The Block surprise twist: Host Scotty Cam shocks contestants as he announces a HUGE $250,000 prize

The Block host Scotty Cam dropped a major bombshell on contestants this week. 

The 59-year-old said teams now have the chance to win a massive $250,000 prize if they win bathroom week, that they’re working on now. 

The prize will be in the form of kitchen appliances, to be used in kitchen week, with kitchen week coming up soon. 

The announcement made the contestants get competitive, with Elle Ferguson’s replacement Rachel saying: ‘How funny is it that we’re all best friends now, but when they mention $250,000 I’m like, ‘f**k you lot, I’m outta here!’  

‘It’s a very good chance at winning the block,’ contestant Tom said.   

‘Next week you’re meeting the team from Freedom to design your kitchens. We have Winning Appliances on board and they want to give a team a kitchen upgrade,’ Scotty explained. 

‘The kitchen upgrade consists of V-ZUG and The Galley, and they are some of the world’s best brands to have landed in Australia and are exclusive to Winning Appliances.’

He added: ‘How much is it worth?? $250,000, a quarter of a million bucks!’ 

The new season of The Block, The Block: Tree Change, premiered on Sunday. 

On Monday night, viewers finally got to see the moment The Block host Scott Cam tell the stunned Blockheads that fellow contestants Elle Ferguson and Joel Patfull decided to quit the show.

The host, 59, was pulled aside by two executive producers who revealed to him the glamourous influencers decided to leave after just 48 hours of being on-set.

After being told the astonishing news, Scott informed the other contestants about Elle and Joel’s decision to leave.

‘Last night I gave you all an opportunity – an out – if you thought you couldn’t cut it on the show that you could leave if you wanted to,’ the fuming host began.

‘I didn’t think anyone would drop an opportunity like this, but I’ve just found out that Joel and Elle are on their way to the airport.’

He added: ‘They have left their show. They didn’t say goodbye, they didn’t say thanks for having us. They just left.’

‘Apparently The Block is not on brand for them.’

The pair reportedly left after Joel’s mother broke her coccyx and fractured her wrist during a fall at her home in Adelaide.

Following their exit, Elle, 36, shared a photo to Instagram of the pair’s suitcases at Melbourne Airport.

‘Wherever you are in the world, whatever you are doing, family always comes first,’ she captioned the image.