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The Block contestants Chantel and Wyatt appear close to quitting the show entirely after copping several setbacks in Sunday\u2019s room reveal episode.<\/p>\n

The trouble starts in the lead-up to the season\u2019s first room reveal, when foreman Dan catches the couple breaking The Block\u2019s \u201cnumber one rule\u201d: Enlisting one of their trades to help out with painting. As he reminds them, all painting must be done by Block contestants and Block contestants only.
Chantel insists the error was an honest mistake made in their early days on the show, and says their worker had only just started painting when he was caught.<\/p>\n

But other contestants claim they heard the couple talking the night before about their plan to have a trade helping with painting, suggesting it may have been more of a premeditated rule break. <\/p>\n

Despite not one but two tense body corporate meetings on the issue, there is no real resolution and resentment clearly lingers from the other teams. <\/p>\n

The pair then face a brutal dressing-down from the judges for their first room reveal, coming in fourth place with a score of 20 out of 30. <\/p>\n

But the news Cam delivers after the judging is even worse: All contestants had been asked to name a budget and show how well they could stick to it for this first challenge. <\/p>\n

One team came within $6 of their target, but Chantel and Wyatt performed the worst by far: Their $8,966 budget had somehow spiralled into a $20,700 spend.<\/p>\n

They both insist they have no idea how they managed to end up almost $12,000 over budget. <\/p>\n

The pair look shell-shocked as they leave the judging \u2013 and talking in the car, it appears they\u2019re ready to call time on The Block, just one week in. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t feel like I want to stay,\u201d Chantel tells her partner. <\/p>\n

\u201cNo, me either. I don\u2019t want to be here,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think we should have a talk about what we want to do, because I don\u2019t want to be here either,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n

And in a sneak peek of what\u2019s to come this week, it seems the pair might follow through on that threat \u2013 they don\u2019t turn up to The Block worksite and also mysteriously disappear from the share house the contestants all live in this season. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt this very moment, there\u2019s nothing they could say that would make me stay,\u201d says Chantel.<\/p>\n

In another preview of a scene to play out this week, the pair are shown going head to head with Scott Cam, with an agitated Wyatt towering over the Block host. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe would hate for you guys to leave the show,\u201d Cam tells them. <\/p>\n

\u201cI pride myself on integrity, I pride myself on being a good human. And you\u2019re making me look like a piece of s**t, Scotty,\u201d says Wyatt. <\/p>\n

If the pair do quit, they\u2019d be the latest in a spate of contestants to call time on The Block in recent years.<\/p>\n

In 2022, influencer Elle Ferguson and her fiance, former AFL player Joel Patfull, left the show in the first week of filming<\/a> after Patfull\u2019s mother suffered a nasty fall.<\/p>\n

And in 2024, WA couple Jesse and Paige left the show five weeks in<\/a> after several nasty on-camera fights saw them seek advice from the show\u2019s psychologist. They were replaced by Sydney sisters Maddy and Charlotte – who went on to win the whole season. <\/p>\n

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