The Block season 1

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The Block
Season 1
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No. of episodes13
Release
Original network Nine Network
Original release1 June (2003-06-01) 
17 August 2003 (2003-08-17)
Season chronology
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Season 2
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Jamie Durie host

The first season of Australian reality television series The Block , retroactively re-titled The Block 2003, aired on the Nine Network. Jamie Durie was announced as host and John McGrath was announced as Judge. The season premiered on 1 June 2003. [1]

Contents

The first season of The Block began airing on 1 June 2003 on the Nine Network, replacing Backyard Blitz and Location Location in the network's flagship timeslot [2] of Sunday at 6:30 to 7:30 pm (AEST). [3] The series was presented by Backyard Blitz host Jamie Durie and filmed in Bondi, with the majority of filming being completed prior to the series airing for editing purposes. [3]

Contestants

Selected from approximately 2,000 applicants, [3] the four couples in the series were:

The combined auction profits were $443,000.

Room Wins

Couple [9] Room Wins
Adam & Fiona2 / 5
Kylie & Paul1.5 / 5
Gav & Waz0.5 / 5
Phil & Amity1 / 5

Auction

Auction results [10] [11]
RankCoupleApartmentReserveAuction ResultProfitTotal WinningsAuction orderBuyer
1Adam and FionaFlat 1 (Ground floor)$595,000$751,000$156,000$256,0004thUnidentified Sydney woman
2Paul and KylieFlat 4 (Upstairs)$747,000$152,000$152,0003rdSydney businessman, Wayne
3Warren and GavinFlat 2 (Ground floor)$670,000$75,000$75,0002nd Crazy John's
4Phil and AmityFlat 3 (Upstairs)$655,000$60,000$60,0001st The Sun-Herald

Reception

The first season was a ratings success with an average nightly reviewership of 2.239 million. [12] The Grand Finale of the season had a viewership of 3.115 million viewers. [13]

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