Hidden camera footage reveals Block cheater
The contestants of The Block have been rocked by a dramatic cheating saga, with the main players of the scandal being exposed on Tuesday night.
In shocking hidden camera footage, one couple is seen conspiring to get their story straight before confessing everything to the show's producers.
The incident began on Sunday night's episode, when it was discovered that twins Josh and Luke had seen a top secret photo of the show's production schedule, giving them insight on what rooms would be coming up and getting a head start.
As other contestants asked where the photo originally came from, Tanya and Vito finally came forward to address their involvement.
Tanya said the top secret production schedule had been texted to her by one of the tradies on the job site, and she then forwarded the message to Luke.
When producers asked Tanya if she had received the text to her Block number, she responded "Yes," before quickly correcting herself and saying "No, it was my personal phone number.”
Tanya said that keeping the secret had been "eating her up inside" and she wanted to move on with the competition.
“So that is the truth, Luke got it from me, but I got it from an ex-tradie from The Block,” she said, adding that within 48 hours she deleted the photo and text message entirely.
“I could have kept the number and I could have kept the photo but I just couldn’t do that, honestly I really couldn't,” she said.
“I deleted the photo initially because I was like ‘I don’t want to be a part of this and I don’t want the person who sent this to me to be implicated by this’. It’s just been a ripple effect.”
Despite Tanya's confession, the episode concluded with secret camera footage from The Block tea room where Tanya was having a conversation with her husband.
“I’m going to tell the camera what happened about the tradie sending me the photo. It was a number I didn’t know, and I deleted it straight away,” Tanya was heard whispering.
“The thing is … it was my Block number, yeah,” she said, contradicting what she told producers.
Then, she lowered her voice to drop the biggest bombshell of the episode, advising her husband, “You’ve got to always have the same consistent story...”
The saga will continue on the next episode of The Block, where a body corporate meeting will decide the fate of those involved in the cheating scandal.
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