The public have picked the best and worst houses from this year’s Block

The public have cast their vote on this season’s best Block house — and there were some surprising results for the show’s favourites.

Are Andy and Deb the team to beat on The Block come auction day?

The NSW couple were the clear favourite when the five luxury houses of St Kilda’s Oslo were finally thrown open to the public during Wednesday’s penultimate episode of the hit reno series.

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And while veteran renovators Mitch and Mark may have been hot favourites all season, with the most number of room reveal wins and the all-important buyers’ jury seal of approval, it seems the public don’t love their ‘party house’ as much as the judges — they placed a distant third.

The five couples find out which house the public loves most.

Here’s how the votes ended up after thousands of punters inspected the multimillion-dollar home the couples had been renovating for the past 14 weeks:

5th place: El’ise and Matt – 761 votes

4th place: Jesse and Mel – 788 votes

3rd place: Mitch and Mark — 811 votes

2nd place: Tess and Luke — 959 votes

1st place: Andy and Deb — 1292 votes

That runner-up placing was a surprise result for Tess and Luke, the young Cairns couple who’ve been the last-place underdogs for much of the season — and who sensationally slammed The Block in an interview with news.com.au last month, accusing producers of setting them up to fail and editing them to look lazy.

They've got the public's vote – now will Andy and Deb win The Block?

Also surprising is Jesse and Mel’s fourth-placing, given real estate agent Jesse’s insistence that his insider knowledge will romp them home to a win.

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With their whopping 1292 votes, Andy and Deb take home a cash prize of $10,000. But can they repeat their success come auction day, and score The Block’s prize money of $100,000 — plus whatever their house sells for above its reserve?

Andy and Deb’s lush living room.

On Sunday’s season finale, all five couples will find out key details that could determine their success at auction — including each house’s reserve price and the auction running order — before each house goes under the hammer.

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