The Block 2026 Auction Day LIVE: Every moment as all five homes go under the hammer in Mount Eliza
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The big day is finally here!
Welcome to our live coverage of Auction Day on The Block 2026, where the five Mount Eliza homes will finally go under the hammer.
We'll be covering every moment as it happens, as well as give behind-the-scenes moments from the contestants and judges and unseen reactions you won't get anywhere else.
There’s still hours to go until the main event – which kicks off at 7pm on Channel 9 and 9Now – so who do you think will win? Vote in our poll below, and the winner will be announced here at 6pm.
Please note: This live blog covers events as they happen and may contain spoilers for viewers in WA, SA, NT and QLD.
Scotty’s wild update hour before the hammer falls
We managed to grab Scotty amid the chaos of Auction Day, and he revealed it’s House 4 – Courtney and Sev – who have the most registered bidders ahead of the homes going under the hammer.
Scotty deliving the goss. Nine
Potential buyers must register their intentions with the listing agents beforehand before bidding, and Scotty thinks it's the duo's secret weapon - their mammoth wine cellar - that's sparked a lot of interest.
"[The wine cellar] might be a very important factor in that," he says.
Cheers, Scotty!
View inside all five homes ahead of auction
It’s been a cracker of a season, hasn’t it? If you need a reminder of what all five of our Mount Eliza homes look like, we’ve got you covered.
Come on in! Nine
Click below to take a tour of each.
- View Adam and Jolene’s House 1 here
- View Chantel and Wyatt’s House 2 here
- View Lisa and Rosco’s House 3 here
Dan and Dani choose their winners, and it will shock you
Ahh, Dan and Dani. The beloved Block legends themselves have been giving us their brutal opinions all season, but when it came to choosing a winner, Dan made a call that left his wife – and franky, us a little bit – gobsmacked.
They also chose their chumps of the season, and oh... it’s just so good, you have to see it.
Do you agree with them? Are they way off? Only time will tell.
What are the reserve prices of the five homes?
Things are a little bit different on The Block this year, as we already know the reserve prices of all five of the homes following a new legislation in Victoria.
This means potential buyers who are considering registering to attend the auctions have a clear idea of what price point these houses are set to sell for.
Shelley Craft revealed the news on Today, confirming EVERY house would have the SAME reserve of $3.45 million, with a sale guideline of $3.6 million to $3.9 million.
Queen Shelley spilled the beans on Today a few weeks earlier. Nine
That is, apart from Rick and Tayla in House 5, who won Week 12 and the prize of $50,000 knocked off their reserve.
Many houses had drastically different reserves based on size in years prior, so hopefully the Blockheads are chuffed with this – then again, probably not.
We’ll find out their reaction later... and, of course, the all-important AUCTION ORDER!
Scotty speaks out ahead of auction
Scotty has spoken out ahead of tonight’s Auction day extraganza. Nine
Our fearless Block leader Scotty Cam lives and breathes Auction Day, and he spoke this morning live on-site from Mount Eliza.
He said the Blockheads were “absolutely” nervous about their homes going under the hammer, given the unprecedented new reserve price laws in Victoria, and the dire clearance rates.
“With the way the market is in Victoria, 50 per cent clearance rates in the last couple of weeks, the new laws that have come out where you’ve got to reveal the reserve price – which no one really knows how that’s going to affect an auction, the vendor or the buyer,” he said on Today.
He promised it’s gonna be a rollercoaster of an evening. And oh, we bet it is.
