House Rules season 8

House Rules
Season 8
Promotional title card for House Rules: High Stakes
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	6 April 2020 (2020-04-06)
Season chronology

The eighth season of Australian reality television series House Rules, also known as House Rules: High Stakes, began airing on 6 April 2020. The series is produced by the team who created the Seven reality show My Kitchen Rules. This season will be hosted by former judge Jamie Durie and Abbey Way.

Applications for Season 8 opened early in November 2018 and was confirmed in the seventh seasons grand final on the House Rules official network seven website. In July 2019, after seven seasons, Johanna Griggs announced she would not be returning as series host. In September 2019, Wendy Moore announced she would not be returning as series judge.

On 23 October 2019, the series was officially renewed for an eighth season which will be titled "House Rules: High Stakes" and for the first time will include eight teams, as well with the announcement of two new judges, interior designer Kyly Clarke and home builder Saul Myers, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen will retain his role as judge, however Jamie Durie will become the new series host, along with new co-host Abbey Gelmi.

This season of House Rules consisted of new teams renovating each other's homes and further challenges for an ultimate prize of TBA.

Format changes

• Elimination Rounds – This season will begin with eight teams, however over two round two teams will be eliminated, each round will consist of renovating one half of a Gold Coast Penthouse per round, the lowest scoring team from each round will be eliminated whilst the other six will receive a spot in the competition.

Contestant Teams

Team		Ages	House	Relationship	Status
-	Tamara Grant & Rhys Bennett	28 & 29	Brisbane, QLD	Lawyer & Fitness Pro (Couple)
-	Tanya & Dave Dawes	38 & 36	Perth, WA	Married with children
-	Susan & Anthony Lobriza	31 & 27	Berwick, VIC	Married Cheerleaders
-	Laith & George Batarseh	29 & 30	Sydney, NSW	Best Mates
-	Kayne & Aimee Stanton	37 & 26	Melbourne, VIC	Plumber Couple
-	Lenore McDermid & Bradley McLennan	55 & 31	Greystanes, NSW	Mother & Son
-	Kimmy & Rhi Harris	Both 31	Beaconsfield, TAS	Twin Sisters
-	Carly & Andrew	38 & 46	Brisbane, QLD	Married Straight Shooters	Withdrew (Elimination Round 1)

Elimination history

Teams' progress through the competition

Phase:	Elimination Rounds			Interior Renovation (Phase 1)
	Round 1	Round 2	Round Total (out of 60)	VIC						Round Total (out of 200)
Team	Scores			Scores
Tanya & Dave	26	→
Kimmy & Rhi	25
Lenore & Bradley	22
Laith & George	21
Kayne & Aimee	21			—
Tamara & Rhys	17
Susan & Anthony	15
Carly & Andrew	Withdrew (Episode 2)

Competition Details

Elimination Rounds: Gold Coast Penthouse

Round 1

• Episode 1 to 3
• Airdate — 6 to 8 April
• Description — In the first of two eliminations challenges, the teams had to renovate a zone in the first half of a 1970s Gold Coast Penthouse within 7 days. Due to a team withdrawing from the competition during this round, there will be no elimination after the round is complete, however the highest scoring team will be fast tracked to the interior renovations.

Renovation summary

Round 1
House Rules
Rule 1	Create a Miami Beach penthouse
Rule 2	Embrace the sexy curves and views
Rule 3	Impress with gelato colours
Rule 4	Size matters in the kitchen
Rule 5	Add luxury and glamour in master suite
Team	Zone	Scores			Round Total (out of 30)	Running Total (Round 1)
		Kyly	Laurence	Saul
Tanya & Dave	Dining Room & Shower Room	9	8	9	26	through to IR
Kimmy & Rhi	Loungeroom & WIR - His	8	8	9	25	25 / 30
Lenore & Bradley	Pool & WIR - Hers	7	7	8	22	22 / 30
Laith & George	Ensuite, Master Retreat & Master Bedroom1a	7	7	7	21	21 / 30
Kayne & Aimee	Family Room, Hallway & Open Study1b	6	5	5	21 (16 + 5)	21 / 30
Tamara & Rhys	Kitchen & Pool Lounge	5	6	6	17	17 / 30
Susan & Anthony	Bar & Entry	5	6	4	15	15 / 30
Carly & Andrew1	Withdrew

Notes

• ^1 Due to Carly & Andrew withdrawing from the competition, their two rooms had to be given to two teams, one room each, these rooms would now count as pass/fail rooms, if they pass the team receives 5 points, if they fail they receive nothing. The teams are:
  • ^1a Laith & George decided to take on the Master Bedroom. The room was judged as a fail and they did not receive 5 extra points.
  • ^1b Kayne & Aimee decided to take on the Open Study. The room was judged as a pass and they did receive 5 extra points.

Round 2

• Episode 4 to 6
• Airdate — 9 to 13 April
• Description — In the second of two eliminations challenges, the teams had to renovate a zone in The second half of a 1970s Gold Coast Penthouse within 7 days. The lowest scoring team at the end of this round will be eliminated.
  • previous winner's advantage: Tanya & Dave — fast tracked to interior renovation rounds
  • previous runners-up advantage: Kimmy & Rhi — allocating the zones to the teams

Renovation summary

Round 2
House Rules
Rule 1	Create a Miami Beach penthouse
Rule 2	Embrace the sexy curves and views
Rule 3	Impress with gelato colours
Rule 4	Entertain upstairs with lavish style
Rule 5	Give each bedroom a different identity
Team	Zone	Scores			Round Total (out of 30)	Final Total (Round 1 & 2)
		Kyly	Laurence	Saul
Kimmy & Rhi	Bedroom 3 & WIR					/ 60
Lenore & Bradley	Stairs, Hallway & Laundry					/ 60
Laith & George	Bar, Study Nook & Bathroom 1					/ 60
Kayne & Aimee	Pool View Lounge & Bedroom 2					/ 60
Tamara & Rhys	Bedroom 1 & Bathroom 2					/ 60
Susan & Anthony	Cocktail Lounge & Ensuite					/ 60
Tanya & Dave	Through to interior renovations

Phase 1: Interior Renovation

The six teams traveled around the country to completely renovate each other's home. Every week, one team handed over their house to their opponents for a complete interior transformation. A set of rules from the owners were given to the teams known as the 'House Rules' which needed to be followed to gain high scores from the judges and the homeowner team.

Victoria: Kayne & Aimee

• Episodes 7 to TBA
• Airdate — 14 to TBA April
• Description — Teams headed to Kayne & Aimee’s home in Melbourne, Victoria for the first renovation.
  • Previous winner's advantage: TBA — TBA

Renovation 1

Melbourne, Victoria
House Rules
Rule 1	'
Rule 2	'
Rule 3	'
Rule 4	'
Rule 5	'
Team	Zone	Scores				Total (out of 40)	Running Total (Reno 1)
		Homeowner	Kyly	Laurence	Saul
						'	/ 40
						'	/ 40
						'	/ 40
						'	/ 40
Tanya & Dave						'	/ 40
Kayne & Aimee	—						—

Ratings

Colour key:

  – Highest number of viewers/nightly rank during the season

  – Lowest number of viewers/nightly rank during the season

Wk.	Ep no.	Episode titles by stage of season				Air date	Viewers (millions)[a]	Nightly rank[a]	Source
1	1	Elimination Rounds (Gold Coast Penthouse)	Round 1	Introduction		Monday, 6 April	0.679	12
				Renovation Continues			0.660	13
	2			Apartment Reveal: Part 1		Tuesday, 7 April	0.643	9
	3			Apartment Reveal: Part 2		Wednesday, 8 April	0.620	11
2	4		Round 2	Introduction & Renovation		Thursday, 9 April	0.478	12
	5			Apartment Reveal: Part 1		Sunday, 12 April	0.630	6
	6			Apartment Reveal: Part 2		Monday, 13 April
3	7	Phase 1: Interior Renovation	VIC Renovation (Kayne & Aimee)	Introduction & Renovation		Tuesday, 14 April
	8			House Reveal: Part 1		Sunday, 19 April

Notes

• ^a Ratings data used is from OzTAM and represents the live and same day average viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide).