Lego Masters (Australian TV series) season 1 explained

Season Number:	1
Bgcolour:	FF5F5F
Module1:	Host: Hamish Blake Judges: Ryan "The Brickman" McNaught Num Teams: 8 Winner: Henry & Cade Runner Up: David & Gerhard
Num Episodes:	9
Network:	Nine Network

The first season of Australian reality television series Lego Masters premiered on the Nine Network on 28 April 2019.^[1] Hamish Blake was announced as host and Ryan "The Brickman" McNaught was announced as Judge.

Production

Auditions for the series opened in June 2018, however no network had commissioned it at that time, filming would take place between October and December.^[2] The series was commissioned in July 2018 by the Nine Network,^{[3] [4]} The series was officially confirmed at Nine's Upfronts in October 2018, also announcing the series will be hosted Hamish Blake.^{[5] [6]}

The season was sponsored by Lego, Honda, Kmart and the a2 Milk Company.^[7]

Teams

Team	Ages	Relationship	Status
Henry & Cade	37 & 35	"Team Dad"	Winners
David & G (Gerhard)	32 & 52	Workmates	Runners-up
Jordan & Miller	19 & 19	Childhood Best Friends	Third Place
Bilsy (Adam) & Kale	34 & 41	Lego Enthusiasts	(Challenge 8)
Jimmy & Maddy	36 & 29	Married	(Challenge 7)
Matt & Lyn	17 & 71	Grandson & Grandmother	(Challenge 6)
Dinushi & Gayan	34 & 36	Best friends	(Challenge 4)
Marielle & Kaitlyn	28 & 20	Design Gurus	(Challenge 3)

Elimination history

Team! colspan=9 scope="col"

Challenge
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	GF
Henry & Cade									Winners
David & G									Second Place
Jordan & Miller									Third Place
Bilsy (Adam) & Kale								colspan=4
Jimmy & Maddy							colspan=4
Matt & Lyn						colspan=4
Dinushi & Gayan				colspan=6
Marielle & Kaitlyn			colspan=7

Table key

	Team is immune and safe from elimination
	Team won a challenge
	Team came 2nd-7th place in the top two or the bottom two chosen by Brickman
	Team was safe from elimination after passing a challenge/round
	Team was eliminated from the competition

Notes

• Matt and Lynn played the golden brick that they won in episode 1. Therefore, they were safe from elimination.

Series Details

Challenge 1

• Airdate - 28 April 2019
• Challenge: "Mega Cities" - Each of the eight teams had to create a city block (to connect to an already built city) in 15 hours, then they were tasked with an additional 3 hours to show their building under attack.
• Advantage - The winner of the challenge received "The Golden Brick", which they can use to keep them safe from a future Elimination Challenge.

Team	Lego Design	Result
Matt & Lyn	Blue Building - Under Attack by Dragon
Jimmy & Maddy	Megatown under Attack - City Defended by large Lego Maddy	Safe
David & G	Cathedral - Under Attack by Bombing	Safe
Henry & Cade	Peter-Pan Modernised Treehouse - Under Attack by Captain Hook and his crew	Safe
Jordan & Miller	A "Journey Through Time" Town Hall - Under Attack by UFO	Safe
Bilsy (Adam) & Kale	Tall Urban Building - Under Attack by Aliens	Safe
Marielle & Kaitlyn	Art Gallery - Under Attack by Agents of Darkness	Safe
Dinushi & Gayan	"Life After Work" City - Under attack by Asteroids	Safe

Notes

• As Jimmy & Maddy's design was already under attack, they were tasked to make the city's defence.

Challenge 2

• Airdate - 29 April 2019
• Challenge: "Blockbuster" - Each of the eight teams had 7 hours to create a space themed design, after which would be destroyed in 1 of 4 types of ways. The challenge winner received immunity.

Team	Lego Design	Result
Dinushi & Gayan	Space Colony Destruction - Explosives
Jimmy & Maddy	Honeymoon Rocket - 4 Metre Moon Drop	Safe
David & G	Space Station - Baseball Bat	Safe
Henry & Cade	Giant Purple Alien - Baseball Bat	Safe
Jordan & Miller	Space-Themed Noah's Ark - 100 km/h track	Safe
Bilsy (Adam) & Kale	Space Hotel - 4 Metre Moon Drop	Safe
Marielle & Kaitlyn	Moon Mine - Explosives	Safe
Matt & Lyn	Solar System - 100 km/h track	Safe

Challenge 3

• Airdate - 30 April 2019
• Challenge: "Cut in Half" - Each of the teams had 10 hours to build a second half of an object that had been cut in half. The team with the weakest design was eliminated.

Team	Lego Design	Result
Dinushi & Gayan	N/A
Henry & Cade	Original Half: Violin Designed Half: Cyberpunk Lady Playing Violin
Jimmy & Maddy	Original Half: Mannequin Designed Half: Imaginative Lego Mannequin	Safe
David & G	Original Half: Projector Designed Half: WWII Dogfight	Safe
Jordan & Miller	Original Half: Typewriter Designed Half: Fairy-tale Book	Safe
Bilsy (Adam) & Kale	Original Half: Rear Half of Bicycle Designed Half: Unicorn Bike	Safe
Matt & Lyn	Original Half: Blender Designed Half: Kitchen Catastrophe	Safe
Marielle & Kaitlyn	Original Half: TV Designed Half: Underwater Discarded TV

Challenge 4

• Airdate - 5 May 2019
• Advantage Challenge: "Break and Make" - Teams were given 4 hours to take a pre-constructed parrot apart and build something new with all 1,600 pieces. The winner of the challenge received an advantage of an extra hour for the elimination challenge.
• Elimination Challenge: "Apartment" - The Teams were given 11 hours to create an apartment complex with three flights of floors. The team with the weakest design was eliminated.

Team	Lego Design	Result
Advantage Challenge - "Break and Make"
Bilsy (Adam) & Kale	Band Playing on Stage
Matt & Lyn	Robot Fighting a Kangaroo	Through to Elimination Challenge
Dinushi & Gayan	Theme Park
Jimmy & Maddy	Motorbike Rider at Duck Crossing
David & G	Engagement in a Park
Henry & Cade	Boxing Match Video Game
Jordan & Miller	Pirate Ship
Elimination Challenge - "Apartment"
Matt & Lyn	N/A
Jimmy & Maddy	Haunted House
David & G	Honeymoon Apartment	Safe
Henry & Cade	Space Station Themed Apartment	Safe
Jordan & Miller	Fraternity House Party	Safe
Bilsy (Adam) & Kale	Childhood Dream Apartment	Safe
Dinushi & Gayan	Diner/Domestic Apartment

Challenge 5

• Airdate - 6 May 2019
• Challenge: "Bridge" - Teams had 10 hours to build a 2 metre Lego bridge that could support itself and additional weights of 8 kg; tiebreaker winners would be determined by aesthetic. The winners won advantage of immunity from the next elimination challenge.

Team	Lego Design	Result
David & G	Bridge weight before breaking: 88 kg
Matt & Lyn	Bridge weight before breaking: 34 kg	Safe
Jimmy & Maddy	Bridge weight before breaking: 34 kg	Safe
Henry & Cade	Bridge weight before breaking: 58 kg	Safe
Jordan & Miller	Bridge weight before breaking: 88 kg	Safe
Bilsy (Adam) & Kale	Bridge weight before breaking: 24 kg	Safe

Challenge 6

• Airdate - 7 May 2019
• Challenge: "Evil Lair" - The teams had 13 hours to build an Evil Villain's Lair, complete with a getaway vehicle and a lair containing booby traps, an escape path and a "Mega Weapon". The team with the weakest design was eliminated.

Team	Lego Design	Result
David & G	N/A
Henry & Cade	Evil Bee Girl Lair
Jimmy & Maddy	Evil Cactus Girl Lair	Safe
Jordan & Miller	Evil Genie Lair	Safe
Bilsy (Adam) & Kale	Evil Robot Lair	Safe
Matt & Lyn	Evil Leprechaun Lair

Challenge 7

• Airdate - 12 May 2019
• Advantage Challenge: "Delorean" - The teams had to build an exact replica of The DeLorean from Back to the Future, with the team who designed it the most accurately winning immunity from the Elimination Challenge.
• Elimination Challenge: "Classic Movie Scene" - Contestants had 10 hours to create an iconic scene from a movie of their choice. The team with the weakest design would be eliminated.

Team	Lego Design	Result
Colspan=3	Advantage Challenge - “Delorean”
Henry & Cade	Lego Design of the Delorean from Back to the Future
David & G		Through to Elimination Challenge
Jimmy & Maddy
Jordan & Miller
Bilsy (Adam) & Kale
Colspan=3	Elimination Challenge - “Classic Movie Scene”
Henry & Cade	N/A
Jordan & Miller	Movie: King Kong Scene: Climbing the Empire State Building
David & G	Movie: Jaws Scene: Attacking the Boat	Safe
Bilsy (Adam) & Kale	Movie: Titanic Scene: Rose & Jack's "I'm Flying" Scene	Safe
Jimmy & Maddy	Movie: The Exorcist Scene: Head Spinning Scene

Challenge 8

• Airdate - 13 May 2019
• Challenge: "Time Train" - The four remaining teams had 16 hours to build a world based on four different eras – The Future, Prehistoric, Medieval, the Wild West, as a train travelled effortlessly through each of the builds. The team with weakest design was eliminated.

Team	Lego Design	Result
David & G	Future Time Train	Through to Grand Final
Henry & Cade	Wild West Time Train
Jordan & Miller	Medieval Time Train
Bilsy (Adam) & Kale	Prehistoric Time Train

Grand Final

• Airdate - 14 May 2019
• Grand Final Challenge - Over 28 hours, remaining contestants were tasked with building something of their own choice; yet still needing to adhere to the criteria of technical skills, story-telling elements and overall aesthetic. The Team with the most votes would win the competition and receive $100,000 AUD.
• Voting & Judgment - Assisting Brickman in judging was Senior Design Manager at LEGO, Fenella Charity.^[8] The 250 members of the public, as well as past contestants, were also going to be judging, assigning their Black Bricks (worth 1 vote) to whichever model they liked most. Completing the vote, Brickman and Fenella were each given a Golden Brick worth 50 votes.

Team	Lego Design	Result
Henry & Cade	Poseidon Themed Build - Poseidon protecting a boat full of warriors from being attacked by a serpent	Winners
David & G	Theme Park Build - attractions include Rollercoaster, Ferris Wheel, Big Drop & Go Kart Track	Runners-up
Jordan & Miller	Spaceship Themed Build - Mothership being robbed by Space Pirates while space crew fight with to protect	Third Place

Notes and References

1. Web site: Airdate: Lego Masters. TV Tonight. David. Knox. 15 April 2019. 16 April 2019.
2. Web site: Auditions: LEGO Masters. TV Tonight. David. Knox. 21 June 2018. 16 April 2019.
3. Web site: LEGO Masters confirmed for Nine. TV Tonight. David. Knox. 3 July 2018. 16 April 2019.
4. Web site: Nine Commissions Lego Masters For Australia. nineentertainmentco.com.au. 3 July 2018. 16 April 2019.
5. Web site: Upfronts 2019: Nine: SeaChange, Australian Open, Lego Masters, Bad Mothers.. TV Tonight. David. Knox. 17 October 2018. 16 April 2019.
6. Web site: Nine 2019 Upfront: Lego Masters Provides Point Of Difference To Nine's Other Consistent Reality Formats. nineentertainmentco.com.au. 16 April 2019.
7. Web site: Nine reveals sponsors for debut season of Lego Masters. Adnews. Josh. Mcdonnell. 24 April 2019. 26 April 2019.
8. Web site: Knox . David . 'Brickman' accentuates the positive . . 19 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190510220009/https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/05/brickman-accentuates-the-positive.html . 10 May 2019 . 11 May 2019 . live.