While last year’s season of was criticised by fans for “focusing on drama rather than renovations”, it was arguably the most entertaining season of the Channel Nine reality show to date. From Leah and Kristy’s on-again-off-again relationship to #Gnomegate when Leslie sold her gnome to Steph, viewers were constantly on the edge of their seats watching the personality clashes unfold. This season, viewers can expect to take a slightly different approach from last year.
A production insider tells that the popular series is pivoting from outright cattiness amongst the cast to tension within the couples themselves. This year’s drama was foreshadowed in Monday night’s premiere episode, with a majority of the five teams featured arguing in a teaser for the season. The Blue Team’s Paige was shown telling her fiancé Jesse through tears that he “never listens” to her, while The Red Team’s Courtney called her husband Grant an “angry little gremlin”, The Purple Team’s Mimi complained that her husband Kristian was acting “childish”, and The Green Team’s Kylie kicked her partner Brad out of the car.
“There is more conflict between the teams than ever before this year and audiences are going to love guessing which couple is headed to the 'divorce court' by the time we see them at auction,” the insider shares. “Every couple will be seen in some type of conflict throughout the season. The criteria for this year’s cast was pretty much ‘couples that lo.