# Lego Masters (Australian TV series) season 5

The fifth season of Australian reality television series Lego Masters, titled Lego Masters: Grand Masters, began airing on 10 April 2023. Unlike previous series’, eight teams returned from previous seasons to compete. Hamish Blake returned as host along with Ryan "The Brickman" McNaught as judge. The eight teams battle it out to win the title of Australia's LEGO Master and a prize of $100,000.

## Production

In September 2022, the series was renewed by Nine for a fifth, “All-stars” season, titled Lego Masters: Grand Masters, which had returning contestants from each previous season. The contestants were announced on 28 March 2023 and premiered on 10 April 2023.

## Teams

| Team | Relationship | Previous season | Status |
| Scott & Owen | Best friends | Season 3 runners-up | Winners |
| Joss & Henry Woodyard | Brothers | Season 4 winners | Runners up |
| Alex & Caleb Campion | Law student & Makeup artist | Season 4 runners-up | Eliminated (Challenge 14) |
| Ryan & Gabby | Primary School teacher & occupational therapist | Season 3 last eliminatees | Eliminated (Challenge 13) |
| Andrew & Damian | Best mates | Season 2 runners-up | Eliminated (Challenge 12) |
| David Velásquez & Gus McLaren | Mates | Season 3 winners | Eliminated (Challenge 10) |
| Henry & Sarah | Paired together | Season 1 winner & Season 3 | Eliminated (Challenge 7) |
| Kale & Trent | Paired together | Season 1 & Season 2 last eliminatees | Eliminated (Challenge 4) |

## Elimination history

Teams' progress through the competition :
| Team | Challenge | Challenge | Challenge | Challenge | Challenge | Challenge | Challenge | Challenge | Challenge | Challenge | Challenge | Challenge | Challenge | Challenge |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | GF |
| Scott & Owen | Top One | Safe | Top One | Immunity | Safe | Top Two | Safe | Safe | Top One | Top One | Immunity | Top One | Safe | Winners |
| Joss & Henry | Safe | Safe | Safe | Top One | Top One | Immunity | Safe | Top Two | Safe | Top Two | Top One | Immunity | Top Two | Runners up |
| Alex & Caleb | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Top Two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Top Two | Safe | Top One | Eliminated |
| Ryan & Gabby | Safe | Top One | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Top Two | Safe | Top Two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Andrew & Damian | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Top One | Immunity | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| David & Gus | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Top One | Top One | Immunity | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Henry & Sarah | Safe | Safe | Safe | Top Two | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Kale & Trent | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
Table key :
| Advantage | Team received an advantage from Brickman |
| Top One | Team came first place in the challenge or the show |
| Immunity | Team is immune and safe from elimination |
| Safe | Team was safe from elimination after passing a challenge/round. |
| Eliminated | Team was eliminated from the competition |

### Team scores

Teams' scores during the first three builds :
| Team | Challenge score (out of 20) | Challenge score (out of 20) | Challenge score (out of 20) | Running total |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Running total |
| Scott & Owen | 18 | 17 | 19 (+3) | 57 |
| Ryan & Gabby | 17 | 18 | 17 | 52 |
| Andrew & Damian | 16 | 14 | 18 (+3) | 51 |
| Kale & Trent | 14 | 17 | 16 (+3) | 50 |
| David & Gus | 17 | 16 | 16 | 49 |
| Joss & Henry | 16 | 15 | 18 | 49 |
| Henry & Sarah | 15 | 15 | 16 (+3) | 49 |
| Alex & Caleb | 14 | 16 | 16 (+3) | 49 |

## Series Details
### Challenge 1

* Airdate - 10 April 2023
* Challenge: "City In The Sky" Each of the eight teams has 14 hours to create a model of a world / civilisation on a disk hung by a single cable from the ceiling.
* Advantage: Each of the first three builds will be scored out of 20 points by Brickman in order to determine the winner of the immunity brick.
| Team | Lego Design | Score | Result |
| Scott & Owen | Mine on an Asteroid | 18 | Won |
| David & Gus | Space Monkeys! (Crashed Rocket) | 17 | Safe |
| Ryan & Gabby | Viking Tree of Life (Yggdrasil) | 17 | Safe |
| Joss & Henry | Lighthouse Shipyard (Steampunk Space Pirates) | 16 | Safe |
| Andrew & Damian | The Sky Resort | 16 | Safe |
| Henry & Sarah | Shipping Containder City Attack (Monster) | 15 | Safe |
| Caleb & Alex | The Love Robot (Cherubs) | 14 | Safe |
| Kale & Trent | Phoenix Egg Heist (Wizards) | 14 | Safe |

### Challenge 2

* Airdate - 11 April 2023
* Challenge: "Over the Falls" Each of the eight teams has six hours to create a build which tells a story both as it goes over the edge of a waterfall, and as it crashes on the rocks below.
* Advantage: Each team will receive another score out of 20 by Brickman in order to determine the winner of the immunity brick.
| Team | Lego Design | Score | Result |
| Ryan & Gabby | Monkey in a Barrel (with Bananas) | 18 | Won |
| Scott & Owen | Safety Turtle (Hang Gliding with Floaties) | 17 | Safe |
| Kale & Trent | Magician and His Assistant (in a Barrel) | 17 | Safe |
| Caleb & Alex | Treasure Hunter (Water Skiing on Two Crocodiles) | 16 | Safe |
| David & Gus | Fat Cat (On a Raft) | 16 | Safe |
| Joss & Henry | Koi Fisherman | 15 | Safe |
| Henry & Sarah | Pirate Rubber Duckie Ship | 15 | Safe |
| Andrew & Damian | Adrenaline Junkie (Skysurfing) | 14 | Safe |

### Challenge 3

* Airdate - 12 April 2023
* Challenge: "Greatest Lego Mystery: Real or Lego?" Each of the eight teams has 10 hours to recreate a real-world item from the "Blake & Brickman Detective Agency" set piece (an office full of Film noir items). Each team chooses one real item and the Lego item will replace it. A guest judge, Sophie Monk, has one minute to decide which items are real and which are Lego while examining the set from a distance. An extra three points are available if the guest judge is fooled.
* Advantage: Each team will receive another score out of 20 by Brickman, more points available for more difficult items, and the team with the highest score over the first three builds will receive the immunity brick, The Grand Brick.
| Team | Lego Design | Score | Fooled Guest Judge | Result |
| Scott & Owen | Electric Fan | 19 (+3) | Yes | Won |
| Andrew & Damian | Typewriter | 18 (+3) | Yes | Safe |
| Henry & Sarah | Hatstand | 16 (+3) | Yes | Safe |
| Caleb & Alex | Books and Candlestick Telephone Bookends | 16 (+3) | Yes | Safe |
| Kale & Trent | 1940s Tabletop Radio | 16 (+3) | Yes | Safe |
| Joss & Henry | Tiffany Lamp | 18 | No | Safe |
| Ryan & Gabby | Mantel Clock | 17 | No | Safe |
| David & Gus | Reel to Reel Tape Recorder | 16 | No | Safe |

### Challenge 4

* Airdate - 16 April 2023
* Advantage Challenge "Roller Coaster Car": The first elimination challenge sees the contestants complete a two-part Theme Park challenge. In the first part, each of the eight teams has two hours, to construct a roller coaster car. In order to gain the advantage in the second part, the car must travel successfully around a roller coaster track. The winner of the advantage challenge choose their lot for the elimination challenge and the lots for all the other teams.
* Elimination Challenge "Theme Park": The eight teams have 12 hours to complete one section of the theme park all linked by the roller coaster track. The team that won the advantage have their cart equipped with a camera to tour the entire theme park. The challenge is judged both from the aesthetics and construction as viewed from the outside and the point of view of a camera attached to the roller coaster.
| Team | Lego Design | Result |
| Advantage Challenge |||
| Joss & Henry | Skull | Advantage - Successful |
| David & Gus | Crazy Clown | Successful (lost lower jaw) |
| Scott & Owen | Spinning Teacup | Crashed |
| Andrew & Damian | Rocket Snail | Crashed |
| Henry & Sarah | V8 Flaming Snail | Crashed |
| Caleb & Alex | Burger | Crashed |
| Kale & Trent | Princess Pirate Ship | Crashed |
| Ryan & Gabby | Egyptian Sarcophagus | Crashed |
| Elimination Challenge |||
| Joss & Henry | Spooky Land | Winner |
| Henry & Sarah | Zombies | Top Two |
| Scott & Owen | Pirates of Skull Mountain | Immunity |
| Andrew & Damian | Temple Raiders (Aztec World) | Safe |
| Caleb & Alex | Dinosaurs | Safe |
| Ryan & Gabby | Big Stuff | Safe |
| David & Gus | Clown Town | Bottom Two |
| Kale & Trent | Superheroes | Eliminated |

### Challenge 5

* Airdate - 17 April 2023
* Challenge "Up it Goes": The teams have 7 hours to create a single build that travels vertically up a wire for 6 metres.
* Advantage: The teams were not told if the build was an elimination build, the Grand Brick is passed to the new winner.
| Team | Lego Design | Height | Result |
| Joss & Henry | When Pigs Fly | 6m | Winner |
| Caleb & Alex | Crime Cat (Cat Burgler / Angel Cat) | 6m | Top Two |
| Scott & Owen | Hot Air Balloon | 6m | Safe |
| Henry & Sarah | Window Washer | 6m | Safe |
| Ryan & Gabby | Retro Rocket | 6m | Safe |
| David & Gus | Owl | 2m | Bottom Two |
| Andrew & Damian | Rocket Man | 1.5m | Bottom Two |

### Challenge 6

* Airdate - 18 April 2023
* Challenge "Conspiracy Theories": The teams have 10 hours to create a story about a well-known secret trope, mystery, or conspiracy theory out of Lego. The build will be boxed in a wooden crate and revealed for judging. Dr Karl appears as a special guest.
* Advantage: The teams were not told if the build was an elimination build, the Grand Brick is passed to the new winner.
| Team | Lego Design | Result |
| Andrew & Damian | Jacked Rat (Mutant) | Winner |
| Scott & Owen | El Dorado, The City of Gold | Top Two |
| David & Gus | Alien in a Canister | Safe |
| Caleb & Alex | Surprised Bigfoot | Safe |
| Ryan & Gabby | President Controlled by Mice | Safe |
| Joss & Henry | Loch Ness Monster Workshop | Immunity |
| Henry & Sarah | Yeti (Man in a Suit) | Bottom Two |

### Challenge 7

* Airdate - 23 April 2023
* Advantage Challenge "Space": The seven teams have three hours to build something that makes sense on the top of a rocket, weighs no more than 350g, and tells a story as it returns to earth on a parachute. Each build is judged out of 10 points by Brickman and a bonus point for "flair" is awarded by Hamish Blake. NPU (Nice Part Usage) is key to this build. The team that wins this are given 1/2 hour of Brickman's technical expertise for the Elimination Challenge.
* Elimination Challenge "Great Ball Contraption": The seven teams have 10 hours to build a section of a great ball contraption, all linked. If the ball does not pass through a build, that team is up for elimination. Story telling is the main criterion for judgement.
| Team | Lego Design | Result |
| Advantage Challenge |||
| Andrew & Damian | Space Shark | Winner |
| David & Gus | Stooping Bald Eagle | Top Two |
| Joss & Henry | Thumbs Up | Bonus Point |
| Caleb & Alex | Stuntmen in Space | Safe |
| Scott & Owen | Flying Chicken Man | Safe |
| Henry & Sarah | Space Ship | Safe |
| Ryan & Gabby | Eggman and Aeronautic Acrobats | Safe |
| Elimination Challenge |||
| David & Gus | Carnival Clown (Laughing Clown Game) | Winner |
| Ryan & Gabby | Music Class | Top Two |
| Andrew & Damian | Wrecking Ball on the Loose | Immunity |
| Scott & Owen | Dutch Windmill | Safe |
| Joss & Henry | Pinball Machine | Safe |
| Caleb & Alex | Runaway Meatball | Bottom Two |
| Henry & Sarah | Putt Putt | Eliminated |

### Challenge 8

* Airdate - 24 April 2023
* Challenge "Disney": The six teams have ten hours to create a storytelling, emotional scene from an iconic animated Disney film (as part of the 100th Anniversary of Disney)—the teams were given six choices of films. No moving parts or mechanisms were allowed. The team with the Grand Brick, David & Gus, chose the films for all the teams.
* Advantage: The teams were not told if the build was an elimination build, the Grand Brick is passed to the new winner.
| Team | Lego Design | Result |
| David & Gus | Peter Pan "Peter Pan & Captain Hook Sword Fight" | Winner |
| Joss & Henry | Moana "Te Kā Battle Scene" | Top Two |
| Andrew & Damian | Up "Lift Off" | Safe |
| Caleb & Alex | Toy Story "The Claw" | Safe |
| Scott & Owen | Fantasia "The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Mops" | Safe |
| Ryan & Gabby | Frozen "Olaf Gets a Nose" | Safe |

### Challenge 9

* Airdate - 25 April 2023
* Challenge "Explosion in Motion": The six teams have nine hours to build something that has motion in it and will explode using three explosive charges. A Hollywood-style story must be told with the build and explosions.
* Advantage: The teams were not told if the build was an elimination build, the Grand Brick is passed to the new winner.
| Team | Lego Design | Result |
| Scott & Owen | Pirate Robbery | Winner |
| Ryan & Gabby | Gem Train Explosion | Top Two |
| David & Gus | Robot City Destruction | Immunity |
| Joss & Henry | The Rocker | Safe |
| Andrew & Damian | Prison Break | Safe |
| Caleb & Alex | The Alien | Safe |

### Challenge 10

* Airdate - 30 April 2023
* Challenge "The Heist": The six remaining Grand Masters teams have 14 hours to build their own portion of a city-wide heist, based on a blueprint map, taking place in minifigure scale. The previous winners, Scott & Owen, chose first and assigned the remainder of the sections of the city to the rest of the teams.
* Advantage: The teams were not told if the build was an elimination build, the Grand Brick is passed to the new winners.
| Team | Lego Design | Result |
| Scott & Owen | Train Station "Victorian Royal Train Heist" | Winner |
| Joss & Henry | Jewellers "Family Jewels by 1920s Gangsters Car Smash" | Top Two |
| Andrew & Damian | Hotel "Hotel Hoist Heist using Giant Helicopter" | Safe |
| Ryan & Gabby | Bank "Clown Heist using Tunnel from Shoe Shop" | Safe |
| Caleb & Alex | Art Gallery "Janitor Heist with Rubbish Truck" | Bottom Two |
| David & Gus | Docks "Luxury Yacht Heist with Giant Magnet" | Eliminated |

### Challenge 11

* Airdate - 1 May 2023
* Challenge "Best of the Best": The remaining five teams had 10 hours to build a design assigned from the best challenges from the previous four seasons, competing against the winning builds from that original challenge. The previous winners, Scott & Owen, selected their preferred challenge and assigned challenges for the other teams.
* Advantage: The Grand Brick is passed to the new winners, who advance through to Finals Week.
| Team | Lego Design | Result |
| Joss & Henry | "Cut in Half" from Challenge 3, Season 1 and Challenge 6, Season 3 Mr Coffee Robotic Coffee Machine | Winner |
| Caleb & Alex | "One Hanging Brick" from Challenge 4, Season 2 Suspended Food Chain | Top Two |
| Scott & Owen | "Beginning, Middle & End" from Challenge 12, Season 4 The Rise and Fall of Rome | Immunity |
| Andrew & Damian | "Snow Globe" from Challenge 3, Season 3 Proposal in Paris | Safe |
| Ryan & Gabby | "Blown Away" from Challenge 9, Season 4 Chinese Dragon | Safe |

### Challenge 12

* Airdate - 2 May 2023
* Challenge "Cliff Hanger": The teams were given 12 hours to build a mountain dwelling off a pre-constructed lego cliff attached by six technic studs. Teams were told it was an elimination challenge. There was a Hamish Blake bonus point for the build that came out the furthest from the cliff face. Joss and Henry, the previous winners, chose their minifig first and assigned the minifigs to the remaining teams.
| Team | Minifig - Lego Design | Result - Distance |
| Scott & Owen | Ice Queen - "Ice Queen vs Lava Monster" with Ice Castle | Winner - 2.18m |
| Caleb & Alex | Samurai - "Samurai Battle" with Castle and Dragon | Safe - 1.20m |
| Joss & Henry | Wizard - "The Wizard's Farm" on Floating Islands with a Griffin Stealing Sheep | Immunity - 0.63m |
| Ryan & Gabby | Alpine Girl - "Heidi From the Hills" Riding a Goose, Landing on a Stone Hands with Chalet in Background | Safe - 1.29m |
| Andrew & Damian | Spaceman - "Space Race" | Eliminated - 2.31m |

### Challenge 13

* Airdate - 7 May 2023
* Challenge "Jumper": In the penultimate challenge of LEGO Grand Masters, the four teams have 16 hours to build a 'jumper' or replacement carousel horse that is part of a real carousel at Sydney's Luna Park.
| Team | Lego Design | Result |
| Caleb & Alex | Croc in a Bathtub | Winner |
| Joss & Henry | Seahorse | Top Two |
| Scott & Owen | Honey Bee | Bottom Two |
| Ryan & Gabby | Butterfly Librarian | Eliminated |

### Grand Finale

* Airdate - 8 May 2023
* Challenge "Grand Finale": The teams are given 28 hours to build 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 is crowned LEGO Masters: Grand Master champions and claim the $100,000 prize.
* Voting & Judgment: 200 members of the public judged the builds, assigning their Black Bricks worth 1 vote to whichever model they liked most. Completing the vote, Brickman awards the Grand Brick worth 100 votes, while Hamish awards 1/2 vote with the Beige Brick.
| Team | Lego Design | Result |
| Scott & Owen | Titan (Holding a City on Its Shoulder Above Lava) | Winners |
| Joss & Henry | Forest Guardian and the Traveller (Deer God Forest Spirit) | Runners up |
| Caleb & Alex | King of the Jungle (Lion on a Throne) | Eliminated |

## Ratings

| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot | Overnight ratings | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers | Ref(s) |
| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot | Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | Total viewers | Ref(s) |
| 1 | Challenge 1 | 10 April 2023 | Monday 7:30pm | 502,000 | 8 | — | — | 502,000 | |
| 2 | Challenge 2 | 11 April 2023 | Tuesday 7:30pm | 435,000 | 12 | — | — | 435,000 | |
| 3 | Challenge 3 | 12 April 2023 | Wednesday 7:30pm | 454,000 | 11 | — | — | 454,000 | |
| 4 | Challenge 4 | 16 April 2023 | Sunday 7:00pm | 516,000 | 5 | — | — | 516,000 | |
| 5 | Challenge 5 | 17 April 2023 | Monday 7:30pm | 448,000 | 12 | — | — | 448,000 | |
| 6 | Challenge 6 | 18 April 2023 | Tuesday 7:30pm | 411,000 | 12 | — | — | 411,000 | |
| 7 | Challenge 7 | 23 April 2023 | Sunday 7:00pm | 512,000 | 5 | — | — | 512,000 | |
| 8 | Challenge 8 | 24 April 2023 | Monday 7:30pm | 454,000 | 9 | — | — | 454,000 | |
| 9 | Challenge 9 | 25 April 2023 | Tuesday 7:30pm | 480,000 | 10 | — | — | 480,000 | |
| 10 | Challenge 10 | 30 April 2023 | Sunday 7:00pm | 548,000 | 6 | — | — | 548,000 | |
| 11 | Challenge 11 | 1 May 2023 | Monday 7:30pm | 521,000 | 9 | — | — | 521,000 | |
| 12 | Challenge 12 | 2 May 2023 | Tuesday 7:30pm | 486,000 | 8 | — | — | 486,000 | |
| 13 | Challenge 13 | 7 May 2023 | Sunday 7:00pm | 567,000 | 6 | — | — | 567,000 | |
| 14 | Grand FinaleWinners Announced | 8 May 2023 | Monday 7:30pmMonday 9:00pm | 576,000598,000 | 107 | — | — | 576,000598,000 | |