The Block fans having being melting down over the “injustice” that one pair won over $1.5 million at last night’s finale, while the other four couples made less than 190k combined.
It’s even been suggested that bidder Adrian Portelli was actually a fake bidder who was planted in order to drive up the price. The Block contestants Omar and Oz walked away with the biggest win in the show’s history last night. However, their triumph has been overshadowed by speculation that they have a personal relationship with Adrian.
However, Adrian – who bid for Omar and Oz’s property but eventually lost out to Danny Wallis – has spoken out and told his Instagram followers that his bids on the house were legit.
“For everyone questioning the legitimacy of the auction, I was a genuine buyer with every intention to purchase that property. Nobody is to blame for what happened. It’s an auction. Believe it or not but if you’ve got two people that genuinely want the property, a bidding war will commence.”
He added, “Im happy to show my bank account for anyone that suggests these were dummy bids.”
Portelli arrived at the auction and bid for Omar and Oz’s property, which was first off the block, and greeted the men personally with a hug. After he didn’t win the house, he left the auction, without sticking around for any of the other contestant’s auctions, which are similar houses albeit with very different interiors.
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Omar and Oz’s property sold for $5.666,666 million, and the next house closest in price to their huge sale was Rachel and Ryan whose house was bought for $4.2 million dollars – more than a $1.6 million gap.
Omar and Oz have defended their relationship with Portelli, saying that they only met the millionaire when he came to look at the houses on offer, prior to auction day.
“We actually reached out to a mutual friend (who) suggested that he might be interested, and he wanted to come have a look at the house. And when he did come, he absolutely loved it,” Omar told Fitzy and Wippa this morning.
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