The Block couple Steph and Gian Ottavio mocked by judges for delivering a totally beige kids room: ‘Every child’s dream’

Steph and Gian Ottavio got off to a rocky start on Sunday’s premiere episode of the new season of The Block.  

The childhood sweethearts were tasked with designing a children’s room themed after the character Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story films. 

But the couple threw the bright, cartoonish brief out of the window and creating a beige room with heavy wooden furniture. 

Judge Shaynna Blaze was shocked as she looked around the space, calling a rope ladder the pair installed, ‘just useless.’

‘The fact you’re not listening to the brief, what are you presenting to us? I mean, it’s not even a kid’s room,’ she said. 

Also unimpressed, judge Neale Whittaker chimed in, ‘The brief was to create a kid’s room. 

‘If they were thinking they’d take a bit of a punt and show the judges they’re sophisticated and grown up, and we’d walk in and be wowed. FAIL’. 

Inspecting a heavy set of drawers, he added sarcastically, ‘I mean, every child’s dream, surely.

‘It’s not even a kids’ room’ he added. 

The childhood sweethearts were tasked with designing a children’s room themed after the character Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story films. But the couple threw the bright, cartoonish brief out of the window and creating a beige room with heavy wooden furniture

Judge Shaynna Blaze (pictured) was shocked as she looked around the space, calling a rope ladder the pair installed, ‘just useless’

Addressing the couple, who looked disappointed indeed, host Scott Cam gave them a dressing down. 

‘We’ve seen contestants before forget a brief and then do what they want. But this is next level’ he said of the judges comments. 

In the end, the married architect and start-up worker, came last in the rankings, scoring a low 14 out of 30. 

‘The fact you’re not listening to the brief, what are you presenting to us? I mean, it’s not even a kid’s room,’ she said