“DOVE 28/08/2025,” Domenica shared in the caption, alongside a black and white photo, looking chic in a pair of sunglasses and smiling while breastfeeding baby Dove.
She also shared a bunch of snaps on her Instagram Stories, with Dove pictured next to some pastries from Dom’s favourite bakery, as well as another shot with Dove on her chest, and Dom showing off her new ‘Mama’ necklace.
MAFS’ Dom with her baby girl, Dove. Image: Instagram.com
Dom’s baby journey: MAFS star ’empowered’ to step into motherhood on her own terms
Dom first announced her pregnancy in March, sharing an emotional video showing her pregnancy test, her first ultrasound, and moments of telling her friends and family. “Been a little MIA working on my greatest project yet…..Baby đŁ due September 2025,” Dom captioned the video.
Fans were quick to notice that she hadn’t mentioned her (now ex) partner, Jarod Bogunovich in the caption or video. Dom later revealed the pair had broken up, but would be co-parenting together.
In an Instagram statement, Dom said she was “incredibly excited” about the next chapter in her life, saying she felt empowered to step into motherhood on her own terms.
“I am grateful to have the support of the father in a co-parenting capacity,â she added.
Jarod took to Instagram on March 19 saying that he was committed to co-parenting with Dom.
âAs most of you already know, Dom and I are officially separated,â he wrote alongside an ultrasound video. âMoving forward, my main priority is our child and stepping into the role of a father with as much love and support as I can offer. Iâm committed to co-parenting and ensuring my childâs well-being is always at the forefront.â
Jarod has since shared an Instagram Story cuddling baby Dove, set to Taylor Swift’s song ‘The Best Day’.
Jarod uploaded a sweet snap meeting his daughter. Image: Instagram.com
Fans and Aussie stars congratulate Dom on baby girl
The sweet news was met with an outpouring of love from Dom’s fans and friends alike, with many comments congratulating the new mum.
“Oh, this is the most wonderful news! Welcome to the world, darling Dove. So much love to you all,” Jessica Rowe wrote. “Beautiful congrats, gorgeous,” fellow MAFS star Lucinda Light commented, with Julia Morrissaying, “Absolutely magnificent. Well done, lovely.”
The VoiceAustralia 2025 has kicked off with the Blind Auditions, which have so far seen some highly talented contestants assigned to the coaches’ teams.
The premise of The VoiceAustralia 2025 is that the superstar coachesMelanie C, Ronan Keating, Richard Marx, and Kate Miller-Heidke blindly listen to contestants perform and then slam their buzzers when they hear something they like
Like last year, each coach has an ultimate block, which allows them to block all of their fellow coaches and ensure the contestant joins their team. The Voice 2025 coaches also received a block, which allowed them to block just one judge.
Find out which artists have made it through The Voice Blind Auditions
Team Richard
Richard Marx joined The Voice this year. Image: Seven
Richard Marxjoined The Voice this season and he’s a force to be reckoned with, snapping up contestants left, right and centre. The Grammy-winning artist and producer boasts 14 number one hits and has worked with huge international artists, including Madonna, Celine Dion, Cher, Barbra Streisand, Keith Urban, and John Farnham.
Bell Parnell, 21, Sydney NSW
Bell is a fiance student and a secret singer. Sheâs only really sung behind doors before this â and The Voice was her first time performing in front of an audience.
Chair turns: Three (Richard, Ronan and Kate)
Team: Richard
Jakamo Sharpe, 25, Melbourne, VIC
Jakamo is a primary school teacher. He came wearing good-luck bracelets made by his students.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Richard
Bianka Jakovljevic, 16, Sydney, NSW
Bianca is a Year 11 student and the youngest artist on this season.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Richard
Hailey J, 19, Melbourne, VIC
Hailey comes from a musical family. Her mum and dad have a show together. Sheâs a background vocalist for her mum.
Chair turns: Two (Richard and Kate)
Team: Richard
Thr3pm, Perth, WA
Thr3pm is a Boyband from WA.
Chair turns: One (Richard)
Team: Richard
Rose Carleo, 54, Blue Mountains, NSW
According to Rose’s website, she’s an “insightful, award-winning songwriter”.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Richard
Cait Jamieson, 19, Bouldercombe, QLD
Cait’s dad was a songwriter, guitar player and singer. She lost her dad and is doing this for him.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Richard
Ally Friendship, 38, Sydney, NSW
Ally is a rock singer and mortician. She has a sixth sense and the ability to talk to the dead.
Chair turns: Two (Kate and Richard)
Team: Richard
Joseph Vuicakau, 35, Western Sydney, NSW
Joseph grew up in Fijian culture and music is a big part of his life. He teaches traditional dancing, where he met his wife.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Richard (Richard blocked Kate)
Ethan Calway, 26, Warragul, VIC
Ethan plays guitar and regularly performs in a local pub with his three brothers. Carpenter by profession
Chair turns: Four
Team: Richard (Richard used his Ultimate Block to block all other Coaches)
Team Kate
Kate is the only returning coach and hoping to take out the title. Image: Seven
Kate Miller-Heidke returns this season of The Voice after making her debut as a coach last year, and is the only Aussie on the panel! The classically trained singer-turned-songwriter is a major threat with a successful music career that spans pop, opera, and musical theatre.
Jayd Luna, 25, Sydney NSW
Jayd is a lifeguard at a water park and was praised by Kate and Ronan for her rendition of ‘As The World Caves In’ by Matt Maltese.
Chair turns: Two (Kate and Ronan)
Team: Kate
Cecily De Gooyer, 17, Inverloch, VIC
Cecily is a classically trained singer, and Kate is her idol, so she went into the Blinds hoping she would turn the chair for her.
Chair turns: Two (Kate and Ronan)
Team: Kate
Marie Brunelli, 17, Melbourne VIC
Marie captivated the coaches with her amazing voice, sharing that singing was important to her because it helped her get through the years of high school bullying.
Chair turns: Two (Kate and Ronan)
Team: Kate (Last artist on Team Kate)
Euan Hart, 25, Sydney, NSW
Euan’s moving cover of ‘Dreams’ by Fleetwood Mac saw him choose to be on Team Kate after she said she was “totally transfixed” by the performance, with Ronan saying he already looks like a star.
Chair turns: Two (Ronan and Kate)
Team: Kate
Charlie OâDerry, 17, Port Macquarie, NSW
Charlie is a Year 12 student who works part-time in a local Thai restaurant to help support his family.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Kate
Amber Scates, 25, Melbourne, VIC
Amber is a performing artist and a singing aerialist.
Chair turns: Two (Kate Miller-Heidke and Melanie C)
Team: Kate
Brenton Kneen, 33, Cooroibah, QLD
Brenton quit his job four years ago to make music and follow his heart. He taught himself to sing like he talks (in true-blue Aussie accent).
Chair turns: Four
Team: Kate
James Van Cooper, 28, Sydney, NSW
Jamie’s mum had a touring Spice Girl Trivia show. Heâs a high school dropout.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Kate (Kate used her Ultimate Block)
Sienna Langenheim, 19, Sydney, NSW
Sienna is an old soul and likes music genres from before her time, such as blues, rock and pop.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Kate
Justin Rynne, 27, NSW
Heâs a DJ and loves his job, but thinks itâs time to stop playing someone elseâs music and create his own.
Chair turns: One (Kate)
Team: Kate
Team Ronan
Ronan Keating is back and ready for vengeance. Image: Seven
Irish singer Ronan Keating is no stranger to The Voice Australia, first appearing on the show as a coach in 2016. Now he’s back, and ready to emerge victorious.
Saralyn Matla, 35, Paterson, NSW
The country singer and mum of two took a bold risk, choosing to perform Ronan’s hit song ‘If Tomorrow Never Comes’, with Ronan calling it a “gorgeous” performance.
Chair turns: One (Ronan)
Team: Ronan
Cle Morgan, 44, Melbourne VIC
Cle left Ronan in tears after she opened up about losing her wife of 13 years only two years ago. Bonding with Ronan after he opened up about losing his brother two years ago, Cle decided to go with Ronan.
Chair turns: Two (Kate and Ronan)
Team: Ronan
Tiffney Reynolds, 34, Kadina SA
Tiffney is a bank teller with a country music background.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Ronan
Olivia Coe Fox, 21, Sydney NSW
In a Voice first, Olivia, a Wiradjuri woman, sang ‘I am Australian’, incorporating the Yawuru language (spoken in the Kimberley region of Western Australia), wowing the audience and coaches, with Ronan, Kate and many in the audience tearing up.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Ronan (Ronan blocked Kate)
Ellaphon Ta, 27, Auckland, NZ
Ellaphon is a youth worker who said that music was the saviour to his troubled childhood. The new dad wowed the coaches with a performance of hit song ‘The Middle’ by Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey, with Richard saying, “You are on the list of one of the greatest voices Iâve ever heard.â
Chair turns: Four
Team: Ronan
Milly Monk, 24, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Milly is a tarot card reader. She did her reading after applying for The Voice, and the cards told her that this is the journey she should be on.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Ronan
Mitchell Dormer, 33, Brisbane, QLD
Mitchell plays piano at a piano bar in Byron Bay. On one of his days off, Melanie C went to the bar one day and performed impromptu and he missed meeting her. After his audition, Melanie suggests that they relive the moment Mitchell missed. She invites Kate on stage to sing along Wannabe, while Mitchell plays the piano.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Ronan
Chris Cobb, 35, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Chris has a special connection Ronan; Ronanâs wife Storm and Chrisâ wife are cousins. Ronan introduces Chris to everyone. The coaches are stunned when Ronanâs reveals the connection.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Ronan
Hunter Black, 21, Sydney, NSW
Hunter started as a lifeguard at age 5, as a nipper. He grew up playing piano.
Chair turns: Two (Kate and Ronan)
Team: Ronan
Alyssa Delpopolo, 19, Sydney, NSW
Kate picked her from the audience to audition after hearing her sing. She Blind Auditioned for the coaches.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Ronan (Ronan used his Ultimate Block to block all three Coaches)
Team Melanie C
Long live girl power! Image: Seven
Who doesn’t love a Spice Girl! Melanie C aka Sporty Spice has taken to the big red chair this season and she may have started slow recruitment-wise but she’s catching up to the other coaches and looks like a force to be reckoned with.
Meg Drummond, 43, Sydney NSW
Meg comes from a musical family. When they were very young, she had a band with her brothers and at 17, they were about to be signed to a record label, but she fell pregnant and her life changed course.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Melanie C
Cherie Sandoval, 35, Gold Coast, QLD
Professional Brazilian Samba dancer Cherie energised the crowd with her take on Ricky Martin’s ‘Livin’ La Vida Loca’, with Kate calling her a “born performer”.
Chair turns: Three (Richard, Kate and Melanie)
Team: Melanie C
Gemma Hollingsworth, 19, Melbourne, VIC
Gemma grew up playing sports. She wanted to be a professional AFL player but her dream was cut short due to a knee injury. Melanie tells her she tore her ACL too and that she has a new knee.
Chair turns: Three (Melanie C, Ronan and Kate)
Team: Melanie C (Melanie uses her Block on Kate)
Cassie Henderson, 26, Christchurch, NZ
Cassie got her first guitar when she was eight years old. When she was 14, she auditioned for another singing competition and experienced quite a bit of backlash online and it shook her confidence. She stepped away from music for a really long time after that.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Melanie C
XAZ, 20, Melbourne, VIC
By day he is Xavier, the IT guy, and by night heâs XAZ, the rap god. His ultimate dream is to be the first Australian rap mogul. He wants to put Australian rap on the map. He started singing at 10 and at 13, released his first song.
Chair turns: Three (Melanie C, Ronan and Richard)
Team: Melanie C
Callan James, 25, New Zealand
Callan is 25 and from New Zealand.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Melanie C
Boriss Bendrups, 18, Castlemaine, VIC
Boriss is a drummer and has recently started singing. Itâs his first time singing on a stage.
Chair turns: Two (Kate and Melanie C)
Team: Melanie C
Matthias Gault, 21, Perth, WA
Matthias has been playing musical instruments since he was four. Inspired by his jazz violinist grandfather. Heâs a frontman of a band called The Kickons. He plays Piano. Melanie plays a video from Coldplayâs Chris Martin who encourages Matthias to join Team Melanie C. Then Richard shows him a text he got from Chris that morning wishing him luck for The Voice Australia, showing that he has a connection with Chris as well.
Chair turns: Four
Team: Melanie C
Lilli Vitagliano, 22, Adelaide SA
Melanie got on the stage to sing the song with Lilli. and joined her for a rendition of Say Youâll Be There by the Spice Girls.
Chair turns: Two (Melanie and Ronan)
Team: Melanie C
Sharon-Rose Rateni, 19, Melbourne, VIC
Sharon-Rose is adopted and her biological mother is from Zimbabwe, who came to Australia to study and fell pregnant. Her parents adopted her when she was five months old. She grew up in a very big Italian family.
Chair turns: One (Melanie C)
Team: Melanie C
The Voice Australia continues 7:30pm, Monday and Tuesday on Channel Seven and 7plus.
Survivor: Australia v The World is shaping up to be one of the most iconic seasons of the show ever, with powerful players like Parvati Shallowand Kirby Bentley going head-to-head. While fans have been doing their best to avoid spoilers, the winner of Survivor: Australia v The World may already have leaked.
The winner will walk away with $250,000 and bragging rights for life, and some players are after that coveted two-time winner title.
The betting site predicts who has the best chance of winning, and while it’s not a done deal, they have a good track record when it comes to previous seasons. Earlier this year, Sportsbet had Australian Survivor’sMyles Kuah sitting with the best odds to win, and he ended up being our Sole Survivor.
Who has the best odds to win Survivor: Australia v The World?
Sportsbet currently has the remaining eight players ranked from most likely to win, to least likely to win. It’s not much of a surprise, but the predicted winner is Parvati, with odds of $1.83.
Luke Toki is hot on her heels, with pretty good odds of $3.25. His closest ally and fierce businesswoman, Janine Allis, is in third place, with odds of $4.33.
The rest of the cast seem less likely to win, with Cirie Fields having odds of $8.50 and Shonee Bowtell placing 6th with $11.
The international contingent trail behind with dire odds, with New Zealand’s Lisa Holmes sitting at odds of $17, with Kassandre Bastarache at $21 and Tommi Manninen at $26.
Will Parvati come out on top? Image: 10
Who will be in the Survivor: Australia v The World top 3?
Interestingly, Sportsbet also has a category for the players most likely to make it to the final three. Australian Survivor usually has a final two, unlike the US version, but has switched it up in the past.
The players with the best odds to make it into the final three are Parvati ($1.25), Luke ($1.37), Janine ($1.50), Cirie ($2.25) and Shonee ($5.50). It’s not looking great for Lisa, Kassandre and Tommi.
Survivor: Australia v The World airs at 7pm on Sundays, and 7:30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays on Channel 10 and 10Play.
Survivor: Australia v The World is hurtling through the season at an extremely fast pace, with the show consisting of only 10 episodes. Fan-favourite Shonee Bowtell has been targeted multiple times, yet has managed to dodge her way out of being voted off. Does she have what it takes to win?
Recent boot Kirby Bentley tells Chattr that Shonee’s strategy so far is “clever”, but believes the player needs to add more to her Survivor resume.
“If she can get somebody out, or lead a vote on somebody, and then start to make moves [or] find an idol, then play it… if she can start to then implement those things and make the finale and do what she does,” Kirby says.
“You consider everyone [as a potential winner], you don’t know what people have done, because obviously they’re all their own main characters until it’s shown in the end.”
Kirby and Shonee on Survivor: Australia v The World. Image: 10
As a Jury member, Kirby is looking for a winner who has made big moves â something Shonee is lacking at this stage.
“[I’m looking for the] best game, big moves. Whatever that looks like. And you’ve got obviously, big targets. If you can get through it without somebody mentioning your name, that’s an incredible achievement in itself,” she adds.
Who else could win Survivor: Australia v The World?
Kirby also has high praise for Parvati Shallow and Luke Toki, two massive personalities and threats in the game. Parvati and Luke have made it into the final eight alongside Shonee, Janine Allis, Lisa Holmes, Tommi Manninen, Kassandre Bastarache and Cirie Fields.
She calls Parvati “the best”, and admits she wants a “woman to win” the season. “She knows what she’s doing. She’s played how many? Five times, I think,” Kirby says.
Kirby and Parvati. Image: 10
“I [also] think Luke’s playing an incredible game. I think that he creates the chaos, [but] I feel like he’s fine-tuned,” she adds. “He was flexible, and he came to play, and he’s chaotic when he needs to be. And I think that he really found his balance and his maturity.”
We’ll have to wait and see what happens at Tribal Council!
Survivor: Australia v The World airs at 7pm on Sundays, and 7:30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays on Channel 10 and 10Play.
Han and Canâs relationship has been put to the test on The Block 2025, and at times, it hasnât always come out on top. Viewers have seen them argue over painting, disagree on styling choices and exchange more than a few sharp remarks.
However, Han and Can â who were dating for a year before they joined the show â told Chattr that there’s a very positive side to their relationship that they wish was shown on TV.
“Weâre both naturally fun, playful, and affectionate when not under extreme pressure,” they said.
“We love to laugh, dream up ideas together, and bring those ideas to life. Weâre both perfectionists and we take pride in creating something special, which meant during the show we were often so busy on site or on the road that our lighter moments happened late at night back in the vans.”
Han and Can were in a different position from the other teams â rather than having their own builder, they had a chippy named Ben. That meant Han was taking on the extra workload that a builder normally would.
Han and Can on The Block. Image: Nine.
“What viewers may not realise is that Ben wasnât a builder, he was a chippy even though they are calling him a ‘builder for the purpose of the show. Before we went on the show, production told us that we ‘donât need a builder, you just need a good chippy’. So, I ended being the builder and stepping into the role of managing the build, trades, making calls, placing orders, and making countless daily decisions,” Han told Chattr.
Looking back, Han and Can said they would have brought a builder on board from day one â not only to ease the workload, but also to reduce stress and allow them to support each other more positively throughout the competition.
“If we had our time again, weâd have a bigger team and start the show with a builder to take some of the pressure off and allow us to enjoy those moments more often,” they said.
Han and Can with their gnome. Image: Nine.
Do Han and Can get along with the rest of The Block cast?
While The Block 2025 has sparked plenty of strong friendships among the cast, viewers have noticed that Han and Can have kept to themselves, sometimes even skipping group outings.
“I feel so bad for the girl. They are wound so tight and cry a lot. I think if they let the other contestants in it might help,” one person wrote on Facebook.
However, despite how it may appear, Can told Chattr that they have a great relationship with all of the other Blockheads.
“We genuinely got along with everyone and see the cast as a little family. We even stayed together in an Airbnb after filming and got matching tattoos at the launch! Later in the season, we became especially close with Sonny and Leesh. We supported each other through the highs and lows and built a bond based on genuine care,” she said.
We love to hear it!
The Block 2025 airs on Sundays at 7:30pm and Monday â Wednesday at 7pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
The worldâs shortest (and arguably best) season of Survivor is already wrapping up, with the Survivor: Australia v The World finale just around the corner.
Despite only premiering on August 17, this all-star edition has flown by with just ten jam-packed episodes, a sharp contrast to the usual 24-episode run of Australian Survivor.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Survivor: Australia v The World finale.
When will the Survivor: Australia v The World finale air?
While there isn’t an official date for thefinale, it’s looking like it will air on Sunday, September 7.
We already know that this season has 10 episodes, and, according to the TV guide, episode 9 airs on September 2. The Amazing Race Australia premieres on Channel 10 on September 8 â meaning that the Sunday slot looks to be in the AustralianSurvivor finale.
The players who made it to merge on Survivor: Australia v The World. Image: Ten.
Who will be in the Survivor: Australia v The World finale?
At the time of writing, there are eight players still in the running to be crowned the Sole Survivor, they are Luke Toki,Janine Allis, Parvati Shallow, Shonee Bowtell, Lisa Holmes, Tommi Manninen, Kassandre Bastarache and Cirie Fields.
The season has seen George Mladenov, David Genat, Rob Bentele and Tony Vlachos become early boots, and Sarah Tileke and Kirby Bentley were eliminated post-merge and sent to the jury villa.
Will there be a final two or final three?
In both the international and Australian versions of Survivor, the finale comes down to either two or three contestants at the Final Tribal Council. There, they make their case to the jury, who ultimately crown the winner with their votes.
The last time Australian Survivor saw a final three at Tribal Council was in 2022. However, there’s no word whether this season will stick with the recent final two format, or revert back to the final three.
Survivor: Australia v The World airs at 7pm on Sundays, and 7:30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays on Channel 10 and 10Play.
Parvati Shallow is absolutely dominating Survivor: Australia v The World alongside her closest ally, Cirie Fields. For some Aussie viewers who aren’t familiar with her game, this might have come as a surprise. However, Parvati is one of the greatest Survivor players ever â and some of her moves on Survivor US have gone down in history.
From creating the first all-women’s alliance to convincing a player to give up Immunity, this challenge beast is strategic, social and someone you don’t want to mess with.
Let’s take a look at Parvati’s best-ever Survivor moves over the years.
Parvati Shallow’s double Idol play in Survivor: Heroes v Villains
Parvati giving an Idol to Jerri. Image: CBS
Parvati was in the hot seat once she got to merge in Survivor: Heroes v Villains, with JT Thomas and the original Heroes tribe coming for her head. At Tribal Council, her closest ally Russell Hantz believed Parvati was in danger, so he gave her his Immunity Idol, meaning she was in possession of two.
She had such a good read on the game that she played two Immunity Idols â one for Sandra Twine and the other for Jerri Manthey, rather than herself. Her gamble paid off, with the original Heroes placing five votes on Jerri, which did not count. JT went home with his tail between his legs, being outwitted, outsmarted, and outplayed by Parvati.
Parvati forms The Black Widow Brigade in Survivor: Micronesia
The Black Widow Brigade. Image: CBS
Parvati is truly a girls’ girl. The Survivor player gravitated towards AlexisJones, Natalie Bolton and Amanda Kimmel and created The Black Widow Brigade â the first all-women’s alliance. Cirie joined later, and the rest is history.
Ozzy’s blindside in Survivor: Micronesia
Ozzy was bitter. Image: CBS
Ozzy Lusth was the first victim of Parvati’s Black Widow Brigade in Survivor: Micronesia. After Cirie floated the idea of blindsiding Ozzy, Parvati managed to convince him to leave his Immunity Idol back at camp, because he trusted Parvati completely. Ozzy was furious with Parvati at the Final Tribal Council, and refused to hear her out.
The Black Widow Brigade convinces Erik to give up Immunity in Survivor: Micronesia
Erik gives up Immunity. Image: CBS
For the all-women’s alliance on Survivor: Micronesia to work, the women needed the remaining men to fail during all of the Individual Immunity challenges. When Erik Reichenbach had the Immunity necklace, Cirie came up with a complicated plan to convince Erik to give it up. At Tribal Council, Parvati turned on the charm, helping to manipulate Erik into giving his necklace to Natalie Bolton, and then he was promptly voted off.
Parvati’s domination of Survivor: Australia v The World
Parvati has proven she’s still a challenge beast in the latest season of Survivor. Image: 10
So far, on Survivor: Australia v The World, Parvati has managed to stay safe â even though she was viewed as one of the biggest threats from the very beginning. She’s controlled the vote through multiple Tribal Councils, and isn’t afraid to change the plan â Tony Vlachos found out the hard way.
Her Kirby Bentley blindside allowed her to continue having control of Survivor: Australia v The World, with five remaining World Tribe members, and just three remaining Aussie Tribe members. The preview of Sunday night’s episode looks like Parvati is about to make a massive move involving her hidden Immunity Idol, so we might be adding more to this list shortly.
Survivor: Australia v The World airs at 7pm on Sundays, and 7:30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays on Channel 10 and 10Play.
Every Sunday on The Block, judges Marty Fox, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer inspect the contestantsâ latest rooms â often delivering stinging critiques, with the occasional compliment thrown in.
“Marty Fox comes for us the hardest every week. But look, he comes for everyone pretty hard,” Sonny told Chattr.
He added that while the judgesâ feedback isnât always glowing, they donât determine the winner â that all comes down to auction day and which house fetches the highest price.
Darren and Marty judging Alicia and Sonny’s room. Image: Nine.
“We love our room. We love what’s there. And, at the end of the day, you’ve got to dust yourself off and go again for another week. The thing is, the judges hold your fate in their hands for that week, but they don’t hold your fate in their hands for the whole show. Each week to week, they do their judging, and they have their opinion, but it’s not to necessarily say that they’re the be-all and end-all, and completely right either.”
Alicia added that while it’s “gut-wrenching” to hear bad feedback about a room she and Sonny poured so much love and effort into, she said they try to stay focused on why they joined The Block in the first place.
“We support each other as best as we can, and just remind ourselves of why we’re there. Ultimately, we’re there for our kids and to enjoy the experience â the good, the bad and the ugly. So, it’s all part of the Block roller coaster.”
Shaynna, Darren and Marty judging Alicia and Sonny’s room. Image: Nine.
How do The Block auctions work?
After all the teams finish renovating their houses, each is given a reserve price. In the past, the reserve has varied depending on the size of the houses. However, as every house this year has identical layouts, they should all sit at around the same mark.
On auction day, whatever the houses sell for over the reserve, contestants get to take home. And, the house that makes the highest amount over reserve scores an extra $100,000 prize money and is crowned the winner of The Block.
The Block 2025 airs on Sundays at 7:30pm and Monday â Wednesday at 7pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
The last thing you’d expect to see when opening Instagram is a video detailing Married At First Sight (MAFS) star Jono McCulloch‘s current bowel movements, but here we are. The reality TV star is sharing intimate details about his health on Instagram, as he attempts to stick to the “carnivore diet” for two weeks â where he can only eat eggs, butter and meat.
Jono tells Chattr he embarked on this strict diet because he had some health concerns, like “reflux, brain fog and poor sleep”. His girlfriend Ellie Dix is supportive, but is worried about Jono potentially “losing too much weight”.
“I think Lucinda [Light] mentioned it’s TMI [to talk about my toilet habits] which I get… [but] I don’t give a sh*t â pun intended. We are all adults and a lot of people won’t do [the] carnivore [diet] as they feel they will become constipated. Wanted to spread the word this isn’t the case as I feared that too,” he explains.
In one of Jono’s videos, he admitted that he hadn’t visited the toilet after two days of being on the carnivore diet.
“[It felt] very concerning! Well, it just doesn’t feel right. In reality, it’s not harmful or dangerous you just have to get used to it,” he adds.
He didn’t have to worry, because the next day, he visited the toilet three times. “I was worried about constipation but got the opposite! Narrowly avoided disaster pants a few times today (if you know you know),” he wrote on Instagram.
Image: InstagramImage: Instagram
While it looks like he’s struggling when it comes to lack of variety in food choices, overall, Jono is pretty positive about everything.
“It’s actually really easy. You don’t eat as much or go to the bathroom as much,” he says. “[My] mental clarity and alertness have increased. [I] don’t get tired during the day, [I’m] sleeping better [and have] no reflux.”
What is the carnivore diet?
The first record of the carnivore diet was in 1856, after German writer Bernard Moncriff spent a year consuming only milk and beef. In recent history, the fad diet gained popularity in 2018, after orthopaedic surgeon Shawn Baker penned the book The Carnivore Diet.
Jono shared a clip of his food shop at the start of his carnivore diet challenge. He purchased 48 pasturised eggs, 20 steaks, grass-fed butter, and 12 grass-fed meat patties.
The carnivore diet itself is controversial, with some experts saying there are many health risks that come with cutting out all carbohydrates and vegetables.
“Dietary fibre is noticeably absent from a carnivore diet. This is a problem because a low-fibre diet can increase your risk of diabetes, heart disease and some cancers,” Deakin University’s Katherine Livingstone told The Conversation.
“The strongest evidence shows eating a diet rich in whole plant foods, such as fruit and vegetables, with a moderate amount of lean and unprocessed red meat, poultry and fish is good for our health.”
The MAFS star’s carnivore diet experiment will finish on Sunday, so no doubt he will update us on his results, experience… and toilet habits. Something to look forward to!
Australia fell in love with Rebecca Breeds and Luke Mitchell‘s love story in 2009, after the young actors met on Home and Away, playing Ruby Buckton and Romeo Smith. While the pair didn’t get their happily-ever-after on the soap â Luke’s character was destined to be with Samara Weaving‘s Indi Walker â the real-life couple have gone from strength to strength.
The former Home and Away stars tied the knot in 2013, and welcomed their first child together in 2025. Rebecca tells Chattr that the day after their wedding, the pair got on a plane to Los Angeles for pilot season to try and carve out a career in Hollywood.
“I went from only living in Sydney my whole life to all of a sudden living on the other side of the world, and [Luke] was my home. He became my home, and I was his,” she tells us. “And no matter what happened in the States and what jobs were coming and going, and where we were, he was now my home.”
The couple have made a name for themselves overseas, with Rebecca starring in shows like Clarice and Pretty Little Liars, and Luke making his mark in Chicago Med, Blindspot and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. But aside from the pair considering each other their “safety net” and “support” network, what makes their relationship work is the fact they consider it more important and precious than any TV or film role.
“We keep checking in with each other and go, ‘You still having fun? Is this cool? Like, you good?’,” Rebecca says. “Because if not, we’ll go home. We’ll open a cafe on a beach somewhere, and you know, have a laugh [or] whatever. We don’t have to do this.
“We’ve always said that at the end of the day, we love what we do, but who we are is more important as individuals and as a couple, and our promise to each other, our commitment to each other, needs to be the priority.”
Home and Away’s Rebecca Breeds’ relationship advice
Rebecca is currently living in Chicago with Luke and calls their life an “adventure”. From jumping on a plane together the day after their wedding to welcoming their first baby in the US, she says everything they’ve gone through has strengthened their relationship.
“I say we’re stronger than ever, and appreciate each other more than ever,” she gushes. “We’re best friends, but also we so believe in each other and [are] always cheering each other on.”
Rebecca and Luke on Home and Away. Image: Seven
The secret to a healthy and long-lasting relationship? Communication. It seems so simple!
“I think it’s just checking in with each other and being really conversational and having [a] really nice, respectful, open line of communication [with] each other,” Rebecca reveals. “I think [that] has been really helpful.”
The Hollywood star has been busy promoting her new Australian movie Kangaroo Island, so would the Home and Away star be interested in coming back to Sydney to reprise her role as Ruby Buckton? According to Rebecca, she’d say “hell yeah” if the soap came calling. It’s what we all want â justice for Ruby!
Home and Away airs Mondays â Thursdays at 7pm on Channel 7 and 7Plus.
Gogglebox Australia is returning for Season 22, and to celebrate their fourth season, Mia, Lainey and Bree have reflected on some of their wildest moments.
During an interview with Chattr, Bree and Lainey said that the trio’s blend of personalities keeps their commentary fresh and interesting.
However, because of their years of friendship and the fact that Mia and Bree are sisters, the women sometimes forget that they’re being filmed, which leads to some shocking moments when they watch the show back.
“There are always moments where, because we say things in the moment, and because we’re not overthinking it, we kind of forget by the time it goes to air. So then when we watch it back and we’re like, Oh my gosh. I can’t believe that actually came out of our mouths. But in the moment, it’s just what feels right and natural. So we’re not overthinking it.”
Mia, Lainey and Bree. Image: Ten.
Bree agreed, saying that she often finds herself surprised by her commentary when she watches the episode back.
“There are definitely dumb things that I’ve personally said, being like, Oh my God, I don’t even remember saying that. And that actually came out of my mouth,” she laughed.
Lainey explained that moments like that normally happen when they’re watching reality TV and a really juicy scene happens.
“I feel like even the random little comments we make about a few TV personalities that we struggle to watch. I think sometimes we’ll say things and then we’re like, Oh no, that was actually really mean.”
Mia, Lainey and Bree. Image: Ten.
What can viewers expect from the new season of Gogglebox Australia Season 22?
Gogglebox Australia‘s newest instalment will air on August 28 on Channel 10 and 10Play. Season 22 will see all of the previous season’s cast return, which Bree and Lainey said is the beauty of this season.
When the Gogglebox cast members were asked to describe the upcoming season in three words, they opted for unhinged, familiar and fun.
“I feel like [viewers] can expect the unexpected,” Lainey said. “There’ll be the classics that everyone knows and loves, and then I think there’ll be a few fun surprises this season.”
Stream Gogglebox Australia Season 22 on Channel 10 and 10Play from August 28.
Australian Survivor’s Princess Kirby Bentley has been lifting the lid on the epic season of Survivor: Australia v The World, and it turns out there was a secret connection between herself and Luke Toki nobody knew about.
Kirby tells Chattr she worked with Luke over a decade ago and relished having a “secret” alliance with the Aussie player.
“Luke and I worked together. I was a shot firer when he was drilling the holes in the ground as a driller, and we would sit in the crib rooms, and we’re talking like 12 years ago, so there’s a long time far in between with us,” Kirby spills. “I had all these secret alliances”.
Aside from Luke, the player was in the game with no other connections. However, her social prowess is one of her strong suits, so she made relationships that took her to merge.
“Nobody [else] really knew me, and I would have been an easy boot. And the fact [is], they all wanted to work with me.”
The Aussie Tribe pre-merge. Image: 10
While Kirby was blindsided by Parvati during the most recent episode, she was still proud of how she approached Survivor: Australia v The World.
“I didn’t go out to make big moves intentionally. Everything was just organic. And I’ve been lucky that the response has been what it is,” she says. “I just applied a fearless brand, a rebel type, brand of Survivor. And it worked, it worked for the most part.”
Kirby praises Luke’s game on Survivor: Australia v The World
While Luke made an enemy of Parvati Shallow during the classic Survivor auction, Kirby still thinks he’s making some strategic moves.
“I think Luke’s playing an incredible game. I think that he creates the chaos he’s fine-tuned. I was probably the chaos, and I played at that level the whole game, whereas I feel like he just sort of sat back. He saw it happening,” Kirby says.
“He was flexible, and he came to play, and he’s chaotic when he needs to be.”
She also thinks Luke has upped his game from his previous seasons by finding “balance and maturity”. Could this be a hint that Luke is going far? We’ll have to see what happens in the next few episodes.
Survivor: Australia v The World airs at 7pm on Sundays, and 7:30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays on Channel 10 and 10Play.
Kirby Bentley and Parvati Shallow were dubbed âthe gameâs most powerful coupleâ by host Jonathan LaPaglia during aSurvivor: Australia v The Worldpromo â and when their alliance was cemented in episode 6, it sparked a wave of fans shipping the duo.
âKirby not being afraid of me is the strongest aphrodisiac,â Parvati teased in a production-led interview.
Viewers quickly picked up on the chemistry, with one Reddit user admitting they felt âvery aggrieved by the short-lived queer romance,â while another confessed, âI would have lived for the Parvati/Kirby power couple and borderline showmance.â
But the partnership was short-lived. In the very same episode, Parvati blindsided Kirby, sending her home. When asked whether there was a spark between herself and Parvati â or if it was a strategic move â Kirby told Chattr that their vibe came naturally.
“I think weâre just both naturally flirty people. I think that’s her gameplay as well as it is a part of my gameplay. And whether or not that was real at the time, it’s hard to say what was real when you are playing a game like that. So it does look fun and flirty, which is, I think, what the people wanted,” she laughed.
She added that there was âdefinitelyâ a genuine friendship between herself and Parvati.
Parvati and Kirby on Australian Survivor 2025. Image: Ten.
Where does Parvati and Kirby’s friendship stand post-Australian Survivor?
Although Parvati did the one thing Kirby asked her not to â blindsiding her â Kirby told Chattr that she has no resentment toward the five-time Survivor player, adding that theyâre still friends now.
âItâs all a part of the game, and nothing is ever personal,â she said. âWe check in all the time. Sheâs a boss, sheâs a powerful woman, and is successful in all that she does.â
âIâm friends with everyone, itâs just the game. We know what weâre signing up for. We know weâre going out there to play this game, and there are lies and backstabbing and blindsides and everything, and Iâve experienced that.
âBut, on the day, we step away, and weâre still human, and we still are our own selves. So yeah, Iâd like to think Parv and I are mates, and I think whoever voted me off, weâre still friends, I hope we are,â she said.
Our Australian Survivor princess is all class!
Survivor: Australia v The World airs at 7pm on Sundays, and 7:30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays on Channel 10 and 10Play.
Home and Away’sGeorgie Parker hardly needs an introduction given her impressive career.
From her breakthrough in the ’80s on A Country Practice, before taking on the iconic role of Terri Sullivan in beloved Aussie drama All Saints, the six-time Logie Award winner has also presented on Play School and performed in numerous Aussie plays over the years. What can’t she do?!
In a nod to her A Country Practice days, Georgie is now starring in the new play How To Plot A Hit In Two Days, a story that follows a pivotal moment in Aussie TV. Set in 1985, the play is centred on the tear-jerking moment where A Country Practice’s beloved Molly Jones died, a moment that left millions of Aussies devastated.
Georgie stars as Judy, the head writer, as the writing team is tasked with crafting the emotional death scene.
With so many iconic and gut-wrenching deaths on Aussie TV over the years â from Molly, to Claire on McLeod’s Daughters, Mel on Packed To The Rafters, Patrick on Offspring, not to mention the numerous Home and Away deaths, Chattr spoke with Georgie about some iconic TV moments over the years.
Georgie Parker on Irene’s sad goodbye to Home and Away after 32 years
Georgie worked with Lynne McGranger, who played Irene Roberts on the soap for 15 years, after joining the cast in 2010. Lynne reprised the role of Irene back in 1993.
Fans were devastated to say goodbye to Irene. Image: Seven
She told Chattr it was “great” for Lynne to be given a solid storyline to play with in the last few months of her time on the show.
“I think it’s super hard, I’m married to a writer, so I kind of know, the light exploration into, how do we get rid of a character and give them something to play and give the audience something to really get attached to and invested in. Because there’s nothing less satisfying than someone just packing a bag and going, it has to be engaging for all the characters around that person,” she said.
“So you have to do something, not just for them, but for everyone who loves them, is involved with them, and then the audience. And it can’t be too sad, but it has to be sad enough. It has to be respectful, have engagement with the audience and with the other actors as well. And honouring the character, because she’s been on screen for nearly a lifetime. 33 years, itâs a lifetime on screen.”
On A Country Practice and How To Plot A Hit In Two Days
Despite once starring in A Country Practice, Georgie didn’t have any issues stepping into the shoes of Judy.
“When I’m doing this play, because I’m playing a writer, and we’re externally talking and discussing the characters and story and plotting things. I forget that I was on the show. So that’s interesting, because I’m playing a writer. It’s different,” she said. “But also, we’re talking about a time when the senior cast were there, so it was a different generation. So, I’m talking about people that I didn’t work with. It was the moment before I came on as Lucy, about four and a half years later.”
“A Country Practice was a beloved drama for lots of reasons, and it resonated with the audience. So, we’re kind of dipping back into the world of how they created that show and the ideas behind it. It was quite a particular world. It was enhanced comedy, enhanced drama. Everything was just slightly coloured up, but still believable and relatable,” she said.
Georgie Parker reveals the one TV death that sticks out to her the most
Terri and Mitch… basically the original Nina and Patrick. Image: Seven
Georgie said if she ever had to pick out another iconic fictional death to dramatise on stage, it would be Dr. Mitch (Erik Thompson) on All Saints. She said it’s also the storyline that sticks out most to her during her career on Australia’s biggest dramas.
“It was such a tragedy,” she told Chattr. “You had this beautiful man who was in love with this woman, and they finally got to be together, finally. And then he starts acting out of sorts, and starts calling her the wrong name. And we find out he’s got a brain tumour. And he tries an operation because, he says, ‘I can’t, I don’t want to go this way, so I’m going to risk having an operation because I want to be with you’. And of course, it doesn’t work out. So, it was really hard to play because Eric and I worked really well together, but at the same time, it was such a weird and great challenge to do it. I really loved working with him.”
How To Hit A Plot In Two Days is showing from August 29 through to October 11, at Ensemble Theatre, Kirribilli, Sydney. Find out more here.
The Home and Away star tells Chattr it’s a big “hell yeah” from her, and admits she would love to work in Sydney again, where the show is filmed. She’s currently living in Chicago with Luke and their baby, but who knows what the future holds?
“I wanna vindicate Ruby! She got a really hard rap at the end there. She was smooshed into the ground. It was unfair. I say justice for Ruby,” Rebecca jokes.
“She lost her mum, right? And then she turned to alcohol, and I almost had a mental breakdown because every time I got a script I’m like, ‘What do you mean it’s worse?! What do you mean!’.”
The Kangaroo Island star says a return to Summer Bay would be “fun”, and she would be open to exploring where her character would be in 2025.
“My hope would be that Ruby turned it around and became a child psychologist and helps girls,” she muses. “The show was based around wayward kids that found their way to Summer Bay and were fostered and counselled and cared for by the community… and I think that’s kind of what Ruby would do.
“I loved that show… I never say never about things. It’s just a matter of timing and place, like we’re in Chicago right now. It’s a big, wide world with lots of exciting adventures and jobs, but we love home, and I can’t wait to be home, and I would love to work in Sydney again. So you know, watch this space, I suppose.”
Rebecca Breeds as Ruby Buckton in Home and Away. Image: Seven
Rebecca Breeds reveals she was invited back to Home and Away
The former Home and Away star was actually asked to come back to Summer Bay years ago, but due to scheduling commitments, the storyline didn’t pan out.
“There was an opportunity years ago. There was a storyline where the River Boys went to England, and they did want me to come back,” Rebecca spills. “I was working on a show called We Are Men at the time, and I couldn’t do it.”
Considering Stephen is coming back to Home and Away in 2026, 10 years after his last appearance, it wouldn’t be too far-fetched to see Rebecca back on the show. We’re manifesting that Ruby finally gets her happy ending.
Home and Away airs 7pm Monday to Thursday on Seven and 7plus.
The Blockhas upped the ante when it comes to drama this week, after House 4, Sonny and Alicia, found themselves embroiled in a scandal with House 2’s Han and Can.
Partaking in the Hepburn Spa challenge â where the teams had to renovate and build their own bathrooms â Sonny and Alicia came up with a clever plan to get a seat and underfloor heating approved for their bathroom. Sonny told Chattr that he was the only person initially in constant contact with the builder at Hepburn Springs, asking questions as to how they could make their plan for the heated element work. Â
The Block’s Sonny and Alicia. Image: Nine
“They actually first put up a roadblock to what I wanted to do,” Sonny said. “And my comment to them was, ‘Well, if I find you a solution, can I do it?’ And so I found a way around it. We found a way to do it.
“I was the only person, sort of, in contact with this person because I’m asking questions all the time,” he continued. “I’d say, ‘has anyone else asked about this’ and they’d be like, ‘No one’s even spoken to me, mate’.”
What happened between The Block’s Sonny and Alicia and Han and Can?
After Sonny and Alicia fought hard to get the seat and underfloor heating approved, Alicia discovered Han and Can were doing the same thing. It didn’t take long for the couple to realise Han and Can may have copied their idea, and after fighting so hard to make it work, they weren’t happy.
“I just think it’s a shit move, it’s a shit thing to do to somebody else, it’s uncreative,” Alicia said in the episode, before the couple confronted Han in a dramatic scene.
Han didn’t admit to copying Sonny and Alicia when they confronted her. Image: Nine
“It was already a forethought,” Han told the couple unapologetically before they questioned how she came up with the plan. Han then told the couple the “chippies” told her how to do it.
Later on, Can apologised to Alicia, something the couple took as a sign of guilt that Han and Can had copied their plan. “I wouldn’t say sorry for something that I haven’t done,” Alicia told Chattr. “I’m not offering you a caravan and an apology if I haven’t done anything wrong.”
The Block’s Sonny and Alicia’s surprising words for Han and Can following Hepburn Spa challenge
Now, Sonny and Alicia have spoken to Chattr about the betrayal and what they have to say may shock fans.
“We worked really hard, us and them, to get over this,” Sonny said. “We speak to the girls couple times a week, we’ve been texting with them this afternoon. We have a very good friendship with the girls. I think it’s commendable on both ourselves and them. We’ve worked to get over that because, you know, we didn’t want bad blood. It upsets us to watch, because whatever’s going on right now, it’s a very hard watch for them. It’s not nice to see that happen to your mates.”
“We absolutely love them,” Alicia echoed. “They are the kindest girls you’ll ever meet. I have a rough time coming up, and Hannah’s the one texting me before I go to bed. Honestly, the girls’ have the biggest hearts, and they take time for everybody. So watching this play out, it’s really going to stink, we feel terrible for the way it went down and what happened, but unfortunately that’s the truth of it and it’s how it went down.”
The Block’s Han and Can haven’t been well-received by fans. Image: Nine
Sonny said the couple didn’t have regrets about how they handled the situation, but that he hopes The Block fans keep in mind that
“We don’t feel terrible for speaking our mind, but we feel terrible that at the end of the day for them on a TV show in the national spotlight, we presume it’s probably not going to play out that well, especially after last few weeks that haven’t played out that well,” he said. “Everyone’s a human being. [Fans are] making these judgments on people, and they’re filming us for 17 hours a day, seven days a week and they’re condensing it down to five hours a week. So there’s good, there’s bad, there’s a lot more to it than those five hours.”
“It all unfolds really quickly, but you also move on really quickly,” Alicia added. “We’re one big family.”
The Block 2025 airs on Sundays at 7:30pm and Monday â Wednesday at 7pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
The Titans v Rebels player revealed that her sisterâs wedding fell on the very same day her elimination happened, and she had even confided in Parvati about how hard it was to miss such a milestone.
“I wasn’t angry. I was genuinely upset, and I was probably upset for a few different reasons,” Kirby explained. “It was my sister’s wedding that day, and I’d spoken to Parv about it in the shelter as well. I was Maid of Honour, and I felt like I’d let my sister down.”
Kirby said that it was frustrating that Parvati didn’t believe that she wouldn’t flip on her, but said that was the cherry on top of her already emotional day.
Parvati’s vote against Kirby. Image: Ten.
“There were mixed emotions, as well, saying, ‘I’m telling you the truth, you’re my ride or die, and I have done all these things to prove to you that I want to work with you’. And obviously, she’s going to play her game; she’s going to make the call that she needed to make.
“So I was definitely not angry, I was mixed with emotions, for the first time, because of an outside influence, like my sister’s wedding.”
Kirby said the bright side of going home was that she got to talk to her sister on her wedding day, but didnt mention the elimination so it wouldnât take away from her big moment.
“She definitely was [supportive]. But she got married that day, and when I got voted out, I was able to call her, and she was so happy, but she didn’t realise I got voted out. So I didn’t say anything. Being voted out a day before or a day after might have been better,” she laughed.
Kirby on Survivor: Australia v The World. Image: Ten.
Are Parvati and Kirby still friends after Survivor: Australia v The World?
When Jonathan LaPaglia read out the final vote and her elimination was announced, it appeared as though Kirby dodged a hug from Parvati. However, Kirby told Chattr that she has no hard feelings towards Parvati, adding that they’re still friends now.
“It’s all a part of the game, and nothing is ever personal,” she said. “We check in all the time. She’s a boss, she’s a powerful woman, and is successful in all that she does.”
“I’m friends with everyone, it’s just the game. We know what we’re signing up for. We know we’re going out there to play this game, and there are lies and backstabbing and blindsides and everything, and I’ve experienced that.
“But, on the day, we step away, and we’re still human, and we still are our own selves. So yeah, I’d like to think Parv and I are mates, and I think whoever voted me off, we’re still friends, I hope we are,” she said.
Kirby explained that was exactly why she avoided any pre-game alliances before Survivor: Australia v The World â and even chose not to watch past seasons.
Parvati, Cirie and Kirby on Survivor: Australia v The World. Image: Ten.
“Players need to play their game make decisions, and that’s why I think pre gaming is probably the worst thing you can ever do.
“If I played with my best friends, who are ex-athletes, I would understand why they chose to take me out, because of whatever reasons they have, and they’re there to play for themselves. It’s such an individual game that you do need to make decisions that are for yourself as much as it might hurt somebody else. So it’s definitely never personal. I’m still friends with Feras [Basal from AustralianSurvivor Titans v Rebels] and I lost half a million dollars, so that speaks for itself,” she laughed.
Kirby will be missed!
Survivor: Australia v The World airs at 7pm on Sundays, and 7:30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays on Channel 10 and 10Play.
Han and Can have been on an emotional rollercoaster on The Block 2025, with some viewers likening them to last yearâs couple, Jesse and Paige, who famously quit the show. On Reddit, fans have even speculated that Han and Can might follow the same path and leave before the season wraps up.
“Don’t know how Han and Can are going to get through the next 10 weeks. It’s barely week 2 and they’ve had breakdown after breakdown,” one fan wrote.
“They instantly reminded me of Jesse & Paige from last year â except they seem to behave as Paige & Paige,” another user wrote.
One person was even willing to bet the couple would leave before auction day. “There’s no way Han and Can make it to the end, I think they’ll quit the show and be replaced like Jesse and Paige,” they speculated.
However, in an interview with Chattr, Han and Can said that they shared accommodation with the rest of the cast after filming finished, suggesting that they made it all the way to the end.
“We genuinely got along with everyone and see the cast as a little family. We even stayed together in an Airbnb after filming and got matching tattoos at the launch! Later in the season, we became especially close with Sonny and Leesh. We supported each other through the highs and lows and built a bond based on genuine care,” Can told Chattr.
Han and Can on The Block. Image: Nine.
Do Han and Can get along with the other Blockheads?
Despite what it looks like on TV, Han and Can said that they “built some great friendships on TV”.
Fans will remember when The Block 2025 cast piled into Sonny and Aliciaâs caravan for a debrief and team dinner following the Week 3 Room Reveal, but Han and Can didn’t join. The women explained that they were invited, but simply didn’t see the email in time, adding that they had a lot of work to do for The Block every night.
“In the early weeks, we sometimes missed dinners or gatherings simply because we were swamped with planning and organising for the build. That did mean we missed chances to connect,” Can explained.
“It wasnât that we didnât want to be included; we just had so much to manage in the evenings. Once we had a bit more breathing space later in the season as we built up our team and a builder, we made up for lost time and built some great friendships.”
The Block 2025 airs on Sundays at 7:30pm and Monday â Wednesday at 7pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
“I’ve only played once, and I didnât watch it before coming on. Iâve kept that the same, so I donât know any of you. I donât know â that could be a detriment, maybe, or it could work to my advantage,” Kirby said during the premiere.
But the Titans v Rebels alum quickly proved herself as a powerhouse this season, making it clear early on that she wanted to align with iconic Survivor US player Parvati Shallow.
With five seasons of Survivor and one win under her belt, Parvati is undoubtedly one of the biggest names of Australia v The World â alongside two-time winner Tony Vlachos. So how did Kirby know to team up with Parvati if she hadn’t watched the show?
“I spoke to some of my best friends who know me well, who know what triggers me, what makes me work, what makes me tick, and who they think would work well with me. And, they gave me a breakdown of some of the best players in the world, and a few of them happened to be out there,” Kirby told Chattr.
“I was aware of Janine [Allis] andDavid [Genat] and their playing styles, and then I was aware of Cirie [Fields], Parvati and Tony and their playing styles as well, just from those conversations. So I didn’t go in completely blind. I had enough information to use what I needed to.”
Parvati and Kirby at camp on Survivor: Australia v The World. Image: Ten.
Why didn’t Kirby watch Survivor before competing on Australia v The World?
Kirby explained that once she found out sheâd been cast, she made a conscious decision to continue not watching any Survivor episodes.
“I relate it back to sport,” she explained. “Whenever you overanalyse any opposition team â it doesn’t matter how many times you’ve played them â the game is never going to be played the same. You know, your big players might not be the same, or they might have adjusted or adapted in their space. So that was an intentional thought.”
Kirby added that in retrospect, she backs her choice of not learning about the other players by watching their seasons, because she thinks it’s easy to get starstruck â something Lisa Holmes (nee Stanger) experienced with Cirie, who has been cast on Survivor six times.
“I think it’s easy to get over awed â they’re big-time players, and their energy speaks for itself. They’ve got big auras, big personalities, and I felt it out there naturally. So if I had looked too far into their game, maybe I would have hesitated, or maybe I would have second-guessed, for whatever reason, just out of fear of what they had once done. But yeah, I think it might have worked in my favour.”
Maybe a few more players should have taken a page out of the Survivor Princessâs playbook.
Survivor: Australia v The World airs at 7pm on Sundays, and 7:30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays on Channel 10 and 10Play.
The Voice Australia premiered a world-first last night when talented Wiradjuri singer Olivia Coe Fox took to the stage to sing ‘I am Australian’ by The Seekers in Yawuru language.
The First Nations language, spoken in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, is endangered, and Olivia bringing it to centre stage on a popular show like The Voice left many in the room, including the coaches, emotional.
Olivia was accompanied by her brother playing the didgeridoo and received four chair turns and a standing ovation, with Aussie singer and coach Kate Miller-Heidke saying the performance gave her “goosebumps”.
âI was incredibly moved by that performance,” fellow coach Ronan Keating added.
There wasn’t a dry eye in the house after Olivia’s performance. Image: Seven
The Voice fans have one demand following Olivia’s iconic performance
Taking to social media, The Voice Australia fans have one loud demand. “Olivia must perform this at the AFL grand final!” someone commented on Facebook. “Delete Snoop Puppy Dog and lock Olivia in NOW.”
The comment now has over 3,500 likes, with another comment saying, “Let her and her brother do the Australian anthem at the AFL,” while someone else said, “This is what the AFL should be looking at for the GF!! Imagine 100,000 AFL fans belting this out with a tear in their eye!!”
Thousands of Aussies are in agreement in the comments, with another adding, “How amazing to hear it sung in language, that had me in tears. The haunting sound of the Didgeridoo was spectacular. Would rather hear this at the AFL Grand Final.”
“Wow. I felt every word. This was more than singing. Every word, every syllable dripped with the spirit, the energy of the ancestors. This moved my soul,” someone else commented.
Olivia Coe Fox responds to viral The Voice moment: ‘No dream is too big’
In a statement to Chattr, Olivia said: “Last night’s performance was one of the most powerful moments of my life! I am soaking in all the lovely comments from my nearest and dearest to complete strangers. Waking up to over 1 million views on my blind audition is something I never thought was possible! The love from across the nation has honestly left me speechless.
“To everyone who watched, cried, and shared their words with me I thank you. Singing I Am Australian in Yawuru language was more than just a performance. It was a tribute to the beauty of my Culture, my connection to identity, and an overall message to our young people to always be proud of who you are and where you come from.
“The comments about me possibly performing at the AFL grand final were such a shock, and I am so excited to see what the future holds for me. No dream is too big and I am beyond proud of myself for sharing music with Australia that speaks to heart, First Nations or not.”
Many fans are now also saying Olivia’s version of the song should be Australia’s new national anthem
With many fans left teary-eyed, people are also saying they’d love to see this version of the song become Australia’s national anthem.
“This performance destroyed my soul in the best kind of way. I was unashamedly sobbing,” one person said, with another saying, “That should be the Aussie anthem.”
“Couldnât agree more about this being the national anthem. Iâve been saying this for years. Itâs the one thing that could actually unite us as one nation,” someone else commented.
The Voice Australia continues 7:30pm, Monday and Tuesday on Channel Seven and 7plus.
