Block star lifts lid after ‘cheating’ scandal

Can comforts Han after they are accused of stealing Sonny and Alicia’s idea.

The Block team accused of cheating by copying another couple’s design ideas has lifted the lid on how the cast really got on behind the scenes during filming of the 2025 series.

Han and Can were accused of stealing ideas this week after revealing their plans for a heated seat at the Hepburn Springs Day Spa.

A furious Alicia and Sonny accused them of ripping off their original plans only for Han and Can to plead ignorance.

Behind the scenes footage painted a different picture, though, with Han and Can shown to have conspired with their tradespeople to replicate their neighbours’ work.

Can needed some alone time after the copycat scandal came out.

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The Block host Scott Cam spruiked the 2025 season before it launched as a more mature group of contestants who would move away from the drama that plagued season 2024.

A few weeks in to the new season, though, and cracks are beginning to show.

Despite the ruffled feathers Han and Can have caused, the duo told Yahoo the cast dynamic in 2025 had been great and viewers weren’t seeing everything that went on behind closed doors.

“It really did become a little Block family,” Can said.

“Of course, there were some tense moments, big personalities, high stakes, and zero sleep will do that, but behind the scenes, there was so much laughter, support, and fun that didn’t always make it to air.

Matching tattoos the cast of The Block 2025 got after filming wrapped.

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“We all went through something so unique together, and that bond is really strong.”

Can said the cast celebrated the series wrap with a holiday together and they all got matching tattoos.

“The friendships, the growth, and the memories are things we’ll carry forever,” Can said.

Given Han and Can’s ability to bend the truth, it will require confirmation fro other contestants as to whether everything really has been sunshine and rainbows behind the scenes – the fallout from the ‘cheating’ claims aired this week are anything but.

Claiming to be “disgusted” to be viewed as a person who would steal an idea, Han threatened to leave the show.

Can, meanwhile, apologised to Alicia saying it was all a misunderstanding.

“I am not allowing them to sit in the van and cry saying they want to go home,” Alicia said. “You did this knowingly. Don’t bulls**t me.”

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Even though the Queenslanders hadn’t yet sighted any incriminating video evidence, Alicia and Sonny were not falling for the girls’ story.

Sonny simply said Han and Can were dead to him.

“They are not sorry, they are sorry they got caught,” he said.

As proof of their innocence the girls offered to give Sonny and Alicia the $260,000 caravan prize should they triumph with their copycat design.

Sonny and Alicia just saw this as further proof of guilt. Because who would give someone their prize if they had done nothing wrong?

Plus, Alicia and Sonny didn’t want anybody’s sloppy seconds. The pair had worked long and hard to get their heated seat plan approved by Hepburn Springs management and were hungry for their first win.

“Today is the day The Block changes, I am p***ed,” Alicia fumed. “I am unleashed.”

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