After appearing on the past two seasons of , viewers weren’t too surprised to see during . The billionaire entrepreneur and director of LMCT+, a promotions and giveaway platform, had purchased three homes at last year’s auction including winners ’s for a whopping $5 million. This season, Adrian made history when either directly or through his buyer’s agent.
He splashed out $15,030,000 on the entire resort, with winning the season after their house sold for $3.5 million. Following the extraordinary reveal that he had purchased each of the team’s homes - a first for - Adrian made the surprising announcement that he wouldn’t be returning next season.
“That was my last appearance on and I thought I’d go out with a bang,” he said. “Thanks for having me, it’s been fun.” Fans were quite surprised by the news, with many taking to social media to question what will look like without him.
“I do wonder where goes without @adrian_portelli propping up the auctions. It would’ve been crickets without him,” one person commented, while another added, “Don’t think we’ll see as huge sales now that Adrian is bowing out”. “Anyone feel kinda bittersweet about Adrian's ending? He just did all that and dipped,” someone else remarked.
While some viewers theorised that Adrian would donate 2024 houses to charity or list them as Airbnbs, he revealed his surprising plan with the resort on Monday morning. The 35-year-old is giving people the chance to win all five.
