LEGO Masters: Gold Coast man Adam Bilsborough to compete for $100k

With a dedicated LEGO room, two LEGO tattoos and a garage filled with “hundreds of thousands” of those little coloured bricks, it is safe to say this Gold Coaster is obsessed. Now he could make $100k from it.

WITH a dedicated LEGO room, two LEGO tattoos and a garage filled with “hundreds of thousands” of those little coloured bricks, it is safe to say Nerang local Adam Bilsborough is LEGO obsessed.

The 34-year-old radio DJ will compete in Channel 9’s LEGO Masters which airs on Sunday and said his beloved brick collection would be worth “tens of thousands” of dollars.

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Nerang local Adam Bilsborough is a contestant on LEGO Masters.

The show pairs passionate creators who let loose on The Brick Pit, where 2.5 million LEGO bricks await, ready to build mind-blowing models and masterpieces for the chance to win $100,000 dollars in prize money.

“I’ve been a crazy fan of LEGO forever and I would post creations I had made on Instagram and Facebook so when the auditions for the show came out, everyone was tagging me and telling me to apply,” he said.

During the auditions, Mr Bilsborough and his team were asked to build a sphere so they built a desk-sized pool table complete with billiard balls.

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Nerang local Adam Bilsborough and teammate Kale from Melbourne are contestants on LEGO masters Australia.

This creativity and ingenuity scored Mr Bilsborough a spot as a contestant on the show alongside Melbourne Lego lover and teammate Kale.

The teams will compete in timed challenges from just a few hours to up to 16 hours long with the least creative team dumped from the competition, similar to other reality show formats.

Hosted by comedian and media personality Hamish Blake, the first episode sees the teams building 16 city blocks to form a giant LEGO city.

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“It is definitely devastating when something goes wrong,” he said.

“You could spend five hours building something and you press one brick too hard and the whole thing comes down like dominoes.

“Or you could be given a 10 hour challenge and think that’s plenty of time to be really ambitious, then realise you may have bitten off more than you can chew at the halfway point.”

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The longest build the teams completed was a gruelling 16 hour challenge.

“Size wise, some creations wouldn’t even fit in a garage, and others would fit in the palm of your hand but have lots of intricate detail.”

Mr Bilsborough said while he does love building sets, he is really interested in building real-world functional items out of LEGO.

“I have built a working boom-box and also a turntable,” he said.

“Everything is made out of LEGO and I even used a LEGO motor, the only thing that is not LEGO is the needle for the turntable.”
The most rewarding part of the entire experience for Mr Bilsborough was stepping back as the countdown stopped and looking at his creation in awe.

“It sounds cliche, but at the end of each challenge I would take a moment and think, ‘wow, I built that.”

LEGO Masters Australia premieres on Sunday at 7pm on Channel 9.