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The Block viewers accuse Luke and Jasmin of copying their winning room

A Block couple’s ‘perfect’ room is now at the centre of a fierce backlash involving viewers, a design company and even the show’s own judges.

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September 29, 2020 - 1:39PM
Luke and Jasmin’s bedroom/bathroom reveal

Block contestants Luke and Jasmin received a perfect score from the judges for their kid’s bedroom in Sunday night’s episode – but their win is now mired in controversy amid allegations they copied their design.

In a sensational turn of events, two of the show’s judges have now publicly criticised the room they scored a perfect 10, after viewers pointed out the design shares many striking similarities with a bedroom in a high-profile Byron Bay Airbnb. That property’s designer also called out the “imitation” on social media.

Luke and Jasmin on The Block.
Luke and Jasmin on The Block.

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Viewers watched on Sunday as Luke and Jasmin won the week and picked up $10,000 for their fun, jungle-inspired children’s bunk bedroom.

During judging, Shaynna Blaze remarked that the room felt similar to a bedroom former Block contestants Kyal and Kara had recently designed and posted online – viewers were shown the two rooms side-by-side and saw they shared a passing similarity:

Luke and Jasmin’s at left, Kyal and Kara’s at right.
Luke and Jasmin’s at left, Kyal and Kara’s at right.

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However, viewers noted that Jasmin had earlier been shown on camera using a picture of another room as a reference for their efforts. The room in question is in the ‘Barefoot Bay Villa’ in Byron Bay, created by The Designory and featured on their company website, on Airbnb and even in a recent magazine shoot. The similarities between the two rooms are much more noticeable:

Luke and Jasmin’s winning bedroom.
Luke and Jasmin’s winning bedroom.
The bedroom they’re accused of copying.
The bedroom they’re accused of copying.

It seems those at Designory agree, sharing footage of their own design on social media alongside a caption telling viewers to tune into The Block to see “the greatest form of public flattery that ever lived”:

Ouch.
Ouch.

And Block judge Darren Palmer addressed the outrage on his own Instagram, saying he wished he knew “what the viewer knows” while judging:

Judge Darren Palmer made this statement on Instagram.
Judge Darren Palmer made this statement on Instagram.

Viewers fumed about the couple’s win as photos of their “inspiration” circulated on social media, one accusing them of delivering a “dead set rip-off”:

Judge Shaynna Blaze confronts the pair about the similarity between the two rooms in a tense showdown during tonight’s episode. Speaking to TV Week ahead of the episode, Blaze reveals that she’d found the couple’s “inspiration” herself after judging.

“There are one or two teeny-tiny tweaks, but it’s literally a carbon copy,” she told the outlet.

“When you present it in a competition and say, ‘I put this together,’ it’s like, ‘Well, no you haven’t! You just copied somebody else’s hard work and claimed it as your own.’”

The Block continues 7.30pm tonight on Nine

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