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The Block Jess Eva and Norm Hogan reveal the unusual way they spent their $209,000 prize

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September 18, 2020
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The Block’s Jess Eva and Norm Hogan reveal the bizarre way they blew their $209,000 cash prize – after going through the entire amount in two years

By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 03:36, 18 September 2020 | Updated: 05:50, 18 September 2020

Jess Eva and Norm Hogan have spent the entire $209,000 prize money they won on The Block just two years ago.

Speaking on Triple M’s Moonman In The Morning on Friday, Jess revealed the couple blew the cash on a swimming pools, gambling and ‘helping out their friends’.

‘The first thing we bought was two above-ground pools… and we handed them out to our friends like lollies,’ she revealed.

Revealed: The Block’s Jess Eva and Norm Hogan (pictured) have revealed the unusual way they spent their $209,000 cash prize two years after winning the money

‘We just had friends who had been wanting a pool for ages… They’re $5000 each, so there’s $10,000,’ she said.

Jess also revealed the couple spent a portion of the prize money, betting on a tennis match.

‘Remember when Ash Barty was starting out on the tennis circuit and we didn’t know she was going to be a winner and she was playing against Maria Sharapova?’ she told her co-hosts, Lawrence Mooney and Chris Page.

Prize money: Jess revealed the couple spent the amount on swimming pools, gambling and helping out a friend

Prize money: Jess revealed the couple spent the amount on swimming pools, gambling and helping out a friend

How did Jess and Norm spend their $209,000 cash prize? 

– Purchased two above-ground swimming pools for their friends at $5000 each

– Spent a portion of the prize money betting on a tennis match between Maria Sharapova and Ash Barty

– Paid off a friend’s car loan

– Bought two lawnmowers

– Purchased a block of land in Queensland’s Russell Island

‘We put thousands on Maria Sharapova and it was just when Ash Barty was starting her winning streak… I’ll never forget Norm’s look after Maria lost the second set, he just had tears in his eyes,’ she said.

Jess also revealed she and Norm paid off a friend’s car loan, bought two lawnmowers and even bought a block of land in Queensland’s Russell Island.

Jess and Norm became household names after starring in the 2018 season of The Block, and share son Fred, five, and daughter Matilda, two.

Taking a chance: The couple spent a portion of their prize money, betting on a tennis match between Maria Sharapova and Ash Barty (pictured)

Taking a chance: The couple spent a portion of their prize money, betting on a tennis match between Maria Sharapova and Ash Barty (pictured)

'We handed them out to our friends like lollies!' Jess and Norm also bought two above-ground pools for their friends at $5000 each

‘We handed them out to our friends like lollies!’ Jess and Norm also bought two above-ground pools for their friends at $5000 each

During the show’s finale, the couple sold their apartment at auction for $2,859,000, making a tidy profit of $209,000.

In July, the former Block stars sold their block of land in Queensland’s Russell Island, after seven days of listing it.

The reality television stars purchased the land in July 2019 for $17,000 and sold it for $24,000 within one week of its listing. 

Rise to fame! Jess and Norm became household names after starring on the 2018 season of The Block, and share son Fred, five, and daughter Matilda, two

Rise to fame! Jess and Norm became household names after starring on the 2018 season of The Block, and share son Fred, five, and daughter Matilda, two

Cha-ching! In July, the former Block stars sold the block of land (pictured) they purchased after winning the show in Queensland's Russell Island

Cha-ching! In July, the former Block stars sold the block of land (pictured) they purchased after winning the show in Queensland’s Russell Island

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