Over the past 13 years, has transformed apartment complexes, former hotels, office buildings and country homes across Victoria. The reality TV series has filmed a total of 16 seasons in the state, however, early viewers would remember that the first three seasons in 2003, 2004 and 2010 were all based in Sydney. If you’ve ever wondered why the series made the move down south, the show’s host Scott Cam and executive producer Justin Sturzaker have finally shared the answer.
Speaking to at ’s media event on Thursday, the pair said they wanted to make some huge format changes in season four following the show’s revival the previous year. “It was decided to strip the show, meaning five nights a week, and then all of a sudden we had to come up with a whole new concept,” Scott explained. “So that was when we decided to move the show from Sydney to Melbourne, because Melbourne was always the number one audience for Australia, like it was always embraced really well,” Justin added.
“And then obviously with the huge amount of passion for design and art that is Melbourne, to come down and give it a crackdown here, it went gangbusters.” Justin went on to say that the new location and increased number of episodes weren’t the only changes that year, but they also decided to “invent challenges” and bring in ‘Challenge Master’ Shelley Craft. “Scott was now needing to be on the ground five days a week because we were filming 16 hours a day now, and the problems .