This year’s season of is set to feature one of the most dramatic storylines in the history of the reality show when . While viewers will have to wait a few more weeks before the decision is officially made, two contestants began hinting that they’re ready to leave in a tense moment during Tuesday night’s episode. Engaged couple were shown having a ‘private’ conversation next to their car where they expressed their frustrations following a series of setbacks.
The 27-year-old claims specialist told her fiancé that she had had enough of ’s strict filming schedule and lack of freedom and was prepared to walk away. “I’m f**king dipping, I’m out. This environment is not healthy, it’s not what I thought it would be,” she said.
“They kept on saying, ‘You’re gonna have so much autonomy’ - not even to build your own house, but they were like, ‘We don’t care if you want to surf all day, just as long as we’re filming it!’. But then when you ask to go do something they’re just like, ‘No you can’t leave on Thursdays, you can’t leave on Fridays, you can’t leave on Sundays’. “That’s why I’m probably not going to be here as of tomorrow,” she continued while looking directly at a camera in the distance.
“So if you guys are listening to this, I think you should actually start looking for replacements, okay? Like, legitimately, I don’t say things that I’m not going to do.” While Paige’s mood brightened after spending the afternoon with fellow contestant Haydn and going to McDonald’s, she called her mum towards the end of the episode and declared that she was “pretty over it”. “Like, in all seriousness, yeah, I actually think I’m out,” she admitted.
“I don't want to sit in a circle and kumbaya and talk about my f**king feelings when I don't have any. “I've pretty much made my mind up, to be honest. I just don’t f**king wanna be here.
I have no f**king feeling left in me. I’m done.” Viewers were outraged following Paige’s confession, with many people taking to social media to say that they hoped she would leave so a more “deserving” team could appear on the show.
“I really hope that was not an empty threat Paige, we would like a new couple who actually want to be there and not just have their 15 minutes of fame,” one person wrote, while another added, “Oh behalf of everyone: Bye Paige! Let’s not stay in touch”. “Is Paige seriously complaining that they are expected to stay on and build their house rather than go surfing? I feel like she really didn’t know what she was getting into on . It’s such an amazing opportunity with such high reward at the end but it does require sacrifice,” someone else commented.
Meanwhile, a different user pointed out: “Just remember the editing, not everything you see is actually right.” revealed in April that the Blue Team’s Jesse and Paige decided to pull the pin six weeks into shooting the reality show as they buckled under the stress of the high-pressure environment. A production insider told us that “everyone was left gobsmacked when the Western Australian team fled Phillip Island”, and Channel Nine scrambled to find a replacement team.
“Producers felt blindsided by their decision to quit. It certainly wasn't on their bingo card when they cast the season,” the insider added. “This was supposed to be the wholesome, back-to-basics season of which viewers had been crying out for.
” It’s also been revealed that sisters Maddy and Charlotte from NSW replaced Jesse and Paige when they decided to quit, and were given just 24 hours' notice to jump in and finish the job. While they may be the youngest contestants this season, the dynamic duo have plenty of renovation experience under their belt after previously transforming a 1950s weatherboard cottage..
