Channel Nine slammed for the 'most manipulated' ending of The Block ever after Adrian Portelli admitted the show is rigged READ MORE: Block's Maddy and Charlotte break silence on controversial win By KINTA WALSH-COTTON FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 19:22 EST, 11 November 2024 | Updated: 19:24 EST, 11 November 2024 e-mail View comments Channel Nine has been slammed for 'rigging' the 2024 Block auction after serial bidder Adrian 'Mr Lambo' Portelli admitted he decided who would win. The billionaire businessman, 35, made history on Sunday night when he snapped up every Block home on Phillip Island for $15.03million and made sure contestants Maddy and Charlotte Harry became the youngest-ever auction winners of The Block.
Now, after the entrepreneur confessed he 'hand-selected the auction order' to make sure the sisters won, viewers have flocked to social media to slam the network for 'manipulating' the season finale of the renovation show. The backlash began when Scott Cam posted a team photo to Instagram of himself going out to dinner with the production crew behind The Block. 'So, Portelli already set it up for the girls to go last and producers knew he was buying them all,' one person wrote beneath the image.
'The most manipulated ending eeevvveeerrrrr,' another said. 'So Adrian decided who won?' one person wrote, as another commented: 'What’s the point of having an auction anymore?' 'Seen like the Block auction was set up I rather fair game [sic],' someone else said o.
