The Block season 6

The sixth season of Australian reality television series The Block, titled The Block: All Stars, aired on the Nine Network. Both Scott Cam returned as host and Shelley Craft as "Challenge Master". Neale Whitaker & Shaynna Blaze returned as judges, Darren Palmer returned as a full-time judge replacing John McGrath who returned as a guest judge. The season premiered on Monday, 4 February 2013 at 7:00 pm.^[1]

The Block
Season 6
No. of episodes	39
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	4 February (2013-02-04) – 20 March 2013 (2013-03-20)
Season chronology

Production for the series relocated from Melbourne—which had hosted the prior two seasons—to its original location of Bondi in Sydney to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the show's first season.^[2]

Contestants

This season saw the return of four former teams from past seasons of The Block retroactively named The "All-stars".

House	Couple[3]	Relationship	Season
1	Phil Rankine and Amity Dry	Married	1
2	Mark Bowyer and Duncan Miller[4]	Best mates	3
3	Josh and Jenna Densten	Newlyweds	4
4	Dan and Dani Reilly	Boyfriend and Girlfriend	5

This block was located at 2, 4, 6. and 8 Tasman Street in Bondi NSW.

Score History

Teams' progress through the competition

Scores:	Teams
	Josh & Jenna	Mark & Duncan	Phil & Amity	Dan & Dani
Rooms	Scores
1st Bedroom	22½	21½	19	14
2nd Bedroom	21½	24	23	20
Bathroom	25	24	22	24
Hallway, Lounge & Linen Closet	18½	18	26	25
Kitchen/Laundry	29½	23	28½	25
Living Room	21	20	23½	26½
Exteriors	34	35½	35½	30
Auction Order	1st	2nd	4th	3rd
Auction Result	2nd	4th	1st	3rd

Results

Room Reveals

Week	Room	Winning Couple	2nd Couple	3rd Couple	Chumps
1	1st Bedroom	Josh and Jenna	Mark and Duncan	Phil and Amity	Dan and Dani
2	2nd Bedroom	Mark and Duncan	Phil and Amity	Josh and Jenna	Dan and Dani
3	Bathroom	Josh and Jenna	Dan and Dani/Mark and Duncan		Phil and Amity
4	Hallway, Formal Lounge and Linen Closet	Phil and Amity	Dan and Dani	Josh and Jenna	Mark and Duncan
5	Kitchen and Laundry	Josh and Jenna	Phil and Amity	Dan and Dani	Dale and Duncan
6	Living Room	Dan and Dani	Phil and Amity	Josh and Jenna	Dale and Duncan
7	Front and Back Yards	Phil and Amity/Mark and Duncan		Josh and Jenna	Dan and Dani

Judges' Scores

Summary of judges' scores

Week	Area(s)	Scores	Phil & Amity	Mark & Duncan	Josh & Jenna	Dan & Dani
1	1st Bedroom	Darren	7	7	7½	6
		Shaynna	6	7	7	4
		Neale	6	7½	8	4
		Total	19	21½	22½	14
2	2nd Bedroom	Darren	8	8	7½	7
		Shaynna	7½	8	7	6½
		Neale	7½	8	7	6½
		Total	23	24	21½	20
3	Bathroom	Darren	7½	8	8½	8½
		Shaynna	7	8	7½	7½
		Neale	7½	8	9	8
		Total	22	24	25	24
4	Hallway, Lounge & Linen Closet	Darren	8	6½	6½	8
		Shaynna	9	6	6	9
		Neale	9	5½	6	8
		Total	26	18	18½	25
5	Kitchen & Laundry	Darren	9½	7½	9½	8
		Shaynna	10	7½	10	8
		Neale	10 (-1)	8	10	9
		Total	28½	23	29½	25
6	Living Room	Darren	8	7	7	8½
		Shaynna	7½	7	7	9
		Neale	8	6	7	9
		Total	23½	20	21	26½
7	Exteriors	Darren	9	9	9	8
		Shaynna	9½	9	9	7½
		Neale	9	9	8	7½
		John	8	8½	8	7
		Total	35½	35½	34	30

Auction

Rank	Couple[5]	Reserve	Auction Result	Profit	Total Winnings	Auction Order
1	Phil and Amity	$1.375m	$1.670m	$295,000	$395,000	4th
2	Josh and Jenna	$1.375m	$1.650m	$275,000	$275,000	1st
3	Dani and Dan	$1.355m	$1.575m	$220,000	$220,000	3rd
4	Mark and Duncan	$1.345m	$1.370m	$25,000	$25,000	2nd

Ratings

The Block: All Stars metropolitan viewership and nightly position

Colour key:

  – Highest rating episode and week during the series

  – Lowest rating episode and week during the series

Week	Episode		Original airdate	Viewers (millions)[a]	Nightly rank[a]	Source	Week Avg
1	1	"Move Into The Block"	4 February 2013	0.959	#9	[6]	0.923
	2	"Charity Makeover Challenge"	5 February 2013	0.952	#9	[7]
	3	"The Safe Opens"	7 February 2013	0.858	#9	[8]
2	4	"Bedroom 1 Reveal"	10 February 2013	—	—	[9]	0.725
	5	"Bedroom 2 Renovations Begins"	11 February 2013	1.137	#6	[10]
	6	"Bedroom 2 Renovations Continue"	12 February 2013	0.926	#9	[11]
	7	"Restoration Nation Challenge"	13 February 2013	0.842	#9	[12]
	8	"Scott and Shelley Walk Around The Block"	14 February 2013	0.842	#7	[13]
	9	"The Block Unlocked"	15 February 2013	0.722	#9	[14]
3	10	"Bedroom 2 Reveal"	17 February 2013	1.119	#7	[15]	1.037
	11	"Bathroom Renovations Begin"	18 February 2013	1.080	#7	[16]
	12	"The Block Olympian Challenge"	19 February 2013	1.095	#5	[17]
	13	"The Belle Bathroom Challenge"	20 February 2013	1.041	#5	[18]
	14	"Hell Week Continues"	21 February 2013	0.980	#4	[19]
	15	"Dani Takes Charge"	22 February 2013	0.908	#4	[20]
	16	"The Block Unlocked"	22 February 2013	—	—	[21]
4	17	"Bathroom Reveal"	24 February 2013	1.399	#1	[22]	1.129
	18	"Triple Room Week Begins"	25 February 2013	1.194	#6	[23]
	19	"Triple Room Week Continues"	26 February 2013	1.173	#5	[24]
	20	"Go-Karting Challenge"	27 February 2013	1.030	#5	[25]
	21	"The 2nd Safe Opens"	28 February 2013	1.040	#5	[26]
	22	"Brad and Lara Return"		—	—	[27]
	23	"The Block Unlocked"	1 March 2013	0.939	#5	[28]
5	24	"Triple Room Reveal"	3 March 2013	1.444	#1	[29]	1.265
	25	"Someone Leaves The block"	4 March 2013	1.531	#2	[30]
	26	"Kitchen Renovations Continues"	5 March 2013	1.372	#3	[31]
	27	"New Arrival On The Block"	6 March 2013	1.294	#2	[32]
	28	"Dan Unchained"	7 March 2013	1.234	#2	[33]
	29	"The Block Unlocked"	8 March 2013	0.716	#10	[34]
6	30	"Kitchen Reveal"	10 March 2013	1.489	#1	[35]	1.254
	31	"War On The Block"	11 March 2013	1.471	#2	[36]
	32	"Dan Strips For Charity"	12 March 2013	1.357	#3	[37]
	33	"Bondi Sculpture Challenge"	13 March 2013	1.226	#2	[38]
	34	"Phil's Revenge"	14 March 2013	1.304	#2	[39]
	35	"The Block Unlocked"	15 March 2013	0.677	#8	[40]
7	36	"Living Room Reveal"	17 March 2013	1.572	#1	[41]	1.712
	37	"Exterior Renovations Continue"	18 March 2013	1.397	#2	[42]
	38	"Exterior Reveal "	19 March 2013	1.526	#2	[43]
	39	"Grand Final"	20 March 2013	1.646	#3	[44]
		"Auctions"		2.011	#2
		"Winner Announced"		2.119	#1

• ^a Ratings data is from OzTAM and represents the live and same day average viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide).