'Mortified': Three guest judges and shock challenge result leaves Blockheads speechless - as a new Rex Theatre is unveiled

We love a side challenge on The Block and this one delivered some shocking results.

The Blockheads were tasked with bringing Daylesford's Phoenix cinema, in the heart of the old Rex Theatre, back to life.

Guided by All-Stars Steph and Gian, you can catch the shocking results and find out which team won in the videos above.

Team Candy Bar vs Team Cinema

For this challenge, the Blockheads were split into two bigger teams.

On offer was an impressive $10,000 cash and a $10,000 voucher thanks to Stony Creek Gallery to split among the winning team.

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Steph and Gian, Emma and Ben and Britt and Taz took over the candy bar and balcony lounge. They were "quietly confident" they were going to win.

Meanwhile, Han and Can, Sonny and Alicia and Robby and Mat were the 'Cinema Team'. They were quietly confident they had "second place in the bag".

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Without the All-Stars and with a much bigger space, the Cinema Team felt they were "set up to fail".

So did they?

The esteemed judges tonight were local legends and business owners Tina, Alla and Carol.

Let the judging begin

"Wow," was all the judges could say as they walked into the newly renovated cinema space.

They loved the "intimacy and gentleness" of the room.

In keeping with the theme that Steph and Gian set, the cinema was painted in rich cocoa brown and accented with gold wainscoting and art deco lights.

They also had the massive job of assembling 70 red velvet theatre seats, luckily with the helps from the folks at Bunnings.

Moving into the foyer, the judges thought the custom Bromley wallpaper was an excellent move.

"It tells a story, you've got the greats so the anticipation of watching what's going to be in the cinema is going to be extraordinary," they beamed.

Now for Team Candybar!

Over at the newly renovated candy bar and the judges had one major concern: "That's not suitable for Daylesford, sorry".

Ouch.

Judge Alla was reffering to the wall of colourful candy that filled the glass jars. They felt it was a missed opportunity to showcase local artisan products and produce.

"It should be a symbol of our community," they said. The easiest example being Daylesford choc tops!

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Then came the styling.

"I know it's deco, but this doesn't feel deco to me," Alla continued. "For me, it's functional but it doesn't match the theatre and doesn't match the rural location."

They had nothing but praise for the much-needed meeting space in the foyer though!

Who won The Rex Theatre challenge?

The judges couldn't believe how much was achieved in a short amount of time but there could only be one winnner... the Cinema Team!

The team were so shocked, they "didn't move".

"Did they say that right?" Han reacted.

"Steph was mortified," Emma laughed.

Catch the iconic reaction in the video above.

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