The Block production schedule scrapped amid Josh and Luke cheating saga

A furious Scott Cam took drastic, unprecedented action in response to an explosive cheating scandal unfolding on The Block this week.

The Block host Scott Cam has erupted after it was revealed contestants Luke and Josh used a stolen photo of the production schedule to secure their first win of the season.

The bad boy twins won Sunday’s master bedroom and walk-in robe room reveal, but aggrieved competitors Ronnie and Georgia called them out for cheating, with the scandal further unfurling in Monday’s episode.

While the twins have now admitted to playing dirty, prompting Scott Cam to furiously intervene, the original source of the sneaky image is yet to be unveiled.

Luke and Josh admitted to cheating, but claimed they weren’t the only ones.

Meanwhile, the contestants are still reeling over Josh and Luke’s win, with a post-judging walk-through resulting in widespread confusion over how they beat Ronnie and Georgia’s stunning offering.

“I’m really confused what that room … how did that win, seriously,” said Vito.

“It was the worst painted room I’ve seen this season,” Ronnie said, while Kirsty weighed in: “Judge’s are off their chops.”

Not only had the brothers been praised for their styling – for which they had a hand in from Luke’s fiance Olivia — they were also commended for taking the risk of building their bedroom on the dedicated garage space.

Across the episode, however, furious couple Ronnie and Georgia had claimed the only reason the boys had the foresight to push plans through council to switch their garage space around was because they knew master bedroom week was looming, all thanks to the schedule leak.

Fan favourite Ronnie wasn’t letting it slide.

“Josh, Luke and their builder Ryan come to ours, and I think they're a couple of bevvies deep, and they show us a photo,” Georgia recalled, to which Ronnie clarified that they only looked “for like three seconds.”

“And what was on that photo was the whole production schedule plus the challenge schedule … someone has broken in to Scotty’s office and taken that photo. Basically, they have this information which is a massive advantage,” the couple explained, with Ronnie declaring that all their points from day one should be stripped.

A photo of the production schedule had been circulating among the cast.

After venting their frustrations to production, Ronnie and Georgia confronted the pair, resulting in an ugly clash.

“The Block is the biggest game in Australia, so for somebody to have the full schedule knowing what each week is going to be, plus the challenges, is the biggest cheating scandal in TV history,” Ronnie dramatically put to the boys.

“Shut up Hollywood, it’s bullsh*t mate, you’re talking f****ing rubbish,” yelled Luke.

“You guys had this knowledge too, your builder had this knowledge, it’s only been since you’ve had this bad loss that you’ve gone ‘well hang on this is unfair’,” he put back on the couple.

“We didn’t want any part of it, we said to our builder we don’t want any part of this, we wanna play truthfully and honestly … I don’t want to get kicked off the show for cheating,” Georgia responded.

Conceding that he had cheated to get the win, Luke told producers that “others cheated too,” revealing that he received the photo in a text message presumably from another contestant, who he refused to name.

The twins claim others were in on the cheating scandal.

But before any further advantages could be taken, Scott Cam stepped in to ensure the existing schedule was scrapped.

“Part of the challenge contestants face is having to start a new room from scratch every Monday and deliver it by the following Sunday,” he explained,

“Anyone with a copy of the schedule basically gains 12 weeks of pre-planning, and would be ready to hit the ground running on every single room.”

Calling Ronnie, Georgia, Luke and Josh into his office where the offending schedule was snapped, Cam gave the teams a scolding.

“You’ve only ever seen this on a photograph haven’t you? Now you’ve got it for real.

“It’s every room reveal and challenge and it’s all been set out here so you guys can deliver a house and I can make a TV show. But take a really good look at it right now because here it is for one minute and now, it’s gone,” he said, erasing the whiteboard.

“There is going to be no schedule. It’s all changed from here,” he told them.

Scotty was furious that a cast member had used the production schedule to cheat.

Explaining what it means going forward, the host told the full cast during the ‘winners are grinners’ dinner that after the “unbelievable” incident, things were going to be much harder on The Block.

“Just for all of you to know, that production schedule is now gone and we’re doing a hard reset.

“At the end of the day ultimately who’s going to pay the price is you guys and your builders.

“That schedule was meticulously planned with lots of meetings with Keith and Dan and myself and our building teams to make sure we stayed ahead of you guys, to make sure you had a roof over the space that you were building, and to make sure the suppliers and sponsors had all the gear ready to go into the room that you were doing this week.”

The other contestants were not happy to learn of the secret advantage the boys had had.

“But now it’s all gone hasn’t it,” he said, warning: “Now I’m just going to pick a random room each week and you guys are going to have to deliver it, so good luck with that.”

In a further twist to the scandal — one team stayed suspiciously quiet during the drama, with Georgia now convinced bubbly ‘fans’ Tania and Vito know more than they’re letting on.

Originally published as The Block production schedule scrapped amid Josh and Luke cheating saga