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NSW’s Steve & Tiana win House Rules 2015

Father / daughter duo win Seven's renovation series and a $250k mortgage bill paid off.

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NSW win House Rules

The cheers and tears were flowing last night in western Sydney as NSW father and daughter Steve and Tiana Falzon were named House Rules champs for 2015.

Steve’s $250,000 mortgage was paid off by the Seven series, as the duo defeated Queenslanders Ben Edgeworth and Danielle Russell. Their win followed Tiana entering her father into the series without his knowledge and forgoing her own honeymoon.

The grand final challenge saw teams renovate each others’ garages, with 50% of scores given by judges and another 50% by viewers in a Live vote.

“This is a dream come true,” said Steve. “I’m so overwhelmed. It’s been a dream of mine for so long to pay this house off.

“There’s no way I could have done this without Tiana.

“I’m so glad we’ve shared this experience together.”

The Live grand final also saw South Australian plasterer Jarrod Bennett, win a Dream Holiday Home. Renovated by the teams, the house / land package is worth over $800k -bigger than the series own major prize.

Seven’s grand final also included heavy promotion for upcoming shows including Restaurant Revolution, The X Factor and 800 Words.

But while season ratings have lagged behind 2014, host Joanna Griggs told viewers the show would return “soon” -leaving unanswered the question of whether a promised second season for 2015 will eventuate.

Another season is believed to be in production.

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  1. My problem with House Rules is that the judges go in to the judging portion of the show knowing exactly who did what area, what did/didn’t get done, what arguments over space etc. In my opinion, this led to a clear bias in favour of certain teams.
    I believe if the judges were judging areas based purely on the end result rather than what they did we would have seen a completely different result.

  3. 250k would be nice but it wouldn’t pay off the mortgage on a shed in Sydney or Melbourne. Think maybe it’s time for the prize money on shows to rise with the cost of living etc. There have been 250k prize money’s on Australian TV for years!! I know the U.S. is a bigger country etc but how about chucking up a Million in Prize Money like them.

        1. My bad. But my point is still valid. You “have a chance to win” more from answering 10 or so questions in 30 minutes than you can from spending 3 months on a reality show. I’m more taking about guaranteed prize money… Not the chance of winning an amount.
          The “base” prize money for most shows is 250k.
          And as for House Rules.. Clearly I didn’t watch it, however I can’t imagine the producers would select a couple to compete on the show if their mortgage was Too massive.
          And yes I understand mortgage compared to total house price. However most of the couples are 20s or 30s years old…. And a couple in Sydney or Melbourne or any capital city for that matter, around that age with a house suitable to be in the show would still have a massive mortgage… Mine is over 700k can’t imagine I’ll be getting a call back.

          1. Wiki advises that s.1 paid off mortgages 460k, s.2 was 520k and s.3 250k.

          2. You do realise they also get a fully renovated house as well, right? That’s for all contestants. Considering most of the houses are dumps, I’d say they do pretty well!

          3. Fighting a losing battle here. Sorry i brought this up on a story about House Rules. I was more making a general statement regarding prize money….. Masterchef, Big Brother, Beauty & The Geek, TAR Australia, Australia’s Got Talent, Reno Rumble, (No doubt) Hot Plate & Restaurant Revolution, just to name a few
            With the exception of Millionaire, Minute, The Big Flop & Big Brother (once a few years ago) prize money is generally around 100k or 250k….. Renovation shows are clearly the exception

    2. “250k would be nice but it wouldn’t pay off the mortgage on a shed”
      A mortgage is the balance you owe on your house to the bank or whatever. It’s not the total value of the house. Some mortgages may well be under $100K.
      “I know the U.S. is a bigger country etc but how about chucking up a Million in Prize Money like them”. Like Million Dollar Minute, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

  4. The most drawn-out finale in Australian television history. Look at the little boy in the background during the last 20 minutes – he was a true reflection of how the viewers were feeling! Should I mention the bias in the judges’ voting, ensuring the biggest television audience markets went to the finals? Viewer voting for a QLD/NSW end ensured the largest viewing audience market won even though they can rarely do it on the football field. Ryan and Marlee were the true stars of the show and their strange departure was based on the NSW team creating a very badly planned front yard and a side area that looked far more derelict than anything else seen on the show. Without Ryan and Marlee, you were always going to be left with spoiled little diva princesses and their males deciding half-way through the series to play cringe-worthy personality catch-up. Enough of Channel 7 renovation shows…

    2. 2013 was won by a S.A. couple. 2014 by a Vic. couple. “Viewer voting for a QLD/NSW end ensured the largest viewing audience market won even though they can rarely do it on the football field”.
      So clearly this is posted by a disgruntled Qlander.
      “Should I mention the bias in the judges’ voting”. No, because there was no bias. Unfortunately “bias” is always screamed by some when their favourites don’t win.

    3. That’s why I recorded it, and watched it in under 30 minutes.

      While I agree regarding the NSW badly planned front yard, R & M’s graffiti back fence and that near empty unfinished hidden area was pretty bad too, and more of an eyesore. IMO either team deserved to be eliminated that episode.

      1. Totally agree – it went on forever! Wished I had turned on the TV at 9! I didn’t think the makeovers were as impressive as previous years. On a side note, the prize giveaway to a viewer also seems rigged – Jo Griggs knew a lot about the couple who won it when the only entry details required are a name and suburb. It also seemed very coincidental that it was a highly deserving couple, ie ch.7 had done their research and it wasn’t a lucky dip!

  5. What a disappointment of a series, I really didn’t connect with any of the contestants, unlike the past 2 series, I think this really showed having the cast of series one on reno rumble, which were very entertaining.

    Having the team that produced the least styled and often left wondering what the design brief meant as the winners was crazy. I agree that their final room looked great, but what about all their other disasters, for none of that to be taken into account was crazy.

    Anyway, I look forward to next season and hopefully they have better casting

  6. David, do you mean the fifth season is believed to be in production? Joh said in an TV Week interview that there were four months overlap between season 3 (which ended last night) and season 4 (currently in production) so she had lots of travel across Australia earlier this year.

    1. They could hold it until next year. It is not unheard of that a network will produce a show and put it on hold for a while. The last season of Celebrity Apprentice U.S.was on hold for a while.

      1. They do stop the contestants returning home though until they are eliminated no the broadcast, so a lengthy delay wouldn’t really work.

        I’m guessing House Rules 4 will role out in October/November at the very end of the ratings season.

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