{"id":866722,"date":"2026-08-24T13:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/866722\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T13:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:32:23","slug":"the-block-2026-recap-episode-14-courtney-has-svt-on-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/866722\/","title":{"rendered":"The Block 2026 recap episode 14: Courtney has SVT on site"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is the start of week four \u2013 surely the Blockheads<\/a> are well and truly in the swing of things now.<\/p>\n

Maybe?<\/p>\n

\"THE<\/p>\n

Mood.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

As always, the week begins with Open for Inspections and let\u2019s be honest, all anyone is wondering if whether the judges\u2019 harsh \u201chigh-end coffin\u201d comments are accurate.<\/p>\n

And, well, everyone thinks they are.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be a really nice place to \u2026 die,\u201d Adam<\/a> says.<\/p>\n

Lisa and Rosco<\/a>\u2019s winning bedroom gets a pretty underwhelming reception, but the wardrobe receives lots of gushing.<\/p>\n

You know, the part of the space they didn\u2019t actually design.<\/p>\n

Chantel<\/a> even reckons it\u2019s what pushed them over the line to win, which is probably not what they nor its OG designers, Courtney and Sev<\/a>, want to hear.<\/p>\n

This week is all about completing the main suite by working on the ensuite.<\/p>\n

Lisa has big plans to back up their win, featuring crazy tile flooring and a double shower.<\/p>\n

At Beaumont, she\u2019s told the flooring won\u2019t be possible. So she asks again \u2026 until it is possible.<\/p>\n

Back on site, Foreman Dan<\/a> tells Rosco that their shower plan is not possible because they aren\u2019t allowed to delete the bathroom window.<\/p>\n

So he calls Lisa who asks again \u2026 and this time, persistence does not pay off.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve got to put on their big person\u2019s pants and deal with it, that\u2019s a direct quote,\u201d Dan says over the phone.<\/p>\n

And then Rosco plays a loud fart sound over the speakerphone. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a bold move while speaking to his stressed, pregnant and hormonal wife. I applaud his bravery. <\/p>\n

That turns out to be far from the only issue.<\/p>\n

Lisa also wants microcement in their shower, which Rosco and Dan both disagree with.<\/p>\n

Unlike their neighbours, House 2 has already achieved something this week: Wyatt\u2019s grown an OK moustache.<\/p>\n

Chantel doesn\u2019t really like it, but Dan does. And that\u2019s what really matters.<\/p>\n

Oh, and their bathroom progress is good too.<\/p>\n

\"THE<\/p>\n

Wyatt moustache Dan a question.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

In House 4, Courtney\u2019s heart condition is causing her some grief.<\/p>\n

She has supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), which causes a very fast or erratic heartbeat, and it\u2019s flared up.<\/p>\n

\"THE<\/p>\n

Courtney says her heart rate can rise to 230 beats per minute.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not embarrassed by having SVT, but it can be embarrassing when I can\u2019t talk and function as a normal human when it\u2019s happening,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the thought of being on a job site surrounded by men and having to call an ambulance, you know, you don\u2019t want to be embarrassed or look weak.\u201d<\/p>\n

She takes herself off to the bathroom and calls Lisa, who is a paramedic.<\/p>\n

Lisa isn\u2019t on-site, but she talks her through it. Thankfully, she gets it under control and there\u2019s no need to call an ambulance.<\/p>\n

Sev becomes emotional as Courtney recounts the episode.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know why she didn\u2019t tell me \u2013 she didn\u2019t want to stress me out, she didn\u2019t want to stress anyone around her out,\u201d she cries.<\/p>\n

\"THE<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it sucks.\u201d\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

Lisa and Rosco head out on their winners\u2019 getaway but rather than being excited about the luxe night away, Rosco\u2019s stressed about how much he has to do.<\/p>\n

Like \u2026 really stressed.<\/p>\n

\"THE<\/p>\n

Straight up not having a good time.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

They arrive at Alba Thermal Springs and Spa, and Lisa points out that everyone else is having a relaxing day.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, because they\u2019re not building a house,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

I mean, fair.<\/p>\n

Luckily, it\u2019s nothing a massage can\u2019t fix. Even if that massage requires the wearing of very tight, mostly see-through women\u2019s underwear, for reasons that are never actually explained.<\/p>\n

\"THE<\/p>\n

This has taken a weird turn.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the rest of the Blockheads are fully dressed and ready to welcome a visitor \u2013 Darren Palmer!<\/p>\n

He\u2019s come to apologise.<\/p>\n

Well, not really.<\/p>\n

But he has come to expand on his light, white and bright, Kim Kardashian advice from episode one.<\/p>\n

Basically: stop being scared of colour, especially in smaller, non-communal spaces in the house.<\/p>\n

Perhaps we\u2019ll even see a green cushion when we see next week\u2019s living and dining rooms! Gasp!<\/p>\n

Tomorrow night, it\u2019s all the wet-week goodness: tradie issues, waterproofing issues, tears \u2013 even GMac with his hand over his mouth.<\/p>\n

See you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is the start of week four \u2013 surely the Blockheads are well and truly in the swing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":866723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":["post-866722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866722","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=866722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}