{"id":391553,"date":"2026-04-22T04:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/391553\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:37:09","slug":"i-did-not-know-this-adrian-portelli-drops-a-bombshell-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/391553\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I did not know this\u2019: Adrian Portelli drops a bombshell on TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seven last night launched its new entry into the home renovation show market with \u201cMy Reno Rules\u201d, and at the top of the premiere episode, the show\u2019s principal sponsor revealed exactly what each team would be playing for.<\/p>\n

Portelli \u2013 a man with a net worth far north of $1 billion \u2013 told the four teams competing to renovate two run-down Melbourne houses that the winner of the season would score $100,000 for their efforts.<\/p>\n

That \u201cinsane\u201d prize pool was enough to leave at least one contestant fighting back tears \u2013 but it appears Portelli\u2019s decided to dig even further into his coffers.<\/p>\n

In a preview of tonight\u2019s episode<\/a>, Portelli is shown telling the contestants that he\u2019s decided to \u201cup the ante\u201d on the competition \u2013 by a factor of 10: \u201cFirst place will now be competing for one million dollars,\u201d he tells them. The runner-up team will also go home a lot richer, earning $250,000 for their efforts. <\/p>\n

MORE: Portelli gives away $15m worth of Block houses<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI did not know this,\u201d says the show\u2019s host, Dr Chris Brown. <\/p>\n

Portelli has moved to Seven\u2019s new reno show after a long and fruitful association with Nine\u2019s hit series The Block, a relationship lasting several years and culminating at the 2024 season finale, when he bought up every single house at auction. <\/p>\n

By last year\u2019s Block season finale, when Portelli had already made his move to Seven, it appeared the relationship had soured: Watching from home, he gloated on social media<\/a> over the fact the contestants were struggling to make a profit at auction without him there to drive the bidding. <\/p>\n

MORE:Portelli fail exposed in $3m Block raffle move<\/a><\/p>\n

And Portelli isn\u2019t the only ex-Block personality to make the leap over to My Reno Rules: Former Block judge Neale Whittaker will now serve as one-third of the judging panel for Seven\u2019s rival program. <\/p>\n

Set across two 1970s homes in the north Melbourne suburb of Bulleen, My Reno Rules will diverge from The Block\u2019s auction finale format to play to Portelli\u2019s business interest as the founder of the subscription-based rewards club LMCT+.<\/p>\n

Both finished homes will be given away to members of the public who have entered the competition via the LMCT+ website. Winners will be given the choice of one of the homes or $2 million in cash. <\/p>\n

Unusually for a TV giveaway, those who want to enter the competition will have to pay for the privelige: The cheapest entry option is $10 for three entries, all the way up to $500 for 1500 entries. <\/p>\n

The winners will be drawn during a live televised finale on June 2 \u2013 and those selected will have exactly three minutes to answer their phones and claim their prize live on television before it goes to a redraw. <\/p>\n

A June 2 finale puts the show at a relatively brief six-week season, compared to the mammoth 12-week seasons over on The Block.<\/p>\n

The terms and conditions for the giveaway states that it is open to viewers across the country, except for South Australia \u201cdue to regulatory requirements under South Australian law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven last night launched its new entry into the home renovation show market with \u201cMy Reno Rules\u201d, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[202436,202448,85,2652,202439,202444,202446,430,202437,28274,156,202447,202445,202454,202450,78610,202438,202443,202452,123,202441,202451,111,139,178073,69,2659,202449,202442,202440,193013,35214,202453,2821],"class_list":{"0":"post-391553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-adrian-portelli","9":"tag-auction-finale","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","12":"tag-australian-law","13":"tag-bulleen","14":"tag-business-interest","15":"tag-celebrities","16":"tag-cheapest-entry-option","17":"tag-chris-brown","18":"tag-entertainment","19":"tag-ex-block-buyer","20":"tag-ex-block-personality","21":"tag-film-sequel","22":"tag-giveaway-states","23":"tag-home-renovation","24":"tag-judging-panel","25":"tag-leaves-host","26":"tag-life-confession","27":"tag-melbourne","28":"tag-money-skyrocketsin","29":"tag-neale-whittaker","30":"tag-new-zealand","31":"tag-newzealand","32":"tag-nick-bond","33":"tag-nz","34":"tag-oceania","35":"tag-principal-sponsor","36":"tag-prize-pool","37":"tag-reno-show","38":"tag-season-finale","39":"tag-south-australia","40":"tag-subscription-based-rewards-club","41":"tag-victoria"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}