The Block’s controversial bidder Adrian ‘Mr Lambo’ Portelli announced he would be departing the show for good after Sunday night’s nail-biting finale.
But during an interview on A Current Affair on Monday night, the billionaire businessman revealed the one condition that could lure him back to the Channel Nine show.
‘If I never get called “Mr Lambo” again, I’ll come back to The Block”,’ Portelli told Seb Costello, before confirming he was definitely ‘retired’ from the show.
‘I’m 100 per cent done,’ added the 35-year-old.
Portelli announced his exit from The Block with a Monday Instagram post stating, ‘It’s time to say goodbye to The Block and this Dummy Bidder is going out with a f**kng Bang!’
When pressed by followers as to whether he was really bidding the renovation series farewell, Portelli confirmed, ‘it is my last season on The Block. It’s been a fun ride but time to say goodbye’
Portelli first raised eyebrows in 2022, arriving at Omar and Oz’s auction in a yellow Lamborghini, which earned him his flashy nickname.
He made history on Sunday night when he snapped up every Block home on Phillip Island for a staggering $15.03million during the finale of the Channel Nine show.
Controversial bidder Adrian Portelli has revealed the one condition that could lure him back to The Block after he bid farewell to show
He has revealed he will be giving away all the houses in a massive ‘resort giveaway’ through his LMCT+ raffle business.
‘Under new management! And as mayor of Portelli town, I would like to announce a world first. LET’S GIVE AWAY A FKN RESORT!’ he captioned his post on Facebook.
‘1 Giveaway – 1 Prize – Winner takes the whole resort OR $8,000,000 instant Tax-Free Cash instead! Let the game begin.’
Accompanying the announcement was a photo of Portelli posing alongside one of his lavish cars inside the Block complex he just purchased.
He was all smiles as he leaned back against his vehicle holding an LMCT+ banner with a ‘No Vacancy’ sign artfully captured in the image.
The ‘rewards club’ Portelli has made his billions from sees his customers pay for different tiers of membership to receive a number of entries in luxury giveaways.
Portelli has been buying up Block houses over the last three seasons and giving them away in his raffles.
During an interview on A Current Affair on Monday night, the billionaire businessman joked he would return if he never got called “Mr Lambo” again
He confessed to The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Monday morning that he doesn’t even like Phillip Island and that is why he will be giving all five properties, packaged as a ‘resort’, away in the raffle.
The shock admission came when host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson asked the entrepreneur: ‘So what are you going to do with all these houses, Adrian?’
‘Well, I was thinking of starting my own resort, but I’m actually going to give them away to one of my customers,’ Adrian responded.
Kyle Sandilands explained: ‘That’s what he does. Every time he buys these houses he gives them away to one of his customers… It’s part of a contest [LMCT+].’
‘We give them away and someone gets to win it,’ Adrian said, before slamming the location where The Block was filmed this year.
‘I’m not much of a fan of Phillip Island. It’s a bit of a drive for me. I can’t be bothered to drive all that way,’ he said.
Portelli first raised eyebrows in 2022, arriving at Omar and Oz’s auction in a yellow Lamborghini, which earned him the nickname Mr Lambo
The nail-biting finale was the most profitable auction day in the show’s history, with all five teams taking home an eye-watering $5.43million in profits.
Maddy and Charlotte Harry became the youngest-ever auction winners, taking home an eye-watering $1.65million profit on the finale.
The sisters, who were latecomers to the 2024 series, secured the highest bid on the day, with their renovated Phillip Island property selling for $3.5million.
Maddy, 24, and Charlotte, 22, also took home an extra $100,000 for their monumental victory.
Meanwhile, their co-stars also walked away from the auction pocketing millions thanks to Adrian.
Courtney and Grant Freeman kicked off the auction day with a stunning victory, also selling their property to the billionaire for a whopping $3.3million.
This sale gave the pair an incredible profit of $1.35million over their $1.95million reserve, instantly propelling them into The Block’s all-time high earners.
He made history on Sunday night when he snapped up every Block home on Phillip Island for a staggering $15.03million during the finale of the Channel Nine show
Kylie and Brad Baker also laughed all the way to the bank, with Adrian making another headline-grabbing purchase, securing the couple’s property for $2.6million.
They left the show with a very healthy $650,000 profit on their property’s $1,950,000 reserve.
Kristian and Mimi entered the auction with a strategic advantage, having secured a $50,000 reduction on their reserve.
Amid a flurry of bids, their property sold for $2.93million to a buyer’s agent, earning the couple an impressive $1.03million profit and making them the second team this season to become instant millionaires.
Ricky Recard and Haydn Wise were meanwhile visibly frustrated after drawing the fourth auction spot, with Ricky declaring it the ‘worst-case scenario.’
However, Adrian once again came to the rescue, snapping up their home for $2.7million.
This sale landed the boys a solid profit of $750,000, adding them to the season’s roster of big winners.
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