After Adrian Portelli purchased all five Block houses last year, host Scott Cam has said they don’t want him to return to the show again.

The Block host Scott Cam has issued a brutal message to Adrian Portelli, who bought all five properties on the show last year. Photo: Nine

Adrian Portelli shocked The Block viewers and contestants last year when he secretly purchased all five properties during the show’s auction and season finale last year. While he said that he wouldn’t be back again this year, host Scott Cam has issued a brutal message to the billionaire ahead of this year’s season premiere on Sunday.

During an appearance on Nova 96.6’s Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie, Scott had some choice words for Adrian after Wippa asked, “Scotty, Adrian Portelli… is he no longer going to purchase at The Block in a chance to give other people a crack at it?”

Scott responded, saying, “To be honest we said to Adrian, ‘We’d love you not to come next year, if that’s all right. You know it’s up to you, it’s a public auction. You can do whatever you want.’ He said, ‘Yeah, okay, [I] won’t come’, but he may come. We don’t know, but we do want to give mums and dads the opportunity to have a crack at a Block house…and if Adrian comes and wants to buy the lot of them, well, that rules them out.”

Adrian surprised viewers last year after he bought all five properties on The Block. Photo: Instagram/adrian_portelli
He added, “We just said, ‘Mate thank you. You’ve been an incredible patron of our show. Would you mind having a rest?’”

Wippa joked, “Take a year off, son!”

“Hopefully we get a few buyer’s advocates that come and are representing people, families. So hopefully they turn up and have a bit of a crack this year.”

The Block’s Adrian Portelli to sell staggering $15 million investment

It comes after Adrian announced that he is trying to sell the entire Phillip Island compound that he purchased last year to a single buyer.

Adrian took Instagram in June, seemingly in the hopes that one of his followers might take all of the properties off his hands.

The Block buyer Adrian Portelli has revealed he is trying to sell the entire Phillip Island compound from last year’s season of the show. Photo: Nine
He wrote: “For sale. EOI – The Phillip Island Block resort, selling complex complete. Everything included. Will not sell houses separately.”

Adrian later took to Instagram to share a video from what looks like Italy’s Lake Como, saying, “House shopping day. Admittedly the views are much better here than Phillip Island.”

The billionaire made history last year when he bought every single house on the show for $15.03 million. He said at the time that it was his last year that he would be a buyer on the show, so he wanted to go out with a bang.

Adrian initially said he would likely keep the residences for himself and hold events there, but it appears he is now keen to offload them to one buyer. Photo: Nine
The billionaire bought sisters Maddy and Charlotte’s property for $3.5m, making them the winners of the show. This was followed by $3.3m on Courtney and Grant’s house, then $2.93m on Kristian and Mimi’s, $2.7m on Ricky and Haydn’s and $2.6m on Kylie and Brad’s.

In December, Adrian gave people the chance to win the entire compound by entering his LMCT+ giveaway. Winners could choose to walk away with the entire resort, or $8m cash tax-free.

“This is more than a giveaway; it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to launch yourself into a world of luxury, wealth, and freedom,” the website said. “Whether you choose the properties and step into the shoes of a property mogul, with a real estate portfolio worth millions, or take the $8 million cash, your life is about to change forever.”

Adrian revealed that Ballarat resident and healthcare worker Holly won the giveaway, choosing to take the money instead.

He had initially said he would likely keep the residences for himself and hold events there, but it appears he is now keen to offload them to one buyer.