The Block’s Maddy and Charlotte reveal if they’ll split prize with Jesse and Paige
Many fans took to social media to question whether they planned on splitting the winnings with Jesse and Paige, who completed four rooms of House 1 before leaving the show. Maddy and Charlotte told Yahoo Lifestyle the couple have been “looked after”.
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The bloc winners Maddie and Charlotte have revealed whether or not they'll share the prize money with Jessie and Page.
The sisters walked away with a $1.65 million profit, including their additional $100,000 grand prize.
Many fans took to Social Media to question whether they planned on splitting the winnings with Jessie and Page, who completed four rooms of House one before leaving the show.
Maddie and Charlotte told Yahoo Lifestyle that the couple have been looked after, Maddie said.
We been told that contractually, it's ours as we sold it.
But you know, they've been looked after and they'll be just fine.
An insider told Yahoo Lifestyle that the sisters were initially open to splitting the money, but producers advised them that it's in their contract that they can't split money with other contestants.
The reason being that it promotes collusion and that could affect future seasons.
The insider added that when Jessie and Paige left the show, they were very much made aware of forfeiting the profits of House One in Phillip Island