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The Block ‘fans’ turn on each other after broken bed rule

Contestant infighting has well and truly kicked off on episode two of The Block, with twins Josh and Luke declaring war on another couple.

The Block ‘fans’ turn on each other )The Block)

Broken rules from “The Block Bible” have resulted in tensions and early alliances on site, with this season shaping up to be a dramatic one already.

In Monday night’s episode of The Block Fans v Faves, twins Luke and Josh and married couple Tanya and Vito teamed up to turn on country singer Kirsty and her husband Jesse — labelling them “rude” after an awkward clash over a bed.

It comes after the twins had their own run-in with Kirsty and Jesse on Sunday night over using their tradies to paint, breaking “the golden rule” of the competition.

Meanwhile, The Block “faves” Ronnie and Georgia and Mitch and Mark have kept their distance from the rookie teams, musing that it’s very “us and them”.

Ouch.

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Mitch and Mark have returned to the competition as this year's "faves".
Mitch and Mark have returned to the competition as this year's "faves".

Monday’s clash kicked off after the couples chose their houses, with Tanya and Vito scoring the “challenge house” complete with three established bedrooms from the first task.

But while The Block rule book stipulates that whoever wins the challenge house is entitled to keep everything in it, Kirsty and Jesse tried to claim the items from their winning room, resulting in an uncomfortable stand-off.

“Kirsty and I had a little bit of a moment,” makeup artist Tanya told producers, revealing that a crew member had alerted her to the fact that Kirsty and Jesse had swooped in to retrieve the pieces.

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Tanya later referred to Kirsty as ‘the mean girl’ in the competition.
Tanya later referred to Kirsty as ‘the mean girl’ in the competition.

On realising the couple had raided their house, Tanya confronted Kirsty and asked to at least leave the beds.

“We’re keeping the bed, we’re keeping all three beds. We’re allowed to,” Tanya had said, to which Kirsty, seemingly unaware of the rule, replied: “What do you mean you’re keeping our bed?,” before adding: “Hey, I’m cheering I don’t have to carry this f***ing bed over there.”

“You don’t want the bedhead? It’s cute as,” Tanya then asked, to which Kirsty refused with a short “Yeah, so you can have it then.”

While only a minor clash that ended with a hug, Tanya was quick to fill in the rest of the cast with a slightly dramatised version of events.

“It’s fine, but I said ‘take the bedhead it’s really cute,’ and Kirsty was like ‘well if it’s so cute then you should keep it’,” Tanya recalled to producers.

Elsewhere, in a phone conservation, Tanya was heard saying: “Our neighbours who we thought were our friends went into our room and started taking all their stuff.

“I said ‘It’s a cute bedhead why don’t you take it’ … and (Kirsty) turns around and goes ‘well if it’s so gorgeous and cute you can have it’. So she’s the mean girl.”

Telling neighbours Luke and Josh about the drama, Tanya said: “She came in and started taking their sh*t without even asking me.”

Tanya wasted no time spreading the news of her 'moment' with Kirsty.
Tanya wasted no time spreading the news of her 'moment' with Kirsty.
Luke made his negative feelings towards Kirsty loud and clear.
Luke made his negative feelings towards Kirsty loud and clear.

“They’re rude, real rude,” the twins responded, to which Tanya declared she was “done” with their friendship.

“I’m done too, I’m done with them. They can f*** off,” fumed Luke.

“I’m off Kirsty and Jesse, I want them off my site. I don’t want to see them, they can stay on their site. But if they’re going to be rude, I’m done with it,” he added.

Things between the boys and Kirsty and Jesse weren’t off to a great start during Sunday’s premiere.

Kirsty and Jesse are seemingly unaware (or unfazed) by the fact that they’ve rattled their fellow contestants already.
Kirsty and Jesse are seemingly unaware (or unfazed) by the fact that they’ve rattled their fellow contestants already.

Luke and Josh weren’t impressed when country singer Kirsty pointed out they’d broken The Block’s “number one rule” while completing their first challenge in this year’s Hampton, Victoria cul-de-sac.

With the teams tasked with designing a bedroom in just two days and a budget of $5000 to win the advantage of having first choice of property, Kirsty was shocked to find the boys using their tradies to paint.

As Scott Cam pointed out during the episode, and many fans later on Twitter, rule number one in the “Block Bible” is that contestants must do their own painting.

Speaking with producers, the brothers made it clear they weren’t happy with Kirsty’s approach to reminding them.

“It’s not something that Luke and I would normally do, go and pull someone up if they’re doing the wrong thing,” said Josh.

“We don’t do the dibber-dobber thing,” Luke added.

Meanwhile, Kirsty told producers she just wanted to make things “fair” in the competition.

The Block continues tomorrow night from 7.30 on Channel 9


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