{"id":841851,"date":"2026-08-03T13:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/841851\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:03:15","slug":"the-block-2026-recap-episode-2-scott-cam-threatens-to-shut-down-blockhead-after-stitch-up-accusation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/841851\/","title":{"rendered":"The Block 2026 recap episode 2: Scott Cam threatens to \u2018shut down\u2019 Blockhead after \u2018stitch-up\u2019 accusation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great news, the Block<\/a> crash course of episode one has not scared our Blockheads<\/a> off \u2013 everyone\u2019s back and ready to finally get stuck in!<\/p>\n

This time, in the correct rooms. Rick and Tayla<\/a> and Adam and Jolene<\/a> started insulating their guest suites, rather than the guest bedroom.<\/p>\n

\"EMBARGO<\/p>\n

Disappointing Foreman Dan in the process.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

In fancy houses, those are different things, you see!<\/p>\n

They aren\u2019t the only ones wandering around like headless chooks, however. Wyatt looks aimless as he searches the site for things he\u2019s never heard of before.<\/p>\n

Just think of it as cardio, buddy!<\/p>\n

The contestants may be clueless, but there are countless experts on site, including Block legends, the Cursio brothers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The tiling experts have been stuck in the middle of their fair share of Blockhead feuds and this year they plan to avoid that by \u2026 choosing no one.<\/p>\n

Instead, they\u2019ve chosen a house: House 2. And whoever is lucky enough to get it.<\/p>\n

Chantel and Wyatt<\/a> have House 2 for the week and are desperate to stay there.<\/p>\n

Obviously to do that they\u2019ll need plenty of energy, which Wyatt is ensuring by eating about 200 free Youfoodz meals a day.<\/p>\n

The former rifleman says he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes\u00a0just before his 22nd birthday, forcing him to leave the army.<\/p>\n

It was a difficult transition at first, but says he now sees it as a blessing in disguise.<\/p>\n

In House 5, Rick has a problem: he\u2019s planned a shadowline along the room\u2019s skirting. <\/p>\n

This requires a plasterer, which he\u2019s got \u2026 but the tradie doesn\u2019t have the right amount of public liability insurance and can\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

\"EMBARGO<\/p>\n

Love that for him.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

Rick offers to pay the premium to update it without even knowing how much it will cost.<\/p>\n

Big, potentially reckless call but ya gotta do what ya gotta do!<\/p>\n

Especially as The Block has always been Rick\u2019s dream and after two cancer diagnoses in the last few years, first kidney and then prostate, he\u2019s finally living it out.<\/p>\n

For now, the teams have only seen the floor plans of the houses they are working in this week.<\/p>\n

But not everyone wants to stay where they are, and Sunday\u2019s Room Reveal results will determine who actually gets what house.<\/p>\n

All this to say \u2026 it\u2019s time for some reconnaissance.<\/p>\n

Rosco gets a visit from Ray White real estate agent Ashley Weston, who advises them to aim for House 3 \u2013 which is currently Courtney and Sev\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Conveniently, those two are eyeing up Lisa and Rosco<\/a>\u2019s House 4.<\/p>\n

And their reconnaissance is a little more covert.<\/p>\n

\"EMBARGO<\/p>\n

Us? Sneaky???\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

While at a lighting consult, Sev spied Lisa\u2019s floor plans and took a cheeky snap. They\u2019ve got some studying to do!<\/p>\n

The pressure has already started to get to everyone.<\/p>\n

Adam spirals about whether the guest bedroom should really be a guest bedroom, while Courtney gives Rob from Freedom a huge hug over the placement of a single light switch.<\/p>\n

And Wyatt has had to fix his shoddy insulation three times.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a stitch-up,\u201d he says \u2026 in front of Foreman Dan.<\/p>\n

Oops.<\/p>\n

That immediately comes back to bite him as Scotty does his first site walk-round.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not say those words to me!\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever use the term \u2018this is a stitch-up\u2019, I will blow up deluxe mate, I\u2019ll shut you down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wyatt then immediately stitches Chantel up, claiming it was her who said it. <\/p>\n

You are mic\u2019d up, man! It was not!<\/p>\n

\"EMBARGO<\/p>\n

I hope for Wyatt\u2019s sake that they made the same pact as Lisa and Rosco: that nothing they say or do on The Block can be held against them.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

Lisa also gets a talking to about using two chippies for the simple job of hammering nails, with a third one on the way.<\/p>\n

Scotty\u2019s outraged, only to then learn that Courtney and Sev are paying no mind to their budget because they have FOUR.<\/p>\n

They weren\u2019t planning on spending so much, but then Scotty said this entire week was the House Decider challenge.<\/p>\n

So technically, it\u2019s his fault.<\/p>\n

\"EMBARGO<\/p>\n

Or not!\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

Soon, 6pm rolls around which means it\u2019s time to head home and swim, do admin, go to the gym or clean.<\/p>\n

Take your pick!<\/p>\n

While Courtney and Sev and Rick and Tayla bond quickly, Jolene is already struggling with sharing her space. On the bright side, she can escape to her caravan. On the not-so-bright side, Adam\u2019s used all the hot water.<\/p>\n

Hey, it\u2019s still better than a tent.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow night, there\u2019s scheming, setbacks and tears. <\/p>\n

Claaassic Block! Catch you then. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Great news, the Block crash course of episode one has not scared our Blockheads off \u2013 everyone\u2019s back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-841851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}