Making history: The first ever team to quit The Block
Producers at The Block have been forced to take swift action after two of this season’s competitors have quit the show only a few days into filming.
Influencer Elle Ferguson and fiancé, former AFL player Joel Patfull, have had to leave the season as Joel’s mother suffered a nasty fall.
Patfull, formerly of the GWS Giants, and fashion and beauty blogger Ferguson have reportedly made their way to Adelaide. Trish, Patfull's mother, is receiving treatment for possible bleeding of the brain, a broken coccyx and a fractured wrist.
“Wherever you are in the world. Whatever you are doing. Family always comes first,” Ferguson wrote on her Instagram Stories yesterday, sharing photos of the couple travelling back to Adelaide.
Their departure comes just days into filming, leaving The Block one couple down for this season. However, in a statement today, a Nine spokesperson confirmed that a replacement couple have already been cast.
“Over the weekend, we were surprised to have one of our new contestant teams depart The Block a few days into filming for the upcoming season. We wish them all the best for the future and we’re excited to have cast two new Aussies for the opportunity of a lifetime on The Block. The Block Tree Change will air as scheduled later this year,” the statement read.
The couple’s departure is the first time in the history of The Block that a team have quit the show.
It’s been a bumpy start for what will be a very different season this year, especially after filming on the season was stopped before it even got started earlier this month.
It was reported that on April 6th, filming had to be pushed back when one contestant was positive for Covid the day before the shoot was set to begin.
Spending the last 17 seasons transforming inner-city Melbourne properties, for the first time the show will be heading to a regional location, in Gisborne South near the Macedon Ranges. This time around contestants will be tasked with transforming country homes.
Host Scott Cam is also expected to renovate his own Block property on the show for the first time.
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