, did you imagine you\u2019d be here 22 seasons later?<\/p>\n I was at Channel 9 for 10 years prior to The Block, and I did five or so different shows. So when I started \u2026 I was 36 and I was a carpenter. I had no idea I\u2019d be here at 64.<\/p>\n Gallery<\/p>\n I worked as a carpenter until I was 50. I did both, and carpentry is hard work. I don\u2019t know if people realise how hard it is, and you\u2019re pretty exhausted when you get home. So being on the telly is like a walk in the park.<\/p>\n Will The Block ever be set in WA?<\/p>\n Look, probably not. We\u2019d love to do that. We would love to, but I think everybody that lives in WA understands about the logistics.<\/p>\n Just the fact that you refer to Sydney as \u201cover east\u201d \u2013 that sounds like another country. And we\u2019ve got 100 people in our crew, and they all live in Melbourne.<\/p>\n What trends are popular at the moment?<\/p>\n People are talking about colour drenching, where the skirts, the walls, the cornice, the ceiling are all the same colour. It\u2019s called \u201ccolour drenching\u201d.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a little bit of that this year still, but we\u2019ve got this new product \u2026 that is a treatment that goes on gyprock.<\/p>\n So you put on like plaster, and it looks like rammed earth. I would put it in my house tomorrow if I had something to do, but one of our teams uses a lot of it, and it looks incredible.<\/p>\n New episodes of The Block start Sunday, August 2 on Channel 9 and 9Now<\/a>. Nine is the owner of this masthead.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n![\"Scott](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1ebb60de67a7f30541265b972b2978ab0b2c49dc.jpeg\")
Scott Cam on season 21 of The Block in Daylesford.Nine<\/p>\n![\"Britt](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8cbc57be00e79248851af12b989c705fd4eb7f455083900d63b010acf2216a54.jpeg\")
Britt and Taz from The Block 2025.Nine News<\/p>\n