The Block's Kylie threatens to quit after 'replacement team' revealed: 'I'm out'

In one of the most emotional reality TV moments of the year, Paige and Jesse made the tough decision to quit The Block during Monday night’s episode. The engaged couple met with mental health experts and decided to put themselves first and leave the show, telling the other teams that they felt “immediate relief” after making the decision.

Following their exit, viewers were left wondering who their replacement team would be to finish renovating House 1. The remaining contestants also shared their theories about what would happen, with Mimi wondering if last year’s winners Steph and Gian would return and Haydn predicting that host Scott Cam himself would take over the job.

Much to their surprise, two-time contestants Ronnie and Georgia were shown arriving at the construction site the following morning to help out. The married couple competed on the show in 2017 and 2021 and hold the title for the most weekly room wins of any team in the show’s history.

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“Hey guys, thank you so much for coming back for the whole show,” Scott told the couple, to which Georgia replied, “Is this third time lucky?”.

Scott gave the All-Star team a tour of the site and introduced them to the House 1 builders as “the new contestants”. The show then aired a montage of Ronnie and Georgia planning out this week’s main bedroom, writing out a lengthy to-do list, ordering furniture on the Block Shop, and calling various trades.

Kylie threatens to quit the show: 'I'm out'

Mimi, who had spent the previous night enjoying the ‘winners are grinners’ dinner with Ronnie and Georgia, admitted that she was “spiralling” when she learned the couple would be competing on The Block for a third time.

She also broke the news to fellow contestant Kylie, who confessed that she wanted to quit the show.

“If they come on I’m leaving, I’m done,” she told Foreman Dan.

Kylie then had a very tense interaction with Ronnie and Georgia where she asserted that they’re “not friends” and she’s “not happy” that they’re a part of the show.

“They’re dropping me to the airport, I’m out,” Kylie told them. “No seriously, I’m out. I’m not even kidding, 100 per cent. I’m f**king over this s**t, I was over it weeks ago.”

Scott Cam reveals truth about 'replacement team'

Upon realising that Kylie’s threats were legitimate, Scott confessed to her husband Brad that it was all a prank and Ronnie and Georgia were only on-site for a day.

“Today our objective was to give the new team, whoever they are, give them a leg up and give them the best start to the week and see what happens,” Georgia said.

Scott then called Kylie to break the news at the end of the episode, telling her to “calm down and relax” because Ronnie and Georgia would be leaving that night and he was trying to find new contestants to take their place.

“Are you happy with me now?” he asked, to which she bluntly replied, “Sure”.

Viewers took to social media throughout the episode to admit that they “don’t blame Kylie for being angry” as it wouldn’t be an equal playing field having returning contestants in the competition.

“It is not fair to bring in Ronnie and his partner into The Block to replace Jesse and Paige. They have experienced this already,” one person wrote, while another agreed, “Not fair at all. It’s ridiculous”.

“Seriously that does it for me not watching can’t stand them and that is totally unfair to the new contestants,” someone else shared.

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Jesse and Paige’s replacements are set to be revealed during Tuesday night’s episode, and they’ll have a tough job ahead of them to renovate the main bedroom and walk-in-robe by Sunday.

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