When Is The Block 2026 Auction? What Eight Seasons of Auction Dates Point To

Results are in — The Block 2026 Auction Results, Sunday 1 November: Courtney and Sev Win $1.87 Million

Update (28 October): Nine has now published the date itself. Its auction-day explainer, posted on Tuesday 27 October, says the auctions air on Channel 9 and 9Now on Sunday 1 November at 7pm.

Short version:

• Nine's own auction-day explainer, posted on 27 October, says the auctions air on Channel 9 and 9Now on Sunday 1 November at 7pm. TV Blackbox's 27 October report also has the finale on Sunday night, with all five Mount Eliza homes on a $3.45 million reserve. Domain, via Mediaweek on 15 October, had named the same date. Now To Love, relaying Woman's Day on 20 October, referred to an October 31 auction; Nine's date is Sunday 1 November.
• Six seasons running, the auction has aired on a Sunday 13 weeks after the premiere. This season started on Sunday 2 August, and 13 weeks on is Sunday 1 November.
• The last room week, Front Yard and Façade, was revealed on Sunday 25 October, and TVmaze lists no Block episode on the six nights after it. Sport bumped two earlier reveals to a Monday.

Dates from TVmaze's episode guide for The Block. The gap column is our arithmetic; the 2026 auction date is Nine's, and its length is TVmaze's listing.

When is The Block 2026 auction?

Sunday 1 November, at 7pm Sydney time on Channel 9 and 9Now, according to Nine's own auction-day explainer, posted on Tuesday 27 October. TVmaze lists it as episode 50, 116 minutes from 7.00pm, which would finish around 8.55pm if it runs to the listed length. Lining up every recent auction against the night its season began shows how well that date fits the pattern.

From 2020 to 2025 the gap was 13 weeks every time — 91 days, landing on a Sunday at 7.00pm. The 2024 season is the only wrinkle, and only because it opened on a Monday. Apply the same gap to this year's premiere on Sunday 2 August and you get Sunday 1 November, the date Nine has now given.

Before Nine's announcement, New Idea's season guide said only that it would be in October or November, going by earlier seasons, and Domain's 15 October report, via Mediaweek, was the first to name 1 November.

How many weeks of renovating are left?

None. Wikipedia's season page lists twelve room weeks, and all twelve have now been played; the last, Front Yard and Façade, began on Monday 19 October and was revealed on Sunday 25 October at 7.00pm AEDT. TV Blackbox reports that Rick and Tayla won the $50,000 off their reserve in the final week of the competition.

The next Block episode in TVmaze's guide is the auction itself on Sunday 1 November, with nothing listed on the nights in between (checked Wednesday 28 October). That is the same 13-week gap that the table above shows for every season since 2020.

TVmaze now has the auction filed as episode 50, so the date no longer rests on the 13-week pattern alone.

Could sport or a schedule change push it back?

It's happened twice already. Nine gave its Sunday 27 September slot to the Wallabies v Springboks Test, and the Rumpus and Laundry Reveal slid to Monday — we explained that move here. The build week that follows then squeezed into Tuesday to Thursday rather than the usual Monday start.

Sunday 4 October is the second one. Nine is the free-to-air NRL broadcaster and has the Grand Final that night, so the Kids Room and Re-Do Room Reveal is listed for Monday 5 October at 7.30pm AEDT in the yourTV and IceTV guides. The Grand Final clash is explained here.

Neither slip moved the auction: Nine's explainer has it on the Sunday that the 13-week pattern pointed to.

What time will the auction be on?

This one is listed for 7.00pm on Sunday 1 November. Every auction since 2019 started at 7.00pm on a Sunday on Nine, and they ran long: 110 to 157 minutes on TVmaze's figures, so a finish between 9.00pm and 9.40pm on the east coast. The 2018 one was the outlier at 7.30pm and 90 minutes.

The clocks have already changed: daylight saving started on 4 October, so Brisbane now sits an hour behind Sydney and Melbourne. Our capital city times page has the conversions, and 9Now streams Nine live as well as on demand.

Who's in front before the auction?

On room scores, Courtney and Sev, 202½ to Adam and Jolene's 201½ on our running tally after Rumpus and Laundry Week, with Lisa and Rosco third on 188½. The working is in our Rumpus and Laundry results. Going into auction day, TV Blackbox reports that Rick and Tayla hold a $50,000 head start, the discount on their reserve that they won in the final week.

Room scores earn prize money along the way, but they don't decide the season. The auction does: the team whose house sells for the most above its reserve wins. The five teams at 109 Old Mornington Road, Mt Eliza are Adam and Jolene, Chantel and Wyatt, Lisa and Rosco, Courtney and Sev, and Rick and Tayla.

Where does the season go after the auction?

Straight to the next one. Nine has already confirmed a 2027 season at Jacksons Hill in Sunbury, with three heritage buildings, and the rest of next year's slate is in our 2027 line-up.

Before then there's plenty of 2026 to get through. The nightly schedule and repeats are in the Block viewing guide, Thursday's rundown covers Monday's clash with the new My Kitchen Rules, and every episode night is filed in our Block archive.

FAQ

Has Nine confirmed the auction date?
Yes. Nine's auction-day explainer, posted on Tuesday 27 October, says the auctions air on Channel 9 and 9Now on Sunday 1 November at 7pm, and TVmaze lists the auction as a 116-minute episode from 7.00pm. Domain, via Mediaweek on 15 October, had reported the same date, and it fits the 13-week pattern of the last six seasons.

Will the auction be on 9Now?
Yes. 9Now carries Nine's broadcast live and puts every Block episode up on demand afterwards, free with a login. If you plan to watch later, stay off social media that night.

Is there anything to watch on Friday nights meanwhile?
Not from The Block. For the weeknight quiz shows, our sister site is AU Quiz On Air, and viewers in New Zealand can check when The Block reaches NZ.

Sources

• Nine.com.au, The Block 2026 auction day explainer (27 October) — auctions on Channel 9 and 9Now, Sunday 1 November at 7pm.
• TV Blackbox, 27 October — Sunday night auctions, $3.45 million reserves and Rick and Tayla's $50,000 advantage.
• TVmaze episode guide for The Block — premiere and auction dates, start times and running times for seasons 14 to 21; season 22 episodes through the Sunday 1 November auction.
• Wikipedia, The Block season 22 — the twelve-week room schedule, teams and site address.
• New Idea, The Block 2026 — auction expected in October or November going by previous seasons.
• Mediaweek, 15 October 2026 — Domain's report of the Sunday 1 November finale and the $3.45 million reserve.
• Now To Love, 20 October 2026 — Woman's Day's reference to the October 31 auctions.
• New Idea, 16 October 2026 — the $3.45 million reserve and Nine not yet confirming the auction date.
• yourTV and IceTV guides (Nine), Sydney listings for 28 September to 7 October — reveal and build nights, the open-homes episode and its $50,000 prize, and the Monday 5 October reveal.
• 2026 NRL Grand Final — played Sunday 4 October at Accor Stadium.

By the AU Reality On Air desk · Updated 3 November, 12.31am AEDT