{"id":944702,"date":"2026-10-29T03:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T03:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/944702\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T03:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T03:34:12","slug":"the-block-2026-scottys-prize-pool-explainer-why-one-team-will-win-500000-in-extra-prizes-on-auction-day-what-is-in-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/944702\/","title":{"rendered":"The Block 2026: Scotty\u2019s Prize Pool explainer, why one team will win $500,000 in extra prizes on auction day | What is in it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Block<\/a> teams of 2026 are just days away from their homes going under the hammer at auction. <\/p>\n

But the winner of Season 22 will be walking away with a lot more than just the $100,000 bonus money (and any money they make above reserve), thanks to an eye-watering new prize that\u2019s never been seen on the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A prize never before seen on The Block\u2019s history is up for grabs for the winning team on Auction Day, valued at over $500,000. \u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

This year, host Scott Cam<\/a> introduced what he dubbed \u201cScotty\u2019s Prize Pool\u201d during the Week 3 judging.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cGood evening everybody, have you noticed \u2013 and I\u2019m very excited about this \u2013 my new addition to HQ?\u201d he asked the teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They all turned around to see a Plungie Pool planted behind them, and that\u2019s when Scotty let them in on his insane prize for this year\u2019s winner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of you is going to be taking that home, and I don\u2019t mean home to your Block house, I mean home to your home,\u201d he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe winner of The Block this year will not only take home their profit, and the $100,000, they will also get to take home what I call \u2018Scotty\u2019s Prize Pool\u2019 with everything in it.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, at the moment there is nothing in it, but believe you me, over the coming weeks I am gonna fill that Plungie with goodies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scotty then revealed the next prize that was going into the pool \u2013 $50,000 in cold hard cash.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Scotty Cam told the teams that the $50,000 in cold hard cash in his hands was only the start of the prizes. \u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

And as the weeks went on, the prizes thrown into that Plungie only got better.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the next additions was two e-bikes from Ampd Bros.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scotty ramped things up when he threw in a Bar Crusher 535XS boat in shockwave blue, valued at $80,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That addition alone bumped the total value up to over $250k \u2013 and he wasn\u2019t anywhere near finished.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Next came the Speediance Gym Monster 2 and an Elsewhere pod, so the winning team will have a space to set up their gym at home in their backyard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scotty continued to amp things up over the next few weeks, with the addition of a 100-inch TV & surround sound package, a $50k art package, $50k kitchen from Kinsmen, $10k of flooring from FlooringXtra, $10k of wine from Levantine Hill and one-year of snacks supply from Arnott\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then a Rolex watch, valued at $15k was added to the pool.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If that wasn\u2019t enough to get the teams fighting for a win on Auction Day, in one of the final weeks Scotty threw in a car from Chery, the Tiggo9 Super Hybrid, valued at $60,000 for one team to take home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The final prize thrown into the pool was a trip to what Scotty referred to as the \u201cfanciest caravan park in Australia\u201d the Trentham Waters Resort, staying in a Titanium caravan, and to make the holiday that bit more special, Titanium threw in $20,000 in cash.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat takes the grand total of Scotty\u2019s Prize Pool to $500,000 on the nose,\u201d he told the teams at the final judging of the season.<\/p>\n

Every prize in Scotty\u2019s Prize Pool Plungie pool $55k\u00a0Cash from Plungie $50kTwo e-bikes from Amp\u2019d $5.2k each ($11.4k total)Bar crusher $80k\u00a0Elsewhere Pod $45kSpeediance Gym Monster 2 $6.5k\u00a0100 inch LG TV and Sonos sound system from JB Hi Fi $11kArt from Michael Parker Gallery, Artist Lane and Manyung Gallery $50kNew kitchen from Kinsman valued at $50k\u00a0Levantine Hill wine $10k\u00a0A year’s supply of Arnotts $10k\u00a0Flooring from Flooring Xtra $10k\u00a0A Safe and a Rolex $10k safe + $15k watch\u00a0Chery $60kTitanium holiday valued at $10k + $20k cash<\/p>\n

So, with so much extra up for grabs, one team is going to be walking away with an insane prize on auction day. <\/p>\n

Who do you think will win on Auction Day?<\/p>\n

Vote in our poll below. We\u2019ll be revealing the results in our live blog on Sunday, alongside exclusive and unseen moments direct from auction day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Block Auctions are on Sunday, November 1 at 7pm on Channel 9 and 9Now. We\u2019ll be live blogging the entire spectacle as all five homes go under the hammer on nine.com.au.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Block teams of 2026 are just days away from their homes going under the hammer at auction.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":944703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":["post-944702","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\/944702","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=944702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}