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The Block winners Tess and Luke say their time on show was "tough"

They slammed producers, too
  • 11 Nov 2019

Newlyweds Tess and Luke Struber walked away as winners of The Block 2019 on Sunday. 

WATCH: Tess and Luke crowned the winners of The Block 2019

However the Cairns couple, who pocketed $630,000 profit and a $100,000 cash prize after their St Kilda terrace sold for $3.62 million, spoke out after their win, explaining that their time on the show had been "tough".

"It is hard because you get so upset... we were imagining not winning anything today; nothing at all," Tess, 27, told Domain after the auction.

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Tess and Luke said their time on The Block hadn't been easy

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“We won the least amount of rooms so we were working with the least amount of budget,” she said.

“You know, we were really raw and honest the whole time, especially after watching it back and just seeing how we’ve been portrayed as a little lazy," Tess explained. 

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Luke and Tess couldn't believe the auction results

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Meanwhile, Luke, 29, confirmed that they had made "life-long friends" with their co-stars. 

“We made lifelong friends, these people will be a part of our lives in a way that our closest friends and our family will never understand how that works,” he said. 

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Tess and Luke walked away with $730,000 in prize money

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Tess and Luke recently unleashed on The Block producers, calling them out for their unfair portrayal during editing. 

Speaking to News.com.au, Luke said: "We're getting sick of how they're editing us as being these big lazy pr**ks who don't get off their a**e and do a single thing.

"We're just getting painted as these lazy people and we're bloody sick of it. Even the other contestants have contacted us to say, 'That didn't happen, that was taken out of context'." 

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The Block 2019 contestants

Channel 9

While Tess and Luke had also had to deal with backlash from fans online, fellow contestant Andy Saunders commended the couple.

“I feel so happy that Tess and Luke took it out because they’ve copped so much lately and so much online. [This] is just the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for them,” he told Domain.

“The sh*t that they’ve been going through, it’s sort of culminated into a beautiful payout.

“They feel like they’ve come out on top.”

While Tess and Luke took out this year's top spot, all the couples walked away with a handsome profit: 

Tess and Luke: $630,000 and $100,000 cash prize 

El'ise and Matt: $460,000

Andy and Deb: $430,000

Jesse and Mel: $388,000

Mitch and Mark: $384,000 

WATCH: The Block's Scott Cam EXPLODES at contestants Tess and Luke

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