Scott Cam reveals the truth about his future with The Block

Rumours are swirling that Scott Cam is ready to say goodbye to The Block and the Nine network – so what is the truth?

Longtime The Block host Scott Cam says rumours of his imminent departure from the show have been greatly exaggerated.

In fact, Cam says he’s just signed a brand new contract with his employer, Nine.

Cam made the comments at a Melbourne event to launch the show’s 19th season, as per TV Tonight.

He was asked to respond to the recent reports, and said “ … that I’m leaving the network? Well, I wanted to say I haven’t told Shelley (Craft, co-host) this, but two months ago, I signed a multiple year deal with the Nine Network.

Cam says he’s not going anywhere, contrary to some reports.

“So to all my friends at the Daily Mail, keep up the good work,” he said, naming the outlet where the erroneous report had originated.”

“I love The Block,” he continued. “I’ve been there 24 years and I couldn’t think of going anywhere else. I love it. I love this show.”

Cam’s rebuttal comes after Nine earlier this week refuted the claims he was readying to leave the network, saying: “The report is not true.”

Cam – who has hosted The Block since 2010 – has said in the past working on the show is “never a drag” and was thrilled to be kicking off another season this year.

“This series is guaranteed to be a deadset blockbuster,” he said late last week.

“Our five new teams from across the country are all fired up to make their home states proud.”

This year’s season is going back a step in time to the 1950s, also known as the Golden Age, with contestants given the challenge to revamp five houses built and designed in that decade.

The Charming Street homes in Melbourne’s Hampton East will be fitted with all their original furnishings and structures still in place from 70 years ago.

It comes after last year’s season of the show finished with the most dramatic auction results in Block history – winners Omar and Oz scored an incredible $1.7m profit at auction, while other teams were unable to even get their bidders over reserve.

Cam with The Block’s ‘serial bidder,’ Danny Wallis.

The new season of The Block starts Sunday August 6 on Nine, and will introduce a new member of the judging panel for the first time in years.

Longtime Block judge Neale Whittaker has made the decision to “cut back” on work to support his partner through ill health.

Whittaker has been with the show since its third season – as long as host Scott Cam. He was joined in season five by Shaynna Blaze, and a year later by Darren Palmer, and they’ve been dishing out tough love to contestants as a trio for a decade now.

But with Whittaker cutting back his working hours to support his partner of two decades, Blaze and Palmer will be joined by a fourth judge this season: Real estate guru Marty Fox, who will step in on weeks when Whittaker’s not there.